Marianne Snowflake Die

I love this folding Snowflake Die from Marianne Designs this year - as a front of a card, they make a statement all by themselves!

The inside needs to remain fairly simple if using like this and the papers and Warm Winter Wishes die set are ideal to complement the front!! Full list of  Marianne products below.

Marianne Products Used

Snowflake Die - LR0632 - NEW!

Warm Winter Wishes Sentiment die/circle frame - LR0620- NEW!

Snowflake Kisses Paper Pad - PB7057- NEW!

Tiny Diamante  Stones

Silver Glitter paper

Thinking about starting my tax return today - groan - but better than after Christmas, I suppose!

Have a better day than me!

Juliexx

Sparkle and Shine at Passion for Promarkers

I love our theme today at Passion for Promarkers - Sparkle and Shine, chosen by our lovely Nic.  Perfect for this time of year.  I've used this gorgeous image from Marianne Designs - I love silvered glass baubles at Christmas and so tried to colour the image up to look like them.  I've also added some Wink of Stellar to each bauble for some extra sparkle!  The blue glitter paper is also by Marianne and is such a soft pretty blue/lilac - full deets of Marianne goodies used below.

Marianne Products Used

Baubles Stamp - TC0868

Brocante Winter Papers- PK9165 - NEW!

Happy Holidays Sentiment set - CS1009

Bluebell Glitter Sheet

Oh and I love the Brocante Winter Papers - so pretty

So, onto today's challenge sponsor and that is Bugaboo Stamps. They are offering one lucky winner a $12.00 gift card to spend in their online store.  Some of the DT were lucky enough to use images from Bugaboo Stamps on their creations so check them out here on the PFP blog,

Proper cold here today in The Lakes but also looks like a frosty, Winter Wonderland - perfect for our sparkle and shine theme - love a bit of frosty sparkle!!

Enjoy your day,

Juliexx

Mo Elf and Presents

Another Christmas card for the tally, this time using one of the elves from the Mo's Digital Pencil set - North Pole employees  I've kept them quite simple - letting the papers and image do the talking!

Of course there has to be a couple of Marianne dies or two in there!

Mini Stars from Gift Wrapping Die set - COL1442

Labels and Sentiment - CS1029

Thanks for stopping by!

Juliexx

Gnomes in Red Hats

Another gnome image - this time from Sheepski Designs - I've fallen in love with it and just makes me smile!  

I made a couple of cards in this red colourway and I've also done a couple of others which I'll blog another time.

The papers are My Mind's Eye and the sentiment was a freebie from Making Cards Magazine last year I think! And colouring was with my Promarkers.

The next one is very similar but I've just used a border using a new Marianne Die - LR0635!

Happy Weekend everyone.

Juliexx

Marianne Winter Gnome

I'm in a gnome loving mood this Christmas and this is another of the Marianne Gnomes and my card for the Marianne Inspiration blog, here, last week.  I used this gorgeous new border die from Marianne and made a frame with four die cuts - also love red and white for Christmas and I love how the frame turned out.

Marianne Products Used

Winter Gnome Stamp - HT1648 -New!

Decorative Border Die- LR0635 - New!

Swedish Winter Papers - PK9159

And I  had to finish off with a border of pompoms to match her scarf!

Got my Em coming home for a surprise flying visit tomorrow - we're all so happy!!

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

Christmas is Coming!!

It's Tuesday and that can only mean one thing - I have to finish painting our new kitchen!!  But first, it's time to tell you about our new challenge at  Passion for Promarkers with a nice, easy theme for  this time of year - Christmas is Coming!

I've used a merge of two Mo's Digital Pencil images  - Lula Fairy Doll here and Lula Christmas Elf clothing here - and the great thing is that the Christmas Elf clothing is a free bonus in the store!!  Very easy to merge too as I don't do anything to technical, just use an ancient version of Photoshop.

The papers are mostly Lili of the Valley NitWit Papers, Twas The Night and the snowflake papers are a cheap set I bought a few years ago from the Pound Shop!  The presents are an All Occasions die set and the sentiment is from a little set of various dies that I picked up in a local charity shop last week for 50p!!!  Of course there has two be a Marianne product or two - it's the law!!

Marianne Products Used

Wonky Squares  Dies - CR1375

Tree Dies - LR0556

This week we're being sponsored by Cowling & Wilcox who are offering one lucky winner a 6 pack of Promarkers (skin tones set 1). 

Check out the gorgeous makes of my teamies here then come along and play - just remember to use your Promarkers, Flexmarkers etc!!

Off to put on my painting clothes now!

Juliexx

Blood Moon Lavinia

A break from Christmas cards today - this is a Lavinia stamp card I made back in the summer  and was inspired by some of the stunning Blood Moon nights we saw at the time.  I made the background initially with distress oxides then used an Inkylicious Moon stamp and a cloud mask before stamping the gorgeous Lavinia silhouette images.

It's a Violet day today today, so off to  collect her shortly - love Violet days!

Hugs, Juliexx

Marianne Spooky Box make!

Now as much as I love all  the products available for making fab Halloween stuff, I just don't make many cards etc as I don't send them.  However, I love this cute, spooky critters set from Marianne Designs so made this pop-up box  to showcase them.  Full list of products used below - and you can also see it here on the Marianne Spotlight blog from last week, along with other fab makes from the design team.

Ghost/Bat die set – COL1473

Box Die – CR1433

Brick Embossing Die/Folder set – DF3403

Web Circle Die – LR0430

Rustic Wood Papers – PK9124

Have a Happy Halloween if you're celebrating!!

Hugs, Juliexx

Mo Katie and Bear

A simple card from me today using Marianne shaker windows and the die that fits perfectly over it!  And little Katie and Bear from Mo's Digital Pencil fits it perfectly too! The papers and the Believe arrow are also from Marianne Designs - full list of products below.

Square Shaker Die Frame- CR1475

Square Shaker Window-LR0024

Shaker Snow - LR0028

Swedish Winter Papers - PK9159

Believe Arrow Die - COL1458

Have a great weekend!

Juliexx

Marianne Designs Christmas Gnome

I just love these gnome stamps from Marianne Designs - this one is the Christmas version and I've layered him on some Marianne Papers and star die cuts- full list below.

I've coloured him and the background with my Promarkers - actually leaving enough space when I stamped to create this little scene!

Marianne Products Used

Gnome Stamp - HT1649 - NEW!

Design Paper - Winter Days -  PK9164

Large Lattice Star Die - LR0369

Circle Star/Stars Die - CR1447

Snowflake Die - CR1225

Sentiment Stamp - Happy Holidays set - CS1009

Need to crack on with my Christmas cards - quite a few to go and I'm sure I'll be using a few more of this image!!

Hugs, Juliexx

PFP Challenge Clean and Simple

Morning blog land -it's Tuesday so it's new challenge day at Passion for Promarkers with a lovely theme of Clean and Simple as chosen by our lovely Lisa. 

Now, you may know that I don't easily do Clean and Simple and so I'm quite pleased with my card  even though I have slightly cheated - scroll on down to see why!  

I've used this beautiful digi image from Mo's Digital Pencil called Ragged Kelly and I've coloured her to match some fab new papers from Marianne Designs called Brocante Winter - PK9165 - they really are gorgeous!

And here is why I've cheated - I've used this new Folding Snowflake die set from Sizzix to adorn my card - had to use it!!  Sorry (not sorry!).

Our sponsor this week is Di’s Digi Stamps who are offering one lucky winner a $6.00 voucher to spend in their online store.

Don't forget to check out the fabulous makes of the rest of the DT here at PFP HQ.

Thanks for visiting!

Juliexx

An Autumnal Fox

This was my card for the Marianne Designs Inspirations Blog recently - using their fab new Fox die set and grass and toadstools!!  Full list of products used below and there is also a run-through of how I made the card on the Inspiration Blog here.  

Marleen's Fox Die - CR1484 - NEW!

Mushroom/Grass Die set - LR0623 - NEW!

Bark Stencil Mask- PS8003

Tree Dies - CR1338

Large Mushroom - CR1469

Mini Birds Die - CR1398

Tags/Sentiment set - CS1029

Have a great Sunday - bit of crafting for me I think!

Hugs, Juliex

Introducing Oskar for my Dad's 80th

It was my Dad's 80th birthday a couple of weekends ago and this was the card I made for him using Introducing Oskar from Mo's Digital Pencil!  Dad can't quite believe he's 80 so Oskar's perplexed expression seemed quite appropriate!

Me and my sister Lu, and step-sister, Sam helping the old guy celebrate!!

Quite a straightforward design from me - think the thought bubble stamp is from Heidi Swapp!

Hugs, Juliexx

Autumn Colours Challenge at Passion for Promarkers

Morning bloggers!  It's new challenge day at Passion for Promarkers and my turn to choose the challenge theme which is Autumn Colours.

 Never used to be a fan of orange but I'm liking it more and more these days!

For my card I've used Elke and Bear from Mo's Digital Pencil- now I love this image and thought I'd used it more recently but when I checked it was nearly 5 years ago!  So I'm glad I've rectified that!

The papers are mostly Lucille from Basic Grey, the sentiment is from PTI, and the flowers and frame dies are from Marianne Designs, details below:

Circular lace edge Frame die - LR0457

Flowers - CR1430

Branches with apples dies from set - CR1374

Our generous sponsor this week is Uniko Stamps who are offering one lucky winner 1 stamp set of their choice (which must be in stock) from their online store.

Don't forget to check out the makes of my fab teamies here - so lovely to see how others interpret the theme.  I can't wait to see what your create too!

Juliexx

Photo inspiration challenge for Mo's Digital Pencil Too Challenge

Hi Mo Fans -we have a new challenge starting today over on the DP2 Challenge blog with a fabulous Photo Inspiration to use as below. 

I've used the gorgeous Winter Fox and I've  drawn my inspiration from the leaves which I've reflected in the colours that I've used for my foxy image!

I made the leaf background with a Marianne stencil and isn't this new frame die just gorgeous, also the poinsettia die which mirrors the one that Mr Fox is holding - full details below:

Marianne Products Used

Icicle Frame Die Set - LR0627- NEW!

Poinsettia Die Set- CR1478 - NEW!

Ivy Leaf Stencil - PS8009

Hope you will come and join in the challenge and remember, our theme is always optional!  Check out the rest of the team's makes here if you need some further inspiration!

Hugs, Juliexx