A Few Christmas Cards

Had a day off yesterday and managed to add a few cards to my Christmas stack. I had hoped to make more than four but I just seem to spend forever moving bits of paper round on a card. I'm very happy with the first one, not so sure about the second. They're both made with a digi kit called Victorian Christmas by Aimee Asher. On the second card the mix of patterned papers is a bit busy to me but I guess the overall effect is quite Victorian.

The next two cards are quite simple and straightforward. The cute images are coloured with brush markers and are from The Angel Company, sentiments on all the cards are by Paper Inspirations. Papers by Zoe Pearn. Hope you like and thanks for looking.

Sweet Sixteen

One of my nieces will be sixteen this month and this is the card I've made her. I'm actually a bit behind cos this has got to go to Australia and it won't get there in time. Bad Aunty :( I've had my first go at an easel card and am pleased with the results. They're just coming into summer down under hence the bright and cheerful colour scheme. Hope she likes it.

Just noticed that this week's Cute Card challenge is to make a card for a teen so I'm entering.

Workshop Cards

Yesterday evening I went to a workshop at S&D Cards & Crafts. The first time I'd been to one there so I didn't really know what to expect but I had a good time and made these two cards. The first one is my favourite it's interesting the different looks you can get with one image. They're both very sparkly. The stamp is by Woodware.

An Award

I've received this award from my name sake and fellow Londoner Julie. Thanks so much and sorry for taking such a long time to acknowledge it.

For this award, you have to answer each question with one word only- here are my answers:

1. Where is your cell phone? Handbag

2. Your hair? Twists

3. Your mother? Jamaica

4.Your father? Jamaica

5. Your favourite food? Rice

6. Your dream last night? Forgotten

7. Your favourite drink? Water

8. Your dream/goal? Dedicated craft space

9. What room are you in? Office

10. Your hobby? Crafting

11. Your fear? Hmm?

12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Here

13. Where were you last night? Workshop

14. Something that you aren't? Extrovert

15. Muffins? Occasionally

16. Wish list item? eBook Reader

17. Where did you grow up? Chiswick

18. Last thing you did? Prayed

19. What are you wearing? Fleece

20. Your TV? off

21. Your Pets? None

22. Friends? Good

23. Your life? Happy

24. Your mood? Cheerful

25. Missing Someone? Kinda

26. Vehicle? Vectra

27. Something your not wearing? Jeans

28. Your favourite store? Borders

29. Your favourite color? None

30. When was the last time you laughed? Today

31. Last time you cried? Forgotten

32. Your best friend? Dizzy

33. One place that I go to over and over? Church

34. Facebook? Barely

35. Favourite place to eat? Home.

I'm passing this on to Jackie, Christine, Amanda, Suzie Q, and Kerry.

Colour Create - Blue Silver and White

Here's my entry for the Colour Create challenge. It's a pretty simple card, can't remember when I last made one with so much plain white space! The main idea is copied from a box of cards I saw in Tesco. Theirs said Noel and was very elegant with the letters in black and white patterned papers. I've used silver mirri and Coredinations whitewash cardstock. The letters were cut on my brand spanking new Cricut :) then embossed with the swiss dots folder. The snowflake is a combination of Sizzix and Wizard dies. A little card candy to finish it off.

Papertake Sketch

This first card is my entry to this week's Papertake challenge. I've used papers from Zoe Pearn at the Sweet Shoppe and a sweet digi stamp by CC Designs at All That Scraps. Her name is Birgitta. The snowflakes are a combination of Sizzix and Wizard dies. Coloured with Copics.

I liked this combination of papers and colours so much that I printed them out again and made another card, using another sweet image from All That Scraps. This one's name is Nora. I've varied the layout slightly on this card.

All White That Sparkles

Haven't played the Colour Create challenge in quite a while but I was very inspired by Heather's all white challenge. Even though we were allowed to colour our image I decided to go for the monochrome look. My snowman was completely watercoloured using stardust pens so is very much more shimmery than shows in the main photo but hopefully you can get an idea in the close up. I've used an old Sketch Saturday sketch and was quite liberal with the stickles and glamour dust so I'm also entering this to the Simon Says Stamp All that Sparkles challenge.

A Few Christmas Cards

I've been thinking the reason I'm not feeling so creative at the mo is because I need to be making Christmas cards and I don't really feel like it. Anyway I've persevered and here are the results. I quite like how bright and non traditional they are. The stamps are by The Angel Company and the papers are Zoe Pearn from the Sweet Shoppe. Coloured with Whispers Brush Markers.

This next card is growing on me. The stamp is by Wendy Rhodes and it's quite big so this card is 17 x 12.5 not a size I use often. I've used Sissix texture plates to do the embossing and then sanded them back. I've also added quite a bit of sparkle which you can see better in the close up piccy. The sketch is from A Spoon Full of Sugar.

Gift or Keepsake Box

I haven't been feeling very creative the past week. I don't know why it is but if I try to make something that goes wrong enough to have to be abandoned it seems to kill my creativity for a while. Anyway I started this box on Sunday and finally finished it yesterday. It's very much inspired by some beautifully shabby chic boxes I've seen on some of the Scandanavian blogs. I've filled it with white chocolate truffles and think it's a nice way to make an inexpensive gift special. The papers are by Verena Karolyi and I used my retro punches to make the flowers. Used mountboard to make the box a bit more sturdy.

It's a Hoot Template

These card are great if you need a card in a hurry, they're so quick and easy to make. The first one uses some old Basic Grey papers and the second one some K&CO papers. Sentiments on both cards are from The Angel Company and of course I've used my Craftwork Cards template for the birds and the branch on the first card. Hope you're all having a fab weekend.