Double Z Fold Card

Hi Everyone,

I have seen so many amazing Double Z Fold cards on Pinterest and really wanted to give this a try but at first glance they looked fairly tricky to create. I looked around online and found a tutorial on The Stamp Witch Blog and it was super easy to follow and i cannot thank her enough for posting this.

I wanted a fun and different card but because this is one i plan to be sending overseas i needed to be aware of posting it and costs etc. This folds fairly flat and is 41\2 in squared so a really good size.

For this card i used:

Black Cardstock - American Crafts
Sentiment Stamp - KaiserCraft
Ink - India Ink - Black
Square Die - Uniquely Creative
Christmas Tree Die - Free in Issue 123 Australian Simply Cards Magazine
Digital Papers - Nitwits Collections - Christmas Roman
Tutorial - Stamp Witch Blog Tutorial

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Crafty Creations Challenges - Anything Goes

LeAnn's World Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafters Castle Challenge - Anything Goes - Optional Winter/Christmas

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Winter Wonderland Challenge - Anything Christmas Goes

Creative Fingers Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting & Commenting :)

Oriental Style Card

I have been going through my stash and trying to use items i have had for sometime but not done anything with. A lot was purchased when i first got into crafting and before i found my style etc. I brought these beautiful Asian papers at a craft show years ago but never got around to using and it was a shame because they are really beautiful!

I haven't added a sentiment yet because i haven't completely decided what to use her for and to be honest i think this could be used for multiple occasions.

Paper, Card Stock, Ribbon & Gems all from Stash

Digital Stamp - Sassy Studio Designs

Copics - Sorry forgot to note down numbers

Dies - Both Spellbinders

I would like to add this into the following challenges :

The Colour Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Art Impressions Stamp Challenge - Vibrant Colours

Crafting With An Attitude - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for dropping by :)

Male Card

Hi All,

I dont know about you but i always struggle with Male cards, i have had this Kenny K image for quite some time now and this is the first time i have used it. I have tried to keep the card itself fairly simple as the image really is such fun and being a male card i didnt want to overload it with embellishments.

Image: Kenny K

Papers: These are a British set i think i purchased from Do Crafts stockists ( i have had it for some time and not gotten around to using it)

Colouring: Copics

Gems & Card stock from stash

I would like to enter her in the following challenges"

Creative Ladybirds - Anything Goes

Pennys Paper Crafty Challenges - Fave Embellishments (Gems)

Scrappers Delight - Anything Goes

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Boys Boys Boys

Create & Inspire - Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge - Anything Goes

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and please feel free to leave some love :)

Jox

Sassy Studio Designs - Fun Card

Good Evening everyone,

Hope you all had or are having a great weekend. Cannot believe mine is almost over already, blink and its over.

For this card i wanted to keep things a little simple but still have a fun and classy card. This digi i purchased from Sassy studio Designs instantly came to mind, she is a lot of fun. Although i must confess i am not 100% happy with my colouring on this one but i know i still need a lot of practice. Speaking of colouring with Copics i am looking into doing one of the classes at Kit and Clowder as i have read a few peoples blogs that have done one and their colouring is awesome...definitely have colouring envy :)

I decided to go with a more traditional colour scheme of Black, White and Red, i really think it is a colour combo that you simply cannot go wrong with.

I keep looking at this card and whilst i am very happy with it, i cant help thinking it just needs a little more. Because i cannot place what it needs i have left it as is as i figure it is better than trying to add more to it and ruining it entirely, does anyone else experience this?

For this card i used

Paper, Cardstock, Ribbon and gems all from Stash.

Embossing Folder - Couture Creations

Image - Sassy Studio Designs

Colouring - My trusty Copics

I would be honoured to enter my card in the following challenges:

Clear It Out Challenge - Anything Goes

Kraftin Kimmie - anything Goes

Stampin Royalty - Embossing

Simon Says Stamp - Special Lady/Girly

Scrappers Delight - Anything Goes

Pennys Challenge - One for the girls - Female Card

Inspiration Destination - Anything Goes

Inky Impressions - Dots or Stripes

Crafting for all Seasons - Girly Girls

Dazzling Diva - Anything Goes

7 Kids College Fund - Anything Goes

Sugar & Betty - Anything Goes

Southern Girls Challenge - Girly Themes

Thank you for taking the time to visit and i really appreciate any comments that you leave :)

Jox

My first ever Criss Cross Card

Hi everyone,

Hope your week isn't going too badly so far, almost half way through now.

Well this card is a rarity for me for a few reasons, firstly it is my first attempt at a Criss Cross card, there was not a single Copic used...it just feels wrong LOL and not a digital element, stamp or paper in sight and i have used traditional Valentines colours and image. I am pretty happy with the way it turned out and i hope you like it.

I made up my card using the papers from my collection and decided that i would make the band removable, plus this way you can reposition the image so if you want to make the message on the removable panel secret you can do or you can move the image down slightly so you can see the top. I took pictures of all three pieces so you could see in a little more detail.

The completed card assembled

Just the band (don't you love my mini bucket in the background)

The insert with the gem detail i added.

For this card i used...

Black card from my stash

Papers & Image Country Companions by Do Crafts

Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle Dies

White and Red ribbon from Stash

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Adhesive red and Heart shaped gems

White card from stash

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Divas By Design

The Paper Shelter

Charisma Cardz

Cute Card Thursday

Thanks for visiting

Jox

Alternative Valentines Card - Kenny K

Hi everyone,

well you know how i am at being alternative when it comes to my cards and i do like making bright and funky ones. With this in mind a couple of the challenges which i wanted to enter all relate to love etc because of Valentines day, well i figured i would step completely away from tradition and really hope you like my final card.

I used a Kenny K image and coloured her with my Copics. I have to admit i initially coloured her when the power was off a few weekends ago and wasn't really sure what to use her for. I cut her out and left her on my craft table until inspiration hit me LOL

I loved the bright colours and thought they would make a great alternative to the normal reds and pinks, so i cut three panels in the same colour scheme used and embossed them so they had music notes on them. I love the look it gave. I wanted a little bit more texture so i used some black embossed paper i had to give it a bit more edge. I then adhered to my card, after much playing around to get the layout right. I tend to cut out all my different panels together and play around till i am happy as i have a tendency to change my mind.

I added black ribbon and bow (well ribbon i had, coloured with my Copic) and adhered these in the corner of the card and added heart gems in each of the corner. When it came to the sentiment i had an idea of what i wanted to say so typed this out using Word and the many free fonts i have downloaded over time and played around with it until i was happy and then printed this straight onto yellow card stock, cut it out with my small circle Spellbinders Die and adhered to the card. I used dimensionals to add lift to my image as i wanted her to be the focal point and i am really happy with the results.

Hope you like it? here it is...

For this card is used...

Kenny K Digital Image

Card stock was all from my stash

White Ribbon coloured with Copic

Couture creations embossing folder

Heart Gems from my stash

Copics (sorry didn't note these down at the time)

computer and free fonts for sentiment

Spellbinders Circle Die

i would like to enter my card in the following challenges...

The Paper Shelter

Divas By Design

Charisma Cardz

Thanks for visiting and happy Crafting 

Jox

The Paper Shelter DT Call - Nothing ventured Nothing gained

Hi everyone,

Hope you have all had a good weekend so far, hard to believe it is virtually over already.


The Paper Shelter are running a DT call until the 20th February. I love their digital images and have a few in my now becoming quite vast digital stamp collection and i figured why not, give it a go and see what happens.

I purchased this image recently (from The Paper Shelter) and i wasn't sure how much use i would get out of it. Well the answer to that is heaps, i love it and it is a joy to colour. I also wanted to try something different so i took a digital paper and overlaid the digital image on top and removed the non required white areas so that it left me only with the image to colour. I think it really makes the image pop and i love the effect it gives. I did this using the free software GIMP but i know you can do it using word or any photo editing software. I then coloured her in using my beloved Copics. I would expect it would depend on the printer you have but i was able to use my colourless blender to correct several mistakes without it having any affect on the printed digital paper, it didn't fade it or affect it in anyway.

All the papers used are digital ones i have in my collection but sadly i cannot remember where i obtained these now as i got them when i first started crafting and this was before i started logging everything.

For this card i used...

Little Red Riding Hood Digital Image by The Paper Shelter

Digital papers from my stash

Flowers are by Kaisercraft

Gems and ribbon are from my stash

Cardstock from stash

Spellbinders Die

Marianne Leaf Dies

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Sakura Black Aqualip

Sakura Clear Star Gelly Roll

Copics

Hair  E21, E25, E29

Basket   E47, E49

Cape, Shoes and Bows R29

Face   E000, E00, G05, R11

Dress and Socks C3, C5

As always thanks for visiting and hope you have fun crafting

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

My apologies in advance

There will be several posts in a row today. We had bad weather in Brisbane over the weekend which left me without power for 24hrs, well what's a girl to do except made cards, so i made a few of them to stop me going bananas.

I made two cards for the challenges below and couldn't decide which one to go with and ended up settling on the one below, hope you like it?

For this card i used...

Snow White Image by The Paper Shelter

Copics Y18, E71, E27, E25, R29, YG09, YG05, E17, E50, B16, B29, C9, G14, C3, G28

Gelly rolls in Golden star and Red Star

Red, Yellow and Blue card by Kaisercraft

Martha Stewart border punch

White Ribbon from Stash

Red, White and Black flowers by Kaisercraft

Marianne Leaf Die

Red & Blue gems from stash

Double sided tape, double sided foam pads

Glossy accents

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Divas by Design

Creative Inspirations

The Paper Shelter

Cute Card Thursday

Thanks for taking the time

Jox

Happy Australia Day!

Hi everyone,

Well it is Australia Day today so have a lovely three day weekend, sadly the weather is against us in Queensland today and it has rained constantly since yesterday. This being the case i wanted to make a bright sunshiny card to make up for it.

For this card i used;

Kenny K Digital Image Bathing Beauty

Papers and card were all from my stash

The flowers were by scrapmats and coloured with Copics

Copics E50, E25, YR16, V09, G14, R29, RV06, B05, Y08

Gelly roll Clear Star (for her jewellery)

Fiskars corner punch

I would like to enter her in the following challenges

Creative Inspirations

The Paper Shelter

Have a great weekend and i really appreciate your comments

Jox

My other chosen card

Me again.

This is the other card i have chosen to submit to my challenges. I just love the combination of red and black and i have had this digi in my collection for a little bit as i fell in love with it the minute i saw it but just haven't gotten around to using it.

I wanted to keep this one fairly simple too as she is such a gorgeous image i wanted her to be the focal point. I took a black pearlescent card blank for my base. I then cut a strip of red pearlscent paper and used a Martha Stewart bored punch. I cut another strip from the same black card stock and embossed it to give it a little additional details. I mounted the black onto the red and then mounted these straight to the card base. I coloured my image with my trusty Copics but wanted this to have a little more blink/shimmer so i added some clear star gelly roll to the rose in her hair to give it a little sparkle, i used black aqualip on her shoes so they look like they are patent. I coloured the lamp post using black metallic gelly roll and the light bulb using yellow glaze. I then coloured around the image in really light grey to make it pop out at you a little more. I then mounted the image on black card stock leaving a thin border and then mounted this on red paper leaving another narrow border and then finally again onto black card stock with another narrow border and then adhered it to the card at a slight angle. I then added clear and red gems to complete the card.

I used...

Digital Image from The Paper Shelter

Card Stock Kmart

Pearlescent Paper from local newsagent

Couture Creations embossing folder

Martha Stewart Border punch

Red gems from stash

clear gems Kaiser Craft

Copics R37, E50, C0, C7, C9

Sakura Gelly Rolls Clear Star, Black Metallic

Sakura Yellow Glaze

Sakura Black Aqualip

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Creative Inspirations

Cute Card Thursday

Thanks

Jox 

Dilema

Hi everyone from very muggy and sticky Queensland, think i would trade with one of you in the UK right now...ahhh snow!

Well i have had quite a productive few days card wise for my challenges but now have more cards than i can enter...oops. So i have had to make a decision which quite honestly is not one of my strong points. The first card i will show you today i chose because it is a little bit outside of my normal style and i really like the way it turned out, girly but not pink and frilly.

I decided i wanted to limit the amount of colour on my card so there is only a little but i think it draws your attention to the gorgeous image more.

I started this one of backwards to how i create my other cards, i coloured my image first and just picked the colours of Copics i liked and used them. I then decided to make the rest of the card the same colour. I took my standard white pearlescent card black. I cut a square 12cm x 12cm from the same card stock and embossed it. I then adhered this onto another piece of the same card stock and trimmed a border. I wanted to put some ribbon on and decided to go with the red i had in my stash and i adhered this to the smaller trimmed cards. I attached this to the base card using foam tape to give it a lift. I then cut my image out using Spellbinders dies, i cut one slightly larger using the original card stock and mounted both to the card. I made a red bow which i then adhered to the card using glossy accents. I also added some small red gems. Its hard to tell from the image but i did some highlights on the flowers and bees using my clear star Gelly roll to add a little sparkle and put some Glossy Accents on the bees to make them nice and glossy.

I used...

Pearlescent White Card stock from Kmart

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Spellbinders Dies

Digital Image from Cuddly Buddy

Ribbon - Stash

Gems - Stash

Copics V05, RV04, V17, YG09, YG17, G05, C2, Y13, E37, E41, R81, B16, YG05 AND R37

Glossy Accents

Clear Star Gelly Roll

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges;

Divas By Design

Creative Inspirations

Thanks for taking the time to view 

Jox

My final choice to enter into the Flourishes Challenge

Hi everyone,

This is the final one i am entering into the Flourishes challenge but i did make several other cards which i have decided not to enter and if anyone wishes to view these they are on the Do Crafts website, my gallery is wickens36. Told you i got a little carried away.

This one i wanted to keep simple but with a bit more dimension. Here is my finished card.

The card base is from Kmart and is lovely and shimmery, I cut a small red square and then mounted on a slightly larger white square which i then mounted on the a larger red square which has a bigger border that the others. This i adhered to the card base using foam tape to make it stand out a little. The spotty paper is a download i have from Pink Petticoat, i am a huge fan of pink petticoat because not only do you get really good value for money but the number of colours you get is almost too much to chose from and it makes it so much easier to create the project you want to rather than being limited to a set number of colours. I die cut six hearts in the same size which i then folded in half and used double sided tape with stick them all together and the two halves to the card stock to adhere it. It was fairly time consuming and fiddly to do but i hope you will agree it was worth the effort.

Flourishes Challenge

Wish me luck with my entries and hopefully i will be back with some more cards soon

Jox

CAS LIM Valentines card

Hi Everyone,

Hope you are all having a great week so far.

I have another entry into the Flourishes challenge this week that i wanted to share with you all. I love cute cards but i don't seem to be able to get them quite right so this and my following entries are fairly simple but hopefully very effective.

This card was lovely to do and the shimmery card stock really highlights and makes the embossing really jump out at you.

The card stock i brought in a pack from Kmart, it is lovely and shimmery and makes the embossing look really sharp

The hearts were made using a die in my Big Shot, which coincidentally is one of my most prized possessions.

The embossing folder is by cuttlebug

I really hope you like my efforts and please feel free to leave a comment or two, i truly love hearing from you all.

Flourishes Challenge

I will be posting a couple of others shortly

Jo

Life got in the way of crafting

Hi Everyone,


I am so sorry there has been such a delay since my last post, life got in the way of my crafting, i hate it when that happens :)

I kind of lost my card making mojo which is another reason it has taken me a while but my nieces are having a joint birthday party on the first week end in December and that gave me all these fabulous ideas of things to make.

Well my first task has come together rather nicely, i made some party bags. I tried to make them fun and my eldest niece is heavily into Disney Princess's at the moment so i used them for the girls and Cars for the boys.

I am also making a banner with their names on but haven't quite finished yet so i will post you some photos when i am done.

There are quite a few photos as i tried to decorate them all differently.

Please let me know any thoughts or suggestions, i really love getting all your wonderful comments and encouragement

Jx

Long Time No Post

Hi everyone,

I was beginning to think i had lost my creative mojo there for a while LOL but i seem to be having a reasonably inspired weekend.

The image below was one i used to practice with my copics so my apologies as i have not logged the individual colours.

Get Well Soon

I love this Digi from CC Designs

Red & White Card Stock from Stash, as are the ribbon and black gems

The Frame is spellbinders and it is a cuttlebug embossing folder, Polka Dots i think

Copics and Gelly Rolls

Thanks for sticking with me

Jx

Last Christmas Challenge card and it had to be a Kenny K Digi image

Hi everyone,

well this is the third card i came up for my challenges and must admit this is my favourite, its just a little different.

Ok for this card i used

Black cardstock, red paper and white black dot paper all from my stash

Kenny K Digi image

Copics

Gelly rolls

I am entering this hottie into the following challenges

CRAFTS AND ME CHALLENGE - USE A DIGI

MAKE IT MONDAY - ANYTHING GOES

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS - ANYTHING GOES

I will try and post some more of the cards that i made at the retreat over the course of the week.

Take care

Jox

Another Christmas card

Hi All,

Well i came up with several cards on the retreat that could be submitted into the challenges so i am entering again, hope that is ok? Isn't that always the way, one week you cannot even come up with one idea and then another time you come up with several that you cannot choose between.

Here is my second challenge card

For this card is used

White card stock from my stash

paper is from Do Crafts

Digi stamp is from Digistamp Boutique, i purchased a set of four

Copics

Gelly rolls

I am entering into the following challenges

CRAFTS AND ME CHALLENGE - USE A DIGI

MAKE IT MONDAY - ANYTHING GOES

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS - ANYTHING GOES

I really do appreciate your comments and feedback and truly appreciate you taking the time to comment and view my blog.

Take Care

Jox

CC Designs Challenge Card

Hi Everyone,

Hope everyone's weekend is going well so far? I was watching the opening ceremony for the Olympic Games and definitely at times like this i really do miss London.

Well i did a Christmas themed challenge card today and it came out really well, it was one of those cards that just came together all by itself. Really pleased with her hair on this one but think i may have made it a smidgen too dark but its works well.

I used white base card and then cut out the white and green spotted paper and mounted this on red paper, i then cut the white and green striped paper and mounted that on red. I printed out my image yesterday before i knew what i was going to use her for and was a little concerned she would be too big but i found tilting the image on it's side after i had mounted in on green card stock, worked really well and anyone would think i have done it on purpose LOL

I put on some crimson ribbon and then made the two little bows out of the same ribbon, some pearls in the corner finished it off. I haven't added a sentiment as i generally chose those once i know who i am sending the card too.

Here she is

For this card i used the following

white card stock, red ribbon, green patterned papers from my stash

Paper xtra pearls

White Gel pen

Copics

HAIR E25, E27, E27

FACE E50, E51

JACKET R59

BOOTS C9, C7

COLOURLESS BLENDER 0

OUTLINED IMAGE WITH C1 to make it pop out a bit more

SAKURA BLACK AQUALIP on her coat buttons

SAKURA GELLY ROLL CLEAR STAR on her wings and the snowflakes

I am entering the following challenges

MAKE IT MONDAY - ANYTHING GOES

LEXI'S CREATIONS - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

QUIRKY CRAFTS CHALLENGES - CHRISTMAS IN JULY

OOH LA LA CREATIONS - 1 IMAGE, 2 DESIGNER PAPERS, 3 EMBELLISHMENTS 

Thank you for taking the time to visit and for your lovely comments

Hugs Jox

CC Designs Xmas Card

Hi Everyone,

My latest creation is an xmas card, i usually veer away from  the more traditional colour schemes so thought i would give the old red and green a try.

As always thanks for taking the time to look and leave your comments it is much appreciated and greatly motivating :)

For this card i used;

Red & Green cardstock from my stash

X-Press is blending card

CC Designs digital stamp - Very sorry cant remember name

Copics = E15,G17,E17,E50,R46

White Sakura Aqualip pen (you can't see it very well from the photo but the bottom of the hat and bobble have a lovely white glossy finish that looks really good)

Sakura Gelly Roll in clear star

White Gel Pen