Tolo from Mo's Digital Pencil - for Making Cards Magazine

This is the final of my cards made for Making Cards Magazine back in February - seems like another world!  This is Tolo from Mo's Digital Pencil and one of my all time favourite images from Mo.  My little granddaughter, Violet saw it when it was returned from it's photo shoot for the magazine and said she loved it so I kept it for her 4th birthday a couple of weeks ago and added her name and her age.  She's so excited to be 4 -missing her so much at the minute but had a little face time last night.  Mind you, all she wanted to do was speak to her Aunty Em who has come home for the duration.

The papers are Introspection from Prima and the sentiment is from the Kaisercraft You set.

I hope your keeping well and safe at the minute.

Hugs, Juliexx

Sing Joy - November's pre-release exclusive for being a Bella of the Ball Patron!

This is is Sing Joy from Mo's Digital Pencil but the pre-release exclusive for being a subscriber to Mo's Patreon site here - I'm a Bella of the Ball!

I coloured up a couple today to double up on my Christmas card stash - nearly there!!  I used this beautiful new wintery die from Marianne Designs (LR0627) and layered up onto this gorgeous Just Believe paper from KaiserCraft.  The little Holly leaves are part of the die set!

Proper cold here now, definitely the weather for hunkering down in your craft space!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Mo's Gathering Kindling

It's still Christmas in July over  on the Digital Pencil Too challenge blog  so I thought I'd share another Christmas card made with Gathering Kindle from Mo's Digital Pencil - love this little lady!

I printed the image quite large so with these beautiful papers from KaiserCraft I don't think she needed a whole lot else,

Marianne Frame - CR1438

Papers - Kaisercraft - Just Believe

Think that's three Christmas Cards I've made now this year!  Go Me!

Have a great weekend.

Juliexx

New Mushroom Home anyone?

I love this little Mushroom Hut image from Mo's Digital Pencil and it's just great for a new home card, especially teamed up with the Mushroom Stencil from Marianne Designs.  The image comes either merged or separated from the little chair and stool so you can choose your preference - I've used the merged version.

There's my usual list of Marianne products below - I didn't really think the bird/cat dynamic through - it's either a humungus robin or a teeny cat - you decide!!

The papers are from KaiserCraft - Magnolia Grove and the words are from a Tim Holtz set - I do love the little phrases he uses!

Marianne Products Used

Mushroom Mask Stencil - PS8015

Sign Post Die - LR0535

Grass Die - CR335

Cat Die - LR0591

Robin Die - LR0548

The weather's been glorious this week up here in Cumbria and our Em is home Monday to celebrate getting a first for her Art Degree - what a star she is!  Happy Days!

Hugs, Juliexx

New Images coming very soon from Mo's Digital Pencil

Couldn't wait to colour up some new Christmas images from Mo's Digital Pencil!  

This one is called Little Elf With Presents - isn't she adorable, I love her hat!!  She'll be available in the store from Friday, so don't forget to pop on over then, especially if you're in need of some new Mo magic!!

I also managed to use a new die from Marianne Designs - I'm loving these new dies that make such great-shaped cards!  This one is catalogue number LR0571 and is part of the December release.  The papers I've used are Kaiser Kraft and the holly ribbon and wooden sentiment label from stash.

I'll have another  new Mo  image to share with you tomorrow!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Driving Test Congratulations!

So proud this week of our daughter, Holly and her partner, Harry (yes, it gets very confusing with our son also being a Harry!) - they both passed their driving tests first time within a couple of days of each other!  So now they're driving round in their little green Citroen and loving life!  They are a bit wary with having Violet in the car but hopefully that will make them extra careful!

So, I coloured this Magnolia car green to match their car and used these Kaisercraft Limelight papers to go with the Lake District!  The signpost is cut from some Webster pages stock that I have and the sentiment is a freebie from July's Making Cards Magazine!  Perfect!

Oh, and the On the Go sentiment and die is from a Sizzix set I bought a while ago!

Way to go to the Oxley-Baker family - couldn't be prouder!

Hugs, Juliex

Feeling sheepish!

This was made with a Hobbyart stamp set - I just love the world weariness of these sheep!  Didn't really need to do much - coloured the image with Promarkers and framed him/her using a Marianne die - Passe-Partout Round- CR1239.

I added papers from Kaisercraft for the lakeland fell vibe, and the main sentiment is from Whimsy stamps.

 Made for my Dad's birthday back in October xx

Hugs, Juliexxx

Mo's Roses in Vase

I've not managed to make a card all week, which was ok as we had our youngest daughter up to meet our new family member.  Em went home last night though, so I used today to make this card using one Mo's newer images, Roses In Vase. I fancied a bit of vintage/shabby chic too, and this is what I came up with.

My flower colouring close up looks a bit pants, but still kinda like them.  My papers are Vintage Time from Crafts and U, and I've used several lovely new dies from Marianne Designs as follows:

CR1362 - Craftables Stitched Heart border Die 

LR0415 - Lace Doiley Die Set

CR1360 - Basics - Passe Partout, Stitched Circles Die Set

LR0271- Flourish (which is just peeking out from behind the flowers!)

I used a Kaiser Craft script die on the vase, border and wooden lady shape.  There's a couple of roses I made with cloud clay, twirled Kraft twists, a bark heart and a few pearls.  I finally added some Cotton Candy Stickles for a bit of sparkle.

That's all for now, I need to give my craft room a good tidy - it is a mess, I cannot wait until my new space is up and running, I'm going to have so much room!  I might add some before photos soon so you can see why I'm so excited!!

Happy Weekend, bloggers!

Hugs, Juliexx

Happy 21st with Marianne Dies amongst others!

Morning - a little bit of sunshine here today, so taking our friends to Grasmere and a drive around the Langdales.  Today's card was from a another visit from my nephew, Lucas, who was 21 last month.  I thought it would be nice to make his 21st card from this picture I took of him up a tree overlooking Crummock.  The papers are Kaisercraft Limecraft  and match the Lake District colours and texture  perfectly!  

The new selection of photography themed die/stamp combos from Marianne were also perfect - details below:

Filmstrip - COL1390

Photoframes - COL1388

The hearts are cut with some new Tim Holtz dies, as is the celluloid strip with everything else from stash.

Just off out now for a nice pub dinner!  Enjoy your evening!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Sketch N Stash new challenge starting today - come and join us!

Another Monday but at least we have another bank holiday next week here in the UK!  Another Monday also means it's time for our new challenge at Sketch N Stash with the fab sketch below from our back catalogue. I have rotated it right to better suit the shape of my image layer.

The image I've used is one of my all-time favourites from Mo's Digital Pencil - Fairy Needle- I just love her!

I hooked out all my sewing related dies and embellies  to go with the Kaisercraft Needle and Thread papers.

There's a Memory Box Needle die, a Sizzix Needle and Thread die and Scissors, a Die-Versions Sewing Machine and a PaperTrey Ink mannequin stamp and die combo, along with the Tim Holtz On the Edge die.

The little flat back cotton reels were a gift from best matey, Lesley :)

We have not one but TWO fabulous sponsors for this fortnight's challenge, as below, great prizes, I'm sure you'll agree.

Sponsor.......Crafty Devils

Prize £10 to spend in their store

Sponsor. .....Crafty Individuals

My wonderful teamies at Sketch N Stash have some awesome cards to share with you, so check them out here.

Sketch N Stash New Challenge

We have a new challenge starting today over at Sketch N Stash using the sketch below.

My image is one that has been unopened in my stamp drawer for a while - I just love this Mabel Lucie Atwell image!

The papers are from Kaiser Craft- the Enchanted Garden pad.

The little toadstools at the bottom are cut with a Cheery Lynn die  and I added some Chunky White Frantage for the spots - I think they look like chunks of marshmallow!

We have a couple of great prizes this fortnight:

My Creative Classroom

Prize an online workshop
&
 Delicious Doodles

Prize 4 images

Some of my DT buddies have used some Delicious Doodles images for their DT cards, check them out here - and then come and play along with us!

We're hopping at Mo's - our final hop for 2013!

Yes, it's the third Thursday in the month so it's time to hop at Mo's Dream Team.  This month's theme is Seniors as chosen by our fabulous Anneke, so that is where you should start if you want to hop along. If you're already hopping, then hopefully you've arrived here from Gretha's blog who will have had an amazing card to show you I have no doubt!

I've chosen the stunning Whoopee (Birthday Girl version) - just click on the link to take you to the image in Mo's Digital Pencil.  I've also used the wording (Yeehaw) that comes with the male version here.

I've coloured her  with my Pro and Flexmarkers and then added a few die cuts and rolled flowers to finish her off!  I think she does look just about done with her celebrations!!

Check out her painted nails  - I think she would have red nails in real life but the colours didn't quite match! 

My papers are from Kaisecraft - The Lake House pad, and I've also cut the teeny rolled flowers from the same papers using an Impression Obsession set of teeny dies - love! 

Your next stop on the hop is over to the brilliant Debby and I know she's going to have a brilliant card to share with you.  Otherwise the complete order of the hop is below (links in my side bar).

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

It was rather nice to get back to making non-Christmas cards, so I hope  you like!

Sketch N Stash Challenge 123 Pearls and Swirls and a sketch of course

Hello - hope you all had a great weekend!  Mine started off well with a great visit to The Craft Barn for a demo day, highlights included watching Chris Dark work her magic with gelatos, Jo Firth Young demoing in her Jofy stamps and Jane Collman making cards with gorgeous Lavinia Stamps!  ( A few more styles and techniques to try out!!)

On to today's challenge  and this is the fab sketch from our back catalogue at Sketch N Stash, with an optional theme of Pearls and Swirls

And as we're being sponsored by the wonderful  A Day for Daisies, I've used a ADFD image that we were lucky enough to be able to choose.

I've used this gorgeous image, Picked Flowers and teamed it up with Lulu and Roy papers from Kaisercraft.

I made the rolled flowers below with a Spellbinders Die and added some frantage and mini bugle beads to the centres.

The swirls were cut with a Die-namics die and the sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

I love these Kaiser Craft pads as they come with little die cut borders and tags, one of which I've used along the centre mat, along with some organsa ribbon and pearls,  You can also see my miserable attempt at making clouds with a new Clarity Stamps mask.  A great deal more practice required there, methinks!

As mentioned, we're being sponsored by A Day For Daisies so come and join us!!