Celebrate with a "Girls Night Out"

My young neighbour asked me to make some cards for her, one for her best friend and one for her sister who is 18 on Christmas day. They are all glam and girly ,so I thought the perfect stamps would be "rubber romance Divas. I will show you the 18th card at a later date.

The  cards in this post feature the fabulous rubber romance stamp "girls night out", available to buy in the UK here.http://www.horseshoecrafts.co.uk/ I've coloured with promakers and added glamour dust with the aid of a quicky glue pen to some of the dresses. The glittery embellishments are Create & Craft embellishment stickers. The papers are g.c.d studios , material girls.

challenges entered :

dream valley : glitter and bling
creative inspirations : lets celebrate
fussy and fancy : anything goes

It is very sad to hear about the deaths in the US from the terrible storm, our hearts go out to the families and anyone affected by this.
Have a happy crafty time. janex

More Bird On Dogwood Branch

In my last post I used this stamp, "bird on a dogwood branch" by stampavie, in warm Autumn colours. I think it's nice to try using the same stamp in different colour ways , and this one is so versatile it even works for Christmas .

For my Christmas card I coloured in promarkers and made the bird look like a robin. The papers are do craft vintage and the die cut is by spellbinders.I die cut a peice of white card, stamped the image on and then coloured the fancy outer edges with a gold pilot marker to look like a guilded frame. I added some gold peel offs  , some red and gold stickles and the sentiment is do craft, home for Christmas set.

Challenges entered :

Jingle Belles : more Christmas creatures
I Love Promarkers : Christmas is coming

For my summery card I coloured the image with promarkers in bold blues and pinks to match the papers, Madeline collection from Prima. I've inked the edges and dollie with distress ink and added a raspberry coloured ribbon and bow. The sentiment is from craftwork cards.

Challenges entered :

sweet stop : followed the sketch above
totally Gorjuss : things with wings
stampin for the weekend : anything goes
The squirrel and fox : use a ribbon

Well the clocks have gone back, horrid, it's lighter in the morning ,for now, but with the rain here not very bright. Dark evenings are not my thing , wish the clocks in the UK stayed the same.
Happy Crafting. janex

Bird On Dogwood Branch

It's such a beautiful cold but bright Autumn day,here on the Wirral, and with this gorgeous stamp "bird on dogwood branch " by Tina Wenke for Stampavie, arriving on the door step , what a great excuse to make an Autumn card. All I have made lately is Christmas cards, sold some yesterday,so this stamp I ordered from Ebay has got me out of the Christmas mode. I saw it on Kelly's blog and just had to have it ! bet you see lots of cards using it from me.
The papers are My minds eye ,Darling Deer ,6x6 pad.I've used various flower and leaf punches by woodware for my flower and inked all the edges in brown. The flower centre is from Joanna Sheen. The leaf ribbon and metal corner old stash.

sketch n stash : followed the sketch above
DCC and friends : Autumn to you
Allsorts : Autumn colours
Craft cardmakers : Autumn
Anything goes : make your own embellishments

Hope you can enjoy a lovely Autumn day too. Happy crafting.janex

Mini masterpiece ,boy sledging x3

I'm really pleased with these mini masterpieces, they are great for making good quick Christmas cards.I must say you realise a lot of people don't read your post when you have comments like "great colouring " , but I think we are all guilty of that!
All 3 cards feature a mini masterpiece "boy sledging", 2 are the medium size and the DL has the small size.

First card : papers Christmas glittered DCWV , tree button and noel sentiment from Hobby Craft. I've used a lili of the valley grunge corner in black ink and added German glass glitter from the Hobby House for the snow. I've knotted black organsa ribbon and placed the sentiment on top.

Second card :papers DOcraft Home For Christmas, old stash snowflake embellishment with added red gems. The "JOY" lettering is sizzix  die cuts "girls are weird".

Third card: papers , gingham red, craft creation, blue snowflakes making cards mag. The felt sentiment is recycled from an old Christmas card ,with a bow added. The button trees are Hobby craft.


Challenges entered :
papercrafting journey : ribbon or twine (first card)
fab n funky : animals (any)
Crafty ribbons : Christmas(first card)
Christmas card challenge : bows (3rd card)


My Mums coming for lunch today and then we are going to the new M&S superstore that's opened near by, pity I've no money, just window shopping I think.
Have a good day. janex

Is it too late to be good?

I love this cute stamp from Great Impressions, owls are always popular and the sentiment (part of the stamp, makes it. I've coloured with promarkers, you need your fine nibs for this one, and inked with distress inks, added some snow and bling with a quicky glue pen and some glamour dust.
The papers docraft vintage, ribbon, the ribbon box, and the branches are twigs and berries die cut by memory box.

Challenges entered :

passion for promarkers : pets/anything with an animal
52 Christmas card throw down : photo inspiration
the craft pad : use an animal
jingle Belles : holiday creature feature
pan pastel : animals

very dull here today, not raining though,so that's something.
Have a great day. janex

Snowy and Hedgie x 3

This was another pre used bargain stamp I got last year for £2.50. It's a Penny Black called "snowy and hedgie" and it's a real cutie and so easy to colour.
I've created 3 cards using the same stamp , the first 2 follow the sketch on the Penny Black Saturday challenge. All are coloured with promarkers. The snow is a quicky glue pen with glamour dust on top.
The papers are all Docraft, vintage and home for Christmas. The ribbons are from the ribbon box. The sentiment on the top card is from hobby craft.

challenges entered :

Penny Black October challenge : followed the sketch (first card)
Penny Black and more @ allsorts : animal magic
abc Christmas : U up to you
one stop craft challenge : anything goes

happy crafting, enjoy your weekend. janex

Hark The Herald Angles Sing

I decided to be a few mini masterpieces from Lili of the valley, the one on my card is design sheet 20, featuring a lovely group of carol signers. I do have the stamp of this ,but it takes ages to colour and for a sheet of 7 images varying in size for £1 it's a quick and cheep way of making quality cards.
My papers are docraft vintage . The papers have been given the distress ink treatment with brushed corduroy and then stamped with lili of the valley grunge corners in brown memento ink. The sentiment is from crafters companion, adorable Christmas set.
The ribbon is from the ribbon box and the holly wreath topper from docraft. Three red gems complete the look.

challenges entered :

Sweet Sunday Sketch : followed the above sketch
Lili's little fairies : anything goes
one stitch at a time : music or song (mines Hark the herald angles sing)
fussy and fancy : anything goes
Totally papercrafts : Christmas 9 weeks and counting

lovely sunny day here. Have a good weekend. janex