An Eclipse Card for my Great Niece

Today's card is one I made for one of my great niece's who celebrated 

her birthday earlier this month.

 
I chose one of the Lili of the Valley designs from the art pad, positioned the
letters carefully across the picture using low tack tape and die-cut her name.
Next, I die-cut the letters in black foam and glued both sets together.

After mat and layering the picture to purple card, I glued it directly to
the card base and glued the raised letters in place.

Lastly, I added the sentiment, number and diamante gems.

The products I have used are:

Lili of the Valley Art pad - Just for Girls

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangles

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Alphabet dies - Brand unknown

Marianne Designs - Mini Numbers

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Female Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing a card I was asked to make by a friend last year.

I made it very 'clean and simple' by embossing the card base with the
Happy Birthday embossing folder, and then mat and layering the 

die-cut handbag image from the art pad.

I finished by adding a few coloured pearlised gems.

The products I have used are:

Christina Griffiths Card Making Magic Embossing Folder - Happy Birthday

Lili of the Valley - Cute Cottage Art Pad

Stitched dies - Brand unknown

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

 

Birthday Card for my Great Niece

Sharing the birthday card I made for my great niece last month.

After die-cutting the image with the stitched rectangle die, I mat and 

layered it onto jade green and black card. Lastly, I added the number 

her name and some Glamour Dust to the cake and hair band.

The products I have used are:

Lili of the Valley Art pad - Just for Girls

Lawn Fawn - Stitched Rectangles

Marianne Designs - Mini Numbers

Sizzix - Framelits ‘Hello’ set of dies

Alphabet dies - Brand unknown

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

 

My Time to Craft Challenge #458 - Floral

A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft  where the 
theme this fortnight is ‘Floral'
(Make flowers your focal point)

Sharing my design team card...

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All the details of the challenge can be found HERE

Products I have used are:

Spellbinders Labels 1 and Decorative Labels 1

Lili of the Valley Art pad - Cute Cottage Garden

Docrafts X-Cut Embossing Folder - Oak Border

Challenges entered:

Craft Rocket Challenge - Use Favourite colour combo

(purple and white)

Krafty Chicks - All Occasions

Crafty Gals Corner - For the Ladies

Little Red Wagon - Say it with Flowers

Sisterhood of Crafter - Flowers as the focus

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Make My Monday - Floral Birthday

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Birthday Card for a 6 Year Old Girl

Today, I am sharing the birthday card I made for my neighbour’s daughter.

I started by cutting the Lili of the Valley image slightly smaller than 

the card base. I then positioned the alphabet dies and die-cut her name.

I mat and layered this onto blue card, added the number six and a few gems.

The products I have used are:

Lili of the Valley Art pad - Just for Girls

Cuttlebug Alphabet - Olivia

Large Alphabet dies - Brand unknown

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

 

My Time to Craft #445 - Good Luck

  A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft where the 
theme this fortnight is ‘Good Luck’

Here is my design team card...

I made an eclipse card using an image from the Cute Cottage Garden Art 

pad from Lili of the Valley, raising the die-cut letters on black foam, adding a
few gems to finish.

All the details of the challenge can be found HERE

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Watercooler Wednesday - All about Occasions

Crafty Sentiment Design - Anything Goes

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Unicorn Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog.
Janice x

Birthday Card for my Great Niece

One of my great nieces was five last week. We share the same birthday, 

so it was made even more special for us, by having a lunchtime family 

Zoom chat to celebrate.

Everyone sang ‘Happy Birthday, some were even eating birthday cake 

they’d made! A special memory of our lockdown birthdays.

Here is the eclipse card I made for her...

The products I have used are:-

Lili of the Valley Art Pad - Just for Girls

Cuttlebug Numbers - Olivia

Presscut - Happy Birthday

Alphabet dies - Brand unknown

Challenges entered:-

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes/Optional - At least two layers
C.R.A.F.T Challenge - Decoupage or 3D (Sophie in 3D)
Crafters Café - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Female Birthday Card

Today’s card is one I was asked to make for a friend to give to his wife last month.

A ‘clean and simple’ card using one of the images from a Lili of the Valley art pad.

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders Mega Nestabilities - Curved Rectangles

Lili of the Valley Art Pad - Cute Cottage Garden

Couture Creations A4 embossing folder - Tied Together

Stitched Pennant Banner dies - Brand Unknown

Sentiment - Computer generated

Challenges entered:-

2 Sisters on the Blog - Baking and/or Cooking

Crafting Happiness - Anything Goes/Optional - Nature

The Joy of Sets - Tic Tac Toe (Birthday/CAS/Green)

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with Critters

AAA Birthday - Things with Wings

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

Mother's Day Card

Today, I am sharing a Mother's Day card a friend asked me to make
for her to give to her Mum last month.

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Reverse Wonky Rectangles
Lili of the Valley Art Pad - Cute Cottage Garden
Alphabet dies - Brand unknown

Challenges entered:-
Crafter's Café - Flowers
Creative Sketchy Girls - Flowers
Dies R Us - Spring Flowers
Make My Monday - Spring Flowers
Allsorts Challenge - Flowers and/or Showers

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

My Time to Craft #408 - 'Halloween or Cats'

A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft
where the theme this fortnight is 'Halloween or Cats'

All the details can be found HERE

Here is my design team card...

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders Labels 1 and Decorative Labels 1

Lili of the Valley Art Pad - Cute Cottage Garden

Sentiment stamp - Brand unknown

Challenges entered:-

Show Us Your Pussycats - Anything Goes
TTCRD - Anything Goes
Moo-Mania - Die Cuts and Punches

The Paper Challenge - Up, up and Away (Anything that flies)
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice xx

My Time to Craft #406 - 'Birds'

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

All the details can be found HERE

Here is my design team card...

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles

Lili of the Valley Art Pad - Cute Cottage Garden

Stampin' Up - Word Window Punch
Woodware Punch - Scalloped Oval 

Challenges entered:-

Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - Something Beginning with "B" (Birds)

Scrapyland - Anything Goes

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes/Option - Circles

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes + A Sentiment

Cute Card Thursdays - Dies and Punches

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

My Time to Craft #403 - 'Oriental'

A new challenge starts today over at My Time to Craft

where the theme this fortnight is 'Oriental'

All the details can be found HERE

Here is my design team card. I don't have anything in the way of Oriental stamps,

digi images or papers, but I came across this Lili of the Valley image with

oriental lanterns on in my stash, so that was it!

 

The products I have used are:-
Darice Embossing Folder - Honeycomb
Lili of the Valley Art Pad - Cute Cottage Garden
Stitched square die - Brand unknown

Challenges entered:-
Craft Rocket Challenge - Anything Goes
Watercooler Wednesday - Anything Feminine Goes
Scrapbook and Card Making - Anything Goes
Crafty Gals Corner - Layers
TTCRD - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Janice x

My Time to Craft #383 - Sketchy Time

Today starts a new challenge over at My Time to Craft

where the theme this fortnight is 'Sketchy Time' using this sketch.

All the details can be found HERE

Here is my design team card, where I have turned the sketch round.

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Ovals and Scalloped Ovals

Rounded stitched corner die - Purchased from eBay

Lili of the Valley Art Pad - Cute Cottage Garden
Sentiment - Computer generated

Challenges entered:-

Watercooler Wednesday - Anything Goes

TTCRD - Anything Goes
The Cutie Pie Challenge - Going Girly
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge - Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday - Birthday/Option of Foliage

Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

A Cute Ballet Dancer

Today's card is one I made for my friend to give to her granddaughter.

I embossed the base card with the Dandiya embossing folder, die cut the image,

then glued it to the purple card and cut the frame freehand.

I added Glimmer Dust to the skirt, head dress and stars.

The products I have used are:-

Couture Creations Embossing Folder - Dandiya

Lili of the Valley Art Pad - Just for Girls
Spellbinders Labels 18

Cuttlebug Alphabet/Number dies - Olivia
Sentiment is PC generated

Challenges entered:-
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional with Dies and Punches
Creative Craft Cottage - Anything Goes
HLS - Anything Goes with Dies
Scribbles Designs Challenge - Favouring the Feminine

Crafting with Dragonflies - Cards using Dies and/or Punches
Crafty Friends Challenge - Use your Favourite Colour (Purple)
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes/Favourite Colour Combination (Purple and White)

Thank you for visiting today.

Janice x

Autumn Colours

Today's card is one I made for the Brown Sugar challenge which this month's theme is

Brown, Orange and Green.

I started by embossing a piece of card with the Spellbinders 3D embossing folder.

I then cut the top part into a square, used a blending brush and
Carved Pumpkin Distress Ink to colour the embossed card.

I mat and layered this onto brown card and then gold mirror card, stamped the
sentiment in brown ink and die cut with label dies.

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Labels One
Spellbinders 3D Embossing Folder - Ornate Labels One
Ranger Distress Ink - Carved Pumpkin
Lili of the Valley Stamps - Small General Greetings

Challenges entered:-

Brown Sugar - Brown, Orange and Green
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes

Challenge Up Your Life - Die Cuts
Scrapy Land - Anything Goes
The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes/Autumn Colours
Words 2 Craft By - Autumn
Creative Craft Cottage - Use a Sentiment
Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting today.
Janice x

'A Bit More Time to Craft' Challenge #54 - Anything Goes

Today, I am sharing my Design Team card made for

'A Bit More Time to Craft Challenge Blog' where the theme is always 'Anything Goes'

The challenges are held on the 1st and 15th of the month where the lucky 3/5 winners can

win their choice of 3 digi paper sets from the very talented Lozzy.
There are lots of fabulous sets to choose from which can be found HERE
and they print beautifully.

You can find all the challenge details HERE on the blog, where you can also
see the rest of the design team's lovely makes.

Why not enter the challenge yourself to be in with a chance of winning.

The products I have used are:-

Lozzy's 'On it's Way' Digi Papers

Lawn Fawn - Large Cross-Stitched Square Stackables
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Squares
Image is from a Lili of the Valley Artpad

Challenges entered:-

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Pretty in Pink

Craft Rocket Challenge - Birthday or Pretty Pinks

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Pink October

Watercooler Wednesday - All about Birthdays

Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper October Challenge - Anything Goes

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Think Pink

Allsorts - Think Pink

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting today.

Janice x

Merry Christmas

Today I am sharing one of the Christmas cards I made for friends with 

a Lili of the Valley topper from the set called 'Traditional Christmas'.

Unfortunately, we have had some darkish days recently, so the 

Glimmer Dust I have added to the baubles doesn't show at all!

The products I have used are:-

Spellbinders - Lacey Squares

Docrafts Xcut Embossing Folder - Oak border

Lili of the Valley Toppers - Traditional Christmas

Challenges entered:-

CAS-ual Fridays - Christmas or Hanukkah

Creative Knockouts - Christmas Delight

Dragons Lair Designs - Christmas Wishes
The Male Room - Christmas/December Celebrations/Winter Wishes

Brown Sugar - Christmas

I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all 

a very Happy Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Sunny Day Crafting Challenge - 'Anything Goes'

It's Tuesday again and time for another 'Always Anything Goes' challenge
over at Sunny Day Crafting

The challenges are held every week on a Tuesday, and it would be fabulous if you 

would like to have a go and enter any type of paper project.
All the details can be found HERE

Today I am sharing the card I made recently for one of my great nieces.

The items I have used are:-
Spellbinders - Labels 15
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles
Creative Expressions Embossing Folder - Lace
 Craft Stash - Alphabet/Number die
Image is from a Lili of the Valley Artpad

Challenges entered:-
Aud Sentiments - Cute + A Sentiment
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Crafty Friends Challenge - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Birthday
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes with a twist/Use die cuts or a punch
Send a Smile 4 Kids - Celebration cards for Kids
Craft your Passion - Always Anything Goes
Dream Valley Challenges - One for the Girls
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking in.
Janice x

Birthday Card for a young girl

I was recently asked to make a quick birthday card for a little girl
and this is what I made, given the hour that I had to make it!
The Artpad images from Lili of the Valley, are printed on a good quality
card and cut beautifully using the Spellbinders labels dies. They can be purchased here.

The items I have used are:-
Spellbinders Labels Fifteen
Docrafts-Xcut embossing folder - Wicker
Image from a Lili of the Valley Artpad
The number is from the Cuttlebug Olivia alphabet.
Sentiment is from my stash.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Dies R Us - Red

Double 'D' Challenges - Red and White
Crafting with an Attitude - Anything Goes
Create and Inspire - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes with a twist/Wet or dry embossing
Crafting by Designs - Tic Tac Toe (I have used - Texture, Number & Die Cut)

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x