Birthday Card for my Niece - Who doesn't love unicorns

My youngest nieces Birthday is coming up and i wanted to start playing with some ideas for cards for her and this one is my first. She loves pink so that had to play a part and i wanted something a little different and that's why i chose to go with a shaker card.

For this card i used:

Stitched Circle Die - Uniquely Creative
Gelly Roll - Clear Star to give the unicorn a bit of sparkle
Digital Paper - NorthSeaStudio on Etsy
Digital Stamp - Unicorn Love - Isabelcristinastamps on Etsy
Sentiment - Unicorn Word Art - Carriestephensart1 on Etsy
Sequins, Stars, Cardstock, Gems - All from my stash
Copics - RV19, YG05, Y17, BG49, B16

I would like to submit my card for the following challenges:

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Creatalicious Challenge - Anything Goes

Digi Doodle Studios Challenge - Mythical/Magical

LeAnns World Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for Visiting :)

Seriously where does the time go?

Hi All,

I really cannot believe how long it has been since i last posted on my blog, i guess time just has a habit of getting away from you sometimes.

I went into my local craft store and despite the fact i was going to be strict with myself in that i only needed card stock, i absolutely fell in love with the patterned papers i have used in this card. So much for being strict with myself :)

There is just something so timeless about a combination of white and blue. I also went on a bit of a spending spree on new digital stamps this weekend also and the i absolutely adore the one i have used. I think i will get a fair amount of use out of her.

For this card i used:

Image: Simply B Stamps

Papers - Fab Scraps

Die Cuts - Spellbinders

Flowers - Kaisercraft

Sentiment - Sassy Studio Designs

Ribbon, Buckle and gems were all from my stash

Colouring - Copics B39, C1, C5, C7, C9, E50, E57 + Marine Star Gelly Roll

I would very much like to submit my card in the following challenges:

Sami Stamps Challenge - #22 Anything Goes

Digi Galore Challenges - Anything Goes

Craft for the Craic - Birthdays - Anniversaries

Art By Miran - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by

Jox

Hannah Lynn - Monica

Hi Everyone.

Well i know, its a shocking surprised but another Hannah Lynn image. I haven't used Monica for some time but thought she would fit nicely with the layout i was going for.

I was trying a few different things with this one, i wanted to colour her hair using a different colour to my favourite brown copic combo on E13, E15, E17 and wanted to stick to the Purple and Blue colour scheme completely. On my bottom layer i only embossed two corners and i actually really live the effect it has, it really lifts that bottom layer and really draws your eye to the image.

For this card i used:

Hannah Lynn Monica Image
Cardstock and coloured paper from stash
Ribbon (coloured with my trusty copics) from Stash
Purple & Blue Gems by Kaiser Craft
Metallic Purple, Clear Star & Blue Star Gelly Rolls
Copics - BV11, B16, B45, E50
Embossing folders by Couture Creations and Cuttlebug

I would like to enter her in the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks Challenge - Embossing

Addicted to Stamps - Make Your Mark (Copics)

Crafters Cafe Challenge - Add Glitter

Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - Purple & Blue

Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart - Anything Goes

Happy crafting and thanks for visting

Love Jox

Hannah Lynn Dahlia Image

Hi everyone,

I brought this designer paper pad quite some time ago, its by Papermania i think. I must confess that i brought it on a whim as it reminded me of a dinner set my Nan used to have for special occasions, that white china with the beautiful blue images. I am still not 100% sure why i brought it as the dark blue is not a colour i usually use in my cards, hence why it hasn't been used before but the patterns are gorgeous and i am glad i finally got around to using it :)

This is one of my favourite Hannah Lynn images, Dahlia is such fun to colour.

For this card i used:

White Bazzill card stock
Patterned Papers by Papermania
Hannah Lynn Dahlia image
Clear & Blue gems by Kaisercraft
White ribbon from stash
Blue Pearlesent paper from stash
Marine Star & Red Star Gelly Rolls
Copics - G05, C1, B21, B39, E13, E15, E17, E50

I would very much like to enter her in the following challenges:

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafting From The Heart Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge - Anything Goes

One Stitch At A Time Challenge - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps Challenge - Make Your Mark (Using Copic Markers)

Crafters Cafe Challenge - Add Glitter

Creative Knockouts Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting and happy crafting

Love Jox

 

One for the boys

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all having a great week end and managing to fit in some crafting :)

One of the challenges that appealed to me this week was making a card for a Boy, i always struggle a bit with male cards and figured this would be a good opportunity to push myself to make another. I have had this image by C C Designs for ages, C C Designs were the first digital stamps i ever purchased and i have not used any of them for ages so this felt like it was meant to be in a way :)

For this card i used:

C C Designs Image
Designer paper i have had in my stash
Card stock from stash
Spellbinders dies (Circle, Scalloped Circle and snowflakes)
Clear Star Gelly Roll
Copics: 0, C1, RV32, Y13,YG23, YG25, B23, B45, BV11, G02, E13, E15, E17, E37, E50

I would like to enter this little chap into the following challenges:

Christmas at Sweet Stampin Challenge - Glitter, Glitter, Glitter

Cute Card Thursday - Blue & Green

One Stitch at A Time - Favourite Things

Paper Shelter - One for the Boys

Thank you for taking the time to visit and i really do enjoy and appreciate any comments left.

Love Jox

Inspired by Coops

Hi everyone,

This card i just wanted to share as i was inspired by friend Coops who makes the most AMAZING cards and i love how hers are so detailed and different. I love the way the layout highlights the image but also draws your eye to the centre image and she is so worth being drawn too.

For her i used:

Hannah Lynn image Mimi
Cuttlebug embossing folders, Swiss Dots & Swirls
Copics (but i forgot to note the numbers down)
Paper and card were from my stash
Gems by Kaisercraft
Purple Star Gelly roll

Thanks for visiting

Love Jox

Another creation, Another Hannah Lynn Digital image

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to enter several challenges with my next card and once i finished stressing over how to combine the different elements and came up with the following creation. It is quite cute and i actually really like how it turned out in the end.

You can tell how proud i was by just how may pictures i took and i hope you like it.

For this card i used:

Easel Box card tutorial by Joani which was super easy to follow.
Payton digital image by Hannah Lynn
Gems by Kaisercraft
Ribbon, Bubble paper and white brad from stash
White Bazzill card stock
Gelly Rolls in sky star, blue star, clear star, marine star and metallic blue
Copics - B05, B12, B14, B16, E50

I would like to enter this in the following chaellenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Splish Splash (Mermaid)

Daring Cardmakers - Another dimension (Box Easel card)

Crafty Creations - White + one other colour (White & Blue)

One Stitch at a time - Favourite Things (Hannah Lynn Image & Copics)

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - B stands for...(Blue, Bubble, Brad, Box, Bling, Bow)

Thank you for visiting

Love Jox

Beautiful Butterflies

Hi Everyone,

This is my first challenge card for a wee while and I used the sketch at Crafts and Me. It is a bit busier than I would normally make my cards but I enjoyed the challenge and I really do like the end result :)

I have had this pink and orange Kaiser craft designer paper for some time and I hadn't really come up with anyway to use it, I dont know about anyone else but I am terrible for buying gorgeous scrapbooking paper and then not have the heart to cut it, which can make things a bit tricky for a card maker ha ha. But it seemed perfect for this image along with the beautiful Hannah Lynn image.

I needed flowers for the sketch and I had none the right colour, same with the ribbon. So I got white flowers and ribbon and coloured them with my copics, I love this because I sometimes struggle to match colours correctly and this takes all the hassle out of things. I decided the flowers needed something more so I put glossy accents on them and then put some very fine glitter on them. I shook off the excessive once the glossy accents was dry and I really like the finish, it just gives the whole card a little more sparkle. The butterfly I actually cut out of the spare butterfly designer paper and then I shaped it on my flower shapping mat with my embossing tool to give it a bit more shape and I loved how this turned out.

For this card is used:

Designer Paper and pink card stock, flowers by Kaiser Craft
Hannah Lynn Digital Stamp
White Ribbon from my stash
Pearl Hearts from my stash
Spellbinders corner dies
Clear Gelly roll pen
Copics - R81, YR16, B24, E13, E15, E17, E50 and red Spica pen.

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

Crafts & Me

Challenges 4 Everybody

ABC Challenges

Thanks for taking the time and please feel free to leave any comments or suggestions, its always great to hear from you.

Love Jox

WOW has it really been than long

Hi Everyone,

I apologise for the long delay since my last post...how time flies when your not paying attention. I have moved house since my last post and this one had a room specifically for a craft room, well that was the plan at any rate. Queensland being Queensland and the fact i only have air conditioning down stairs now means i no longer have a dining area and a rather spread out craft area LOL.

I struggled with making cards for a while and the more i tried to force it the worse it became, i guess i had the card makers equivalent of writers block so i left things for a while and recently came back to it and finding the hobby fun once again which is great.

For this card i wanted something bright and fun. I got the colour scheme from a friend at Docrafts, not colours i would think to put together but i really love the effect and may be a little more experimental in the future. Hannah Lynn images are amazing, although they take time to colour they really lend themselves to any colour scheme and it seemed perfect for this card.

I coloured my image first which took some time and then i mounted this on yellow and then link card. I then cut a yellow square and mounted this on pink card, i made my black card base and then cute a pink square. I must confess that i spent a wee while moving my pieces around the get the affect i wanted and i really wanted both the pink and yellow to show and this is how my current layout was born, it wasn't the initial plan but i often find my plan changes half a dozen times when making a card. I finished her off with a few black gems because with the bright colour scheme i didn't want the card to be too "busy" or detract from the gorgeous image.

For this card i used:

Black, pink and yellow card stock all from my stash
White Copic Card
Hannah Lynn Digital Stamp
Black gems
Gelly roll pens
Copics - E13, E15, E17, E93, Y08, E50, RV06
Copic Spica Pens - Clear & Red

As always please let me know what you think or any suggestions you might have?

Love Jox

Sexy Easter Card

Hi Everyone,

Me again, seem to be in the right creative frame of mind lately.

One of the challenges i wanted to make a card for was to use the following sketch (well it was a choice of 2 and my St Patrick's day card was that one).

I also decided to make this an Easter themed card to match another challenge and i have recently purchased the perfect cheeky image and i have been dying to use her.

Here's my card

For this card i used..

Image by Sassy Studio Designs

papers free in a magazine (i think they are Pink Petticoat)

Flowers are by Kaiser Craft

Martha Stewart Corner Punch

Gems by Kaiser Craft

Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll

Copics R81, G05, E000, E00, E57

Spellbinders fancy circle die

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Simon Says Stamp

Challenges 4 Everybody

The Paper Shelter

Cute Card Thursday

Divas By Design

Thanks for visiting

Jox

Spring fresh Mothers Day Card

Hi Everyone,

Well this card i made to enter in a couple of challenges. It is not Mothers Day in Australia as yet but it never hurts to get started early.

I wanted this to have a spring feel so went with a colour scheme of yellow and green with white pearlescent card and it does have a nice fresh feel i think. I wanted the image to have flowers and to be suitable for Mothers Day and i came across some printed LOTV images i got free in a card making magazine a while back. I coloured this in with Copics and Gelly rolls. This was not suitable blending paper/or card so i just used single colours and highlighted certain areas with my clear star Gelly roll to give it a little sparkle where the light hits.

I used a sketch by Charisma cardz which is there challenge this week and i just slanted my yellow rectangular section slightly to give it a little bit of difference, it just looked a bit blocky to me and we all know i like to be different :)

I adhered it all together and here is my finished card...

For this card i used...

White Pearlescent card stock

Yellow and Green Patterned papers by Frencheville

LOTV Image (this came free in a magazine)

XCut die

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Clear Gems

Green, Red and Clear Star Gelly Rolls

Copics E57, YR16, Y18, YG17, 0

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

The Paper Shelter - Punches & Dies

Cute Card Thursday - Spring Fever

Creative Inspirations - Mothers Day

Charisma Cardz - Sketch

Simon Says Stamp - A Bit O' Green

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting and taking the time to view my creative journey

Jox

Oriental Criss Cross Card

Hi Everyone,

Work has been really busy and i have sadly been giving myself headaches due to eye strain and figured it was best to take a break for a week or two from my crafting, wasn't easy i can tell you but work does pay my craft habit so could hardly give that a break ha ha.

Well my mum bless her has resolved my cutting issues and brought me an A3 paper cutter, I think she was surprised at how excited i was over this but it will make my life easier but have to try and figure out how to store it as it is fairly large. It is really good, i had to try it out with some scrap paper of course just to get a feel for it :) but its really good and you can purchase different shaped rotary blades etc so should keep me amused for a while :)

Well i wasn't really sure what the theme of my card was going to be, i decided on another Criss Cross because i really quite like them at the moment and of course i would get to play with my new toy. So i just rifled through my paper stash and i came across some Japanese papers i brought a while ago at one of the craft shows and i liked it so that started me off. I also brought some oriental girl stamps pretty much when i took up card making but sadly have barely used them so i picked out one of those.

I cut my card base and then i decided to border punch the one side of the triangles to give it a prettier feel and then i adhered my precut patterned paper triangles. I then stamped my image on the Copic card and coloured her in using my Copics and my gold metallic Gelly roll. I cut her into a circle using my spellbinders die. I adhered white ribbon across the front and then adhered my image. I made a bow using the same ribbon and adhered to the card and attached a black and white button. I then adhered some small white ribbon roses.

I wanted the insert to bit a little more fancy so cut out two labels from white card and pearlescent gold paper and adhered them together i then cut out some butterflies using a punch from the patterned paper and adhered them to the white card.

Here's my card

My fancy insert :)

For this card i used...

Japanese Paper

Oriental Stamped Girl

Momento Tuxedo Black Ink

Black card stock, white card stock and pearlescent gold paper from stash

Martha Stewart border punch and butterfly punch

Spellbinders and X-Cut dies

Gold Metallic Gelly Roll

White Ribbon

Black and White button

Copics 0, C1, C5, C7, C9, B37, E000

White ribbon roses

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

The Paper Shelter

Divas By Design

Challenges 4 Everybody

Love To Create

Thanks for visiting and have a great start to the new week

Jox

Simple but effective Valentine

Hi everyone,

me again back with another card, this one came about as my mum gave me an embossing folder as she had managed to buy the same one twice...oops. It was certainly my gain and i really like it. As the embossing is really gorgeous on its own i did not want to do too much to the card in case it detracted from it.

Here is what i came up with...

I used the following to make this card

Couture Creations Happiness embossing folder

Flourishes sentiment stamp

Heart Punch

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Mini Gems from stash

Clear star Gelly roll

I would very much like to enter my card in the following challenges

Charisma Cardz

Simon Says Stamp

Cute Card Thursday

Divas By Design

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week

Jox

Nothing says i love you like a heart filled with bling!

Hi everyone,

For this card i wanted to combine a number of challenges but also step outside of my comfort zone a little more. I have to say it turned out better than i hoped as i was beginning to think i have may have over done it somewhat. One of the challenges is your favourite colour combo and i really really love white and blue, its just so fresh. I know its not your typical valentines colours but then i do like to be different.

Let me know what you think...

For this card i used..

Nitwits "Promise" collection for all papers

Heart Doily from stash

CC Designs digital image

Red, Blue, Purple gems from Kaiser craft

Pearls from stash

Clear star Gelly Roll

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Heart die (sorry cannot remember brand)

Card Base Kmart

Copics B21, B32, BV02, E50, R81, C0, C5, C7, C9, 0

White Gel pen

Sentiment by Flourishes

I would very much like to enter this in the following challenges

Charisma Cardz

Simon Says Stamp

Crafts and Me

Cute Card Thursday

Divas By Design

Thank you so much for visiting and any comments left

Jox

Flourishes Challenge

Hi everyone,

well it didn't take me to long to play with my stamps and i thought it only fitting to used them on the Timeless Tuesday Challenge at Flourishes. Their challenge this week is a sketch which i must confess is not always my strong point, but hey i gave it ago and i hope you like my card.

For this card i used...

Flourishes Rose Stamp and Sentiment

All Papers are Nitwits "Promises" kit

Clear Star Gelly Roll

Purple & Blue Gems by Kaiser Craft

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Copics G00, G02, B00, B02, BV02, BV04

Whilst the image took a long time to colour it was so worth it, i was amazed at the quality and detail and will definitely be purchasing some more Flourishes goodies. Now i just need to win the lotto to purchase everything i want and then i think i will be good.

I would like to enter this in...

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday Challenge

Take care and thanks for visiting

Jox

Pink and Brown LOTV

Hi everyone,

I love Pink and Brown i think it is such a fabulous colour combo and there are so many things you can do with it depending on the shades you use. I went for Mocha and Blossom from the Pink Petticoat range, those of you that have followed me for a little while know that i adore Pink Petticoat and the value for money is amazing and you are virtually always guaranteed to have the colours you need. So i printed out some different patterns and the solids on to card stock. I then decided i wanted to try a little more busy layout than i usually do. I love the detail loaded more busy layouts but i just find i can never get it to balance and i end up fussing constantly and giving up. I was determined this would not be the case this time.

I have a tendency to be highly critical with myself but i must confess that i am really happy with the way this turned out and i definitely think 2013 is the year to broaden my craft techniques. Its a bit hard to tell from the photo but the chipboard heart and flowers are coloured with metallic brown and pink star gelly rolls and they are lovely and sparkly.

For this card i used...
LOTV Image
All patterned and plain papers by Pink Petticoat
Spellbinders dies
Martha Stewart border punch
clear star, pink star and metallic brown Gelly Rolls
Copics E27, E34, E50, E71, E25, E17, R20, R81, G17
Chipboard heart and flowers all by Scrapmatts
Larger Gems by Kaiser Craft - Favourite Embellishment
Small gems (in flowers) are by Stencil Specilists

I would very much like to enter this card in the following challenges...

Crafts and Me

Simon Says Stamp

Charisma Cardz

I appreciate each and every comment/suggestion left and thank you for visiting

Jox

Any excuse to use Nitwits Promise Papers

Hi everyone,

I just downloaded the Nitwits Promise Collection and i was just itching to use the papers. If you are anything like me and the thought of trying to figure out matching papers fills you will dread more often than not these kits are fabulous ha ha. I love the colours and they print beautifully and i like that with digital elements and papers i make them fit my project rather than work my project around them. It is the same reason i love digital stamps so much, that and i don't end up covered in ink.

This card uses another CC Designs digital image, i must confess that i had avoiding using these for a while as i find the hair a lot harder to colour. That's another reason why i love the Hannah Lynn images so much. But i figured time to get out of my comfort zone and i am not going to improve until i practise.

For this card is used...

Patterned and Solid papers from Nitwits Promise Collection

CC Design Digital Winter Nora

Copics BV02, B41, B63, BV000, E35, E31, E33, E50, C2, C1

Sakura Black Aqualip

Gelly Rolls Silver Star, Clear Star, Sky Star

White Ribbon from stash, i coloured this with Copics

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Kaiser Crafts Gems - My Fave embellishment

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Crafts and Me

The Paper Shelter

Simon Says Stamp

Also on a random note what Copic colours does everyone use for Brown or Blonde Hair?

Have a great week and thanks for Visiting

Jox

Boys wintery card

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone has had a good week end and that the weather hasn't been to bad where ever you are in the world.

This card i made to combine a few challenges and i have to say i moved and rearranged the layout so many times it made me dizzy before i settled on the finished layout. But that's why i like taking part in these challenges, the chance of winning something is always good, but its the fact that it stretches your own creativity and ideas. You try things you wouldn't normally and although i sometimes stress because it may not necessarily have a lot of ideas on some themes in the end i am always quite pleased at the result and getting outside my comfort zone.

For this card i used the following;

CC Designs Digi Winter Trevor

NitWits Petal Fresh for the patterned papers

Card Blank, Blue backing paper and silver card from stash

Martha Stewart Corner Punch

Snowflake Punch..Xcut?

Gems Kaiser Craft - My Fave Embellishment

Copics C7, B34, C9, B93, C3, C0, E50, B95

Gelly Rolls Clear Star and Silver Star

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Creative Inspirations

Cute Card Thursday

Crafts & Me

The Paper Shelter

Simon Says Stamp

Have a great week everyone and thanks for visiting

Jox

Little Red Riding Hood

This was the second "fairytale" themed card i made and i went with a slightly more vintage look in terms of colours and i was quite happy with the result and please feel free to comment or offer suggestions.

For this is used...

Little Red Riding Hood digital stamp from The Paper Shelter

Patterned papers by Fabscraps

Flower & Ribbon from stash

Martha Stewart butterfly punch

Gelly Roll in Black Sparkle

Copics C7, C9, R81, R59, B97, E50, E37, E35, E15

White Gel Pen

Xcut frame Die

Circle & Scalloped Circle spellbinders dies

Gems by kaisercraft

I would like to enter this in the following challenges...

Divas By Design

Creative Inspirations

Cute Card Thursday

Thanks for your time

Jox

Help Needed!

Hi everyone,

well i really think i need to stay away from the Crafts and Me website...i will just have a look i thought...three new digital stamps later ha ha. The one i have used on my card below is Butterflies of Hope by Hannah Lynn and i just adore her. I really couldn't wait to print her out and colour.

I need your advice though...i seem to be getting worse at my hair colouring and not better...it maybe that i am over blending or not flicking enough but i really don't know and if any of you wonderful people have any advice i would really love to hear it. I think maybe i am over thinking the whole thing or maybe laying down too much ink to start i just don't know....

I wanted to keep this one mainly pretty simple but with a real "pop" of colour and i really like the end result.

I used...

Hannah Lynn Digital Image

Papers & Card Stock from my rapidly depleting stash

Flowers and Gems were from my Stash 

Gelly Roll Clear Star

Copics YG09, B05, RV06, Y08, E50, C9, C7, C5, V17, R46

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Creative Inspiration

The Paper Shelter

Thanks for joining me

Jox