Fly like a Butterfly!

Good evening to all you crafty people, hope you are all well.  Today i thought i would enter a couple of challenges so here is the card i made.  I am entering the Card Positioning Systems Challenge so i used their layout as my guide and the butterfly was added because i wanted to enter My Mums Craft Shop Challenge (the theme is 'Things with Wings'). 

Challenges entered:
CPS 246 part 1 http://cardpositioningsystems.blogspot.com/
My Mums Craft Shop Challenge 33 - Things with wings  http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/

Materials used:

Cream, white and pink cardstock
Kaisercraft 'Gypsy Sisters' patterned paper pad
K i memories 'friends' cardstock paper pad
Hero Arts Butterfly stamp
Copics
Stampin Up sentiment stamp
EK Success punch
1 3/4 '' circle punch & 2'' scalloped punch
White & pink buttons from my stash
Ribbon from my stash
Dimensionals

Thanks for looking, have a great day, best wishes, Jill x

Seeing Red!

Me again, thought i would take a break from the Christmas cards so i've decided to enter the One Stitch At A Time Challenge #90 - Seeing red.  I came up with this 'Thank You' card.

Challenges entered: One Stitch At A Time #90 -Seeing Red ( http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/)

Materials used:
White, red and green cardstock
Hero Arts cling stamp set
Stampin Up Thank You sentiment stamp
Memento ink

Thanks for looking, Jill x

Quick & Easy!

Hello all, i wanted to get my Stampin up 'birthday wishes' stamp inked up for the first time so i made these two cards in double quick time.  One card for the ladies, one for the men!

Best wishes,
Jill :)

Another Christmas card!

Hello bloggers, how are you all today? Just wanted to share with you my latest Christmas card. I am entering this into the following challenges:

Delightful Challenges ( http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/) - Delightful Red and Green Challenge

Materials used:

White, red, green and brown cardstock (for the card, tree, tag and tree trunk)

My Mind's Eye 'Merry Dots' patterned paper

EK success punch 

1 3/4'' circle punch

Red ribbon

Thanks for looking, Jill :)

Just a little post to promote a fellow crafters new redesigned blog -  the crafty blog of A Paper Fairy.  I attended a workshop that Lidiya was presenting and it truly gave me the inspiration to design my own cards and start my own blog.  Lidiya has some beautiful creations and if you want to take a look, you can see for yourself at: http://the-paperfairy.blogspot.com/.

This is the Christmas card i am entering:

Thanks for looking, Best wishes, Jill :)

Seasons Greetings!

Hello everyone, hope you are all having fun. Just made another Christmas card and still not finished yet! This time i thought i would go more traditional (i.e a Christnas tree) but i think it has quite a trendy look to it. I was inspired by Connie's tree at http://inkspiredtreasures.com and she kindly uploaded a template of the tree onto her fabulous website, so thank you Connie.

Today i am entering my card into the following challenges:

Everybody-Art-Challenge #169 Christmas Card ( http://everybody-art-challenge.blogspot.com/ )
Paper Creations Ink Challenge #13 Christmas Theme ( http://www.papercreationsink.com/ )
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Christmas Crackers (http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/)

Materials used:

White, green, blue and brown cardstock

Red paper from my Kaisercraft paper pad

My Mind's Eye Colourful Christmas ''Merry Dots'' patterned paper for the tree

Red & white polka dot ribbon from my ribbon stash

Green and blue buttons from my button stash

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

Dimensionals

Thanks for looking, please leave a comment to say you have dropped by. I would like to visit your blog too if you have one. Best wishes, Jill :)

Final post for today.... maybe!

Hello crafters, well i did say that i have been busy! Third post today! Anyway, this is the card i made for the DYSU Challenge #46 - Splash of Blue. I used cream, blue, brown  and green cardstock and a lovely patterned paper (it is called Father and Son i think but cannot remember who by, sorry). I punched the circles using a 1 3/4'' circle punch and a 2'' scalloped punch. The 'DAD' sentiment i printed from my computer and distressed it with Tim Holtz Distress ink (walnut stain). The little boat is a brad that i had in my stash. These were adhered using dimensionals and the little green and brown buttons just finished it off. Thanks for looking :)

I am entering this into the following challenges:

DYSU (Do You Stack Up) challenge #46 - Splash of Blue. (http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/)

Pretty in Pink

I am back! This time with a card i have created for the Mad for Markers Challenge (Anything goes) using my 'Elise' Sugar Nellie stamp. I stamped her onto white cardstock and coloured her with copics. The edges of the cardstock were distressed with Tim Hotlz distress ink and then mounted onto pink cardstock. I used my EK Success punch to create the pretty detailed edge on the right and added ribbon to the left edge and a pretty bow. The flowers are from my stash which i built up using dimensionals and finished off with some distress ink and pretty pearls.  Thank you for looking :) Comments most welcome :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Mad for Markers - Anything goes challenge (http://www.madformarkerschallenges.blogspot.com/)

Purple is the new pink!

Good Afternoon crafters, hope you are all well.  Over here, i have been busy busy busy making a few cards for a few more challenges. I am now hooked! First up is this lovely card i made last night for the Card Patterns Sketch 142 but i am also going to enter it into the Pile It On, One Stitch at a Time and Mad for Markers challenges.

I used cream, pink and purple cardstock and patterned paper (which i cant remember where from, sorry!). The butterfly stamp is from Hero Arts and i coloured it with Copics and added some silver bling dots. I made extra wings and added them with dimensionals to give it depth. The 'just for you' sentiment is from Ladybug Crafts Ink. The punched circle is a 1 3/4 '' punch and the scalloped is 2''.  The punched edging down the side was made using my EK success punch and the purple satin ribbon was from my ribbon stash.  Hope you like it :)  If you drop by to view, please leave me a comment and i will be sure to visit you to! Thanks for looking :)

Challenges entered:

Card Patterns Sketch 142 (http://www.cardpatterns.blogspot.com/)

Pile it on - Anything with 'P' (pink, purple, punches, patterned paper)  (http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/)

One Stitch At A Time - Challenge 89 Anything goes (http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-89-anything-goes.html)

Mad For Markers - Anything goes (http://www.madformarkers.blogspot.com/)

It's the weekend here! yipee!

Good afternoon,  Today i am going to enter Whimsy Inspirations Challenge (Flower Power with a sentiment) and Delightful Challenges (B-I-N-G-O). This is the card i have made for the challenges. I am annoyed that my camera has not picked up the colours very well but hope you like it anyway :)

Materials:

Cream & green cardstock for the card base, the green strips on and under the patterned paper and for the punched scalloped circle.    

Pattererned paper from my Kaisercraft Paper Pad (Gypsy Sisters Collection)

I stamped the flowers onto co-ordinating paper from the same Kaisercraft paper pad using my

 Hero Arts Cling Stamps. The other flowers were from my stash.

I punched a 2 inch scalloped circle and distressed the edges along with the flowers using Tim Holtz Distress ink (walnut stain).

Green buttons from my stash were used to embellish the flowers and dimensionals were used to layer the flowers and give depth.

Thanks for looking. Have a great day. Please leave a comment so i know you have dropped by. They are much appreciated. Best wishes, Jill :)

Challenges entered:
Whimsy Inspirations Challenge - Flower Power http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/
Delightful Challenges - B-I-N-G-O  http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/   http://www.inlinkz.com/

Good afternoon fellow crafters, i have a question? How do you all have time to work or do housework when we have craft rooms calling out to us to get creative? Anyone feel like doing my ironing? lol   Anyway, today i thought i would try something different and went in search of a Digi stamp.  I found a lovely 'Ornamental Heart Stamp' designed by Sarah Paris @ MYGrafico.com/www.sarahparis.co.uk. I played about with it and this is what i came up with. Thank you. Hope you like it. :)

Oranamental Heart Stamps by http://www.sarahparis.co.uk/ /  SARAH PARIS @ MYGRAFICO.COM

Thank you

Hello crafters, today i decided to make a Thank You card. Everyone needs to say Thank You at some point so they always come in handy.

First of all i stamped my design using Memento ink onto white cardstock. I coloured the stamped image using copic markers No's E30, RV04 and YG09. I also stamped a second image, coloured the two flowers, cut them out then distressed them with Tim Holtz distress ink (walnut stain).   I then added them to my image using dimensionals to give a 3D effect.  I also distressed the edges and border of the white cardstock (lightly) using the same distress ink.  I mounted the cut out image onto brown cardstock from my stash, punched out the corners and distressed the edges.  I then took my card and added shocking pink and chocolate brown ribbon from my stash down the folded edge, added my stamped image and embellished it with shocking pink pearls and brown buttons.  Best wishes Jill :)

Items used:

Hero Arts Cling Thank You stamp
White, brown and cream cardstock
Black Memento Ink
Copic Markers No. 30 Bisque,  No. RV04 Shock pink and No. YG09 Lettuce green
Tim Holtz Walnut Stain Distress ink
2 inch scalloped punch
Dimensionals & adhesives
Shocking pink ribbon, chocolate brown ribbon, shocking pink pearls and wood effect buttons all from my stash!

I am entering this card into http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/  (Hero Arts / Thank You )
Sentimental Sundays (Thank You)

My Little Card Studio: My first challenge!

My Little Card Studio: My first challenge!

My first challenge!

Good evening everyone, i am about to enter my first weekly challenge at Card Patterns Weekly Sketch Blog.  This is my entry. As Christmas is just around the corner i thought i would go with a Christmas theme. Wish me luck! :) Hope you are all having a great day. Best wishes, Jill

Good Evening, here are a few of the cards that i have made. Comments welcomed  :)

Welcome to my blog!

Hi, my name is Jill and i created My Little Card Studio so i could keep a record of my cards and paper projects.

I scrapbook, make hand-crafted cards and paper projects.  I am a full-time mummy to Adam and have a wonderful husband Omar. 

I love stamping and love being creative. I lie awake at night thinking up new designs! Is this normal or is it just me that does this?

I am new to all of this so i would really be grateful if you could take a minute to let me know what you think. Also, i am always looking to improve and learn new techniques so please feel free to point me in the right direction, leave links, ideas or suggestions. They would be most welcome.

Enough from me, thank you for looking. Happy crafting!