Neva

There's no challenge this week from Little Miss Muffet,
 instead, the Little Misses will be sharing some inspirational cards with you.
You may recognise this little cutie from our Challenge Blog and Facebook group. Neva is an exclusive Polka Dot Pals image that Barbara will send to you for free if you place an order over $10, isn't she lovely? thanks Barbara, a HUGE Merry Chistmas to you and your family xx
Here's what i've done with Neva...

I printed and coloured her a few times so that I could layer her up a little.

She is sitting on a belly band that goes around this serviette fold card that I have made using a tutorial I saw at Beccy's Place (thanks Beccy!)
The papers used are all 'Merry Magic' by Dovecraft, and the frame that Neva is sitting on is by cArt-Us.

I put some money inside my card, before sliding over the belly band, then because I wanted this card to hang on the tree, I added ribbon to one corner...

A different way to give money (or a gift card) this Christmas.

Challenges entered:
ABC challenge - B for blue, bows and bling
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Extra - anything goes
Papertake Weekly - last christmas
Crafting By Designs - challenge 1 : wrap it up
Crafty Creations - anything goes
Inky Impressions - merry christmas
Simon Says Stamp - bling it on

Would you like to colour up this little beauty too? Click on the logo below and Neva can be yours with orders over $10




Thanks for stopping by today.......oooooh only 6 more sleeps to go..... ;)

Thank you so much Maya xx

Look what the postman has just put through my letterbox! :)


Isn't this the most gorgeous card!!
The totally amazing Maya, has made this stunning creation to thank me for her new blog header.
Maya's work always blows me away when I see it, each one is it's own masterpiece, from her awesome colouring skills, the yummiest of papers, then all the extra pretty touches she adds that make her work totally gorgeous. And let me tell you it's just as gorgeous on the inside and the back too :)
Not only did I receive this stunning card, but she sent me this oh so cute Hanglar stamp as well!

Maya, thank you so much my lovely friend, you're so very kind and thoughtful.
Lots of love, Jo xx

sweet stampin #21 - colour combo

I'm loving the colour combo this week over at Sweet Stampin, Emma has chosen a beautiful palette of 4 colours, although it is fine to use 3 if you'd prefer to ...

and here's my card...

I started with a bashful blue cardstock base, I cut a square of bella bleu DSP and used a perforating cutter on the 4 sides so it looked (sort of) like stitching, then took away the corners, stuck the paper down and added a pearl to each corner.
The rest was simple to do, the flowers are made using the 5 petal flower punch and the boho blossoms punch, I inked the edges of the flowers and assembled them together.
The sentiment is from the oval all stamp set and is punched out with the scalloped oval punch.
The leaves were also from a piece of DSP in the same collection using a woodware punch.

I have sent this card to Mrs A, thanking her for the beautiful gift that she sent to me,
She has already received the card and i'm delighted to say that she loved it! :)

For more outstanding creations, please go visit my sweet stampin DT members, links to their blogs can also be found in my sidebar >>>

Have a wonderful weekend, and I hope that the sun is shining wherever you are in the world :)

xxx

Thank you ValeryAnne designs

You are going to fall in love with this...



Isn't it gorgeous?... and it's all mine!
This stunning creation is the handywork of an Alien....honest! ;)

(Can I just say, I did plan to type up this post yesterday but I didn't feel very well last night so had a night off the computer, sorry Mrs A as I said i'd post yesterday)

To see better photos than mine please go to It's an Alien life's blog, although I don't think any photo can truly do justice to this beautiful and skilled piece of work.
The real silk fabric is amazing, the design & colours are stunning, Mrs A tells us that it's almost 40 years old, and was given to her by her MiL when she worked in a clothes factory. This makes it all the more special to me as I had my 40th birthday earlier this month.
I tell you, the skill that this lovely lady has with a sewing machine is second to none in my opinion, I'm completely in awe of the beautiful work she makes.

Thank you so much Mrs A! xx

my cousins wedding card

I have made this card for my cousins wedding, I used Stampin Up 'basic gray' cardstock, added 2 circles cut with my coluzzle, the white piece was stamped with a stamp from my 'pocket silhouettes' stamp set (also SU), the pink dotty piece is from Paper Cellar's 'Wedding' collection.
The 2 hearts and the 2 scalloped border hearts beneath them were cut from my cricut (before I decided to sell it), the 2 top hearts were embossed using cuttlebug's paisley folder, then lightly inked around the edges with 'pretty in pink' SU ink.
The ribbon, heart pearls and heart pins are from my stash.



UPDATE 12.08.09
and here is the gift I have made for them...




A post bound photo album, with cello bags to house the photos (because I couldn't find 6x4" page protectors)

Another gift bag...

I couldn't resist making another gift bag, and it fits in with 3 challenges too!

Arty Girlz have asked us to use pink on our projects,
Sassy Crafts have a magnolia challenge, where you can win a Magnolia stamp of your choice! CLICK HERE for more details and how to enter this challenge yourself,
and the 3rd challenge? well it's to do with the buttons and the bows... over at Auntys forum, we have crafting teams and each month one of these teams sets everyone a challenge, this month the challenge is set by 'Buttons & Bows' team and their challenge is, yep, you guessed it, to use buttons and bows!! (at least 2 of each per project)

so here is my Magnolia, Tilda, pink and lilac gift bag with added buttons and bows embellishments!





and the back...

A Bootiful Gift Bag

I lost my internet connection earlier today so I made this gift bag.
It is just one A4 sheet of thin card, folded and glued into an open topped bag.
I punched holes and thread through some string handles, embellishing the holes with buttons, I made a tag and tied it onto the handle. I decorated the front of the bag with Butterfly Maggie and a couple of organza bows.



The back is almost identical, instead of a stamped image, I added the 'thank you' rub on greeting and finished it with a butterfly diecut

My hanging treat box

I couldn't have made this without the inspiration and instructions by Flowers and Ink, what a great project!
I always find men are hard to make cards for and, let's face it, gift buying isn't much easier is it!
So to combine the 2 in one is FABULOUS!
I had to alter the dimentions to accommodate a larger bar of choc though lol.
I added a small panel on the reverse (not shown) to add a greeting.

and a pic with the choc added...

This has been given to my friends hubby for his birthday.

THANK YOU Christina for inspiring me!! ;)

Pocket gift card

This weeks challenge over at the Arty Girlz blog is 'pockets'. This is my entry.
My friends daughter will be 16 next month, and she will be old enough to play the lottery, No, I'm not endorsing gambling for teenagers, but its summat both my girls wanted to have a go at when they were 16 just because they could. My friend and I never know what to get each others girls for their birthdays so we send money instead, a lot easier than traipsing around the shops buying a top or jeans that they will want to exchange a week later!
So I made this card which houses a lotto ticket and a small envelope for the money.
It is made from denim blue pearlescent card, a silver gel pen, scraps of lilac ribbon & pink and white card and a small envelope that I cut from 200gsm vellum, I added a tiny 'for you' sticker to the envelope so that she will know to take the envelope out from the pocket. Hope you like my card.

BTW, the lotto ticket in the photo is from last saturdays draw and when I looked at it to use it for the photos I realised that we have won £10, yay! (wish it was £10mil tho)