Pretty In Pink

Morning... A really quick card today for you made for a friends birthday... I even used up scraps sat on my desk for this one !!

Card Recipe:
DP: Pink Petticoat
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Pearls & Gems from Mei Flower

I think I might try some colouring tonight too.... It's been a while since I did some serious promarker work and for once I actually feel like it!! I'm going to have a good route through my rubber stamps... find some fab designer papers and hopefully remember how to colour!

Jen xxx

Spots & Stripes

Morning LIMettes... not sure where this week went but as you read this I'm at the Airport waiting to board a plane to Paris for the week.. I'm taking a well deserved break from work and from blogging... no scheduled posts (other than this one!!).  I'm sorry I won't be able to visit you all this week.

This week is everyone's favorite at Less Is More.. One Layer Cards and we want to see

Spots and Stripes

Here are my cards for this week....

So I did use papers... digi papers that is... they are perfect for the one layer card is you manipulate them a little in word or print over part of a card.  The first card is stripes from Pink Petticoat printed as a rectangle on A4 then cut down the middle to give the tent card.  I then stamped the spots from Paper Smooches gently over the top.  The sentiment is Kirsty Wiseman and I've doodled round the edges

For the second card I cropped pink petticoat paper again over A4 using word and then printed the same sheet with the sentiment.  It's finished off with stripes of black twine from the ribbon girl and a embosslit butterfly from Stampin UP

Au Revoir LIMettes... see you in just over a week... Hope you enjoy the challenge

Jen xxx

Dandelions Clocks On Kraft

Can I tell you just how excited I was when I found out hat Liz from Pink Petticoat had released this paper in a collection of colours!?! It has to be one of my fave papers ever.  I decided to try something a little different on my fave crafty stash.... Kraft Card! I printed the neutrals version of the paper straight onto kraft card stock to give it an earthy feel... I love it!!

Card Recipe:
DP: Dandelion Clocks Neutrals from Pink Petticoat
Sentiment: Tiny Birthday Sentiments from Pink Petticoat printed on double cream
Twine: The Ribbon Girl
Tim Holtz distress tool

That's all from me today.. I'll be back tomorrow with new less is more and it's one layer to everyone's favourite!! Posts will be a bit light on the ground next week whilst I'm in Paris for the week, but hopefully I'll be able to catch up on your creations when I'm back

Jen xxx

Simplest Birthday.. Seize The Birthday #7 Feminine

Morning.. so it's time for another challenge at Seize The Birthday and this week we have a new sketch and want to see feminine cards! Here is the sketch

We also have a new sponsor for February - Uniko Studio.

Here is my card for this week...

Card recipe:
DP & Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Silver card: Anna Marie Designs

Hope you can visit the rest of the design team

Lesley Croghan

Deanna Dean

Dawn Easton

Lynn Hayes

Kay Miller

Rose Miller

Jen Nelson - that's me

Stacey Schafer

I'll be back tomorrow with another quick make for you.. I'm packing tonight for my trip to Paris next week.. Although it looks like it's going to rain :-(

Jen xx

Watering Can Wishes

Morning.. I have a really quick card to show you this morning using the pretty potties watering can from Pink Petticoat... I got an order for a Mother's Day card with a traditional watering can on and I thought these were super cute!!

Card Recipe:
DP: Quartrofoil from Pink Petticoat
Image: Pretty Potties Watering Can from Pink Petticoat
Sentiment: Simplest Happiness sentiments from Pink Petticoat

You might get a little sick of PP cards this week... I think 90% of the mothers day cards I have made use the papers... Sorry!!

Jen xx

Mum's & Marshmallows... The Paper Players #135 In Stitches

Morning Players.... It's Sunday again and that means time for another challenge at The Paper Players.  This week we have a themed challenge of..

I've used a new collection from Pink Petticoat ... Marshmallow... Isn't it just fabulous???

Card Recipe:
DPs: Pink Petticoat
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Trusty Sewing machine

Hope you can go and visit the rest of the team

The Paper Players Design Team

Ann Schach

Anne Marie Hile

Jaydee

LeAnne Pugliese

Nance Leedy

Amy O'Neill

Brian King

Jen Nelson - That's Me!

Justin Krieger

Sandy Mathis

Right, that's all for now... I'm hosting a Stampin' Up Party at Lizy's this afternoon so I'll be showing you what we make a little later today!!

Jen xxx

Shades of Donuts....

Morning LIMettes.. so it's Saturday once again and you all know what that means... Another challenge at Less Is More.  As it's the first week of the month it's a colour challenge and this week we have some inspiration for you to take the colours from... It's a delicious combo..  We just love it!

Here are my cards for this week...

The first of my cards uses a selection of pink petticoat papers and one of the new sentiments. I'm not a huge orange fan but I really love this colour combo.  The butterfly is a punch from Stampin Up.

Inspiration: CAS(e) this Sketch: #17

And for my second card...

For my second card I used much bolder shades by using stampin up markers, and used a stamp set from CAS-ual fridays.  the sentiment strip was supposed to be stitched but the thread came out of the needle so it's piercing for a second week.

I can't wait to see what you come up with...

Jen xxx

You're A Star!

Morning... really quick card for you today that I made for my other half for completing his last CIM exam. I've printed the Pink Petticoat paper straight onto the card blank (Big Fella Collection). This collection is perfect for male cards!!

Inspiration:
Freshly Made Sketches: #75

Card Recipe:
DP & Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Die: Die-namics
Felt: Ladybug Crafts Ink

I'l be back tomorrow with the new Less Is More challenge and Sketch Saturday!!

Jen xx

Birthday Bot .. Seize The Birthday #8 Masculine

Morning... wow is it Thursday already.. that means it's time for another challenge at Seize The Birthday  and this week we have last weeks sketch but as a masculine card..

This month we are thrilled to welcome "The Alley Way" Stamps as our Sponsor!!! Here is a little about the Alley Way Stamps Company!

And here is my card for this week using a super fab robot from The Alley Way stamps...

Card Recipe:
Image & Sentiment: The Alley Way Stamps
DPs: Pink Petticoat
ProMarkers & FlexMarkers

Right.. that's all from me for now... I might be back later tonight

Jen x

A Little Bit of Paper Piercing

Morning LIMettes.. Wow where did last week go.. Before you know it will be 2014 :-(.  Anyhow, onto this weeks challenge at Less Is More and it's recipe week and this week we want to see..

Paper Piercing

Here are this weeks cards using goodies from Pink Petticoat.

and my second card...

Inspiration:
CAS(e) This Sketch: #16

Also, If you live in Bolton or the surrounding area and fancy doing a little crafting with me I'm hosting a Stampin Up party on Sunday 2nd March at Lizy's and there are a few empty seats.  Email me if you are interested!!

I've got a day of crafting ahead after a quick visit to the supermarket!!

Jen xx

Isabelline Addiction!!

Morning.. I have more cards to show you today using the fab Isabelline papers from Pink Petticoat!! I could just use these forever.... Here are a few pictures... I love the fact the paper is the main element!!

Card Recipe:
DPs: Pink Petticoat Isabelline
Sentiments: Pink Petticoat Happy Birthday Sentiments, Tiny Blooming Sentiements
Ticket Punch from Stampin Up
Seam Binding from The Ribbon Girl

Right.. that's all for now!!

Jen xx

Monster Birthday Wishes.. Sieze The Birthday #7

It's time for another challenge at Seize The Birthday and this week it's a new sketch and we a re looking for feminine birthday cards!

Our sponsor again this week is The Alley Way Stamps....

Here is my card...

Card Recipe:
Image & Sentiment: The Alley Way Stamps
DP: Pink Petticoat from Isabelline (scraps)
ProMarkers
Gems from The Hobby House

Right that's all from me for today... busy day at work :-(

Jen xx

Happy Birthday To You

Morning... I've got another card I made on Sunday to share with you today!  I absolutely love this Pink Petticoat collection and have made a few cards to show you in the next few days! This is the one for today!

Inspiration:
CAS(e) this Sketch: #15

Card Recipe:
Papers: Isabelline from Pink Petticoat
Sentiment: Birthday Sentiments from Pink Petticoat

Right that's all for today.. I'm going watching Train at the Apollo tonight with Lizy so that should be fun!!

Jen xxx

Up Up and Away

Morning LIMettes.... Ok.. I'm sorry I'm late but for love or money I could not get this to post... I kept getting an error so I'm re-typing from scratch so hopefully this will post...  So this weeks theme at Less Is More is...

Up In The Air!!

We would love to see aircraft, rockets, balloons etc, although if you have none of this sort of image then we would like to see how inventive you can be with the theme. Here is my little creation..

Card Recipe:

DP: Pink Petticoat

Image & Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps

I'm really sorry if I did't visit you last week.. Al surprised me with a couple of nights away at the last minute so I had no computer access and tried as many as I could on the iPad but it's not easy!

Can't wait to see what you create this week!!!

Jen xx

Isabelline.. Sketch Saturday #246

Morning Sketchers... Sorry I missed last week... been a busy few weeks at work and I'm not sure what happened!! Anyhow here is this weeks sketch and my card for Sketch Saturday!!

And here is my card... 

Card Recipe:

DPs: Pink Petticoat Isabelline

Sentiment: Pink Petticoat

DewDrops: The Ribbon Girl

Thanks for popping by

Jen xxx

Nerdy Valetine

Afternoon... quick card for you today that I made for an order.... just thought I would share it!!

Card Recipe:
Image: Tiddlyinks
DPs: Pink Petticoat
Sentiment : PC
SU heart punch (Retired)

I'll be back tomorrow with a new Seize The Birthday challenge!!

Jen xx

Valentine

So I was going to post this tomorrow, but since the challenge ends today I thought I better get a move on !!! This is the card for my other half... just hope he doesn't check out my blog!!

I've tried to make it quite rustic!

Inspiration:
CAS-ual Fridays: #89 Valentine by Jim Brickman & Martina McBride

CAS(e) This Sketch: #14 

Card Recipe:
Twine: The Ribbon Girl
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Window Word Punch: SU
Sizzix Movers & Shapers Hearts
Embossing folder: Country companions??
Cork from stash

That's def all from me for today....

Jen xxx

Sending You Hugs.. Passion For Promarkers #185 Give Us A Cuddle

Morning... It's time for another challenge at Passion For Promarkers and this week the theme is..

Give Us A Cuddle

I've not been doing an awful lot of colouring in the last 3-4 weeks.. really need to get back into it but my mojo seems to have disappeared completely!!

We also have a fabulous sponsor.. Krista from Saturated Canary!!

Here is my little card.. Plain and simple just how I like them!  I also only used a single colour of promarker (bluebell) for the outfit... This shows you can get some shading using a single colour!!

Inspiration:
Sweet Stop Sketches: #197

Card Recipe:
Image: A Day for Daisies - Can't Sleep
Sentiment from PC
DPs: Pink Petticoat in Lovely
Flexmarkers & ProMarkers

Right that's all from me for today.. I hope I will be back tomorrow.... I have a few valentines orders to finish tonight so should be able to show you tomorrow!!

Jen xx

A Little Note or Two... Less Is More #106 OLC Music

Morning LIMettes.... Can you believe it's Saturday again... not sure where this week has gone and I had very little time for any crafting :-(.  Anyhow. It's official i'm now a regular designer over at Less Is More with the news that Mandi has decided to step down to concentrate on her wedding business!!.  I'm so excited and hope I manage to inspire you week on week!
This weeks challenge is everyone's favourite .. One Layer Cards!! The theme this week can be interpreted in lots of ways....

Music

Now for my cards..  My first card uses Co-ordinations card stock as the base and then the embossed area sanded lightly over

Card Recipe:
EF: Sizzix
Co-Ordinations: White Wash
Ribbon: Stampin Up

The second card was a little more tricky even though it looks simple... I tried a variety of shapes over the sentiment but I kept missing bits of the stamp so i gave up!!
The sentiment was masked with whispers tape before I stamped over it with a LOTV stamp.



































Card Recipe:
Image: LOTV
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat

Ok.. That's all from me for today... I'm going to try and find my mojo under the mess on my desk and catch up on some crafting today!

Jen xx

The Sky's The Limit

Morning... Not sure what happened but this was set to post yesterday... Bit fed up with Blogger misbehaving itself!! My mojo has gone a little awol at the moment so I spent some of last night sorting out stuff and found all sorts of stuff I have never used... Some I will be selling so keep an eye out, and I'm also donating some stuff to crafters making cards for charities... I really do like tidying up an re-organising as I tend to find my mojo hidden in an unopened box...  Anyhow, enough waffling here is my little card....

Inspiration:
Retro Sketches: #49

Card Recipe:
DP: Pink Petticoat
Stamps: Stampin Up
Stampin Write Markers in Pumpkin Pie, Riding hood Red, Gumball Green and Island Indigo

That's all from me for today... Off out for Lizy's birthday tonight!!

Jen xxx