Belated Christmas wishes and a Happy New Year to you all x

Well another year over and what a year it has been!! If someone had said to me this time last year that I would be out of work now, I would have thought they were on another planet!! I know that I volunteered for redundancy but when there was 32,000 of us that had to go, it was best to volunteer than be pushed. So now to look forward to 2012!!
This little card is the one that I made for my daughter, my first attempt at a side step card. I thoroughly enjoyed making this one, lots of glue and glitter, cutting and sticking and generally making a mess, lol!! There are still a few challenges left running that I can enter it into, so here we go
Sundays with Crissy - anything goes
ABC Challenge- F is for FROSTY
My Time To Craft - Winter Pals
Crafty Catz - Santa's hat
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything Goes
The order of the Opus Gluei - I'm dreaming of a white Christmas
Stamps and Fun = Creativity - Snow
Incy Wincy - Winter Wonderland
Bunny Zoe's Craft Challenge - Fancy folds/Shaped Cards


The three snowmen/lady are all High Hopes Stamps which I love
All coloured with Copic Ciao and Sketch pens
Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder
Marianne Design - tree die
Memory Box Frosty Die and Frosty Border Die
Lots of Sparkly Crystal Glamour Dust

I hope you like it

Best wishes for a Happy New Year and lots of crafting!!!

Hugs Jo x

So Pretty

How did you guess, yes I have only just started making my Christmas Cards!!! Not good, panic is just starting to set in!! Cards to make, cards to write, pressies to buy and wrap, food to buy, baking to be done and to top it all off, it's the family birthday season with mine tomorrow, hubbys next Friday and Mums next Sunday and that's after having arranged a 21st party for Charlotte!!! Oh and I forgot, decs to put up, which don't go up until after the birthdays, eek!!! On to my card, this little card is for my friends daughter who is 4 years old and looks just like little Holly!! I have even managed to buy a similar outfit to go with the card for her!! So cute. I am going to enter her into the following challenges:

Flutterby Wednesday - Open Challenge
Daring Cardmakers - Flower of the month Holly
Crafty Catz - Colours of Christmas with sparkle
Allsorts - Circular Project, it was circular when I started!
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes


I have used Mo Mannings Holly digi image
Impression Obsession Sentiment
Coloured with Copic Ciao and Sketch Markers
Circle and Scalloped Circle Grand Nestibilities
Nellie Die and Holly Punch
Memory Box Swirl Die
Lots of Glamour Dust
Ribbon and card from stash

Hope you like her

Jo x

Busy, busy, busy

Hi folks, sorry I have not been about, I am finding it quite difficult to settle into everyday life now that I am a lady of leisure. After being routined for the last 33 years, I really don't know where to start!! Anyway I have got through the lie-in phase and am now raring to go, well not quite raring but have a bit more enthusiasm than I did have, hence the early crafting yesterday morning resulting in my pjs being covered in Glamour Dust!! That was the start of this card, I then packed up my stuff and off I trundled to Wendy's of Stamps and Memories to chat and craft and managed to get Glamour Dust all over the floor there too!! I did have a lovely day though and managed to finish my card, yes only one, more chat than craft, whoops! I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - Tis the Season
Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
Top Tip Tuesday - Let it Snow
Craft your Passion - Anything goes plus glitter
The Crazy Challenge - Anything goes
Crafty Calendar - Cold and Frosty
Designed to Delight - Let it Snow
One Stop Craft - Let it Snow
By the Cute and Girly - Let it Snow
Fairy tale Challenge - Christmas
Totally Paper Crafts - Let it Snow


The image is a Nitwits Digi and is so gorgeous
Coloured with Copic Ciao and Sketch Markers
Grand Nestibilities Scalloped and Circles I used the largest Scallop and the 2nd or 3rd largest circle and followed the tutorial on Marlenes blog - Paper Papillon to create the step card
Nestibilities Circles and Scalloped circles
Memory box Frosty Die
Marianne Design Tree Die
Cuttlebug Swirl Embossing Folder
Decorated with lots of Glamour Dust

Hope you like it

Jo

Happy birthday Dad

This is the card that I made for my FIL a few weeks ago. The result of a Friday evening in a hotel room with my Copic pens. I was away for the weekend on the brilliant Copicific retreat run by Wendy from Stamps and Memories and Dawny P, such a fun weekend with brilliant company and lots of lovely food and crafting. I went down the evening before, booked into my room, promptly re-arranged all the lighting in the room and coloured away!!! I was really pleased with the result, especially as I thought it would look like a woodpecker by the time I had finished with it!!

I am going to enter it into the following challenges:
Rubys Rainbow - Wings
Digital Tuesday - Anything goes
Paper Sundaes - Digital
2 Sisters - Anything goes
Crafty Catz - Digital Image
The Paper Variety - Family
DutchDare - Punch/dies

I have used a fabulous digi stamp by the Sketching Stamper
Sentiment is Personal Impressions
Coloured with Copic Sketch and Ciao pens
DP is Basic Grey
Martha Stewart Scallop punch
Nestibilities Square and Fleur de lys dies
Pearls and Card from stash
Glossy Accents

A close up!!

Hope you like it

Hugs Jo x

Back and have the bug!!

I cannot believe that my last blog was in June, sorry folks. Explanation, well I have just worked the longest and hardest 17 weeks notice ever, with a minor op for me and Mum having a heart attack in the middle of it. My first two weeks have been spent in a daze to be honest, I have been wandering around aimlessly wondering where to start but after planning a 21st birthday party for Charlotte my first major project was crafting!!!!! So here is her birthday card which I am going to enter into the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T which is cute
High Hopes - Anything goes
Crafty Catz- Anything goes
Digital Tuesday - Anything goes

I decided on a book card because I really needed something to get my teeth into to wind down and am so pleased with the result I now want to make another one!!

This is front of the card, I have used the following:

Elmer Elephant a High Hopes Stamp
Image and Ribbon Coloured with Copics
Nestibilities Die Labels Twenty Two
Martha Stewart Punch
Papers are Nitwits Digi Jungle Too
Scattered Straw and PelePaint distress inks

Just to prove that I did make a book card!! Oh and I used a Hougie board for the concertina and the card box.

This is the inside left and I have used a Sqigglefly image by Crissy Armstrong, I just love her images. The leafy frond thing is from a Sizzlets die. The little pocket contained a cheque.

This is the right-hand side. I have used the following:
Elmer Elephant from High Hopes
Stretch the Giraffe from High Hopes
Monkey from High Hopes (hidden under the foliage
Jungle Background again High Hopes
and Baby Elephant Squiggle fly all coloured with copics
Martha Stewart edge punch

And here is a close up!!

I'm please to say Charlotte loved it and her complete set of Copic Ciaos, hope you like it too!!

Hugs Jo x

How chuffed am I!!!

Thank you lovely ladies at Sweet Sketch Wednesday!!

One I did earlier!!!

Just found this little card in my piccies file that I made for my mum's neighbour a couple of weeks ago and it fits a couple of challenges. What luck, not very often I can do a one I made earlier!!! I am going to enter it into:

The Saturday Secret Crafter Challenge which is Embossing,

the Allsorts which is Lemon and Lime,

One Stop Craft Challenge which is Get Well Soon

Dutch Dare Card Challenge which is Clean and Simple

A Spoon Full of Sugar which is Get Well Soon

I have used Aspects of Design Funky Flowers

Sentiment is Impression Obsession (I think)

Coloured with Copic Sketch, Ciao and Spica Pens (can't remember which tho'!)

Crafts-Too Flower Embossing Folder( I think, it was from Wendys collection!)
Nestibilities Labels 10
Card, ribbon and gems from stash

Hope you like it, especially as it has taken 2 days to blog it!!
Thanks to the lovely Mandy, I can now log in again!! I just need to find out how to stop these huge gaps happening when I publish the post.

Tips and hints on blogging most greatfully received!!

Allotment calls, will catch up with you all soon! Busy, busy busy .....................

Hugs Jo x