Gifts

Hi there everyone, hope you are having a great day!!!  I made this card this morning to enter into this weeks challenge at Merry Monday Christmas Card Challenge #262 (gifts) http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com
I used a white cardstock for the base and used Tim Holtz Crazy Dog Stamps and also his accessories stamp, and used Faber and Castelle watercolour pencils to colour these images, I also used an old unknown stamp for the gifts, which I use every Christmas, and I used a stamp which I received as a free item with a magazine "Simply Stamping" published by Practical Publishing, It is a set with stamps and an embossing folder by Sheena Douglass, it is a very pretty stamp, and I also used the F & C watercolour pencils to colour the Indian Images on the card, which look like snowflakes, also I used some Pink Stick On gems on the card, these are also unknown supplier, (I got them from a cheap shop), you can find lots of lovely stuff from these shops.   Hope you all like this card, and thanks so much for visiting,Jasann

Joy

 Hi there everyone, thanks for visiting today, I made this card to enter into the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #260 (sketch Challenge) and used white cardstock for the base and shaded the edges with Distress Ink Pad, Evergreen Bough, and used two pieces of christmas paper that I had in my stash, it is pretty old, so I don't remember where it came from, but it is pretty, and I used two pointsettias that were in a free set of papers from Adorable Scorable, which I got with a magazine, but it is so long ago I can't remember which one, I should write the name of the magazines when I get these products, and I used a stamp from Graphic 45 - paper pad, St. Nicholas Collection, I like the Graphic 45 papers, as they are very sturdy and great looking.   Hope you like this card, and thanks again for visiting, Jasann
http://merrymondaychallenge.blogspot.com

Trees

Hi there everyone, here is a card I made today for this week's challenge on Merry Monday.   http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com. I used a pale green cardstock for the base and for the topper a white cardstock, and I used Distress Ink Pad "Salty Ocean" for the sky, and "Evergreen Bough" for the trees, which were stamped with a stamp from Merry and Bright Christmas Collection which came with a magazine from Practical Publishing UK.   and the sentiment was stamped with Archival Ink in Black with an unknown stamp which has been in my stash for ages. Hope you like this card, and thanks so much for visiting, Jasann

Embossing

Hi there, today is another sunny day, hope the weather is good in your place.   I made this card to enter into the Jingle Bells challenge "Embossing around the Christmas Tree",
http://jinglebellsrock.blogspot,com.
I used white cardstock for the base card, and an unknown embossing folder and stamp, these were given to me with no packaging. so I don.t , know who the designer or manufacturer are, but I liked them and used them for this card, I shaded the embossing with Memento Ink Pad, Summer Sky, and the deer and sentiment with Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder in Gold, and the sentiment on the inside with Versa Colour Ink Pad, 20 Turquoise.   The photo does not show the embossing very well , but if you enlarge the picture it should be clearer.    Hope you like it and thanks for visiting today, Jasann

Penguin

Hi there everyone, hope all is well in your world, I made this card for the Merry Monday Challenge, #258 Put a Penguin on your card. I went through my stash and couldn't find any penguin stamps or images or dies, and so I drew one, hope you like it.  I used Distress Inks with a water brush to paint the penguin and cut a shaped card to make the clouds, also I used KindyGlitz in Chrystaline to colour the hat band and the pompom, also the falling snow, hope you all like it, thanks for visiting, Jasann
http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com

Tag

Hi there, Hope you are all having a great day, I made this card this morning to enter into the Merry Monday Challenge #257 (add a tag), http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com. I used a pale green card for the background and used a Tim Holtz stencil (Hollybough THSO15) and used Distress Ink Pads, Mowed Lawn and Barn Door to shade it, and made a tag with an unknown cutting die, a Dove, and some designer paper and sentiment from an old stack of free paper from a magazine, I have had these in my stash for ages.   I used a gold from Kindyglitz for the dots around the edges, hope you like it, cheers, Jasann

Merry and Bright

Hi there, I have just made this card to enter into the September Challenge at Christmas CardThrowdown, http://52cct.blogspot.com the September colours are Pink, Green and Red, and I used white cardstock for the card base and used a piece of designer ppaper from Adorable Scorable, Festive Splender, this is an old piece I have had in my stash for a considerable time, but found the piece for it, hope you like it, cheers, Jasann

photo

Good Morning everyone, Found a lovely site from New Zealand, just across the water from Australia, and they have challenges which I really love, and I made this card to enter.   http://inkspirationalchallenges.blogspot.co.nz, their challenge this week is #143 - photo.   They seem like a lovely bunch of ladies runnng this challenge.
I used white card stock and cut a circle in the centre of the topper with a couture set of circles, and in the back I shaded with Memento Ink Pads, "canteloupe", "tangelo", and "lady bug" and blended them to make a nice sunset, and used a Joy cutting die "Birds to cut them out in black, and a Memory Box die "Hello"    hope you all like this card, cheers, Jasmine

Joy to the World

Good Morning everyone, I have had fun this morning making this card to enter into Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #255 (Joy)
Http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com.au .   I used white cardstock for the base, and used an old Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations embossing folder, I don't have the name of this embossing folder, but it is a favourite of mine, and I have had it for quite a few years, I coloured the trees using the dot method in two colours, distress ink pens, Mowed Lawn and Twisted Citron.   The two little deer were die cut with a Impression Obsession die, which I have also had for a long time, I used a scrap of scrapbook paper to cut these out and used a black pen for their eyes.   I used a very old stamp from my stash to stamp the sentiment "Joy to the World"   and I shaded the sky with a very light touch with Distress Ink Pad "Faded Jeans".   Hope you all like this Cheers,   Jasann

Embossed Impressions

Hi there, Have not blogged for about four weeks or so, as I have been in hospital with this dreadful flu that is reaching all over N.S.W. even though I had the flu vaccination it didn't cover the extra four strains of flu that came.   Anyway I am at home now and have my "mojo" and getting energy back, so I made this card this morning to enter into the http://52cct.blogspot.com Autumn challenge " embossed impressions" I used a pale green card for the top cut out section which I used a Poppy Crafts Die "Bubble Labels" and shaded the edges with Distress Ink pad "Mowed Lawn" and for the inside where I embossed the three pine trees from Tim Holtz Alterations embossing folder (which is a quite old one) on cream cardstock and shaded the trees also with "Mowed Lawn"  and the sentiment came from a very old die cutting set "Jolly" from Quickutz, I bought this set on e bay about 20 years ago, so don't know if it has been discontinued or not, but get it out every year when I am cutting Christmas Cards, because it is a very versatile set.  Hope you all like this card, and I did enjoy making it, cheers, Jasann

ATC Animals

Hi there, Here are three ATC's that I made yesterday to enter into the July challenge on Happy Little Stampers, http://www.happylittlestampers.com the cards from the left hand side feature Tim Holtz Crazy Dogs stamped in Archival Black Ink, and coloured with Distress Ink Vintage photo, and backed by Vintage photo shaded with a Brick Stencil from Twiddly Winks. The centre card, I put texture paste on the back, coloured with dylusions Ink Spray Vibrant Turquise and then cut out the sea weed with a Marianne's Creatables die and the Spellbinders Lobster, both out of scrap paper that had been saved from my spray box where I put the paper to cach the overspray, and that is often used as scrap paper or if large enough to make envelopes, and the third one is also shaded with distress ink Faded Jeans and another Twiddy Winks stencil, and one of the Crazy Birds with a small balloon from the same collection of Tim's stamps, hope you all like them as I had fun making them, Hope you all have a great day, cheers, Jasann

July sketch

Hi there, hope you are all warm today, here it is 11.am and the temp is only 13oC, winter is here, but I am enjoying working at my craft table and made this card to enter into this weeks July Sketch challenge in 52 christmas card throwdown,
http://52cct.blogspot.com, I used white card for the base and a stamp (very old) from Kaisercraft for the holly and coloured them with Tim Holtz distress inks and a water brush pen, I cut out the ornaments with a Tim Holtaz Retro ornaments bixz die from papers in my scrap basket, and used green kindyglitz for the hangers, and the merry christmas sentiment came from a Spellbinders heirloom stamp that I have had for a long long time.  I shaded around the edges of the card with distress ink pad Peeled Paint, hope you all like this card, cheers, Jasann.

Bear

Hi there, here is a card I made this morning to enter into the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge #253 Bears on your card, http://merrymondaychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com , I used white cardstock and embossed it with a Sizzex emb.folder "Snow Flurries" and rounded the corners, I used Marianne's Creatables for the line needles and a spellbinders stamp to stamp and cut out the ribbon and topper for the bauble, I used a set of circle dies from Couture Creations to cut the Green, red and white card and used one of the very first stamps I bought to stamp the little bears, and coloured them with Faber-Castille waterc olour - pencils.  Hope you all like this card.cheers!!

Toy Soldiers

Hi there, this is the first time I have posted on  my blog since September, 2016.  I was diagnosed with severe Osteoporosis last year and needed two total hip replacements, which I have now had and am recovering now, and I am able to resume my card making.   I made this card to enter into the June 2017, theme challenge "Toy soldiers or Nutcrackers" from 52 Christmas Card Throwdown,   http://52cct.blogspot.com.   I used red cardstock for the base of the card and stamped two images of the Tim Holtz blueprint stamp, toy soldier, onto white card, I used Tim's distress tool to distress the edges of the white card and shaded it with "peeled paint" distress ink pad.   I coloured the toy soldiers with Faber Castille water colour pencils and used a piece of glitter ribbon to use on the side for a bit of glitter.  Hope you all like this card.