It's been a long time

How long? Absolutely ages!! Haven't made any cards for a while but I am missing it and plan to pick up my papercraft goodies very soon, it's my nieces 16th birthday on Halloween so plan to make her something instead of buying.

Thought I would share a cake with you I made today....a giant donut!! Love these, made this funky blue. Mum said she wouldn't eat any because the icing was blue, I had to tell her it tasted totally normal lol.

Hope you like it and I hope to be back soon with some new card creations.

Joy xx

Lilli of the Valley and Cupcakes

I'm back!!! A new card to show you, made with one of my new Lilli of the Valley stamps which I bought at the Alexandra Palace Craft Show. I had such a wonderful day there with my friend Lisa who is new to crafting and already spending a fortune on stash lol. The image is coloured with my trusty Promarkers, accents of stickles here and there. The papers are by Craftwork Cards as well as the card blank and sentiment. The beautiful flowers are of course from Wild Orchid Crafts, I am well and truly smitten with these now, no holding back from now on lol.

I've also been dabbling with cupcake baking recently, can't seem to stop myself, I've baked vanilla, chocolate, apple crumble, caramel cupcakes to name but a few. I will attach a couple of photos below which aren't great but at least give you a glimpse of what I have been doing. I'm new to baking so I hope to improve.

Thanks for looking.

Joy xx

What a lovely day

What a day, the showers stayed away, a wonderful day for a wedding. What a lovely couple William and Catherine make. Don't know about you but Kate's dress was simply stunning, the lace sleeves divine. Diana would be very proud of her first born.

Congratulations William and Catherine!

Candy

Tab at Tabby Craft Designs has some wonderful blog candy up for grabs. Please visit her blog to have a gander, it's gorgeous and so so kind of her.

Good luck everyone.

Joy xx

Quickie baby girl card

This is a quick simple baby girl card I have made for my box which I wil be taking to work, trying to get my stock up lol. The image is from the Digi Stamp Boutique, white linen card from The Papermill. Image has been paper pieced as well as the baby socks, the bunny toy has been coloured with Promarkers. I then put the top piece of card through my Cuttlebug using the Swiss Dots folder and then used my brand new Martha Stewart butterfly punch :)

Thanks for looking.

Joy xx

Teddy Bo

How lovely is this bear? Absolutely gorgeous I think. I made this card using all Kay & Co card from a recycled card pad I bought absolutely ages ago, all shades of brown. I think it suits the card perfectly. I coloured the image with my Promarkers, used a little pink glitter and liquid pearls. I again used my Nestabilities to cut the circle etc. Ah I nearly forgot, I also used my new distressing tool from Tim Holtz, I think it is great and gives such a great effect. The sentiment stamp is from a free stamp pack I got from the front of a craft magazine and the stamps are by Papermania, again I have had these ages and never used them.

I really like this card, I hope you do.

Thanks for looking.

Joy xx

Cupcake Birthday

A very quick post to show you a card I made for a workfriend whose birthday it was today.

Images by Kanban, coloured with Promarkers, with glitter and liquid pearls added. Bazzil card and brown spotted paper by Papermania "The Big One". Sentiment by Craftwork Cards.

Thanks for looking.

Joy xx

A couple of cards to show y'all!

I've found a bit of time the last few days to craft, which makes a nice change, I think i'm getting the crafting bug again hooray!! Just a quick post and will come back later and post the recipes for these cards, but for now, here they are, hope you like.

Joy xx

Sketch Saturday - Week #139

As I said in my last post, I was meeting my friend today who sadly lost her mother on Thursday. She's doing very well, much more upbeat than I anticipated and she appreciated the card that I made for her. I think she's going to be ok, it was a difficult relationship and there are a few things to iron out but I think she will come out of it ok.

Anyway, it's that time again, time for the Sketch Saturday Challenge. I love this challenge so much because I am always having difficulty in deciding how to lay out my cards so this challenge makes it easy work. I had a great time making this card with a new LOTV stamp that I recently purchased, isn't she an adorable little girl.

The elements I used for my card are:-

Image - LOTV "Little Ballerina"
Image coloured with Promarkers and Copics
Papers - Cosmo Cricket
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Nesties
Martha Stewart Heart Punch
Punched flowers
Liquid Pearls

Thanks for looking.

Joy xx

Sincere Condolences

A very quick post tonight just to post a sympathy card that I have had to make, my first one. My best friend from schooldays had some sad news just a few weeks ago, her mother had cancer. Just a week ago she was told it had spread and that it was terminal. She passed away yesterday :( They weren't very very close but you only get one mum don't you so it is still a very sad occasion.

I got this wonderful image from Pink Petticoat which fit the bill perfectly. I just made a very simple card in black and white and used my Cuttlebug and the Swiss Dots folder. I found a lovely sympathy verse online, there are some lovely verses, I was in tears more than once just reading them.

I am off to meet my friend for coffee in the morning and a natter so am off to bed now.

Thanks for reading and looking.

Joy xx

Sketch Saturday - Week #138

A quick post this evening to add the card that I have just made for Sketch Saturday's challenge this week. The sketch is great so I just had to give it a go and of course had to use one of my new LOTV stamps, isn't this little bunny gorgeous, I love him.

The recipe for my card is:-

Papers: Dream Street Papers - Nancy - The Loft and Gracie - Bubble Gum
Image - Lili of the Valley - Umbrella Bunny
Image coloured with Promarkers
Flowers punched.
Papermania Brad and pink half pearls added
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Nesties

Thanks for looking. Please leave a comment.

Joy xx

Creative Inspirations Challenge 94 - Photo Inspiration

Managed another card, I am such a slow crafter, I can work a little at a time on a card and take 2 or 3 days lol, I won't win any medals for being speedy lol.

Anyway onto the card. I decided to enter another challenge, this time the Creative Inspirations challenge for which I used to be on the design team. The challenge was to use the colours blue, white and brown which I think I have managed to do thankfully lol.

The image I used is a freebie from Meljen Designs called "Sweet Little Donkey", isn't he adorable? I again used my Promarkers to colour the image and used a few accents of Sakura which do not show on the photo.

The paper I have used is called brown and blue dots and I think (I could be wrong) it is by Hot off the Press but don't quote me on that lol. The blue card that I have used is Bazzill Bling in a light blue.

I cut the flower using my lovely flower nesties and added a blue half pearl in the centre.

I also added some brown tulle which I had in my craft drawer and added a little charm to the centre. I then tied some string onto a button and added to the corner of the card.

Sentiment by Craftwork Cards.

And there it is, I hope you like it.

Hopefully get some more crafting done this weekend.

Joy xx

Two cards to show today

Hello, I hope you are all getting back into the swing of things again now that Christmas and New Year is out of the way, doesn't it seem dull around now with the decorations and christmas trees gone. My first day back at work today, went very fast which is always good but got a feeling it is going to get busy.

It's my 40th birthday on Friday (7 Jan) and I am excited and a little sad at the same time, where have all the years gone? They went so fast, oh to be 18 again :)

Anyway over the course of the weekend I found a little time to make a couple of cards. I have used digi stamps for both, so convenient and no having to wait for them to be delivered.

The first is a baby boy card. The stamp is from Digi Stamp Boutique, isn't it lovely. I coloured the image with my trusty Promarkers and decoupaged the image also but you can't see from the photo. I also used one of my lovely Martha Stewart punches to add the heart detail at the bottom. I used some page yellow Bazzil card and some white corrugated card also and not forgetting nestabilities. Sentiment computer generated.



My second card is a birthday card. The image for this card is from Bunny Zoe's Crafts, again coloured with Promarkers. I used some blue Bazzill and brown corrugated card and added some blue half pearls. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

I hope you enjoy the cards, thanks for looking.

Joy xx

Happy New Year

I just wanted to pop on and wish you all a very Happy New Year, let's hope 2011 realises our dreams and is good to every single one of us.

Joy xx

Anyone for a cupcake?

Hi,

I've had time to have a little play and made this cake themed card....mmmmm looks delicious, I could eat one of those now....as if I haven't eaten enough this Christmas.....Weightwatchers is looming lol.

Anyhow, that's it for now, off now to watch some TV before bed but hope to get some more crafting time before going back to work next week. Hope you are all having a lovely day.

The recipe for this card is:-

Images - Kanban
Images coloured with Promarkers with Sakura accents
White Hammered Card - The Papermill
Doodlebug Paper - Cherry Chocolate Dot
The green and pink card I have used is all by Bazzill
Sentiment - dreamed up by me lol
Pink Liquid Pearls
Green Opaline Half Pearls
Spellbinders Nestabilities

Thanks for looking.

Joy xx

Challenge: I ♥ ProMarkers Challenge Blog

I'm back

Hi, Long time no see. Well I really am getting the urge to start crafting again after nearly a year break. I have made a couple of things, this was the latest project I made a few weeks ago...a sock monkey. I didn't realise how easy they were to make so decided to make one for my niece Georgia as she asked me so nicely lol. Here it is. Now onto some cards...watch this space. x

Joy xx

I'm still here

Hi, I just wanted to pop on, it has been ages, my little puppy takes up so much of my time. I haven't really done any crafting since I got Bailey at the end of December. I did manage to make my friend a new baby card and something else which I have never attempted before but I was determined to make her something nice. It's my first attempt so not 100% but I was pleased with it and my friend absolutely loved it. I hope you like it too. :)

Here's a quick piccie of Bailey too, my little chi pup:

Joy xx

The new addition to our household

Meet Bailey my new Chihuahua puppy who I got last week and who is keeping me so so busy it is unbelievable. I never ever realised a puppy would be such hard work, you can't keep your eyes off him for longer than a second but he brings so much happiness, he is such fun to be with. I am off to the vets with him this afternoon to get him all checked over. He won't be having his jabs for a few more weeks yet because he is so small. However it is so freezing cold at the moment I don't think he would want to go out....can't blame him really.

Speak soon.

Joy xx

Merry Christmas & Happy New Year

I'm back!! Recovered from my op, all went well although my consultant has said it was a very difficult operation and I lost a bit of blood. When I came round after the op I had so many tubes coming out of me it was unbelievable. Anyhow I haven't managed to do any crafting whatsoever since my op but shall ease myself back in very soon. I have managed to get my christmas shopping done though but really must start wrapping it all up...only 3 days left..arrrghhh!!

We have had tons of snow around here the past few days, it is so pretty but I really don't like driving in snow so my dad has been driving me back and forth to my hospital appointments. I took the picture above on Friday last week, it was taken just near to our house and is so pretty, the sun was just begining to shine through the trees.

I shall be blog hopping through your blogs to see what I have been missing, I am sure there are lots of lovely christmas cards to hop through.

Take care and have a wonderful Christmas and Happy New Year.

Regards

Joy xx

Creative Inspirations - Challenge 36 - Sparkle

Ok so I have scheduled this post because I will be in hospital on Wednesday recovering from an op so fingers crossed this post does actually go live. This will be my last card for a few weeks, as soon as I am up on my feet and comfortably sitting I will get some cards made to pass the time.

This week's challenge over at Creative Inspirations is Sparkle. We want to see glitter galore on your cards so let loose and release the glitter lol, this could get messy!! I absolutely love glitter and especially at Christmas, all my cards are glittered to within an inch of their lives lol.

Our sponsor this week is Mo's Digital Pencil Too and she has sent us this wonderful digi image to use. Since receiving this image I have downloaded a few more because they are such great quality and are lovely to colour.

Hop on over to Creative Inspirations to see what the wonderful prize will be this week and please please please check out the DT members blogs to see their cards for this week's challenge.

The elements I have used for my card are:-

Image - "Skating" by Mo's Digital Pencil Too
Image coloured with Promarkers, Sakura Pens and Glitter
Papers - Papermania "Deck the Halls"
Sentiment - Craftwork Cards
Nesties "Labels One"
Scalloped Cardstock from Craftwork Cards
Snowflakes cut using a Cuttlebug Snowflake Die

Thanks for looking and I hope to see you all shortly when I am back on my feet.

Joy xx