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Friendzy Friday at Two Scrapbook Friends.

2012-01-27T09:00:00.002-05:00

Hi there, me again!

As a new member of the Design Team over at Two Scrapbook Friends, it's my turn to host Friendzy Friday. For my debut I wanted to talk about the 'Shake It' products you can find at the store.

This really is an awesome line that takes all the hard work out of creating 'shaker' projects, in a variety of shapes. There are two parts to the system, a plastic cover, and a paper overlay........

First, you will need to decide what you would like to appear behind the shaker window. This could be a stamped image, patterned paper or even a photograph....the choice is yours. I coloured a stamped image using my Copic markers.
You then need to carefully place whatever you want to use as your shaking elements, in a small pile in the center of your background. Again here the choice is yours, but I decided upon a combination of micro beads and sequins.

The next step can be a little tricky as we need to adhere the plastic cover to the background, and micro beads or glitter often develop a love affair with static! First, remove the clear film on the back of the shaker window.........

.......then move fairly quickly to stick it down. I've found that the more you hover, the more the beads will move around, so decide where it's going and put it there!

Next we need to adhere the overlay. I tend to use a double sided sticky tape such as Scor-Tape as it creates a good firm bond. If you'd like to 'pretty' the overlay in any way ie. inking, distressing etc., do this before you stick.
I chose to emboss..........

You can then go ahead and put your shaker onto your chosen project. Again here the options are endless....... a card, gift tag, scrapbook page.....almost anything.

Mine found it's way onto a gift box I'd made, to hold a handmade set of cards.

I do hope you'll give these a try as they really are fun, so much so that my kiddies enjoyed making a few over the Christmas holidays.

Have a great day.
Jayne.x.

Sweet secrets!

2012-01-26T11:51:00.010-05:00

Hi there, it's me again....the 'bad blogger'!

I know it appears I've been neglecting my Blog, which of course I have, but it's not that I haven't been busy creating......really I have! It's just that I've been working on a few DT projects which of course can't be revealed yet, so unfortunately my Blog is the one to suffer!

Anyhow I have a real sweetie for you today. Thought I'd jump back into the swing of things with another Saturated Canary image......nothing like a stamp from Krista Smith to get the old mojo working. Here's 'Secrets, Ragamuffin Friends'...........

Yep, a huge helping of prettiness! All the time I was colouring this, I had visions of Shabby Chic.......a handmade quilt, doilies, tea roses.....everything that reminds you of your Grandma. I swear if we had 'Smellyvision', you would smell the perfume coming off this right now! Anyhow, that explains all the elements I have going on here.

Colouring is with my Prisma pencils, blended with mineral spirits, and a touch of Copic's on fleshy area's.

Papers are from one of my old fave's...........the My Minds Eye Stella and Rose line. We also have some 'faux' stitching using a Sakura Glaze pen, and as the current challenge over on the Saturated Canary Challenge Blog is to use Dies and/or punches, I've rolled flowers made from a Die-namics die and created a doily using one of my Nesties.

I love this card.....not sure where it's going yet, although it will probably end up with my eldest daughter, as we all know anything she gets has to be 100% pretty!

Have a great day and believe it or not......I'll be back tomorrow!
Take care
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Saturated Canary - #9 Use Dies and/or Punches
CRAFT Challenge - #139 Recipe
Colour Create - #88 Pink and Green
DYSU - #56 Ribbons
Moving Along With The Times - #133 Blooming Marvelous
Paper Crafting Journey - #1 Floral
My Mums Craft Shop - #41 Flowers
Pennys Paper Crafty Challenge Blog - #71 Ribbon and Buttons
Die Cuttin Diva's - #49 Buttons, Bows and/or Bling
The Stamping Boutique - #24 Die Cuts
My Grafico - #120 Tickets anywhere for someone special
Creative Inspirations - Pink
The Hybrid Chick - #11 Punches/Dies

Pappy played Soccer?!

2012-01-10T11:53:00.009-05:00

Hi there, how's it going?

As promised I'm here with a scrapbook layout today as I've been trying to join in a few of the challenges over on the Two Scrapbook Friends forum. Shelby posted a a challenge last week to create a layout using 'Itty Bitty Pic's" no larger than 3"x3", so last night I finally got down to business.

Here goes................

Now, there's a story behind the LO and a story behind the photograph.....which shall we start with? The photo I think.

This photograph arrived in the mail a few weeks ago from my father-in-law, as a little quiz shall we say, for our girls. As you can see it was taken a fair few years ago (50 to be precise!) and shows a few of the family in their......ahem....younger days. The question was 'Can you find Pappy?'

As the title suggests, I think their first question was "Pappy played soccer?!", closely followed by "Where's his moustache?"

Joking aside, I love these old photo's as I don't have many of them, and this one even shows a Great Uncle and Great Grandfather who are sadly no longer with us. Although I'm no expert at vintage layouts, I'm hoping I've done a decent enough job.

Now onto the challenge - ''Itty Bitty Pic's".....well I guess you could say I took a few liberties!

When I sat down to craft last night, I realized I didn't have enough small photo's printed for what I wanted to do, so I attacked one with my trimmer instead! At least they're all 2"x2"!

Here's a few more close-ups before I leave.

A nice little tag cut using my new 'Slice' .......did I mention I had a 'Slice' for my Birthday (ssshhhh it's not my Birthday till next week!)

Found this perfect 'Family' plate, which I've had forever, hiding in my stash.

Another cute tab to hold the date, again cut using my new 'Slice', which I will share deets about once I officially receive it!

I guess I should mention before I go that papers are a mixture from Graphic 45 and Prima.

Well that's it from me, so enjoy your day and I'll see what I can come up with next......I have no clue really, but I'm sure I'll find something.
Take care
Jayne.x.

Chillax!

2012-01-05T07:00:00.001-05:00

Hi there, I'm hoping you're all having a Happy New Year so far.

I have some good news to share with you today.....see that shiny new DT badge over there on the right?

I'm happy to say I've joined the Design Team over at Two Scrapbook Friends and I'm so excited to start this new quest. It will probably mean you'll be seeing more scrapbook layouts posted on here together with the usual good measure of cards.

I thought it was quite appropriate that I should post this particular card today, as it's using another rubber stamp from Whipper Snapper Designs, which TSF recently gave me the privilege of experimenting with. It's one of those cute images you could use for pretty much anything, but in this case I think the inside will be of the 'It's your Birthday' variety.............

My Prisma pencils made an appearance again for this one, together with a little paper piecing and a touch of glitter. Papers are from My Little Yellow Bicycle (Winter Twig).

It's funny how things work out, but I was struggling to come up with a sentiment for this card, as I didn't want it to be of the Christmas variety. I happened to find this rubber stamp in the 'cheap' bin at Michael's, and knew it was perfect for this image................

That's it form me so have a great day and I'll be seeing you soon
Jayne.x.

Happy New Year!

2011-12-31T12:34:00.003-05:00

December 31st and another year over. I'm wishing you all a very safe and happy New Year, and hope that like me, you are looking forward to New opportunities and creations in 2012.

As we're talking about 'New'ness, my last card of the year follows a similar theme, but this one's for a new home.....

This one's a 'tri-fold' card or at least two plus a gate! Despite the fact that my hubby thinks it opens the wrong way....I'm sticking with it!

Here's the front gate, cut from patterned paper.......

.......and then the center, showing a gorgeous rubber stamp from Whipper Snapper Designs..........

I would show you the inside which reads "....in your New Home" but, ahem, I forgot to take a photograph!

I was given the opportunity recently by my local scrapbook store Two Scrapbook Friends, to play with a couple of these stamps, and they really do stamp up beautifully. As TSF are now stocking these babies, I highly recommend you go check them out.

Colouring is with Copic's today with a little added Glossy Accents, and papers are from Bo Bunny.

Have a great night tonight and a Wonderful New Year.

Take care

Jayne.x.

The last one.....I promise!

2011-12-28T13:42:00.005-05:00

Well I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to a New Year of craftiness.

Now I know the last thing you want to see right now is another Christmas card, cause if you're anything like me you're sick of making them.....till next year of course.
However, I felt the need to post this one as it was the very last one made for the season....on Christmas Eve no less (nothing like last minute!), and the image is far too cute not to get a mention on here. It was made for my youngest daughter, who wanted to know why, if her big sister's card was put on my blog.......why wasn't hers?

There you have it.....the real reason as to why I'm posting a Christmas card on December 28th! Here's another cutie from Saturated Canary.............'Spritz'...........

I guess I do have an ulterior motive for posting this. The current challenge over on the Saturated Canary Blog is anything Christmas/Winter, so of course this will be heading there.

Colouring is with a combination of Copic's and Prisma pencils and papers are from the My Minds Eye Lost & Found (Rosy) collection.

Have a wonderful New Year, but hopefully I will be back before then.
Take care
Jaye.x.
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Challenges entered:
Saturated Canary - #7 Anything Christmas/Winter

Christmas Angel.

2011-12-18T09:07:00.006-05:00

Is it Sunday again already? What a week. Sorry for the absence, but I've been feeling pretty unwell with a horrible throat/chest type of thing, then to make things worse, I got some sort of bug midweek which kept me in the bathroom for 24hrs! I won't go into the gory details, but needless to say, my crafting table has been gathering dust, whilst I've tried to recuperate.

This morning I feel a little more human, so although I still haven't found my way back to my desk, I thought I'd post a card I made a couple of weeks ago. It's the Christmas variety of course, and again using a gorgeous image from Krista Smith over at Saturated Canary.............I still have to have my regular fix of these sweeties! Krista is having a bit of a Christmas link up party at the moment, so this baby will be heading over there.

This is a first for me though as I took the plunge and coloured on Kraft card stock. Yes I know it's not exactly groundbreaking, but it's the first time I've actually gotten around to trying it.....call me a late developer! Anyhow I'm loving the softness of it, so here goes.............

I kept things pretty simple for this card, cause I just love this image, sweet and innocent, with just a touch of sparkle...........

Colouring is with my Prisma pencils today and I'll let you into a little secret...........a mistake shall we say! You see those lovely red and blue baubles? Well they were originally red and gold, to co-ordinate beautifully with the rest of the colour scheme, but this is what happens when you layer Glossy Accents over a metallic pencil crayon..........you could end up with any variety of colours, but definitely not the one you first intended!!

Papers are from My Minds Eye Lost & Found 2 Christmas, as is the sentiment stamp.

Have a lovely Sunday and hopefully I'll be back during the week with something new.
Take care
Jayne.x.

Socks for Christmas!!!!

2011-12-11T09:27:00.005-05:00

Well look at me here on a Sunday! It's not that I have nothing else to do....believe me I have plenty! It's more a case of our house having a good dose of the sickies. It was either 'stay in bed and cough myself silly' or 'get up and do something useful'. So the laundry is sitting there waiting for me and I'm 'blogging'! Seems useful to me.

I do have a card for you today, but just a little reminder first, that the TSF 12 Days Of Christmas Creations Blog Hop started yesterday, and we've already had some wonderful creations from both Joanne and Audrey. Be sure to join us, if you get a chance, for a little inspiration and of course, the chance of winning a prize.

Now, onto today's card, which follows the general theme of the month...........Christmas!! This one is for all the men out there, who probably don't have these on their list, but get them anyway. Maybe it has something to do with which one of 'Santa's List's' you're on.....think about it.....................

I love these images from Pollycraft called Maurice, and they always seem to end up given to my husband........maybe he'll get socks this year too!

Maurice is coloured with Copic's and papers are from last years Bo Bunny Christmas line. There's a little glitter added to the gift box, liquid applique to his hat, and Glossy Accents to his specs.

The acetate snowflake with a nice little bit of bling, finishes things off nicely............

That's it from me, I'm off for another hot drink to try and restore a little of my voice!

Have a great day and I'll be back soon
Jayne.x.

A Blog Hop!

2011-12-09T07:00:00.003-05:00

Something a little different for you today.......a special message from the lovely ladies over at my local scrapbook store Two Scrapbook Friends, so here goes............

The countdown to Christmas is here and with that in mind, your friends at Two Scrapbook Friends invite you to countdown the 12 Days of Christmas Creations with them. Each day a member of the Two Scrapbook Friends team and a few special friends will share with you some of the projects and inspiration that they have created to celebrate the Season.

Beginning on December 10th at 8 am, you can begin the hop at the first Friend's blog where you can be inspired and leave a comment. That blog will then tell you where you need to hop to on the next day!

You will need to hop from blog to blog leaving a comment on each in order to qualify to be in a draw for a special prize from Two Scrapbook Friends! Also, you will find a SECRET word on each blog which will make a special phrase at the end of the Blog Hop! Once the 12 days of hopping are complete you can email the phrase to us and we will enter you for another ballot to win!

The hop will remain open from December 10th to December 22nd at midnight (EST). Winners will be announced on December 23rd on the Two Scrapbook Friends' blog.

The master blog list is listed below so you don't miss a single inspiring creation!

1st Day of Christmas: Joanne (10th)

2nd Day of Christmas: Audrey (11th)

3rd Day of Christmas: Avril (12th)

4th Day of Christmas: Christa (13th)

5th Day of Christmas: Dee (14th)

6th Day of Christmas: Jan (15th)

7th Day of Christmas: Jayne (16th)

8th Day of Christmas: Sharon (17th)

9th Day of Christmas: Shelby (18th)

10th Day of Christmas: Tammy (19th)

11th Day of Christmas: Carolyn (20th)

12th Day of Christmas: Two Scrapbook Friends Blog (21st)

Have fun celebrating the 12 Days of Christmas Creations with the Two Scrapbook Friends team!

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...........................so there you have it, the fun begins tomorrow and I know you will definitely not be disappointed by the beautiful creations we have in store for you.

See you there
Jayne.x.

Pretty things!

2011-12-06T16:58:00.009-05:00

Hi there, how's it going today. This post was originally intended for 8.00am yesterday, and here we are, over 33 hours later! This is what happens when you try to cram too many things into one day. For now, I'll blame it on my desperate Christmas shopping expedition yesterday, which turned out to be semi-successful.

My card today, and here we go again...."My new favourite card" has another image from Saturated Canary. I can't get enough of these beauties at the moment, drawn by Krista Smith, and as a result of her Black Friday Sale, you'll be seeing quite a few more of them! The current challenge over on her challenge blog ends tomorrow, so here I am again, posting my entry last minute............

Now raise your hand if you would like hair like that! Gorgeous or what?

The theme for this weeks challenge is a series of inspirational photo's, but the general theme of your creation, is to be a result of whatever inspires you. So for my inspiration.......pretty things of course!

A beautiful image...........

.....together with pretty papers, ribbons, buttons, colours, stitching....you name it. As it's my new favourite card, I find it very hard to give them away (ever seen the TV show Hoarders?!!!!) But that's OK cause this one's not leaving my house. I think it will be given to my eldest daughter. Now is the time to share a little conversation we had not so long back.

After looking through my ...ahem....small collection of cards, she said to me in all seriousness "Mom, why do you never make me pretty cards?" and I replied with my patient (but silently exasperated) tone "I make you a card for your Birthday, Christmas and everything else in between" to which she replied "Yes, but they're not pretty!".

Kids...........guaranteed to give the best and most honest critique!
Well, I hope this fits the bill. Here's one last close-up of my collection of pretties........

Papers are from Authentique and colouring is courtesy of my Copic's.

Enjoy your evening and I'll see you soon
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Saturated Canary - #5 Inspirational photo's
Creative Craft Challenges - Stitching Faux or Real
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafty Boots - Anything Goes
The Paper Makeup Stamps Blog - Cut It Out
Daisy Doodles Creative Challenges - #48 Something Sweet
iCopic Weekly Challenge - #59 Colour Black Hair
Karen's Doodles Challenge Blog - #92 Recipe
The Crazy Challenge - #96 Anything Goes
The Ribbon Reel - #16 Anything Goes (must use ribbon)
2 Sister's Challenge Blog - #68 Punches and/or Dies
Craft Your Days Away - #34 Buttons and/or Bows
Crafty Purple Frog - For Someone Special
DYSU - #48 Ribbon
Diva's By Design - #16 Anything Goes

Warm wishes.

2011-12-02T09:07:00.010-05:00

Good morning, it's a happy Friday, even if we do have snow.

I think there is something magical about December 1st, where the powers that be check their Calendar, realise we are in the last month of the year, and that we must have freezing cold temperatures with snow...........and that's what I have as I look out of my window this morning. At least it's the perfect inspiration to get into the Christmas spirit........and make a few more cards!

Today's creation was inspired by a couple of current challenges, but I'll go into those in a moment. First, let's bring her out, and you'll notice, NO sentiment, so I can't really call her anything.............

This little lady has been coloured up and sitting on my desk forevah!! Finally she has made it to a card.

The image is a digi I've had for quite a while by Kelly Kids called February Fran - Cocoa, and comes in a nice little package of different images. Unfortunately I don't think you can get it any longer, as my search on Google drew a blank!

She's coloured with Copic's and has a little Liquid Applique on her jacket to create the 'fluff', together with glitter on the ground for sparkle. The colour choice is a result of the current inspiration challenge over at The Pink Elephant, and I just have to show you the photo cause it's yummy...................

Are they not the sweetest cupcakes ever? I think if they ever made it to my house I couldn't bring myself to sample one.....far too good to look at.

So I think I pretty much covered the colour scheme, except my 'carrot orange nose' turned into........well.........red!

No-one said I was perfect!

As mentioned before, there's no sentiment on the front of this one......it's actually inside and reads "Warm wishes", which is pretty cool as it means I can use it for Christmas, Birthday or anything really. Papers are from last years 6"x6" Christmas pad by SEI, and the layout was inspired by another current challenge over at Mojo Monday...........a sketch of course.

That's it from me for today but I'll be back as soon as I can.......plenty more Christmas cards to post in the next 23 days!
Have a good one
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
The Pink Elephant - #127 Photo Inspiration
Mojo Monday - #217 Sketch
Fairy Fun Friday's - #67 Beat the Winter Blues
Delightful Challenges - Let It Snow
DYSU - #48 Ribbon (or anything you can tie)
Shelly's Images - There's no business like snow business
Southern Girls Challenge Blog - #35 Ribbon Madness
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - #34 Keeping Warm
Sqigglefly - #126 Winter Wonderland

A Christmas mission..........

2011-11-29T09:38:00.004-05:00

Hi there, did you all have a good weekend?

First I have to start by saying, I don't know how those of you living in the States survive the whole 'Black Friday'......'Cyber Monday' thing! I realise here in Canada we only get a small glimpse of the chaos you endure every year, but OMG!

I ventured out to the Mall on Friday, not really giving a thought to anything other than the fact that I needed a Birthday gift. I returned, hot and bothered, 4 hours and 3 near collisions later. What is it about the prospect of a bargain that miraculously changes the laws of the road, increases the speed limit and generally causes people to behave like complete idiots?

Lesson learned - any day of the week that is affectionately preceded by the term 'Black' anything, is a sure indication that one should stay safely tucked inside their home.......which is exactly what I will be doing next year! LOL

Anyhow, rant over, we need something to sweeten things up a little and I have just the thing....a card of course. These two guys are too cute, and obviously on a Christmas mission........unfortunately, I think one has definitely drawn the short end of the stick.........

Don't you just want to take them home?
I think even my hubby (who is not what you would call an animal lover!) would put up with this pair.

The stamp....yes, the acrylic variety, is actually a freebie I got on one of those awesome, fairly reasonably priced, card magazines you get in England that always have some sort of 'freebie' included. This side of the pond, magazine prices are quite often extortionate, and the only added extra we get is the entitlement to pay 'Tax' on top of the already over inflated fee! Fortunately I have very generous Parents and In-laws who bring me a nice little collection every time they come over to visit.

Wow, I think I may be on my soap box today, but I'm actually in a very good mood......honest!

Back to the details.

'Sooty' and 'Snowy', as every black and white 'Westie' I've ever known was called.........(OK I've only ever known one of each!) are coloured with Copic's and you may notice a small amount of paper piecing on the doggie coat there. I think I should win an award for the teeny, tiniest, piece of paper piecing ever..............see that teensy strip that lies between the leash? One milimetre wide I tell ya! You can just imagine me trying to glue it in the right spot (and what I might have been saying at the time!!!!). Worth the effort though of course.....ha!

I added liquid applique and a light sprinkling of glitter, to create the snow. Papers are from the 6"x6" Authentique Christmas pad, and the sentiment is another $1.50 rubber stamp from Michael's.

I should warn you that this is the first of many Christmas cards you'll be seeing over the next few weeks.....I have a fair few lined up for ya. I'll try and throw in something different occasionally for a little variety, but what can I say......Tis' the season!

That's it from me for today.....I'm off to colour, so have a good one.
Catch you later
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Digi Doodle Shop - #84 Animals
Moving Along With The Times - Ribbons and Bows
Scrap-Creations - Christmas
Sassy Cheryl's Challenge Blog - #92 Winter
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - #30 Who's Wearing Santa's Hat?
Craft Your Passion Challenges - #86 Tis the Season
Hooked On Craft Challenges - #13 Winter Wonderland
Paper Sundae's - #97 Winter Wonderland
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - #140 Anything Christmas
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - #67 Holiday

Grunge ragamuffin........(But darn cute!!)

2011-11-23T10:33:00.009-05:00

Hi there, how's you freezing rain Wednesday? Havin' fun?

We need a little sweetness to brighten the day, so what better than an image from Saturated Canary? How long has it been since I last said "This is my latest favourite card"? Got to be over a month, so it's time for another.

Here's my latest favourite card, a 'Hand-me-down ragamuffin' with a generous helping of grunge............

She is so sweet, and for some reason I decided she needed to be a fiery redhead. One of the reasons for that, is that the current challenge over at Saturated Canary is to use 'Autumn' colours, so decision made.

Colouring is with Copic's and papers are from Authentique.

Enjoy your day
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Saturated Canary - #4 Autumn Colours
The Paper Variety - Photo Inspiration..........I used Autumnal colours ie. the orange and brown leaves as my inspiration.
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - #67 Tie one on
Dream Valley Challenges - #20 Stitching
Gingerloft Challenges - #29 Lace, fabric or felt
Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog - Use Kraft cardstock
Incy Wincy Designs - #121 Colour challenge (Autumnal leaves)
Craft Your Passion Challenges - #85 Photo Inspiration
Clear It Out Challenge Blog - Orange and Brown

Joy!

2011-11-21T09:27:00.012-05:00

As promised (maybe a touch late, but who's checking!) here's another little bit of Bo Bunny goodness from the 'Blitzen' collection. This time it's not a card......not even a Scrapbook page! This time I stepped out of my box.......no JUMPED even and came up with.........a picture frame.

Yep I know it's not that 'rad'......not way out there......but it's not a card, so for me, that's WAAAAAAAY out there!

First, let's see how it started out............

....................a $1.50 frame that I picked up from Michael's months ago with the thought "I can do something with that.....one day!"

Then I started cutting and applying random pieces of the paper...........

When the frame is covered, let loose with the distress ink.............

.............and then a generous layer of Mod Podge over everything...........

Lastly, embellish as much or as little as you like, then pop into the oven for 20 mins at Gas mark...........Oops! Sorry, I switched into Delia Smith mode for a moment there! (those of you who are English will know who I'm talking about....those of you who aren't, don't worry about it!)

I embellished with a combination of the chipboard elements from the 'Blitzen' collection, together with bare chipboard letters (covered with scraps of the paper, to match) bling and ribbon.

So here's one I made earlier.......Ta Daaaaaa........

Wow, who are those two cuties in the centre there?

This will be joining the rest of our Christmas ornaments on the shelf this year, which means I'm quite pleased with how it turned out.

Have a great day and I'll catch you later
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Riley & Company - No Colouring
Truly Scrumptious - #70 Christmas project with pearls or vintage
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - #32 Tic Tac Toe (Iused Cool Blue, Neutral, Red Hot)
DYSU - #46 Splash of Blue
Wags 'n Whiskers - #67 Christmas Themed
Fussy and Fancy - #50 A Gift or Anything but a Card
Squiggle Stamps - Anything but a Card
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - #66 Let It Sparkle
Pollycraft - #120 Christmas Fun
The Pink Elephant - #126 Anything you are Thankful for

TGIF!

2011-11-18T09:06:00.008-05:00

Let the weekend begin already.

I know the hippie chick on today's card is more than ready to party..........these boots are definitely made for more than walking!

So here goes, we're taking it back to the 60's baby..............

Yep, she is 'stylin'! I love this image called '60's Ivy', another goodie from Lil Lolita which you can find over at Tickled Pink Stamps.

Ivy is coloured with Copic's............

and papers are from the Cosmo Cricket 'Nutmeg' 6"x6" pad. The sentiment is a $1.50 rubber stamp I picked up from Michael's quite a while ago.

That's it for today so make sure you have a great weekend. We'll be heading off to the Santa Clause Parade in our neck of the woods.......can you believe it, a Christmas parade already? I'm only just recovering from our Summer/Fall vacation!

See you soon

Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Just Some Lines - Light Blue and Orange
Our Creative Corner - Pumpkin/Colour of Pumpkin Pie
Crazy 4 Challenges - #113 Triple Threat
Paper Sundaes - #94 Use a Digi
The Crazy Challenge - #93 Recipe
Southern Girls Challenge - #32 Embellishment Bingo (I used Die cut, Gems and Ribbon)

Blitzen.

2011-11-14T09:17:00.007-05:00

Good morning, how's your Monday going so far? The start of another busy week in our house.

A while ago I was given the opportunity by my local scrapbook store, Two Scrapbook Friends, to work with the Bo Bunny 'Blitzen' Christmas collection. I think with our vacation and all, my head must have been in the clouds cause I completely forgot to post any of it on my blog!

Anyhow, I had a whole load of fun playing with it, and better late than never, I thought I start by posting a couple of the Christmas cards I made.

Here's the first using some of the papers and dimensional stickers.............

.............together with some ribbon and a Tim Holtz ticket

Here's the second, again using more of the papers, one of the chipboard elements, snowflake stickers and some bling from the button pack...............

This a great collection, I highly recommend it for the season and I 'll be showing some more creations from it, during this week.

Have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow.
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Challenges entered:
Totally Gorjuss - #106 Christmas Traditions
Pile It On - #46 Traditional Christmas

Happy Hedgehog...............

2011-11-10T09:15:00.007-05:00

Good morning. I think I'm back into the routine.....ever noticed how when you return from a vacation, firstly it seems like a million years ago since you were soaking up the fun, and secondly, you feel like you need a vacation to recover from your vacation!

Well it's a crisp 4 degrees here today - not Florida temperatures for sure. I'm actually sitting inside the house with my scarf tied around my neck. However, all is quiet, I have the house to myself, plenty of baking to do, a list of chores as long as my arm, and who knows........maybe a little crafting! Ha, I think the latter will have to wait.

For today's sampling I dived into the Prisma's.........haven't done that for a while, but this cute little fella was crying out for a little softness (even if he is a little prickly!). Here's one sweet little hedgehog..............

I believe this little guy was a freebie I once picked up from Di's Digi Downloads.

When I return to pencils after using markers for quite some time, I almost feel as though I'm starting over. It takes me a while to get into them, as I don't colour in the same way as I do with Copic's. Still, I always love the softness of them, and the seamless blending you can achieve.

Papers are from Cosmo Cricket's 'Earth Love' 6"x6" pad.

That's it from me for today, so have a good one and I'll see you soon

Jayne.

A Not So Scary Halloween!

2011-11-09T15:08:00.000-05:00

Hi there, hope you're all having a good week. Where have you been during the last couple of weeks I hear you ask?

Well........have we been busy bee's I tell ya, but I'm not going to let you in on exactly what just yet!

We've been planning a surprise for our girls over the last few months, and a couple of weeks ago, it was finally time to deliver the goods........so of course I made a card!

See if you can guess the surprise.............

Easy peasy huh?

Just in case you're still unsure, here's the verse I popped inside ...........

So after that, they were each given an envelope to open, containing their own souvenir Disney luggage tag.

Did you guess right?

Yep, after they'd finished running around the house, we spent 10 days riding, eating, greeting and generally having a whole load of fun at Disney World, Florida. It was their first visit and hopefully not the last, although my wallet has to recover first!

Halloween there was a blast.......I've never seen so many pirates in my life.....most of them adults, and we're still ploughing our way through the bags of candy we, of course, had to bring home with us!

So there you have it.

I'll be back withing the next couple of days, so

'See Y'all Real Soon'

Jayne.x.

Go Team!........

2011-10-21T07:00:00.003-04:00

Hi there, I'm back again.....I might just get the hang of this 'blogging' thing!

I'm stopping by today with this weeks Saturated Canary Challenge entry. Since I discovered Krista's images a few weeks ago, I can't get enough of them, which is good for creativity......not so good for the pocket! I know YOU know what I mean.

Anyhow, let's get to the card.........'You Go Girl!'.............

The image, obviously from Saturated Canary, is called 'Crushing on the Quarterback' and is coloured with Copic's, papers are from My Minds Eye (Lime Twist 6'x6'pad).

The current challenge over at the Saturated Canary blog is to use 'stitching' on your creation, so here's my (fake....ahem!) stitching..........

The layout is inspired by a previous 'Deconstructed Sketch'.

Have a great weekend....see you next week
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Saturated Canary - #2 Stitching
Pollycraft Monday Challenge - #115 Girls Girls Girls
Creative Craft Challenges - Congratulations
My Time To Craft Challenge - #162 Punches and Dies
The Pixie Cottage - #92 Sketch and/or Sweet as Candy
4 Craft Chicks - #60 Marker It Up

Mavis wearing holly.........

2011-10-18T21:54:00.009-04:00

Good morning, hope you're having a good one. I have another Christmas card for you today.......do you think you might be sick of them by December?

At home the other night, I had the urge to colour, like.....right.....now, so I grabbed the first rubber stamp (yes...rubber!) I could lay my hands on and coloured away. This doesn't happen very often with all the digi's around - my stamps only get dusted off occasionally. Anyhow, the stamp in question happened to be one of my old faves from Stamping Bella......Mavis wearing holly..........

I think Mavis is one of the sweetest looking puddy cats around.

She's coloured with Copic's and has a touch of glitter on there, as well as a little Sakura Glaze pen on the holly berries.

Papers are from the Authentique 6"x6" Christmas pad, with a little inking, pearls and a holly sticker from Martha Stewart. Trim has been reached for many times from my stash. The sentiment is another $1.50 stamp from Michael's.

I thought as I'd dusted off one of my Stamping Bella stamps, I should make the effort and enter this weeks Bellarific Friday - something else I haven't done for quite some time, so the card layout is based on this weeks sketch challenge.

Enjoy the rest of your day.....I may see you again Friday if I'm behaving myself!

Ttfn
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Clear It Out Challenge Blog - Trims
Frosted Designs - Fancy Trim
KB Cute Monday - #31 Anything Goes
Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Free and Easy
Stamping Bella Bellarific Friday - Sketch

Merry Christ'mouse'!

2011-10-17T10:50:00.008-04:00

Well, it had to be done.....it's October and I'm posting my first Christmas card. Yep, I've started production ahead of the game, and you can guarantee I'll still be late mailing them out! It's the thought that counts.

I do love these two enthusiastic little Carol singers, so here we go.........Merry Christ'mouse'!.........

This card let me tell ya, was a lot of work. I kept things simple with the background (white on white) due to the fair amount of detail in the image, but there's a whole load of texture going on.

The image is from Pollycraft and coloured with Copic's. There are various other products added including pearls, glitter on the Christmas tree trim and Flowersoft on the ground..........

There's also Liquid Applique on their clothes and hats to give that nice 'poofy' look..........

I then added a scattering of snowflakes (cut from glitter card stock using two different sized punches) and these sit nicely against the snowflake embossed background......which of course you can't see from the photograph............

A final addition of ribbon from my stash.....mission complete!

The layout is inspired by the current sketch over at Pink Ink Sketch Challenges, so of course this will be entered there.

That's it from me, so have a great day
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Pink Ink Sketch Challenge - #8 Ann's Sketch
Ooh La La Challenge Blog - #91 Let It Snow
Lollipop Crafts - #53 No Sentiments Allowed
Ruby's Rainbow Challenges - #14 Cute and Cuddly
Creative Belli Blog - #128 Flowersoft, Felt or Chunky Glitter
Cute Card Thursday - #186 Tree-mendous
Squiggle Stamps - Christmas Cheer
Bugaboo Stamps - Animal Antics
Crafting When We Can - Christmas
I Did It Creations Challenge Blog - #77 Animals

An 'out of the box' swingy thingy!

2011-10-13T09:28:00.013-04:00

Hi there, I was intending to be back here a little sooner, but I've been a little busy at work, so good intentions disappeared. Oh well, at least I made it before the week was out......hopefully I'll be back again tomorrow.

I hope all my Canadian friends had a Happy Thanksgiving. We are far too English to celebrate, but we did make the effort and go to the parade at least.

I have a sweet little card for you today, and yes, I've gone 'out of the box'.........or at least 'outside the Nestie'! Here's a little reminder to enjoy life's simple pleasures.................

Doesn't this make you want to run to the nearest swing and kick your legs out as high as you can go? Well maybe I'll just reach for my coffee instead!

So here's Gillian again, from Prairie Fairy Designs but this time I felt she needed to be a redhead. She's coloured with Copic's and papers are from My Minds Eye. I used my Martha Stewart punch to create the butterflies............

added a little bling, ribbon and a button and we're done. The sentiment is a $1.50 rubber stamp from Michael's.

Don't you just love Glossy Accents?

Don't know what I'd do without them.

I'll leave you with one more image of Gillian, as I seem to have gone from not remembering to take any close-ups at all, to going completely overboard!

Almost forgot.....the LO for this card is inspired by the current sketch challenge over at Pink Ink Sketch Challenges.

Have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Pink Ink Sketch Challenges - #7 Erica's sketch

Fairy Fun Fridays - #63 Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice

Gingerloft Challenges - #26 The colour Orange

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - #20 Girly Girl

Shelly's Images Blog - Use at least 4 layers

Heart Song Inspirations - #19 Use a Die Cut and/or Sponged Background

Craft Your Passion Challenges - #79 A card for any occasion

Flutterby Wednesday - #175 Use your scraps

Crafts and Me Challenges - #56 Orange

Shine.........my new favourite card!

2011-10-07T09:26:00.010-04:00

Hi there.....yes you've come to the right blog....I'm here again for the third time this week! Could be a record for me I think.

So, I said I would be back to show you what is currently my favourite card ever. You'll notice this changes on a regular basis, but I really do love this one. Don't know why, as it's the simplest LO with only a few embellishments, but you know when everything just comes together and you're completely satisfied?

Well for once, it happened, so here it is........Shine...........

I absolutely love this image I discovered a few weeks ago, drawn by Krista Smith of Saturated Canary Digi's, if you have not been there already, get yourself over there right now....you'll definitely not be disappointed! I've already coloured up a couple more and will be back to buy my next installment pretty soon. Anyhow, Krista has started up a challenge blog, where we get a chance to show off these beauties, so the layout for this card is inspired by there first challenge....a sketch.

The second reason I love this card is the paper. I had no intention of using anything like this, and was flicking through paper pads looking for the usual combination of a couple of PP's when BAM!! I saw it, the sentiment was decided and the deed was done.

The image 'Peace and Love Hipster' is coloured with Copic's and paper is the Echo Park 'Splash' 6"x6" pad. Everything else has been sitting in my stash for quite some time.

Here's a little close up should you feel the need........

I'm always happy with this hair colour combination - E50, E31 and E43 to give that angelic blond look.

OK I'm done for today and looking forward to a weekend of sunshine!
Have a good one
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Glitter Geeks Blog Challenge - #18 Flower Power
Sew Many Cards - #70 Colour Challenge
Saturated Canary A Challenge Blog - #1 Sketch (plus opt. Halloweeen)
Gingerloft Challenge - #26 Orange
Divas By Design - #12 Button Up
Cooking It Up With Katie - #78 Fabulous, Fun and any other 'F'......I used flower.
CRAFT Challenge - 123 Bright Colours
Frosted Designs - Recipe

A little birdie told me........

2011-10-05T10:02:00.006-04:00

Good morning.

Well I'm not sure what the birdie told me yet....I haven't decided, so I'm saving the sentiment for the inside of this card, for whatever need arises. I guess I should post the card so you understand what the heck I'm talking about! Here ya go................

Are you with me now?

Look what I coloured with today..........yes the good old Prismacolour pencils have returned. Thought I'd better give them some attention after my recent attachment to Copic's/Promarker's, as they were feeling a little neglected!

Well today's card is a little vintage, a little grunge, a little nostalgic I guess. The digi image is a freebie I picked up a very long time ago, the name I have listed is Carina's Scrappeboble, but I honestly can't find a link....sorry! Papers are from Fancy Pants Designs (The Little Things), and lace/ribbon are bits I've had in my stash forever. The card layout is inspired by an older sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch.

Now because I'm a very well behaved blogger this week....visiting for the second time that is (and I'll be back on Friday, with my favourite card ever....maybe!), I'll even show a close up that I remembered to take this time! This is the crochet flower I made (yes ME!)........

and here are the cute little tile alpha's for the sentiment.............

So that's all for now, I'll be back later with some challenge entries.

Have a great day....enjoy the sunshine if you have any!

Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - #19 Animals and Monsters
Shelly's Images Blog (Terrifically Thrilling Thursday) - Tic Tac Toe...I used flower, digi, button
Glitter Geeks Blog Challenge - #17 Shabby Chic
Simply Create - #53 Older than 6 months.....I think eveything on my card is older than 6 months!
Wags 'n Whiskers - #64 Handmade
CES Challenges - #56 Totally Gorjuss/Pretty Girls
Paper Cupcakes - Go Green
Ribbon Carousel - Anything Goes (must use ribbon/ twine etc.)
Paper and Such Design Blog - Recipe
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - All Creatures Great and Small

#1!

2011-10-03T09:51:00.009-04:00

Good morning, hope you're having a Happy Monday.

It's my hubby's Birthday this week, so I finally got myself into gear over the weekend and made a card.......makes a change from me rushing around the night before!

I love this little guy (as well as my husband of course!) and I've been waiting for just the right card to put him on, so here he is, my #1............

This is Lewis, another of my winnings from Prairie Fairy Designs and I love these images. I've just coloured up another Gillian, so you can expect to see her in the near future.

Papers are from my new Authentique 6"x6" pad and I have to say, the quality of them is awesome. The LO is inspired by a sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch and the ticket sentiment is actually a rubber stamp (from Michael's), to which I've added text using Word. Almost forgot to mention......I added a fair amount of Glossy Accents to his specs....perfect!

That's all for today, so have a good one
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

Inky Impressions - #26 Punches or Dies
Ruby's Rainbow Challenges - #13 For the Boys
Paper Crafting Journey - #20 Die Cuts and/or Punches
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Lots of layers
The Poodles Parlour - Birthday's, Buttons and/or Brads
Stampin' For The Weekend - #17 What a Cutie
Paper Sundaes Challenge Blog - #89 Lots of Layers

World Card Making Day.....Happy Day!

2011-10-01T09:05:00.006-04:00

Bet you didn't expect me back here so soon did ya?

Well today is World Card Making Day, so of course I can't let it go without any kind of celebration. No, I haven't dug out the party streamers and Karaoke music, or even baked cupcakes, but I did make a card......very fitting I'd say.

To everyone out there, go make a card and have a very 'Happy Day'..............

I actually made this card last weekend at a really fun 12 hour crop (yes, I lasted the 12 hours!), using the scraps left over from a Scrapbook LO. The layout for this is inspired by a sketch from Joanne Burton and papers are from the My Minds Eye, Lost & Found 2 collection.

That's it from me so have a great day.....I think we are apple picking, as long as the rain holds off!

Enjoy
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
My Sheri Crafts - #70 Think Pink
Marks Finest Papers - #75 Use Polka Dots
Flutterby Wednesday - #173 Open theme (must include butterfly, fairy or angel)
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #102 Things with Wings
Just Yolie, Just Create: Link up for Pink Linking Party - Use Pink as the main colour

On The Move!

2011-09-30T14:56:00.005-04:00

Hi there, it's Friday thank goodness! I'm definitely looking forward to the weekend.

It's Scrapbook layout time today I think, so I'm dropping in with one I should have posted a couple of weeks ago, but didn't of course! It's finally making it's way out of the heap of stuff waiting to be published on my blog, so here's it's debut......On the Move...........

Isn't she cute, if I say so myself!

Sorry for the weird angle this was taken, but I kept getting glare on the photo. Also, it's only now that I realise I haven't taken any close up shots, and to be quite honest, I can't be bothered to go back and re shoot! I know, I know......lazy blogger!

Papers are from 3 Bugs In A Rug earlier in the year, one of their 'Springtime/Rainy' type of collections (I used the reverse sides) and the LO is inspired by a sketch from Pagemaps.

That's it from me so have a great weekend
Jayne.x.

I'm this many!

2011-09-27T19:30:00.007-04:00

Nope, I'm definitely not telling how many I am, but this little card made it's way to my Nephew, and I'm sure he won't mind telling you how 'few' he is!

This image was a freebie I've had for quite a while from Torico's Digital Gallery, and I've coloured with Promarker's. Papers are from Jillibean Soup.

That's it for today....short and sweet!

See you later in the week

Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - #9 Happy Birthday

Sassy Studio Designs - #91 Hip to be Square

Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - #17 Lots of layers

Simply Create - #52 Let's eat some cake

Card Makin' Mama's - Punches

Our Creative Corner - Numbers

The Corrosive Challenge Blog - #133 Punches/Dies

Ooh La La Creations Challenges - #89 Punches/Dies

Lexi's Creations - #49 Card for a Child

Paper Cupcakes - Punches and Cuts

Popped Paper Piecing!

2011-09-19T14:11:00.007-04:00

Now there's one I challenge you to say after a few beverages!

Today's card is a result of one of the Back To School Crop challenges, I took part in last week over on the Two Scrapbook Friends forum. This particular challenge was to create a School/Teacher themed card, so although the school year has only just begun, I thought I'd get a head start on a 'Thank You' card. As the title suggests, there is definitely some popping and paper piecing going on, so here it is...........

I like the slightly, but not too much, vintage feel to this, mainly because of the yummy new papers from My Minds Eye (Lost & Found 2). The image is a freebie I picked up a loooong time ago from Michelle Perkett, and what little colouring there is, was done with Copic's. The rest as mentioned was paper pieced. Here's a close up of that and the 'popped' apple.............

The ticket on there is actually a rubber stamp, as is the sentiment.

I may be back later with some more challenge entries, so till then, enjoy your day
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

Picture Perfect creations - #10 Use 3 Designer Papers

Ooh La La Creations - #89 Punches/Dies

Fab n' Funky - #90 Bingo.....I used a button, ribbon and a sentiment

Delicious Doodles - #2 Cute as a Button

Dream Valley Challenges - #16 Buttons

One Stitch At A Time - #80 Punch It

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - #129 Just Sayin' (Use a sentiment & stamp)

Cuter than most!

2011-09-04T10:12:00.006-04:00

Hi there.....it's Sunday and here I am.....who'd have thought it?

I wanted to pop in and post a pretty little card that I hope is travelling across the pond right now to my niece, who's Birthday was last week (me.....late again....surely not!!).
Anyhow, of course she is one of the sweetest little ladies I know, so an effort had to be made to create the prettiest, girliest card I could. I think I found the perfect image and papers to go with it, so here it is..........

Sweet!

I've always loved Gillian, this little cutie from Prairie Fairy Designs, so when I happened to win 'Top Spot' a while back (for this card in case you're interested!), it was a no brainer as to which images I chose.

Colouring this week is using....wait for it.........'Promarkers'! Yes I have added to my collection......you've gotta love In-laws who bring Promarkers in their luggage! I also added some Liquid Pearls to Gillian's necklace and earrings.

I'm also really loving the new paper collection from My Minds Eye - Lost and Found 2, and this is from the 6"x6"pad (Blush). The sentiment is one of those really reasonable $1.50 wooden stamps from Michaels.

Hope she likes it.

I'm off now to find some challenges, so I may be back later.
Have a great Sunday
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Passion For Promarkers - #115 Anything Goes
One Stitch At A Time - #78 Use a Digi
I Did It Creations Challenge Blog - #71 Girly Girls
My Time To Craft Challenge - #155 In Full Bloom
A Gem Of A Challenge - #29 Photo Inspiration
City Crafter Challenge Blog - #72 All Dressed Up
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - 1-2-3 combination.....I used 1 digi image, 2 patterned papers and 3 flowers
Truly Scrumptious - #64 Rocked Up Pink
Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - #36 Card/Sentiment for a Girl

My Favourite In-Laws..........

2011-09-01T14:11:00.004-04:00

Did I mention I have my hubby's parents visiting from across the pond? Yep, another busy few weeks, but always good to have some company.

I've been trying to catch up on some scrapping of older photo's, so I thought I'd drop in with a Scrapbook page today. This particular photograph was one that was given to me, quite a while ago (by the previously mentioned 'in-laws'), so I thought I'd finally better do something with it. When I started the layout, I could not for the life of me come up with a title I liked.......probably because I didn't really have any inspirational journalling I wanted to share........I just liked the photograph and wanted to create something pretty!

Then it came to me.........'My favourite In-Laws'.

Yes, I know we could get picky and ask...."Don't you only have one set of In-laws?"

Well, yes.....but that's not the point!!

Enough chattering......here's the page........

Papers are from Basic Grey (Capella I think), and the layout was inspired by a sketch from Allison Davis (Sketches For Scrapbooking - One page Sketches).

Here's a little close up of my first attempt at creating flowers using my new Dienamics rolled flower die (think I need more practice!)............

Well that's it for today.
Hope to see you soon
Jayne.x.

At my age...........

2011-08-30T07:00:00.004-04:00

Hello......remember me? I'm finally back after an interesting few weeks of busy summer vacation with a fair dose of sickness thrown in. Thankfully I'm now back on track health wise and the school holidays are drawing to a close, which means my blog can now get a little of the TLC it deserves.

I thought I'd start by catching up with a few things I did manage to craft over the last few weeks, firstly a card I made for my Dad's Birthday (back in July!). I've had this image from Bugaboo Digi Stamps for quite a while, just waiting for the appropriate male in his....shall we say 'Senior' years (see how polite I was!), so sorry Dad, but you drew the short straw!

I'm pleased to say this looks nothing like my Dad......well maybe the orange 'Speedo's' (ha!)

Colouring for this one was using Copic's, and papers are from the Echo Park 'Splash' 6"x6" pad.

I will hopefully be back a little later this week with something else to show you.....maybe a Scrapbook LO........we'll see.

Have a great day and......Oh....... it's good to be back!
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:

Shopping Our Stash #15 - Sassy Snarky or LOL

Digi Doodle Shop Challenges #73 - Anything Goes
DYSU #34 - Boy or Man
Wags 'n Whiskers - #61 Outdoor Fun
Stampin' For The Weekend - #15 Holidays/Vacation
Crazy 4 Challenges - #102 Male Themed
Victorine Originals - #15 Summer
Paper Playtime - #54 Vacation
Stamps R Us Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Chill out Sister!

2011-06-24T09:53:00.005-04:00

Hi there.....I've made it back to my blog for a second time this week!

I have a card to show you today, and I really do love this stamp......did you notice I said 'stamp' as in the rubber variety! WOW! I picked up this little baby from The Greetings Farm at Scrapfest earlier this year, as I just couldn't resist the 'cute factor'.

So go on............Chill out Sister's...............

Colouring today has a slight variation..........a combination of Copic's and Promarker's. Papers are from Bo Bunny's Vicki B collection (6"x6" pad), along with Dew Drops, ribbon from Michael's, doodling, Nestie's and Tim Holtz Distress Ink sponged in various places. The sentiment is printed using Word and the layout is based on a sketch from a couple of weeks ago, over at The Deconstructed Sketch.

Here's a little close up should you feel the need.............

Have a wonderful day/weekend and I'll be back sometime next week,
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

Wags 'n Whiskers - #57 Summertime
Stamps R Us -1,2,3 Recipe
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Here comes the sun
Ruby's Rainbow Challenges - #6 Flowers
Scrapbook Sister's - #41 Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - #78 Summer Loving

I Love You To The Moon And Back!

2011-06-19T11:30:00.003-04:00

Hello there, please forgive my absence recently, but my parents flew over from England a week ago and.........well I've been enjoying their company......I don't get to do much of that!

Anyhow, of course, crafting is the thing that gets pushed aside, but I have tried to keep my hand in there a little. I don't share many scrapbook layouts on here, but I thought I would today. I have always loved this photograph of myself and eldest DD, and as it's getting quite old now, I thought it was about time I 'Scrapped' it! Here's 'Cuddles'................

Papers are from Cosmo Cricket's 'Togetherness' line and the layout was inspired by a sketch from Becky Fleck at Pagemaps, which is also the subject of a sketch challenge over on the Two Scrapbook Friends forum.

Have a great day!
Jayne.x.

You Go Girl!

2011-06-06T15:07:00.014-04:00

Good afternoon, hope you're enjoying some beautiful weather wherever you are. I'm hopping in today with a fun little card, although I shouldn't say 'little' as it's far from it. In fact it's rather loooooong!

A couple of challenges caught my eye this week:

The first being a sketch posted by Dee over at Little Red Wagon....you know I love a sketch!

Secondly, this weeks Card Challenge on the Two Scrapbook Friends forum, is to create a 'Looooong' card, so that's what I did.

Here's one funky little Moped (not sure if that's a universal name for them or just another 'English'ism (now there's a new word!!)).........

I was trying to think of a sentiment to go with this image, and when I was routing through my stash for something else, I came across this stamp I've had for ages......couldn't have come up with anything better!

The image is one of those really reasonable mini stamps from Imaginisce I believe, coloured with Copic markers. Paper is mostly regular yellow cardstock, embossed with a Quik Cutz folder, and a scrap of leftover PP from We R Memory Makers 'Peep' line. A Nestie, Baker's twine, and button finish the job.

Here's a little close up, just in case you feel the urge to see more (lol)........

Those colours are enough to cheer anyone up, so enjoy the rest of your day......I'm hoping to!

See you soon
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Little Red Wagon - Sketch
Two Scrapbook Friends forum - Create a Long card
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - #119 Summer Colours
Dream Valley Challenges - #8 Stamp Something
Paper Sundae's - #72 Let's get Sentimental
CES Challenges - #39 Clean and Simple

A huge Thank You!

2011-06-03T10:31:00.008-04:00

Happy Friday everyone........the sun is shining....the kiddiewinks have the day off school....what could be better?

Today's card is a dose of happy and sad all mixed in together. It's an extremely sweet image from By Lori Designs of course, and that makes me happy, but it is also my last Design Team creation for the 'Oh so talented' Lori Boyd. Yes, all good things must come to an end, and this ride has been a blast. Did you know it was one of Lori's images (in rubber) that first got me started on this whole crazy colouring/card making journey? So for that, the Design Team opportunity, and the endless supply of inspiration she has given since, I would like to send her a huge 'Thank You'!

And don't worry....I'm sure you'll still be seeing a little Lollipop goodness around here from time to time.........didn't think I could stay away did ya?

Anyhow, shall we get to the good part....a card. Here she is........Lollipop Amy........

Told you she was sweet!

To prove the point, Amy will be making her way to the equally sweet, ever so patient teacher, who has nurtured my youngest daughter for the last year. Another Thank You!

So, other than Copic's for skin area's, I coloured with my Prisma pencils again.....(Oh how I missed them!) and papers are from one of the new Lime Twist 6'x6' pads from My Minds Eye. The only other additions are a Nestie, sentiment printed from Word, ribbon from Making Memories and pearls from the $$ store. I did add just enough glitter to make Amy sparkle.......here's a close up.........

One last thing, the layout for this card was inspired by a sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch......love those sketches, I'm working on another at the moment, but this one was from a week ago.

Well that's about it for today.....I'll be back next week with who knows what?
You'll have to pop back for a visit to find out!
Have a great weekend
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Stamp Something - June Digi Day
Pear Tree Designs - #51 Sparkle
A Spoonful Of Sugar - #154 Flower Power
Diva's By Design - Florals
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - What eva'!
Truly Scrumptious - #58 Summer Sparkle

Live Life Glamorously!

2011-05-29T09:27:00.007-04:00

It's Sunday, and thought I'd drop in for a visit....why not?

Today's card has a very generous helping of..........'Je ne sais quoi!' I love this image which I've had for quite some time, waiting for just the right amount of inspiration to take hold. Now the deed has been done, and I love it.......here's 'Satine' from Sassy Studio Designs........

Yes I think the term I'm looking for is....Ooh La La!

I'm pleased with this card for a whole bunch of reasons:

Firstly.......I love the image, but the fact that it was a freebie makes it even more awesome!

Secondly.........I'm finally happy with the colouring.....this was the first (and probably last!) time I've coloured stockings............NERVE WRACKING I tell ya! I'm the first to admit that I am NOT an artist, I cannot draw to save my life, so I just go with my gut and hope things turn out OK. I think these finally did....it just took half an hour of my 'bestest' concentration....made me sweat!

Thirdly.....it's paired with some of my all time favourite papers, from Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 line....a perfect combination!

Lastly........the sentiment (another perfect match!) was yet another 'freebie' from the generous Paulette, over at Create with TLC.

Satine is coloured with Copic's, and added into the card mix are ribbon from Michael's (ruffled using double sided tape) and flowers/rhinestones from the dollar store.

Yummy!

I hope to be back sometime during the earlier part of the week, so enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll see you then.

Here's to some sunnier temperatures.....apparently!
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Stamps & Fun=Creativity - Flower Power
Diva's By Design - #2 One for the Girls
Truly Scrumptious - #57 Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbons - #24 Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Things of Beauty
Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Ooh La La
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - #41 Anything Goes

Best Friend.........

2011-05-26T09:10:00.006-04:00

Hello all.......I've finally found my way back to blogger!

Thought I'd drop in with my weekly dose of cuteness from By LORI Designs, this time of the animal variety....well almost. Here's Lollipop Bear (times two!)............

Yep, I liked this little furry friend so much, I coloured him twice. Sorry for the glare on the photo.....it was taken rather late one night where a fair bit of extra lighting was needed!

So as mentioned, 'Lollipop Bear' was printed then flipped, scaled down slightly, and printed again. They're coloured with Prismacolour Pencils and papers are from the October Afternoon 'Campfire' 8"x8" pad. I added a Fiskars punch and wrapped a little 'Hemp' cord around there to finish off. The sentiment is another generous freebie from a while back, from Create With TLC.

That's about it....short and sweet, but if you'd like to check out some other cute Lollipop Bear creations, head over to the Lollipop Shop where the sister's have been 'doin their thang'!

Here's to another gloriously 'wet' day!

Take care
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Digi's With Attitude: #27 Colour Challenge....use brown,beige and one other colour
Totally Papercrafts Challenge - #67 Don't be square
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #83 Anything Goes
Mark's Finest Papers - #56 Tone on tone with focal image 'popped'
2 Sister's Challenge Blog - #40 Use a Digi
Paper Sundae's - #70 Pop It Up
Pile It On - #21 You're My Beary Best Friend
Gingerloft Challenge - #17 Plant A Tree
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - #74 Cute and Cuddly

A sweet friendship.

2011-05-17T12:00:00.003-04:00

Hi there, how's it going? Are we all enjoying this gloriously 'damp' weather here in Canada.....reminds me of being back home across the pond!

I have just the thing to cheer things up......a card of course, with this weeks deliciously sweet image from By LORI Designs. There was a new release of images a while ago, so over at the Lollipop Shop today, there's a showcase of wonderful eye candy, featuring these two sweet little ladies. Here's my version of the 'Lollipop Sisters'...............

I definitely have a thing for red!

Look what made an appearance...........my Prismacolour pencils! Yep I dusted them of as they were feeling a little negleted whilst I had my little fling with Copics recently. Glad I did as I like this card....love the colours and softness.

Papers are from the new 'Lime Twist' 6"x6" pad from My Minds Eye, together with a paper doily from Michael's. I also used a couple of Nestie's, a Fiskar's border punch, ribbon (also from Michael's), button (from my local scrapbook store TSF) and more of my Baker's twine....this time in green from Really Reasonable Ribbon. The sentiment is another wonderful freebie I picked up from Paulette, over at Create with TLC.

That's all folks, but maybe hop on over to the Lollipop Shop to check out the always beautiful creations from the other Lollipop Girls.

Have a great day
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Card Makin Mama's Challenge Blog - #20 Recipe....1 image, 2 papers, 3embellishments
Frosted Designs - Use ribbon/twine
Fairy Fun Friday's - #52 For the Girls
I Did It Creations Challenge Blog - #55 Lace and/or ribbon
My Partner In Crafting Crime - #27 Twine, jute or string
Craft Your Passion Challenges - #58 Cutie Patootie
Whoopsie Daisy Challenge - Let's punch it out
By Lori Designs Challenge - #17 Friendship

Happy Day!

2011-05-12T09:07:00.002-04:00

Good morning and it is a 'Happy Day' if not a busy one. I'm just dropping in with a quick post before I start my list of tasks for today.

Today's card is using a digi I bought at least a year ago and have been hoarding ever since, waiting for the right paper to come along, and my 'bestest' colouring skills to take over!! She's so cute I didn't want to mess up, so here she is, from Lil Lolita Stamps (which I think I bought through Tickled Pink Stamps, but not quite sure!)..........'20's Evie'........

So, I'm glad I waited cause I do love those (ever decreasing from my stash!) My Minds Eye Stella and Rose papers.

Evie is coloured with Copic's, and I added a Martha Stewart punch, flowers, pearls and ribbon from my stash. The sentiment is a rub-on I've had forever, layered onto tickets cut from my Fancy Pants 'The Little Things' 6"x6" pad.

I like this card, so to prove my point, it headed off across the pond to my Mom for Mother's Day.

That's it from me for today....I may be back later with some challenge hopefuls, so till then........have a good one!

Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

Crazy 4 Challenges - #86 Lots of flowers
Dream Valley Challenges - #6 Flowers
Creative Cowgirls Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Incy Wincy Designs - #93 Mother's Day/Girlie
Ooh La La Creations - #79 Tres Chic
Everybody's Art Challenge - #141 Flowers
Clear It Out Tuesday - Ribbon/Trim

Sometimes you gotta let your hair down!

2011-05-10T11:26:00.006-04:00

Good morning.......just!

Dropping in with another Lollipop card today, but this time, it's the male variety. Here's 'Sunday Best PJ Landon' all dressed up in his 'way out' suit, from the newly released digi's over at By LORI Designs..........

Yep, I've been at the paper piecing again! Couldn't resist showing a little of Landon's 'wild side' by dressing him in his star spangled suit.

He's coloured today with Copic markers and papers are from the new Jillibean Soup 6'x6' pads. I added ribbon, twine, star and felt buttons from my stash, and a couple of Nesties to finish off. The sentiment is actually a freebie I picked up from the generous Paulette over at Create with TLC, and I almost forgot to mention, that the layout for this card was inspired by a 'Sweet Sunday' sketch from a while ago, over on Karen Giron's blog.

If you get a chance, you may want to head over to the Lollipop Shop to check out the other awesome creations from the Lollipop Girls. You wont be disappointed!

That's it from me for today, but I will be back this week....promise!
Have a great day
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Totally Papercrafts Challenge - #65 A Recipe......1 Image, 2 Papers, 3 Embellishments
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - Give us a Quote/Sentiment
Stamp Something - Digi Day
Sparkles Forum Challenges - #11 Recipe........2 Papers, 1 Ribbon/Bow, 3 Embellishments
Sentimental Sunday's - #54 Anything Goes
The Crafty Pad Designs - #120 Spots and Dots
Pollycraft Challenge - #92 Boyz to Men

It's New Release Day!

2011-05-06T14:46:00.006-04:00

Yay......5 new images are being released today over at By LORI Designs, and as always they are super cute. Here's a little preview
So, to celebrate I made a card of course, but not with one of the new images......you'll have to wait til Tuesday for that one!
This is one I've been meaning to bring to life for a little while........here's Sugar Stick 'Girl with kite'...............

Aaah, paper piecing....haven't done any for a while, but when I do, I love it!

This little lady is coloured (what there is of it!) with Promarkers and Copics, and papers are from the always classy, Cosmo Cricket Circa 1934 line. I used ribbon from the $1.50 bin at Michael's, that's been hiding in my stash for quite some time, and a rub on sentiment that's been there even longer. The cloud rub on is actually new......Cosmo Cricket also I think.

That's it for today, but I will be back soon.........I promise!
Don't forget to head over to the Lollipop Shop for your share of sweetness!
Have a great day/weekend
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Sparkles Forum Challenges - #10 Anything Goes
Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Pollycraft Challenge - #91 Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenges - #56 Anything Goes
Pear Tree Designs - #47 Free For All
Clear It Out Tuesday - #Ribbon/Trim
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Shelly's Images Blog - Girly or Sweet

A New Release!

2011-05-05T20:49:00.005-04:00

Happy Day Everyone!!

We have some super exciting news here at By LORi Designs!

We have gone EXCLUSIVE!!

That's right from now on you will only be able to find your beloved Puddle Jumpers, Lollipops and Sugar Sticks Digis at By LORi Designs!!

Yipppppeeeee!!

Now what does that mean? It means that May will have the biggest release ever!!

All the Puddle Jumpers are coming home and you will be able to purchase all the Puddle Jumpers that Lori has drawn HERE at BLD!!

Isn't this fun and exciting!?!?!?

Hop back over tomorrow for our big release!

Hey Amigo's........

2011-04-27T09:40:00.008-04:00

Good morning.....hope you all had a good Easter break. Hubby is finally back from his trip to Europe, and kiddies are back at school, which means I can finally get some crafting (and blogging) done!

I'm posting a card today, which I hope is making it's way across the pond to my brother, who's Birthday was........well let's just say I'm (un)fashionably late (as usual!). The image I've used makes me smile - no particular reason, just one of those things. So here's 'Mexico Phil'............

The inside reads.........'Go easy on the tequila my friend!'

So another reason I like this image is that it was e freebie from Just Inklined Stamps, gotta love that.

Phil is coloured with Copic markers and papers are from the Prima 'Paisley Road' 6"x6" pad.....I knew I'd find a use for that extremely loud zig zag paper some day. I added a Nestie 'sun' look-a-like, a Martha Stewart border punch and some ribbon, which was also a freebie from Scrapfest.

Yep.....that is one bright and very loud card!

Have a great day

Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

Paper Crafting Journey - #8 Use a 'Freebie'

Meljen's Designs - #55 Masculine

Delicious Doodles - #22 Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - #108 Pile It On (use at least 5 layers)

Bows and Berries - #4 Bold and Bright

Pear Tree Designs - #46 Colourful

Happy Hunting.........

2011-04-20T09:19:00.004-04:00

Hi there. I'm back with another Easter card today and there's a boy on it.........are you impressed?

Yep, another cute image from By LORI Designs, persuaded me to colour up the male variety of digi. Here's Puddle Jumper Landon............

There are actually two digi's on here - I added the 'egg basket' to create an Easter type of card.

Landon is coloured with Copic markers and papers, which I embossed, are from the My Minds Eye (Stella & Rose) 6"x6" paper pad. Some baker's twine, brads and a homemade 'Word' sentiment finish the job.

That's it from me for today........I really need to get some images (which are coloured and sitting neglected on my desk!) on to cards, then I may have something else to show you. I've been trying to get a little 'scrapping' done.......I actually managed a 'double' LO last week........pretty unusual for me......so unfortunately, cards have taken a back seat.

Have a happy, creative day......looks like we'll have to create our own sunshine in this weather!

Jayne.x.

Life is a mystery..........

2011-04-13T07:00:00.001-04:00

Good morning. I'm being a well behaved 'blogger' at the moment, by putting in my second appearance this week! A card of course, but a card with no image! Wow.....unusual for me, and I bet you can hardly stand the suspense of what it looks like ( hee hee!), so here it is............

A little vintage.....Victorian maybe? I have no clue, my History was never that good, but it looks pretty so who cares!

I created this card a little while ago, for a fun challenge over on the Two Scrapbook Friends forum called '5 for 5'. Head on over there if you feel like checking it out as they have one each month. Basically, when the challenge is posted, the first 5 people to sign up, will be sent 5 mystery items with which to create a masterpiece, and post on a certain date. Then everyone gets to see the awesome variety of projects people produce, using the same 5 things.

The 5 items for this card were:

A length of green ribbon

A die cut key

An unfinished chipboard swirl

2 pearl embellishments

A small piece of patterned paper

I added the doily, button, floss, accordion heart and stitching, then made up a sentiment to finish. It was fun and I'm pretty pleased with the result.

Have a happy day, and who knows, you may see me again this week...........maybe!

Jayne.x.

April Showers......

2011-04-11T09:12:00.004-04:00

I figure the title is pretty apt. today! 18 degrees outside and rain boots required........I'll take the rain if I can keep the temperature! So let's embrace the theme and get to a card. Another sweet Puddle Jumper image today, from By LORI Designs. Here's Ella's Umbrella............

Couldn't resist adding that cute 'rain boot' paper.

I'll share a little story with you about this image........a conversation I had with my youngest daughter, which of course made me smile, they usually do! I must have subconsciously coloured Ella, with some striking resemblances to her, because when I'd finished, they really did look alike. So I said to her "Oh my goodness......this could be you, she looks just like you". After she'd studied it for a moment, she said " No.........I don't have a frog!" The joy of 4 year old wisdom.........keeps me sane...........when it's not driving me insane! LOL

So Ella is coloured with Copic's and papers are from 3 Bugs In A Rug. I kept things fairly simple by adding a 'Nestie', some white satin ribbon and a stick pin, but I did add a fair bit of Glossy Accents to the puddle and the polka dots on the umbrella.

Sweet!

Have a great day and I'll see you later in the week

Jayne.x.

Did someone say 'Blog Hop'?

2011-04-08T12:00:00.005-04:00

It's one of those exciting days today.......a new release of digi's from by LORI Designs, and you know what that means.............a Blog Hop!

Yep, you get to cruise around blogland, taking in all the yummy 'Lollipop' goodness, and if you feel like leaving some awfully sweet comments along the way, you're in with a chance of winning a $10 gift certificate to spend on more sweetness over at the Lollipop Shop! I'll post a hop list of my fellow lovely ladies in a moment, but first, let's get to the important stuff.....a card!

Another sweetie for me to colour up this time. As much as I love the male variety of Lori Boyd creations, the girlie's always seem to win me over. Here's Puddle Jumper Shelby.........

I'm now realizing how very bright this card is, so put it down to a subconscious need for 'sunshine' around here!

Shelby is coloured with........you will never guess! I almost typed 'Copic's then and had to stop myself. I'll start again......Shelby is coloured with Promarkers! Let me just say, I have great in-laws (yep I'm one of those who has good ones!), who very kindly sent me a set, all the way across the pond, for me to play with. Couldn't get much better than that huh?

Papers today are from the new Bo Bunny line, which is just bright enough to wake you up in a morning.

OK, let's get to the list. Remember, to qualify for a chance to win the gift certificate, you have to leave a comment at each blog. If you're joining me from the super talented 'Jane's' blog, you're on the right track and need to head over to the lovely Jen. If you're just dropping in by chance.....welcome......stay a while, but you might want to head back to Angela, and start hopping!

Here goes........

Angela
Arielle
Jacquie
Jane B
Jayne M .......You're here!
Jen S.
Jennifer
Joni
Kadie
Krista
Linda
Mercy
Sheri
sherryann
Silvia
Tracy
By Lori Designs

Have fun
Jayne.x.

15 minutes of fame!

2011-04-07T12:11:00.009-04:00

OK, was it Andy Warhole who said everyone in the world will get 15 minutes of fame?

Well, I'm super excited today, as my favourite local scrapbook store, Two Scrapbook Friends, asked me a while ago, if I would be their Guest Designer for April.......awesome, the chance to play with more yummy product!

So, today's the day, and I'm not one for 'blowing my own trumpet', so to speak, but for once, I will be trying to maximize my 15 mins..........or at least get a couple, so here's the link.

Thank you so much to Carolyn and Joanne.......always a pleasure spending monies in your store......no effort required at all!

Have a great day......I'm planning to!
Jayne.x.

A friendship flower..........

2011-04-06T09:46:00.008-04:00

Hi there.......just skipping in and out today with a fairly quick creation. This card was actually made for a super fun St. Paddy's Day Challenge over on the 'Two Scrapbook Friends' forum. The idea was to pick from a list of Irish related items, which were later translated into scrappy/craft products that you would have to include on your creation. A recipe challenge! My list included: Green Patterned Paper, Foam, Glimmer Mist, Lace and a charm. So, with these things in mind, here's what I ended up with............

First time I've tried one of these tissue paper flowers on a card......it took me back to JK days!

Now, I promised I would be mentioning you today.......yes YOU my scrappy friend Dee! I know exactly what you are thinking right now........this card is totally 'un'mailable......is that a word? lol

But you are right.....I agree. The flower stands out approx 3/4" so unless I feel inclined to create a box type of envelope (not!), it will be kept as the handing over in person type of thing.

So let's save our postage pennies Dee, but I must admit, it was fun to make!

Papers are from one of the new Jillibean Soup lines, by the way, and that's about it from me.

Skipping out and have a great day

Jayne.x.

Springtime........I hope!

2011-04-01T07:00:00.002-04:00

Nope, this is no April Fool........I am really here, on my blog! Has it really been a week since my last post? Yet again I'm wondering where the days went. Anyhow, I am really seriously willing Spring to arrive, as I'm really tired of the persistent dregs of snow still loitering. To help things along I have a yummy card for you, using as always, a superbly cute image by Lori Boyd, which you can find over at the Lollipop Shop. Full of the joys of Spring, here's Puddle Jumper Tabitha.......... Suhweet! I've coloured again with Copic's, and papers are from a 6"x6" My Minds Eye (Stella and Rose) pad. A touch of ribbon, a button and some baker's twine, and we're done! I'll be back later with some challenge hopefuls, but for now, have a very 'Springlike' day! Jayne.x.

Crochet flowers anyone?

2011-03-25T08:54:00.006-04:00

I'm here with something a little different today..........a little project of mine.

You know those pretty little crochet flowers we see here and there, the ones that look oh so nice on cards and layouts. The ones that are available in a whole range of lovely colours..........the ones that can become a little expensive for the obsessive amongst us who decide they need every available colour (ahem........mentioning no names!).

Well, I decided in my wisdom that I could make my own. Crocheting can't be that difficult.......you only use one hook......I have two hands.......I could probably colour at the same time! (lol) Yes, this was me being naive, but I now had a mission and was determined to conquer the crochet hook.

Here's how it went..........

First, I tried using some lovely cotton yarn, I thought would look really purdy!

Too thick!

Then, I found some crochet cotton which was much thinner, and I thought would work better...........

.........it did! Maybe the clue was in the name...........Crochet Cotton..........do ya think?

So then, I went on a little flower frenzy...............

...........believe me, there are more since.

Then, I tried them on a super quick, less than 10 minutes card...............

There we go........mission complete! Not perfect, but I'm satisfied with the results and they're certainly economical.

Here's my challenge to you all........pick up the hook and go for it!

Have a great day

Jayne.x.

Somebunny loves you!

2011-03-23T07:00:00.002-04:00

Hi there, just dropping in with another Easter card. This is using one of my favourite stamps, as it was one of the very first Lori Boyd creations I coloured. In fact it was one of the first ever stamps I coloured. Yep....this is one that got me started on this crazy card making train!

Anyhow, I'll cut to the chase and show the card shall I?

So this is sweet 'Presley' Lollipop, and you can find her in digi form over at the Lollipop Shop of course. Or if you're feeling the need for that smell of red rubber, you can pick her up from Stamping Bella. I have actually used her on this layout before, but this time I thought I'd turn it into the Easter/Spring variety............the numerous 'bunny' references and all!

Presley is coloured with Copic's and has plenty of sparkle added to her dress. Papers are from the We R Memory Keepers 'Peep' line, with a little enhancement from a Martha Stewart punch, a button and baker's twine.

That's it from me for today.........guess I'll go and enjoy the (hopefully) last dump of snow!

Have a good one

Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

Cooking It Up With Katie - #54 Animals with colourful button

The Pixie Cottage - #62 Sketch and/or Sparkle

Simon Says Stamp - Mothers Day or Girlie

The Creative Cottage - #35 Spring has Sprung

Do It With Digi's - #6 Boys and Girls come out to play

DYSU Challenge Blog - #11 Add a Bow

Card Makin' Mamas - #17 Animals

Totally Gorjuss - #72 Button It

Gingerloft Challenge - #14 Use die cuts or punches

Digital Tuesday Challenge - #103 Button Up

'Twas the night before Christmas.............in March!

2011-03-20T07:00:00.002-04:00

Hi there.....me again, which means it must be Sunday and time for a new challenge over at OSAAT. Unfortunately, today's post is a little bittersweet, as this will be my last DT creation for OSAAT. Life is pretty busy right now, so it's time for me to step down. I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Stitchy and all the lovely ladies over there, for their support and friendship over the last 8 months..........it's been a blast, and I'm sure I'll be seeing them around 'blogland'.

So, the theme for today's challenge is 'For the Boys', and this week also happens to be 'Christmas Club' time again, so my creation is just that........all about Christmas.........

I love this image from Lexi Creations called Christmas Night, which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store. She's coloured this week with Copic's and papers are from the Bo Bunny Midnight Frost line.

I had a little inspiration for the layout this week, from a sketch over at Mojo Monday a couple of weeks back........

So that's it for today and I'm thinking I'll be taking Sunday's off for a while. Guess I'd better get my act into gear and visit a little more often during the week!

Have a great day and I'll be seeing you soon.

Jayne.x.

You're A Star!

2011-03-19T09:16:00.003-04:00

Well that was a fun week..........March break at home with the kiddies and an unwelcome stomach bug! Think I must have upset someone in a previous life. Anyhow, things picked up toward the end of the week, so we got out to burn off a little of that energy.

I'm finally here to post my Lori Boyd creation that's been sitting on my desk for a while. Do you remember the card I made for eldest DD in honour of the dance recital? (You can check it out here if you feel inclined) Well today I have the younger version, for my youngest DD.........here's Ballet Mouse.........

You can find 'Ballet Mouse' over at the Lollipop Shop of course.

I've coloured today with Prisma pencils and papers are a mixture of October Afternoon (Campfire) and Martha Stewart, both embossed. So, you may guess that DD's favourite colour is 'red', hence the overdose of said colour. Also, you can't really tell from the photo, but this little mouse is covered in plenty of sparkle. Thought I'd also use some Tulle for a change to liven things up.

Well, that's about it for today......short and sweet!

Enjoy the weekend and I'll see you tomorrow.

Jayne.x.

A bit of Bling!

2011-03-13T07:00:00.001-04:00

Hi there, remember Me? The absent blogger! Another busy week and a serious question.....can someone tell me where the days go, really, cause every time I blink, it seems another week has flown by.

Well, Sunday has certainly rolled around again, so that means a new challenge over at OSAAT, and our theme this week has been chosen by the lovely Deborah............'Glitter and Gems'. One lucky winner will receive 5 digi's of their choice from.........

So, what are we waiting for..........this week I got to colour up another cute little lady, from one of my favourite creator's, Kelley's Kids, which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store. Introducing 'Bebe'.........

On with the deets. Bebe is coloured with Copic's and papers are from the Paisley Road line from Prima, as is the flower. I used a Fiskar's border punch and ribbon and bling, I believe are from Michael's. The 'Party' ticket sentiment is a freebie I picked up quite a while ago from Wendymade & all things crafty. Lastly, my LO inspiration came from a sketch, this week from Card Patterns..........

So there you have it. Go check out the lovely creations the rest of the DT came up with over at OSAAT, and why not join in the challenge whilst you're there?

Take it easy and enjoy the rest of your day. I'm looking forward to going to bed an hour earlier tonight, after having one ungraciously taken from me this morning!

See ya later

Jayne.x.

Dance like no-one is watching!.......

2011-03-06T07:00:00.004-05:00

Sunday has rolled around again.....hope you're having a good one. It's challenge day of course over at OSAAT and our sponsor this week, who are offering 5 Promarkers to one lucky winner is...........

So, what's this weeks theme............to use a charm, nice and easy, and chosen by our lovely fellow DT member, Josephine.

I coloured an image this week from Sylvie's Stamps called 'Leona' and she's a beauty.............

You can find 'Leona' over at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store of course, but this card will be making it's way to my eldest DD, as a celebration of her dance recital.

I love the papers on this card.........the new Stella and Rose line from My Minds Eye, together with grey card stock....love that colour combo. Leona was coloured with Copic's, and I used ribbon and a border punch from Martha Stewart. The charm was actually cut from a bracelet I found at a discount store, and tied with bakers twine, and the sentiment is printed using my PC.

That's about it from me, so enjoy the rest of your day.

Happy crafting!

Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

The Crafty Pad - #111 Use a Ribbon

Aly's Sunday Sketch - Anything Goes

Ooh La La Creations - #74 Use Pink

Craft Your Passion Challenges - #47 Girlie Girl

Pear Tree Designs - #38 Ribbon

Simon Says Stamp - Recipe:2 DP's, 1 Image, 3 Different Embellishments (I used Ribbon, Charm and Bakers Twine)

Alphabet Challenge Blog - R is for Ribbon

Tellen's Place - At Least 2 Embellishments

Bugaboo Stamps - Anything Goes

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Ribbon and charms

A New Release and a Blog Hop!

2011-03-04T12:00:00.003-05:00

Hi there.....sorry I've been a little absent so far this week, but believe me.......todays post is worth the wait. Exciting stuff is happening again at By LORI Designs.............a new release of digi's and oh my goodness they're cute!

To celebrate, we're having a blog hop! That way you get to see all of the wonderful creations the DT have come up with. I'll get to the list in a minute, but first.......a card me thinks.

I got to play with one sweet little girl..........Puddle Jumper Lyla, who you can find over at The Lollipop Shop of course............

So, is she sweet or what? I love everything about this card.....my new favourite (I haven't said that for a while!)

Lyla and her Easter basket are coloured with Copic markers, and papers are from the My Minds Eye, brand spanking new range, Stella and Rose, and OMG are these worth buying! I used the 6x6 pad and they are gorgeous. The fabric flower is from Recollections at Michael's, ribbon is Martha Stewart, and I printed the sentiment onto a 'Nestie' using my PC.

So, are you ready to see some more beauties? Wait no more......here's the list for you, and did I happen to mention there's a prize involved, if you feel like leaving a few lovely comments along the way?

By LORi Designs Blog
Joni
Jen
sherryann
Andrea
Jennifer
Jacquie
Jayne (you're here!)
Arielle
Angela
Kadie
Mercy
Hannah
Linda
Lori
Silvia
Tracy
Jane
Sheri

So, off you go and have fun......I'll be cruising around myself.....can't wait to see what the other ladies came up with.

One last thing before you leave, I almost forgot to mention my inspiration for the LO on this card..........this weeks sketch from Mojo Monday.......

Have a great day and I'll see you on Sunday.

Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

Delicious Doodles - #15 Make the card you want to receive

Stamp Something - Use a digi

Your Next Stamp Challenge - Blue

Mojo Monday - #180 Sketch

Paper playtime - #40 Digi Monday

Pear Tree Designs - #38 Ribbon

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Let's get cute!

My Time To Craft Challenge - #130 Infants

It's Challenge Day........

2011-02-27T07:00:00.002-05:00

Yep, it's arrived again. Another Sunday has come around which means it's time for a new challenge over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog. Our theme this week, which has been chosen by fellow DT mate Choccy, is to create something with 'Mom' in mind......could be Birthday, Mother's Day, New Mother......whatever, as long as it's of the maternal variety.

We have another great sponsor of course...............

...........Bunny Zoe's Crafts, who are offering a gift voucher for their online store, to one lucky winner.

Now, before I show you my card, I should mention that I did struggle a little with this weeks theme. I certainly have nothing against Mother's........having one and being one and all, and the image I got to play with this week is no doubt beautiful. It was created by Sylvie's Stamps, and is part of the Stitchy Bear Store March collaboration, which you can get for free, if you spend $10 or more. Here's a little sneak peak.........

So, to get to my 'problem'. You might say the image I used has a slight tendency toward the 'Easter' variety. I'll let you decide...........

All I can say is I love how this turned out, so please forgive my lack of 'Mom'ness, as this will be finding it's way to my Mom (and Dad........but sorry Dad, you're not mentioned in this challenge so pretend you never heard that!).

I coloured this week with Prisma pencils......yay the Prisma's have returned! Paper is from the new We R Memory Keepers 'Peep' line, ribbon is from my stash.....tied with my lovely, lovely Bow Easy of course. I'm fairly proud of the 'wonky' handmade flower, and the sentiment is printed using Word and cut with a Nestie. Almost forgot the Fiskars border punch I used along the edge.

I think that's about it, so head on over to the OSAAT blog and check out what the other lovely ladies came up with.

I'll be back later as always with challenge hopefuls.

Have a wonderful Sunday

Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

Digital Tuesday Challenge - #99 Punches

Little Red Wagon - Animals

DYSU - #8 Anything Goes

Some Odd Girl Blog - Handmade Elements

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Spring

Wags n' Whiskers - #48 Punches

Paper Cutz Challenge - #80 Spring

Allsorts Challenge Blog - #92 Make your own Flowers

I Did It Creations Challenge Blog - #48 Punches or Dies

When it rains it pours...........

2011-02-23T10:47:00.005-05:00

Hi there....me again. Gosh, two visits already this week! This blogging thing could become a habit.

Anyhow, thought I'd drop in with a card I made a couple of weeks ago, and forgot to post. This was actually made pretty quickly, apart from the drying time required for the large amount of Glossy Accents. I felt the need to cover the whole image in the stuff...........but enough waffling from me. I'll show you the image........you'll get the picture..........

See what I mean? I wanted to create the rubberised/PVC type of look, so what could be better than Glossy Accents.

I used Copic's for this one, and didn't have to worry too much about colour choices..........just 3 shades of yellow, hence the quickness. Kept the layout fairly simple with just two DP's in the same colour (October Afternoon I think!) and black card stock, and here I go again..........don't you just love any colour with black? So sharp.

The image is actually a clip art freebie from Arthur's Free Clip Art, ribbon is from my stash, the charm, I believe is Blue Moon Beads from Michael's and the sentiment is another freebie from the lovely Paulette at Create with TLC.

Love it, if I say so myself!

I'll be back a little later with some challenge hopefuls, and who knows, you may even see me again this week. Will wonders never cease?

Have a great day.

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Challenges entered:

Challenge Up Your Life - #37 Monochrome

Crazy 4 Challenges - #75 Use Dies

Simply Create - #37 It's Bright In Here

I Did It Creations Challenge Blog - #43 Anything Goes

Incy Wincy Designs - #81 Use Punches or Dies

Lollipop Crafts - #27 Use Black and White and a pop of colour

My Time To Craft Challenge - #129 Hats

Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings - #18 Spring theme plus ribbon

Another 'sweetie'.........

2011-02-21T09:23:00.007-05:00

Hi there, are you enjoying 'Family Day here in Canada? With the snow we had overnight, this roughly translates to a day stuck inside with 'the family' driving you crazy! LOL

Anyhow, thought I'd hop into blogland with a cute card. I've coloured up a super sweet Lori Boyd image, I've been meaning to get my hands on for quite some time. Her name is Nellie and she's one of the 'Spoonfuls' which you can find at by LORI Designs..............

So, I had a couple of pointers for inspiration on this card...........apart from the fact that the image is ridiculously cute, so how could you not want to colour her up!

Firstly, my local scrapbook store, Two Scrapbook Friends, are running a current card challenge on their forum, to use buttons on you creation. Say no more, although I did dig into a new variety of felt ones, which I picked up at the store last week. They're great to work with and a really great price!

Secondly, I found a sketch online at Karen Giron's Blog, The Sweetest Thing, which I thought would work beautifully
I did 'flip' it, just in case you're confused!

Lastly, and believe me, this was a complete coincidence..........there is another colour challenge currently running over at the Lollipop Shop (home to By LORI Designs), the colour contenders being..................

I had no intention of entering this card, and had already chosen my patterned paper and coloured my image, before I checked out the challenge. Must have received some subliminal messages, cause I seem to have got the colours pretty close. The only thing I had to add was the espresso coloured card stock for matting.

So, the deets very quickly........I coloured with Copic markers, papers are Pixie Liscious from Cosmo Cricket, buttons as previously mentioned, and the 'Sweet' rub-on has been sitting in my stash forevah.......no idea which make!

That's about it for today, but I think I'll be back fairly soon this week, as I have a few things prepped and ready to go.....most unusual for me! I'm also really wanting to get another scrapbook LO done this week, but I guess we'll see.....better not be too optimistic!

Have a great day.

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Challenges entered:

The Shabby Tea Room - #50 Buttons and Bows

Stamps R Us - For the Girls

Stampin' Royalty - #59 Mark It Up (use markers)

Creative Belli Blog - #111 Felt or Fabric

DYSU Challenge Blog - #7 Dots

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - #54 Do It With Digi's

Sugar Creek Hollow - Buttons and Bows

Simply Create - #37 Bold and Bright

CES Challenges - #24 Spots and Stripes

By LORI Designs - Colour Challenge 5

Clara Cupcake..........

2011-02-20T07:00:00.002-05:00

Hi there......how's it going? Hope you're having a good Sunday, even if it is rather windy in these parts. Another week has rolled by and it's time for a new challenge over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog. Our theme this week has been chosen by the lovely Nat.....one of the DT members, and she has only one rule.....'No Square Cards'.

Our sponsor this week is........... and she is offering a gift voucher to their online store. This week, I got to colour up an image from Hope Jacare Doodles called Clara Cupcake which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store.............

Yep.....definitely not square! I kept this fairly simple, mainly because the circle card is quite a bit smaller than the 6" square I tend to make.

Clara is coloured with Copic's.....again! Prisma's will be making a comeback soon, I promise. The lacy die cut is a 'Nestie' with ribbon threaded through, papers are from Bo Bunny, and the sentiment is actually a 'freebie' from Bizzy Becks. I also added a little faux stitching around the edge with a fine line marker.

That's it for this week, so hop on over to OSAAT to check out the other DT creations.....why not join in the fun whilst you're there?

I'll be back later as usual with some challenge hopefuls.

Have a great day.

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Challenges entered:

Digital Tuesday Challenge - #98 Use a Die Cut

My Time To Craft Challenge - #128 Going Round In Circle's

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Going sentimental

Pixie Dust Studio - #62 Don't Be Square

Colour Create Challenge Blog - #64 Chocolate Strawberry and Cream (optional ribbon extra)

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Sweet Treats

One Stop Craft Challenge - #119 Birthday Card with a Cake

Boy oh boy..........

2011-02-15T15:27:00.006-05:00

Hi, just popping in, a little late in the day today, but I wanted to post a card that's been sitting on my desk for a fair few days. Another boy card......we don't see many of those around here, but this one is oozing with sweetness.

I've used another cute Puddle Jumper image from Lori Boyd, called 'Kyle', and you can find him of course at By LORI Designs......................

It also ties in very nicely with the current challenge running over there, the colour scheme required being.................
If you want to join in the fun, and give yourself the chance of winning a sweet image, you still have a little time, as the challenge closes tomorrow at midnight.

Kyle was coloured again with Copic's, and papers are a combination of Martha Stewart and October Afternoon.

I'm sure I'll find some challenges for Kyle to head into, so I'm off to do that right now.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

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Challenges entered:

CES Challenge Blog - #23 Cute and Cuddly

Lollipop Crafts - #26 Use you favourite colouring medium

Whoopsi Daisy - Anything Goes

Claudia & Company - #75 About A Boy

Cards For Men - #4 Recipe....1 image/2 DP's/3 embellishments (I used ribbon, star button and bakers twine)

A White on White Birthday.....

2011-02-13T07:00:00.006-05:00

Hello, me again with my second post of the day.......another creation for the OSAAT Birthday Bash!

You can read all about the details in my previous post, but to continue our theme of celebrating with 'Girlie' things, I thought I'd make an ultra feminine, classy, but still fairly girlie, white on white card. Plus the fact that it's my MIL's birthday in a couple of weeks, so why not kill two birds with one stone. I used a beautiful image from Blackberry Lane Designs, which you can find of course at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store , called 'Tulips in Vase'.............

.........outside view..............

.......and inside............... ......close up...........

Did I add enough photo's, do ya think? lol.

So to celebrate one of our awesome sponsor's this week......'Copic'........this image is most definitely coloured with the afore mentioned. I gotta tell ya......I'm lovin me the Copic's right now. I'm still no expert, but it's definitely true that the more you use them.....the better you become (I hope!). Well I certainly feel more comfortable with them, and at least have a feel for
what I should be doing. Practise makes perfect they say.

The deets are fairly basic on here......it's a gate fold card with an extra 'flappy piece' in the center.....YES, that's a technical term! I used basic embossed white card stock together with pink for matting. A Martha Stewart punch creates the border, the stick pin is Maya Road, flowers and pearls are $$ store and the yummy ribbon has been recycled from the packaging on the PJ's I received at Christmas! The sentiment is actually a freebie I picked up quite a while ago from Devilish Designs.

That's it folks, so get yourselves over to the OSAAT challenge blog and join in the fun!

I'll be back a little later with challenge entries.....til then......have a good one.

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Challenges entered:

Little Red Wagon - #67 White on White

Paper Sundaes - #56 Pick your toppings (I chose flowers and pink)

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

DYSU challenge Blog - #6 Ribbon

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - #53 Clean and Simple

Simply Betty Challenges - White Out

Pattie's Creations Design Challenge - #14 Recycle ( Iused the ribbon from my PJ packaging)

Bugaboo Stamps - Different fold

A touch of 'Vintage'........

2011-02-13T06:59:00.002-05:00

Good morning, it's Sunday, so here I am again with another DT creation for a brand new challenge over at OSAAT. First off, I have to say 'Happy 1st Birthday' OSAAT! Yep today we are celebrating our Big Birthday Bash, which basically means more prizes for you this week, from a whole array of sponsors, so you won't want to miss entering.

Our theme for this weeks challenge is to celebrate with 'Girlie Things'.....you know the ones........ribbon, flowers, bling, pins......all the stuff we love to play with.

So, I have two projects to show you today, the second will be following in the next post. First up, a touch of vintage using an image from one of our sponsors.......Dezina World, together with some lovely papers from Floppy Latte Designs......'Vintage Vision' (which you can find at the Stitchy Bear store).............

Well, I've never actually created a grunged up, vintage style of.............well....box before, so I'm fairly pleased with how it's turned out. I guess a $1.25 box from the $$ store can be a good investment.

The deets are pretty obvious with this one.......I covered with papers, added my image, lace, bling, flowers, Tim Holtz ticket, grunged everything up a little with distress inks and there we are. This has already been claimed by my youngest for her special things........hairbands, an elastic, a half eaten lollipop, a favourite cheerio! I dare not dig any deeper!!

Make sure you hop over to the OSAAT blog this week to catch up on the major creativity presented by the DT and don't forget to enter this weeks challenge.

I'll be back in a little while with some challenge entries, and even sooner with my second creation...........see you in a jiffy.

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Challenges entered:

Paper Sundaes - #56 Pick your toppings (I used flowers, lace and distressing)

Aly's Sunday Sketch - #35 Bling Bling

Simon Says Stamp - Anything But A Card

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - #12 Flower Power

Frosted Designs - Use the word LOVE

Craft Us Crazy - Anything Goes

Dream..........

2011-02-09T09:12:00.004-05:00

Guess what I did over the weekend? I closed myself in a room and didn't leave, (well except to pop out for supplies) but the point is............I SCRAPPED! I havn't done any scrapbooking for close to a year, but this weekend, I took the plunge and joined in with my local stores on-line crop. The result was 6....yes 6 layouts and 1 card.

Thought I'd share one of them with you............

Oh it's good to be back!

Fabulous........

2011-02-06T07:01:00.003-05:00

Well here I am again with my second OSAAT DT post this morning. Did you miss me?lol If you're looking for my first post, including 'deets' of sponsor's etc, then scroll down.

So, second up, this time a card, using a 'fabulous' image by Stitchy herself (which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Stamps store), here's Babe..........

So, again, something a little different for me.....a side stepper card. I love how this turned out, a little 'vintage' but still with plenty of colour. The image is great to colour and I'm very proud of myself as I only used Copic's. Here's the details:

DP's - Cosmo Cricket. Sentiment digi - Create with TLC (freebie from the lovely Paulette!). Tickets - Tim Holtz. Ribbon and flowers - Michaels. Charm - Blue Moon (I think!). Inks - Tim Holtz.........and that's it.

Here's another quick look showing the folds............

So that's it from me for today, although I'll probably be back later after hunting challenges.

Have a great day..........keep warm!

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Challenges entered:

Ooh La La Creations - #72 3 of a kind (Iused 3 flowers)

Craft You Passion Challenges - #43 Use bling and red or hearts

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes plus optional flowers

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - Flower Power

DYSU Challenge Blog - #5 Red Hot

Moving Along With The Times - #84 Red

Stamp Something - Use a digi

Your Next Stamp Challenges - #35 Pretty Pleats

Bugaboo Stamps - Anything Goes

Challenge time........

2011-02-06T07:00:00.004-05:00

Happy Sunday, can't believe it's that time of the week again already! There's a new challenge over at the OSAAT challenge blog, and we have two sponsors for you this week, Creative Craft and............

.....which basically means more prizes. The theme this week is 'Have fun with Digi's', so I guess a type of 'Anything Goes' as long as there's a digi involved!

I have 2 projects to show you this week, but I'll be back with the second in a later post. So, for my first, I got to have fun with some great digi papers..........the 'Zen' paper pack by JLJ Designs, which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Stamps store..................

Hmmm, not my usual type of card huh? Thought I'd try something a little different, and altered a wooden box/glasses case from the $1.50 bin at Michaels! I've gotta say though, I love the colour and design of these papers. Added a few pearls, feathers and silky type of cord and I'm done!

If you'd like to join in with our challenge this week, then hop over to the OSAAT blog and check out what the rest of the DT came up with whilst you're there.
Happy crafting, and I'll be back very shortly with my second post.

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Challenges entered:

Ooh La La Challenges: #72 Use 3 of a kind (I used 3 different digi papers)

Everybody Art Challenge - #127 Bag or Box

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes plus optional flowers

Timbroscrapmania Stamping Challenge Blog - #19 No cards

Marks Finest Papers - #41 Handmade flowers

LOVE = Me+You...........

2011-02-03T00:42:00.011-05:00

Happy Thursday everyone.....did you all get enough snow yesterday? Raise your hand if you did.....or rather, DON'T, because if you shovelled as much as we did, you won't be wanting to raise anything! Well, I guess it could have been worse, so let's move on with the show shall we.

There's a new challenge occurring today over at the Lollipop Shop, home to By LORI Designs digi's of course, and your colour contenders this week are..............

I have no idea of their technical colour descriptions, so in my high tech opinion they are........pale pink, rose pink, a deep red and a dark brown. This is what I came up with..........a Valentine for my hubby!

Sweet! I'll run through the deets pretty quickly, but I think this card may hold the record for the most amount of digi's I've ever used on one card........6 no less, and the best part is..........4 of them are 'freebies'! How cool is that?
So, here goes (and I'm working on a new quick 'recipe' method!!)

Images: By LORI Designs.........Tammy and George Sugarstick coloured with Copic's, matted on to brown card stock and fussy cut
DP's (pinks): Echo Park....edges distressed and sewn
DP (red): October Afternoon 'Campfire' line......embossed using Cuttlebug folder
Card stock: Bazzil
Bingo ticket digi: Freebie from Scrapdictive
'Love=' sentiment digi (which I layered onto the ticket):Create With TLC........one of my fave 'freebie sentiment blogs!
Ticket digi (outline): Freebie from Bitavins blog
Heart digi: Gingerloft (can't seem to find the link!)

One last thing.....my layout inspiration for this card, came from a sketch challenge over at Karen Giron's blog for her Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge

There you go, that's about it, so head on over to By LORI Designs and join in the fun. I'll be back later with hopeful challenge entries.
Have a great day!
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Challenges entered:

The Sweetest Thing - Sweet Sunday Sketch#102
Wild Orchid Challenges - #16 Love Is
Try It On Tuesday - Feel the Luuuuurveeeee
Timeless Tuesday - #103
City Crafter Challenge Blog - #42 All You Need Is Love
Tuesday Throwdown - #33 Stitching
Paper Crafting Journey - #3 Love Is In The Air
Sassy Studio Designs - #58 Love is in the air (use a heart)
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Valentine/Romance

Home Sweet Home.............

2011-01-30T07:00:00.004-05:00

Good morning all. Hope you're having a good one. Today is Sunday I believe, which means therefore, it's time for a new OSAAT challenge. For our theme this week, we're feeling pretty generous, so you have a choice............'Good Luck' or a photo inspiration............

.............the choice is yours! We also have another great sponsor for you this week...............
Make It Crafty

........so, no excuses, you have to be in it to win it!

This week, I got to colour up another awesome image from one of our talented creators, who you can find over at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store........Hope Jacare Doodles.............here is 'Home Is Where The Heart Is'.....................

So, I hope you can tell I opted for the second option of.......'Good Luck' and for this one, it's Copic's all the way Baby!

No Prisma pencils in sight. I find that when images are pretty small and detailed like this one, I often revert to the Copic's...........otherwise, too many fiddly bits, to get in there and blend with pencils.

I kept things fairly simple here as I think the image deals enough interest. DP is again from Cosmo Crickets 'Circa 1934' line,(love this!) together with chocolate brown card stock/Martha Stewart border punch combo. Ribbon is from 'Michaels' $1.50 bin, again tied with my new 'Bow Easy' (love this too!). The key is Maya Road chipboard which I covered with chocolate brown glitter, and the tiny tag...... I made, and printed the sentiment from my PC using the 'Batik Regular' font, which I didn't realise I had (and have been searching for!!!!!).

That's about it for the outside, so I'll show you a quick view of the inside, just to make sure we're clear what the 'Luck' is for..........

There we have it.

I hope you can join in with the challenge this week. Hop on over to the OSAAT Challenge Blog, and check out what the rest of the DT have been up to.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend, and I hope to see you sometime during the week.

I'll be back a little later with some challenge hopefuls..........till then.........

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Challenges entered:

Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - #57 Use a Digi

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

Really Reasonable Ribbon's Ramblings - #16 Heart Theme

Totally Gorjuss - #65 As You Like It

Simply Create - #36 Give Your Heart Away

A Double Blog Hop!..........

2011-01-28T10:00:00.007-05:00

Hi everyone.

Today I have a very special surprise for you! A DOUBLE BLOG HOP!!! That’s right, Baby Bud Designs and By LORi Designs have teamed up to bring you a big ol' blog hop! We’ve got a fantastic line up of extremely talented designers, showcasing some pretty adorable images.

You’ll find a ton of inspiration, and of course a hop isn’t a hop without some prizes right? So be sure to leave comments on every stop!

Sit back, relax and enjoy the wonderful creations that both of these wonderful Design Teams have created for you! You won’t be disappointed! If you get lost along the way the whole list will be posted at each of the Main blogs.

For my part in today's activities, I got to play with yet another new image from ByLori Designs called 'Happy Birthday Annie'. Here she is, all ready for the party..............

Now, I hope you can tell I put in a little effort here.....there were quite a few fiddly bits let me tell ya! I'll get through the 'deets' pretty quickly, so that you can be on your way.

Annie is coloured predominantly with Prisma pencils and Copics for her skin. I paper pieced and popped the balloon and 'glittered' cake (NB. 1st fiddly bit!), and added my new bakers twine for the string (NB. 2nd fiddly bit!). Here's a close up...........

Paper is from Pine Cone Press and the 'Bingo' card is Jenni Bowlin. I made the banner using a heart shaped Martha Stewart punch, more bakers twine, added alpha stickers from my stash, and 'popped' (NB. 3rd fiddly bit!). Ribbon is from Michaels and tied in that lovely bow, using my new 'Bow Easy', and around the candle (NB.4th fiddly bit!). Oh, and lastly, although it's no doubt obvious, I paper pierced around the image, and glued onto my new lacy 'Nestie' (NB. not quite so fiddly!) OMG, only 4 'fiddly bits'.......it felt like more, believe me. Maybe I just need smaller fingers!

Wow......all this 'newness'...........can you tell it was my Birthday last week? I like this card......even my eldest DD said"Wow Mom, this will have to go to someone really special!" which is basically her 'royal seal of approval', so there ya go........mustn't be bad!

OK, so that's about it from me, although I'll probably be back a little later with some challenge hopefuls. I'll send you off for now, to the lovely Margie's blog, to go have fun in 'Blogland, and here's that magic list of awesome inspiration I promised you.........if you're joining us 'midway', head on back to the By Lori Designs blog:

BY LORi Designs Blog
Baby Bud Blog
ANDREA
CALYPSO
ANGELA
ILDIKO
ARIELLE
JENN
HANNAH
JENNETTE
JACQUIE
KERRY
JANE
LISA
JAYNE (you're here!)
MARGIE
JENNIFER
MARIA
LINDA
TAMMYLEE
MERCY
TANYA
SHERI
STEPHANIE
SHERRYANN
SILVIA
DEBBIE
KRISTA
LORI

Have fun

Jayne.

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Challenges entered:

Paper Playtime - #35 Anything Party related

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Anything Goes

Do You Stack Up - #4 Patterned Paper

Paperplay Challenges - Week 4 Layer It Up

Meljen's Designs - #43 Hearts

Delightful Challenges - Have A Heart (put a heart on your project)

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - #51 One For The Kiddies

New challenge at One Stitch At A Time.........

2011-01-23T07:00:00.002-05:00

Sorry I'm a little late with my post this morning........Blogger obviously did noy want to cooperate with my 'scheduled' post, so.....second time lucky!
Anyhow........Happy Sunday everyone, hope you're having a good one. It's challenge day over at OSAAT, and I have a couple of creations for you today. Our sponsor this week is.............

Yep........Kenny K is offering a few digi's to some lucky challenge winners, and the theme this week is everyone's favourite..........Anything Goes (using a digi).

So, I think my projects this week, couldn't be any more different from each other. First up, a card using an image from our sponsor.........Mr Kenny K.............

...........one foxy lady! She was coloured with Copic markers, and when I saw those pants (or chaps I guess) I knew they had to be PVC! So, out came the Glossy Accents. Paper is from We R Memory Makers, I hand cut the stars and added brads, and also added rhinestones to the chipboard letters, which were from my stash. Not sure if you can see them too well in the photo, but there are silver stud brads, also added on each corner of the card.

That's about it for the first one, so next up...............one sweet little girl.............

Now she's a cutie, yes? This week, I got to colour up an image by Kelley Kid's called 'January Jan', which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Store. I decided to do something other than a card, so I altered a book. Jan is coloured using Prisma pencils with a touch of Copic's for skin area's, and papers are from a Bo Bunny Christmas line. I added the ice skates as a bookmark, as these are also included with the digi. I used a Martha Stewart punch to create the binding on the spine and that's about it.

I hope you get a chance to check out what the rest of the OSAAT DT have come up with this week, and maybe join in with the challenge.

I'll be back later, as usual with some challenge entries, so enjoy the rest of your day.

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Challenges entered:

Aly's Sunday Sketch - #34 For The Guys ('You Rock')

Creative Card Crew Challenge - For Men ('You Rock')

Anything Goes Challenge Blog - Eyelets & Brads ('You Rock')

For Fun Challenges - Use Gems/Glitter/Bling ('You Rock')

Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog - #45 Anything Goes ( 'Diary' and 'You Rock')

Paper Cutz Challenge - #75 Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Blog - #87 Male/Boy ('You Rock')

Wee Memories - #40 Anything Goes ('You Rock')

Happy is as happy does..........

2011-01-20T12:00:00.005-05:00

Hi everyone, hope you're all feeling good. I'm feeling pretty good myself today, probably because it's my 'Happy Birthday' today.....Yay! I shall celebrate by going to work........Boooo! But first, I 'll spend some time trawling the craft stores, and..........eating! What more could a girl want?

Another reason to be happy today...............it's time for a new challenge over at the Lollipop Shop. Could this day get any better?

So today we have another colour challenge and here are your contenders this week...........
Hmmmmm, I like! Certainly no objection to using those.....only problem is, deciding on which yummy, full of sweetness by Lori Designs image to use! I finally decided on one of the Puddle Jumpers.......... 'Harper' and her dolly........or 'dollies' in this case..................

I've been itching to get my hands on this image since it was released last week, you can get yours of course over at the Lollipop Shop. When I was colouring, I gave her sleeves (you could colour her either way) but all of a sudden, she looked so grown up and........responsible! Couldn't have that.........I knew we needed at least a little mischief in there......hence the 'tower' of dollies! I think she does a good job of looking all innocent...........reminds me of my kiddiewinks!

So, they are coloured with my Prisma's, except for skin where I used Copic's. Papers are from an awesomely, awesome line from Cosmo Cricket called 'Circa 1934', which I've been searching for, for a couple of weeks and finally found the other day..........Oh Happy Day! I also embossed the paper and rounded corners, obviously, and added a 'Nestie' die cut on there. Chocolate brown ribbon is from Michaels, button and 'doll' charm are from my stash ($ store I believe) and the bakers twine is Jillibean Soup. Lastly, I printed the sentiment (which is included with the digi, along with one other) onto Kraft card stock, inked and popped in various places to create dimension, and added a 'Dewdrop'.

The inspiration for my layout comes from a sketch I found at Card Patterns..........

So that's it for now, don't forget to hop over to the Lollipop Shop and check out what the rest of the DT came up with. Why not join in the fun..........you just need to use an image from by Lori Designs to do so.I'll be back later with some challenge entries, so till then...............

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Challenges entered:

Card Patterns - Sketch #98

The Crazy Challenge - #50 Buttons

Wild Orchid Challenge - #15 Let's get Sentimental

Tuesday Morning Sketches - #77 Heavy Metal

Simon Says Stamp - Bingo (I used a Die Cut/Dry Embossing/Ribbon)

Cute Card Thursday - #148 Use a 123 Recipe (I used 1 button/2 papers/3 different images)

Pixie Dust Studio - #58 Use a button(s)

Love is.............

2011-01-16T07:00:00.003-05:00

Hello again, another Sunday has rolled around, which means it's time for a new challenge over at the One Stitch At A Time Challenge Blog. Our sponsor this week, who is offering a gift voucher to their on-line store is........

The theme of this weeks challenge is 'New Beginnings', that could be New Home, New Baby, New Love/Engagement/Wedding, or even just using your vast amount of 'New Stash'......you get the picture?

So, onto my DT project for this week, here's at least one guy who is gearing up for Valentines' Day..........'Lil' Cupid'.............

Fairly vintage this week. I worked with an image from Floppy Latte Designs called, as previously mentioned, Lil' Cupid, and you can find him over at the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store. He was coloured, as per usual with a combination of Prisma pencils and Copic markers, and there is quite a scattering of ultra fine glitter on there too. The sentiment is another digi I picked up a while ago through the Free Digital Stamps blog, and was created by Raindrop Echo Designs. I'm not sure which song John Lennon included these words in, but I thought how lovely they were, and would fit perfectly with what I was intending here.

I should have maybe mentioned, that the 'New Beginning' I had in mind was probably an Engagement. The papers I've used are from Basic Grey's Cappella line, together with plenty of ink and distressing. I had this idea of Cupid delivering an ancient message of love, so that's where the 'scroll' idea comes in. I added various bits of bling, ribbon and flowers and used foam dots in places, to get the dimension I wanted.

I'm not too pleased with the photo I've used here, as the light picked up the transparent bling swirl sticker, which in real life is pretty sheer. Oh well, it was too late to take another, so you'll just have to take my word for how good it looks really! (lol)

Well, that's it from me, so go visit the OSAAT blog and check out the other DT creations. I'll be entering this into a few challenges I'm sure, so I'll be back later with the deets.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

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Challenges entered:

Ooh La La Creations - #71 Bling It On

Lexi's Creations - #31 Say It With Love

Karber Weekly Challenge - Pearls (must use a digi)

Paperplay Challenges - Cutie Patootie

Meljen's Designs - #41 Square or Round shaped cards

Southern Girls Challenge - #10 Totally Loved Up

Wags 'n Whiskers - #44 With Love

The Stamp Man - #14 Distress

Mark's Finest Papers - #38 Have hearts on your project

Do You Stack Up - #2 Distress It

A Blog Hop!

2011-01-12T12:00:00.007-05:00

Hello again. There's some fun stuff going on today, and I bet you can't guess what it is?...........A Blog Hop no less! Maybe the title gave it away. Yep, ByLoriDesigns, home of the sugary sweet Lollipop's and Sugar Sticks etc. are celebrating ........well....... anything you feel like celebrating, but the important thing is...........there are prizes involved! WoooooHooooo!!!

Here's the brief - you need to start over at the Lollipop Shop , where you will find the running order for the lovely ladies of the Design Team. Leave a comment there, and on each DT members blog to be in with a chance of winning one of these...........

..........a $10 gift certificate to spend at the Lollipop Shop, and there are 2 up for grabs! Not bad eh?

Now, if you have arrived here from the lovely Andrea's blog, then you are on the right track, so leave a comment (preferably a nice one!) and head on over to the lovely Hannah's blog. If you've happened here by chance, thanks for stopping by.....visitor's are always welcome, but if you'd like to join in the blog hop, skip over to the Lollipop Shop and start 'hopping'.

Before you leave though, maybe I should show you a card huh? I'm guessing that's what you're here for (unless the $10 is more appealing!). Today, I got to play with a new digi created by the talented Hannah Boyd (who you will be visiting next I hope!), from her new line of digi stamps........Bug and Roo, which you can also find at the Lollipop Shop. Here's 'Sunny'...............

Yes, there is obviously a whole bunch of talent in the 'Boyd' family!

So, I'll quickly run through the deets and you can be on your way. Sunny has been coloured with a combination of Copic markers and Prisma pencils. Papers are from Cosmo Cricket's Earth Love series and everything has been inked with 2 shades of Tim Holtz distressing ink. I used an EK Success border punch and threaded ribbon through, and used a fine line marker to create faux stitching and doodling in various places on the card. The sentiment is actually a digi created by Lori Boyd, which I printed on to Kraft cardstock, and raised in places with foam dots to create the dimension.

One last thing, I had no intention of using a sketch for this card as I pretty much knew I wanted a large, 'sunlike' circle behind the image. However, whilst I was cruising blogland for challenges the other day, I happened across a perfect sketch on Karen Giron's blog, for her Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge, so of course, it was meant to be!

Well, that's it from me for now. I'll leave you with the complete running order for the blog hop, just in case you get a little disorientated (or should I say distracted!) out there in blogland.

By LORi Designs Blog
Sherryann
Sheri
Linda
Arielle
Jacquie
Angela
Jennifer
Silvia
Jane
Andrea
Jayne - you're here
Hannah
Kadie
Krista
Lori

Have a great day.

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Challenges entered:

The Sweetest Thing Sweet Sunday Sketch - Sketch

Fab n 'Funky Challenges - #55 Let's get Warm and Toasty

Paper Crafting Journey - #1 Let's Get Digital

If The Shoe Fits - #61 Ribbon and Bows

One Stop Craft Challenge - # 113 Card for a Child

Pile It On - #2 It's all about the Cute Children

Digi's by Phooka - #1 Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenges - #40 Let's Tie One On (use ribbon or lace etc.)

Look......a BOY'ish' card!!!!!!

2011-01-11T09:28:00.006-05:00

Happy Tuesday everyone. I'm quite proud of myself today, as I have a card to show you which doesn't have one single scrap of pink, lilac or red and no girlie images. I know this doesn't sound that astounding, but it wasn't until recently that I realised most of my cards turn out......well.......a little 'girlie'. I don't take blame for this, as living in a home with a 75% female population..........this is bound to happen. Besides, you have to admit - 'girlie' things are much cuter! (Have I started something there?)

Anyhow, with all that said, I am loving today's card, mainly because I think the image is seriously cute (and could be used for boy or girl!) and I love this line of paper. So let's get down to business...........here's a very generous (or very lucky) mouse............

So, I'll tell you another thing I like about this card..........the image was FREE ! Can't get much better than that. I don't know about you, but I find most of my 'freebie' digi's through Free Digital Stamps, (you can also find their link and latest post in the right sidebar of my blog) which is an awesome site that does all the hard work for you ie. hunt down digi's. Today's digi is no exception, as I got it through them, from a site called Torico's Digital Gallery.

Onto the rest of the details. I coloured predominently with Copic's, but used Prisma pencils for the mouse fur. I used a Nestie to cut around the image, leaving the gifts poking through the top, and sponged chalk ink around the edge. Papers are from Basic Grey's Marjolaine series (love em!) and the ribbon is from Autumn Leaves. The buttons and natural Hemp tied through them, were $$ store finds, and I stamped the sentiment using one of those stamps you find in the $1.50 bin at Michael's......'G Studio' I think. Lastly, I stapled in various places......just had to get those in there as another 'manly' element! lol

So, there we are. This little fella will be heading into a few challenges I'm sure, so I'll be back with those shortly.

I will be here again tomorrow, as there are more exciting things happening over at the Lollipop Shop. Be sure to check back around midday to find out what's going on - Clue......there are prizes involved!

Have a great day......I hear there is snow heading into these parts later, so keep warm.....keep safe.

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Challenges entered:

Do You Stack Up - #1 Cute as a Button

Cooking It Up With Katie - #43 Button me a ribbon animal

Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog - #19 Use 2 words

Delightful Challenges - Buttons

Paper Cutz Challenge - #73 Use metal (I used staples)

Stamp Something - Use a Digi

The Crafty Pad - #103 Happy Birthday

Gingerloft Challenge - #9 Celebrations

Incy Wincy Designs - #76 Go Dotty

The Crazy Challenge - #49 Animals

Be Mine............

2011-01-09T07:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning everyone, hope you're having a good weekend. This Sunday (ie. today) marks the return of challenges over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog. Which basically means, for me at least, I will finally get my lazy blogging behind back into gear..........on a Sunday at least!

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is............

So, Christmas is over which means the theme this week, in preparation for that one love filled day in February, is of course............Valentine, or love in general. Maybe you're like me and everyday is filled with romance, chocolates, birds singing in the trees..............yeah, we can dream right! Reality kicked in pretty swiftly then, when I glanced across to the kitchen where the pile of dishes sit in the sink, awaiting my love and attention!

I have, however, poured a whole load of my affection into this weeks DT creation, so here goes...............

Pretty sweet if I say so myself, and I think I will actually save this for my Hubby, as the ribbon has "Be Mine" splashed repeatedly across there..............may rock the boat a little if I hand it to someone else don't ya think?
So, I made a little extra effort this week (being the first challenge of the New Year and all) and made a card and matching 'favour' box. First up, here's a closer look at the card, and then we'll get into the details................

This cute little image from Kelley' Kids, which you can find in the Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps Store, could be yours for free, as it's part of the January collaboration pack, free with any purchase of $10 or more.

I coloured her with a combination of Prisma pencils and Copic markers, then fussy cut around the image, before mounting onto a die cut from a Nestie. The flower was a dollar store find, along with the folded doilies it's attached to. Ribbon is Martha Stewart, and the crochet trim and heart button are from one of my favourite local scrapbook stores....Two Scrapbook Friends. DP's are from the new BoBunny line I picked up last week and cardstock from Bazzil. Think that's everything, other than the fact that I glittered her wings, and most of the hearts are finished with Glossy Accents.

Onto the favour box..........

..............No, I didn't make this solely using my own brain power! I used a template for the box, which I downloaded for free quite some time ago, from Cuddly Buddly Crafts. I used the same image as on the card of course, just enlarged, cropped and printed it in a frame using Word, then cut using my Nestie. Ultrafine glitter and Glossy Accents make an appearance again, along with the same Martha Stewart ribbon. I also used a Martha Stewart border punch on the center band.

I think that's all folks! Hope you like em. If you'd like to check out what the rest of the DT have come up with this week, hop on over to OSAAT and take a look.

I'll be back later with some challenge entries.

Enjoy the rest of your day.

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Challenges entered:

Sparkles Forum Challenges - #2 New Things ( I used my new ribbon, crochet trim and papers I bought last week)

Flutterby Wednesday - #136 Open challenge (must include a butterfly, angel or fairy)

Craft Your Passion Challenges - #39 Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes (plus optional lace)

Fab n' Funky - #54 Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon - #62 Use a doily

Really Reasonable Ribbons Ramblings - #15 Something new plus ribbon (I used my new BoBunny papers)

Digi Stamps 4 Joy - #10 Button Up

Colour Create - #61 Pink, Red and White (optional extra of hearts)

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - #27 Card and matching 3D gift

New Year......New Challenge.......and a great big 'Hi'!

2011-01-06T12:00:00.003-05:00

Hello......I'm back! Today's an exciting day.........the first ever by Lori Designs 'Challenge'! To kick things off, we're starting with a colour challenge so here are our first contenders.......... Now, I'm not all that technical when it comes to colour terms.......the closest I get to being anywhere near name specific is when I'm forced to picked a new 'wall' colour from Benjamin Moore paint swatches! So, that said, the colour challenge this week, in my terms (and no offense to the Stamping Up fraternity out there!) is dark pink, light pink, turquoise blue and an olive green. If you have all these in your challenge entry, you're on the right track.

Here's my effort..........

Now, I know I've used a fair bit of white on here ie. the background, but I had an idea of what I wanted to do, and every time I put a PP behind there, the images got a little lost. I made sure I included all the colours in the images and embellies instead.

These two cuties are of course Lori Boyd creations, which you can find over at the Lollipop Shop ......... 'Lollipop Abby' and 'Sugar Stick Dog'. I paper pieced Abby's outfit and coloured the rest of her, and the dog with Copic markers. Oh, almost forgot, I did use a little Prisma pencil on her cheeks. The banner/bunting is hand cut from scraps, which I embossed using a Cuttlebug folder, then added chipboard letters. I used a little olive green embroidery floss as the 'rope', and the sunshine cloud is actually the top of a Maya Road chipboard tree, which I covered again with a Cuttlebug embossed scrap and inked. I stitched around the edge of the card using two different coloured threads and............Voila.......done!

I hope you get a chance to join in this weeks challenge, so hop on over to the Lollipop Shop and take a look at the other DT creations, for some awesome inspiration.

I'll be back here later with some challenge entries, so till then........have a great day!

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Challenges entered:

Simply Create - #34 I'm the Boss.........embossing

CES Challenges - #17 Anything Goes

Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

I Did It Creations Challenge Blog - #36 Favourite technique.............I'm undecided between embossing or stitching!

Aly's Sunday Sketch - #32 Anything Goes

Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog - Sentimental

Kaboodle Doodle Challenge Blog - #48 Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - #30 Embossing

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Ready for a challenge?........

2010-12-30T12:37:00.004-05:00

Hi everyone..........I'm still here I promise! Just dropping in to hope you all had a lovely Christmas, and wishing you a very Happy and Healthy New Year.

I need to get my crafting mojo in motion, as I've been too busy enjoying the festivities to get anything else done and, oh did I mention working!

Hopefully I'll be back soon with a few projects to show you, but for now I just wanted to share a little of the exciting stuff going on at byLoriDesigns.

First up........are you ready for a challenge (or two!)..............

Yep, starting January 6th we all get to jump in feet first and play along with those Lollipops and Sugarsticks so be sure to check it out at the Lollipop Shop.

Secondly........can you handle the excitement......could there possibly be more? Oh yes..........if you're up to the challenge, and ever wanted the chance to play with the cutest Lori Boyd creations on a weekly basis, then here's your chance..........

Be sure to hop over to the Lollipop Shop and check out all the details and I'll see you there.

Happy New Year!

Baby No.3 !!!!

2010-12-16T09:27:00.006-05:00

Good morning all. Hope you're having a good week. Only 1 more day until the mini adults start their Christmas vacation, so if you're anything like me, I'm frantically running around trying to tie up loose ends ie. scouring the stores to find those last few stubborn gifts that do not want to be found!

Thought I'd visit again today with the last of my triplet of baby cards. This one, again for another pink bundle, but......it's not pink, and I'm not awarding prizes for anyone who can guess which colour it is! Here's Baby Olivia...............

Another sweetie designed by Lori Boyd, which as usual you can find over at the Lollipop Shop.

So, of course I went with lilac..........apart from it being the other obvious colour for babies of the girlie variety, I'm informed by the expectant Mom that the nursery is being painted in 'said' colour.

DP's are again from Martha Stewart, and I cut and embossed the 'stroller stamp' from white cardstock using the folder included with my Cuttlebug. Couldn't resist adding those button wheels - cute! The scalloped circle is cut using a Nestie and I obviously threaded white ribbon through and added a charm. The white rick rack is from my stash and lastly, I stamped 'New Baby' directly on there. Sweet!

I was originally going to give these cards upon the babies arrivals, but since seeing the beautiful new baby girl drawings created by Mo Manning recently, I'm thinking these will be given at the baby showers, and 2 new cards will be made!

I'm off to hunt down some challenges for this sweetie.........pickings are a little slim right now as everything is geared toward Christmas, but.......... I shall persevere!

Remember, don't get swamped by the gift shopping. I'll leave you with the words of 'the Grinch' which I used on a card recently (and which I am trying to abide by......really!)...........

"Maybe Christmas", he thought "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps means a little bit more".

Have a great day.

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Challenges entered:

Other Lovelies - Thoughtful Thursday #37 The letter 'N' (New Baby)

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Recipe, 3 papers, 2 embellishments, 1 image.

CES Challenges - #16 Anything but a Christmas card

The Crafty Pad Challenge Blog - #101 Embossing

The Crazy Challenge - #45 Use at least 3 DP

Karber Weekly Challenge - #18 Anything Goes using a Digi

Congrats for Grandma!

2010-12-13T09:36:00.007-05:00

Good Monday morning......at least it would be if we hadn't had a huge dump of snow throughout last night, and still persisting this morning! I certainly have no intention of heading out today, so I thought I'd make the effort and visit 'blogland'.......2 days in a row! I will try to be a more frequent visitor this week, especially as my scrapping friend Dee is probably getting tired of sitting with coffee in hand every morning, waiting for little old Miss No Show here!

On to business......a card no doubt. Remember a while back, I mentioned I had to make 3 baby cards - 2 for colleagues expecting pink bundles early next year, and the other for a first time Grandma, who's bundle of 'boy' arrived last month? Anyhow, so far I've only ever posted one card, which you can check out here if you really feel the urge to. Today, I'm here with the second......Grandma's 'Congratulations' card...........

This is another sweet image designed by Lori Boyd called Sugar Stick Girl with Stroller, and you can find her of course over at the Lollipop Shop. I thought I'd do some paper piecing on here and I really love this digi paper, which I picked up as a freebie from Pop"N"Stick a while back. I thought it would work perfectly for a Grandma type of card.....not too 'babyish'.

I coloured what was left of the image using mainly Copic's and a touch of Prisma's. Now don't examine her face too closely (I know that's exactly what you will now do!) but this is what happens when your E000 marker is practically dried out, and you are desperately trying to coax the last dying dregs from it..............a girl with a far from satisfactory spray tan session! Never fear, I've recently purchased a new marker.

I added a couple of brads to serve as wheels, a ticket with a rub-on, doodled around the edge of the DP, added ribbon and a safety pin........done. I like this card, but then again, I do have a 'thing' for plaid!

This little lady will be wheeling her way into the following challenges:

Karber Weekly Challenge - #18 Anything Goes

Creative Card Crew Challenge - Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles - #4 Recipe.....use 1 image, 2 DP's, 3 embellishments

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - #46 Paper piecing

Marks Finest Papers - #33 Paper piecing

CES Challenges - #16 Anything but a Christmas Card

Bye for now.

Sweet.........

2010-12-12T07:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning all.........sorry I've been a little absent this week. I've been celebrating the fact that I have family staying, who have flown in for Christmas, and therefore some company, a helping hand, and of course............babysitters! Yay!

So, Sunday has rolled around again and with it a nasty dose of snow, according to weather forecasts in these parts. Good news is though, there is a new challenge of course, over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog, the last challenge of the year. I'm sure you'll like the theme this week............everyone's favourite..........Anything Goes, and of course we have another great sponsor who will be offering a $10 gift voucher to one lucky winner...........

So on with the show......here's my DT creation for this week..............

Sweet huh? This week I got to use an image called 'Kissing Couple' from Stampin Dragon Designs, which you can find at the Stitchy Bear and I Did It Creations Store. Really cute I thought, and you've gotta love silhouette's......no colouring involved and therefore a real time saver!

Now, if you've visited my blog before, you will know that any colour paired with black is an instant hit in my book, this lovely shade of turquoise being no exception. I had absolutely no intention of using this colour (I was going to keep it solely black and white) till I was routing through my stash and found this awesomely 'blinged' 'SWEET' sentiment I'd bought from a Michaels cheapie bin months ago.............perfect..........a colour scheme was born!

Papers on here are from Queen Martha Stewart again, and I used a Sizzix die (that I haven't used forevah!) for the numerous swirls. The flower is a combination of Prima and Sandylion and the cute heart button is another I picked up from my favourite scrapbook store......Two Scrapbook Friends. The bling and perfectly matched stick pins are $ store finds......gotta love em! As a finishing touch, I added embroidery floss from my stash and doodled around the edge of the card.

I like this card, it's super cute so I think I'll keep it for an Anniversary type of thing. Hop on over to OSAAT and check out the awesome inspiration from the rest of the DT.

This card, will of course be entering a few challenges, so I'll be back later with the deets.

Have a wonderful weekend.....what's left of it, and keep warm. I promise to be back soon with a few more creations.

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Challenges entered:

Craft Your Passion Challenges - #35 Anything Goes

There She Goes - #84 Bring on the Bling

Artful Inkables - #34 Use punches and/or Die cuts

Creative Card Crew Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Red Wagon - #58 Use a Die Cut

Card Makin' Mama's - #11 Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles - #4 Recipe....use 1 image, 2 DP's, 3 embellishments

Stamp Something - Use a Digi

Craft Your Days Away - #10 Punch it out - use a punch/die cut

Jingle bells and Naughty or Nice?...........

2010-12-05T07:00:00.007-05:00

Good morning everyone, hope you're having a great weekend........has the Christmas 'shopping' spirit kicked in yet? Yep, I think it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

Well, Sunday has rolled around again and that means it's time once again for a new challenge over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog. The theme this week is 'old stash, new stash', meaning use a bit of both. We have another great sponsor this week........

.............'Michelle's Scrapbooking & more' are offering a $15 gift voucher to one lucky winner. I actually have 2 creations again this week, so first up, I have a fairly traditional Christmas card.............

This week I got to colour up an image from Gingerloft Studios called Reindeer Carousel, which you can find at the Stitchy Bear Store. This image cries of traditional Christmas, but I didn't want to go too vintage so I used a fair bit of green.......a colour I don't use too often.

The reindeer was coloured with my Prisma pencils and you can't tell from the photo, but the pole, sprig of holly and bells are layered with Glossy Accents. DP's are from Bo Bunny, I used an EK Success punch around the image, and ribbon and bells are $ store finds (my old stash). I also used a tiny piece of my Jillibean Soup twine to attach the bells to the ribbon. Oh, almost forgot, I used another EK Success (my new stash) on the striped paper and fed the ribbon through. The sentiment, which I really like, is a freebie I picked up a while ago from Bizzy Becs, if you'd like to check it out.

That's about it for this one, so on to my second DT creation.............Naughty or Nice.........

Another (mostly) white Christmas card. I've realised I have a slight attachment to the red/white/black colour scheme, as there's another card, half created in the same scheme, sitting on my desk.

I really love this image......Vintage Vamp by Stitchy Stamps, which you can also find of course at the Stitchy Bear Store. I had every intention of going vintage with this, till I realised the image was called Vintage 'Vamp' and not 'Stamp' as I originally thought! (lol) Armed with that info, I knew she'd be wearing a little red number.............and voila.........a Christmas card! I had a little fun with the sentiments on here also, as she strikes me as swaying toward the 'Naughty' list!

Well, no Prisma pencils on here, only Copic markers, and all cardstock is of the plain white variety.......embossed of course with a couple of Cuttlebug folders. The cute red trim is some I picked up a fair while ago (my old stash-not sure of the make) and have been itching to use, and the red snowflakes are new, but again, not sure of the manufacturer. The Christmas Bingo ticket is a digi from Sarah Hurley, and the 'Naughty or Nice' sentiment is again another cute freebie I picked up from Bizzy Becs. I cut both circular sentiments using a 'Nestie' and threaded twine or ribbon through. The 'Dear Santa' sentiment is printed from my PC, onto cardstock I'd punched using an EK Success punch. All the corners on this Easel card have been punched/embossed using a Fiskars corner punch.

And that's about it.......I'll be back later of course with challenge hopefulls.

Go check out the other OSAAT Design Team creations and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

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Challenges entered:

The Corrosive Challenge Blog - #93 Red and White for Christmas

Crafty Hos' Challenge Blog - Any religious holiday

I Did It Creations Challenge Blog - #32 Vintage Christmas

Gingerloft Challenge - #7 Bows

Dutch Dare Card Challenges - #92 Christmas Card/Tag/Ornament

Rainbow Lady's Challenge Blog - #129 Christmas Animals

Card Makin' Mamas Challenge Blog - #11 Anything Goes

Delicious Doodles The Challenges - #3 Use a Digi

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - #112 Christmas

Mark's Finest Papers - #32 Red and Green

Baby it's cold outside.........

2010-12-01T09:02:00.005-05:00

Hi, it's me dropping in to say a quick hello with a card that has been sitting waiting to be 'blogged' so to speak, for over a week. I don't have much time, so let's get to it.
Here's another Lori Boyd creation.......I will be back with a different variety of digi soon (I promise!), it's just that I had a little colouring frenzy recently will all the new releases from byLoriDesigns - they're addictive! So, as I was saying .......here's Winter Dana and Penny...........

You can obviously find these sweet Puddle Jumpers over at the Lollipop Shop. I decided to go with a non-traditional colour scheme, mainly because I couldn't wait any longer to cut into this beautiful line of Christmas papers from Bo Bunny...........they've been burning a hole in my stash for a few weeks now and the colours are so pretty.

Dana and Penny were coloured this time around with..........Copic's, yep the Copic markers made an appearance once again. I'm getting quite attached to them.....it's like revisiting an old friendship! lol Ribbon and embroidery floss is from my stash, and the cute snowflake button is one of a bunch I picked up from my favourite local scrapbook store TSF, not sure of the make. I used a Fiskars punch to create the border and the extra snowflakes have been punched from the paper, layered and glittered. Oh, almost forgot, the Christmas tree is cut from another sheet of paper and 'popped' and the sentiment is printed directly onto this using my PC.

That's about all for now, except of course the challenges this will entered into. I'll be back later after hunting some down.

Have a great day......keep warm!

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Challenges being entered are as follows:

The Creative Cottage Challenge Blog - #28 Untraditional Christmas

Crafts and Me Challenges - White Christmas (snowflakes)

Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Untraditional Christmas

Fairy Fun Fridays - #40 Buttons and Bows

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #60 Christmas

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Christmas with No Red and Green

Stampin' for the Weekend - #51 Winter

Stamp It Crazy - #15 Christmas

Stamps R Us - #10 Holiday Cards

The One Stop Craft Challenge Blog - #108 Christmas Cuties

OSAAT DT creation(s)..........

2010-11-28T07:00:00.002-05:00

Good morning everyone, hope you're having a good day and enjoying the cold weather.....if you're on this part of the globe anyhow. Today's post will be relatively short and sweet as I'm scheduling this, which means as I'm typing, it's Saturday night (or I should say Sunday morning!) and way, WAY past my bedtime. So, sorry to disappoint, but no ramblings today.

Sunday means of course, a new challenge over at the OSAAT Challenge Blog, and the theme this week is to celebrate in style, meaning dig out the glitz, glitter, bling or whatever else you think you might need to give it the old 'razzle dazzle'! We have another great sponsor this week.........

..........Digi's With Attitude are offering a $10 voucher to one lucky winner but you know you've got to be in it to win it!

I actually have 2 cards to show you today, the first, using some very pretty digi papers from Panda Bear Designs.............

So as you can see, the front of the card is acetate which I've used many times but never actually like this, so there's a first for me. The Birthday cake was made using a paper piecing pattern I found online at Scrapbooks etc. I did emboss the frosting using a Cuttlebug folder, and ran the cake case through my paper crimper. There's glitter on the cake and candle flame, and of course, some bling which I dug from my stash. The ribbon and punch I used are from Martha Stewart.

Think that's all for that one, so let's move on to contestant number 2............

For this card, I used an image from Kelley Kids. Both this and the Panda Bear papers are included in a mega freebie pack you could get from the Stitchy Bear Stamps Store with any $10 purchase. I coloured again with Copic's and added glitter here and there, and I believe DP's are from Imaginisce. I also 'blinged' the 'Nestie' die cut and embossed using another Cuttlebug folder. The sentiment is printed from my PC.

I now have to show you the inside which I'm pretty proud of. Full credit goes to Sharon over at The Pixie Cottage, who did a great tutorial for this a couple of weeks ago........you can check it out here. When I saw it, I knew I'd be trying it out at some point, so here it is.........

.......does that look cool or what.........and believe me, it was fairly simple.....honest! I coloured the tree with Copic's and again, added more bling.

Well, that's all for now folks........don't forget to head on over to the OSAAT blog to check out the rest of the lovely DT creations. I'll be back later with challenge hopefuls!

Enjoy the rest of your day.

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The challenges one or both of these cards will be entering are:

I Did It Creations Challenge Blog - #31 Surprise Me

Gingerloft Challenge - #7 Bows

Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog - Merry Christmas

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Cut It Out

Artful Inkables - #34 Punches and/or Die Cuts

For Fun Challenges - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - #88 Red/Green/Gold

Crafty Creations Challenge Blog - #95 Christmas

Inktegrity Design Team Challenges - #24 Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Oh Christmas Tree

Stamp Insanity - Challenge Yourself (try something new)

Nativity...........

2010-11-24T09:13:00.011-05:00

So here I am , back again.....2 days in a row........Wow! Could this become a habit? Doubtful, so don't hold you breath. I've been on a slight colouring frenzy recently, so I actually have a few cards ready and waiting for their blog debut..........if I ever get the time to post them. Today I'd like to say a "Good Morning" to my scrapping buddy Dee..........who I know is probably sitting there with cup of coffee in hand, ready to check out whatever nonsense I have to say today! Dee (a talented scrapbooker/cardmaker herself) is the only person I know who visits me in blogland everyday.....bless her. So I'm hoping she will like today's card............the original Christmas story.........here's Nativity...........

As I mentioned the other day, this is one of the recent Christmas digi's released from byLoriDesigns. You don't find many Nativity images around and this one is just perfect......for adults or kids, really sweet.

I didn't want to go OTT on Christmas papers here, I think the image holds enough significance, so I chose a completely 'non-Christmas' paper. This is from Basic Grey's Capella line released in the summertime I believe, and I love it's elegance.....serenity.....hmmmm I like that word.

Now for the fun part.........who'd have ever thought a quote from 'The Grinch' would be paired with a Nativity scene...........ME that's who! I had every intention of using a Bible quote or something similar, then I stumbled across this............(click to enlarge!)

..........which to be honest, says everything I was trying to say, even if it isn't all that fancy.

As for the deets.......there is obviously lace and pleated ribbon on there, although the image covers most of it. The flowers are punched, scrunched and have Stickles and a pearl on there. The edge of the paper is obviously distressed and inked, with a little faux stitching added. Oh, and I almost forgot..........my trusty Prisma pencils made an appearance for colouring......I knew this needed to have a fairly soft appearance. I also sponged around the image with 'Chalk Ink' and the sentiment is printed from my PC.

That's about it, another Christmas card to add to the pile.

I will be entering this into a few challenges I hope, so I'll be back to add those in a little while.

Crafty Creations Challenge Blog - #95 Christmas

Little Red Wagon - #56 Use Basic Grey

The Creative Cottage Challenge Blog - #28 Untraditional Christmas (no red, green, gold)

The Character Cafe - Recipe (use a homemade flower and natural colours)

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge - Christmas with NO red or green

Totally Gorjuss - #57 Not so traditional

Ellephantastic Challenge Blog - #19 Butterfly and/or Xmas

Creative Inspirations Challenge Blog - #47 Anything Christmassy/Winter

Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog - Merry Christmas

Lollipop Crafts - Christmas

Whoopsi Daisy Challenge - Holiday

Have a great day.