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

Jump For Joy

These weeks Penny Black challenge is Milestones and since I picked up some new stamps on Wednesday last week I couldn't wait to use one of them... I used this weeks Sketch Saturday #153 as inspiration and Totally Gorjuss #78 - 1,2,3 ( 1 DP, 2 Ribbon, 3 Pearls). Here is the card....

The image is Jump For Joy from Penny Black and this is coloured in with promarkers (Blossom , Fuchsia Pink, Leaf green, Apple, Meadow, Ivory, Buttercup). Papers are Pink Petticoat (little check in Little Fleur Pink).  The sentiment is from Scrap-a-licious and the ribbon from stash.  It's finished off with 3 little pearls.
This card is perfect for my friends passing her professional exams.....

Hope you like it...

Jen  xxx

OSCC Week 127 - Altered Butterfly Box

This weeks One Stop Craft Challenge theme is "Altered" so I've used a little box from a well known Swedish retailer and made it look a little more "pretty"..... Here is this weeks creation.

I've taken the boxes (PYSSLIG) from Ikea and used a decoupatch technique with the pink tissue paper that The Ribbon Girl orders come wrapped in (it was such a pretty colour I had to save it). I've cut this into squares and use decopatch glue to cover the whole box. Once this was dry I've rubbed in some soot black distress ink and then added some black organza ribbon and a butterfly from Marianne creatables (I do love this one).  It's finished off with a few gems from Hobby House

Hope you enjoy this weeks challenge, I'm looking forward to seeing your creations.

Jx

Mr & Mrs

Well the sun is shinning outside again, I've been for a lovely walk but now I still feel the need to stay indoors and do a little crafting ?!?  I've had to make a really quick wedding card today.  Here it is...

Image and sentiment are from LOTV and I've coloured in with promarkers and my FC pencils ( promarkers - blossom, pink carnation, fuchsia, Ice Grey 1,3,5, apple, meadow, buttercup, tan, almond, blender).  I've added some fairie kisses diamond sparkles to the dress.  Flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts, leaf punch is from wood ware and the pearls are from hobby house.

I'm entering this into the following challenges....

Charisma Cardz - Wedding
Colour Create - Pink, White and Black

Hope you all have a great day in the sun...

Jx

Hap-bee & Top 3 @ Sketch n Stash

I'm lucky enough to have got into the Top 3/5 for a couple of challenges this week, but was probably most surprised by the one for Sketch n Stash as I though that my Spring Chick card was far too different from the mainstream... Anyhow, this is my take on this weeks Sketch and I'm also combining it with this weeks Passion for Promarkers "Bugs" challenge. I even managed to make a card with no ribbon.....

The image is from Pink Petticoats Garden Bugs (currently in the retiring section) and papers are MME (Stella Rose - Gertie). I've coloured it in with promarkers ( tan, caramel, cocoa, buttercup, mustard, blossom, fuchsia, lavender, amethyst and black). The sentiment is printed from PC and pearls from The Hobby House. It's finished off with glossy accents on the wings and flowers as well as a little glitter.

Hope you like it

Jx

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

On Mother's Day Butterfly

I'm back after a few days off from crafting and my first card has to be this weeks Less is More card as I'm normally more on the ball than this.. I even contemplated making one out of bits and pieces at my BFs flat yesterday but I think he may have objected lol.... Anyhow I'll stop waffling and here is my take on this weeks sketch.

The papers are Shabby Princess Promise Collections and I have used the Stripe and Spotty papers. I printed Digistamp Boutiques Butterflies onto the blue spotty paper and then cut it out.  It's then finished with gems and pearls from The Hobby House.  The Ribbon is Smirk 99p roll.  I printed the sentiment onto the striped paper using my PC (Font is A Yummy Apology in italic).

I'm off to finish the rest of my commissions.....I'll be back later I'm sure

Hope you like it

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

Camper Van & Little Claire Top 3

After spending the weekend at GNPE in Harrogate I was a little behind in checking out the challenges over the weekend, so you can imagine my surprise when I found out I was in the Top 3 for Little Claire's Challenge #2, especially since I had been on the stall back to back with Steve and Gill on Saturday lol. Cupcake Tree is one of my favourite cards... I'm so happy to be chosen.

Anyhow, onto this weeks Little Claire Challenge #3 which is Pink & Green.  I really couldn't decide which stamp to use, one of the news Room with a View I'd picked up or one I had.  In the end I chose the Daisy Camper Van.  My card is very simple with paper pieced pink spotty paper from Pink Petticoat used for the main body of the image.  I've coloured the rest in with promarkers.  It's finished off with some green ribbon, some white card candy and a few gems to add a bit of bling from Hobby House. Here is the card...

I'm sorry about the colours on the photo, tt really is a pink, promise....Anyhow, I'm off to cook some dinner now, I'll be back later...
Jx

Fanciful Flight

Fanciful flight from Tim Holtz Sizzix collection was the one die I kept wanting to get and I finally I did on Sunday.  I was blog hopping through this weeks new challenges to find out where I could use it and I found two challenges to enter into; the first is Wild Orchid Crafts #19 - Dieing to Punch it out, the second is Cupcake Craft #133 - Up in the Air. Here is the card.....

Papers are from Shabby Princess again (Express Yourself Collection - I'm loving these) and I have used the lovely brown to cut out the top layer from the die, I then ran a sanding block over the pieces to give a distressed look.  The under layer was cut out of a flowery patteren paper.  I printed a sentiment in chocolate brown onto the blue card using my PC (Font is homemade apple pie), and finished it off by using pinfair to lift the butterfly away from the page.  The ribbon is from my stash and the pearls are from Hobby House.

This has to be one of my favourites, I like the way it still has a CAS look to it....

Hope you like it too

Jx

Sweet Wonderful You

So on Sunday I picked up some new pro-marker card from Anna Marie Designs at Sincerely Yours @ Leigh.  I used it yesterday for the Man of the Match stamp but wanted to test it with a digi image and my pro-markers together.  It's perfect timing for this weeks Passion for Pro-markers challenge which this week is a sketch by Gro.  Here is my card.

The image I'm using is Pink Petticoats Cupcake Stand which was new out last week.  Pro-markers are ice grey 1 & 3, berry red, lipstick red, orange, burnt orange, duck egg, cool aqua, buttercup, tulip yellow, marsh green, olive green, tan, cinnamon, cocoa and blender (wow that seems a lot for such a small image!).

All the papers are from the promise collection from Shabby Princess (free yippee), the sentiment is from Pink Petticoat Sweet Treats (came on offer with image so I couldn't resist), and the ribbon is one of the Smirk 99p rolls, its a lovely soft grosgrain so easy to tie bows with. It's finished off with a single pearl.

Hope you like it, thanks for visiting

Jx

Pearly Butterfly

I wasn't actually going to do any card making today, I'm absolutely shattered and have been throwing some designs together for a wedding invite commission, but since I picked up some new sizzix goodies at Sincerely Yours today, I couldn't resist having a little crafting session.  Here is the little card I made....

The Butterfly has been cut into a card blank by overlapping part of the wing using Sizzix Bigz Butterfly.  I have then cut out 2 full ones, one in blue and the other in spotty Pink Petticoat paper. The spotty one is lifted away but the photo doesn't show this very well. I've finished it off with a little ivory lace (from a making memories pack I got in the sale) and some pearls from The Hobby House.

I'm entering this into this weeks Totally Gorjuss challenge Pearls & Lace

Hope you like it...

Jx

Green Friends

Since it's St Patrick's Day this week a lot of the challenges seem to have a "Green" theme of some description so I thought I would join in using my Penny Black "Green Friends" stamp and be bold with the green pro markers. Here is the card....

I've coloured in the image with my pro markers (almond, buttercup, marsh, pear, olive and moss greens, duck egg and blender).  I've used a black card blank and the papers are from First Edition's Desert Blooms pad, I've printed off the sentiment from my PC and added some faux stitching around the edges ( I really wanted to use my mini sewing machine but I think I'm gonna have to get my mum to show me how to use it.. again lol). It's finished off with some cream seam binding from the ribbon girl and a pearl from the hobby house

I'm entering this card into the following challenges. Penny Black Saturday " Green", Stamp Somethings "Something Cream & Green", Colour Creates #66 " Green/Brown/Cream/Black" and The Shabby Tea Rooms "Luck of the Irish".

Hope you like it

Jx

Hello Dragonfly

I love Saturdays even more now I wake up to a new Less is More challenge every week to get my creative juices flowing.... This week it's a One Layer Card (OLC) with the theme of "Off the Edge".  I really couldn't decide on  a colour way Black on White or White on Black... So I did Both.... here is the black (sorry about the photo)..

On a C6 card I've used a simple "Hello" sentiment from a Sizzix stamp set - France, the Dragonfly Stamp is from Dimension Fourth and I have heat embossed with Silver Pearl Heat it Up powder.

And here is the White one too

I know this this isn't officially a OLC as I've added some gems to it lol.

I'm also entering these into this weeks One Stop Craft Challenge which is Clean & Simple

Hope you like them... I'm off to do some more crafting now

Jx

Pink Polka Butterfly

OK so we have a second card for tonight, I'm trying to get all my Mothers Day commissions out of the way this weekend (or rather hesitating in making the 3 man cards I need to do for Monday...). I found Inspirational Card Sketches whilst blog hopping and really loved the simple geometric layout they had this week.  I have combined this with Cupcake Craft Challenges Pink Polka Dots as I was feeling a little girlie today.  And because it's all "Pink" it fits in with this week at Simply Create's Monocromatic theme. Here is the card....

I've used Pink Petticoat papers, this one is "Dottie" in Pink and Orchid (from the Fairy Lights Christmas Collection).  I've distressed the edges by ripping against a ruler just to give it a little dimension.  The Sentiment is printed from my PC ( I have taken a Pink Petticoat pink solid and put it into word and then put white lettering in front of it).  I punched a couple of holes and filled them with pearls from The Hobby House.  Finally I cut out a Marianne butterfly die from pearlescent paper from Anna Marie Designs picked up from the great offers they do at the shows.... he will be at Sincerely Yours in Leigh on Sunday as will I (working on The Craft Bug stand) if you want some.... 

I hope you like it

Jx

Sweet Wishes

I thought whilst I was coming up with a card idea for my boss's birthday I'd do a little entry into this weeks Passion for Promarkers Challenge which this week is Food & Drink. I was excited when I found this out as it gives me a chance to use one of the Cupcake Digi stamps from Pink Petticoat for the first time. Here is today's card....

 

I have colored the image in with promarkers of course (Antique pink, dusky rose, pale pink, lipstick red, pear green, grey green and tea green, blender) and cut out the image with my nesties ( second largest circle). The image is finished off with a little glitter and then mounted onto a lager circle cut from my new My Mind's Eye papers that arrived from the nice postman just this morning.  The collection is Tickled Pink 6 x 6. I've then used more of the same collection for the background paper (No pink petticoat papers today I'm afraid).  It's finished off with a little white organza ribbon and a couple of pearls ( No bow today which is very unlike me lol!!).

I hope you like it, this will be a birthday card for a colleague of mine so I hope she does too..

Jx

Cupcake Tree....

I've got a few orders for mothers day cards so I decided I should really get started and when I saw this Little Claire Image I knew it was perfect for my BF mum. So with this card I am entering Little Claire Challenge: "something with flowers" and Simon Says Stamp Challenge: "no cook recipe".  Here is the card...

The image is Little Claire's Cupcake tree and I have coloured it in with my promarkers (Blossom, Pink carnation, poppy, pear green, marsh green, sandstone, cocoa).  The papers are from Love Letters collection by First Edition and I have used Rose petal seam binding from The Ribbon Girl.  The pearls are from Hobby House ( Green to go) and the button is from the pastel bag also from Ribbon Girl.

I hope you like today's card...

Jx

Black, White and Red Ms Fastidious

Time for another challenge me thinks...   I've chosen a theme that fits in with this weeks One Stop Craft Challenge which is Black, White and another colour. I found this challenge by chance as I had a comment left on my blog by Sharon who was one of the DT.  I have chosen Red as my extra colour!! As I had decided to use a stamp I have also entered into this weeks Penny Blacks Saturday challenge, the theme is"more than one fold". I have quite a few Penny Black stamps as I love the Margaret Sherry collection and this week I have chosen to use Ms Fastidious.  Here is the card...

I have coloured in the image with my promarkers (berry red, poppy, red, shale, tulip yellow, pear green, ice grey 1, almond, sunkissed pink, tan, blender), and cut it out with my nesties.  I also used glossy accents on the Black markings to give it a little dimension.  On the back of the card I have used paper by Pink Petticoat (Big fella).  The red and black card is from my stash.  I have added a little ribbon and a small bow and finished off the front with a few black pearls and a single flower from my stash.

Hope you like the card... Thats all from me today promise.... I really should get on with my Papercraft Inspirations Task for this month....

Jx

P.s Sorry about the photo...

Flower Girl

I'm on a roll today, gone for something completely different. I was blog hopping before and stumbled upon the I Love Promarkers (well I do love my promarkers). The challenge is "Green & Purple" this week.  I thought I would really struggle with this but I think I kind of really like the colour combo.  I have also used Sketch #145 from Sketch Saturday.  Here is the card...

The image is from Pergamo's Flower Girl set. I really struggled with this stamp as they don't work well on my rock a blocks as they are not very "Sticky".  I honestly nearly sent them back, I was that disappointed.  I have used my promarkers (Lavender, warm grey 5, blender, cool aqua, mango, mustard, amethyst, warm grey 3, apricot, caramel, buttercup, putty, orchid, dusky pink, marsh green, khaki, tan, pear green, yellow, sunkissed pink), and mounted using Pink Petticoat papers (Pretty Doodles in Lavender and Plum and Leaf green solids). I have added a touch of clear glitter to the water (but thinking about it should have used glossy accents).  I've used some club green ribbon and the sentiment is from LOTV. Pearls are from The Hobby House.

Hope you like it.  I better tidy the craft room up a bit before I continue today.....

Jx