Thursday, 26 July 2012

CRAFT Challenge 165, Use Stitching


Morning all!

Thursday again already and time for another challenge here at CRAFT Challenge. This week our challenge is

Use Stitching

These are some quick cards I did for this challenge as I was a little low on time this week. Hope you like them anyway. The papers are my own.




(using 'Japanese Girl and small bag' by Flonz)


(using 'Wine Barrel' by My Heart Pieces)


(using 'Mail Girl' by The Stamping Boutique and 
'Singing Bird' by Lauretta's Digital Stamps)



Thank you for looking, all comments very welcome and much appreciated. Hope to see you at CRAFT Challenge. 

Have a great weekend!

Love,

Jo.

Thursday, 19 July 2012

CRAFT Challenge 164, Use a Playing Card on your Creation.


Morning all!

Thursday again already and time for another challenge at CRAFT Challenge. This week our challenge is

Use a Playing Card on your Creation

So, any project fitting this subject will be eligible for a prize.


Here are my entries for this challenge, hope you like them. For these cards I have used images from all 4 of our sponsors this week as well as my own papers. You can find one of the papers with playing cards as freebie at the end of this post as well as one on my digistamp blog. You will also find an extra challenge there, which is the same as the one we run at CRAFT Challenge, but only if you use one of these papers. Hope to see you there as well. Don't forget to leave a comment if you grab the freebies!


So, here are my creations:



(using 'Bowl of Strawberries by HopeJacare)





(using 'Flash' by Eiglas)


(using 'Mushroom Becky' by eyeCandie Creations)


(using 'Queen of Hearts' by LEJ Designs)



And here is the freebie:


Have a great weekend and don't forget to join us at CRAFT Challenge and me at my digistamp blog (link on top of this blog) Do not claim this paper as your own, if you would like to share it, please direct people to my blogs.

Love,

Jo.

Sunday, 15 July 2012

The promised tutorial is here! How to use the Flower Easel card sheet.


Afternoon all,

Here is the promised tutorial for the Flower Easel Card sheet in my challenge this week here at Trimgym's Digistamps and Images. By clicking on this link you will go straight to the challenge post. You will remember perhaps that I have a little special freebie there for you, a Flower Easel card I designed myself (template and papers).


So, over to the mini tutorial, it is all rather straight forward really.

1. First print off the sheet on good quality card:



2. Next carefully cut out all the separate parts of the Easel Card.



3. Then fold the main part of the card along the lines, valley folds on both lines.






4. Once you have done that, turn the card over and apply glue to the top folded part only.




5. You then need to carefully stick the main flower shape onto the base card where you have applied the glue only. 






6. Next stick the other two shapes onto the main flower shape.







7. Choose an image and stick it place. 


8. Turn over the card again and put something in place to keep your easel card up. This could be by a big brad (a green dot can be found in the base card to show where), or by adding your own chosen sentiment on double sided sticky pads, or by adding buttons or anything else that puts a bit of a barrier up so the top of the card remains in place and doesn't slide down again. 



9. For ease of sending it, the card folds totally flat:



10. In the card below, I used a few buttons.




Not really that difficult, is it?

Hope you will have lots of fun trying this as well. Please don't forget to join in with the challenge as well if you get a chance.

Love,

Jo.



Thursday, 12 July 2012

CRAFT Challenge 163, Summer.


Morning all!

Thursday again already and time for another challenge at CRAFT Challenge. This week our challenge is

Summer

So, any project fitting this subject will be eligible for a prize.

We hope you will enjoy playing along with this one again. For all those in the UK, I think it is fair to ask 'What Summer?!!', as we have not actually seen a lot of it this year. A bit of sunshine here today though.

I have not had a lot of time for creating this week as I have needed to do a bit of studying as well. But here are my 3 cards for this week, hope you like them. 



(using 'PoppiSurf' by Bugaboo Stamps and 'Coney Island 
Papers' by Robyn's Fetish Digital Stamps and More )


(using 'Summer Party' by Floppy Latte  Designs and 'Cupcakes 
Minis papers' by Desertgirl Designs)


(using 'Lager' by Sassy Studio Designs and 'Ocean View papers'
by Annies 4 Corners)


I felt the top card would fit as a Christmas card bearing in mind Christmas time is summer time Down Under.

This week I have not used any of my own papers of images I'm afraid, I have simply been too busy. I'll try better next week.

Have a great weekend and hope you will join us again this week. I will try and put a freebie on my digistamp blog this week at some stage though as well and possibly a related challenge again as well. See you there as well as at CRAFT Challenge.

Love,

Jo.

Thursday, 5 July 2012

CRAFT Challenge 162, Splashy/Water themed


Morning all!

Thursday again already and time for another challenge at CRAFT Challenge. This week our challenge is

Splashy/Water themed


And here are my cards for this week. I have used my own 'At the Seaside' papers for these cards. I hope you like the cards. Do join us at CRAFT Challenge for this challenge and why not join me at my digistamp blog as well for the challenge there. The challenge there is the same as at CRAFT Challenge, but with a little twist. You will have to use one of my images or papers (freebie or otherwise) for the challenge as well.

(using one of the images from CraftsuPrint)



(using 'Waterfall' from Digi Doodle Shop)



(using 'At the Beach', 'Surfer' and 'Barbecue' from Trimgym's Digistamps and Images 
and 'Grillin George' from Digital Delights)



Thank you for looking, don't forget to join us at CRAFT Challenge as well and me at my digistamp blog as well. Here is a freebie for you, please leave a comment if you take it.


Have a great crafting weekend!

Love,

Jo.

Thursday, 28 June 2012

CRAFT Challenge 161, Feathers/Birds.


Morning all!

Thursday again already and time for another challenge at CRAFT Challenge. This week our challenge is

Feathers/Birds
We hope you will enjoy playing along with this one again.

And here are my cards for this week, hope you like them. I have used my own papers for all of these cards.

(using 'Sliding Penguins' by Digi Doodle Shop)


(using '4 Calling Birds' by The Stamping Boutique)




(using 'Japanese Girls and small bag' stampset from Flonz)




(The papers on this last one are from my new 'At the Seaside' paper pack,
the feathers I found last weekend while picking my son up from scout camp.)

Thank you for looking, all comments very welcome and much appreciated. Just as a little extra, here is a little freebie again which may help you with the current challenge, it's a paper from my 'Kitty Cat Love' papers. Don't forget to leave a comment if you take this paper and do not claim it as your own.
And also check my digistamp blog for regular freebies there and challenges.


Sorry, this freebie has now been removed.

Love,

Jo.

Thursday, 21 June 2012

CRAFT Challenge 160, Colour Combo


Morning all!

Thursday again already and time for another challenge here at CRAFT Challenge. This week our challenge is

Colour Combo

(Some Bunny Loves Me)


(For the colour combo, see at the end of this post)



We hope you will enjoy playing along with this one again. 

Here are my cards for this challenge using papers from the Paperpack I created using these colours. Hope you like them.

(using 'Berry Fairy' by  Beary Dust )




(using 'What A Sweetheart' by Little Darlings Rubber Stamps)




(using 'Catching Snowflakes' by Little Darlings Rubber Stamps)







In case you need a little help to get going on this challenge, here are 2 papers from the paper pack I used for these cards. Do not claim them as your own and if you do take them, please leave me a comment. Knowing you appreciate these freebies does motivate me to keep putting them up.

Sorry they are no longer freebies, more in near future.

Thank you for looking, all comments very welcome and much appreciated.

Have a great weekend!

Love,

Jo.

Saturday, 16 June 2012

Challenge on my digistamp blog.

Just to let you know I have a challenge running at my digistamp blog at the moment. There are 3 freebie papers there from my 'Male Birthday 2' paper pack. If you use any of my freebies or digis for the Fathers' Day challenge, you are in with a chance of winning 3 digis, 2 easel card sheets or 1 paper pack of your choice from my blog. The winner will be chosen randomly. This challenge runs till next week and don't forget the challenge at CRAFT Challenge is also Fathers' Day.

Hope to see you at both.

Love,

Jo.

Thursday, 14 June 2012

CRAFT Challenge 159, Fathers' Day.


Morning all!

Thursday again already and time for another challenge here at CRAFT Challenge. This week our challenge is

Fathers' Day

We hope you will enjoy playing along with this one again. 

And here are some cards from me to get your creative juices flowing. Hope you like them. If you need some more inspiration, then please check in on our challenge and you'll find some more fabulous creations by our DT.


(using 'Papa Bear' by 
Meljen's Designs)



(using 'Motorbike digis' by Scrapper's Delights)


(using 'Guy-BBQ' by  Bugaboo Stamps)



Thank you for looking, all comments very welcome and much appreciated. Feel free to pop over to my digistamp blog for a freebie paper from the paper pack (my 'Male Birthday' papers) I have used for the cards above. Please do leave a comment there if you do decide to take it as I love knowing if you appreciate these freebies.

Love,

Jo.

Wednesday, 13 June 2012

Don't forget about the freebie and challenge on my digistamp blog!

Just a little reminder that I currently have a freebie and a challenge on my digistamp blog. Only a few more days left till the challenge closes (Saturday), so don't miss out!

Love,

Jo.