Mo Love You To Pieces from Making Cards Magazine January 19

This is another one of the cards I made for Making Cards magazine in January using another of Mo's stunning images - Love You To Bits.  And she now comes in a pre-coloured version  if you prefer, here.

The papers are Teresa Collins and the cut-out corner die is by Marianne  - CR1438.  The little round lacy die is by Cheery Lynn and the sentiment comes with the image so you're all set to go!  

Hope it's not too cold or snowy  where you are- looks like we've escaped the worst of it so far!

There is a fabulous set of stamps with Making Cards magazine this month so I'm off to have a play!

Hugs, Juliexx

July Mo Blog Hop

Hey there bloggers - it's that time of the month again for a hop on through the blogs of the girlies on Mo's Dream Team!  This month's theme of Water has been chosen by the delectable Debby and she is also the start of our hop.  Nip on back over to  Debby's blog, if you want to start at the beginning!  I know Debby will have a fab make to share with you!  Otherwise, you should have arrived here from the fabulous Gretha's blog.

I've actually used two images and merged them together in Photoshop.  To see a great tutorial on how to do this, visit the blog of Debbie Pamment, a lovely and much missed ex-member of Mo's Dream Team - I always visit to remind me how to merge and it really is easy if you follow Debbie's tut!  I've merged Clam Diggers with the actual beach scene from Mo's set called Beach Elements 1. (And I'm a little bit cross as I could have used a couple of the other elements in the set too for my card if I'd thought about it!)

I've coloured the images with a mix of Promarkers and Shinhan Touch Markers, and added a touch of glitter to the beach and the white foam of the sea for a bit of texture. Can you see that I also added a Memory swirly border diecut just  behind the image and tried to line it up with the sea line so it continues out of the frame!  I also added some Copic blender to a face cloth and dabbed it on the beach to give a grainy look, I hope! My papers are a mix of Lili of the Valley NitWit papers, Beach Bliss and Graphic 45 papers, To the Beach.

I love this Lighthouse die from Cheery Lynn and I also added some teeny house dies from Memory Box and coloured them in pastel shades to look like beach huts. The little butterfly shaped shell and the cone shell were from best matey Lesley's visit to the Florida Beaches, with everything else from stash.

Right, now I'm the end of the hop this month but I hope you've enjoyed it and left some love on each of the girls' posts as there are a couple of $5 vouchers up for grabs for two lucky commentors!! The full order of the hop is below should you need it!

Debby, Heidy, Vili, Alexandra, Anneke, Kaly, Gretha,Julie.

In case anyone is wondering, my house move has stalled at the minute, as our buyer has lost his buyer, sob!!  Keep everything crossed for us that it all gets back on track soon!!

Mo's Duck Face

This has got to be a new Mo favourite - Duck Face! I do have to admit I was quite nervous of the hair, and while not anywhere near the standards of some of those amazing colourists in blog land, I am reasonably happy with the results - phew! 

And of course you have to use the right sentiment and I thought this Whimsy stamp and die combo fitted the bill perfectly.  (You do also get a couple of sentiments with the image - bonus!!) I've also used a couple of Cheery Lynn flourishes, a Tim Holtz film strip die and a Martha Stewart doily punch (which seems to have given up the ghost- grrrrrr!) 

The flowers were punched with an EK Success die and finished off with some gingham Candi centres.

I'm off to see Paolo Nutini after work tonight, with my sister,  I love his new album so am over the moon to be going - thanks Louise - love you!!

Funky Hand Digi Stamps!

Hi there - Happy May to you, of course it's rained all day here in London - welcome to Spring!

I've made today's card with a fab digi stamp from Funkyhand - I love the name - this is Where the Fairies Live, No 3 Stump Lane (there are other residences available too!).  Just click on the link to take you to the site.

I've made a New Home card , which the image is made for!  I've teamed it up with some My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline papers, a Spellbinders die set for the image and matting and the sentiment.  The flowers are a Cheery Lynn die - Sweet Williams, and the butterfly is a Marianne die. Oh and can you just make out the birds on a wire die-cut from Memory Box!

Just got to find someone who's moving now, to send it too!  Could be me!!

Nearly the extra-long weekend here in the UK - hooray!

Mo's first monthly blog hop of 2014!

It's time for Mo's Dream Team to come together and have our first blog hop of the year for 2014. 

We have a great theme of Distressing as chosen by this month's hostess with the mostest, Danielle - that is also where you should have started from if you're hopping along! Otherwise, you should have arrived here from Gretha's blog - I can't wait to see her wonderful creation!

For my distressed card, I've used the fabulous Elf Queen(Bride) - one of my favourite Mo images!

I've coloured her with my Promarkers, and layered her up on a Spellbinder frame.  

The flowers are Cheery Lynn, and the leaf flourishes are Marianne.  Not that you can see them much here but all the papers I've used are from a DCWV pad called Luxury.  I finally added some Aged Marine Frantage to complete the distressed feel. 

Your next stop on the hop is to the delightful Debby who will have an awesome card to share with you , I just know!

The full order of the hop is below and you can find the links to each team member's blog in my side bar!

Danielle, Kaly, Mina, Jak, Gretha, Julie, Debby.Y, Heidy, Alice, Vili, Alexandra, Anneke

Hope you've enjoyed the hop so far - and don't forget to leave a comment at each card along the way as there will be two $5 vouchers hidden on a couple of the blogs for a lucky commentor or two!

More quick Christmas Cards

I've been making a few more quick Crimbo cards, this time using the City Scape Dies from Memory Box.  You may also recall that I was looking for ages for a bag of Santa and Sleigh Die Cuts ( not this one which is a Cheery Lyn Die).  Well, I found them today, just when I'd finished making this little batch of cards!

I made masked off the moon, and then used my duster brushes to  colour the sky using  a selection of Distress Inks.  Although it is a little grainy, I quite like the effect as looks a little snowy!

I then added the Waltzing Mouse sentiment, and I was done.

Passion for Promarkers Challenge - Give Me a P

It's my turn to choose the challenge theme over at a Passion for Promarkers - and I've chosen Give Me a P!  So use something on your card that begins with P (excluding your Promarkers, of course, although you must use  them or some other colouring medium from the Letraset family).

My Ps are a little harder to spot - they're the Peppermint Tea Bag that old sleepy head here is using as a pillow and the Pencil that he used to write his Chrismas list!  What a gorgeously cute image this is - Not Even a Mouse from Mo's Digital Pencil.

Of course I used my Pro and Flex markers for my colouring, and then a couple of Memory Box dies for the snow flurry border and corner.  The Father Christmas sleigh is Cheery Lyn, ( I think!), the christmas stocking is an mdf one that I covered with paper and added some glitter and the sentiment is from Magnolia. 

Do come on over to PFP to join us with all your P inspired creations!

A Winter Fairy from Mo

Hi everyone, you may have seen my post on FB about my son Harry, who had a crash on his bike.  Thank goodness he's ok but has a nasty break on his arm and also pelvic fractures so is going to be in hospital for a few more days yet.  So, I know I'm always saying sorry for not blogging, but hope you will forgive me at the minute!!

I am cracking on with the Christmas cards - this is number 3!!  I know, I've cracked it nice and early - only another 80 odd to go!

Any way the image is of course a fabulous Mo Manning Digi image called Winter Fairy Pyry which you can find here in Mo's store.

I coloured her with my Promarkers and then frosted up the cranberry string and the snow on her wings.  The holly corner and fir leaves are cut with Cheery Lynn Dies and the pine cones (also frosted) are made with a Tim Holtz Tattered Pine Cone die.  Oh and I followed the sketch over at Sketch  Saturday so will be joining in their challenge.

The papers are Webster's Pages and the sentiment is Lili of the Valley.

That's it then for now, have a good week y'all!!xx

Basic Grey Challenges- Weather

Hellooooo!  Well, the weekend has arrived which means it's time for our new challenge over at Basic Grey Challenges,  This fortnight's theme is Weather which we're certainly having a lot of here in London at the minute - sun, rain, storms - a good old British summer!

I've used another Mo Manning digi cutie - Singin In the Rain which you can find here at Mo's Digital Pencil, and coloured her with my Promarkers.  My Basic Grey papers are from the Porcelain 6x6 pad, lovely colours in this pad!

The flowers are mostly from Wild Orchid Crafts, the flourishes are a Cheery Lynn die, the frame around the circle is a  Marianne die and the sentiment is an East of India sticker from a set that I purchased recently - it seems perfect with this image!

 

Hope you will join us over the next fortnight  with lots of lovely weather inspired creations - just remember to use a Basic Grey product and tell us what it is.  You could win a $25 dollar voucher from our regular sponsor, Simon Says Stamp, to spend in their yummy online store.

 Simon Says Superstore

(Please note: This is a voucher code that entitles the winner to a $25 saving off their order in Simon Says Stamp, P+P charges will still apply unless the conditions are met to earn free P+P, please check here if you would like to see these conditions)

And before you go, check out the rest of the cards from my fabulous BG teamies here!

Basic Grey Challenges - Your Favourite

Hi there - I'm back with a card for our new Challenge at Basic Grey Challenges where we want to see

Your Favourite - it could be the stamp, dies, papers (as long as they're Basic Grey of course), just let us know what it is.  I have a list as long as my arm, but I think at the moment, right at the top are Die Cuts and I've used a few new ones on my card - the hearts and Crest border are Memory Box, the flower is a Sweet William die from Cheery Lynn and the Corner is a new one from Die-namics.  The Fleur De Lys  frame die is one that has been in my stash for a while! 

My Basic Grey papers are always a firm favourite and here  I've used a mix of Konnichiwa and What's Up  6x6 papers. Of course, the cute image is a Saturated Canary digi image, (love these too!).

 Oh and another favourite item I like to use are goodies by PTI which is my sentiment.

Don't forget that we have our regular sponsor with us, Simon Says Stamp,  with a fabulous $25 voucher going to one lucky entry in to our challenge.

My fabby teamies at Basic Grey have made some gorgeous cards for the challenge so take a peek here.

Simon Says Stamp Challenge has a theme of  Have A Heart so I'm going to enter my card into their challenge.

I'm off out to a Stampin Up party this morning at best matey's Lesley, and I think we'll have a crafting session after!  Enjoy your day!

Sketch N Stash card and Janey's Digi Designs

We have a new challenge for you today over at Sketch N Stash - the sketch is below and we have an optional extra of using die cuts on your card.  And as our sponsor is Crafty Individuals, I've used one of their fabulous images - Just an Old Fashioned Girl.

I'm also delighted to show you this gorgeous dropwort digi image as designed by the fabulous Jane Clempson, she of the witty words and green fingers!  Jane has just started a new venture of floral digi images,  inspired by her love of gardening and you can find more details here on the design team blog 

                         Janey's Digi Designs

Jane has also very kindly asked me to be on her design team and I couldn't be happier to oblige!   You can find the Dropwort image here in Jane's store.

Now I'm not so green fingered as Jane and I'm not sure if these flowers come in pink but they sure did look very similar to the Graphic 45 papers that I've used so have taken my colour inspiration from those.

For my die cuts, I've used a Tim Holtz On the Edge Butterfly die, a Cheery Lynn leaf flourish and a Go Create Tag for my sentiment.

We're thrilled at SNS that Crafty Individuals have agreed to sponsor Sketch N Stash this year, I love so many of their stamps and don't use the ones I have enough!

Look what the lucky entrant into this fortnight's challenge will win, this yummy haul below!

As always, my teamies have made some wonderful cards so check them out here.

Thanks for stopping by!