Your Next Stamp March Release Blog Hop

Morning All... So today its Blog Hop day for the Your Next Stamp March release..  You have the chance to win a Store Voucher for $25! The more blogs you visit  the greater the odds of winning!

I'm super excited about this release...  loving the different sets released... this Chef set has to be a favourite as it can be used for multiple occasions!

I used the main image from the Cook Up Some Fun set and added a little present to his serving plate. Some simple dotty DSP papers and a sentiment and that's my card for today.

You can grab yourself a discount for the next few days with the code below!

Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win the prize.... and vist the design team on the linky below

An InLinkz Link-up

Have a great day!

Jen xx

New Release Preview ... Your Next Stamp March Release

Morning All..  Today I have a preview of this months release over at Your Next Stamp.  I just love these cute toadstools and mice ...

YNS Products: Banner Sentiments, So Mush Fun Stamp Set

Kept it simple as always colouring in one of the images with copics and then finishing off with a sentiment banner and some doodling

I'll be back tomorrow for more fun ,...

Jen xx

You Are Wonderful - Guest DT over at Your Next Stamp

Morning all... exciting news to share this month... I;m guest designer over at Your Next Stamp

Its an absolute honored to be asked..  Here is a quick card to kick off the month!

YNS Supplies: Love and Hugs stamp and die sets

Hope you have a great day!

Jen xx

Westie

Morning y’all

I’ve been in Milan this week with work so a little behind but I thought I would share another make from the LOTV release from this week !

I adore this cute westie and I’ve coloured him in with copics before mounting him behind a frame made from stitched  rectangles

I’ll be back over the weekend

Jen xxx

Thinking Of You

Morning ... I’ve another LOTV share with you today from the new release 

I coloured in the little bunny then fussy cut around before placing on a dotty background . The sentiment is also from the new release. It’s finishd off with a little ribbon 

That’s all from me for today ... catch you next week

Jen xx 

Happy Birthday - LOTV Sneak Peak

Morning.... I have another little share with you today from the next LOTV release out on 26th Feb 2019!

This has to be one of my favourite images of the release... love the cute hedgie

I coloured in the image with my copics and then mounted on some gingham dsp from stampin up.  finished of with a matching sentiment from the set (which i coloured over with a matching copic marker as I didn't have any card the right colour).  Finished off with some simple doodling and a white gel pen.

That's all from me for today..

Jen xx

Making My Way Back

Hey Y’all so it’s been a while since I blogged mainly due to weeknin week out work travel but I have been crafting in the background and showing everything on Instagram instead

I’m going to try and pop some creations on here 2-3 times a week and see how we go .. I’ll still be on Facebook and Instagram

I thought I would share a sneak peak from the next LOTV release with you today ... I love this cute bunny

I’m also loving this gingham dsp from stampin up at the moment ... think I will need a second pack

Have a great Sunday

Jen xxx 

Taking a break from Blogger... But you can find me on Instagram instead

Hi all,

It's been a difficult decision to make but for the moment until I can get some time to consistently write up posts I will only be sharing my cards on Instagram probably for at least for the rest of the 2018.

I feel like I keep popping in and out of here and its been a difficult decision to just try social media for a few weeks so i can continue to share!

Click on the logos below to take you to Instagram

Hope to see you over there...

Jen xx

Hello Penguin

Morning.... Thought I would share a quick card with you this morning using the Festive Folk set from Lili Of The Valley.

This one is a rubber set but in case you want any digi images you only have until tomorrow to pick them up before they are no longer available!

The image was stamped onto Neenah Solar white card stock and coloured in with Copic markers. I then fussy cut around the cute penguin extending the base out to give some snow.

I splattered Copic Opaque White onto a scrap of dark blue card stock and then trimmed each into a panel using avery elle pierced rectangle. A quick hello sentiment from CBS and then mounted onto a card base made from Neenah 110lb card stock.

I am off to watch OVO Cirque du Soleil this afternoon with my Mum then hopefully I will make it to the Ice hockey tonight.

Hope you all have a great Saturday

Jen xx 

One Year Older

Good Morning.. sorry its been a while, I was locked out of google for 3-4 weeks along with some heavy work travel to Germany over August.  In the back ground I have still been crafting so I thought I would share a little card with you!

I picked up some quirky MFT birthday sentiments back in may and it was perfect for a friend who has 'Stopped Counting' birthdays

The flowers from Honeybee Zen flowers are coloured in with distress oxides and the panel cut out using Avery Elle pierced rectangle.

Its then mounted onto a simple black card base. Taks me back to CAS routes...

Hope you have a great Friday... I'll be back soon

Jen xx

Christmas In July

Morning... First Christmas card of the year made from a panel I actually coloured in last year but never managed to do anything with. 
I'm not normally this early but I'm still trying to empty the box of bits and pieces and this was in it so I thought I might as well make it into a card at least.

I created a panel using the poinsettia stamp from the retired Stampin Up Set Joyful Christmas. I stamped it multiple times and then coloured it in with distress oxides .  I added the sentiment from the set and then splatted the page with gold paint.
Its finished off with some gold german glass glitter and then mounted on a kraft card base.

That's all from me today

Jen xx

Season's Greetings

Hey Y'all, hope you have had a great week.  Only a couple more cards to share as inspiration for Mondays Hochanda release.  Again this is from Christmas Friends set and this was my favourite card! It's available HERE

I coloured the reindeer in with copic markers before carefully fussy cutting out the image leaving a small white border.
I cut out a panel with the pierced rectangle die from avery elle and then embossed this with the softy falling EF from Stampin U|p.  Its finished off with a sentiment on black card from a retired Stampin Up set.
I then added the panel to a Lemon Lime Twist card base.

That's all from me for today... hope you all have a lovely Friday!

Jen xx

Merry Christmas

Good Morning.... I have some more inspiration from this weeks Hochanda LOTV sets from Monday.  This has to be one of my favourite examples I made. It uses an image from the Christmas Friends set which you can find HERE

I coloured the image in with copics and added some glossy accents to the nose and baubles before mounting it behind a stitched circle aperture made from Neenah Desert storm card stock.
I stamped the sentiment from Clearly Besotted stamps onto black card stock and then heat embossed it with WOW ultra white embossing powder.
I added some glitter to the Santa and then placed the sentiment on foam tape over the circle.

I have a few more to share with you over the next couple of days then no more christmas cards for a while!

have a great Thursday

Jen xx

Winter Wishes

Morning.... I have another one of the Hochanda samples to share with you today... this is from the Festive Folk set and you can find it on the website HERE

I just love these cute owls and the Scandinavian styling. I went for purples and blues for my colour theme!

I coloured in the image on neenah card stock with copic markers and added a little glitter pen to the hearts and bobbles on the hats.  I trimmed down the panel so the branch was hanging over the edge before mounting it onto a card based made of Rich Razzleberry card stock from Stampin Up.
I added a sentiment from an old LOTV set onto a strip of the same coloured card with white embossing powder and finished it off with some sequin strip down the edge.

I have a few more example to show you this week so I will see you tomorrow....

Jen xxx

Deck The Halls

Morning, so I hope you enjoyed yesterdays Hochanda shows... I have some more inspiration from the cards shared on the show yesterday....

This one is from Christmas Friends and it's currently still available to purchase from HERE

For this image I coloured it in with copic markers before using a pierced rectangle die from Avery Elle to edge the panel. I added lots of distress glitter to the star and some sparkle and white gel pen to the bauble.
I mounted the panel onto neenah dessert storm card stock before finishing it off with a simple sentiment from a retired Stampin Up set.

That's all from me for today.. I will have some more LOTV samples to share with you for the rest of the week as ideas of what to do with your stamps when they arrive...

Have a lovely Tuesday

Jen xx

Winter Wonderland - LOTV On Hochanda

Morning All,  Sorry I've taken a couple of weeks pretty much off, My laptop died and Ive had to get a new one and then transfer everything over to it so not had much time for crafting and even then couldn't get the photos off my camera!

Today LOTV are on Hochanda at 11am and 3pm BST and I am sharing one of the stamps you will be able to get hold of exclusively today! How cute is this....

The image is coloured in with Copic markers and I have cut it out with Avery Elle Pierced Square dies. The sentiment is an old LOTV set and it is then mounted onto Kraft card stock base.

I'll have some more to share with you this week.. the images are exclusive to Hochanda for 2 weeks then if any rubber are left you will be able to get them over on the LOTV website

Sorry it's a quick one today...

Jen x

Computer Says No...

Sorry guys, my personal computer has decided to give up on me so I have loads of photos still on my memory card that I cannot get off and edited to share with you... Hoping to get it all sorted by the weekend...

Hope you are all enjoying the sunny UK heatwave..

Jen xx

Say Cheese!

Morning... Sorry I have not posted for a few days... I had a nightmare after a PC update on Sunday and then have been in Germany this week so only managed to edit any photos last night!

I missed international Selfie day yesterday but this was the card I had made for it!

I picked up this 'Photo booth' from Your Next Stamp from Dies to Dies for when I went to Happy Stampers as I absolutely loved the cute dog and cat images.
I coloured in the image with Copics before mounting it behind a panel cut out using the MFT window die.  I then added a sentiment using Stampin Ups Labeller Alpha set
Its finished off by mounting onto a Black card base.

That's all from me for today... have a wonderful Friday.. The weather is glorious today

Jen xx

Birthday Fishes

Happy Sunday .... It's Fathers Day in the UK today but I cannot share that card until later in the week so I thought I would make a card for this weeks CAS(e) This Sketch.

I smooshed some Broken China Distress Oxide onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 80lb card stock and let it dry.
Whilst drying I stamped and coloured the little fishes from the MFT Gill Friends set using my copics.  I then fussy cut these out and added details to some of them with a white gel pen, nuvo drops or wink of stella.
Once the panel was dry, I stamped the Birthday Fishes sentiment out of the set using Versa CLAIR black ink and then arrange the fish over the panel, lifting some with foam tape.

CAS(e) This Sketch #276

That's all from me for today... Have a lovely Sunday

Jen xx

Party Animal

Morning Y'all, sorry missed a couple of days, I have had cards made but simply didn't have time to get them edited last weekend in full and then the posts written up...

For today's card I'm using one of the MFT stamps from last months release... Safari Party I couldn't resist these little crocs.

I started by drawing a pencil line across a piece of Neenah Solar white card stock before using my MISTI to stamp the croc multiple times across the piece.
I then coloured the images in using Copic Markers before adding the sentiment from the same set.

I added some texture to the crocs using a white gel pen and adding dots and then a doodle line from the sentiment out to the edge of the panel.

It's finished off by mounting onto a black top folding card blank.

I just about made it home from Frankfurt last night as my original flight home was cancelled but it was a very late one so I plan on spending the day R&R and in the craft studio making cards.

Hope you have a lovely Saturday

Jen xx