Hanging the Stockings

I love the way the little doggy is waiting for his Christmas stocking to be hanged alongside the childrens.

Hanging the stockings by Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Image coloured with Copic Markers and prisma pencils.

The backing papers are last years Marianne Designs.

I made sure that the fire was out before I let the children hang the Christmas stockings, safety first.

The pretty flower is a Marianne die cut and embossed using the Cuttlebug

Could you all keep my beautiful friend Katie in your thoughts please. Both Katie and her family could do with a few prayers.

Urchin With Bird

After yesterdays fiasco I’m really pleased with today card, I love the nostalgic feel to it.

Urchin with bird by Mo’s Digital Pencil is so so sweet, I kept it to browns and pinks with touches of white glitter to set it off.

There so much going on with this card, Marianne Dies for the flowers and flourishes, Cheery Lynn Doily Die, Marianne Designer background papers, I used a Tim Holtz snowflake embossing folder on the base card, I stamps a snowflake in the bottom corner of the notes paper some ribbon and lace and the December word is a Sizziz die and a couple of pearls set into the flower centers,

Image was coloured in Copic Markers.

 

Quick Christmas cards

Well I have spent best part of 24hrs trying to format an external drive that i back up my computer to, for some reason it just decided to stop working, isn’t technology wonderful “sigh”.

I knew you would all sack me if I didn’t get a card made so off I went to my craft room I sat down and put some finishing touches to a special card that I needed, I’ll show you that one next week. Then looked at the time and it was 11.45pm, so I made 2 mega quick cards using an embossing folder some ribbon and 2 wooden veneered Reindeer and some crystal stickers from Meiflower .

Teen Fairy Pia

These new Teen Fairy’s from Mo are just stunning don’t you think?

Teen Fairy Pia available from Mo’s Digital Pencil is just the prettiest little fairy ever.

I used the Cuttlebug and embossing folders from both sizzix and cuttlebug to emboss the card and Spellbinders label dies to cut out the shapes, image is coloured with Copic markers and I dipped the edges of the image shape into some crushed glass glitter and dotted her petticoat with some too.

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Allsorts Challenge–Clean and Simple

Not sure why but my post failed this morning so here it is now.

The Allsorts Challenge Blog  Clean and Simple Challenge

A simple design Cuttlebug embossing nestabilities dies and a Cuttlebug butterfly.

Card entered into Flutterby Wednesday’s Challenge

Three Trees

Three Trees by Just Inklined I love nature cards, so easy for so many occasions.

Coloured with Promarker and Flexarkers by Letraset sentiment is from Stampin Up set and the Embossed leaves are a sizzix embossing folder from the Fall set, the shiny leaf was stamped out of copper sheet and then heat applied to make it turn pretty colours, the time piece was from my stash.

Inspirational Card

Well my card today started with having my lunch hour in my car yesterday, I went to have a quiet moment and turned on the radio and listened to Jeremy Vine on Radio 2, he has a chat show and yesterdays theme was favourite Hymns, I’m not overly religious but I do prayer from time to time and I like to think there is someone out there for us all.

I have to say I found myself singing along and then I heard Onward Christian Soldiers, this Hymn has such memories for me as my Dad would sing it at the top of his voice mainly on a Sunday Morning because my Mam would listen to Mantovani Orchestra on her record player whilst baking and making the Sunday Roast.

So you could say that I was inspired  by the radio.

I simply love this sentiment, it is perfect for letting a friend or family know you care and this one is headed for a very dear friend of mine.

I distressed the background card in a sage coloured ink the used the same ink to stamp some sprigs on top. I used a Marianne Frame die for the sage frame then stamped the sentiment in a moss green ink and used a Spellbinders  Nestabilities label die to cut it out.

I finished with a couple of pearls and a green satin ribbon making a double bow from my Double Ribbon Bow Tutorial

The rubber stamp I used is called Stampendous M107 Prayer I have had mine quite some while so hopefully you can still get it.

Round Easel Card - Little Elf Finn

I love making round easel cards but the scalloped ones are a devil to cover and do the photography on, I got in from work and quickly got dinner over with so that I could get cracking on this one.

Little Elf Finn from Mo’s Digital Pencil 

You may notice the bow on the top of the card, this is a triple bow, made in the same way as my double bow tutorial but wrapped and extra time around the fingers.

The image is coloured with Copic markers and the snowflake is a Cuttlebug die and embossing folder I cut one in gold card and the other in acetate then used Glass glitter glue on the acetate one.

I also did the sin of all sins and used some peel off borders and snowflake accents around the bottom layer of the card.

Teen Fairy Mia

This teen fairy is so beautiful that I has to make a clean a simple card to show her off.

Teen Fairy Mia from Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Just a hint of glitter some subtle Cuttlebug embossing and a pretty thin ribbon and bows.

Just one Bite of the Apple

Such a pretty little thing don’t you think?

Snow white by Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Coloured with Flex Markers and Promarkers by Letraset, I used the Cuttlebug Victorian embossing folder and the spellbinders label die to mount the pretty image and a Stampin Up designer backing paper. a satin blue ribbon and pins and some pretty flowers and pearls to finish.

Snuggles–Marion

Sweet Marion getting some kitty snuggles, I used to dress up my cat in Tiny Tears clothes when I was a little girl and it didn’t mind one bit.

Marion by Mo’s Digital Pencil 

Coloured with Copic markers and teamed with Nitwit designer background papers, I used my Cuttlebug and Marianne die for the doily behind the image, a pretty vintage seem binder ribbon and a couple of buttons.

Allsorts Challenge–Flowers and Swirls

It’s Saturday so that means it’s the Allsorts Challenge Blog  posting for me as their guest designer.

Flowers and swirls was right up my street, it has been a good while since i got out the punches and did some floral punch craft so out they came along side my Cuttlebug swirl embossing folder and this is what I came up with.

Something pretty for the weekend. I made the rose using the Punch Bunch Tree cream copy paper then inked it up until I got the desired colour.

Head over to the Allsorts Challenge Blog and see what the rest of the girls have been up to, it’s sure to be amazing.

Have you got it?

Not one embellishment, no ribbon, or double sided tape, I didn’t even use a self adhesive pearl or Copic or Promarkers, cuttlebug sat feeling lonely alongside my designer papers, I didn’t even use a digi stamp, craft knife, scissors, glitter or a guillotine.

I did however use a sentiment.

So after an awful day (Thursday)I seemed to have lost my MoJo, have you got it?

I thought it would be nice to show you some more of my holiday snaps from the Lake District I thought I’d best show the first in a card form.

Climbing over Hardknot Pass

Breath-taking views

Quaint little bridge

Contemplating the jump

and of course searching for Chris at the station where we stopped for a cuppa.

Tomorrow I’m going to have some quality time with Grandson Jack, I’m hoping he will find the MoJo for me.

Santa’s Hat and a One Dollar Digi Stamp

I know is another Christmas card but it’s all Mo Mannings fault, she just keeps drawing these darn cute images that I just can’t resist, I may need to send her off to the corner until the end of August.

Santa’s Hat from Mo’s Digital Pencil available as either a boy of a girl and yes I had to have both.

Coloured with Copic Sketch Markers and the hat fur sprinkled with crushed glass glitter.

I used two snowflake dies, one from Cuttlebug which is also embossed and one is a whimsy die, I added berries' and beads and pretty little leaves “Ooo that rhymes” and used some pretty designer papers and a ribbon to finish.

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Now how about a fabulous digi stamp for only $1, Mo has been at it again creating a stamp for a worthy cause.

Just click on the image to purchase it from Mo

Dollar Donation Digi -- Bronte Kisses.
In honor of Molly, Bronte, and all our beloved pets -- those here and those departed.
All proceeds for sales of this stamp (including three "doggie" quotes) while it's $1 will go to Pet Orphans of Southern California: http://www.petorphans.org/

Baby Jack Second Birthday Card

Oh my lord our little darling will soon be two years old, hard to believe. He is quite the chappy these days, he is a real wind up merchant just like his Mum, he has just the right gaze to melt our hearts and his Granda just worships him.

As soon as I saw the Nathan image from Funky Kits I new I had to make it for Jack. I have kept it CAS (clean and simple) using pastel blue with white and using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder and Spellbinders Nestabilities Label dies to frame the image.

I'm also entering this into The Corrosive Challenge for ribbons and bows

Surfer Dude–Mo Manning

Mmmm what do you do when you need a teenage boys birthday card? I would say head over to Mo’s Digital Pencil  from Video gaming to surfing she’s got them nailed.

This one is the Surfer Dude and isn’t he fabulous just look at that mop of hair and the wrist and ankle straps, brilliant.

I used a 5 x 5inch card summer buttons, a satin ribbon and some Bo Bunny designer papers and cut him out with a spellbinders label die on my Cuttlebug then coloured him up with Copic Sketch Markers.