Best Friends

A simple Vintage-style card with an image from Antique Images.

Supplies:  cream card base, Websters Pages dp, computer printed image from Antique Images, Memento Black Tuxedo ink, the Craft Spot felt flowers, ds tape.

Tools:  Sullivans Paper Xtra sentiment stamp.

Challenges:

Card a Day June Challenge - Friendship

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge 25 - Girls  Girls  Girls  

The Paper Shelter Challenge 68 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Black and White with a Splash

A simple embossed card using the "spots" from The Stamp Spot June challenge, also fitting the Bingo at Crafting Your Days Away.

                                                                               

           

Supplies:  white cardstock, Kaisercraft After Five dp, grosgrain ribbon, paper flower, button, black rhinestones, ds tape, glue dots.

Tools:  Big Shot, Craft Concepts Budding Vine embossing folder.

Challenges:

Marks Finest Papers Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge 111 - Black and White with a Splash of Colour

The Stamp Spot June Challenge - yellow + buttons + grosgrain ribbon

Craft Your Days Away Challenge 47 - Bingo ~ flowers + ribbon + gems

My Mums Craft Shop Challenge 61 - Clean and Simple

Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Pink Butterflies

A baby girl card with a freebie patchwork quilt digital paper from Bearly Mine Designs.  I don't usually do digital papers because of the printer ink usage, plus the fact I have so many papers in my stash  : )

Supplies:  white and pink cardstock, digital paper from Bearly Mine Designs, pink grosgrain ribbon, white pearls, sentiment sticker, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Spellbinders Classic Ovals die, CC Designs butterflies dies.

Challenges:

The ABC Challenge - Q is for Quilting

Allsorts week 158 - Ice Cream Colours

Digital Tuesday 164 - Butterflies

Simon Says - pic inspiration

Crafty Ribbons 21 - Butterflies and Bows

UnstampaBelles 12- Ribbons

Crafters Companion 25 - Embellishments

Great Impressions 4 - Die cuts or Punches

Bunny Zoe's Crafts 25 - Girls Girls Girls 

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Owls and Spots

A quick fun card with cute owls and polka dots in bright summery colours  : )

Supplies:  white cardstock, dp from stash, Twin Seven Puffy owl sticker, hb stickers, Kaisercraft rhinestones, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Mega Ovals die.

Challenges:

CAS-ual Friday CFC56 - polka dots

Stamp and Create June Challenge - Bold and bright

Bizzy Becs june Challenge - Bright and Cheery

365Cards Day 104 - Flip-flopped ~ opposite season to horrible winter storms and blackouts : (

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Bicycle

A Fathers Day card with faux stitching.

Supplies:  cream square card base, black cardstock, parchment paper, dp from stash, brads, Memento Black Tuxedo ink, black gel pen, ds tape, foam pads.

Tools:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Double Ended Tag die, QuicKutz Nesting Ovals dies, paper piercer.

Challenges:

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday - Stitching

Totally Paper Crafts - Doodle On It ~ faux Stiching

Creative Card Crew 12 - Song Inspired ~ Bicycle Race by Queen

Pile It On 24 - Let's Get Outdoors

The Crafty Pad 174 - Let's Hear It For The Boys

Scrappers Delights - It's a Male Thing 

Make My Monday week 53 - Fathers Day/Masculine

Cards For Men 12 - Fathers Day

Friends Of Speedy TV - Fathers Day

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Happy Fathers Day

A fathers day card using a Vintage Norton image from Delicious Doodles.

Supplies:  white, black and olive cardstock, Delicious Doodles image coloured and printed from MS Word, Kaisercraft Hunt and Gather dp, ribbon, Memento Black Tuxedo ink, ds tape, foam pads.

Tools:  Big Shot, QuicKutz Nesting Frames die, sentiment from JustRite Stamps Happy Everything Tag Making kit, scalpel/craft knife.

Challenges:
Charisma Cardz Challenge 22 - Travel
Delicious Doodles Challenge 21 - For The Fellas
Make My Monday week 53 - Fathers Day/Masculine
CRAFT Challenge 158 - male card
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 189 - Fathers Day
Cards For Men Challenge 12 - Fathers Day
The Crafty Pad Challenge 174 - Let's Hear It For The Boys
Celebrate The Occasion Challenge 66 - Fathers Day
Friends of SpeedyTV Challenge 77 - Fathers Day
Going Buggy June Challenge - Use one colour

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.


Jenny

Gone Fishin'

A vintage-style card for a man : )

Supplies:  dark and light brown cardstock, dp and sentiment die-cut from Kaisercraft Hunt and Gather pad, hessian scrap, Memento Rich Cocoa ink, ds tape, foam pads.

Tools:  Big Shot, QuicKutz Nesting Ovals die, Stamp-It Barramundi stamp.

Challenges:

CRAFT Challenge 158 - Male Card

Platypus Creek Challenge 8 - For the Boys

The Crafty Pad Challenge 174 - Let's Hear it For The Boys

Cropstop Challenge 75 - Monochrome

Card crafters Circle Challenge 26 - Monochromatic

Truly Madly Crafty June Challenge - Monochrome

Crafty Boots - Material ~ hessian

Pile It On Challenge 24 - Let's get Outdoors

Craft Your Passion Challenge 114 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Gold and Cream

A monochromatic card using the sketch from Repeat Impressions.

Supplies:  cream cardstock, gold butterfly stickers, gold hb sticker, lace, foam pads, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Cuttlebug Moroccan Screen embossing folder, Spellbinders Fair Isle Pendant and Mega Ovals dies, scissors.

Challenges:

Repeat Impressions Sketch M3012 - sketch

Creative Craft Challenges2 - Gold and Cream

Crop Stop Challenge 75 - Monochromatic

Card Crafters Circle Challenge 26 - Monochromatic

Truly Madly Crafty june Challenge - Monochromatic

The Ribbon Girl Card Challenge - use Ribbon or Lace

Great Impressions Challenge 4 - Die Cuts or Punches

Card a Day June Challenge - Birthday

Craft Your Passion Challenge 114 - Anything goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Crown

A quick challenge post before the power goes or thunder storm forces me to unplug the internet.

The decorative corners were die cut from those almost unusable scraps left over from die cutting circles.

Supplies:  mint green and kraft-like cardstock, speckled cream card base, printed vintage bird image from a vintage download site (forgot to record where), Websters Pages green dp, rhinestones, ds tape, Zig Two-way glue pen.

Tools:  Big Shot, Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Whimsey Stamps Shapeology Corner Die Set, Fiskars corner rounder.

Challenges:

Simon Says - crowns and gems

The Paper Shelter Challenge 67 - dots

Whimsy Stamps Challenge 42 - Things with Wings

Fab n Funky Challenge 124 - Go Green

My Mums Craft Shop Challenge 60 - Bingo ~ die cuts, gems, animal

Paper Play Challenge '12week23 - kraft

Hiding in My Craftroom HIMCR49 - Super Scraps Saturday

Craft Your passion Challenge 114 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything Goes

Great Impressions Challenge 4 - Dies Cuts or Punches

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Butterfly Garden

A very simple monochromatic card with an image from Antique Images.  I've also seen it at Imagenes Vintage.  Both sites have fantastic free images from copywrite-free sources and even some digital collages to download as well  : )

Supplies:  speckled cream card base, computer printed image on white cardstock, vintage-style crochet lace, foam tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Craft Concepts Budding Vine embossing folder.

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Texture

Whimsy Stamps Challenge 42 - Things with Wings

Crafty Catz Challenge 136 - Summer Time

Crop Stop Challenge 75 - Monochromatic

Card Crafters Circle Challenge 26 - Monochromatic

Truly Madly Crafty June Challenge - Monochrome

The Ribbon Girls Card Challenge - Ribbon or Lace

Digital Tuesday Challenge 163 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Birthday Butterfly

A birthday card with a felt sticker butterfly I bought recently from a craft fair, the rest is from my stash.

Supplies:  white and kraft-like cardstock, Bella Oriental Chic Mat Stack dp, Portacraft felt butterfly, Portacraft dark red pearls, Memento Lady Bug ink, ds tape, foam tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Mpress Nesting Convex Square die, Polka Doodle Stamp Doodles hb stamp, scissors.

Challenges:

Hiding in My Craft Room HIMCR48 - Red+Kraft+White

My Mums Craft Shop Challenge 60 - Bingo ~ Flowers+Pearls+Diecut

Make My Monday Week 52 - Birthday Card with Pearls

Craft Room Challenge - Birthday

Paper Play '12Week23 - Back to Kraft Basics

Whimsy Stamps Challenge 42 - Things with Wings

Southern Girls Challenge 46 - Things with Wings

Emergency Crafters - Butterflies Birds or Anything with Wings

Oldie but a Goodie - Anything Goes ~ everything old except butterfly and die

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge 24 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Forever & Always

A wedding card using the Bingo Board at Creatalicious.

I chose Lace + Ribbon + Buttons

Supplies:  cream card base, cream paper lace, ribbon bow with ribbon rose, Hero Arts flowers, flourish cut from scrap paper, buttons from Mum's old button tin, Memento Rich Cocoa ink, glue dots, ds tape, Zig two-way glue pen.

Tools:  Big Shot, embossing folder from Cuttlebug Damask Frame set, MFT Die-namics Fancy Flourish die, Kaisercraft sentiment stamp - not very well stamped : (

Challenges:
Creatalicious Challenge 34 - Bingo
Crafty Catz Challenge 135 - Buttons and Bows
Marks Finest Papers Speedy Fox & Friends Challenge 110 - buttons
Friends of Speedy TV Challenge 23 - Buttons and Bows
LEJ Designs Challenge 6 - Button It
Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge 49 - Flowers and Ribbon
The Ribbon Girl - Ribbon or Lace
The Crafty Pad Challenge 173 - Ribbon
Perfect Sentiment PSC35 - Lacy Romance ~ Love Wedding Anniversary + Lace
Crafters Companion Challenge 25 - Embellishments
Lollipop Crafts Challenge 83 - Flowers
Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 188 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Pegasus

A card using a Pegasus image from Delicious Doodles.

Supplies:  purple and white cardstock, dp from a Merci mini stack, image from Delicious Doodles, square bling, Kaisercraft rhinestone, hb sticker, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, QuicKutz Nesting Circles dies, Fiskars Sunrise? border punch.

Challenges:

Delicious Doodles Challenge 20 - Diamonds Are Forever

CAS-ual Fridays CFC55 - Put A Bling On It

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday - Punches

Card Makin Mamas Challenge 46 - Punches

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Thinking Of You

A card using some new patterned textured cardstock from a matstack I recently bought plus a cute little owl charm.

Supplies:  white card base, green cardstock, patterned cardstock from DCWV Old World Mat Stack, twine, antique bronze owl charm with loop cutoff, Memento Rich Cocoa ink, foam pads, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Mpress Convex Square die, Spellbinders Mega Ovals die, HOTP Small Love Tree stamp, sentiment stamp from AnnaBelle Stamps Sentimental Bluebells set.

Challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks Challlenge 92 - Branching Out

Hotshot Craft Challenge 8 - Die Cuts

Lets Ink It Up Challenge 24 - Favourite Embellishments ~ Charms

Crafters Companion Challenge 25 - Embellishments ~ Charm and Twine

Platypus Creek Challenge 8 - For The Boys

Little Claire's Designs Challenge 21 - Male

Here Come The Boys Challenge 28 -Anything Goes 

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Saturday Secret Crafter Challlenge 188 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Faux Stitched Happy Birthday

A very CAS masculine birthday card with faux stitching around the edge, my first ever attempt at faux stitching  . . . . wasn't really so hard after all  : )

Supplies:  red, white and dark metallic brown cardstock, Crafty Bitz striped paper, gold edged black hb sticker, white gel pen, foam pads, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Labels Four dies.

Challenges:

Polka Doodles Week 21 - Doodled Edge/Border Happy Birthday

Friends Of SpeedyTV Challenge 22 - New Technique ~ faux stitching

Oldie But a Goodie - Anything Goes ~ everything except gel pen over 6mo

Hotshot Craft Challenge 8 - Die Cuts

Secret Saturday Crafter Challenge 188 - Anything Goes

Little Clair Designs Challenge 21 - Male

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Vintage-Style Happy Birthday

A vintage-style card using the inspiration pic at The Ribbon Girls and Bingo at Whimsy Stamps.

Whimsy Stamps Bingo

Supplies:  cream and pearl cardstock, dp from Websters Pages Western Romance and All About Me combo 6x6 pad, vintage-style lace, Hero Arts flowers, American Crafts pearl brad, Portacraft pearls, hb sticker, foam squares, glue dots, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Mega Ovals die.

Challenges:

The Ribbon Girls Colour Challenge 19 - Vintage Pinks and Cream

Incy Wincy Designs - Vintage

Bizzy Becs May Challenge - Vintage

The Paper Shelter Challenge 66 - Vintage or Shabby Chic

CRAFT Challenge 157 - Background Text

Whimsy Stamps Challenge 41 - Bingo ~ flowers, lace, pink

Sentimental Sundays Challenge 104 - Pocket Full Of Posies ~ Flowers

Charisma Cardz Challenge 21 - Bling

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Perfect Sentiments PSC34 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Happy Fathers Day

A simple Fathers Day card for a bike lover.

Supplies:  cream square card base, blue card stock, patterned blue cardstock from DCWV Citrus Stack, dp from Kaisercraft 'Tis The Season 12" pack, sentiment stickers, Tibetan silver bike charm, jump rings, brads, foam dimensionals, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Labels Four die, QuicKutz Nested Ovals die.

Challenges:

Try It On Tuesday - Fathers Day ~ Sponsored by The Craft Barn

Hiding In My Craftroom HIMCR47 - Fathers Day

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 77 - Dig Out The Old ~ dp from two Christmases ago, old FD stickers

Hotshot Craft Challenge 8 - Die Cuts

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Vintage Norton

A vintage-style card with this great motorbike image from Delicious Doodles.

Supplies:  pearl black, black and kraft-like cardstock, dp from a Cre8tiv mini stack, Delicious Doodles Vintage Norton image coloured in MS Word, hb sticker, foam dimensionals, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Whimsy Stamps Shapeology Corner die.

Challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge 184 - One For The Boys

Simon Says Stamp and Show - One For The Boys

Incy Wincy Designs - Vintage

Bizzy Becs May Challenge - Vintage

The Paper Shelter Challenge 66 - Vintage or Shabby Chic

Joanna Sheen - Remember When ?

Perfect Sentiments PSC34 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes
Here Come The Boys Challenge 28 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

On Your Wedding Day

A Wedding card using my new flower dies I bought from a craft fair last week.
The stamp is a couple of years old, but never used before.

Supplies:  white cardstock, Kaisercraft Blae and Ivy dp, Portacraft pearls, glue dots, Zig two-way glue pen, Memento Black Tuxedo ink, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Classic Edges Two and Decorative Inserts Three dies, Kreaxions flower dies, MFT Dienamics Prima Donna Petals die, Kaisercraft sentiment stamp.

Challenges:

Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge - Weddings

Sentimental Sundays Challenge 104 - Pocket Full of Posies ~ flowers + sentiment

Southern Girls Challenge 45 - Dying to Diecut or Punch

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 77 - Dig Out The Old ~ stamp, pearls, ink, cardstock, MFT die

Oldie But A Goodie Challenge - Anything Goes ~ stamp, pearls, ink, cardstock, MFT die

Great Impressions Challenge 3 - Anything Goes

Divas by Design Challenge 37 - Anything Goes

Perfect Sentiments PSC34 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge 24 - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny

Thinking Of You

A sympathy or just saying hi card, nice and simple with butterflies and fancy edging :  )

Supplies:  ivory cardstock, Kaisercraft Blae and Ivy dp, brads, foam squares, Memento Black Tuxedo ink, ds tape.

Tools:  Big Shot, Spellbinders Classic Edges Two and Decorative Inserts Three, CC Designs Butterflies dies, sentiment stamp from AnnaBelle Stamps Sentimental Bluebells set.

Challenges:

Card a Day May Challenges - Sympathy

Going Buggy May Challenge - Things with Wings

Totally Paper Crafts Challenge 118 - Animals 

Great Impressions Challenge 3 - Anything Goes

Divas By Design Challenge 37 - Anything Goes

Perfect Sentiments PSC34 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Challenge - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge 24 -  Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, comments welcome.

Jenny