Beautiful Butterflies

Hi Everyone,

This is my first challenge card for a wee while and I used the sketch at Crafts and Me. It is a bit busier than I would normally make my cards but I enjoyed the challenge and I really do like the end result :)

I have had this pink and orange Kaiser craft designer paper for some time and I hadn't really come up with anyway to use it, I dont know about anyone else but I am terrible for buying gorgeous scrapbooking paper and then not have the heart to cut it, which can make things a bit tricky for a card maker ha ha. But it seemed perfect for this image along with the beautiful Hannah Lynn image.

I needed flowers for the sketch and I had none the right colour, same with the ribbon. So I got white flowers and ribbon and coloured them with my copics, I love this because I sometimes struggle to match colours correctly and this takes all the hassle out of things. I decided the flowers needed something more so I put glossy accents on them and then put some very fine glitter on them. I shook off the excessive once the glossy accents was dry and I really like the finish, it just gives the whole card a little more sparkle. The butterfly I actually cut out of the spare butterfly designer paper and then I shaped it on my flower shapping mat with my embossing tool to give it a bit more shape and I loved how this turned out.

For this card is used:

Designer Paper and pink card stock, flowers by Kaiser Craft
Hannah Lynn Digital Stamp
White Ribbon from my stash
Pearl Hearts from my stash
Spellbinders corner dies
Clear Gelly roll pen
Copics - R81, YR16, B24, E13, E15, E17, E50 and red Spica pen.

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:

Crafts & Me

Challenges 4 Everybody

ABC Challenges

Thanks for taking the time and please feel free to leave any comments or suggestions, its always great to hear from you.

Love Jox

Lilac and Lace Wedding card

Hi everyone,

There was another couple of challenges i wanted to take part in and they required me to use lace. Well lace is not something i normally use but when i thought about what time of card to make Wedding came to mind.

This being the case i purchased a gorgeous image from Sassy Studio Designs (one of four oops) and she is just gorgeous and would work perfectly. One of the challenges required you to use the colour Lavender and this soft purple just works so well i think. Plus i knew i had some perfect papers from Pink Petticoat and the rest kind of came together.

Because the image itself was so gorgeous i didn't want to do a lot too it. I coloured the flowers on her dress and bouquet with V17 and then i put some clear star Gelly roll on the flowers and the mid section of her dress and then added some tiny gems to the flowers on her dress and in her hair to give it a bit more WOW factor.

I hope you like what i created.

For this card i used...

Image from Sassy Studio Designs

Pink Petticoat Patterned and plain purple digital papers

Silver card stock from stash

Spellbinders die

Martha Stewart border punch

Ribbon and lace from Stash

Cuttlebug embossing folder

Gems

Clear Star Sakura Gelly Roll

Copics V17, BG05, E000, E00, E35, R81

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges...

Love To Create

Crafts and Me

Cute Card Thursday

Have a great week crafting

Jox

Nothing says i love you like a heart filled with bling!

Hi everyone,

For this card i wanted to combine a number of challenges but also step outside of my comfort zone a little more. I have to say it turned out better than i hoped as i was beginning to think i have may have over done it somewhat. One of the challenges is your favourite colour combo and i really really love white and blue, its just so fresh. I know its not your typical valentines colours but then i do like to be different.

Let me know what you think...

For this card i used..

Nitwits "Promise" collection for all papers

Heart Doily from stash

CC Designs digital image

Red, Blue, Purple gems from Kaiser craft

Pearls from stash

Clear star Gelly Roll

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch

Heart die (sorry cannot remember brand)

Card Base Kmart

Copics B21, B32, BV02, E50, R81, C0, C5, C7, C9, 0

White Gel pen

Sentiment by Flourishes

I would very much like to enter this in the following challenges

Charisma Cardz

Simon Says Stamp

Crafts and Me

Cute Card Thursday

Divas By Design

Thank you so much for visiting and any comments left

Jox

Pink and Brown LOTV

Hi everyone,

I love Pink and Brown i think it is such a fabulous colour combo and there are so many things you can do with it depending on the shades you use. I went for Mocha and Blossom from the Pink Petticoat range, those of you that have followed me for a little while know that i adore Pink Petticoat and the value for money is amazing and you are virtually always guaranteed to have the colours you need. So i printed out some different patterns and the solids on to card stock. I then decided i wanted to try a little more busy layout than i usually do. I love the detail loaded more busy layouts but i just find i can never get it to balance and i end up fussing constantly and giving up. I was determined this would not be the case this time.

I have a tendency to be highly critical with myself but i must confess that i am really happy with the way this turned out and i definitely think 2013 is the year to broaden my craft techniques. Its a bit hard to tell from the photo but the chipboard heart and flowers are coloured with metallic brown and pink star gelly rolls and they are lovely and sparkly.

For this card i used...
LOTV Image
All patterned and plain papers by Pink Petticoat
Spellbinders dies
Martha Stewart border punch
clear star, pink star and metallic brown Gelly Rolls
Copics E27, E34, E50, E71, E25, E17, R20, R81, G17
Chipboard heart and flowers all by Scrapmatts
Larger Gems by Kaiser Craft - Favourite Embellishment
Small gems (in flowers) are by Stencil Specilists

I would very much like to enter this card in the following challenges...

Crafts and Me

Simon Says Stamp

Charisma Cardz

I appreciate each and every comment/suggestion left and thank you for visiting

Jox

Any excuse to use Nitwits Promise Papers

Hi everyone,

I just downloaded the Nitwits Promise Collection and i was just itching to use the papers. If you are anything like me and the thought of trying to figure out matching papers fills you will dread more often than not these kits are fabulous ha ha. I love the colours and they print beautifully and i like that with digital elements and papers i make them fit my project rather than work my project around them. It is the same reason i love digital stamps so much, that and i don't end up covered in ink.

This card uses another CC Designs digital image, i must confess that i had avoiding using these for a while as i find the hair a lot harder to colour. That's another reason why i love the Hannah Lynn images so much. But i figured time to get out of my comfort zone and i am not going to improve until i practise.

For this card is used...

Patterned and Solid papers from Nitwits Promise Collection

CC Design Digital Winter Nora

Copics BV02, B41, B63, BV000, E35, E31, E33, E50, C2, C1

Sakura Black Aqualip

Gelly Rolls Silver Star, Clear Star, Sky Star

White Ribbon from stash, i coloured this with Copics

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Kaiser Crafts Gems - My Fave embellishment

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Crafts and Me

The Paper Shelter

Simon Says Stamp

Also on a random note what Copic colours does everyone use for Brown or Blonde Hair?

Have a great week and thanks for Visiting

Jox

Boys wintery card

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone has had a good week end and that the weather hasn't been to bad where ever you are in the world.

This card i made to combine a few challenges and i have to say i moved and rearranged the layout so many times it made me dizzy before i settled on the finished layout. But that's why i like taking part in these challenges, the chance of winning something is always good, but its the fact that it stretches your own creativity and ideas. You try things you wouldn't normally and although i sometimes stress because it may not necessarily have a lot of ideas on some themes in the end i am always quite pleased at the result and getting outside my comfort zone.

For this card i used the following;

CC Designs Digi Winter Trevor

NitWits Petal Fresh for the patterned papers

Card Blank, Blue backing paper and silver card from stash

Martha Stewart Corner Punch

Snowflake Punch..Xcut?

Gems Kaiser Craft - My Fave Embellishment

Copics C7, B34, C9, B93, C3, C0, E50, B95

Gelly Rolls Clear Star and Silver Star

I would like to enter my card in the following challenges

Creative Inspirations

Cute Card Thursday

Crafts & Me

The Paper Shelter

Simon Says Stamp

Have a great week everyone and thanks for visiting

Jox

My attempt at Vintage...sadly we go together like oil and water

This is my final post of the evening...this was for the crafts and Me challenge which is Vintage. Whilst i love other peoples vintage cards the thought of making my own really feels me with apprehension. It just seems to be the one style i just cannot get my head around. Whilst my card below is probably my best attempt so far i must confess i am still not happy with it. i look at it and feel like it isn't really sure what style it is. But hey i thought i would give it ago so here is my card.

For this card i used...

So Stylish digi from The Paper Shelter

Chipboard which i coloured with Copics from my stash

Papers, sentiment and flowers from Kmart

Copics E11, E17, E71, R81, E13, R11, E00

Gelly roll in Clear Sparkle

I would like to enter this in the following challenge.

Crafts and Me

Any feedback on how to improve my "Vintage" would be greatly appreciated!

Jox

Life is a circus

Hi everyone,

On a random note before i get on to this evenings card, is anyone having an issue with Blogger, i have some badges that i want to add to my blog but when i select add gadget and then try to add my own (which i am pretty sure is how i did it last time) it comes up with an error message. I have tried their suggestion and tried it on several computers but each time i get the same error message, SUPER frustrated so if you have any suggestions i would really appreciate them.

OK on to tonight's card, i am going through a phase with my new digi stamps from The Paper Shelter at the moment and i wanted a bright colour scheme. I had some of the free papers left over from my other card so when with pink and green. For someone who isn't a huge fan of pink i sure seem to be using a lot lately ha ha.

Isn't she a gorgeous image, she was a lot of fun to colour and i think she would suit a number of different colour schemes. But i must confess i keep looking at this card and thinking it needs something else but i just can't quite put my finger on it. The font for the sentiment i downloaded from Fontspace.com and i generated on my computer. I love that you can get so many amazing fonts online and i like being able to create my own sentiments in the size and style i want.

I used...

Black Card Blank from Kmart

papers are free from Australian Simply Cards

Image is from the Paper Shelter

Single Gems are by Kaiser Craft

I used spellbinders dies 

Copics 

Sakura Gelly Roll, Aqualip, Metallic and Glaze pens

I would like to enter this in the following challenges

Crafts and Me Challenge

Cute Card Thursday

Thanks for joining me

Jox

Let's do lunch

Hi everyone,

Hope your Monday has been going well so far. I started this card last night and finished it off this evening. I fell in love with this digi from The Paper Shelter a while ago and of course purchased it but have been having a little trouble trying to find a card or occasion to fit it. Hope you agree this one all worked very well together.

I used the following...

Digi from The Paper Shelter

Papers and ribbon are from my stash

card Stock Kmart

Black and Pink Gems Kaiser Craft

Sentiment - i generated this in Word

Gelly Rolls Pink star and Red Star

Copics Y32, R81, E41, RV34, R46, E47, C9, E17, E50, E15

Glossy accents

Martha Stewart Border Punch

Double sided tape

I would like to enter this in the following challenges

Crafts and Me

Cute Card Thursday

Creative Inspirations

Have a great week and thanks for visiting

Jox

Love - Flourishes Blog Challenge Entry

Hi everyone,

Hope you all had a good Monday, back to work after two weeks was definitely a shock to the system but in some ways it is nice to be back but it cuts in to my crafting time...

My card below is for the Flourishes Blog Challenge and their theme is Love Letters and because i don't normally make Valentines cards i thought this would be a nice challenge.

The digital image is by Hannah Lynn from crafts and me
The Patterned paper and card have been in my stash for some time and sadly i cannot remember where i got them or who they are by.
The image was coloured using my trusty Copics and Gelly Rolls, i put some Glossy accents on the small hearts, her lips and the butterfly. Sadly you cannot really see from the photo but it gives the image some dimension and i really like the effect. This is only the second image i have coloured the hair black but i am loving it and it just makes the image so much more striking. I coloured the image back ground with C0 as i find it helps to make it pop. I added several gems.

Copics used C9, E50, C7, RV32, C0, V05, B21

Flourishes Challenge - Love Letters

Thanks for visiting 

Jox

Another Crafts and me blog challenge entry

Hi all,

I know no post for a while and then several in one day.

Another Hannah Lynn digital image :) i just looooovvvveee them. I love the fact that you can colour them so many different ways and to fit your project. This is a winter card and the sentiment is still to be added, you know what i am like for not putting on sentiments until i use them. I tried a more non traditional colour scheme of pink and grey and i am really really please with the way it turned out, it is quite delicate and i am really happy with the final card.

I coloured her using copics with some gelly rolls to add a little sparkle. You cannot tell from the photo but i put Glossy Accents on the butterfly and her lips to give it added dimension.

The papers are from my far to large stash.

Crafts and Me Challenge

Thanks for taking the time

Jox

Happy New Year All

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for the long time between posts, i have been making my cards but never seemed to get around to posting them.

As you will see below my obsession with Hannah Lynn's gorgeous digital images has carried into 2013, i just love them. They are an absolute delight to colour and are also exceptionally good practise when it comes to colouring in with Copics.

I am entering the following image in the Crafts and Me blog challenge and would welcome all comments :)

The paper is by Kaiser Craft

Hannah Lynn Digital Image from Crafts and Me

She is coloured using Copics and Gelly Rolls but sadly i forgot to note the colours i used.

Crafts and Me Challenge

Please let me know any thoughts and suggestions. My crafting has improved immensely due to the amazing people i have met along the way and have helped :)

Jox

Last Christmas Challenge card and it had to be a Kenny K Digi image

Hi everyone,

well this is the third card i came up for my challenges and must admit this is my favourite, its just a little different.

Ok for this card i used

Black cardstock, red paper and white black dot paper all from my stash

Kenny K Digi image

Copics

Gelly rolls

I am entering this hottie into the following challenges

CRAFTS AND ME CHALLENGE - USE A DIGI

MAKE IT MONDAY - ANYTHING GOES

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS - ANYTHING GOES

I will try and post some more of the cards that i made at the retreat over the course of the week.

Take care

Jox

Another Christmas card

Hi All,

Well i came up with several cards on the retreat that could be submitted into the challenges so i am entering again, hope that is ok? Isn't that always the way, one week you cannot even come up with one idea and then another time you come up with several that you cannot choose between.

Here is my second challenge card

For this card is used

White card stock from my stash

paper is from Do Crafts

Digi stamp is from Digistamp Boutique, i purchased a set of four

Copics

Gelly rolls

I am entering into the following challenges

CRAFTS AND ME CHALLENGE - USE A DIGI

MAKE IT MONDAY - ANYTHING GOES

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS - ANYTHING GOES

I really do appreciate your comments and feedback and truly appreciate you taking the time to comment and view my blog.

Take Care

Jox

Back after a very successful scrapbooking and Cardmaking retreat

Hi everyone,

Been a bit of a delay between my last post and this one as i had to get organised for a scrap booking and card making retreat i went on with my mum last weekend. It was fantastic, heaps of fun and always good to make new friends.

I was super productive and made a fair few cards and i will post these soon. I just wanted to get the following card entered in some challenges.

For this card i used

Digital Image from Digistamp Boutique

Spellbinder Dies and embossing folder

What card and purple pearlescent paper from stash

my beloved Copics

gelly rolls, this card is lovely and sparkly but the photo sadly does not do it justice

I am entering this is

CRAFTS AND ME CHALLENGE - USE A DIGI

MAKE IT MONDAY - ANYTHING GOES

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS CHALLENGE 175 - ANYTHING GOES

I will be back soon with some of my other creations from the retreat 

Thanks as always

Jox

Crafts & Me challenge 94 entry - Anything goes, well it had to be another Hannah Lynn

Hi Everyone,

Yes it would seem i have become quite obsessed with my Hannah Lynn digi stamps, i promise you to leave them alone from now on and use some of my many many other images. If you are practicing with your Copics or promarkers if you use those they are so great because of all that lovely hair and i really do find hair the hardest to colour.

Not to blow my own trumpet but i am really rather proud of this one, i am very happy with the way i have coloured the hair and it actually feels like it is sinking in just have to practice on the blending, i know it is just one of those things you have to work at.

This card really started as i am giving up smoking and this is my first evening, the day went OK but i was feeling at a bit of a loss and needed to keep my hands busy and card making really is perfect for that :)

I wanted to make something bright and funky and wanted to step away from the blues i seem to have been using so much lately. I have decided to enter her in the anything goes challenge 94 at crafts & me.

Well here she is, let me know your thoughts or any suggestions. I truly do love hearing from you all and i really appreciate the support.

Black card is from my stash

Paper Xtra Gems

The paper and corrugated card is also from my stash

Hannah Lynn image

Copics

Face E50, E51 AND R20 LIPS R29

HAIR E25, E27 AND E29 THIS IS MY FAVE COMBO SO FAR

EYES AND PETALS E24 AND BV02

FLOWER R81, R85 AND YG17

AND COLOURLESS BLENDER which i could totally not live with out, its like a correction pen for markers LOL

Stickles for the butterflies wings

Crafts and Me challenge 94 - anything goes

also entering Make It Monday

Have a great weekend all

Thanks for your support as always

Jox

Hannah Lynn Digital stamp

Good afternoon all,

Well i had my first Copics lesson yesterday at my local craft store and it was heaps of fun. I definitely needed the help :) I can blend a little better now but need to practise quite a bit. We did a section on  hair which is great because its an area that i really do struggle.

With this in mind i wanted an image that would let me play around with colouring in hair and got the inspiration from Coops who is on the DT for Crafts & Me. The Hannah Lynn images are stunning with lots of gorgeous hair to practise. I have chosen the one below to coincide with a couple of the challenges i am taking part in.

I coloured her using my trusty copics with some Gelly Roll, Aqualip and white Gel pen for good measure. I think i picked my brown (earth) colours a little too close together and found it hard to get the highlighted effect i wanted so i ended up colouring the strands alternating colours and whilst it was not the effect i was going for i really like it. I think i may print one of the images in a larger size to practise as that might help.

I am entering the following challenges

Cute Card Thursday - Fairy

Winter Wonderland - Pink/Purple and Aqua/Green (i combined them all)

Crafts and Me - Ribbon and a Bow

Well here's my finished article

isn't the image stunning, something tells me these will be showing up in a lot of my future cards

For this card i used

White card Stock, Pearlescent Purple and Silver paper from my stash

Nitwits digital paper

Shimmery Ribbon from my stash

Hannah Lynn Digital Image 

Sakura White Aqualip and Clear Star Gelly Roll

Copics YG06, BG01, RV00, R20, R81, E15, E17, E33, E50, E51, 0

White Gel pen

as always thanks so much for taking the time

Jox