A Little Something...

Morning... So to send some crafty goodies you need to send little note of course, so these are the ones I made last night!! Very quick and easy using some sentiments from a Pink Petticoat sheet already printed out and a new EF I picked up really cheap.

Inspiration:
Addicted to CAS: #4 Embossing

Card Recipe:
EF: Sizzix Groovy Flowers Set
Twine: The ribbon Girl
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Stampin Up Window Word Punch
Card Blanks: Anna Marie Designs (A7)

I'll be back later this afternoon with the new challenge at Seize The Birthday... It's a new sketch this week!!

Jen xx

Howdy Cowboy... Seize the Birthday #2 Same Sketch But Masculine

Morning.. It's time for another challenge at Seize The Birthday and  this week we are using the same sketch as last week, only this time we are looking for a masculine birthday card. Here is a reminder of the sketch...

We also have another fabulous sponsor.. By Lori Designs...

Here is my creation...

Card Recipe:
Image: By Lori Designs
DPs: Pink Petticoat, Making Memories
ProMarkers & Flexmarkers
Twine from The Ribbon Girl
Sentiment: Computer Generated

Please pop over to the design team to see there creations and show them some love...

Lynn Hayes 

Lesley Croghan

Rose Miller

Stacey Schafer

I can't wait to see what you all come up with, we had some fabulous cards last week!!

See you soon

Jen xx

With Love... Guest Designer at Merry Monday

Morning... So Lesley asked me to join in as a guest designer after my challenge win in December over at Merry Monday on her blog Always Playing With Paper.  Now I don't normally start Christmas cards until July but I just couldn't say no.. Here is the sketch for this week...

Here is my creation....

Card Recipe:
Snowflake Die and DP from Stampin UP
Sentiment: PI Kirsty Wiseman
Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Ok... That's all from me today...

Jen xx

It's OLC week... Less Is More #102 Sports or Exercise

Morning LIMettes... Wow so man entries last week... you really loved the colour challenge... I still have a few of you to visit today....  Anyhow onto this weeks One Layer challenge at Less Is More and the theme is...

Sports or Exercise

Here are my cards for this week...

For my first card this week I used a digi image from Mo Manning Image and a swimming quote I found on the internet and manipulated them in word to line them up.  Very simply by adding a text box I could move the text around until it was in the right place.... I then coloured in the image with my promarkers and lined the back of the inside of the card.  I have the perfect recipient for this card too....

For my second card, I stamped an LOTV image into the centre of the kraft card blank and then coloured with my flexmarkers so it had a tone on tone effect.  I then punched some holes into the front and threaded through twine from Ribbon Girl.  The sentiment is LOTV and the tag from MFT die-namics.

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

Jen x

The Last One of 2012.....

So for my last card of the year.. I decided to use some of my favourite techniques and supplies... Pink Petticoat papers, kraft card, stitching and some Ribbon girl goodies... Hope you like the Combo!!!

Inspiration:
Retro Sketches: #44


Card Recipe:
DPs: Winter Pansy Swiss Dot printed onto Kraft card
Anna Marie Purple Pearl card
Ribbon & Twine from the ribbon girl
Sentiment: Stampin Up Friendly Phrases

Ok.. that's definitely all from me for today... hope you all have a fab night what ever you choose to do...

Jen xx

Favourite Cards of 2012

So I thought I would show you my favourite cards of 2012 today...  It was so hard to choose lol!!  I've got a lot more CAS towards the end of the year with fewer coloured images... Need to rectify that in 2013 as I have too many stamps lol.... Sorry this is photo heavy :-)

January 2012

February 2012

March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

Phew... that was a long post... if you got to the end well done lol....

Have a great New Years Eve and Happy Crafting for 2013...

Jen xx

Turtley Awesome... Sketch Saturday #239

Morning Sketchers... Hope you all had a fab Christmas.... I've had a few days off from crafting and blogging but looking forward to getting back into the swing of things..  Anyhow, it's time for another sketch over at Sketch Saturday and here is this weeks....

Our Final Sketch for 2012 is sponsored by The Craft Barn

Here is my little card... So nice not to have made a Christmas Card....

Card Recipe:
Image & Sentiment: TAWS -Sea Mates
DP: Pink Petticoat
Twine & Button: The Ribbon Girl

As for today... this is my job.... tackling the mess that is my studio...

I decided to have a move around a couple of weeks ago and then I also bought another Alex draw unit and desk to work from just before Christmas from Ikea. They got put together but stuff ended up in piles ... add a couple of last minute makes and it looks like a bombs hit.... My New Years resolution... to become a tidy crafter lol!!!

I'm also going to have a clear out to watch out for a new for sale page... I really need to reduce my stuff and I'm sure those things I just do not use (Wild Orchid flowers for example) will be better off in a new home....

I'll be back with pictures of the tidy room very soon (fingers crossed x)

Hope you have a great weekend...

Jen xx

Magnum & Lily go Carol Singing

Afternoon.... Sorry I'm a little later than planned today, been to Ikea to get a new work desk to put in my studio and took forever to get home!!  I'm off to Lizy's tonight for some crafting for a bit with my new SU goodies whilst Al is at choir practice for the big carol concert at Manchester Cathedral on Sunday!
Ok.. enough waffling.... Here is the card I sent to one of my wonderful blogging friends...

Inspiration:
Ladybug Crafts Ink: Anything Goes At Christmas
Diva's By Design: #66 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image: Ladybug Crafts Ink Magnum
ProMarkers
Ribbon: SU (retired)
Twine: The Ribbon Girl
Sentiment: LOTV

Ok... I'll be back

Even More Snowflakes....

OK... I admit it, I'm nearly as obsessed with snowflakes as I am butterflies... but I just love the variations in shapes...  It's a really quick and easy card for you today using a punch snowflake as the back ground...

Inspiration:
The Paper Players: #126 (last one as a contender for a while)



Card Recipe:
Punch: Martha Stewart
Card: Anna Marie
Ribbon: The Ribbon Girl

Ok... I'll be back later in the week.... Hope you are all feeling festive and ready for the guy in red next week

Jen xxx

Merry & Bright

Morning... just a quick card for you today another from the order I have being working on...   Sorry the photos are not great... I'm hoping Santa will bring me a nice new Macro lens and another daylight lamp for Christmas ... I've been searching out for new challenges too to try and challenge my mojo ... this is the result of finding ColourQ...

Inspiration:
ColourQ: #167

Addicted To CAS: #2

Card Recipe:
Buttons from stash (stripe & spot are from The Ribbon Girl)
Twine: The Ribbon Girl
Liquid Pearls
Sentiment is computer generated

I'll see you tomorrow for the new Sketch Saturday and Less Is More challenge.. hope you can join us!!

Jen xx

Wrapping Up Snowflakes

Evening... Just a pair of quick cards for you tonight for a last minute order for one of the directors at work (He does it every year ... you think I would ask sooner!!).  These are the cards for his daughters...

and the same in lilac...

Inspiration:
Dynamic Duos: #32 Monochromatic Pinks

CASology: #23 Gift 

Card Recipe:
DPs: Pink Petticoat
Pearl Card: Anna Marie Designs
Seam Binding: The Ribbon Girl

That's all from me today... I'll be back tomorrow with another card or two...

Jen xxx

In A Row... OLC at Less Is More #97

Morning LIMettes... so can you believe it's another challenge over at Less Is More and this week it's everyone's favourite... One Layer Card week.  The theme for the challenge is:

In A Row

So when I saw this theme I had to check the meaning....
row ¹ n.

1. A series of objects placed next to each other, usually in a straight line.

2. A succession without a break or gap in time: won the title for three years in a row.

3. A line of adjacent seats, as in a theatre, auditorium, or classroom.

4. A continuous line of buildings along a street.

The first thing that came to mind was the phrase " Getting your ducks in a row" so this is how I interpreted it in my first card....

Card Recipe:
Image: Pollycraft (discontinued)
Prisma Pencils
Seam binding from the ribbon girl

Inspiration:
CAS-ual Fridays: #81 Add a Knot

My Second card I decided to just put some items in a row... and couldn't wait to use my new paper smooches set from My Mums Craft shop. This card was inspired by my blogging friend Faye with this card and the reason I bought the stamps...

Card Recipe:

Image: Paper Smooches

ProMarkers

Liquid Pearls

Doodle pen

Ok... That's all from me for now... can't wait to see how you interpret the challenge...

Jen xxx

Red & Green... Less Is More #96

.... Should never been seen in some peoples eyes.. but that's the theme for this weeks Less Is More colour challenge....

RED & GREEN

Here are my little cards... you might need sunglasses as they are bright!!!

The first card uses Memory box and Die-namics letter and number dies and I love that you can do this with them!!

Card Recipe:

Dies: Memory Box; Die-namics

Red Glitter

Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Golly Punch: Martha Stewart

Onto my second card... very simple .... Embossing straight onto the card base, and it even includes the sentiment...

Card Recipe:
Embossing Folder: Sizzix
Twine as above

I hope you join in with this weeks challenge, plenty of scope for last minute  quick Christmas cards

Cant wait to see what you do....

Jen xx

Ice Cream Anyone... Sketch Saturday #236 Steph's Sketch

Morning Sketchers... So it's Steph's week to host the sketch over at Sketch Saturday and it's a fab one at that... Here it is...

Here is my interpretation inspired by Steph's love of Stamping Bella images... this is the first one I have ever used...

Card Recipe:
Image: Stamping Bella
DPs: My Minds Eye
Ribbon: The Ribbon Girl
Liquid Pearls

Ok... Ill be back again in a moment for this weeks Less Is More challenge....

Jen xx

Merry & Bright

Morning... So I had a busy evening last night catching up on some crafting and launching Lizy's new blog look... you can see it here.... I was so excited when she finally decided to become a Stampin' Up demonstrator... But now I may be even more skint lol!!!!! And she has a stampers six club starting in January so if you are interested pop over to her blog and contact her!!!!

Anyhow, on to today's card.... just a quick make using up scraps of DPs....

Inspiration:
CAS(E) this Sketch: #7 

Card Recipe:
DPs: My Minds Eye
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Buttons: The Ribbon Girl


Ok ... That's all from me today... See you tomorrow for a new challenge at Sketch Saturday and more fun at Less Is More!!!

Jen xxx