Another weekend, Another Card

Hi Everyone,

Hope your weekends have been fun and creative :)

Had a fairly busy weekend and wasn't sure if i would get to post this but glad i did.

For this card, i was going with the Easter theme and one of the challenges i would like to enter was a sketch challenge and here is my finished creation...

Isn't the image gorgeous, it was a new one i downloaded from Wee Stamps....i only meant to look and ended up with 4 new digis, i have no self control when it comes to craft goodies.

For this card i used...

Wee Stamps Digital Images

Card and ribbon from stash

Cuttlebug Swiss dots embossing folder

Martha Stewart border punch

Kaiser craft flowers and gems

patterned paper free from magazine been in my stash a wee while

My trusty Copis and Gelly Rolls

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Craft your Passion

Sketch and Stash

ABC Challenge

Charisma Cardz

The Paper Shelter

Cute Card Thursday

Challenges 4 Everybody

Simon Says Stamp

I do apologise for the briefness of this post but you cannot get Bourbon biscuits in Australia and i am attempting to make my own this evening and didn't want to miss the deadline on a couple of the challenges.

Wish me luck! i craft considerably better than i cook but i really fancy a Bourbon biscuit LOL

Thanks for visiting

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

Happy St Patrick's Day

Hi everyone,

Hope you have all had a great weekend, almost over for me now but i did get one of my challenge cards finished and pretty timely too considering it is for St Patrick's Day.

For this card i wanted to combine a couple of challenges and one was a sketch challenge. I had a look at the sketch and got an idea what i wanted to do. Green is not a common colour for me to use so i didn't really have anything and i knew i would need several patterned papers to complete the sketch. So i went on good old Google to see what digital papers were out there. I found some for free online via the following blog which was a real added bonus Starynight.

I have been eyeing up the digital stamps from Sassy Studio Designs and finally purchased some and one was their St Patrick's Day image, its a great fun image and i really enjoyed colouring it. I didn't want to overload the card with green so i coloured the drink as Guinness in good old fashioned brown.

The sentiment i typed up on my computer, had a play around with the text size and font and them cut out using Spellbinders Dies.

Hope you like my card

For this card i used...

Patterned Papers from Stary night Blog

Paper and card stock from my stash

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Gems (these were clear and i coloured them with my Copics)

Spellbinders Dies

Image from Sassy Studio Designs

Copics 0, R46, C7, C7, G05, G17, G28, E00, E000, E41, E49

Sakura Gelly Rolls Lime Star & Black Sparkle

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges

Cute Card Thursday

Creative Inspirations

Dare To Be Sassy

Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for joining me

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

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

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

Simon Says Stamp Challenge entry

Hope you are all having a great week so far, not long until the weekend now.

The Challenge at Simon Says is for black and white with a splash of colour. I had a few ideas and must confess a couple did not go according to plan, i think i tried to force the ideas and that just doesn't work. Well amazingly i had the idea for this one on the bus coming home from work and i am actually really happy with the result.

I started off using a black pearlescent card blank (from Kmart) and then took a white pearlescent card blank (from Kmart) and cut to 12.5cm x 12.5cm and then embossed it using a cuttlebug folder i have and my beloved Bigshot. I then took some hot pink pearlescent paper (from my newsagent) which i mounted the embossed card panel onto, i trimmed a small border around so make it jump from the black card stock. I then cut out some mini butterflies using my Martha Stewart punch and arranged them on the embossed panel,  There are actually 2 black, 2 pink and 2 white but the white do not show up very well in the photo. I adhered them using Glossy Accents and added small clear Kaiser Craft Gems. Hope you like it!

Simon Says Stamp Challenge

Happy Birthday with Old and New

Hi everyone,

Well i am back with another card, this one i am entering in several challenges. Simon Says Stamp and Show tasked a theme of something "Old" which i am using old backing papers that have been in my stash since i originally started card making a few years ago. The Sweet Stop have a sketch as their challenge and i really liked the sketch, sometimes i find this hard to work by as i just cannot visualise it but this one i seemed to have no issue with. My final challenge is Charisma cardz and their theme is Happy Birthday and if you put the number 4 on your card you get entered 4 times in the challenge. Without much further ado here is what i created...

I started off with a 15cm x 15cm pearlescent white card base. I took two of my patterned papers and cut them down to 7cm x 14cm and adhered them both on black card stock. I then trimmed the black card stock down leaving a small back border. I then cut a piece of black card stock 3cm x 14cm and used a border punch on the bottom. I then fixed this panel to the card base using double sided tape. I then cut another piece of patterned paper to 5cm x 11cm and the adhered to more black card stock which i then trimmed down to leave a small black border. I adhered this to my card with double sided tape. For the sentiment i actually typed it out using Word and then adjust the size and spacing that i wanted and printed onto white paper. I then used a die cutting machine and dies to cut out the white sentiment and a slightly larger one in black which i then adhered together. The sentiment was then adhered to the card using square double sided foam pads to make it stand out a little more. The card still needed a little more so i added a black ribbon bow and punched out a butterfly from the offcuts of the patterned paper and adhered both using Glossy Accents and finally i added a few gems to give the card a little bit of bling.

I used...

Card Blank 15cm x 15cm from Kmart

Black card stock and patterned papers from my stash

Spellbinders Dies

Gems by Kaisercraft

Black ribbon from stash

Butterfly and Border punch both Martha Stewart

The Sweet Spot Challenge

Charisma Cardz Challenge

Simon Says Stamp and Show

Thanks for visiting and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Jox

Using old backing papers

Well i am entering a couple of card making blog challenges with this card and the theme for Simon Says Stamp was something "Old" well i have had the backing papers i used in my stash since i started getting interested in card making a few years ago and just never seemed to use them. I am also entering The Sketchy Challenges blog and i loved their sketch thought it would be fun to combine the two.

I took a 15cm x 15cm card blank in pearlescent white as my base. I then cut a square in black card measuring 13cm x 13cm which i adhered to the card using foam tape. I then cut three pieces of my old backing papers in 8cm x 8cm, 11.5cm x 6.5cm and 5.5cm x 5.5cm. I arranged these on the card to match the sketch and adhered them with double sided tape. I downloaded the zebra digital image and printed on Copic card. I coloured the zebra a light grey just to make him pop a little more and coloured the background roughly as i wanted to have a little texture rather than be flat. I cut out the image and scalloped black circles using dies. I then attached them to the card using double sided foam square so he really pops out at you. it wouldn't be one of my cards without a few gems. Hope you like my finished card

I used...

White Pearlescent card blank from Kmart

Black Card stock and the backing papers are all from my stash

The digital image is from Cuddly Buddly

Copics E31 and C1

Black gems are Kaisercraft

Simon Says Stamp and Show

The Sketchy Challenges

Thank you for viewing

Jox