First Christmas Card for 2010

Well it's getting close to mid January and I was yet to make my first christmas card after vowing to keep up with last years resolution to try and make at least one christmas card a week, it certainly lifted the pressure come December.  So here it is, my first christmas card for 2010...

It covers two christmas challenges....

Bah! Humbug! - Recycle

ABC Christmas Challenge - A is for Angel and to include charms or beads

The recycled items I have used are, the foil embossed card, the bow and the sentiment, all were taken from 'commercial' xmas cards recieved. And for the ABC challenge the image is an Angel and I have used three flower beads.

RECIPE

Stamp - Lili of the Valley

Colouring Mediums - Copics, Promarkers and Sakura Stardust (applied with a waterbrush)

Embossed Background - White card embossed with Swiss Dots using my bug

Sentiment, bow and foil embossed card all recycled

Other Embellishments - Flower Beads from stash

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Thanks for stopping by and as always your comments and visits are much appreciated.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Something a Little Saucy for 3 Challenges

A very good friend of ours is 50 today.  Happy Birthday John!!!  Anyway John so doesn't do cute and as with all male cards it's always a task of what to do.  Anyway I'm hoping this card will be pleasing to his eye...lol.

As well as the task of doing a male birthday card I've managed to cover three challenges with it...

Everybody Art - Favourite Colour Combo

Papertake Weekly - New Beginnings or Something New

Basic Grey - Photo Inspiration

 

One of my altime favourite colour combo's is Blue and Brown, I have used my new Victoria Case image and buttons and I drew inspiration from the photo with the colours and patterns.

RECIPE

Digi Image - Victoria Case 'Heidi'

Papers - Basic Grey

Colourng Medium - Promarkers

Embellishments - Buttons from stash

Sentiment/Wording - Done on PC

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Well it's looking like the big melt has started at long last and the predicted earlier snow is actually falling as rain.  Hopefully that means we can get out in the car tomorrow, we're itching to get out of the village...lol.

Thanks for stopping by and as always your comments are much appreciated.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Magical Crafts Forthnightly Challenge #6

Happy Sunday morning to you all and it's time for challenge #6 over on MCFC.  Thank you to everyone who took part in our last challenge, lovely to see so many new faces joining in and of course lovely to see all our regulars too. 

This time round we have the theme of...

VINTAGE

Anything goes as long as it has a vintage style, you don't have to use any images a good old bit of distressing is just as vintage.  We are kindly being sponsered for this challenge by June at Dezina World, when you are looking for things vintage this is the place to look and the lucky winner will recieve two images which you will have also been used by the Dt for their creations to help inspire you this week.  Please take a moment to check out all the DT works you can find links to their blogs on my left side bar or on the challenge blog.  Here is my DT creation for you....

 

RECIPE

Image - Dezina World

Papers - K & Co

Papermache Box - Hobbycraft

Embellishments - Ribbon, Flower and Lace from stash

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We do hope you will be able to join us for our latest challenge and we look forward to seeing your vintage creations.

Joanne xx

A Pollycraft Sneak Peek and I made a Top 5!!!

Good Morning All

Are we all braced for the weekends predicted snow and wind.  We've just been out for a walk with Mollie and to get a few bits from the village shops, and the wind is bitterly cold.  It's been snowing lightly on and off all morning so far and yesterday evening we had another mega dump of about another 3 inches and a power cut to go with it, thankfully the power cut was soon sorted, just glad I had candles to hand.  I've personally never seen so much snow, possibly due to growing up along the south coast where we never used to get a whole lot but I've lived here in Yorkshire now for nearly 14 years and still seen nothing like it.  Anyway thats enough about the weather, I'm sure there are many who are fed up with it.

My first thing to share with you is I made the top 5 over on the Allsorts Challenge for their 'New or Old' challenge, woohoo!!!

Now onto my next thing to share with you.  As promised yesterday I have a sneak peek for you of one of the upcoming new Cherry Kisses images from Pollycraft.

This beauty is called 'He Love's Me' and the card fits 3 challenges....

Crazy 4 Challenges - Birthday

Fussy & Fancy - New

Paper Play - Precious Metals

My 'new' items used are the image, ribbon and chalks.  My precious metals are the charm and flower spacer.

RECIPE

Digi Image - Pollycraft 'Cherry Kisses Frames Set 2 - He Loves Me (Soon to be released)

Papers - Dovecraft

Colouring Medium - Promarkers and Chalks

Embellishments - Flowers, Spacer, Brad, Ribbon and Charm all from stash

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

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Thanks for stopping by and as always your comments are very much appreciated.  Have a lovely weekend and keep warm and safe.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Pollycrafts Friday Freebie

It's Friday and it's time again for a new gorgeous freebie from the ever talented Paula.  It's available for one week only, after that it will only be available to purchase from the shop, so get yourself over to Tales from Pollycraft to grab this beauty.  And here it is......

This new Cherry Kisses Frame is called 'Adore' and my card also fits 2 challenges....

Moving Along With The Times - Sketch and Love Theme

Daring Card Makers - Birthstone 'Garnet'

RECIPE

Digi Image - Pollycraft 'Adore' (available free for 1 week only).

Papers - Basic Grey

Digi Sentiment - Pollycraft 'Roundabouts Love, Hope, Wish'

Colouring Medium - Copics and Promarkers

Flowers - Papermania Elements

Charm - Hobby House

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There are a few more images joining 'Adore' for release very soon, so keep a look out for some sneak peeks.

But in the meantime the Moon and Star Fairy images have now been released and are available from the Pollycraft Shop priced at just 99p each!!

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Well this snowy weather is totally unrelenting isn't it!!  We had a couple of more inches fall again over night and the cars definately need digging out now, though we have no plans to use them.  We have a village butchers, paper shop and convienence store, so they will be getting all our business for the foreseeable future, and I love walking in the snow so I don't mind one bit.

Thanks for stopping by your comments are always appreciated.

Keep warm and stay safe outside everyone.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Yummy Hot Chocolate

Good Morning All

Well the snow just keeps coming, but at least there is a bit of sun inbetween the flurries and occassional blizzards.

And what can be more warming during the 'Big Freeze' then a lovely mug of yummy hot chocolate...mmmm.

And hot chocolate is what this card is all about...

It covers 6 challenges....

Simon Says - Hot Chocolate

Cute Card Thursday - New (new theme or new stash)

Penny's Challenge - Chalks

A Spoon Full of Sugar - Hearts

Fab 'n' Funky - Anything You Want

Charisma Cardz - Colour Combo 'Pink, Brown, Cream & Toffee'

When I saw the Simon Says challenge I instantly thought of this House Mouse stamped image which I recieved as a RAK sometime ago, and have been eager for the perfect opportunity to use it.  I have used new ribbon and chalks on my card and there is a heart gem, so I think thats all the challenges followed.

RECIPE

Stamp - House Mouse (RAK)

Papers - K & Co and Basic Grey

Colouring Medium - Watercolour Pencils, Promarkers and Chalks

Sentiment - Craftwork Cards

Punched Leaves - Martha Stewart ' Frond Leaf'

Embellishments - Ribbon, Flowers and Gems

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Thanks for stopping by and keep warm and safe everyone.

Hugs

Joanne xx

Popcorn Bear

Hi everyone, I hope everyone is keeping safe and warm with this extreme wintery weather we are experiencing here in the UK, though it also sounds quite bad in other parts of the world too.  Yesterday saw the worse of the snow so far with a good 6 inches and today it has been sunny with occassional blizzards, yes blizzards not light little flurries...lol, and as I write this another has started, they seem to be getting more frequent.

Right on to my card, I recieved some Popcorn Bear stamps for Christmas from my two little furbabies, and today I've fianlly got around to inking one up.

 

Firstly I must apologise for the quality of the photo's, I usually take my pics in the conservatory but it's a bit dark in there at the moment as the roof is covered in thick snow, so it's proving very difficult to get any good natural light.

This card covers 4 challenges (I'm getting good at this combining...lol, and at one time I hated doing it).  The challenges are.....

My Time To Craft - Blue & Brown

Mojo Monday - Sketch

ABC - L is for Layers

Creative Card Crew - Distressing

RECIPE

Stamp - Popcorn Bear 'Birthday Cuddles Set' (image and sentiment)

Papers - All are scraps

Colouring Medium - Copics & Promarkers

Cutting Tools - Fiskars Shape Cutter and Nestabilities Scalloped Circle (used in the bug)

Punch - Martha Stewart 'Scallop Dots'

Embellishments - Buttons from stash

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Please all keep safe in this slippy weather if you have to venture out or even when out enjoying it especially with your kids.

Thanks for stopping by and as always your comments are much appreciated.

Oh and one last thing for you, a piccy taken today of Mollie and Felix, they both get on so well and I was actually trying to catch a pic of them when seconds before they were both laid across the top of the sofa nose to nose having one of their loving moments, but of course mummy moved to grab the camara and spoilt the moment....lol.  As you'll see Felix has grown loads since we got him.  Enjoy!!

Hugs

Joanne xx

Altered 2010 Diary for 4 Challenges

Good Morning All

Just thought I'd nip this one on before heading off to work.  It's my new altered desk diary so I can keep tabs on all crafty things through out the year, and an easier way to see what challenges I have and haven't entered, here's hoping it makes me organised...lol

I had to take an awkward angle photo of the whole diary as the 2010 wouldn't show up at any other angle, so have also shown you a close up of one of the new Pollycraft fairy images out this week at a better angle.

Challenges covered are....

Incy Wincy - Bling

Sophisticat Challenge - Fancy Borders

One Stop Craft - Something beginning with B

The Corrosive Challenge - Favourite Things

There is some bling there it just doesn't show up well on the piccie I'm afraid, the stars, wings and her belt are all glittered.  Created fancy borders around the image using a MS punch.  My things beginning with 'B' are the colours blue and black and I've altered a diary which is technically a book, isn't it?...lol.  And finally two of my favourite embellishments that I have used are Flowers and Pearls.  There I think that's everything covered.

RECIPE

Digi Image - Pollycraft 'Star Fairy' (soon to be released)

Papers - Papermania

Colouring Medium - Promarkers and Sakura Stardust in Clear and Black

Punch - Martha Stewart - Scalloped Dot

Embellishments - Flowers and Pearls from stash

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Thanks for stopping by and also thank you for all the positive comments so far for my mad idea on my new blog 'Pay It Forward Crafting Style', kepp em coming!!

Enjoy your day and keep warm and safe as it sounds like we could all be in for some pretty hefty winter weather over the rest of the week here in the UK.

Best go defrost my car!!!

Hugs

Joanne xx

Pay It Forward Crafting Style

Want to help spread some crafting love and kindness around the crafting world, then please check out my new blog, it's either a mad idea or a brilliant one, you decide!!

Pay It Forward Crafting Style

Pollycraft Monday Challenge #31

Good Morning All

This is my first post as a fully fledged Pollycraft DT member, still on a high about being on the team and working with such wonderful, talented and so very friendly ladies.  And of course more excuses to be able to play with Paula's gorgeous images and stamps.

We are back with our first challenge of 2010 and Lynsey has set the theme of...

WINTER BIRTHDAYS

Interpret this as you wish, just think winter, maybe you can find an alternative use for one of your xmas stamps or images before you put them away, maybe wintery colours will inspire you.

There is lots of wonderful inspiration for you by the talented DT which you can view over on the challenge blog and here is mine....

RECIPE

Digi Image - Pollycraft 'Ginger Tea'

Papers - Basic Grey 'Indian Summer'

Colouring Medium - Copics and Promarkers

Sentiment - PC generated

Embellishments - Fabric, Prima and punched Flower from papers.  Brad, card candy and black gems all from stash.

Flower Punch - Woodware

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We do hope you'll be able to join us for the challenge, remember you don't have to use a Pollycraft item but of course we would love it if you did.

There will be three winners for this challenge, each will recieve these new fairy images which are due for release this week.

 

For those who took part in our last challenge be sure to check the challenge blog later for the announcement of our winner who will be a GD for 2 challenges.

From all of the Pollycraft DT we wish you all a Happy New Year!!

Joanne xx