A 'Clean and Simple' Anniversary Card and some Design Team News

Today I can share my news that I have been asked to join the

A Perfect Time to Craft design team.

I am really looking forward to having the opportunity to work alongside some 

very talented ladies, designing a project each month for their 'Anything Goes' challenge.

We have some great companies sponsoring the challenges, with the

opportunity to win some fabulous prizes.

Winners and Top 3 badges will be available to display on your blogs.

The challenges are held on the 1st of every month, so please come back
on Friday for the challenge details and to see what I have made.

Onto my card for today. Yesterday, my nephew and his wife celebrated
their 4th wedding anniversary, and this is the card I made for them.

I cut the heart die twice in pink card and glued them

together to give some depth.

The products I have used are:-
Docrafts - Xcut Embossing Folders - Hearts

Presscut - Happy Anniversary

Heart - purchased from eBay

Crafts-Too Punch - Small Heart

Challenges entered:-
Come and Get It Challenge - 2 or More Different Embellishments

Glitter 'N' Sparkle Challenge - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge - Anything Goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - Anything Goes

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes

In the Pink - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Christmas in August

Today, I am sharing another 'Clean and Simple' Christmas card,

which is going towards my collection ready for December.

The products I have used are:-
Spellbinders Nestabilities - Deckled Rectangles
Snowman - purchased from eBay
Crafts-Too Embossing Folder - Snowdrops

Hand made card candi

Challenges entered:-

ABC Christmas - P Q and R for People, Quick and or Red

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes/Optional theme - Use something Old

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas challenge extra for August - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Embossing -Wet or Dry

Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Anything Christmas Goes

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

HLS August Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes/Optional Twist - Poinsettia

Christmas Card Throwdown - Embossed Impressions

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

Hello Sunshine

This week's challenge at Less is More is 'Perfect Holiday'

I used the August challenge sketch over at

 Clair and Sharni Get Crafty! Facebook group for the design of my card.

A perfect holiday for me would always include some sunshine amongst a list of other things!
I used some double sided pearlised card to give the sunshine colour to my card, and
I pierced the border of the rectangle card using one of the four stitched border dies from Lawn Fawn.

The products I have used are:-

Lawn Fawn - Spring Showers and Stitched Borders

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Circles and Scalloped Circles

My Favourite Things/Die-Namics - Hello There

Challenges entered:-

Less is More - Perfect Holiday

Scrapy Land - Anything with a Die

Words 2 Craft By - Vacation

Make my Monday - Lazy Days of Summer

Crafty Gals Corner - Punches and/or Dies

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A Quick Christmas Card

Today I have a Christmas card to share with you, which was very quick to make.

After embossing the base card with the snowdrops embossing folder,

I glued the silver mirri bauble die cut directly onto the card, added a few gems

and the peel-off greeting.

This design will be ideal for batch making in a variety of colours, (card base and baubles)
 and will be good for posting as it is flat.

The products I have used are:-
Crafts-Too Embossing Folder - Snowdrops
Bauble die - purchased from eBay

Challenges entered:-
Watercooler Wednesday - All About Christmas

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge - P Q and R for People, Quick and or Red (Q for Quick)

Craftyhazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge - Christmas in Summer

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

'White on White' Anniversary Card

Today I am sharing an anniversary card made for one of my nephews and his wife,
who celebrated their 9th wedding anniversary yesterday.
As I haven't made a 'white on white' card for a long while, it
made a nice change and I really enjoyed putting it together.

The products I have used are:-

Lawn Fawn - Large Cross-Stitched Square Stackables

Memory Box - Macarena Corner

Presscut - Happy Anniversary
Heart - purchased from eBay

Challenges entered:-

Double D Challenges - It's all White
Pixie's Snippets Playground - Anything Goes
Dies R Us - Anything Goes using Dies
Die Cut Divas - Anything Goes with Dies
2 Sisters on the Blog - Anything Goes
Crafts Galore Encore - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes with optional glitter/bling
International Art and Soul - Layer it Up

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

65th Birthday Card

Today, I am sharing a card I made for my friend to give to
her husband who celebrates his birthday this week.

After colouring the image with Promarkers, I glued a piece of designer paper to some card, and then die-cut it using the frame die. I used 3D foam tape, cut into narrow pieces

to raise the frame above the image.

Next, I punched six circles from the centre part of the frame, to make the matching card candi.

The products I have used are:-Lawn Fawn - Stitched Square Frames

DigiStamp Boutique - Snoozing Ralph

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Large and Small Deckle Rectangles

Promarkers

Sentiments - Computer Generated

Hougie Board

Handmade card candi

K&Company Designer Paper - Hopscotch

Challenges entered:-

Creative Moments - Anything Goes/Optional Twist - Make it Funny

The Paper Shelter Challenge - Punches and Dies

Scrapy Land - Anything Goes using Dies

Shopping our Stash - Chillaxin' and Relaxin'

Stinkin' Inkers - Guy Talk

I Love Promarkers - One for the Boys

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x

A Male Birthday Card

I wanted to take part in the latest 'Less is More' challenge, where the theme this week

is 'One Layer Card - Vehicles'.
I used a Personal Impressions wood mounted stamp of an old style bus, which I have
had for years. I coloured the image using Promarkers.

This type of CAS card was quite a challenge for me really, as
I love making 'Clean and Simple' cards but usually with them having a few layers! 

The products I have used are:-

Personal Impressions stamp - P1236Q

Promarkers

Sentiment stamp - Unknown

Challenges I have entered are:-
Less is More - One Layer Card/Vehicle

I Love Promarkers - One for the Boys

Cards and More - One Layer Cards

Stinkin' Inkers - Guy Talk

Watercooler Wednesday - Masculine Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by.

Janice x