It's Nativity Play season

Well it is Nativity Play season here in the UK so I had to use this gorgeous Mo image -  Nativity Play -   when I heard that our little Violet is going to play Mary in her  first school Nativity!  We think she'll be very nervous but it's going to be shown by video link and we don't think she has any words!  I was the Angel Gabriel in my first play and I think Nick was T for the Tree!!

I've used some old favourite dies from Memory Box including the star and candle dies. The wise men and sheep are Joanna Sheen Dies.

We have Violet here today while her Mummy and Daddy are at work and we're going to get the decorations out  It's going to be carnage!!  

Have a great weekend whatever you're up to!

Hugs, Juliexx

Passion for Promarkers is Nine Years Old!!

Can you believe it - the Passion for Promarkers challenge blog is nine years old - that is something quite incredible! I've been on this fabulous team for eight of those nine years, not sure where that time has gone!  

So, today we are celebrating and our challenge is we want to see all your celebratory cards, for small or big occasions, for anniversaries, birthdays, anything that celebrates something!  And we have an amazing list of prizes from our sponsors - see below!

For my card, I've used Saturday's Child from Mo's Digital Pencil- isn't she a beaut!  I've matched her up with these gorgeous NitWit papers from Lili of the Valley and then added a few die cuts to match the farm theme.

The Cart Wheel is from Joanna Sheen, and the Wheelbarrow is from a Marianne set - COL1427.  Sorry, not sure who made the watering can!

As I mentioned we have an amazing list of sponsors offering some fab prizes, see below.

DigiStamp Boutique is offering one lucky winner a prize of a £10.00 voucher

Dies to Die For are offering one lucky winner a £15.00 voucher

Uniko Stamps are offering one lucky winner 1 stamp set (in stock) of their choice

A Day for Daisies are offering one lucky winner a $12.00 voucher

Di’s Digi Stamps are offering one lucky winner a $12.00 voucher

Cowling & Wilcox are offering one lucky winner a 6 pack of Promarkers (vibrant tones)

All Dressed Up stamps are offering one lucky winner 2 digi images of their choice

Awesome list eh!  Also, both teams have joined together this week to help celebrate so we have some wonderful cards to share with you and inspire you, so hop on over here to the challenge blog to get your creative juices up and running!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Passion for Promarkers Cats and Dogs

It's new challenge day at Passion for Promarkers with a great theme of Cats and/or Dogs as chosen by our lovely Hazel! I knew straight away that I wanted to use this fab image - Mrow from Mo's Digital Pencil.  You can buy it as I did with the cat and girl separated or pre-merged.  The image doesn't come with anything in Kitty's bowl so I used the hearts from Mo's image Bowl Of.

My papers are My Mind's Eye and the Corner cat is a Joanna Sheen die.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Dr Digi's House of Stamps and they're offering the lucky winner 2 of their digi stamps!
You can check out the rest of my teamie's fab makes here.

A no colour card

If you're like me, you hoard stuff in the belief that you may use it for crafting at some time in the future (and then can't find it when your want it!!).  Well, the image here is one such thing from my hoarding - it came on a calendar block which sported a different vintage/sultry 50s lady for each day of the year.  I knew it was perfect for the recipient, who always looks glamourous, has had a tough few months, and she runs a vintage vibe online store called Rockabetty Stores here. Oh and her daughter takes the most amazing 50's pin up photograph shoots here at Rockabetty Studios.  

So no colouring today, but I've still managed to incorporate some of my beloved Marianne products as follows:

Mirror dies - Large and small handheld - LR0321

Tassel dies - LR0391

Rolled Rose Flower dies - LR0163

Paper - Dark Vintage

 

The fan is from Joanna Sheen, the lipstick is a Memory Box die, and the sentiment is from PTI.

Well, that's one picture out of 365 used - only a few more to go!
Hugs, Juliexx

Final Dream Team Blog Hop for 2015

Despite the sentiment on my card I can't believe that this is our last  Mo's Dream Team Blog Hop for 2015!  Where oh where has that year gone!!
Our fabulous Debby has chosen the theme and of course, it had to be Christmas! Debby's  blog is also where you should have started so hop on back there if you want to see all the cards in the hop. The full order is below if you need it.

 Debby, Lou, Becky, Alice, Vili, Anneke, Kaly, Gretha, Julie,

I've used this cute image called Nativity Play - I used to love going to these when my children were little.

As always, I've used my Promarkers to colour my image and then used an array of Marianne products, as below:

Large Star XL Die - LR0369

Village Chalet  - COL1328

Tiny's Grass Die - LR0360

Victorian Christmas Papers - P9125 

A5 Glitter paper in Gold

Frames 4 Square Die (although I appear to have covered most of it up!) - LR0234

The shepherds and sheep are from  Joanna Sheen die set, and the Away in a Manger sentiment is from a Graphic 45 paper scrap that I had.

Well that's it for now, I'm also the last stop on the hop, so I hope you've enjoyed it. I also hope that you've left a comment on each of the team's posts as you could be in with a chance of winning one of the two $5 dollar vouchers to spend in  Mo's Digital Pencil store,

Floral Trellis box

 I made this floral trellis popping box using a stencil and die combo from Robert Adams - in stock here at Joanna Sheen.

Kept it reasonably simple as the papers are quite detailed - K&Co.  I made the big flower on the front using a Sizzix Lily die and the rolled flowers are made with Marianne Dies(Catalogue no: LR0162).

The butterflies and smaller blooms were punched using Martha Stewart punches and the sentiment is an old Hero Arts (I think). 

This was for my M-I-Ls birthday yesterday so hope she liked it!!

Juliexx

Mo's Amanda in Memory of Amanda

My card today is in memory of Amanda Reed who was a very dear design team member over on the challenge blog for Mo's Digital Pencil.  Amanda died totally unexpectedly a few weeks ago and so we have joined up with the DP2 Challenge blog  ladies to commemorate Amanda and her love of cats.  Mo has drawn this image to raise funds for a cat charity  in Amanda's memory - she's called Amanda of course and is up for a very special price of $1 dollar so go and nab her here and join in this special challenge over on the DP2 Challenge blog.  So sad for all of Amanda's family and friends but I think this is a wonderful way of remembering this lovely lady.  

I coloured most of my little kittens as Ginger cats, so, so cute!.
The little corner cat die is from Joanna Sheen and the rest of my bits and bobs from various Craft fairs and shops - I especially love the little laser cut cat embellies!

Please join us in remembering Amanda and help us raise money for a very worthy cause.

Juliexx

Blog Hop at Mo's Dream Team - Fall Colours and Images

Hello bloggers! Can you believe we're already near the end of September- and it was dark when I got up for work this morning!  Still it's lovely to see all the autumn colours and our lovely Alice has taken  inspiration from the season for our monthly blog hop over on Mo's Dream Team with a theme of Fall colours or images.

Hopefully you should have arrived here from Gretha's fabulous blog or you can start back at the beginning of the hop over at Alice's.

I've chosen the stunning Amanita for my card - LOVE her!!

Lots of die-cuts in use, including the Scarecrow from Frantic Stamper and a new Rosehip and Leaf die from Joanna Sheen.  I've also used more cheapy cheap cheap papers from our holiday in California last year.

Your next stop on the hop is over to the delightful Debby.  The full order of the hop is below- and don't forget to leave a comment on each blog as there are two $5 dollar vouchers hidden somewhere for you to win!!

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

Happy Hopping!
Juliexx

Sketch N Stash New Challenge

Eek - it's my last week at work!  Just where have the last three months gone?  Still not much further with our move either, but am looking forward to some time out - already got a week full of  stuff starting with Ally Pally on Sunday - anyone else going?

Back to today's card and it's for our new challenge over at Sketch N Stash using the sketch below.

We also have two fabulous sponsors for this challenge, as below.

Sponsor - Crafty Indivduals

Prize 

& 

sponsor - My Creative Classroom

Prize online workshop

For my card, I've used a gorgeous digi image from All Dressed Up called All Dressed Up for Christmas and I've coloured her with my Promarkers, and added Frantage for a bit of glimmer and sparkle.

The sentiment is one of the new Christmas ones from Lili of the Valley and layered up on a Stampin Up bauble punch - I think that is my old item used from Stash. 

The teeny crackers are a Joanna Sheen die and then I've added lots of Frantage - Vintage Lilac and Aged Silver.

Hope you will find some time to come and play with us over the next fortnight and you can see the rest of the gorgeous DT makes here over at Sketch N Stash,

Have a great week.

Juliexx

Mo Merge Madness!

I've gone a bit nuts on merging images at the minute - I just love how you can do this and create a great scene out of two images - a real advantage of digital images.  For my card today, I merged two Mo Manning images from Mo's Digital Pencil - Sheep and Little Bo - an obvious merge but fun none the less!

Now, in some ways you may think that the perspective is out with my giant sheep but I rather like the irony of it that she still can't find her flock even if they are bigger than her!!  I've coloured my image with a mix of Promarkers, Trias and Shinhan Touch markers and added some flowers, Butterfly dies from Joanna Sheen and Joy craft.  The papers are from the Prima Madeline pad, the large picket fence is a Tim Holtz die and the small one a Memory Box die.  Finally, my sentiment is word-processed and cut with a Stampin Up punch. Oh and my sheep are from a new Joanna Sheen Christmas die - Shepherds.  (The little  sheep right by Little Bo's feet is a wooden one bought at a craft fair.

I think that might be done merging for a little while but  who knows!!
Hugs, Juliexx

Alisa With Roses

I have yet another favourite Mo image to share with you tonight - this is the beautiful Alisa with Roses, love her I do! I coloured her to match these gorgeous My Mind's Eye papers that I picked up for £3 a pad at T.K.Maxx! Except I can't remember what they're called! 

The butterfly flourish is a a Joanna Sheen die and the large Pinwheel flowers are Memory Box and the teeny ones Impression Obsession. 

That's all  from me for now - short and sweet!

Hump day tomorrow, and my eldest daughter's birthday, so a nice day ahead!!

Sketch Saturday Guest DT card week 2

My card today is for my second week of my guest DT spot over at Sketch Saturday.

I've used a wonderful image from A Day for Daisies called Water Talk which has been in my stash for ages but has not seen the light of day before- shocking!  

She's coloured with my usual Promarkers and Flexmarkers and teamed up wth Some Alla Prima papers from Prima.  And, because I couldn't make the image round ( as it comes with a square frame around it), I used a Memory Box die to give the illusion of the circle in the sketch. Other dies include another Memory Box die, Wave Border and the little corner die is from the Joanna Sheen Signature range. The flower is a Cheery Lynn die, Sweet William, if my memory serves me right but don't rely on that!

I finished off with some Tulip Pearl Drops in her hair and to frame the image and border.

This week's sponsor is Simon Says Stamp and they have offered an AMAZING prize of a $25 voucher for the lucky winner! Do take a look here for the awesome makes by the Sketch Saturday girls!

I'm off to Ally Pally this morning, so excited, then hope to meet some friends for a late lunch after!  Enjoy your Saturday everyone, and thanks for popping in!

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

My Time to Craft - All at Sea

Crafty Creations - Blues and Yellows