Mojo Challenge 2

This is my second mojo challenge post and again I have included two cards. It has definitely reinvigorated my mojo and I don't have many of the images left to use either. Hopefully I will use them all as that would be a first for me.

So today I was inspired by the cards made in the magazine by the design team. I haven't followed any exactly but it gave me a starting point. I had forgotten how much an embossed background makes a card pop.

Ingredients
Images:"making cards" magazine
Paper: "making cards" magazine
Dies: blueprints 1, 2 and 3 and basic border scalloped edges 2 all MFT and "happy birthday" from Dovecraft
Card: "dark pink" Recollections from Michaels
embossing: "dots" from cuttlebug
Sentiment:

Ready Set Snow

Looks like the winter unicorn will have to wait yet again lol. I am sure it will get made at some point but at the moment everytime I colour and cut this snow globe I end up popping a snowman/men inside lol.

Ingredients

Image: "ready set snow" Lawn Fawn

Dies: Blueprints 29 and 1

Card: "real red" stampin up

Copics
Blue - B24, 23, 21
Red - R29, 27, 24
Silver - N4, 2, 0
Brown - E79, 77, 74

Stamping Bella Uptown Girls number 3

This may be the final uptown girl card for a while or it might not lol, I have enjoyed colouring them so much I might just have to colour some more and as I have loads of birthdays between now and Christmas you never know.

Ingredients
Image: "Bianca loves her big cake" Stamping bella
Papers: "celebration" Sassy designs
Card: Anna marie
Sentiment: "happy hexagons" papertrey ink
Embossing and dies: "polka dots" cuttlebug and pierced circle stax by MFT

Copics
Skin: E11, 00, 000, R02
Hair: E55, 57, 59, 49, 47
Cake: E49, 29, 27, 25, 23, R22, 21, 20, 00
Dress: RV69, 66, 63

Crafting for Christmas Number 4

This image reminded me of my uncles farm, even down to the sheep in fact the only thing missing was the original mini in the field. I loved that mini, it was power blue, with string to open the door and sliding windows and a number plate with three numbers and three letters, my that has been a wander down memory lane lol.

Ingredients:
Image: The best of LaPashe 2012 CD
Embossing: "snowflakes" cuttlebug
Card: silver mirri
Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Crafting for Christmas Number 1

I decided to try to make a few more traditional Christmas cards and I knew just the images I wanted to use too, I had seen this card on Pauline's blog last year and decided that I would use this style for my family cards. I have made a few so far and still have a few more to go but have enjoyed it, never thought not colouring the image would be fun too.

Ingredients:
Image: The best of LaPashe 2012 CD
Embossing: "snowflake" cuttelbug
Card: Silver mirri
Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Another day, another wedding card

This is the second card I made and the image for this one is from Robert Jackson, I love his images I really think you can make them look like anyone with their featureless faces. I think it is because they remind me of the fashion drawings I loved as a child, rather than the stepford wives lol. My friend wanted an elegant couple this time rather than a childlike fun one, there were a few new ones on Robert's site and I think I may have to go back and get them too.

Ingredients
Image: Robert Jackson
Cardstock: stardream in cream and blue
Pearls: from stash coloured with YG25 copic
Die: "filigree" border by paper trey ink
Ribbon: Wilkinsons, christmas range last year
Embossing: "swirls" and "geometric circles" both Cuttlebug

Copics:
Groom: E27, 25, 23, YG21, 25, N9, 7, 5, 4, E49, 47, W9
Bride: E35, 33, 34, E47, 49, W9, E41, 40

Shake it, shake it baby

I love shaker cards but always seemed to lose most of the contents so I stopped making them way before I had a blog but not now, oh no I discovered a way to make sure the stuff stays put so lots of ideas for these now.

I watched a lawn fawn video and instead of using foam tape and trying to make sure every gap was filled she cut the aperture from funky foam, such a simple idea but not one I had thought of. So I dug out some old old foam and tried it and by gingo it worked a treat. I used the left over foam to make the front of the card the same thickness too so no wastage either.

Next time I think I will add less fairy dust but I really like the effect, wasn't a quick card although it certainly looks it. I have been inspired by the lovely cas style that Mary uses.

I used the adorable fairies from Sweet November and you can tell how dinky they are cos this is an a6 card. I have left them all on the sheet and stamp them like a background and cut out the image I want, I am not brave enough to cut the rubber.

Close up of the fairy

Ingredients

Image: Sweet November Fairies from All that scraps

Paper: MME Miss Caroline Fiddlesticks

Dies: MFT bow and lawn fawn summertime charms mason jar

Fairy Dust: Studio G flock and glitter

Celebrate Good Times

As soon as I saw the Stampin up sale a bration catalogue I knew which set I wanted, I placed an order and have had the set since mid feb but this is the first card I have made. I attended a stampin up class and really enjoyed myself and I have never made so many cards at a class either.

I used the leftover sparkly paper from the wedding card I made and stamped the penny farthing in rich cocoa memento ink. I distressed the edges with toffee crunch and rich cocoa memento inks using my new finger daubers. Wow these are so easy to use. The sentiment is cut from the paper i used to practise the stamping and even has part of the wheel on it, I stamped the sentiment to check sizing on the scrap intending on cutting a fresh one but I liked the fact it had the wheel on it and so just inked the edges the same as the image. I used the left over kraft card from the anniversary card and ran it through my ebosser with a cuttlebug folder and again inked the edges and the main embossing with the same inks.

I haven't made this card for anyone just thought I ought to have a play with the stuff already on my desk before it went in the snippet folder, so I am entering the playground for a go on the roundabout.

Ingredients: "penny farthing" stampin up

Paper: Papermill

Sentiment: same as image set

Dies: "Sentiment strips" MFT

Cardstock: kraft by recollections

Inks: Toffee crunch and rich cocoa.

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Mistletoe and Wine

Ok who is now singing a la Cliff, I know I am. I used this image quite a bit last year and was looking for a cute couple image when I found a ready printed one in my draw. A quick copic colour and the card practically made itself. I have used left over papers from my christmas card making marathon and I am so loving this colour combo.

Ingredients

Image: Digistamp Boutique

Papers: "Winter Wonderland" Zoe Pearn

Embossing Folder: "Snow" Cuttlebug

Dies: "Loop de Loop" Papertrey Ink, "Sentiment Strip" MFT

Sentiment: "Big Christmas Wishes" Amy R

Brad: Stash

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Digistamp Boutique always seem to be able to produce really cute images and never fail to impress with both their style and ease of colouring. I bought this stamp when it was on special offer and I knew exactly who I was going to use it for. My friends little boy will be nearly 2 at Christmas and I wanted to make a card that reminded me of him. I hope he likes it.

Ingredients

Image: "Dan Xmas Frame" Digistamp Boutique

Papers: "All I want for Christmas" Echo Park at Jessica Sprague (snippets)

Cardstock: "real red" Stampin up (snippets)

Snow: Polar White Flowersoft

Embossing: "Snow" Cuttlebug folder

Die: "Notched Border" MFT Stamps

Brad: Stash

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Digistamp Boutique

Silver Wedding Anniversary

So this is a total step in another direction for me, no coloured image in fact no colouring or stamping of any kind. I love the white on white cards but I haven't quite created one, it did start in my head as a white on white with a silver border but it looked too plain so I added the patterned paper and I like it a whole lot more.

Once I started adding the silver nail heads I couldn't stop, this embossing folder is really brought to life by adding them too. I loved the tied together folder but by the time I decided I wanted it they were out of my price range so when I saw this one in Joanns in May I thought it was perfect....and this is the second time it has been out of the packet....not sure if anyone else does this but I sure do and a lot too lol.

Ingredients:

Hearts & Letters: George & Basic cricut cart

Embossing: "Geometric Circles" & "Script" Cuttlebug embossing folders

Paper: "Forever in our Heart" Raspberry Road

Cardstock: "Metallic Stack" DCWV

Nail Heads: Josy Rose

Petal Fresh

I loved this set when it was released by Nit Wit and I couldn't believe that they would release a set with my favourite flower on my birthday so it seemed wrong not to buy it, so why I ask myself has it taken me nearly four months to use it lol. I love the fresh blues and greens of this set and I teamed it with craft for a different look. Ok so confession time I had been trying my new dies with scrap card and this die cut somehow stuck itself to the paper and I couldn't get it off so I thought go with the flow and make it into a card and I am so pleased I did as I also get to enter the snippet challenge yeah.

I have missed being in my craft room and even though I have been home a while it has taken a bit to persuade me to venture into the messy space. I bought so much I have nowhere to store it and I am in need of a clear out but I just know that once I start I will go off on a tangent using things I had forgotten about and will end up in a bigger mess than the one I am in at the moment lol.

Ingredients:

Image: "Miss Anya" The Greeting Farm

Papers: "Petal Fresh" Nit Wit

Cardstock: Kraft from Recollections

Sentiment and Die cuts: MFT

Embossing: Geometric circles from Provocraft

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Sketch Saturday

Santa Baby

I love that song and find myself singing along whenever I hear it, make me feel Christmassy even when it is extremely hot outside lol. I have made another Christmas card to add to the pile, at this rate I should have all my Christmas cards made by November 2013 lol. As anyone who has visited my blog recently will know I have been trying new techniques, not new to the crafting world perhaps but to me anyway. So for this card I have made a white on white card using snippets. I must say although there is a distinct lack of backing papers I am really pleased with how this turned out. I used lots of flock on his fur trim and may go back and put glitter on his beard but need to decide who he goes to first.

Ingredients:

Image: Sugar Nellie

Embossing Folders: Random Dots and Snowflakes both Provocraft

Sentiment: Studio g sentiment and ink pad

Dots: Border stamp, elzybells strawberrry fool ink pad

Flock: Martha Stewart

Challenges: Snippet Playground

Happy Birthday Gareth

It is hubbie's youngest brother's birthday today and I am finding it hard to believe that he will be 30 next year, especially as he was only 5 when I met my hubbie lol. As long as I have known him he has loved burgers, any kind but one of his fondest memories is staying with us as a teenager and hubbie making him a burger with cheese and special sauce inside. Everytime we have a bbq he mentions it lol. Oh and the special sauce was just ketchup and mayo mixed to make it pink.

As soon as I saw this image I thought of him, especially as hubbie is called Ant lol. I bought the papers especially for this card and the bonus was the images that came with it, love the ketchup bottle and the ketchup spill is genius. As you can guarantee that he will spill something on every visit. I found the font called "Antpile" and thought it looked like a marching ant troup and was perfect for this card. I have tried to create a picnic feel and hopefully I managed that.

The card itself is a twisted easel as it had to top this card I made him last year. I can't imagine what I will have to make next year for his big 30.

Ingredients

Image: "Cheeseburger" Doodle Pantry

Papers & Bottles: "All Fired Up" Nit Wit

Cardstock " Real Red" Stampin Up

Button: Dress it up

Challenges:

Doodle Pantry Monthly Competition

A Fishing we will go....

I had a fair few female cards to make so of course my mojo wanted to make male cards, so I went with the flow and created this and as soon as I finished the inspiration flowed for the girly cards. Maybe I should just learn to listen to the inner me lol.

I have used another forgotten Digistamp Boutique image, I bought the set in January and this is the first time he has seen paper, also got the papers at the same time...naughty me not using stuff ;). As everything on this card hasn't been used before I am entering Lisa's Waste not Wednesday challenge.

Ingredients

Image: "Stan Fishing" Digistamp Boutique

Papers: Karen Funk " For the Boys" Freebie

Cardstock: Papermill

Challenge: 

Waste not Wednesday - Lisa

Fishing for Compliments

Not for the card I might add, I have a few fishing fanatics in my family and I tend to buy every image I see with something fishy on it. This one was on the "The Next Big Thing " CD and I didn't even need to search. Coloured with my copics and a few bits of glossy accents and it was finished. I bought a few packs of kraft paper (90gsm) from paperchase and this is the first time I have tried printing on it, the colours are duller than if printed on white but it gives it a lovely vintage feel, even used it for the insert.

Ingredients

Image: Fishing Bait " The Next Big Thing" Cd

Papers: Air Force Blue Chevron " Pink Petticoat" printed onto paperchase kraft paper

Embossing: Herringbone Cuttlebug Folder

Embellishment: Fish button from stash.

Cardstock: Papermill

Weddings, weddings everywhere

Hello everyone, I know it is a few days since the Royal Wedding but I haven't mentioned it on here before. I didn't read or watch any of the hype before the day as I wanted to see it all for myself and I am so glad I did. I didn't have any preconceived ideas of what the dress would be like and I thought she looked like a princess from the moment she stepped out of the hotel. The whole occasion had a feeling of a joyous love match with pomp and ceremony whilst still feeling like a family wedding. Congratulations to them both.

I felt in a wedding mood so as I had been asked if I could replica a wedding card I made way back in 2008 I decided to give it a go. I must say though not really pleased with this one, never replicated a card before and won't be doing it again in a hurry I can tell you. The only saving grace was finding ribbon that matched the invitations.

Ingredients

Image: See D set

Papers: Pink Petticoat

Golden Wedding Card

I was asked to make a golden wedding card tonight and I quite like the result although I wish I had had more time to make it. I have made a card without a coloured image...shock horror disbelief, and may even try this style again.

Ingredients

Image: oh no there isn't one lol

Papers: Pink Petticoat

Numbers: cut on cricut with Plantin cart

Embossing: Hearts cuttlebug folder

Thanks for looking

Amanda

My first ever sympathy card

Hello Everyone, I am sorry I have been absent from the blogging world, after being off with a virus I am back to work fulltime and am absolutely shattered when I get home lol. I seem to have lost my mojo which is a problem as I have several cards all needed before next week.

Anyway onto the card, its the first time I have made a sympathy card and hopefully the last, my good friend in work lost a member of her family and she wanted to be able to add her own words inside so she asked if I would make her a card. I used a lovely calla lilly image from digi doodles such a great image to colour, I kept the colouring lighter and less defined than normal as this is a card for a sad occasion.I used pink petticoat silver washed damask for the cross to give it a bit of pattern and paper pieced the flowers over it .I used pink petticoat silver washed damask for the cross to give it a bit of pattern and paper pieced the flowers over it .

Not much else to say really, bit of embossing and silver card and it was finished, I hope she likes it.

Ingredients

Image: "Calla lillies" Digi Doodles

Paper: Pink Petticoat " washed silver damask"