A ‘Clean and Simple’ Birthday Card

 Today I am sharing a ‘clean and simple’ birthday card I made recently
for a friend.

I started by embossing the base card with the embossing
folder. I then die-cut two pieces of card in lilac and white.
I stamped the sentiment onto the white piece, then glued the two pieces
together. I attached them to the base card using 3d foam pads.
Lastly I added the diamante gems.

The products I have used are:

Embossing Folder - Craft magazine free gift

Hero Arts wood mounted stamp - Fabulous Birthday

Spellbinders Labels 3

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

My Time to Craft Christmas #023 - Use Kraft Card

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

Sharing my design team card...


The details of the challenge can be found HERE
This was a very quick and easy card to make. I embossed the base card
with the corner embossing folder, stamped the image in black archival ink,
then added Stickles to the Christmas tree, the holly berries and the snowflakes.

The products I have used are:
Hero Arts wood mounted stamp - Merry Christmas Postcard
Christmas Corner Embossing Folder - Brand unknown
Stickles

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

My Time to Craft #407 - 'Inside Out'

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

All the details can be found HERE

Here is my design team card, made for a friend's
birthday this week.

I came across the idea of using a piece of double sided paper as the card front on 

YouTube. I used a 6" x 4" card base, cutting away 3" of the front and embossed
the remaining  1" panel. Next I cut a 6" x 4" piece of the DSP, edged it with a Promarker
and glued it to the panel. Lastly I added the ribbon, sentiment, gems and glued the
 greeting inside the card. 

The products I have used are:-

Hero Arts wood mounted stamp - Fabulous Birthday
Spellinders Nestabilities - Rectangles and Scalloped Rectangles
The Works Mix and Match Design Pad - Gorgeous Soft Pastels
Sizzix Embossing Folder - Lace set 2 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.
Janice x

Alphabet Challenge - 'P is for Penguins'

Today, a new challenge starts at Alphabet Challenge

where the theme for this fortnight is 'P is for Penguins’

The details of the challenge can be found HERE

Here is my design team make...a Christmas tag!

The products I have used are:-
Woodware Tag Punch
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles
Sizzix - Framelets 'Hello' set of dies
Hero Arts wood mounted stamp - Baby Penguin
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Snowflakes

Promarkers

Challenges entered:-
ABC Christmas Challenge - U is for 'Upon'/V is for 'Very Quick'
Scrapyland - Anything Goes/Celebrations
Watercooler Wednesday - All About Holidays
Dream Valley Challenges - Anything but a Card
2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes
Christmas with the Cuties - Wrap up Warm
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

Christmas in July

Today, I am sharing another Christmas card made for this year's collection.
Since there are quite a few 'Christmas in July' challenges running this month,
I'm hoping this will get me making a start on mine.

After cutting the mittens in red card, I then glued each one to white card and cut

around the edge. I used 3D foam pads to adhere them to the base card, and used the

snowflakes from the mittens to decorate the corners....no waste on this one!

Products used:-

Winter Mittens die - Purchased from eBay

Crafts-Too Embossing Folder - Snowdrops

Hero Arts Stamp C2856 - Christmas Greetings Message

Challenges entered:-

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes

Die Cut Divas - Christmas in July

Happy Little Stampers - Anything Goes/Optional Twist - Die Cuts

Christmas Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Dragonfly Journeys - Christmas in July

My Time to Craft - Christmas in July

The Holly and the Ivy Challenge - Anything Goes

Christmas Cards all Year Round - Anything Goes

Creative Craft Cottage - Christmas in July

Deep Ocean Challenges - Christmas in July

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Female Birthday Card

Here is a card I made recently for a friend's 60th birthday using the 

Pop Up die from Spellbinders. She loves watching the birds in her garden,
so I thought the paper and wooden embellishment were perfect.

The items I have used are:-

Spellbinders Pop Ups - Happy Days 

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles

Memory Box - Classic Ribbon die

Impression Obsession Sentiment stamps

Numbers from Hero Arts Alphabet stamps - Printers type

Backing paper, wooden bird, flower - Dovecraft 'Forget-me-not' range

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

 Allsorts - Wings
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - Anything Goes with a Twist/Add some pearls
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
Southern Girls - Nature
Cute Card Thursday - To Die For!
Moving along with the Times - In the Garden
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Use Patterned Paper

Thanks for looking in.
Janice x