I just love these patterned papers and i wanted to use them to make as many cards as possible

Hi Everyone,

I hope Monday treated you well, at least it is now closer to the weekend than it was :)

As you may have gathered from my last two posts, i am absolutely in love with these blue and white patterned papers by Fabscraps, now i do have a scrap bits box but i know what i am like, the pile just gets bigger and i forget whats in there so they rarely get used. So i used this as motivation to try and use up as much of the patterned papers as possible. I also brought a whole load of digital images over the weekend and it just seemed rude not to use them :)

I also wanted to try something a little different with my layout so please feel free to leave any comments or suggestions, i tend to get in my comfort zone and then everything kind of becomes the same...i guess you don't know until you play around and try.

For this card i used:

Image - Saturated Canary

Patterned Papers - All by Fabscraps

Dies - Spellbinders

Pearls - From stash

Colouring - Copics (same colours as my last two posts but the addition of B21 for her beautiful eyes)

Card Stock - Bazzill

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

Cute Card Thursday - Fancy Corners

Crafty Cardmakers - Stripes

Crafters Cafe - Lots of Layers

Creative Knockouts - Lots of Layers

Crafty Catz - Use your dies/Punches

The Paper Shelter - Make it digital

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to read my ramblings.

Have a fab week

Jox

Similar but not the same

Hi Everyone,

Told you i fell in love with those papers in my last post and as you can see i made another card using the same colour combos just slightly different from the first...nice to have my mojo back!

For my card i used to following

Imade - Sassy Studio Designs

Papers - Fab Scraps

Card Stock - Bassil

Sentiment - Simply B Stamps

Flowers - Kaisercraft

Gems from stash

Dies - Spellbinders

Colouring - Copics (Same as previous post)

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

Thanks for joining me and fingers crossed that i am back in terms of creativity and over my crafters block :)

Jox

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

 

Skating Wryn - Have been looking forward to using this image

Hi Everyone,

Back again with another post, certainly a successful day crafting that's for sure. I enjoy it and i find it a great way to relax, well at least when i am not over analysing my work and stressing myself out LOL.

I purchased this image a while ago, i think i got a little carried away with my Hannah Lynn images and have neglected others that i have and today was about trying to use some of these images.

Isn't she super cute, i love how the image pops out when you highlight around it with light grey, its only a small thing but i find it really does make all the difference.

For this card is used:

Skater Wryn image & Sentiment
Designer Papers are by Kaiser Craft
Gems and Flowers by Kaiser Craft
Bazzill card stock
Spellbinders Circle and Scalloped Circle Dies
Martha Stewart Border Punch
Stickles
Gelly Roll and Aqualip pens by Sekura
Copics: 0, BG05, BV13, C1, E11, E15, E17, E50

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Christmas At Sweet Stampin Challenge - Glitter, Glitter & More Glitter

Charisma Cards - Purple & Blue

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Moments Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting 

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

Had to share my new Hannah Lynn Image - Dee Dee

Hi Everyone,

I saw that Crafts and Me have 20% off at the moment so figured i would treat myself with a new image for Easter, well 6 images purchased later...I couldn't wait to make a card with this image, she is such fun and absolutely gorgeous.

Isn't she stunning :)

For this card i used:

Gems by Kaiser Craft
Ribbon (coloured with Copics) & Buckle from stash
Hannah Lynn Image - Dee Dee
Paper by Primary Basics
Red Spica Pen
Clear Star Gelly Roll
Copics - C1, YG23, B16, Y00, Y15, Y18, E13, E15, E17, E49, E50

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

Sweet Stampin Challenge

Everybody Art Challenge

Now i am off to decide which image to play with next, thanks 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

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

French Pretty In Pink

Hi Everyone,

Gone for a bit of a French theme with this card and i just loooooove the digi image i used, it is the final one out of the four Sassy Studio Designs digis i downloaded and i just love them.

For this card i used...

Digital Image from Sassy Studio Designs

Digital papers from my collection

Black and Pink Gems by Kaiser Craft

Lace from Stash

Black card from Stash

Copics BG05, E50, E17, R37, R81, C0, 100, 0

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Cute Card Thursday

Challenges 4 Everybody

Love To Create

Thanks for visiting and come back soon

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

Lilac and Lace Wedding card

Hi everyone,

There was another couple of challenges i wanted to take part in and they required me to use lace. Well lace is not something i normally use but when i thought about what time of card to make Wedding came to mind.

This being the case i purchased a gorgeous image from Sassy Studio Designs (one of four oops) and she is just gorgeous and would work perfectly. One of the challenges required you to use the colour Lavender and this soft purple just works so well i think. Plus i knew i had some perfect papers from Pink Petticoat and the rest kind of came together.

Because the image itself was so gorgeous i didn't want to do a lot too it. I coloured the flowers on her dress and bouquet with V17 and then i put some clear star Gelly roll on the flowers and the mid section of her dress and then added some tiny gems to the flowers on her dress and in her hair to give it a bit more WOW factor.

I hope you like what i created.

For this card i used...

Image from Sassy Studio Designs

Pink Petticoat Patterned and plain purple digital papers

Silver card stock from stash

Spellbinders die

Martha Stewart border punch

Ribbon and lace from Stash

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Gems

Clear Star Sakura Gelly Roll

Copics V17, BG05, E000, E00, E35, R81

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

Love To Create

Crafts and Me

Cute Card Thursday

Have a great week crafting

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

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

Hannah Lynn Centre Stepper Card

Hi All,

For my next experimentation i decided to give a centre step card a go. I viewed some templates online and then gave it a go generating my own, as you can imagine there were some failures LOL before i got to the dimensions i wanted.

Because i really love this image i wanted to keep the rest of the card fairly simple so she is the main focus and isn't she gorgeous. I may add a sentiment later, i am not sure at this stage but that's the joy of this image i think you could use it for any number.

For this card i used...

Janessa, Digital image by Hannah Lynn

Copics G05, R46, 0, E000, E00, B16, Y18, C1, C5, C7, C9

Gelly Rolls Silver star and Clear Star

Gems and card stock all from stash.

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Divas By Design

Cute Card Thursday

Have fun Crafting

Jox