Berry Sweet!

All the berries at the side of my house reminded me that it was the perfect time of the year to colour up this little lovely from Mo's Digital Pencil - Berry Fairy Amai. What wasn't quite the thing to do though was take some arty photos with the berries at the front of the card- as said card could quite easily topple over on to artfully arranged berries and leave a large purple berry stain on the card!!  Luckily, I was able to salvage the card with a berry made of pearls - what do you think?!!

I've actually used some scraps of old paper for my card just using a couple of Marianne dies to frame the  image, as below:

Anja's Squares Frame Dies - LR0242

Lace Eyelet Border Die - LR0395

The berry sweet sentiment is from Paper Trey Ink and the glass dew drops and beads from stash.

The sun actually showed it's face here today and tomorrow looks good too, so hope to get in the garden for a bit.  And it's Friday, yayyyhh!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Happy Birthday

It was my son's 27th birthday over the weekend - eek and this is the card I made for him.  It's also new challenge day at Passion For Promarkers with a theme of Make It Digital so I combined the two!

Now I love a good digital image and this one is no exception.  It's from Just Inklined and a Staffie which I wanted as Harry has a gorgeous Staffie called Coco.  I knew I could get an image somewhere and immediately which is the beauty of digital shopping!  

I tried to colour her as closely as possible to Coco's real-life colours using the picture below- isn't she lovely, so soppy and a real softie.

My papers are from a My Mind's Eye pad called Handsome - perfect for both my Son and Coco (even if she is a girl!).

I also used a Marianne frame die - LR0376, and the film strip from this set - COL1390.  (because Harry is a fantastic photographer!)

Now we have a great sponsor today, Di's Digi Creations who are offering the lucky winner a $12 voucher to spend on their digi images!!

Oh and hop on over here to see the rest of my teamies' fab makes!

Hugs, Juliexx

Igloos!

Another Christmas Card to share with you tonight - using Igloo from Mo's Digital Pencil - so cute!!  The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley - I really wanted one that read From Our House to Yours but in a Craft Room bursting at the seams with 'stuff'  I couldn't find one!!

And of course, the requisite list of Marianne loveliness!  I love the little  die cut Igloo and Mountain range and I do love using the Driftwood papers to cut out snowy images such as the trees and mountains.

Marianne Goodies

Forest Embossing Folder - DF3430

Eline's Igloo/Mountain Die - COL1417

Poinsettia Die - LR0121

Fir Tree Line Die - LR0283

Mistletoe Die - LR0189

Apres Ski Papers - PK9125

Driftwood Papers - PK9134

Dazzlers

A few stickles and I was done!

Big Hugs, Juliexx

Boat scene with Marianne products

We went to see Dunkirk this afternoon, which is just amazing from start to finish and I would thoroughly recommend it!  Anyway, it reminded me that I had yet to blog another boating themed card that I made using Marianne products.

This one was actually very quick to make - no colouring but using  a brushstroke mixed media stamp  and a Sailboat Die- details below:

Sailboat Die - LR0473

Eline's Brush Strokes Stamp Set - EC0162

Right, watching Game of Thrones now so must dash!

Hugs, Juliexx

Pretty Pastels for Passion for Promarkers

It's new challenge day today at Passion for Promarkers HQ  and we have a great colour theme this week of Pretty Pastels as chosen by our lovely Lisa!

I've chosen to use this gorgeous new image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Little Liar and he seemed rather perfect to go with a sentiment questioning someone's age!!

I cut him out with the Basic Distressed square die from Marianne Designs  (CR1375) and then decided to distress the rest of  my papers which, incidentally, are by Basic Grey. The little clock is also from Marianne  (CR1234) as are the enamel stars and heart embellies.

Our sponsors this week are Little Miss Muffet stamps with a voucher worth $6 up for grabs.

I hope you can find some time to join in the challenge- take a peek here at PFP if you'd like some more inspiration.

Hugs, Juliexx

Wedding card

I can't believe that it is already over a week since my niece Lily got married.  It was a fab day and the weather was so kind!  There's a picture of the Happy Couple below. 

I started  off wanting to use this sentiment from Inkylicious and it fit perfectly into this frame on a new die from Marianne Designs- Anja's Marquee set - LR0483.  The papers are also Marianne and I took my colour scheme from these - they're so gorgeous!  Anyway, full list of Marianne products below the next picture.
 

Anja’s Marquee Die set _ LR0483

Anja’s Roses Corner Die – LR0214

Anja’s Roses Border – LR0212

Petra’s Holly Die – LR0384

Wedding Couple – LR0427

Leaf Flourish – LR0120

Romantic Vintage Papers – PK9093

Lace

Silk Lace -JU0915

Gems - JU0937

I inked through all the dies whilst the die cuts were still in place as it does add a lovely vintage feel.

I coloured the silk lace with my promarkers to match the colour of the card and then added a few pearls and sparkles and I was done. 

And below are the new Mr and Mrs Ogilvie!  Congratulations to a fabulous couple!

Hugs, Juliexx

First Christmas Card for 2017!

Woohoo - first Christmas card of 2017 but have a feeling I'm already running behind!  And it's been proper wet and wintery here today so perfect for Christmas cards!

I've used a gorgeous new image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Skipping Santa and I've also used the great sketch that Lou created for the August Mo challenge here on Facebook.

The large circular die is a Joycraft one and the papers, Ice Crystals (die set  LR03900-  and gems are all Marianne Designs. 

Hugs, Juliexx

Marianne card on the Design Team Blog

I loved making this card for the Marianne Design Team Blog this week - you can see it here and other gorgeous cards made with yummy Marianne goodies.

My starting point was this awesome new frame die from Marianne -
Anja's Marquee - it makes such a statement don't you think. 

 I love this layering Roses stamp set too and the stamping platforms around now make it so easy to get the layering right! The papers are Marianne as is the sentiment from the Dreams stamp set - it really is a great addition to my sentiment collection.  Anyway, full list and details of Marianne products used are below. Oh and I coloured the silk lace with my Promarkers to match the colour scheme of my card.

Anja's Marquee Die set - LR0483

Tiny's Layered Roses Stamp set - TC0855

Dreams Stamp Set - CS0975

Diamond Gems Pink - JU0937

English Roses Paper Bloc - PK9143

Butterfly Pearls - CA3116
Pearl Swirls  - CA3101
Silk Lace  - JU0915

Hopefully, I should have another card to share tomorrow.  Raining here today so I hope to pop  into my craft room!

Hugs, Juliexx

Marianne card for Making Cards Magazine

I'm a bit behind with my blogging at the minute - I have a backlog of cards to be shared!    So I thought I'd start with this card, being one of three appearing in Making Cards Magazine for August using Marianne Design Products.

Full list of Marianne Products below

                       Fishing Net Die - CR1409

 Sailboat Die - LR0473

                                             Ocean View Embossing folder - DF3426

                                                               Hetty's Border Sailing the Seas stamp set - HT1623

                                             Cote D'Azur Pretty Paper Bloc -PK9146 

Off for a birthday bbq this afternoon!  Happy Retirement indeed!

Hugs, Juliexx

Beehive Happy Birthday

Morning - just popping in quickly to share the card I made for my daughter's boyfriend, Jack.  Amongst his many talents - including being a great artist, lino cutter, and having great taste in girls (!) , he's also a beekeeper - so this Woodware stamp and matching sentiment was perfect.  

I got my water colour pencils out for this one and enjoyed the change of medium - must do more!! And I love the little sentiment that comes with the stamp set.  I also used the Marianne Design Chicken Wire die from the Craftables range (CR1401) as it can just as easily be a  honeycomb, right! The little photocorner enamels are also Marianne Designs.  

Right must push on, housework and more gardening to do today before the wider family arrive Friday night!
Hugs, Juliexx

Passion for Promarkers Fun in the Sun

Woohoo -it's summer, despite the rain here!!  It's my turn to set the theme for our new challenge starting at Passion for Promarkers this week and I rather optimistically chose Fun in the Sun!! Still we can dream!  I've used two images from Mo's Digital Pencil and then  merged them into this little scene - Daniella here with her melting ice cream and Beach Elements 1 here for the background.

I absolutely love the Cote D'Azur papers from Marianne designs and it was complete luck that the horizon from the beach stamp tied in with the horizon on the paper!  Of course I should say that I planned it that way but oh well!  I've also used lots of other Marianne Design goodies - full list below:

Cote D'Azur papers - PK9146

Sea Shells Die - CR1363

Flourish Label Die - LR0241

Latte Border Die - LR0407.

Enamel Dots and Heart 

The little scrap of orange paper behind the image is also Marianne but as it was a scrap I don't know where from!!

Our sponsor for this challenge is Sasayaki Glitter who are offering the lucky winner a digi image of their choice. 

 I can't wait to see what fun in the sun cards/makes you come up with!  If you want some more inspiration check out the awesome makes of my teamies here!

Hugs, Juliexx