Denny the Dinosaur says Happy Birthday.

Hi Guys,

Been over a week since I posted on here, had a few wedding cards to make, so they've been keeping me plenty busy. Trouble is, I can't post them until after the 18th, so I thought I'd have a break today and do something a bit different.

So here's today's card, it's a birthday card featuring Denny the Dinosaur. Isn't he cute. It's a freeby digi stamp by Pink Gem Designs ( I've had to edit this post because I put the wrong company, sorry Janet ) and I'd not used it yet, so thought I'd have a go.

I used promarkers to colour the image, in my favourite colour I might add, then it was matted onto lilac co-ordinations card, using my spellbinders grand big scalloped circles die. The backing papers are docrafts, from their especially for you cd. Flowers are MCS, printed in various colours, with a glittered centre.  Spellbinders floral flourishes have been added in lilac and purple and two parchment butterflies, made using the pergamano butterfly grid. The gems and ribbon were taken from my stash. Finally, the celebrate tag is from cardart.

Hope you like it, I certainly enjoyed making it, a nice refreshing change.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:-

Allsorts Challenge Blog - Going round in circles.

Digital Tuesday - Recipe. (1image,2papers,3flowers,4gems)

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything goes.

Fab N Funky Challenge - Pearls or rhinestones.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Bingo. (diecut/free/glitter)

Inky Impressions - Ribbon.

Polka Doodles Challenge Blog - Celebration.

Forever Friends - Something new.

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Something new.

Moving Along With The Times - Summer.

Thanks for visiting my blog and do come by again.

Jools.  xxxx

Tilda Fairy Summery Card.

Hi Guys',

How's everyone today?  Did you enjoy the summer? I know I joke, but I do hope we get more. Been absent for a few days because I've been motor home hunting and guess what, I got one. Woohoo. Have to wait a while to pick it up, but hey, I can wait. ( not ) Think I may have to start a 'Camper' blog. That'll be a laugh.

So, down to today's card. The inspiration for this one is from the sketch  on the the Official Tilda Inspiration Blog, or T.O.M.I.C, for short. I've really taken quite a shine to Tilda, she is so sweet and the stamps are great. Got quite a few now and been stamping and colouring a'plenty, so better get some cards made with them now.

 

This image is Tilda Fairy. She's been coloured with promarkers, and the wings and outline have been glittered with glamour dust, for a bit of definition and bling. She's been mounted with foam onto a cream parchment spellbinders deckled rectangle die, distressed with Tim Holtz spun sugar.

The backing papers are from my docrafts cd's, mainly woodland friends. The doily on this card is a file called doilies, would you believe, from SVGcuts and was cut on my cricut, using the sure-cuts-a-lot software. 

The flowers are all from my stash, hand made using MCS countryside garden and the butterfly was made in lemon parchment using the pergamano butterfly grid.  A couple of pearl hat pins, some organza pink ribbon and a 'Just for you' charm completes the card.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :-

Oo La La Challenge Blog - Make it girly.

Midweek Magnolias - Bling it on.

The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge - Summer hols + sketch.

Just Magnolia - Anything goes + doilie.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything goes.

Fab N Funky - Celebrate.

ABC DT Challenge - June, colour palette.
Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge - Time to embellish. 

 Thank you for visiting my blog, hope you liked my work and do come again.

Cheers,

Jools. xx

Daughter's birthday cards, Clipart Fairy and My Craft Studio.

Morning everyone, where did our lovely spring weather go? If we can't have the sun we'll just have to carry on making bright sunny cards. Here's a few  cards I made for some girls at work, I think they're bright and sunny, how about you?

I love this first one, I was told fairies, girly, pink and lilac, flowers and butterflies, my favourite ingredients. I couldn't decide which, so she got the lot. The image is from Clipart fairy, she has some lovely designs on her website. When cutting out, I always leave a small border of white around the image , it's neater and if you glitter around the edges it appears to glow.

All the artwork is printed on 220gsm supersmooth card, that's as thick as my printer will take. That's ok for the image, but I found a single layer is'nt sturdy enough for the backing, so for this reason I usually mount the topper onto a double layer. The top layer has the main sentiment printed onto it using MCS, glitter all around the edges and use foam pads to layer the two. Finish off with a bow, some flowers printed from MCS countrside garden cd and a parchment butterfly using the pergamano butterfly grid. I think the criteria was met.


This next one was for a thirteen year old girl, who, according to her Mum was still a bit of a tomboy.

Again, a Clipart fairy image was used, this one is from the 'Pia' kit. I imported into MCS  to personalise it, by printing Chloe's name and age on the t-shirt. I didn't put a daughter sentiment on this card, I thought the name and age was enough.  The rest was pretty much as the card above.

Hope you liked them, thanks for popping by......

Jools. xx