Raspberry Ribbons 10 - Vintage Christmas Santa

How do? It's a COLD grey morning here, and I think I'm coming down with a cold :'( Over at Raspberry Ribbons kits and sketches blog they have a new challenge that has just started and there's also a nice prize to go with it
The challenge lasts for two weeks so there's plenty of time to get your entries in. They also sell ribbon kits of which there is a new one every month, their shop can be found at http://www.raspberry-ribbons.com/. I have all six of their kits and they are gorgeous, trouble is I've only used a few of the ribbons because they are too lovely and they come so prettily packaged, I always feel it's a shame to open them! So you know what to do, make your card submit it to the website (not the shop) ,post it on your blog along with a link to the challenge and you could be on your way to possessing some GORGEOUS ribbons and some embellishments. So here's my entry...

I turned the sketch round for my entry, just to be different and from the base up here's what I used:

1. Stardream bronze pearlescent card

2. Base DP (not that you can see much of it) is from Artylicous Seasons Greetings CDRom, which as usual I changed the colour of to suit my needs.

3. Top DP is one I made myself with some snowflake pictures "borrowed" from Google and added some dots to fill in the gaps and printed both DP's on pearlescent white paper.

4. The main image you may recognise, it's"Santa Collage" from Rubber Stampede. You probably think it doesn't look like a stamped image and you'd be right. I did stamp the image but decided it was way to small for what I wanted, so I scanned the back of the stamp, blew it up and softened the colour. And here's the stamp just to prove I didn't "borrow" the image.

This was then mounted on to gold Mirri card and mounted onto the DP with foam pads.

5. The snowflakes were made with a BossKut die, then placed in a Cuttlebug embossing folder as I thought they looked a bit flat. These were mounted onto some plastic goldy flowers I found in my stash, and then some gold star gems on top.
6. The sentiment is computer generated and stuck on with foam pads. And of course some gold organza ribbon.

Nice simple card to do. The longest part was getting the colouring right on the computer for the DP's, but once that was sorted the rest came together nicely.

Hope you like the card and thank you for taking the time to have a look.

Take care, keep smiling and get your winter woolies out! brrrr

Little Victorian Snowball Fun

Howdy doody y'all,

Sorry about that appalling American accent, but today when I went into work one of the girls there showed me a "review" of a show I went to see last week at our theatre. It was an amatuer production of "The littlest whorehouse in Texas". IT WAS FABULOUS, it was funny, the singing was superb and the acting was excellent, well it was that good I went to see it twice. But this so called critic did nothing but moan about the scantily clad women and the excess use of swear words when children could have been in the audience!!! Excuse me, but what parent would take their child to see a show with a title like that, and anyway on both the nights I went the youngest people there were probably at least 16-17 and they probably swear a whole lot worse. And as for scantily clad, you see more flesh on the TV. Hmmmph, I think that "critic" should stick to reviewing children's programmes. So all day now I've been singing songs from the show, with the Texan accent, not out loud though, everyone thinks I'm mad enough without proving them right :) But now I've had my moan I'll show you my card...

So here's the list of ingredients from the base up:

1 Mars red Stardream pearlescent card

2 Hessian textured gold paper

3 DP from Artylicious Seasons Greetings CD Rom. This is the first one I printed off for my red Christmas card yesterday, but it wasn't red enough so I saved it and used it for this card. It was printed onto hessian card. I went round the edges with a Krylon Red Shimmer leafing pen, and the berries where coloured in with my Sakura Gellyroll Stardust clear pen

4 The Christmas wishes paper was a free paper I found on the web last year, but this is the first time I've used it. This was mounted onto the same gold hessian paper.

5 The little girl image is from Joanna Sheen's Victorian Christmas CD Rom. Cut with my nestabilities and mounted onto, yes you guessed it gold hessian paper again cut with my petite oval nestabilities.

6 Then to finish off I used - Prima flowers, some leaves I found in my stash (YEAH LEAVES), gold rhinestones, red ribbon and finally the corners where cut from a Cuttlebug die from the same gold hessian paper.

I wasn't quite sure about the little girl image when I first printed it out, I think because of the white background, but now it's all put together it looks quite nice. Right I'm off to go blog hopping.

Take care & keep smiling

Two more for Christmas :)

Three posts in one day, well I've had the last two days off so I'm making the most of it. So here's two more for my Dads collection, hopefully I'll get to have a go at the new HM challenge, don't know if I'll get to post it in time, but I'll try...




































The blue card was made (from the base up) with Stardream white pearlescent card, silver Silk Mirri card and the DP is from Doodlebug. I cut a circle out the middle of the DP so the silver card would show through and also I cut the DP a mm smaller so as to get a border. I used a Cuttlebug die to cut the snowflake and added some rhinestones. The outer and inner of the circle has had silver peel offs added ( I had to cut it by hand as the paper was to wide to go through the Cuttlebug, DOH) to hide any flaws. Then using a snow stamp I got from eBay I stamped round the edges of the DP with Encore metallic Silver ink pad, added some blue flat back pearls and some ribbon.

The red card was made using Mars red Stardream pearlescent card. The DP is from Artylicious Seasons Greetings CD ROM, that I altered on my computer as I wanted it to be more red. I coloured the berries on the DP with Sakura Gellyroll Stardust clear pen. The bookplate was made with a spellbinder die and the sentiment is computer generated and the metallic red brads are from Dovecraft.

The poinsettia is actually from a Christmas garland I found in a shop, the poinsettias were strung together with red wool, so they were easy to pull apart. I added some Stardust pen to the poinsettia as well. Then last but not least some 3mm red ribbon. Nice easy cards to make, but tomorrow I'll show you a Victorian Christmas card I made today and I actually used some embellishments (swoon), nothing on the scale of Emilie's masterpieces, but I did take the bull by the horns and went for it. I've even put some little leaves on ! See I'm getting braver LOL. Any way no more posts today (unless I find something REALLY interesting)So until tomorrow..

Take care & keep smiling

PS. Why does my signature keep disappearing? Very strange.

Poinsettia Gift

Hello and welcome to a cold but bright Sunday, it did try to snow last night but we've had some rain so it's all gone now. Any hoo here's the next installment of the Dad Christmas cards...

Oh and two photo's again 'cos I couldn't decide whether I liked it with the flash or not!...

This was a nice easy card to make especially as I "borrowed" an idea from a card I saw on Paper Craft Planet. All I used was (starting from the base card) Mars red Stardream Pearlescent card, gold Satin Mirri card, Creative Imaginations DP, Poinsettia flower I made up from Blooms To Go Christmas kit, Rhinestones, green ribbon and a sentiment rubber stamp (unknown brand) cut out with Petite oval Nestabilities. I like this design so much I'm going to use it again on another card, this time with snowflakes. So until then,

Take care & keep smiling

Little Holly - Raspberry Ribbon Challenge 9

Hello and welcome to another of my Dad's cards...

I LIKE this card, it turned out better than I expected. I made it for the Raspberry Ribbons Challenge. I've been following this challenge since it first started, but never got round to entering for one reason and another, but I finally got round to it and I'm very happy.

The little girl image is from Joanna Sheen's Victorian Christmas CD ROM, which was mounted onto gold Mirri card and then edged with gold border peel offs. The DP is from Creative Imaginations, and the Christmas seal is from Magnolia's new Christmas stamps. The flowers are Prima that I highlighted with Sakura Gelly roll Stardust pens, as I thought they looked a little dull and secured with copper brads in the smaller flowers and a gem brad in the larger. Finished off with some Hunter Green organza ribbon and gold border peel offs and all mounted onto Stardream pearlescent card. Well I'd better go add it to the challenge. Thank you for looking.

Take care & keep smiling

How I Got My Name - Eviledna

Hello to all my international visitors,
I've been watching my Feedjit with great interest, it looks like most of my international visitors are hitting my blog thinking I'm into the spells, magic and potions stuff, ooops, WRONG.
Well just to set the record straight many years ago when I was in my early teens there was a children's program on called Willow the Wisp (click here to find out more), and in it was a witch called Evil Edna and my friend started calling me that name. So when I started using the Internet and needed an alias, that's the name I chose. And my email name badjelly is also a witch, taken from the children's book called Badjelly the Witch by the late great Spike Milligan. And the name of my blog is a play on words, witch and which, as one day I may make something other than cards.
My nickname at school, which I was called constantly (in fact for four years I was never called by my real name) was Smurf, remember them, the little blue elfy looking things. NO, I'm not blue, just a little vertically challenged, 5 foot/1.5mtrs to be exact. So, there's the reason behind my names, nothing sinister, (though witches weren't evil just the originators of today's alternative medicines) just a little fun, some people like fairies, I like witches, I think they're cool.
Take care, keep smiling and bonne nuit

Winter Wishes

Hallo, hier ist meine Karte für heute - German for Hello here is my card for today.

I used a sketch from Magnolia vs Stampavie, it's a nice easy sketch to follow. The background paper was made by me on the computer with some snowflake pictures I found on the web, and the half circle is white glitter card. The main image is from Joanna Sheen's Dancing With Shadows CD ROM, which had some glitter added to it, and some silver border peel offs. To finish off I used two white poinsettias, Bosscut snowflake dies, white organza ribbon,some rhinestones and two Dress It Up snowflake buttons. The sentiment was a freebie rubber stamp I got from Whiff Of Joy that was stamped onto vellum/parchment with Brilliance Graphite Black. And all mounted onto Stardream white pearlesent card. I'm quite pleased with this card, mainly because I managed to finish it in one day LOL. I AM the worlds slowest card maker. There another one done for my Dad, and on to the next one...

Take care & keep smiling

Jolly Santa

Hello again,
what a miserable day (well it was here), rain, rain ,rain, rain and a bit more rain. I feel like a duck. Well yesterday saw me starting on my Dads cards (the ones he'll be sending out). He doesn't do cute, so no Tildas or house mouses....

Well the Santa image is from Joanna Sheens Victorian Christmas CD ROM ans I was going to mount it on a Nestabilities die cut oval but decided to use the waste bit instead. I layered the DP die cut waste onto some gold Silk Mirri card (sorry before doing that I put the ribbon round the DP) and then put the image into the oval. I cut the Mirri card a mm wider than the DP so as there would be a border running down the sides. That was then layered onto some more DP and then some gold snowflake border peel offs down the sides. The sentiment is from Crafty Secrets vintage die cuts "Christmas Time". You can't see it but I did triple emboss it, not with the ultra thick stuff, just normal clear embossing powder. I never seem to get a nice smooth finish with the thick stuff, I mainly use that if I'm going to stamp into it. Anyway that's the finished card, I'm now going to attempt a silhouette Christmas card. I saw a scrapbook page on Emilies blog that was just black and white, and it reminded me of a monochrome card I'd done a while back and how difficult it was, well not difficult but black and white can be a bit boring if you don't do it right.
So take care, keep smiling and stay dry and if you can't stay dry, waddle :)


DP's used - Creative Imaginations and Prima

Cuttlebug Christmas

Hello,
long time no see, been rather busy but here I am again with another Christmas card...



































I bought this Cuttlebug folder back in March and thought it about time I used it. Once I embossed, I then went over the raised pattern with Art Glitter Glue (designer) and sprinkled with Sparkle N Sprinkle “Sparkling Snow” glitter. The sentiment is by Kodomo Inc, and was stamped with Brilliance Rocket Red ink pad. Both were then mounted onto red Silk Mirri card. The base card has two embossed lines on either side that was done using my Scor-Pal. All the white card is Stardream pearlescent white. Oh and lets not forget the mistake...the red ribbon. It's a mistake because I wanted the tails to run down the card,but I forgot and stuck the the Christmas tree on before I did the ribbon. Oh well never mind. My Dad liked the card and asked if I could do it with green glitter, so I'll be doing it again in green and maybe I'll remember to do the ribbon before I start sticking anything else down.
Anyway I'll be posting quite a few Christmas cards over the next few days as I'm going into mass production for my Dad. So until the next time...
Take care and keep smiling

Magnolia vs Stampavie Challenge 1

Hello,

This is my entry for the new Magnolia vs Stampavie Blog Challenge. I like this card, well I like all the snowy bits on it...

Card Ingredients
Background Stamp – alota rubber stamps

Edwin – Magnolia
Sentiment – Third Coast Stamps
DP – Doodlebug
White glitter card
Snowflake Die cuts – Bosscut
Crystal Snowflakes – Dress It Up
Woodware – Fluffy Stuff – (snowflakes)
Sparkle N Sprinkle “Sparkling Snow” glitter – (Edwins’ hat)
Stardream Pearlescent card – base card
Derwent Coloursoft pencils
Sansodor
Foam pads (both stamped images)
Vellum
White ribbon
Thank you for looking.
Take care & keep smiling

Santas' Work Shop - WHAT, another Christmas Card!

Good Morning,

Yes I'm afraid it's another Christmas card. Well it is that time of year :) ...

This was a quick card for me, but only because I'd done the decoupage topper earlier in the week. I do like these decoupage images, they're from Joanna Sheens' Craft site, and she does post/ship internationally apart from her card stock (to expensive). The green holly card was made with my Artylicious Season's Greetings CD Rom, printed onto some hessian card.

Card Ingredients:

Base Card - Green Linen - from stash

Poinsettia DP - Carolee's Creations, Christmas Poinsettias

Gold hessian paper (topper mounted onto) - from eBay

Poinsettia flower - Blooms to go... Christmas - from Poppicrafts

Gold border peel offs ( edged the gold hessian paper)

Sakura Gell Roll Stardust pens (on the poinsettia flower)

Gold ribbon - from stash

Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink pad (sponged edges of card and paper)

Thank you for looking and take care & keep smiling

Tilda & Co Challenge 41 - Tulip Tickles

Hello again,

Tilda & Co Challenge are moving house. It's merging with Sarah Kay Challenge to create Magnolia vs Stampavie. The lady who runs these challenges, Donna, runs them both single handedly, so to free up some time for herself she has merged them both together. But for the last Tilda & Co challenge it's still on the old site.

Anyway, this weeks challenge was called "Over the Rainbow", and here's my effort...

I had already made a card with this scene (it's in my slide show) but was not happy with the way it turned out. So with the title of this challenge it seemed like an ideal time to redo it. Still not completely happy, but it's better than the last one.

Tilda and swing stamps are magnolia (of course) coloured with Derwent Coloursoft pencils and Sansodor, and the swing had some string added for the rope. The tulips are from alota rubber stamps, again coloured the same way (these were done twice for layering). The rainbow I made my self from white card a compass and the Derwents again. All are cut out and mounted onto a sky image I "borrowed" from Google, then mounted again onto some Bazzill card stock. The sky image was cut out using Megabilities. The DP used is by Crafty Bitz, and the ribbon is from Raspberry Ribbons July kit. The base card is Stardream Pearlescent card.

Just about finished before the dead line, so I'm off now to post it on there.

So until the next time, take care & keep smiling