Clearly Besotted Blog Hop Winner

Morning..... So I have the winner of the £20 e-gift card from the Clearly Besotted 2nd anniversary blog hop....... I had an amazing 373 comments on my post from Sunday.. You obviously all love CBS!

** Jo Edwards**

Jo, please can you email me from the contact me on the side bar and leave a comment on this post

Thanks everyone for visiting and I hope you all managed to get your goodies from this release!

Jen xxx

Dashing Through The Snow...

Morning... As you may of heard Lili Of The Valley are retiring many of early stamps at the end of November.  

There are definitely some of my favourites in there so I thought I would show you a few this week to give you chance to snap them up if you don't have them already... Until Christmas the stamps are also on offer too!!

I decided for the first card to use Sledging With Daddy.. I love this stamp and will be sad to see it go!

I simply coloured it in with Stampin Up Blendabilities (costal cabana and old olive) and an antique white flexmarker.  The sentiment is from the new Wonderful Christmas Wishes sentiment set. Add a little washing tape and some stitching and we are done.

I'll be back later with the winner of the Clearly Besotted Blog hop but if you have not commented yet you still have a few hours... Just scroll down to that post!

Have a great Tuesday

Jen xx

Believe In Fairytales

Afternoon... If you are looking for the Clearly Besotted Blog hop then scroll down, but in the mean time I have another card for you today....

I had a really productive Sunday crafting so plenty to share with you this week... I had a dig through my stash including some digis as well so hopefully I have lots of different things to show you....

This card uses a fairly old Wryn image from Tiddly Inks.. She is just so cute!

I used my Stampin Up Markers to colour in in using the new in colours from this year.  The designer paper is also from a small stack from them.

Add a bit of sparkle and it's perfect for this fortnights Tiddly Inks Challenge (#142 Make It Sparkle)

I'll be back tomorrow with another card for you,....

Have  a great Monday..

Jen x

Joy To The World... Clearly Besotted 2nd Anniversary Blog Hop

Morning... So I think I surprised Stephanie yesterday to say the least.. It was amazing to finally meet the creator of Clearly Besotted stamps and also meet Caryn & Aimes.  Before I get on with the Anniversary blog hop here is a little photo!!

Right, enough of the posing, can you believe that Clearly Besotted has been going two years!! So to celebrate we have an amazing line up ... I am so honoured to be apart of this amazing line up!!!

Here is the most amazing line up...

Stephanie Wincott 

Lucy Abrams 

Laura Bassen 

Caryn Davies

Julie Ebersole

Mandy Gill

Debby Hughes

Cristina Kowalczyk

Jennifer McGuire

Gayatri Murali

Jen Nelson That's Me!

Maureen Plut

Michelle Short

Amy Wanford

Laurie Willison 

You have the chance to win a £20 e-gift card from each of the participants as well as a grand prize of a £100 e-gift card from all of the comments across the hop...

Suppose I better show you a card too... I have used the Joy To The World stamp set again along with the matching dies.

I stamped the trees in shadow ink and then cut them out using the dies.. The sentiment is embossed in silver powder and the snow stencil is from Simon Says Stamp!

That's it from me for today.. I hope you enjoy the hop...

Jen xxx

Vintage Wreaths.... Clearly Besotted Teaser

Morning... It's another day of Clearly Besotted Teasers today and I'm using the sweet set "Joy To The World".  I made a couple of the simplest cards ever using this set... great for a batch of quick and easy Christmas cards...

I wasn't sure about the gold so I made another one using some twine...

Inked with Shadow inks, I also used the stitched rectangle from Lil Inkers, some twine and a little liquid pearls for the berries.

Today I'm off to a craft show (can't tell you which yet as there are a couple on today...) Want it to be a surprise for someone!!! Hopefully I'll have some pics tomorrow!!

Hope you have a great Saturday

Jen x

Snow Is Falling... Clearly Besotted Teaser!

Morning... So day 2 of my teasers for Clearly Besotted stamps and today I have used some of the elements out of Ornamental Style to create this modern Christmas card.

The sentiment and snowflakes are both from the set and I have simply stamped then without re-inking stamped again to get the different shade of ink for each of the two colours (teal and plum memento inks). Simply finished off with signature stitching and a little bit of bling!

I'm so glad Friday is here... so much to do with the house in just giving it a final tidy now the sofa is here and everything.  Hopefully I will have some photos next week.

Tomorrow I'm off on a trip out to surprise someone.... I think she may be shocked to see me!... I'll let you know on Sunday how it goes :-)

Have a great Friday and don't forget to visit the rest of the DT

Jen xx

With Sympathy... Clearly Besotted October Release

Morning.... I am absolutely delighted this month to be joining Stephanie and the fabulous DT over at Clearly Besotted stamps for the October release.... I'm starting my teasers with this gorgeous set... Brushed Poppies...

I stamped the image (made up of layers) onto water colour card stock with distress inks (Barn Door, Festive Berries and Peeled Paint).  I love the effect of the blend into the card stock.  To finish it off I added in the words and stamens in Versafine black to give a lovely black black.

I've settled into the job now and hope you will see more from me from now on.  Last few weeks has been manic as I've needed visit Vienna a few times (head office) and this week a sales conference in Barcelona.  I must say I love this place and last night we managed to go to the Sagrada Familia and La Pederera for some sightseeing ... sorry I mean team building!

I'll be back tomorrow with more to teasers but make sure you check out the rest of the DT. See you later...

Jen xx