Silhoutted Sugar

Hello All,

Well just as I got so that I was back to being a regular blogger, I've disappeared again!! We were away for our anniversary, then I have been doing a work training .... so there has been no blogging or crafting, just falling into bed exhausted!!

As it has been my anniversary I have received one or two crafting anniversary presents .... including a little trip to the house of sugar :-) I bought some lovely "My Minds Eye" papers that I have used here  ( I cant remember the name of the pad, and its up in the loft .... next time I go up, I will check and then update my post!)

I have used a Leanne Ellis stamp ( I would sooooo love it if we could get more of her images!!) but to be a little different, I coloured it in black, to create a silhouette.

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

Sugar bowl - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe Crafts - Girly
Shabby Tea Room - Anything Goes
Stamp with Fun - Anything Goes
ABC - Just as you Like
Charisma Cards - Die Cuts
Totally Gorjuss - Something Old (using an old stamp)

Now as I afforded myself the luxury of using new paper and not my scraps .... I had to follow my new rules, where I use it all up, so that I at least do not add to the enormous pile of scraps that I have ... I cut into 3 6x6 papers to make this card .... and have also decorated the inside of the card, I was then left with this:

And with the leftover snippits .. I made this:

Again with decorating the inside of the card too ... I do not have one little snippit left!! This card I would like to enter into

Pixies snippit playground.

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Scrap Flowers

Hello All,

Lots of different styles coming from me at the moment .... It is as a result of trying to use up all my scrap paper, I have to keep challenging myself, otherwise I would be getting really bored, and loosing the will to live constantly rummaging through my bag of scraps!! ..... Well when I saw the challenge over at Charisma Cards to use at least 5 different patterned papers ... well there was an invite to use my scraps!! .... I saw this idea on pinterest, so I thought I would give it a go .... I dug out these Dawn Bibby stamps that are ages old .... in fact I think they may have been part of the beginning of this whole crafty milarky ..... I quite like the way they turned out, so I made 3 cards in this style ... as my card box is needing replenished!

This is my entry for:

Bunny Zoe - Flowers and Pearls
Papertake weekly - Anything Goes
Oldie but Goodie - Feeling Floral (old scrap papers & very old stamp)
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Cute card Thursday - Something Old (old scrap papers & very old stamp)
Charisma Cards - At least 5 different papers
pixies snippit playground

As always thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Sister Act Design Team Call

Hi All,

Well today I am doing something I have never done before, I am applying to be on a DT team .... It is a while since I have done any DT work .... Kezia coming up to a year old now and I am getting to craft regularly again. I love the sound of this challange blog as it will be anything goes all the time ... so much freedom and scope for creativity there!! Also it means with it being " Anything Goes " All the time I should have no problem in creating a project a week!

The application for the DT team requires that you show your top 3 cards ..... wow what a job that has been!! I spent all of last night looking over my blog to find what I would enter, it has been so difficult, however I have finally gone for these three:

I wish I could give some sort of explanation to my choice but to be honest I don't .... guess I just liked them.

I have to say looking over my blog was a very interesting exercise. In all honesty there is so much stuff that I looked at that I cringed to think I was willing to put it into the public domain!! It was interesting to see how I have improved, and the influence of fashion trends, products, and of course blogland! ....... I wonder what new changes will occur in the next few years!! ..... despite my vast amount of very cringe worthy posts, I still found it hard to choose just 3 cards for this post, so I guess I must be doing something right along the way!!

As always thanks for looking .... and dont forget to check out the Sister Act Blog
Hugs to All
Juls

Scrap, Doodle, Stamp, & Splat

Hello all,

Quite a different style of card from me today, but at the same time I kind of like it. Still on a mission to use those scraps ... that was the start of the card. Then I doodled the little quirky piano Key board. I then stamped the flowers using a Kanban stamp, I have coloured a few highlghts with prisma pencils, as I was doing that, I had the idea of using some of my distress stains to create a splat .... I kind of wish I had thought of that sooner, as I had used memento ink, and it has bled slightly, so it would have been better with Stayzon  ... will no for next time, kind of quirky but I also kind of like it.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crazy Challenge - Pink and Gems
Oldie but a Goodie - Bright Colours (old papers and stamp)
Simon Says - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday (old papers and stamp)
Gorjuss - Anything goes with pink
Pixies snippit playground.

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Plan A

Hello All,

A journal page from me today!! .... This was created last night after a bit of time playing in the loft! I was supposed to be tiding up after an evenings playing ... but as I was clearing things away I saw this fabby Tim Holtz stamp ... and I suddenly thought would work well with a sentiment I saw on pinterest ... so instead of tidying I started stamping and doodling instead.

I have used a variety of products, dylusion inks, Distress Stains, stencils, stamps, memento ink and some sharpies.

Now I really must go and tidy up this time!!

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Kissy Moo

Hello All,

I know some of you thought I was completely mad and bonkers after my last post (he he!!) so I have no idea what you will think now!! All I can say is that I think too much children's TV is responsible for this one! My life has been reduced to cbeebies and the gigglebellies!!

On the Gigglebellies there is a cow named Kissy Moo, when I made the colour me card, the image reminded me of Kissy Moo, although she is turquoise with blue dots ... I prefer penut the elephant who is purple with polka dots!! and that was the inspiration for my card.

The papers are from the scrap pile .... ( I was planning on doing a monthly update, but honestly you really cant see a difference, even if I was to do it quarterly you would still not notice the difference, I am working at it with determination though )

Its is a Marij Rahder and the flowers and toadstools are little elements from my new Katy Sue stamps that I still need to have a proper play with yet. I have coulered the images with copics, and then I have gone over Kissy Moo with a little twinkiling H20 for some added sparkle.

This is my entry for:

Kaboodle: - Use Any bling
Oldie but a Goodie - Bright Colours
One stop Craft - One for the Kids
Allsorts - Animals
Pixie's snippit playground

As always thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

I'm Not A Witch....

Hi All,

Its my Anniversary soon, and this is the card I have made for hubby. I have gone for funny this year. We both love the film "Princess Bride" We always quote from the film in daily conversations. ie, when hubby goes off to work, when he leaves I will say "have fun storming the castle", "true love - there's nothing like it, except for an M.L.T where the mutton is nice and lean" ...... I honestly could go on and on, there have in fact been times that we have managed to have an entire conversation using only quotes from this film.

In the film there is the quote "I'm not a Witch, I'm your Wife" I say to hubby all the time. So when I saw Krista's images I got the inspiration for this card.

I have designed the card using Seriff again. I love the creative possibility of using digital stamps within Seriff. I have combined a Saturated Canary digi stamp with a Crafty Makes digi. I have also used various digi Kits including elements from a polkadoodle cd.

Although this was designed digitally it was by no means a quick card, it took me a good few hours to design. Another 2-3 hours to colour, I have used copic's and prisma's. and then another 20 minutes or  so to create the decoupage elements.

I am really happy with the results, and I am hoping it will make hubby smile.

This is my entry for:

Saturated Canary - Love
Creatalicious - L'more
Crafty Calender - Love&Marriage
City Crafter - Glitter
Pennys paper crafty challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Love/Hearts
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Polka Doodles - Fantasy/Fairytale ( I hope this card count's, it was inspired by the story "the princess bride" and well witches are fantasy - however if you don't think it counts let me know )
Totally Gorjuss - Happy ( Happy Anniversary )

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls