Whiff of Joy Christmas Card~

Hi All~

Another dull and strange day for the last day of July, who ever is in control of the weather, Please remember it's AUGUST in the morning!!

Before I "show and tell" today's card, I would just like to wish my best friend Angie a Happy Birthday for tomorrow, August 1st. Have a nice one and look forward to going out to celebrate..

As you can see another Christmas Card by me today. I am really getting into the Christmas Card making...Never thought I would, but like a few of my fellow bloggers have said...The Christmas Challenge Blogs have given me the head start to get them made, and who cannot make a Christmas Card a week!! BY November I will have a stash starting to pile up, and that cannot be a bad thing.

This is the second of the stamps I chose when I won on Cute card Thursday, I had seen someone else use it on a blog and made a note of it's name, when I looked on the Simon Says Stamp website I managed to find it along with two others, so here it is.
It is a Wiff of Joy Stamp called "Uru & Bird. I am sure that alot of my Christmas Cards will be made with this lovely stamp this year.
The papers are by WRMK and they are brilliant, one side is a solid Christmassy sheet the other has four Christmas 6x6 squares, one of them being the background on this card. I have used my Nestie for the shape of image and matting. Coloured with Pro-Markers. The border punch is a Martha Stewart Snowflake which I am glad I bought as it's the only Christmassy border I have....At the Mo!!

I have entered this card into the following:

Stamp Something--Christmas in July
I love Pro-Markers--Christmas in July
Sweet Stamping--Sketch
2 Sisters--Punches
Polka Doodles--Male or Female

Debbiexx

Sean's Birthday~

Hi All~

Want to share with you a card and Gift Bag made for Sean's Birthday next week.
Sean is my daughter Eve's boyfriend and he is a lovely man. He is just so sweet and we love him to bits. He takes care of our daughter and is very patient, funny and a Liverpool Football supporter, so what more could we want!!
The little gift bag was made to house Sean's Chocolate I have bought him....He is chocolate mad, I thought I liked chocolate until I met him!!
At Christmas my daughter bought him a "whole" box of Whisper Gold bars straight from the Cadbury's Chocolate Shop and boy was he pleased.
I have not been as generous as that, I have already bought him a present, so the few bars of chocolate I did get to go in this bag are just a gesture, but he will still love them!
The Image on the card and bag is my new best friend, I know it was not long ago I used him on a card, but I just HAD to use him again....I LOVE him~
Notice the deliberate mistake...... I did not notice what I had done until I put the two things together to take the photograph...I have coloured the little boys clothes in, in different colours, I was not meant to do that, it was supposed to match, but because I made them at different times of the day I totally forgot to look at what I did before!!....Never mind.

Who's Looking At You?

Hi All,

Can you believe we only have one day left in July?
It's going far too fast for my liking, and we have had awful "none" July weather here.
Just hope August is slow going and hot~

I made this card last night before I went ot bed, I had a bit of bother with the colour combo over at Fussy and Fancy....Pink and Black. Ooh was I ever going to manage it. When I went to bed I was a bit dissapointed, but in the light of the day it's not quite as bad as I thought!! Hopefully.

I am using a brand new stamp for this card, I WON it with the Cute Card Thursday challenge. I was able to spend $25 with Simon Says Stamp and I chose this stamp along with two others, thank you all for that.
I am really pleased with my choices and cannot wait to show you all, the other two stamps I chose, hope you will like them as much as I do. I actually chose a "Christmas Stamp" too, which I cannot believe I did in JULY....Ha Ha

This image is a Gillian Roberts stamp called Looking at you. I fell in love with the little butterfly on the end of the girls toe, so cute, I knew I had to have it when I saw it.
The papers are from my local craft shop they are made by Craftshouse Paper. The border punch is by EK success. Coloured with Pro-Markers.
Fits with following challenges:

Fussy and Fancy--Pink and Black
Crazy for Challenges--Colour combo
Sunday Sketchers--Sketch


Debbiexx

Hot and Spicy......

Hi All~

I have not called this card Hot and Spicy because I have been Zumba dancing and it's Hot and Spicy doing that....No It's Hot and Spicy because thats what they want over at Craft Challenge, so here it is.
I am not very good with Orange, red and spicy colours, but I have had a go and here is what I have done...
The Image is a Sugar Nellie called Curtsy, I have had her ages and not used her until now, I do like her little head bobbing to the side and her little legs crossed while she cutsys. So cute!
I have used papers from my stash (sorry don't know what they are called) and I have used a Nestie to matt the image on. I decided to stamp a small bamboo image on the white background. The So Lovely setiment is a WRMK rub on, and I have used a small woodware flower stamp and added gems to the middles.
Coloured as usual with pro-markers.

Entered into:

Paperplay--Anything goes
Craft Challenge--Hot & Spicy colours
Colour Create--Colour Combo
The Sugar Bowl--Sketch

Debbiexx

Thank You Fairy Much~

Hi All~

It's been all go here, so I have not managed to post anything since the weekend, but here I go today with a card I made last night before I went to bed.
This image is High Spirits by Penny Black, she is sweet isn't she.
I love the way it stamps, with it being a traditional wooden backed stamp it always looks so clear and crisp.
She is coloured with Pro-Markers, and I have paper pieced her skirt (love doing this tequnique), I have used a MS punch for the border,(mind you you cannot see much of it), this image is quite big, so I covered alot of it up. The butterflies are MS aswell. All finished with a bow, button and a Fairy sentiment by Whiff of Joy.
Entered this card into:

Fab n' Funky--Buttons and Bows
Flutterby Wednesday--Wings
Papertake Weekly--Sketch
Passion for Pro-Markers--Green

Debbiexx

Anya at Christmas~

Hi All~

Today was the day of my monthly "Cut and Chat" meet up with the girls.
It's lovely to get togther with friends and craft, mind you it's called "Cut and Chat" for a reason, there is alot of CHAT goes on!! (mostly by me!)

We all had a great time doing what we love to do, together.
I started the group in April. I asked 9 friends if they were interested and could make a set day a month, then hired a local hall for £10 an hour, and we use it for 2 hours once a month on a Monday afternoon, easy.... It's not got a set theme, it's bring whatever you want to work on and have fun chatting, crafting and drinking coffee/tea.
I have never organised anything like this before, so If I can do it, you can, go on give it a go, it's really great.....
Today was our fourth meet up since starting, gosh four months have flown by, where does the time go? Stop the world I wanna get off!!
Today at the group I did a spot of Scrapbooking, but I am not showing them on the blog sorry, I cannot show someone's photo's without asking them....But I have a card to share with you instead, I hope you like it.

I am going to be well set up with Christmas Cards by Christmas...As you can see I am off again making another one!!
I was told today that there are only 152 days to Christmas....I think I threw something at the person who said it!!
Anyway, forget that, and get card making~
I have chosen an image of Anya, and this lovely sketch. The papers used are MME again, The white border was made with a MS border punch and I found a metal snowflake in my brad box, and coloured it with a pink copic . The image was also Coloured with copics.

I have chosen a few Christmas challenges for this card, details below:

Anya Ink--christmas in July
Anyone for Anya--Sketch
Cupcake Challenge--Pastel Christmas
Die Cut Dreams--Christmas Delight
Stamptacular Sunday--Xmas in July
Debbiexx

Grow a Friend~~

Hi All~

I am going out tonight.
I have a Neice who's a singer, she sings locally usually every weekend and sings at functions aswell.
Just recently she was asked to try out singing with a group instead of solo...
Anyway she did and the group loved her. Last night was her first night with new group "Heart and Soul", and I am off tonight to see her, I cannot wait.
She was fantastic as a soloist, so I cannot wait to see her with a group of lads all backing singing for her and playing instruments, it is so exciting.

I decided to make another card today while watching QVC, they have had Christmas in July, but unfortunatly I have not seen anything I MUST have, so hubby is happy!!

Todays card is one of my all time favorite images. It is exactly my thing! I love everything about it, from the sweet little 'slightly scruffy' boy, to the very fairytale like tree, reminds me of Jack and the Beanstalk. (Someome is going to tell me now that thats it's real name!)
I have used some papers from my scrap box and some card candy, which I don't use very often but I am happy with how they look on this card. I have followed this really nice sketch from Sketch Saturday.
Unfortunalty I had a bit of a disaster with my sentiment rub on, made a bit of a mess of it, as I was rubbing it on, I moved it...Oh I hate it when it does that.
It won't stop me using this card though, 'cos I don't think it's ruined completely.

Entered into:

Alsorts--Child
Secret Crafter--fairytale
Sketch Saturday--Sketch
Debbiexx