Halloween Treats!!

We had my cousin and his family visit us this week, staying in our holiday accommodation for a few days, and I made the above as a little treat for their two boys, Max and Toby.  Two super little boys they were too, only 5 and 6 and so polite but with great characters!!  It was so lovely to see them and spend some time with them!

I got the idea to make these from my PFP teamie, Lorraine, and they were just so easy - some toilet rolls painted black with some bandage wrapped round leaving small gaps for the mouths and googly eyes (lucky for me that best matey, Lesley, brought me some of these up in the summer, thanks!) I added the spiders and they were done!

I'm off to France for a few days tomorrow to visit my sister who moved out there earlier this year - so looking forward to it - and flying on my own, how grown up!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Spooky Birthday

 Today's card is for our new challenge starting over on A Passion for Promarkers with a theme of Spooky Birthday.  So I've used this little cutie pie Hobson on Halloween from Mo's Digital Pencil.

My papers are from My Mind's Eye including the sentiments and the birthday word was die-cut using a PaperTrey Ink die.  As always there's a few Marianne Dies on my card as follows:

Frame - Anja's Oval - LR0376

Trees - CR1338

Squirrel - CR1340

Acorns- LR0373

Toadstools - LR0372

Lace Border - LR0385

Our sponsors for this challenge are the fab Bugaboo who are offering a $21 voucher for their store - great prize huh!!

As ever, my lovely PFP teamies have some wonderfully spooky cards to share with you and you can check them out here.

Sympathy Cards

We all hate making those dreaded sympathy cards but I do like to see how other people  approach this saddest of makes for a crafter so hope these may give you a couple of ideas. The first one is using some new floral die/stamp sets from Marianne which I thought would be good for Christmas cards but also look perfect here for a sympathy card, don't you think? They are Eline's Hellibores (Cat no: COL1394, and the flourish is from the Flower Stem set LR0150.

The next card wasn't my idea but a make and take that we followed at a Stampin Up party at best matey, Lesley's, last year, I love the colours and design! 

Hold on to Your Hat from Mo's Digital Pencil

I'm not usually one for making many  Halloween cards but have you seen all of the wonderful new images from Mo's Digital Pencil that Mo has been giving us lately?  I just adore so many of them and had to use this one immediately - Hold On To Your Hat!! (Click on the link to take you to the image in Mo's Store.)

I took my colour scheme from some My Mind's Eye Wicked 12 x12 papers that I bought in California a couple of years ago as they were so cheap!!  The funny thing is that Carlisle is now our nearest City here in Cumbria although we didn't know that we were moving then!! The trees and graveyard edges are from Tim Holtz Alterations and the Ghosts, Spider's Web and Stars are from Memory Box.

I'm sure she's going to have a fab time at the dance!!  Happy Days!

I'm entering my card into the following challenges

Die's R Us Challenge-"Ghoul" Friends

Naughty or Nice Challenge - Feeling Witchy

The East Wind Challenge - Halloween

Glitter'N'Sparkle - Halloween

The Crafty Calendar - Halloween

Crafting With Friends - Anything Goes

Simply Create Too - Halloween Colours

Hugs, Juliexxx

Winter is Coming! Well, our winter themed blog hop on Mo's Dream Team is!

Ha, I really wanted to say "you know nothing Jon Snow" after Winter is Coming (Game of Thrones reference for those who don't follow it!), and Winter is here on Mo's Dream Team Blog Hop as this is the theme chosen by our fabulous Gretha for this month's hop - and also your starting point.

I've used this adorable new image from Mo called Snowsuit which can be found here in Mo's Digital Pencil

I  coloured her with my Promarkers, to match my luvverly Marianne papers from the Scandinavian Winter pad. Of course I then had to use some luvverly new Marianne Design die cuts and stamps as follows:

Sentiment Stamp - Eline's Handlettering Christmas

SnowFlake Crescent - CR1345

Flowers - Eline's Hellebora's Die and Stamp set - COL1394

Mini Diamond Dazzlers

As you can see, I then went a bit mad with Aged Gold and Shabby White Frantage!

 Your next stop on the hop is over to my lovely  matey, Debby's blog with a fab make to share with you.  And, don't forget to leave a comment on each of the team's blog as you could win a $5 dollar voucher to spend in Mo's Store.

Hugs, Juliexx

Doodle Challenge Alert at Passion for Promarkers, with Marianne goodies!!

New challenge day at PFP HQ with a great theme of Doodles as chosen by the lovely Anna! 

I decided  only to use Marianne Products for my card (apart from my trusty Promarkers of course!) - full list with catalogue numbers below:

Reindeer - LR0179

Trees - CR1337

House - COL1326

Stamp inc sentiment - CS0906

Circle Dies - CR1331

Papers - Nordic Winter - PK9128

The glitter paper used to frame the circle and the  snow on the house is also from Marianne Designs!

Not to sure about my doodling but I love how the font on the sentiment (which comes with the stamp) also looks like doodling- love the teeny bow accents.

As always, my teamies at PFP have made some awesome cards to share with you, so take a peek here. Then come and join in our challenge as you could win  two  yummy digi images from Polkadoodles



Hugs, Juliexx

Love Tim Holtz Crazy Birds!

I had to make two male cards recently for a nephew and nephew-in-law and as I was staying at best matey Lesley's house for a week, I made them there, without lots of my own stash but with lots of hers!!  I also made these pre the dies and accessory stamps so these were a  little simpler!

The roses, branches and flourishes are all Marianne Designs as follows, as are the circle accents.

Rolled Rose flower: - LR0162

Flourish - from Lavender set - LR0157

Branch from Branch and Flower 1 - LR0256

Look at that little face - what a cutie!!

Hugs, Juliexx

The Big Guy's Tractor and Farmyard Background merger!

This the card I made for my husband's birthday the other week using two of Mo's Digital Pencil images merged together  Big Guy's Tractor and Farmyard Background- a match made in heaven!  

We have a small meadow in our new Lake District home that came complete with a sit-on mower (red) and hence my card and colour choices!  

We also have lambs/sheep year round in the field next to us hence my lamb die cut!  There's actually rather a mean looking ram in there at the minute with about a dozen ewes (lucky boy!!). My papers are from a Recollections 12x12 pad and then I've used loads of new Marianne Dies as below:

Acorn with Leaf Die - Catalogue No: LR0373

Garden Rake Die - Catalogue No: LR0374

Tiny's Tree and Leaf Die Set - Catalogue No: LR0375

Autumn Leaves Punch Die set - Catalogue No: CR1336

Little Lamb Die - Catalogue No: LR0358

Boots Die - Catalogue No: LR0316

Looks like autumn is well and truly here, drizzling all day although the autumn russets and golds are beautiful!

Thanks for stopping by!

Hugs, Juliexx

Crazy Bird dies without the Crazy Birds

This was a really quick card, with an idea that I've been wanting to try out for ages, and the new Bird Crazy Accessory dies meant I could do just that!!  The hat, glasses and bow tie are from the set, while the moustache is a Memory Box Die and the the googly eyes were a gift from best matey, Lesley.

The papers are from the Docrafts Chronicles set and the sentiment is from PaperTrey Ink.

A very simple but effective card for those dreaded male makes don't you think!

Hugs, Juliexx