Good evening, it's Friday and I can't believe another week has flown by. I'm still no where near ready for Christmas, but I'm sure it'll all come together in the end.

I'm here to show you another Christmas card I've made. This is my first Wild Rose Studio stamp and it's called Feeding Robins.

I've chosen traditional reds and greens and the papers are Wild Rose too. They're from Anabelle's Christmas pad. The layout is inspired by Sketch n Stash #102 sketch by Sue.

The image has been coloured by copics and her are the colours :-

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R30

Reds: R32, R35, R37, R39, R59 and tuscan red Prismacolour

Greens: YG00, YG61, YG63, YG67

Browns: E40, E42, E43, E44, E50, E51, E53 and Dark umber pencil

The inside has been coordinated to match. All the papers have been distressed and inked with walnut stain. The tips of the flowers were also coloured up with a bit of victorian velvet so they weren't so stark.

The snowflake is  Marianne Creatable die No LR0185 and I've added a few rhinestones for a bit of sparkle.

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Aud Sentiments Challenge - Anything Goes (Christmas)

Copic Marker Europe - A Christmas Card

Anything Goes Challenge #82 - Traditional Christmas Colours

Deep Ocean Challenge #40 - So this is Christmas

Fashionista Challenge #10 - Winter

Pretty Little Ribbon Shop #17 - It's Christmas

Dream Valley Challenges #47 - Christmas

Thanks so much for dropping by, hope you have a lovely weekend.

Big Hugs, 

Janine xx

Trimming The Tree ...

Hi everyone. Hope you're having a nice relaxing weekend. 

I'm here to show you my first Christmas card. It's taken me ages to complete. I wish I wasn't so indecisive. Choosing the papers, embellishments etc has taken forever. There's no way I'm gonna have enough cards by Christmas. I'll just have to save homemade ones for 'special' people.  Looks like it's a trip to WHS for me!

I've used LOTV's Trimming the Tree along with papers from Authentique Paper's Wonder Collection.

They're so cute. They remind me of my three when they were younger.

Here are the Copic colours I've used:

Skin: E000, E00, E11, R30

Red Clothes: R39, R37, R35, R32

Green Clothes: YG91, YG93, YG95

Brown Shorts: E43, E42, E41, E40

Dog: E43, E42, E34, E35

I've embellished the card with a ribbon from my stash and a cute tree charm from Live & Love Cratfs. The flowers are from WOC and Live and Love Crafts.

The image has been cut with a Nestabilities circle die and mounted on their scalloped circle. The holly leaves are part of Memory boxes Holly Vine.

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

Lilis Little Fairies - Use 3 Dies or Punches

Crafts 4 Eternity - #101 Colour Recipe, Christmas Wishes

PaperPlay Challenges - Week 49 Christmas is coming

Have a great weekend and thanks for dropping by.

Big Hugs,

Janine x

Saturated Canary - Honey

Hi blogging friends. Well it's almost midweek and I really just don't know where the time is going at the moment.

Hope you had a lovely weekend and managed to get lots of crafting done. Unfortunately I didn't manage any. Saturday was all chores and Sunday I was with Brandon at a swimming gala.

Yesterday Leonie and I went out and bought a new Christmas tree. We decided that the old one had to be replaced because  Brandon is now taller than it. We went for an 8ft one, that way no matter how much more growing he does he'll never be bigger than this one! Were hoping to decorate it tomorrow once hubby has put the lights on it.

My card today uses one of Krista's amazing digis called Honey. It's for a friend's daughter's birthday. It should suit her down to the ground, because she loves dance but she's also a bit of a Tomboy too.

I've followed the sketch over at Saturated Canary Challenge and coloured the image with Copics. It's lovely to watch these images come to life as you colour them, even if they do test your shading techniques.

The image has been mounted on  a nestabilities floral oval shape, these are just so pretty, and the design papers are by Raspberry Road. Some of the flowers are a recent buy from Live & Love Crafts and they're so pretty. I've coordinated the inside to match too.

Copics Used.

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30

Hair: E50, E51, E53, E35, E43, E44

Skirt: R81, R83, R85, R20, E41, E42

Top: YR0000, YR00, YR02, YR12

Rabbit: E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, R01, R000

Boots: C0, C1, C3, C5, C7, W0, W5, W7

Papers: Raspberry Road TATAS Collection

Flowers: WOC and Live & Love Crafts

Nestabilities; Floral Oval

Cheery Lynn: Lace Corners

EK Success: Small Butterfly Punch

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Saturated Canary Challenge #31 - Lou's Sketch

Lady Anne's Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything Goes

The Pink Elephant Challenge - Make It Girly

Digi Galore - Anything Goes

The Corrosive Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Joanna Sheen - Anything goes Excluding Christmas

Pile It on - Embellishments

 Thank you so much for dropping by. Hope to see you again soon.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Mini Bear ...

Well I'm feeling even older ...My daughter passed her driving test last week! She was so excited. At the moment my car is too big for her to drive and insure, but she's dropping lots of hits about us having a smaller car to share. Lol

I thought I'd mark the occasion by making her a card.

I've based my card on sketch #235 over at Sketch Saturday. The image is yet another LOTV cute image, mind you I think they all are. It's been coloured with copics.

The papers are from Nitwits Cottage Charm collection and the inside has been decorated to match. I've used the TimHoltz Hardware Findings die and the L plate is hand drawn.

Copics.

Bear: E31, E35, E53, E50

Car: R39, R37, R35, R32

Trim: C7, C5, C3, C1 & C9 for tyres

Windscreen: C00

Ground: W00, W0, W1

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Sketch Saturday #235

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Joanna Sheen - Anything Goes except Christmas

Pile it On #48 - Anything but a Christmas Card

Crafty Ann's Challenge #79 - Birds or Animals

Thank you so much for dropping by. I really do appreciate it.

Big Hugs,

Janine x

Silver Wedding...

Hello lovely bloggers....

Hope you've all had a good week and have something nice planned for the weekend.

I can't believe that it's only just over 4 weeks to Christmas. I haven't bought anything yet let alone got organised to send any cards, or make them in the first place come to that. I'm sure everything will come together in the end.

Tonight's card is another wedding anniversary card. First it was my parents 50th and now in a couple of weeks it's my sister's 25th. How time flies...it certainly doesn't seem that long ago.

I've used LOTV's Wedding Couple again. I really must get some more wedding images, but I do love this one it's just so cute.

The photo's not great it makes the colours look more blue than silver. I've coloured the image with copics and distressed the edges of all the papers with weathered wood.

I've used my new Go Kreate dies that I bought at the Harrogate show recently. Can't wait to try them for a shaped card!

The rolled roses were a success this time. Last time I tried I lost count of how many ended up in the bin - then I gave up in frustration.

The inside has been decorated to match the front using Raspberry Road papers from their Always & Forever and appropriately named Mr & Mrs collections. The card is based on the Deconstructed Sketch #78.

Card Recipe.

Copics:

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20, R30

Morning Suit : C7, C5, C3, C1

Pinks : R81, R85, R56

Greens : YG00, YG61, YG63, YG67

Browns : E23, E25, E29, E31

Dress : C1, C00

Ground : W00, W1, W3

Tools :

Go Kreate filly square #5 standard & large

Marianne Design English Rose and LR0156

Doo Hickey So wrapped lovely heart

Martha Stewart PATP Eyelet Lace

I am entering my card into the following challenges :-

Deconstructed Sketch #78

Crafty Ribbons #33 - Use at least 2 ribbons

Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Divas by Design #62 - Use 2 or more design papers

Papertake weekly - Ribbons and pearls

Thanks so much for dropping by and any comments which you may leave.

Have a super weekend.

Big Hugs,

Janine 

MIC Anastasia...

Good afternoon Blogger friends..

Hope you're having a lovely weekend.

Last night we went out for a lovely meal to celebrate my son's 16th Birthday. He loved his basketball card. Last year I never got around to making him a card and I felt sooo bad. So Christmas cards were been put on hold so I could make it. Looks like I will be buying Christmas ones again. 

I'm starting to feel old now. Brandon's 16 and 6 ft , Leonie will be 18 in March and Frazer who's 14 realised  yesterday (much to his delight) that he was taller than me!

Today's card is one I've made for my Mum's birthday which is in a few weeks. See I told you no Christmas cards were being made. Lol.

I've  used a gorgeous digi stamp from Make It Crafty. It took me absolutely ages to colour her. I used a great tutorial over at MIC by the super talented Alyce (Kit and Clowder). If you've not paid her blog a visit then you really should - her creations are beautiful and her colouring amazing.

Now my colouring is not on Alyce's level , but I'm really pleased with my first attempt.

So here she is ...

I really enjoyed colouring her. So much that I went and bought some more of their digis. 

Here's a close up of her.

I've used the sketch over at Sketch Saturday for my card.

The papers are all distressed with Walnut stain and the image is coloured with copics. I've used my new Tim Holtz 'On the edge Butterflies' die, and also bought the snowflakes one too.

I've also decorated the inside too..

Card Recipe.

Image & Stamps : MIC Anastasia and LOTV Vintage Sentiments Just to Say

Papers : Raspberry Road - Always & Forever and Timeless Victorian papers

Copics:

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E11 R30

Hair: E51, E25, E29

Eyes: YG61, YG63

Pinks: R81, R85, R59

Lilacs: BV0000, BV01, BV13

Blue: B23

I'm entering my card into the following challenges :-

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #233

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes

One Stop Craft Challenge - Anything Goes

Raise the Bar Challenge - Birthday Theme

Totally Papercrafts - Cute and Girly

Inky Impressions Challenge - #84 Birthday

Penny's Challenges - #101 Lots of Layers

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Until next time ... Have a lovely week.

Hugs,

Janine x

Slam Dunk...

Good Evening Bloggers...

I know I've been a very bad blogger recently, but there just seems to be so much going on that crafting and blogging are having to take a back seat.

I have a card to share with you today that's for my son's birthday next week. I don't think he'll look at my blog - facebook and twitter are far more exciting than my little old blog.

It's a great image for a teenage boy and suits him just perfectly. If he's not swimming (which is most days) then he's playing basketball at school in lunch break.

Here is my card using Mo Manning's 'Slam Dunk' and a great sketch from CLP Challenge.

I've coloured the image with copics and distressed the edges of my papers using vintage photo.

The papers are Raspberry Road - Cowboy Cool.

Here's a close up of the image.

I used Doo Hickey flags and Tim Holtz Typeset dies to create the name banner at the top. The stars were made using Die-namics stacking stars dies. 

Here's a last look to show the 3d effect .

Card Recipe.

Copics

Skin: E000, E11, E00, R30

Basketball: W3, YR00, YR12, YR14

Blues: B000, B00, B91, B93, B95

Reds: R00, R22, R24, R27

Basket Rim: C1, C3, C5

Hair: E25, E29, E31

Tools

Doo Hickey Clouds & Flags

Tim Holtz Typeset

Die-namics Stacking Stars

I'm entering my card into CLP Challenge #52

Thanks so much for visiting and any comments you may leave.

Big Hugs,

Janine x