Butterflies for Mothers Day

OK so I'm cheating a little with a card for today... this is one I made for the current issue of Papercraft Inspirations whilst testing one of the projects using the fab Sizzix dies that you stamp and then cut out. I think it fits well with this weeks Less Is More challenge of punches or dies. Hopefully I'll get change later in the week to put together one of the ideas I have...

Inspiration:
Less Is More: #55 Punches or Dies
Die-Ing for a Challenge: #1 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Sizzix/Hero Arts Stamp and Die Set
DPs: Pink Petticoat printed onto pearl card
Scallop Die: Die-namics Simply Scallops
Pearls: Hobby House

Right off to do some more decorating....

Jen xx

Young Love... Crafting For All Seasons #20 Love is in the Air

Afternoon all.... I'm back today with a new challenge over at Crafting For All Seasons and our theme is 

Love is in the Air.  We have some fab sponsors and prizes this week to.. but first here is my little card...

Now it was supposed to be a coloured in image but I was so excited to use my new sewing machine that had literally just arrived, I completely forgot what I was doing and ended up sewing it and sticking it straight on... but I actually really like it... and I'm pretty pleased with my sewing for a very first attempt...

Anyhow now onto our amazing sponsors for this weeks challenge...

Bugaboo stamps    Prize - 7 digital images

Lili of the Valley  Prize - £10 voucher

Digi Doodle Shop Prize - $10 gift card 

Inspiration:
Shopping our stash: #38 Hearts
Divas In Design: #21 Love is in the air
Hooked On Crafts: #17 Hearts
My Mums Craft Shop: #43It Must Be Love
Dream Valley: #25 Valentine
Toptip Tuesday: #69 Valentines
Sketch Saturday: #193

Card Recipe:
DPs: We R Memory Keepers Travel Light ( Freebie with SC&P)
Image: Bugaboo
SIzzix Tim Holts Movers and Shapers Hearts
Sewing Machine

I'll be back tomorrow... I have Al's sisters wedding invites to finish tonight as well as bagging up all my cards to take to my demo at Hobbycraft Bolton tomorrow...

Jen xx

You're A Star

Morning LIMettes... I'm back again today with this weeks Less is More challenge which is to use an aperture on your card.  Here is my little card... and possible the first of a few this week as I had so many ideas...

Inspiration:
Less Is More: #51 Cut It Out
Card Recipe:
Star Die: Sizzix
Paper: Melody Ross Lydia Collection
Kraft Card: Anna Marie

I've got a weekend full of crafting as Lizy and Kim will be here soon for our Crafty Sleep over... we are going to try out loads of new techniques over the next two days.... Can't wait...

Jen xxxxx

You Rock

Well it's mid Sunday already and last night I decided to crazily move my stash from the little craft room I had into what will be my new craft studio (Photos to follow when I start the renovations properly)... just so me and Lizy had plenty of space to work in today. Anyhow, this card is a slightly delayed Pollycraft one for this weeks challenge and I've used a sketch from a brand new challenge blog.... here she is...

Inspiration:
Pollycraft: #111 Pearls & Swirls 
Friday Sketch Challenge: #1
My Mums Craft Shop: #24 Boys and Girls

Card Recipe:
Image: Polly Craft
ProMarkers: China, Powder Blue, Cobalt, Pink Carnation, Mustard, Lavender, cool Grey 3,4, Buttercup, Lilac, Almond, Sunkissed.
Sizzix: Flourish Leaf Bigz, Embossing Folder
Martha Stewart Punch
Pearls: The Hobby House

Right back to my crafting now.....
Jen xx

Girlie Birthday

Can you believe it's Saturday again and once again it's time for another challenge at One Stop Crafts and this week the theme is "Girlie".  Now I've had printer ink issues (I've run out lol) so I've not used the sponsor images but I've put together this little number....

Now I wouldn't normally enter 2 LIM cards in one day, but to aid Mandi & Chrissies challenge I'm going to throw this one in to lol....



Inspiration:
One Stop Craft Challenge
Less Is More: Week 33 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Sizzix Die: Phrases, Happy Birthday #3
Martha Stewart Butterfly punch
ribbon & gems from stash
Bazil bling card from scrap draw

hope you have a great day

Jen xx

Birthday Bee

Well it's time for another challenge over at Crafting for All Seasons and this week we are sponsored by MelJens Designs for our Birthday Theme challenge. we had had some very cute images provided for us to play with.... I decided to paper piece it with pink petticoat papers...

Inspiration:
Sketch n Stash: #69

Card Recipe:
Image: MelJens Birthday Bee
Papers: Anna Marie, Pink Petticoat
Sizzix Framelits: Fancy Frame
Craftwork Cards Card Candy
Font: Giddy Up

Hope you have a great Wednesday

Jen xx

Birthday Fairy

Morning All ... Not sure what the weather is going to be like today in Doncaster but I thought I'd share this little card I made with you based on the Sketch at Willow Sketchie Challenge.  Now if you haven't been over and looked at this challenge you should give it a go....

Inspiration
Willow Sketchie Challenge: Pauline's Sketch
Passion For Promarkers: #114 No Patterned Papers
Totally Gorjuss: #95 As You Like It
Charisma Cardz: #34 Glitter It

Card Recipe:
Image: LOTV
ProMarkers: Tan, Cinnamon, Cocoa, Almond, Sun kissed Pink, Cool Grey 3, Pink Carnation, Fuchsia Pink.
FlexMarkers: Sorbet
Dew Drops: The Ribbon Girl
Ribbon: Club Green
Embossing Folder: Sizzix
Paper: Pink Petticoat from Scrap draw
Sentiment: PC

I'll be back tomorrow .... Have a great bank holiday weekend

Jen xx

Take 3

Well my life definitely took over this week and this is the first time I've been anywhere near blogger since Monday so I apologise for no commenting or crafting....I think it's going to be like this for a couple of weeks :-(....

Anyhow, it is Saturday and I've managed to sneak in my craft room for a short while as I have some commissions I have to do before I'm off to Doncaster and Lincoln until Tuesday. This weeks Less is More is Take 3... and Lady and Diva LIM have asked us to use 3 of the last challenges in 1.  I've chosen:

1. Week 11 [Apr 16th] Theme Acetate
2. Week 22 [July 2nd] Colour Shades of Blue
3. Week 16 [May 21st] Theme Butterfly/Butterflies
But it covers so many more of them.... Here it is....

I'm not that happy with the sentiment placement and the photo to be honest so I may be back later in the week... if I can manage to leave work at at reasonable time lol....

Card Recipe:
Acetate: Stash
Pearl Blue: Anna Marie Blueprint Paper
Sizzix: Tim Holtz Butterflies
Papers: Pink Petticoat ( and out of my scrap draw too...)
Seam Binding: The Ribbon Girl
Button: Stash

I've now got these orders to do....

Have a great long weekend...

Jen xxx

Stars & Stripes to Celebrate With..

Well a belated Happy 4th July to all my American Friends.... Thought I'd share this little card with you that I made last night....

Inspiration:

Polly Craft Monday Challenge: Celebrate with optional stars and stripes
Sketch Saturday: #162

Card Recipe

Image: Polly Craft Cuthbert

Promarkers: Cobalt, China, Poppy, Berry, Tan, Cinnamon,

Cocoa, Sunkissed, Canary, Cool Grey 3

Papers: From scrap box

Sentiment: Scrap-a-licious

Buttons: American Crafts (I think)

Bakers Twine: Ribbon Girl

Star: Sizzix Windows Set

Hope you have a good day

Jen xx

The Little Mermaid

I was looking through the challenges I had not got round to this week I found a couple I fancied having a go at.  When I found out Polly Crafts was Travel/Holidays I thought this little mermaid would be perfect... Here she is...

Inspiration:

Polly Craft Challenge: Travel/Holidays
Cupcake Crafts: #147 Sketch
I Love Promarkers : Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz: White + 1 Colour
Do it With Digi's: Monochrome

Card Recipe:

Image: Polly Craft - Mermaid from Enchant & Explore Kit

Promarkers: Cool Aqua, Duck Egg, Turquoise, Putty,

Sunkissed pink, Buttercup, Mustard.

Papers: Stampin Up Sweet Pea Collection.

Card Stock: Co-ordinations

Embossing Folder: Sizzix

Seam Binding: The Ribbon Girl

Glossy Accents on the pearl

Pearls: The Hobby House

Hope you all have a good weekend.  I'll be back in the morning for Less Is More....

Jen xxx

Enjoy the Journey

Well since I've set the challenge of 100 cards I thought I better do a little crafting tonight.  I picked up some Tim Holtz stamps from Stampers Anonymous on Saturday at Aintree specifically for Men's cards but I just loved the sentiments on them and I just to put them to use.... This ones just a simple one and I'm entering it into the following challenges... Less is More - Butterfly, Clean & Simple - Sketch, A spoonful of sugar - Things with Wings, Flutterby Wednesday  - CAS, My Mums Craft Shop - Fave Colour.  Here is the card....

The sentiment is from Playful Journey set and is stamped in Grape Jelly Memento onto the back of a scrap of basil card stock.  The scrap of paper is from Paper chase and I really just love it.  The butterfly is cut out using a Tim Holtz sizzix die ( movers and shapers) out of the same paper stuck on upside down. It's finished off with some scraps of ribbon and a little bling.
Hope you like it....

Jen xxx

Bonjour

Well I'm not normally this late on the Less is More challenge but life has taken over crafting for numerous reasons over the past couple of weeks so crafting has had to take a back seat.... This weeks challenge is Embossing and I've also combined this with Penny Black Saturdays Clean & Simple challenge. Here is the card...

The image is Penny Blacks "Everest Next" and I got it when I went over to Inspirations in Preston after Easter in their bargin bin.  I do love Penny Black and came back with 5 stamps to add to my already huge collection.  The sentiment is from a Sizzix clear set "France".  I've simply embossed both with black embossing powder onto a kraft card blank... it was that simple..... The only thing I have a bugbear about is how the card stock bends... do anyone have a way to stop it doing this??? I'd use embossing powder (from quite a big stash) a lot more if I knew how...

Anyhow... enough waffling I've got some new LOTV stamps to play with Lol..

Jen xxx

Mint Choc Chip...

Well today's One Stop Craft Challenge is Ice Cream, whether that be images or colours... I thought I would go for a more CAS card today with the colours of Mint Choc Chip Ice Cream.... Here it is...

Cards is from scrap box as well as the ribbon. I have run the lime green co-ordinations card through a sizzix embossing folder.  The tiny sentiment is from LOTV ticket words stamps.

Hope you have a great weekend

Jen xx

Me and My Cat

So today's I Love Promarkers challenge is not to use DPs.... I do love challenges like this as not so long ago I rarely used any DPs at all. I've tried to give it some dimension so the photos were not easy to take.  I've also entered this one into My Mums Craft Shop challenge which this week is "Flowers".  Here is the card.......

The image is from LOTV "Me and My Cat", I've coloured in with promarkers ( Ice Grey 1,2,4, Khaki, Marsh, Olive, Amethyst, Orchid, Tan, Cinnamon, Chestnut, Ginger, Spice, Apricot, Oatmeal, Buttercup, Mustard, Cerise, Rose, Pale Pink, Baby Pink, Blossom). The sentiment is also from LOTV.  I've used a sizzix embossing folder ( one of the Tim Holtz ones) to emboss the stone effect and then rubbed in memento ink ( grey, brown and black) to get the stone effect.  It's finished off with a couple of butterfly's and a scrap of ribbon.

Hope you like it....

Jen xx

Chase Your Dreams

Well what a beautiful day it is and I've been awake for hours.... I actually made this card last night but couldn't get a decent picture of it.  It's inspired by The Sweet Stop Sketch #104 and is also perfect for this weeks Cupcake Craft Challenge #138 "Lots of Layers", and this weeks Flutterby Wednesday as well. Here is the card....

The papers are from My Minds Eye Tickled Pink collection, Seam binding and dew drops from the Ribbon Girl and I have used Sizzix Tim Holtz Butterflies. The Tim Holtz ATC card was used to cut out some of the layers. The sentiment is from a freebie at Scrap-a-licious Times, you really should check these out as they are amazing.

Anyhow hope you all have a lovely day... I'm looking forward to 5 o'clock when I have no work for a whole 11 days yippee....

Jx

Puss in a Pink Boot

Well time for yet another card... I seem to be getting later this week but it's so busy at work I'm just glad I have some time to make cards....
The main inspiration for today's card does come from Passion for Promarkers "White on White" challenge.  So enough waffling, here is the card..

The image is LOTV's Puss In Boots (another not yet inked until today), and I've coloured it in with Promarkers ( Ice Grey 1-5, Black, Blossom, Fuchsia Pink and Pink Carnation).  I've embossed white card with a cuttlebug embossing folder ( swiss dots).  It's finished off with some pink tulip seam binding and and a couple of clear dew drops. The sentiment is from a Fizzy Moon set.

I'm entering this into the following challenges as well ..... Crafty Catz Furry Friends,  Fab n Funky Dots & Spots, Craft Your Passion You've Been Spotted. I've also used the Sketch from Sketch n Stash.

Hope you like it

Jx

Touch of a Red Poppy

Well it's Saturday morning and that means only one thing... A new Less Is More challenge and this week it's a touch of red.  Since I'd not made my own Mums Mothers day card yet I thought this would be perfect.  Here is the card....

The poppies are made using the scrunch method that Jo showed me at Harrogate although I've flattened them back down again, the centres are gem brads from the sale at hobby craft ( sorry don't know make).  The swirl is Sizzix bigz die Flourish and Leaf and the sentiment was printed on PC (Hill House font)

Hope you like it, I'm sure my mum will

Jx

Ps my mum cannot use a PC so this is safe being posted Lol.....

Rosette, Teddy & Cupcake - A Trio of Less is More Sketch

OK, now I think I'm obsessed with this weeks Less Is More sketch, but I really love the composition.  Any how, I've used it for my last Mother's day cards, so here they are....

Rosette
The first used Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Mini Paper Rosette, papers are pink petticoat out of my stash box and ribbon is dove craft.  The button is from American Crafts in the sale and the white ribbon recycled from the packaging I get Ribbon Girl orders in!!

Teddy
The second is a really old Sizzix/Ellison die and I made up these teddies a while ago.  Papers again are pink petticoat from scrap box, pink pearl is from Hobby House and white ribbon is Club green from stash.

Cupcake
The third card uses pink petticoat image ( these I had printed off from couple of weeks ago) and pink petticoat paper.  The image is coloured in with promarkers ( Blossom, fuchsia pink, pastel blue, denim blue, mulberry). The ribbon is Dove craft and the pearl Hobby House.

Hope you like them... promise I'm off to make something different now lol

Jx

Art Deco Lady...

I'm back again with another card.... This card is my first Art Deco one and when Jenny at work asked me to do Art Deco I kind of freaked out a little bit as I didn't see this as my sort of thing.  Hope you like it.

The image is from Debbi Moores CD (Borrowed from Lizy which I know isn't truly crafty ethical but I was desperate lol). The Frame is from Sizzix ( Bigz Ornate # 3) and the white paper is just printing card.  It's finished off with a little bling and some black glitter. Simple but hopefully effective. The font is a Rennie Mackintosh like one called Hill House free from searching for a font.

Hope you like it.  I'm going to enter it into this weeks DYSU challenge which is Shine.

Jx

Quartz & White

I'm back with my second card of the night, this time it's a Mothers day card as I'm trying to make enough for all my orders.  This was inspired by this weeks Crafts and Me Photo with texture challenge.  I'm also entering it into this weeks Cupcake Craft Challenge which is Monochromatic.  Here is my card.

I've printed off the Quartz "Washed Out" paper from Pink Petticoat onto card and then embossed part of it using a folder form Sizzix out of the Flowers & Bowstrings set. I've then lightly sanded over the texture.  This is mounted on pearlescent card and on more of the quartz colour.  I've added some white ribbon and a simple sentiment printed from my PC.  its' finished off with a few gems and a bow. 

Hope you like it, I love this colour (It's the colour of the Big Shot Pro I'm aspiring to get when I finally get into my new craft studio).

Jx