BRITISH CRAFT NETWORK AND KRAFTYHANDS

Hi everyone

Just a quick heads up from me.  I have just realised that Kraftyhands will be showing the lovely Emporium of Curiosities Collection on the British Craft Network
at 7pm tonight and again tomorrow (Thursday) at midday.

I have no idea whether my cards will be shown this time, so I hope I don't miss it.  We are decorating at present and there are times when I can not get near the PC.

I hope your day is going well,

Judy x

PION CAKES - BOOKMARK CARD

Morning all

 Today I have another photo of a card to share which I made way back in March 2013 using the gorgeous Pion cakes images and Pion papers.  These, together with the flowers were from  Live and Love Crafts 

I opted to make a shaped card this time and made the inside pocket a criss criss style panel in which is a bookmark which I made and slotted inside.  This has been like a trip down Memory Lane for me, coming across cards I made so far back.  I think tomorrow will bring us more up to date.
 

This is the link to Live and Love Crafts shop
 
As always, thanks for looking,

Judy x

PION AT LIVE AND LIVE CRAFTS

Morning all

Here I have a pocket card to share which I made in April 2013.  I had clean forgotten I had made this card to be honest.  Unfortunately I did not write down the name of the gorgeous papers and image, but I know they are Pion from Live and Love Crafts shop
 

 

This is the link to Live and Love Crafts shop
 
As always, thanks for looking,

Judy x

IN MY ELEMENT AT LIVE AND LOVE CRAFTS

Morning all

Well, I am well on with posting the photos from my saved folder of cards I have made over the past year.  You probably will have gathered by now that I sorted the photos into categories.  So the next week or so will see me sharing ones I have made using predominently Live and Love Crafts products (apart from when I have a Design Team card to share in which case I will just continue it the following day.).  

I think it makes sense to start with my older makes and then move on to the more up to date ones.  This has to be one of my favourite shops.  It really is like an Aladins cave of gorgeous papers and embellishments, and just my style too.  Every time yet my order has arrived the following day without fail.   How I wish we could grow a money tree eh!  I somehow think you are nodding and smiling here.  Wouldn't it be great!  But oh heck, where would I store it all! lol

Enough of my waffle.  So I will start with a simple card I made to add to the stock which I was taking to the Craft Fairs this Summer gone.  I probably made this card around a year ago.
I think it is more or less self explanatory but the papers and image I believe are Pion Almas Sewing Room.

This is the link to Live and Love Crafts shop

A huge thank you to you all for all your lovely comments.  I read each and every one and they mean somuch to me.  And also a very warm welcome to my new followers too.

As always, thanks for looking,

Judy x

VINTAGE SHABBY

Morning all,

Here I have another recenly made card.  Another Easel card using the lovely dies from Go Kreate/Spellbinders, Tim Holtz and Cheery Lynn.

I started off making a tag with this lovely Vintage image.  Then I used the tag for the topper on the card, so you will probably nod your head in agreement when I say there was a lot of work in this one.  But you know what?  I loved doing it!

There is lots of sparkle which does not show on the photo. 

There is a mixture of embellishments from Wild Orchid Crafts, shabby ribbon from Liveand Love Crafts and items from my stash.  The edges are inked using Tim Holtz distress ink pad and then glittered with Glitter Glue. 

 

Thank you so much for looking.  

Have a lovely day,

Judy x

VINTAGE SHABBY

Morning all,

This is one of my more recent cards.  Another Easel card using the lovely dies from Go Kreate, Tim Holtz and Cheery Lynn.  I am definitely going to make some more of these as I am loving this style.

Grrrr, again  the photo does not pick up the glitter.  There is lots of sparkle which does not show. 

There is a mixture of embellishments from Wild Orchid Crafts, shabby ribbon from Liveand Love Crafts and items from my stash.  The edges are inked using Tim Holtz distress ink pad and then glittered with Glitter Glue.  Oh and the papers were from LOTV.

Thank you so much for looking.  

Have a lovely day,

Judy x

CHRISTMAS CARDS ALL YEAR ROUND NOVEMBER CHALLENGE - No patterned paper

Hi everyone

Today sees the half way mark for the Challenge at CCAYR, which is entitled 'No Patterned Papers.  Well that says only one thing to me, and that is embossing.  So this time I opted to make a shaped card using my Go Kreate dies.  This is actually a one single sheet card with a small easel at the back.  I was not happy with how it was standing (or not standing! lol) so I made a little multifold easel which I popped inside the card fixing both front and back to it.  It has now worked a treat!

TO DO THIS:

I cut a piece of card just a little narrower than the width of the card with plenty of length.  I then scored at half inches several times, then folded some mountain and valley folds and snipped the extra length off.  It then has been stuck inside the two layers.

 

Image coloured by a friend of mine.  (Cuddly Buddly image I think?)
Embossing Folders
Items from stash
Machine Stitching

Do pop over to the Challenge Blog at CCAYR,  and take a look at the talented Design Team's  lovely creations.  I do hope you can join in with this lovely Challenge. 

Thank you so much for looking,

Judy x