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Chilled blues and sparkle

Chilled blues and sparkle

Craftie Jellie

I thought I’d have a go at colouring my penguin digi in non-traditional colours to go with papers I made inspired by the song ‘Let It Snow’.

The photo isn’t great but my camera ran out of battery after taking this so it will have to do! The let it snow papers have been sprayed with sparkle. They are also on foam pads as is the penguin so this isn’t as flat as it looks!! The blue circle was sprinkled with gitter and flowersoft. The penguin was coloured with Promarkers and I used stickles on the snow.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges
Paperminutes- blue and white
Whimsy inspires- monochromatic
I Love Promarkers- glitter and glitz
Southern girls challenge- can you hear the music 
Stamp Insanity- chill out
Crafter’s Companion- Let it snow

With thanks

With thanks

Craftie Jellie

As it is Thanksgiving time I thought I would make a thank you card. My colours and papers were inspired by the amazing picture at the end of this post and I decided to work to a challenge sketch (also at the end of the post).

The ribbon reel challenge photo inspired me to design papers in these colours and to use a cute digi with a flower and butterflys and swirls (like butterfly wing patterns). I added gemstones to the papers.  I had to flip the sentiment to the other side from the sketch so you could see butterflies on the paper.

On my cute image I coloured with Promarkers. I used stickles to highlight the flower and glossy accents to give him a shiny nose. I used blue perfect pearls on my rabbit. I used alcohol inks and glimmer mist dabbed onto the background.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges.
Digital Tuesday Challenge- cute and cuddly
Charisma cardz- cutesy challenge
My mums craft shop- gratitude
Digistamps 4 joy- with gratitude
fussy and fancy- with gratitude and feature a sentiment
The ribbon reel challenge- inspiration picture

Karens doodle snetherlands- sketch

First attempt at sewing on card!

First attempt at sewing on card!

Craftie Jellie

This is a winter birthday card I made with my own papers made on computer again.

These are more lily papers I made on the computer. I sewed the papers to pink card using running stitch but on the top and side of the sentiment I used an embroidery flower stitch. I used lavender distress ink and perfect pearls on the edges of the card.

I used alcohol inks and glimmer mist to colour the lace and added gems and some WOC flowers.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and stickles for the fur trim. I used lavender distress ink and perfect pearls for the background and added gems. I used another piece of the lace over pink ribbon.
I would like to enter this card for the following challenges

Top Tip Tuesday- make your own background papers
The secret crafter saturday challenge- flowers, ribbon and lace
Crafty ann’s challenge blog- floral frenzy
Digi doodle shop’s best- Winter
Pile it on challenge- keep warm
Anything goes challenge- stitches
ooh la la creations challenges- stitching
Catered crop recipe I used

  • Stamps: girl
  • Colors: pink
  • Inks:  Distress Ink, markers
  • Tools:  sewing machine
  • Embellishments: gemstones, glimmer mists, glitter, lace,
Sweet Blossom birthday card

Sweet Blossom birthday card

Craftie Jellie

This birthday easel card has taken me ages!

I found a free Lily digi and used it to make the frame for Sweet Blossom on my computer.

On the base of the card I used more paper I’d made with the same digi. The butterfly was made using a MS punch (thanks for the inspiration Coops). I coloured some pink card with glimmer mists and Perfect pearls and then punched two butterflies and layered them with a slight uplift on the top one. I added gems to the body.
The raised card with sentiment was decorated with corners, flowers a ribbon and sliding buckle (WOCs) I also used distress inks to colour some lace for the background.

 Another photo to show the 3D effect on the butterfly!

I decorated my flower frame with some additional WOC flowers and used a small butterfly punch in same way to make the little butterflys and added them in frame and added them to give a 3D effect on the top of the card.
Sweet Blossom was coloured with Promarkers and inside the frame I used distress inks and covered with Perfect Pearls.

Around the edge of my backing paper on the top of the card I used Stickles glitter and WOC corners. The edges of the cards were coloured with distress ink and Perfect Pearls.

I’d like to enter the following challenges
Top Tip Tuesday- Create your own background papers
Nettie Gs dand ydigital gems-recipe (1 image, 2 flowers and 3 pearls…..I’m not sure if more is allowed, if not please delete my entry!)
Paper crafting journey- use a digi
Sew Many Challenges- 2 different digi papers
The Squirrel and the Fox- hatand/ or flowers
Ginger Loft Challenge- bingo, bottom row. Glitter, ribbon and flowers.
Card cupids- more than one fold
Birthday sundaes- bithday card
Bunny Zoe Crafts- lace it up
Scrap book sisters- anything goes
Simon says stamps- anything goes

Thanks to everyone who reads and comments on my cards. As a new crafter it really helps to keep me going on the days when it is all going wrong!!

Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas

Craftie Jellie

Once again I’ve pushed myself out of my comfort zone. I’m not one for traditional Christmas cards and traditional Christmas colours.

I used a LOTV die cut with added stickles and stamped my LOTV sentiment in red with yellow chalk on the background to make it look a bit aged. Card and papers from stash (papers free with magazines) Bow and stars also from stash. I punched the gold card with star punches.
I would like to enter this card for the following challenges
Christmas Blog Challenge- vintage Christmas
Moving Along With the Times- Vintage
Christmas Inspirations- die cuts or punches
Party Time Tuesdays- anything goes

Lilac and lace

Lilac and lace

Craftie Jellie

Another Winter birthday card.

I designed and printed the papers and embellishments using craft artist and coloured with Promarkers. I also used distress inks around the circle.

I added silver stickles to the image and rose embellishments.
I would like to enter this for the following challenges
Silver fairy in lilac!

Silver fairy in lilac!

Craftie Jellie

This is such a gorgeous digi!

I used Antique Rose distress ink blended oto the edges of the card and on the black and white flower backing paper. I then dabbed it around my image. I used two layers of lilac ribbon which are both fairly translucent.

I coloured my Silver Fairy digi with Promarkers and added some Lilac stickles. I’m leaving it without a sentiment for now so I can add one when I know who the card is going to be for!

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges.
I Love Promarkers- Ain’t it cute
Moving Along With the Times- vintage
4 Crafty Chicks- marker it up
Scrappy Frogs Challenge- something that flies

It’s a bit like Narnia

It’s a bit like Narnia

Craftie Jellie

This LOTV die cut makes me think of Narnia becuase there is a postbox in the middle of the woods! I thought of using it when I saw some lovely tree inspiration photos for challenges. I used a great sketch but had to flip the embellishments so I didn’t cover the best bits of my background layer! I used distress ink around the edges of the card.

The tree paper was from stash and the snowflake paper was from the Snowman selection. I also used black card from stash.

I used my LOTV let it snow sentiment stamped in blue with added stickles and pearls. I punched two black snowflakes, added silver ink over the top, cut them up and stuck them to the back of the sentiment.
My snowflake embellishments were punches from blue glitter paper and black paper with added silver ink effect. I stuck them together and on two of them added a blue snowflake gem and to the third I added a bead that looks like a snowball with glossy accents and added some pearls.

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges
Paperplay challenges- use black
Top Tip Tuesday- layer it up
A gem of a challenge sketch

Do You Stack Up- inspiration photo

 

For your inspiration

Girly winter in pastels!

Girly winter in pastels!

Craftie Jellie

I needed to make a girly Winter card ready for a birthday in December. When I saw the beautiful inspiration card photo for the Ribbon Reel Challenge (see end of post) I knew the pastel flower theme together with my Winter angel digi would be perfect.

 I made the flower paper with the roses wreath on the computer using Craft artist. I blended Distress ink on the paper and I used Promarkers to colour the flowers on the paper. The Winter Fairy digi was coloured with pastel Promarkers and then I used somepink, light green and white stickles on some parts of the image.

I made the background paper by stamping repeated flower patterns using purple and blue ink.

The LOTV sentiment was stamped in purple onto card which had been distressed. The frame was stamped as well and decorated with 4 pearl embellishments. I punched the corners of the frame and threaded ribbon through. I coloured the flowers on the ribbon using the dusky pink Promarker and stickles.

I made the flower embellishment. The two layers of flowers from stash were distressed and decorated with pink stickles on the bottom layer and white on the top layer. I then removed the flower head off a flower pin using cutters and added it with glossy accents.

I would like to enter this for the following challenges.
CRAFT challenge- recipe of 1 ribbon, 2 shapes and some glitter
The Squirrel and the Fox- for the girls
Corrosive challenge- flying things
Top Tip Tuesday- layer it up
The Ribbon Reel challenge- pretty pastel florals inspiration photo

Flying in a Winter wonderland

Flying in a Winter wonderland

Craftie Jellie

Used this lovely Winter fairy digi stamp for another Christmas card. I was trying to use up some scraps from previous cards in colours I don’t use so much.

I made the snowflake paper for a challenge and wanted to use it up. The light blue card was scraps. The card, image, sentiment and snowflakes are all different shapes to fit the challenges.

I coloured the Winter fairy digi with Promarkers and added some glitter using stickles. I stamped the LOTV sentiment and mounted it on a snowflake punched from scrap glittery blue card.

I made the snowflakes by punching 4 from green, rust and light blue slitter scrap paper. I also used disterss inks and a watercolour brush on white scrap paper and used that for the last snowflakes. I layered the snowflakes and added the blue embellishment from stash (kept forgetting I had them!).

I embossed the thin light blue scrap paper with snowflakes and highlighted with blue ink. I used a ribbon punch and threaded some scrap ribbon through. I added faux stitching with a Promarker and more embellishments.

I would like to enter these challenges
Papertake weekly challenge- different shapes
Flutterby Wednesdays- use scraps and feature a flutterby!
ABC Christmas challenge- unused stash
CRAFT challenge- recipe, 1 ribbon, 2 shapes and some glitter