Charlie

Hello...Its the start of a new challenge over on Fab n Funky....and the host this is the lovely N-Eva...and Its a card for a man or boy....and if you are like me mens/boys cards are sooo hard if they dont have a hobby...life style...football golf ect...


I just love this digi from Mo Manning

6X6 card...digi coloured with Promarkers....clock die marianne...black card from the back of a chocolates box  (chocs eaten as needed the card...lol) paper from a old Docrafts pad....yellow card from stash.....


Thank you all your kind words for Debbs ....fingers crossed she can come home the weekend.......

Hugs Joolsx

My challenge is http://mosdigitalchallenge.blogspot.com/

The Magical Forest

Good Morning....Hope you all are keeping cool in the hot weather....very hard to get to sleep....
I fell in love the The Paper Boutique papers and toppers so I just had to find some other sets...I did at Joanna Sheen....and brought The Magical Forest set.....love the cute images....so here is three card Ive made so far.... the 1st one Ive just added a doily die from Marianne and some pearls....the 2nd one is lots of layers and some ribbon and last is a z fold card....Ive just used the paper from card insert papers a topper ,sentiment and navy card from stash...

Thank you for all your comments Joolsx

 

A Sprinkle of Winter....

Hello....to all my fellow crafters.....do you find it hard to make Christmas cards in the summer like me?
Old title seeing its warm here!  but I been playing with The Paper Boutique Pads....I just love the foxy ones...but not the poo in my garden...lol.....


On to today's cards....

The 1st one is a foxy image and is from the insert pad but too nice to put in side.....Ives cut him out with a tonic dies and frame....all papers and sentiments from The Paper Boutique pads..... and added some Nuvo glaze on the berries....

The 2nd again all the image, papers from the pads just used a doily die.....

and the 3nd Ive added navy card from Stash ..leaves pine cones form Tim Holtz.

Thank you for your comments Joolsx

 

At Sea....

Good Morning....Hope you all had a lovely weekend....It stayed dry for the fair...


Today's card is one for the box ...as I 've got a few male birthday's next month....Dies came with this month Simple Cards and Papercraft Magazine...white linen and blue card Papermill...all other paper and card the bit box....I've coloured the boat ,lighthouse and part of the land with Promarkers... shells dies Marianne....sentiment Clearly Besotted....


Thank you for your comments Joolsx

Pink and Brown

Hello,
Late posting today as my computer

 was playing up...but its up and running for now....
Today's card is one for the box...
6x6 card...brown Papermill....papers
a very old pad from Docrafts...
sentiment Clearly Besotted....cut with a die-namic die...flowers Memory Box...leaf die no name....and the doily die Marianne...
and some gems...
Thank you for your comments Joolsx

For Isabella

Good morning...

Hope you all had/having a lovely weekend

and May day holiday....

I have made this for a little girl who love's her

animals

I start with Spellbinders heart dies....I put

a extra heart out of craft card in the middle of dark pink hearts to give it more structure and added some ribbon to hold them together....

All the animal are from Marianne

some I've chalk round the edges....

I had to add a black and white Cat and some Owls too...

card from Papermill... and a close up of the hen and sheep...

Thank you for your comments Joolsx

Penny Black Easter...

Good Morning....

Hope you all are well...

We Jack, Keith and I went off yesterday to Framlingham Suffolk.. we were invited to a fair which was held in the grounds of the college.... but its to far to take  the owls with us....but we had a look round and the saw the castle on the hill...The weather was chilly but the sun did come out in the afternoon...

Was nice to get out as next weekend will be the start  of the 1st outside fairs...hope the weather is kind!!!

Today's card is the last of my easter cards...

5x5 which fits the stamped image well....Penny Black....coloured with Promarkers...doily die Marianne ..paper and card from stash...

Thank you for your comments Joolsx

Bunny...

Good Morning..

From a sunny but very windy Essex..

Good day to put out my washing...

And as my poor old (15 years) machine died last week I had to buy a new one....ordered on line from A.O and it came a few days ago...

I think im now Easter card making out!!.. digi image from Bugaboo...coloured with Promarkers

card and papers from stash...doily die Marianne....sentiment Clearly Besotted,...and a few tiny easter eggs...

Thank you for your comments Joolsx


My challenge is
http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/

Poppy....

Good Morning....Sunny start to the

 day here in Essex..

Today's card is with my new poppy die from Penny Black....

I cut two poppies and coloured them both with Promarkers...and  put one on top of the other...pretty die from Marianne...paper from stash...sentiment LOTV.....and a bit of string...

Thank you for your comments...Joolsx

Spring Colours...

Hello....

It is the start of a new challenge over on Fab n Funky...and Its Spring colours...

Stamped image....its old with no name...sorry...cut with a circle die from Die-namics ....dolly die Marianne...All paper and card from the bit box......

Thank you for your lovely comments Joolsx

Owls

Hello....

Today's is a quick one...Red card Papermill....heart paper from The Works...heart die from China....and owls are from Marianne...Job done and in the post....
Off to my craft room to make a few birthday cards and catch up ....

Thank you for your comments Joolsx

Pretty in Pink....

Hello...Hope you are keeping warm and dry....from a very wet Essex...

Today is the start of a new challenge over on Fab and Funky....and the lovely Wendy is the host this week and its add a button which fits in very well with my card today....Ive made this for my new neighbours little girl Isabella....who is going to be christened on Sunday....

6x6 card blank....craft card from stash as is the paper....giraffe die Marianne...+button....Die-namics frame... sentiment.....LOTV....

Thank you for your comments Joolsx

Christmas Lantern....

Good morning....Hope you are all well....wet start of the day here in Essex....My new craft space is getting there....and will try and take some photos on a brighter day....

Ive been playing catch up with my Christmas cards...5x7 card blank...lantern is from Marianne which a brought last year..embossed background...old gold card Anna Marie...poinsettia Spellbinders....Tim Holtz Festive Greens...some ribbon and a gem...

Thank you so much for your comments....Its lovely to be back posting again...Joolsx

Guess Whooo's Thinking of You

Hello....Well still waiting for news on
house move...

I was channel jumping the other day and saw Heartfelt was on with Sugar Hollow....and thought I've got them....so out came some stamps, dies and paper as I needed a card for a girl friend who I've not heard from since a Christmas card....

5x5 card blank....purple card from stash....stamp owl and cut with the matching die....coloured with Promarkers....sentiment from the same set....and I cut with Die-namics circle die....flowers are from Memory Box.... leaves from Marianne....and a few gems....

For Ruby

Good Morning...Its the start of a new challenge for this year over on Fab N Funky and its with the word Happy...

This is a card Iv'e made for my Granddaughter Ruby....who will be 5 going 45!...
Where did the last 5 years go?....As Ruby is a girly girl it had to be pink...

5x7 card....I used some card from stash...the pale pink base was a bit to pale so after I embossed the letters I got out my chalks....Number die Die-namics....and the elephant die is from Marianne ....I just cut the ears twice...
The photo are of Ruby when she was a few days old...and Ruby with my other Grand kids Benjamin and Mollie....

Thank you for all your lovely comments...Joolsx

Happy Ist Date Day.....

Good Morning....Hope you are all well? I had a break from Christmas card Making to make a card for some friends of mine who have a Ist date day.....they have been together a number of years but not married...

6X6 card base....craft card from stash as is the blue card.....the rest from the bit box/es....Owls from Marianne...branch and flowers Spellbinders....a few gems...sentiment Clearly Besotted....

Thank you for your comments Joolsx

Christmas .....

Hello...Friday is here again!...
Ive not post since last week as Ive been running
around looking at houses in Essex....Ive put in a offer on one and still waiting for the outcome....why o why estate agent down in Essex put one price on the property and when you get there it is a guide price!!....come on Essex estate agents get your act together....

Well on today's card which I thought was going to be a easy quick.....I hate cutting out which I did on the backing of the pine cones....so don't look to close...

Back to 5x7 tent card blank....just love them...fern die Marianne cut twice....cone and other die Tim Holtz Sizzix Festive Greens....lots of lovely dies which I had to have after seeing them on a card on Pams blog.....sentiment Clearly Besotted....and some red ribbon....all card from stash...

Many thanks to all my blog buddies for all your lovely comments....Joolsx

Reindeer x three.....

Hello.....
As you can see Ive been playing with my reindeer die again.... the die is from Marianne and I think its now retired you can get the die cuts from Ebay! 

Ive use red card and white card both from Papermill..
 5x7 tent base card ....I cut three squares for the windows.... and embossed the background....placed the three reindeer's heads ...just cut off the parts I did not want!!! no reindeer was harmed...LOL...
and added a sentiment....Clearly Besotted...

Thank you for your comments Joolsx

Reindeer....

Hello...Hope you all had a lovely Week-end...Mine was very peaceful...which was nice for a change!....I've got a new Estate Agent coming tomorrow morning to see my house and go from there...

Today's card is one of 6 I made yesterday....all the same....

5X5 card base Craft card from stash....white linen card Papermill...I used a dot embossed folder for the background and cut some snow drifts Die-namics to ground the reindeer...from Marianne....sentiment Clearly Besotted....and some ribbon... Many thank for all your Comments....Joolsx

Morning Goddess Bon Bons....

Hello....Hope you are all well?...
I've been missing for over a week as
went off on holiday to Bulgaria for a much needed rest away from the house sale or not!.....Looks like I am back to square one so not a happy bunny on that one after all the time and monies for nothing.....and now come back yesterday with a bad cold!!

On a better note back to my craft room.....today's card is for a web buddy....I saw this image over on Jackie's blog and had to buy it as It made me smile.....Image from Rick St. Dennis coloured with Promarkers....red card from Papermill....rest of the card and paper from Stash.....Marianne clock dies.....

Many thanks for all your comments and I will try and pop over to your blog to catch up with you all....Hugs Joolsx