Thank You Stepper Card

Hello, today I would like to share with you a thank you card I recently made 

for my friend Christine of Creativity Continues using 

the Spellbinders Pop-Ups die set which can be purchased here.

I love how the stepper card is instantly cut and scored, ready to be folded into shape. 

The die set comes with flowers, stars, candles and much more. I can see me making great use of this die set, adding other embellishments too.

The items I have used are:-

Spellbinders Pop-Ups Gift of Happiness

Spellbinders Die D-Lites - Sprigs and Blooms One

Lawn Fawn stamps - Scripty Sayings

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Creative Inspirations - Clean & Simple or Fussy & Fancy

Scrapy Land - Anything Goes using any brand of die

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Die-lirious & Punchy

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Just Add Ink - Fancy Fold

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x

2nd Birthday Card

Hello, this card I made for one of my five great-nieces who celebrated her second birthday last month.

The items I used are:-

X-Cut Embossing Folder - Wicker

 Image from Crafters Companion CD Rom - Angelica & Friends Collection

Spellbinders Labels Three, Cuttlebug Alphabet Die set - Olivia

The sentiment is computer generated.

I am entering this card into the following challenge:-

Brown Sugar - Use a Number

Crafting From the Heart - Always Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - Personalise your Project, Add a Name

House of Cards Challenge - Add Texture &/or Colour Inspiration

Great Impressions - One for the Kids

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x

Anniversary Card

Hello, today I would like to show you the card I made for my husband for our 35th Wedding Anniversary which we celebrated yesterday. Although I have a fair amount of coloured card in my craft room, I couldn't find any coral colour, so I used white card and coloured the die cuts
with my coral Promarker pen.
I did find some My Mind's Eye embossed paper in a Trimcraft paper pack which was coral colour, so I used a piece for one of the co-ordinating strips. 

I have used this sketch from the Just Add Ink blog.

Items I have used are:-

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles & Decorative Elements Heart Circles, 

the numbers are from the Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet set, Mama Elephant die - Happy

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Polka Dots

Creative Expressions Embossing Folder - Textures Linen

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Just Add Ink - Sketch Challenge
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar - Use a Number
Crafty Catz - Embossing
Simply Papercraft - Always Anything Goes

Crafting with Attitude - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x

Centre Stepper cards

Hello, today I thought I would show you two cards I have made, both using the Presscut centre stepper die and lilac dotty card, but using different dies for the centre panel.

The items I used for the first one are:-

Memory Box Poppy Stamp die - Wild Rosebud, Memory Box - Corner Bow die

Woodware punches - small butterfly

And the items I have used for the second one are:-

Memory Box - Corner Bow die

Woodware punch - small Butterfly, X-Cut flower punch, 

Spellbinder Die D-Lites - Blooms Four and Sprigs & Window Four

Thank you for looking in.

Janice x

Male Birthday Card

Hello, here's a card I made recently for my neighbour to give to his granddaughter's boyfriend. Not knowing if he had any particular hobbies or sports he liked, I chose a more neutral design.

I scored the lines with my Hougie board on the lower part of the card, then matt and layered some grey and black card. I stamped the sentiment in black ink. Then mounted the star with foam pads, adding the button and home made candi.

Items used are:-

Hougie board, X-Cut dies - Stars, Sentiment stamp - free gift from a magazine

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:-

Cardz 4 Guyz - Button It!
Creative Inspirations - Stars and/or Stripes

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x

Birthday Card

Hello, here is a birthday card I made for a good friend, who also loves making cards and holds card making classes. I added chalk to the embossed daisy, stamped the greeting onto the card base, attached the 'sending' die cut, then added enamel dots and a couple of sequins for decoration.

Items used are:-

Darice Embossing folder - Daisy, Simon Says Stamp 'Sending' die, 

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Lawnscaping Challenge - Sentiment

  Cardz 4 Galz - Favourite Colour (mine is purple)

     Cuttlebug Mania - No Squares
Chalk N Stock - Anything goes

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x

Sympathy Card

Today I thought I would share a sympathy card I made recently, for a friend who lost her sister. They are not the easiest of cards to make, and I wanted to keep it fairly simple, so thought my new embossing folder from Darice would do the trick.
I matted and layered onto purple card, added some punched daisies with pearls to the centres.

The items used are:-
Darice Embossing Folder - Sympathy,
Crafters Companion Die'Sire embossing Folder - Swirl Corner
Hougie Board, X-Cut flower punch

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:-

Just Us Girls - Word Week, Sympathy
Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Anything Goes with a Twist, Embossing wet or dry

Thanks for looking in.

Janice x