Ladybug Birthday .. Seize the Birthday #17

Morning.. wow where has the last fortnight gone ... It's time for another challenge at Seize The Birthday and we have another fabulous sketch for you....

We are sponsored this week by Bugaboo Stamps and I decided to us this cutie from my large digi stash.. I printed the Large Vintage Dots in black from Pink Petticoat directly onto a red card blank to match the little ladybugs...

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo
ProMarkers & FlexMarkers
Twine: East Of India
Sentiment: LOTV
Buttons: The Ribbon Girl

Right .. That's all from me.... See you tomorrow

Jen xxx

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

Me and my Ted.. Passion for Promarkers #164 Pins & Needles

Morning blogworld... hope you all had a fabulous bank holiday weekend.. shame it rained so badly... but plenty of time for crafting lol..

Anyhow, onto another challenge at Passion For ProMarkers and this week Lis has chosen Pins & Needles, so we want to see some stitching and a pin on your creations. Here is my little card...

We have a fabulous sponsor this week - Bugaboo stamps and the lucky winner will receive 7 digi images of their choice. 

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo
ProMarkers & Flexmarkers
Card: Anna Marie
Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug
Ribbon: Dovecraft
mini safety pin from stash

Hope you all have a great day...

Jen xxxx

I Wash My Mouth With Chocolate... Sketch N Stash #89 Sarah-Janes Sketch

Morning Sketch N Stash fans so I'm here again today with a new challenge and a sketch by the lovely Sarah-Jane. Isn't it fabulous

We are sponsored this week by

I've used a fun image from bugaboo for my card this week....

Inspiration:
Catch The Bug: Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo
ProMarkers & Flexmarkers
Dps: Pink Petticoat
Seam Binding from The Ribbon Girl

Ok, I'm off to do some more house renovations but I'll be back tomorrow...

Jen xxx

April Showers.. Crafting For All Seasons # 24

It's Wednesday again and time for another new challenge at Crafting For All Seasons.... The theme for this fortnight is "April Showers".  Here is my little card using a fab image from one of our sponsors.. Bugaboo Stamps....

Inspiration
The Sweet Stop: SSS152



Card Recipe:
Papers: Pink Petticoat Chevrons
ProMarkers & Flexmarkers
Distress tool

Hope you all have chance to join in.... I'll be back later in the week... Sorry not around much at the moment but trying to finish rennovating my house.. just bathroom and kitchen to go and then a lick of paint in hall and downstairs and hopefully all done...

Jen xxx

GIve A Man A Fish... Sketch Saturday #200 Sponsored By Bugaboo

Morning Sketchers... hopefully this will work fine as I've scheduled it to post whilst I'm in Dublin....  We have another fab sketch for you this week ... and it's also our 200th Sketch!!!  Here it is...

We are sponsored by the fab Bugaboo Stamps I really love these characters...

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo
ProMarkers & FlexMarkers: Mustard, Cappuccino, Sandstone, Champagne, Chartreuse, Forest Green, Holly, Aegean, Berry Red, Cyan, Burgundy, Gold, Ice Grey 2,4, Almond, Sunkissed Pink, Dusky Pink,
Papers: Pink Petticoat Quatrofoil
Ribbon: Stash
Pearls: Hobby house
Tim Holtz Paper Distress tool

See you all Monday...

Jen xx

At My Age.... Cards For Men #6 Cheeky Chappies

Morning, this is the first of three cards I have for you today... and you might need sunglasses lol!!!

The new challenge this week over at Cards For Men is "Cheeky Chappies" and we have the perfect sponsor this week... Here is my card....

Our fab sponsor is......

Who are offering an amazing 7 digi's!!!!!

Inspiration:

The Sweet Stop: SSS149

Catch The Bug: Show Us Your Humour
Sweet Stampin: Let's See Those Layers

Card Recipe:
Image: Bugaboo - At My Age I Can Wear Whatever I Want
ProMarkers: Cool Grey 2,4, Coral, Almond, Burgundy, Poppy, Red, Yellow, Aegean, Azure, Sky Blue,
FlexMarkers: Sunkissed Pink, Dusky Pink, Sunflower, Bright Green, Chartreuse, Forest Green.
DPs: Sweet Shoppe designs
Buttons: Stash

Ok... will be back in a short while lol...

Jen xxx

Thanks for all you do... CFAS #22 Yellow & Green

Oh my where has time gone this week... now this should have been automatically posted earlier today but hey ho...  been crazy busy, not even done a LIM card this week.... hopefully tomorrow...

So the theme over at Crafting For All Seasons this fortnight is "Yellow & Green"  and I really did find this challenging... So we have some fabby sponsors again and I'm using an image from Bugaboo...

sorry this is so short and sweet I'll hopefully be back tomorrow....

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

A Bugaboo Storyboard...

Morning....

So I make most of the cards for birthdays for everyone at work and I really work hard to make them personal.... This one is for a guy on the commercial team that I have worked with for about 8 years... and when I asked his boss for a theme (bearing in mind he's probably had 3-4 other cards made by me)... they came up with some strange ideas... so I turned them into " A Day in the Life of Dave!!"....

It's an 8 x 8 card and I created squares with sentiments using word then cute them to 6.5 cm and doodled around them....

Inspiration:
DYSU: #57 Anything Goes
Crafts U Crazy: #20 Anything Goes with Bugaboo Stamps
Digi Stamps 4 Joy: #35 For the Boys
Diva's By Design: #20 Anything Goes
Fab and Funky: #106 Use a Digi

Card Recipe:
Images: All Bugaboo
ProMarkers
Comic Sans font

I'll be back tomorrow....

Jen xx