Female Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing the birthday card I made recently for my friend to give

to her Mum.

After embossing the A5 card base, I mat and layered the sentiments onto lilac card,
adding a piece of white ribbon, the punched butterfly and pearlised gems.

The products I have used are:
Digi Stamp Boutique - Large Happy Birthday set - Lilac (no longer available)
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles

Pierced Rectangle dies - The Works
Couture Creations Embossing Folder - Tied Together
Woodware Butterfly punch
The Works Design Pad - Gorgeous Soft Pastels
'Mum' - Computer generated

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Janice x

My Time to Craft Christmas #019 - Christmas Critters

 A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft Christmas 
where the theme this fortnight is 'Christmas Critters'

Sharing my design team card...

The details of the challenge can be found HERE

The products I have used are;

Crafts-Too Embossing folder - Snowdrops

Penny Black wood mounted stamp - Royal Mail

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Labels Two

Stampin’ Up - Word window punch

Promarkers

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Janice x

My 'Inspiration Scribbler' Card for Scribbles Designs

Today, I am sharing my 'Inspiration Scribbler' project, made for the

monthly Scribbler's showcase of Scribbles Designs Challenge Blog where the

theme this month is ‘SIP and Savour!'

Sharing my design team card...

The details of the current challenge can be found HERE

The products I have used are:

Scribbles Designs digi image - #956 Beer Mug
Spellbinders

Stitched banner die - Brand unknown

Promarkers
Sentiments - Computer generated

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Janice x

Female Birthday Card

I was recently asked by a friend, if I could make a gardening themed card for her to
give to her niece, and this is what I made.

The flowers and the boot were cut from card in my snippets stash. Like most crafters,
I have plenty of them, and they come in very handy to use for these type of dies.

The products I have used are:
Sizzix - Rain Boot Planter
Lawn Fawn DSP - Sweater Weather
Crafter's Companion Embossalicious Embossing Folder - Elegant Frame
Sentiment stamp - Free gift with craft magazine
Promarkers

Challenges entered:
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes
Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

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Janice x

My Time to Craft Challenge #465 - Embossing/Heat or Dry

A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craftwhere the theme this

fortnight is ‘Embossing - Heat or Dry'

Sharing my design team card, a CAS thank you card.

All the details of the challenge can be found HERE

I embossed the card base with the folder and coloured the flowers

 and leaves with the pearlescent chalks.

I stamped the sentiment in silver using a Versacolour inkpad, 
die cut it with the stitched banner, cut it to size and used 3D foam 

pads to attach it to the card.
Lastly. I added three diamante gems.

The products I have used today are:
Floral/Dot Embossing folder - Craft magazine free gift

Clearly Besotted stamps - Mini Calligraphy

Pebbles Inc - Pearlescent Chalks
Stitched banner die - Brand unknown

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Janice x

A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge #145 - 'Anything Goes'

 A new challenge starts today over at A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog 
where the theme is always 'Anything Goes'

Sharing my design team card, using one of the set of 

 Mixed Crackle digi papers.

Details of the challenge can be found HERE
where 3/5 randomly drawn winners will each get to choose
3 sets of Lozzy's papers.

The products I have used are:

Lozzy's  Mixed Crackle digi papers

Sizzix - Framelets 'Hello' set of dies
Stampin' Up stamps - Birthday Wit

EK Success punch - Small Circle

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Janice x

Male Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing a birthday card I made recently for a friend to 

give to her husband.

I started by making an A5 card base in black card.

I decoupaged the DIY image, then mat and layered it, along with the embossed 

panel and the computer generated sentiment.

I added the small punched circles and the card candi to finish.

The products I have used are:

Decoupage Image from The Best of La Pashe CD-Rom 2012

Cuttlebug Embossing folder - Spots and Dots

Stitched banner die - brand unknown

EK Success punch - Small circle

Home made card candi

Challenges entered:

Crafter’s Castle - Anything Goes

CD Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Dreams - Happy Birthday

Crafty Catz - Masculine Birthday

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Janice x

My Time to Craft Christmas #018 - Inspirational Image

A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft Christmas

where the theme this fortnight is ' Inspirational Image' which is
shown below.

Sharing my design team card...

The details of the challenge can be found HERE

This card was a quick one to make, using a Hunkdory image mat and layered 

onto navy card, adding a silver peel-off sentiment.

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Janice x

40th Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing the birthday card I made for my niece.

I recently bought a couple of Lisa Horton’s 3D embossing folders, and I 

really like the depth of the embossing.

The products I have used are:

Lisa Horton Crafts 3D embossing folder - Prism

Paper Roses - Happy Birthday (small)

Oval trellis die and numbers dies - Brand unknown

EL Success - Small circle punch

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Janice x

My Time to Craft Challenge #464 - Travel/Transport

A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft where the theme this

fortnight is ‘Travel/Transport’ 

Sharing my design team card...

All the details of the challenge can be found HERE

The products I have used are:
Julie Hickey Designs I Need It Stamps - Everyday Sentiments
Spellbinders Embossing Folder - Overlapping Circles
Sailboat and stitched frames - Brand unknown
Hougie Board

Challenges entered:
Girlz Creative Crafts - Maritime

Cute Card Thursday  - Anything Goes

Crafter’s Cafe - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

 

Wedding Card

Today, I am sharing a commissioned wedding card I made last month.

I decided to go for a CAS design in black and white.

The products I have used are:

Spellbinders Labels Two

Digistamp Boutique - Wedding Word Art (no longer available)

Docrafts - Xcut Embossing Folder - Hearts

Stitched Banner Dies - Brand unknown

Banner names - PC generated

Challenges entered:
Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Daisy Chain Challenges - Boys/Men
Sweet Stampers - Dies and/or Punches

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x