Cute cards for children

Good afternoon!

Firstly i'd just like to say thank you for your messages and good wishes for my birthday yesterday - i had a lovely day 

But Wow I'm late today! with my DT card for 

Fab'n'Funky Challenges

 - just managed to post my card on the challenge blog this morning then I had to rush out to go to the garage with hubby because he was taking his car in  for a diagnostic and needed a lift home from the specialist garage about half an hour away (yes it's serious and now has a death sentence!!)  From there I went for my daily swim, popped into town to pick up a few odds and ends, came back, walked the dog about 5 miles, back home tea prepped and I've finally got time to blog!! - I'm worn out thinking about it : )

We have a cute card challenge today! 

-something I haven't made in a while

 - a cute card for a child

I'm still keeping up with my crafting for a purpose challenge to myself and only making things for a purpose - this one fits because my grandson Jacob is in the 5 year olds constant round of birthday parties - sometimes two a week!!- so this will go in the box for him to use.

A fairly simple card but great to showcase this cute little image

she's called 

Ballerina Bobby and is available from 

Digital Delights by Louby Loo HERE

Our lovely sponsor this week is

who are offering this fab prize

Hope you can play along with us with your cute projects for children or showing children - anything child related really!!

This is what I did...

Image - Ballerina Bobby from digital Delights

Coloured with Spectrum noir illustrator pens,

pen colours - TN1, FS6, FS2, FS7, PP1, PP4, GY1,2 & 3

Colourblend pencils - cinamon and mulberry

and a lilac spectrum sparkle pen

Die cut oval - Crafters companion Downton Abbey oval dies

Bow - Sue Wilson bow die

Silver card - Centura pearl platinum

Pink card from my stash

Papers - Dovecraft - very old collection!!

The pearls are a bargain picked up in Pound World last week - £1 a sheet for huge amounts and great quality too!! - I do love a bargain

I'll be round to visit you soon!

hugs

Judith xx

We want to see white on white cards at Winter Wonderland Challenge (29/04/16)

hi all

We have a fab new challenge for you at 

Winter Wonderland

another marmite theme I think 

(love it or hate it!!)

White on White

as with most WOW cards I make I have chosen to use dies and dry embossing and lots of layers - pop on a bow and its done!  I find this quite a quick easy way to make a quite sophisticated looking card - I always think they look like they take a lot more effort than they do!

we are sponsored this week by the lovely Bunny Zoe's Crafts

who we are all sad to see closing

the prize is a £10 voucher to spend in store and as there is a sale on with 30% off all stock yous should be able to buy lots of goodies 

This is what I did

Christmas tree greetings die from Sue Wilson
cut in white card then again in glitter paper and offset layered
Opulent Corner dies from Crafter's companion Downton Abbey range
Embossed card using Crafter's Companion Elements snow embossing folder
Pierced squares cut with Sue Wilson's Pierced noble square dies
Sparkle embellie on bow from creative expressions
Ribbon, gems and pins from my stash

Challenges I'm entering with this card

Alphabet challenge - E for embossing
Creative knockouts - lots of layers
Southern girls - texture

Downton Abbey Inspiration

Hi all

Have you seen the new Downton Abbey dies from Crafter's Companion

I just love them.  I don't have the new ones (yet!!) but felt very inspired to make a birthday card for my son-in-law using the original dies.  It's really not very often that I make a card without colouring an image (I find it easier to colour than die cut!) - but these dies are just so lovely.

This is an 8x8 inch card so quite large and I've been quite adventurous (for me!!) 

I thought I would have a go with the gold gilding wax on kraft card - just to see what happened and I just love the effect.  It looks very opulent - will definitely do that again.  I also found an old broken bracelet that I had put in my craft box - just in case, and one of the chains was perfect to finish off the tags (ribbon, twine and hessian ribbon just wasn't doing it for me)  I'm off now to make my daughter's birthday card.  They very conveniently (or maybe not!) have both their birthdays and wedding anniversary on the same day - and its Easter Sunday this year - so mega card requirement!!

This is what I did....

Card made with 8x8 card, black card green Core'dnations card (distressed with my sanding block) and Kraft cardstock from Crafter's Companion

Downton Abbey dies from Crafter's Companion - Gilt Frame

                                                                                 Motor Vehicle

                                                                                 Downton Abbey icons

Background die - Anna Griffin

Happy birthday die - Spellbinders

Pierced square dies - Sue Wilson Noble dies

Labels - Sizzix tags scallop combo #2

Embossing Folder - embossalicious regency swirls 8x8 from Crafter's Companion

Gilding wax - Pebeo - Empire gold and Renaissance gold

Black Distress ink - Tim Holtz 

Hope i have inspired you to put down your pens and get your dies out!!


Simonsays stamp - sorry adde to your challenge in error - please ignor!!

hugs
Judith xx