My First Christmas Card for 2012

Morning all

Wasn't it cold last night - its was like a winters night here. I am still trying to get warm.


Today I have my first Christmas card for 2012. I don't  usually start this early, but could not resist getting those new LOTV Christmas stamps inked up. I have also used one of their new sentiment stamps, which are just fab.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Card Crew - Christmas 
Basic Grey - Anything Goes 

Items used: 

LOTV Stamp

Sentiment - LOTV 

Copics 

Paper - Papermania (last years stock)

Ribbon - Dunelm

Poinsettia - Wild Orchid

Lace from stash 

Sticckles 

Digital Delight DT Card Pauly the Pig

Morning all

Its time for another DT card at Digital Delights and this week I have chosen the animal theme with Pauly the Pig. He is such a cutie, but you need to pop across to digital delights shop HERE to see for yourself.

I would live to enter this into the following challenges:

One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi
Tuesday Throwdown - Colour Crazy 
Ladybugs Crafts - Paper Piecing 

Items used: 

Image - Digital delights 

Papers - Digital Delights and Paper mania

Memory Box heart die

Copics

Sentiment - Digital Delights

Sugar Nellie Lizzie

Morning all

Well the weather has taken a turn for the worse and gone back to heavy rain, but I guess it is getting close to the end of summer (which we did not see). Its the build up to Xmas know so I will start to make my Xmas cards - you know its nearly Xmas when the X-Factor starts and the first 2 weeks have been brill.

Todays card is a Sugar Nellie with Lizzie, she is one of my favourite digi stamps. I have used a distress theme with her as well.

Off to lunch today with my mum, so I need to get ready to go to the gym before I pick her up. I will catch up with all your creations later as I have been away all week.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafts and Me - Autumn Colours 
Divas by Design - Anything Goes 

Items used: 

Sugar Nellie image 

Copics 

Papers - Papermania 

Ribbon - Simply Ribbons 

EK Success punch 

Nessties 

Flowers - Wild Orchid 

Sentiment - LOTV

Digital Delights DT Card

Morning all

Its Thursday and time for another design card for Digital Delights.

Today I have used Shop and Talk Vicky and teamed it up with a Digital Delights sentiments.  

You can find lots of fab images HERE

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

IDIC - Use a digi 
Lollipop Crafts - Anything Goes 
Tammys  Scrappin Corner - Anything goes

Items used: 

Image - Digital Delights 

Sentiments - Digital Delights

Papers - Papermania 

Lace, Ribbon and buckle from stash 

Copics 

Crafting When We Can DT Card

Afternoon

Its my second post today and its time for another challenge at Crafting When We Can .

This week our theme is Rainbow Colours and our sponsor is Di's Digi Downloads 

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Get Funky - Anything Goes 
Totally Papercrafts - Inspired by a Song  (somewhere over the rainbow)
My Heart Pieces - Show us your fav colour - (Orange)

Items Used: 

Saturated Canary Image

Papers from stash 

Ribbon from Stash 

Copics 

Pearl - Wild Orchid

Martha Stewart punch

Pearl trim from stash 

Sentiment- Craftwork Cards 

Gingerloft DT Card

Morning all

Its time for another challenge over at Gingerloft. 

This week the theme is add metal and I really enjoyed putting this fab creation together.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:


Basic Grey - Anything Goes 
Allsorts - Heavy Metal 

Items used: 

Gingerloft Digi Image 

Papers - 

Ribbon from stash 

Copics 

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Charm and brad from stash 

Pearl - Wild Orchid 

DT Card Digital Delights

Its time for another inspiration over at Digital Delights 

Today I have used Private Pete and teamed it up with some of Digital Delights papers and sentiment. 

You can find lots of fab images HERE

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Paper Pretties - Square Cards 
My Heart Pieces - Use Designer Paper

Items used: 

Image Privtae Pete - Digital Delights 

Papers - Digital Delights 

Sentiment - Digital Delights 

Lace and bulldog clip from stash
Copics 

I AM MONDAY HOSTESS AT DIGITAL DELIGHTS

Morning all

It’s my time for Hostess Monday DIGITAL DELIGHTS BLOG.   Firstly let me tell you about Digital Delights, I am new to the team and I must say that they are a great team so friendly, but above all Wendy is a fabulous designer. Her images are the best, they are great to colour and there are so many to chose from. She is always releasing new images and SGV files. They also have a bargain Friday. For my project, I decided that I would do a book card and when I saw the bookyworm image I just knew this is what  I would have to do, its so fitting. 

I have used one of her coloured images so you can see how great they are. These book cards make great keepsakes or special cards for your loved ones. You can even place a little gift inside as a surprise.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

One stitch at a time - Anything goes 
Crafty Caz - Anything goes 

                                                            

Step One

You will need to cut 2 pieces of card 24.0cm x 12.5cm and 2 pieces 24cm x 14.5cm to make the book pages. 

  

 Step Two

You will then need to score the card.  If you don’t have a Scorpal which has cm on (which I don’t – MUST BUY ONE) you will need to mark it with a pencil at 2cm intervals so you know where to score it on your score board.

 Step Three

Using an edge punch, punch along 1 edge of each of the scored cards as shown below.

Step Four

You will then need to fold them in alternate directions to make a concertina as shown below.You can stress the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Inks if you wish (this gives a great finish to page edges of the book) or just leave it plain depending on your style of card.

 Step Five

Here comes the tricky bit of fixing and glueing the 4 pieces together to form the inside of the book. Fixing them together can be a little difficult, you just need to KEEP CALM and it will come together.

 Step Six 

Now all we have to make is the book cover. For this, you will need 1 piece of card stock 29.4cm x 15cm. Score a line 13.7cm  from each side which will leave you with a 2cm spine in the middle of the card. Score and fold to form the cover and attach ribbon before decorating the card. This will be used to tie the book together. 

Glue the pages of your book to the inside back cover and decorate as you wish.

Congratulations you have now produced your own fabulous book card. 

Items used:

Cardstock 5 A4 sheets to make the book

Bookyworm - Digital Delights

Papers - Papermania

Ribbon - Wild Orchid

Martha Stewart Punch

Tim Holtz distress inks

Wooden Embellishments

Digital Delights DT Card

Morning all

Its Thursday and time for this weeks Digital Delights DT card.

This week I have used Rockaround Sue and teamed her up with one of the papers from the Crafts Studio Fab 50s CD. I decided to do an inside out card and she was just a gem to colour and could not stop myself with the pink.

Don't forget to pop across to Digital Delights shop HERE you will be amazed.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - anything goes 
Divas by design - for a female
Crafts and me - use a digi

Items used:  

 Rockaround Sue Digi image - Digital Delights

papers 

Copis and Prismas 

Sentiment - Digital Delights 

Lace, ribbon pearls, bow and peg from stash 

Tim Holtz clock die 

Nessties  

KK Monochrome

Morning all

I have a quick card to show you this morning, which is a KK card that I made very quickly yesterday, as I felt the need to use a KK image.

Need to dash off on a day out with the parents today.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Dream Valley- Die cuts and Punches 
Cute card Thursday - Clean and Simple 
Total Papercrafts - Monochrome

Items used: 

KK image 

Papers from stash 

Tag Doo Hickory 

Copics 

Tim Holtz - Die cut 

Martha Stewart round the edge punch 

Nessties 

Crafting When We Can DT Card

Morning all


Its the weekend and I am on holiday for a week, lots of crafting to be done.


Its time for another challenge over at Crafting When We Can and this week we are sponsored by The Stamping Boutique and the theme is CASE IT - You make a card any theme/colours/shape/size.
To enter you have to case one of the DT members' creations.
Please pop over and have a look at the other DT cards


I would like to enter this into the following challenges:


My Heart Pieces - Designer Paper

Items used 

Stamp 

Sentiment - Digital Delights 

Copics 

Papers - Digital Delights 

Card Candy - Craftwork Cards

EK Success punch