Panorama Card

Good morning everyone

Because I've been visiting my step-dad in hospital (who's improving thankfully), and helping to look after my mum I haven't made a Design Team card today. So instead I thought I would share with you the Panorama Christmas card I made for them both.

 

Sorry for the photo quality peeps!!!

 

Here's What I Did
I die cut the panorama sides, 6" x 6" back square and a front frame. The panorama layers were also die cut using a village die and a sloping border die, and on each of the layers I added a small amount of pale blue Copic pen and some glitter to the edges.  Before assembling the scene I added snowflake paper onto the back plate, a flower border to the front frame and then on the front slopes I attached a reindeer and Christmas tree.  To finish off I added some blue gems and a die cut banner to the top corner. Look out for more Panorama cards in the future.

Here's What I Used
Cardstock (CS): Sheena Douglas Stamping CS, Forever Friends Paper (old stock), White glitter Card, Navy CS 
Dies: Tattered Lace 'Panorama' Die Collection and 'Summer Edge', Xcut 'Village', Spellbinders Borderabilities 'Curved Border One', Marianne Design 'Christmas Tree', Die'sire 'Elegant Reindeer'
Other: Gems, Glitter, B000 Copic Pen, Computer Generated Sentiment

There will be more of my Design Team cards later in the week.

Thank you for dropping by and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Challenge Entered:
 

Hugs
 

x Janine x

Sweet Stampin - Say It With Flowers

Hellooooo, well it's that time of the month again ---- it's Sweet Stampin' time.

Wow, I've been sat here crafting with all the windows open listening to all the birds tweeting away - it's been a beautiful day. So beautiful day hence 'wash day' :) basically if it stood still long enough it went in my washing machine and then hung on the line. Obviously the downside to this is the dreaded ironing, which I hate btw.  Apparently here this week it's going to be awful - rain and more rain, but as we know the weather peeps often sometimes get it wrong.  lol

Here's What I did

Here's how I made my cute girly card. I cut down a 5" x7" pre-scored card base slightly and took the top corners off to make a tag card, then echoed this with the pretty LOTV paper (I inked around the edges before adding it the card base). The pretty border was made using a Tonic punch and I added a paper ribbon strip to compliment her dress.  The flower was die cut using the same colour card stock as the border and to give it a lift I glued die cut lime green glitter card leaves underneath.

The Prima girl was stamped, coloured and cut out, as was her dress from again pretty co-ordinating LOTV paper, she was added to the card using foam tape. To finish I glued a ribbon in place and printed off my sentiments which were cut out in random shapes, inked and placed around her. I have to say I love, love, love these Prima stamps they're so girly, and up to now I've made quite a few cards using her and her friends - they're just so versatile!

Here's everything I used:

Stamp:  Prima Dolls #910198

Paper/Cardstock (CS): LOTV 'Promises', Papermania CS, Glitter CS

Copics: Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11 / Hair - YR0000, YR000, YR00, E13, E99 / Dress - V02, V04

Dies: XCut 'Petal Posy', Tattered Lace 'Embellishments'

Other: Ribbon, Tonic Border Punch, Serif CA2

So why not drop by the Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog and check out what my fab Design Team girlies have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card/project into our Say It With Flowers challenge we'd love to see you. REMEMBER you must include a stamped element on your card!

This week's sponsor and prize is from The Ribbon Girl.

I look forward to seeing what you create.

Challenges entered: 

Paper Crafting Journey -Anything Goes

Hugs

Janine x

New Job Card

As I don't have a DT card to show you this week, I thought I would share the 'New Job' card I made for my beautiful daughter - she lives in London and has just landed a job in a theatre there as a Front of House member of staff.

I made the 8" x 8" card using one of the Xcut 'Build A Scene' die sets. Initially I had a problem getting my card stock out of the dies after cutting them out because some areas are so intricate eg windows.  After asking for help on one of the facebook group I belong to, I solved the problem - the cure was to wipe the dies with a tumble dryer sheet (not used), the dies then cut out and released the card stock like a dream.

The landscape was made using 3 different shades of grey card stock, plus some black, red and white cardstock to accent it the scene.  To finish off I die cut some clouds. The buses and some of the taxis where layered up to give it a little dimension.

Here's What I Used:
Cardstock (CS): Grey, Red, Black, White
Dies - Xcut 'Build A Scene' London, Joy! 'Clouds'
Other - Distressing Ink, Foam pads

My daughter loved it - which made all my hard work worth it apart from the fact that I paid 93p for first class post so she's get it the next day, and it took 2 days to get to her and was totally bent and twisted when it arrived. So I'm a bit annoyed!!!

Calling all Sugar Nellie Fans - there is a promotion over at Funkykits on digi and rubber stamps until the end of the month, so get yourself over there and grab a sugary bargain.

I'll been sharing my Sugar Nellie, Sugar Bowl and Sweet Stampin DT cards here next week.

REMINDER: It's the last week of the Design Team call out for Sweet Stampin' - it ends on Friday 30th May 2014 at 6pm gmt and the successful applicants will be contacted shortly after that.  We're a really friendly and fun bunch so why not give it a go we'd love for you to join us, all details are on our blog here.

Thank you for visiting.

Hugs Janine x

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Inspired By A....Book, Film or Song

It's Sweet Stampin' time for me again, and our theme this week is INSPIRED BY...A FILM, BOOK OR A SONG. I'd love you to join us and take part, in the fun - but just remember your project MUST include a stamped element. So to get you in the mood here's my card for you - I hope you like it.  I opted to make a box card and I chose 'Alice In Wonderland' and the Mad Hatter. I've also included a tutorial on how to made a box card to fit in an A5 envelop if you would like to use it.

Here's What I did

After creating my box and adding my papers to it. I die cut flowers attaching some to acetate strips.   I then printed off my digi stamps - the Mad Hatter, cups, teapots and cakes. I coloured them all in with Copics and also attached these to acetate strips. The quotes were printed and die cut and coloured with pan pastels.  The red & green small cups I drew myself.  Everything was then placed inside the box.  You'll also spot the odd playing card (including the Queen of Hearts) - these are actually mini cards from a Xmas cracker.

Click the link here to the Box Card Template I've created.  It's a bit lengthy sorry, but it does have illustrations.  You can open, download and/or save it. FYI, if you want to make the box height and/flaps slightly larger or smaller just increase or decease the measurements I've given you. Any questions just email me...have fun! 

Here's what I Used:

Cardstock/Paper: White card, Neenah Colouring CS, MME 'The Sweetest Thing' paper Pad,

Copics:  E0000, E000, E00, E11, E35, R20, R30, C-0, C-1, C-2, C-3, C-5, Y00, Y02, Y08, Y17, R20, R27, R29, R32, YG03, YG11, YG17, B0000

Digi Stamps: 'Mad Hatter' by Mo Manning, Cups, Cakes, Teapot - 'Picknix Collection' by Polkadoodles

Dies: Xcut 'Ovals' and 'Bloom', Die-namics 'Blueprint 8', Spellbinders 'Rose Creations'

Other: Serif CraftArtist 2, Distressing Inks, Fineliner Pen, Pan Pastels, Candi, Mini Playing Cards

We hold a weekly challenge with a fantastic prize plus a monthly prize draw for everyone who enters a card/project throughout the month. 

So why not drop by Sweet Stampin' Challenge Blog and check out what my fabulous Design sweeties have made to inspire you. So come on why not join in with the fun and enter your card or project into our INSPIRED BY....A BOOK, FILM OR SONG challenge. This week's sponsor and prize is from MY CRAFTY HEART and the monthly draw sponsor prize is a £10 voucher from Cuddly Buddly.

I look forward to seeing what you create.

Challenges entered:

Crafting From The Heart - Challenge 8 Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes #39 

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes #202

That Crafty Place - Anything Goes

The East Wind - Challenge #2 Use a Digi

Hugs

Janine x

Sugar Nellie Winter Fest - Blog Hop

IT'S HERE, YEY!!!!

The launch of 4 new Sugar Nellie 'Winter Wonders' digi stamps and our Blog Hopping event.

I'm one of the new Sweeties so this is my first blog hop with Sugar Nellie, so hello to you all! If you're joining in with the Blog Hop you should have hopped to me from Lis's blog. Remember to leave me a comment and then hop along to Pat's blog next.

To celebrate the launch of the new Sugar Nellie 'Winter Wonders' digi stamps all the DT members have create a 'Christmas or Winter' themed card to get you in the Christmassy mood.  Here's my offering, is a sweet Christmas card made for you using Sugar Nellie's Christmas Garland, and it's available in both rubber and as a digital download it's available from Funkykits. 

Here's what I used:
Digi stamp: Sugar Nellie's Christmas Garland from Funkykits
Cardstock: Kraft card, First Edition 'Blank Canvas', Papermania Coloured card
Prisma Pencils: Pink, Blush Pink, White, Spring Green, Chartreuse, Olive Green, Spanish Orange, Orange, Gingeroot, Terracotta, Carmine Red, Poppy Red, Crimson Red, Light Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine, True Blue, Cloud Blue, Cream
Dies & Punch: Xcut Border Punch (no name), Cuttlebug 'Snowflake'
Other: Gems, Sentiment Stamp (Docraft freebie), Red Glitter Embossing Powder, Ribbon, Buttons, Waco Pearl Maker, White Pan Pastel, Pale Turquoise Pan Pastel, White Gel Pen, Glitter, White Flowersoft

Don't forget to visit Funkykits to check out the gorgeous new (and old) digi stamps.  If you would like to join in with the blog hop or you've got lost along the way,  just hop along to the Sugar Nellie's blog to start at the beginning. Remember to hop along to each of the Design Team's blogs in turn ---- but remember to leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win a prize!

Happy Hopping!

 Janine xx

Totally Gorjuss Challenge 198

Hi everyone

Well here it is....my first DT card for Totally Gorjuss.  This week's challenge theme is Anything Goes with 'Bows'.

I decided to make a Clean & Simple card (CAS). The cute digi stamp is from Cuddly Buddly, and I coloured it with Prisma Pencils, then to top it off I added a bow with a sweet little bear button given to me by my mum.

Here's what I used:

Digi Stamp: Cuddly Buddly - Pachela Studio 'Best Buddies Suprise!'
Prisma Pencils: Bears - Sienna Brown, Dark Brown, Light Umber / Hedgehog - Peach, Burnt Umber / Birds - Peacock Blue / Envelop - Lemon Yellow, Yellowed Orange / Noses: Pink, Carmine Red, Poppy red / Sky - True Blue, Light Cerulean Blue, Rabbit - Putty Grey, French Grey 70%, Grass & Trees - Apple Green, Grass Green, Dark Green, Light Umber, Dark Brown
Border Punch: Xcut,
Other: Ribbon, Gems, Paper, Cardstock, Sansdor, Paper Stumps

So why not pop over to Totally Gorjuss and see what the rest of my DT buddies have come up with and while you're there why not join in with the challenge - it's 'Anything Goes' with a bow - you never know you might win a prize .  This week's sponsor is Ribbon Girl.

Crafty hugs.

Janine xx

My 1st Sugar Nellie Sweetie DT Challenge #107

Well here it is, my first ever DT post.  

This sweetie is for Sugar Nellie's Sugar Bowl Challenge 107 - September 2013.  Hope you like it!

I've never made a tag before so I though hey-ho why not give it a go (OMG that rhymed). I made the tag myself, basically it's a rectangular piece of white card with a shaped top made by using a spellbinder die. The background was made with distressing inks, stamped flowers and words with a splash of glitter. It's hard to see but the stamped flower petals have had their colour removed - just by using a damp brush and a piece of kitchen roll.   I printed this gorgeous girl out 4 times, then coloured certain section of her in with Copics and Prisma pencils, and cut out them out and layered her up.  The doily edge was made with an XCut border punch that I only bought the other day - it's so dainty and pretty.

Here's what I used:
Digi stamp: Carnival Balloon by Krista Smith from Funkykits
Copics: Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E01, E13, R20 / Hair - YR0000, E000, E13, E99, E37 / Purple Skirt & Socks - BV000, BV00, BV02, BV04, BV25 / Pink Dress - RV000,/ RV00, RV13, RV34, RV69 / Shoes/Belt - YR0000, YR000, YR00, E13 /Eyes - RV0000, RV00, RV13 / Flowers - RV000, RV00, RV13 / Balloons - RV000, RV00, RV02, RV13, RV34, BV000, BV00, BV02, RV04
Distressing Ink: Dusty Concord, Worn Lipstick, Tumbled Glass
Background Stamp: My Minds Eye 'Tangerine 'Hello'
Border Punch: Xcut (don't know the name)
Die: Crafts-Too Frame 6
Other: Crystal Glitter, Ribbon (bought by my sweet daughter who paid a fortune for it in a London store), Gems, Buttons, Bakers twine

Why not visit the The Sugar Bowl and have a look at what the rest of my DT buddies have created, and why not join in with the challenge. It's open to everyone and the theme is 'Anything Goes' so why not give it a go. You can create anything you like but it MUST include a SUGAR NELLIE STAMP (either rubber or digi) otherwise it will be removed (sorry!).  Rubber stamps can be bought from Funkykits (UK) or Sugar Nellie (USA), digi stamps can be bought from either.

The prize for one lucky winner picked at random is 4 Sugar Nellie stamps from FunkyKits or 6 if there's more than 100 entries.

So come on 'you've got to be in to win it' - so get entering.

Hugs and Happy Crafting.

Janine x

Choo Choo Train

Here's a sweet A5 card made for my step-dad's birthday, which is today.  Happy Birthday Frank!

He's such a great digi image and I'd had my eye on him for some time as my step-dad loves trains. So beautifully drawn my Mo Manning, and if you've not visited her digi stamp store....you should! He was such a dream to colour. I printed him out 4 times, coloured him with my Copic pens, cutout and layered up.

Here's what I used:

Die: Xcut Oval

Embossing Folder:

Cardstock:

Digi Stamp: 'The Engineer' by Mo Manning

Copics: Skin: E000, E00, E02, E11 - Overall/Shoes/Hat: E41, E31, E33, E37, E57 - Smoke: CO, CO2, CO5 - Scarf/Socks/Label: R000, R17, R27, R59 - Shirt: YR000, YR00 - Train: CO, CO2, CO3, CO5, R000, R17, R27, R59 - Track: E31, E33, E35, E47

Distressing Ink: Tea Dye

Other: Polkadoodles Ticket Stubs, Serif CA2, Computer generated sentiment, Bakers Twine, Cardboard Dots

Hope you like it and thanks for dropping by.

Why not leave me a comment - I'd love to hear from you.

Janine X