Non Tradition Colours - Christmas

Christmas definitely seems to be my theme at the moment. I have had this paper pack by Kaisercraft for a while now and whilst i love the colours, i have never really seem to find an idea that works. This one came out pretty well and i must admit i am quite happy with the final card.

Papers and sentiment by Kaisercraft
Spellbinders Snowflake Die
Gems, Silver Card, White Cardstock, Silver ribbon all from my ever increasing stash.

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

Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge

DRagonfly Dreams Challenge

A Bit More Time To Craft Challenge

A Perfect Time To Craft Challenge

Craft-Dee Bowz Challenge

Crafty Hazelnuts Patterned Paper Challenge

CCC Digi Creations Challenge

LeAnns World Challenge

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Simple and Sparkly Christmas

I recently brought a mixed pack of silver card and was itching to make a card with them. The pack contains glitter card, pearlescent card and mirror card and i thought these would be prefect for a Christmas card. I spend ages on Pinterest trying to get ideas but this one was simple and came together by itself,  but i think it came out pretty effective.

Items used:

White card stock 280gsm for base
Glitter & Pearlescent silver card by Crafters Choice
Reindeer Die - Uniquely Creative Geometric Deer
White card 210gsm for sentiment
Sentiment Die - Kaisercraft i think
Double sided tape

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

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge

Crafters Castle Challenge

Gem of a Challenge

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge

Allsorts Challenge

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Seem to have found my card making mojo :)

Hi All,

Hope everyone has had a great weekend. I have been quite successful (at least i think so ha ha) and made a few cards that i would like to share with you over my next few posts.

The first surprising thing about this card is it isn't a square, thought i would try going with rectangular for a change and really pleased with how she turned out.

Paper & Card Stock, Ribbon and gems all from my ever growing stash :)

Image: C C Designs (had her for a while now and she is always such a joy to colour)

Colouring: My trusty copics

I would like to enter her in the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge: Anything Goes

Brown Sugar Challenge: Anything Goes

Art By Miran: Anything Goes

Scribble & Scrap Challenge: Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends Challenge: Anything Goes

FairyTale Stampers Challenge: Things with wings

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge: Add some embellishments

Come and Get It Challenges: Things with Wings

Avenue 613 - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking the time to check my card and i appreciate any comments left, it is always nice to hear from you all

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

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Love Jox

Another Beat The Blues Entry for Cute Card Thursday Challenge

Well i seem to be all or nothing when it comes to ideas for my card making, i can go weeks where i get utterly frustrated because i cannot even get an idea of where to start and other times the ideas just keep coming and i can barely keep up with them. I originally coloured two images for my previous card because i was not entirely sure which one i wanted to use so ended up with two coloured images. I chose the LOTV image for the previous card and this Hannah Lynn image was far to gorgeous to remain stored in my stash so off i went and created another card.

The card base is one i had in my stash and measures 15cm x 15cm. I cut silver pearlescent paper to 14cm x 14cm and mounted onto the card blank using double sided sticky tape. The 4 patterned paper strips are all 3cm x 11cm (they were actually what i had left over after making the previous card) and mounted them on card the same as the card blank. I then trimmed a fairly obvious border around each but did not measure this. I then aligned them how i wanted them to sit, i find this helps me to do because i have a tendency to change my layout so many times before my final card. I then adhered them using double sided tape. I then added the black ribbon. Once i had coloured the image i had already mounted on silver pearlescent paper and mounted again on black card stock, all using double sided tape. I adhered the image to the card from using foam tape so it is a little raised from the background. I made the bow and adhered this to the card using Glossy Accents and finally added the blue gems. I have a tendency to be extremely critical of my own efforts but must confess i am pretty happy with the way this turned out.

I used...

Hannah Lynn Digital Image

Black Pearlescent card blank originally purchased from Kmart

Patterned papers are all by Doodlebug Designs

Black Ribbon was from my stash

Blue Gems from Kaiser Craft

Copics B23, R81, E50, C7, C9, G05

Sakura Gelly Roll Clear Star

Glossy Accents and Double sided tape from my stash

Cute Card Thursday Challenge

Thank you for visiting and i truly appreciate your time and comments

Jox

LOTV Card in blue

Hope everyone is having a great week end so far?

This is my card for the Cute Card Thursday challenge this week which is Beat The Blues. I really enjoyed this as i truly love blue and i already had some fabulous papers in my stash.

I made this card on a black card base from my stash which measures 14cm x 14cm, i cut a square of patterned paper 13cm x 13cm and then mounted this on silver pearlescent paper which i trimmed a narrow border, i did not measure this i just went by my eye on that. I cut three strips from different patterned paper in 3cm x 10cm and mounted them on silver pearlescent paper, again i did not measure these dimensions i just went by eye. I coloured my image using Copics and cut this down to size, i mounted it on silver pearlescent paper and then mounted again on black card stock. I punched two butterflies, on silver and one in black and used Glossy Accents to adhere them. I stamped my sentiment on a white card blank and again cut down to size. Both the image and the sentiment are adhered to the card using dimensionals. I then lastly added the gems and pearls.

I used...

Black card stock from stash

silver pearlescent paper which i pick up from my local newsagent

LOTV image

All patterned papers are by Doodlebug Designs and i already had these in my stash

Copics in R81, B23, E40, C2

Sakura Gelly rolls in Marine Star, Clear Star and Yellow Glaze

Black Gems and Blue Pearls which i am pretty sure are both kaiser Craft

Cute Card Thursday Challenge

Thank you for visiting

Jox

CAS LIM Male Valentines day card

Me again...

I really got into the Flourishes challenge this week and i ended up getting a little carried away and i totally loved it. I love entering in these challenges as it really helps me with ideas and you get so much inspiration from the fabulous entries by other very talented crafters.

I decided i wanted to make a valentines more masculine and i went with a silver and black theme and i am very pleased with it. It still has hearts but a more manly feel :)

I made a Matt black base using card from my stash and also cut out a black heart in the same card. I then used a shiny silver card stock which i embossed. I panicked a little at first as some of the silver coating flaked off a little which doesn't show up in the photo but when i calmed down i actually really like the effect, it gives it an almost weathered or aged look and now i love it. I also die cut another heart the same size as the other in the shiny silver card stock. I mounted the silver embossed panel on another black square panel just to help it pop out and i used dimensionals on the heart for added emphasis. Hope you like it.

Flourishes Challenge

Thank you for following my journey

Jo