Porcelain Lady

I Love these "Porcelain papers - Basic Grey" I have been playing with them all weekend...only wish I bought 2 packs now...not that I am short of other paper to use! LOL...

I have got quite a lot of cutesie cards in my collection at the mo, so I wanted to do something a little different. I dug out this old stamp from "personal impressions" I bought it from QVC forever ago, back when I had a handful of stamps and my entire crafting collection fit in one shoe box!!!...I have coloured her in with copics and the edges of the mat have been inked up, using "Distress ink, worn lipstick & shabby shutters", and the pink scroll coming down the side was a matching sticker from "basic Grey" that came with the paper pack. I have also used my "Hero arts - manuscript" to add some text to the background paper. Then I have used a little ribbon, created flowers with my punches, and as always a touch of stickels!!

This is my entry for:

Stamptacular Sunday - Flower Power
Copic Creations - (I have chosen challenge 1 - skin tones)
Oh Alice - fine print (too add text to the design)

As always, thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Sweet Tilda

Hi All, how are you? This is the first time I have entered any Magnolia Challenge, as so far I only have one Magnolia image in my collection.....however a very lovely bloggy friend of mine sent me a fab parcel of stamped images to play with......I love this little tilda, she is just sooooo sweet!!!!

I have to say, I think colouring Tilda's is an art form, I have to say, the first few I coloured up just looked really naff...so I have spend ages in blog land looking at the way you guys colour these little sweeties to make them look so gorgeous.....I have a long way to go yet, but this is a little better than my first attempts!

I have coloured her up using my copics and I have used some fab "Basic Grey - porcelain collection" papers, I have added some of the matching stickers, and lashings of stickles. The Little sentiment is a rub on from "K&Co"

This is my entry for:

Creative Cottage - Sparkle
Fab&Funky - Its all in the technique (I have used my fav techniques of distressing, faux stitching and fussy cutting)
Colour Create - choice of pastels
Just Magnolia - Sketch
Totally Papercrafts - Pink and Green
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Pink, Green and Flowers

Thanks for looking, have a great weekend!
Hugs Juls

Set your Heart on Something Beautiful....

Hi All,

Many Thanks to you all for your get will wishes, they have been much appreciated. I have been told by the docs today that it will probably take about 6 weeks to get over...so I guess it will be less talking more crafting!!

Had a meeting with my boss today, who is based in Elgin, which as most of you know is also the home of "Paper Boutique" where all our lovely Sugar Nellies live, so of course I had to pop in....it is such a lovely shop to have a good wander round, thourally enjoyable!!!

Now my card, I am not sure if I like this one,

The paper is from "DCWV - all about girls stack" I had been using this sheet of paper for other cards and this bit was left over, I love it with the scallops, the journaling tag and the sentiment....so I literally just stuck it onto 5"x7" card, and wondered what to do next...

I thought the sentiment might work well for a wedding card...as 4 of my friends got engaged at the end of last year and I was making cards for all their friends and family thought I should make a start on wedding ones now!! so I stamped the " Lili of the vally" stamp directly onto the paper, then stamped it up another couple of times coloured with copics and her dress has also been painted with "twinkling H20's - Oyster" and I decoupaged them up.

Finally to try and create a bit of interest I have added the flowers, the pearls and bling..
not sure, but I will be interested to hear what you all think!

This is my entry for:

Die Cut Dreams - New Beginnings

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Spring is in the Air

Hello All, how are you?....unfortunately I am not so great at the mo, I have got Laryngitis..I have been ill for weeks but it took me ages to get seen by the docs! Any way I am now on anti biotics and am not allowed to speak for a week...that was driving me mad after about 10min, (but I think hubby enjoying the peace) I tell you I really appreciate the gift of speech. My tummy is not liking the antibiotics....but at least I can still use my hands so I can craft away quietly to myself!.....anyway enough of my moaning and onto my card....

I have been so spoiled recently and have had loads of new crafting goodies..hubby treated me to loads of WOJ stamps for my anniversary, so this is me using one of my new stamps..I also got the "DCWV - all about girls" stack, and the fab papers I have used are from that stack.

This is my entry for:

Crafty Catz - Spring
Crafty Card Makers - Spring into Spring
Allsorts - Spring is in the air
Sweet Stamping Challenge Blog - Spring is in the air
Just us Girls - colour combo (lightbrown, light blue, light green and yellow)
Saturday Challenge - Spring has Sprung
Stamp Something - Distressed somethings
Friday Sketchers - Sketch
Paperplay - Good luck/Thank you
Fab and Funky - Its all new (new stamp and new papers)
Creative Cottage - Flowers

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

A Sassy Anniversary

Hi all.....another squint photograph!

This is a card I made for friends who were celebrating thier 25th wedding anniversary. In the end I didn't use a sentiment on the card, as anything I had in just didn't look right.

The fab image is from Sassy Studio Designs Which I have coloured using my copics! I had to alter his hair slightly and give him a bit of an afro, it didn't look quite right without it...hope that is ok.The pale pink paper is "sandylion - wedding roses" and the white paper with the swirls is "Kanban" The fabulous pink ribbon, was a gift from Bernie which she kindly popped in as an extra when I won her fab Sugar Nellie Candy!

I have tried just to keep this card simple..hope you like it.

This is my entry for:

Cute card Thursday -Happy Anniversary

Going Green

Hi All,

Firstly I apologise for the extreemly squint photo, I am not sure what is going on there!

This is a card that I have made using some new paper I got, Its from "Trimcraft" I have used a couple of my "Sugar Nellie" Manga kids, which I have coloured using my copics. The scallop detail was an offcut from "papermania" scallop card, I had which I have embossed using a cuttlebug plate and then sanded off. I have inked everything up with "distress ink - shabby shutters" then roughed up all the edges a bit using a craft knife.

This is my entry for:
Simon Says Green
Fab and Funky - Its all new (I have used new paper)
Fussy and Fancy - Green
Cupcake - Going Green

Thanks for looking
Hugs Juls

Distressed Kimmie

Hi All,

This is a little card that I made last night. I have used a fab "Krafting Kimmie" image, which I have coloured using my copics. the papers are from HOTP...from a tsv that I bought years ago!! Finally I have added a few "prima" flowers a button and some pearls, and of course a touch of "stickles" !!

This is my entry for:

Creative Card Crew: going dotty
One Stop Craft: Spots and dots
Our Creative corner: Yellow, pink, green and brown
Quirky Crafts: Buttons
Pile it on: Pastel colours