Stamped card

Today’s card is a stamped card, not a technique I do often but I love these stamps designed by Claire Newcombe from Imagine Design Create. 

Cream and Lemon today

I have just been organising my dies in folders which had led me to make my last two cards.

White on white

Good evening

I wanted to make a white on white card and started it about a week ago and got a bit stuck so I left it where I could keep looking at it, I finished it Friday morning And I must say I am rather pleased with it.

Blog Update

Blog Update

Morning all, it’s been ages since I updated my blog, I’ve had a lot going on in life lately but I think things have all settled down now so onwards and upwards.  The two cards I am showing on this blog are from the Imagine Design Create range of stamps.  I am not really a stamper but with the help of my daughter  Claire Newcombe  who has designed some of these stamps I have used in these 2 cards, I am getting into it more.  I love doing it but am not terribly good at it but hope to get better.  I love all crafts but am better at some than others.  I am very lucky that my family are all interested in crafts, Eddie my husband is a talented photographer and dabbles in drawing which is amazing. I have 2 very talented daughters Claire with card making, scrapbooking and sewing, Helen makes Jewellery and mosaic and lots of projects made with wire and 3 sisters that make cards knit and make jewellery we all have different styles but that is what makes crafting so interesting.  The stamps I have used are from the Imagin Design Create range which you can get at the following link. Imagine Design Create.  They are also on Hochanda on the 17th of May at 4pm.

I have shown some of the items I have used for these two cards.  Thank you for passing by and looking and I hope to keep my blog updated from now.

Joan x

New Home

I made this card this morning for a dear friend who is moving next week.  The shape of the card was cut on my Silhouette using Birds Cards SVG.

I used a roller to spread the big and juicy ink (waterfall)

Thank you for passing by and viewing my blog.

Joan xs

Birthday Wishes

A friend requested a non-flowery card for her Stepdaughter yesterday so this is it.  I sent her a photo and fortunately, she loved it.

The lattice cut was made by my trusted Silhouette Cameo, I just love using this machine it still makes me smile when it is working at its best.  I'm pretty sure the cutting file is by Birds Cards.

Thank you for passing by and looking.

Joan x

99th Birthday Card

This is my latest card commissioned by a friend.  I couldn't sleep last night so this is the product of my sleepless night.  I hope she likes it.

Thank you for passing by my blog and taking a peek.

Joan x

Male card

Hi again everyone, I have made this card as my stash of mens card is seriously low, I find mens and boys card hard to make but i really enjoyed this one and my new printer is fabulous for the colours. I think I will try and make another male card today from the same CD which is - Papercrafts Mechanica..

Thank you for passing by and looking

Joan x

Orchids

Good Morning All

I was asked if I could make 2 cards for an 80yr old lady who loves Orchids.  I Had to search through my digital stash to find these two decoupage orchids but really enjoyed making them up.  I have got a new printer and I am so pleased with the vibrant colours.  i can't remember who this decoupage was fby but i will look and let you know, i just think they are stunning.

Thank you for passing by and looking.

Joan x

Toadstools

Good morning all, I have been looking at this Le Suh image for some time and finally made a card from it.  It comes from a Le Suh 3D decoupage book I have had for some time now.  I think the images are perfect for male or female nature lovers so I may be making a few more cards from these images.

Thank you for passing by and looking

Joan x

Early Morning

Good Morning all, it’s very windy here and it has woken me up so here I am.  I made this card as I wanted to use my sponges that I bought at the Ally Pally show in September 2016, I don't get a chance to go to many of the craft shows so I really enjoyed this one, I went with my sister and we had a fabulous day.  I also met a good blogging friend Wendy Townsend we speak via the Internet and have never met before so that was lovely.   

I haven’t been able to do much crafting for a while but I am back into it again now.  

The Stamp I have used for this card is IndigoBlu Peony (Designed by Kay Halliwell-Sutton)

I have used the sponge technique as the background for this card using Tim Holtz spiced marmalade Distress Ink by Tim Holtz. The banner stamp is a freebie from a magazine. The beautiful hat pins are made by Wendy Townsend and you will find the link to her blog Here, Spanish Crafter

I would like to Enter this card for the

February 2017 ChallengeLove Is All You Need

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Joan x

           

Groovi Parchment

Good Morning All

I was tempted to make this card by looking at Barbara Gray's Challenge Blog.  My sister bought me a couple of Groovi plates for my Birthday and I was searching the blog for techniques and came up with this.  It is my second attempt at Groovi and I love it - so relaxing.   The Challenge I am entering it for is Circles and Squares    I hope this qualifies for the challenge.

On this card I have used a 7x7 Craft Card, I embossed that with the Creative Expressions Falling Snow Embossing folder. I then used some Red card stock from my stash and used the Creative Expressions Double pierced squares,  I mounted the Groovi parchment onto a dark Green piece of Card and then framed it with black card again using the Double pierced squares.  I gently coloured the Groovi parchment with ordinary crayons (not very well i might add).  The outside frame is another Embossing folder directly onto the Groovi parchment to frame it (xcut 6x6 embossing folder).  I will be playing with this technique a lot more .

Thank you for passing by and looking.

Joan x

Brown and Teal

Challenge Card for Indigo Blu

I made this card for the challenge as I just love these colours, I will add a sentiment at a later date.

I have used Indigo Blu Poppycock Stamps for this card, I just love the versatility of this set.

Colours used are Tim Holtz Distress Ink ( rusty hinge) - Tim Holtz Distress Ink (evergreen bough).

I am entering this card to the Indigo Blu Brown and teal challenge.

I enjoyed making this card but got into a bit of a mess so that is my next job (clearing my working space).

Thank you for passing by my blog.

Joan x

Birthday card for my Sister

I made this card for my Sisters Birthday. I am trying to  keep my blog updated but so far not making a very good job of it :-/

I have a few Cards in my box that need photographing so really must get myself into gear and get on with it.  I still make loads of cards but just don't seem to get the time to photograph and do my blog, where does all the time go for goodness sake - I'm retired.  I actually achieved more when i was bringing up a family and working..!!!  Anyway I will get to photograph my makes (I hope as i bought a nice new camera to do it).

I used my Minc machine to Foil al the sentiments on this card and the Cut out on the top is a tattered lace die which I love.

Thank you for passing by and looking and I will try to update my blog much much more.

Joan x

Two Birthday cards

I made these two cards for a friends Granddaughter.

Thank you for passing by and looking.

Joan x

70th Birthday card

I made this card for my Brother in-laws 70th Birthday next week. Trellis was cut on my trusted Silhouette Cameo .

I would like to enter this card for the Silhouette Challenges #36 Anything Goes.

I also Used for the outer edge Sue Wilson craft dies, you can get the trellis here from Birds Cards

the middle die I used was Spellbnders Nestabilities Majstic Elements.  The writing on the Card was done with my Minc machine. (I cant remember which font I used).  The verse came from Craftsuprint by Susan Smith.

Thank you for passing by and looking

Joan x

Family Birthday Cards

 Good Morning all, The first card on my blog today was made for my Granddaughters 11th Birthday, she love unicorns and a bit of glitter so I had a whale of a time making this one.  The card was cut on my trusted Silhouette Cameo.  I cant fined the file for this one on Instant card making it was by Amanda Davies.

This card was made for my daughters Birthday, the shape of the card was cut on my Silhouette and the wolf pictures came from a Pollyanna Pickering CD.

Thank you for passing by and viewing my blog.

Joan x

Gift tag

Good morning all, well it's another grey day here in Ireland and it has been blowing a gale all-night.  I was playing with Claire's stash again yesterday and came up with this tag, I'm trying to use more stamps and techniques and getting a few tips from Claire as that is her favourite technique, she has some fabulous stamps and inks to work with.

I am entering this tag into the Through the Craftroom Door Anything Goes Challenge

Thank you for passing by and checking out my blog.

Joan x

Indigo Blu card

Good morning all, I have made this card for the  IndigoBlu Blog Challenge Anything goes  .  I am staying with my daughter in Ireland and have used some of her stash.  I will be here for a few more weeks so I am sure I will be able to play with her lovely goodies a few more times.

 I chose this beautiful Indigoblu Stamp from the poppycock stamp set, I stamped it twice and decoupaged it then i distressed the petals and leaves.  I coloured the flower with Tim Holtz distress ink, Victoria velvet.  The leaves are from the Live Laugh and Love stamp set coloured again with Tim Holtz distress ink, bundled sage. 

For the background I have used IndigoBlu Sarah's Choice stamps, with T.H. Distress ink Hickory smoke.  Stamped on white card stock and mounted on a baby pink card and grey card.

I taped the edge of the card with low tack tape to achieve the white border.  I loved working with these stamps and think I will have to go on to make another card!

Thank you for passing by and looking at my blog

Joan x

Baby Card

Good Morning all, I had a break from making Christmas cards and made this baby card for friends.  I cut this on my Silhouette Cameo and really enjoyed making this pretty sparkly card.  You can get the SVG cutting file by Amanda Davis from the link below. 

SVG File

Thank you for passing by and looking 

Joan x