Kraft over at the Crafty Little Fairies!

Yay! I got it right this week - it is Blue Fairy week so it is actually my turn this week. Forgive the super short post; Isis is, I think, teething and is waking at 3 in the morning :D I am now going to bed at about half eight and I'm still shattered. Ooh, I do love my girls but they can be a bit high maintenance!

So, this week we are sponsored by Delicious Doodles and all you have to do to be in with a shout of winning the voucher is enter the challenge with a card using kraft card! Easy peasy - having said that, I made very heavy weather of my card and only finished yesterday.

I used the fabulous Skater Boy image from Saturated Canary - just how cute is he? The papers are from Raspberry Road and I think it's the Stars and Stripes collection; the papers are all fab vintage blues and reds. I'm pretty sure that the little ticket 'Happy Birthday' stamp is from Kanban.

I hope that you get a chance to enter; last weeks entries were beautiful :D Apart from having no sleep this week hasn't been all bad. I was asked by my local craft shop (Samuel Taylor's) to make samples for the shop and then I won a Bunny Zoe voucher from the Without Words Challenge :D

I must go do some housework before the house disappears under a pile of plastic tat toys and dust :( Hugs, Jayne xxx

Anything Goes at A Little Bit Crafty!!

Yippee! Launch day is finally here :D Huge congratulations to Paula for getting everything sorted and organised. She's worked so hard and I really hope that the Challenge Blog becomes the success she really deserves :D

A great challenge to start; Anything Goes. What could be easier? So, fill your crafty boots and get entering!

I managed to get all my favourite things onto this card! I used:

Saturated Canary - Honey

Echo Park - Love Birds paper

Best Creation Inc - Pleasure Moments

Lindsay Mason - Princess Tippy Toes sentiment

Papermania - Portobello Road Urban Stamps

Wild Orchid Crafts - Flowers

Copics

I just love this girls attitude! Okay, so this month we're sponsored by:

$20 voucher for Lacy Sunshine

£10 voucher for My Mums Craft Shop

3 free digis from Little Bit Creepie

Please swing by the Dt's blogs - their cards are awesome :D Hope you get the chance to join us. Big hugs, Jayne xx

Happy New Year!

This is the first card I've made in weeks! I don't think I'd have summoned up the energy if lovely chief Sheenie Paula had not sent these scrummy papers and embellies! They matched this Saturated Canary image that I'd coloured ages ago perfectly, so it would have been rude not to use them! So this is Pricilla Pie - not the best thing I've made but given how awful I feel at the mo I'm just glad I made something!!!!

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year! Thank you for stopping by; hopefully when I recover from this virus I'll get back into the crafty swing of things! Big hugs, Jayne xx

Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows over at Saturated Canary

This is the one and only card I've mad for a week :(  I just can't get motivated! No crafting will get done today as I have the biggest pile of ironing to get through - I've avoided it long enough!

Over at Saturated Canary the challenge is 'Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows' so I went with a brown and pink theme. The image is 'Wendy'; the presence of a super cute dog makes this one of my favourites!

Apologies for the super wonky photo! The papers are First Edition 'Love Letters' collection and the beautiful crocheted flower is from the Range.

Right, this ironing is not going to get done by faffing about on the computer. I'm off to make a start; I may be some time! Keep warm, hugs, Jayne xxxx
I'm entering this into:
Saturated Canary - Hot Chocolate and Marshmallows Challenge

All things bright and, erm, well bright really!

This colour scheme is a bit 'in yer face!' for me, but I'm trying out my new yellow copics again and decided to use my new 'Time for Tea' Nitwits collection too! I have only made one card in  over a week. It's too cold to craft and I'm super exhausted!

This image is the beautiful 'Ava' from Saturated Canary; she's one of my favourites. Must go, as I have a few commissions to make and I'm soooo tired I need to make a start before I nod off!!!!

Big hugs! Don't forget that there is candy here! Jayne xx

Woohoo! You rock!

Yippee yae yay! At last I made it to 100 followers! Bless you - you've made my year! I'm really chuffed (can you tell?). So, when I learn how to make a post 'sticky' and I have some pennies I will post some candy to say thank you for being so kind :)

Another quick post because I'm practically falling asleep! This one is the lovely Butterfly Princess from Saturated Canary. I've coloured her with copics - well more wrestled than coloured!

The papers are from the Wild Rose 'Love Letters' pad.

Indigo is going to a party at a play gym tomorrow after school. It starts at half five and doesn't finish until half seven - way past her bedtime. Wish me luck - there may be tears and I have a hideous feeling they'll be mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Back tomorrow with a Lili's Little Fairies DT card. The biggest of hugs to everyone, Jayne xx

Blooming inserts!

I've spent most of the day making the 'insides' to cards I'd half finished. It's my least favourite crafty job and every time I do it I vow to finish the inside of a card each time I make one - or else I end up with 20 half finished cards lying about the place. I've got a few images coloured and good to go but I am making myself finish this job first :(

Today I've got a beautiful Saturated Canary image called Honey to share. She is currently me favourite (but this changes quite often). The papers are Papermania and are beautiful but you can't see any of them. Bad girl - I will endeavour to embellish less. (Yeah right!)

My aim this week is to enter some challenges - I must force myself not to be super lazy.

I've used lots of Sizzix dies here - the fence (coated with black ink dauber) butterfly border, weathered clock die  and tattered flowers. The dragonflies are a Magnolia DooHickey and I think it's my most used die.

I'm going to go finish these cards; might have a cuppa first though. Super hugs for the weekend. Oh, and guess which numpty missed her blogaversary? What a prize chump. I'm going to get a little bit of candy together and hope to be giving some away next week. Mwah! Hugs, Jayne xx

I'm entering this into:
Divas By Design  - use 2 or more patterned papers - I've used 3 but hidden them well!!!
In the Pink - Use dies/punches
Crafts and Me Challenge Blog - Circles - sentiment and weathered clock die
The Squirrel and the Fox - Anything Goes

Saturated Canary photo challenge!

Hmmm, normally I would run away screaming from photo challenges! They just instill a sense of panic in me - but then I am slightly peculiar! However, the pink flowers on the photo enthused me and I ended up with one very pink card! lol! The pink is doubley perfect because I stumbled across a new challenge blog 'In the Pink' that's all about pink!! Genius. Gotta love a mind that comes up with the perfect challenge blog!!

The papers are definitely papermania but I can't tell you which pack because I'm down to the last dregs of the pad and I can't find the cover sheet. I've stuck so many embellies on though the papers could be anything! lol! I must learn some restraint. I'll pop it on my wish list!!

Isn't it great when you get to use all your fave embellies on one card? I've used the butterfly border from the Tim Holtz range at Sizzix, the Magnolia Doo Hickey fence and dragonfly and the Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die. Then I ran out of room!!!The image is the yummy Honey again as she's my new favourite. I used a mix of copics and promarkers: Skin - Coral, sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, Dress - R85, R 83, R81, RV000, RV0000, Hair - C0, C1, C3, C5, C7. The flowers are from WOC and the beautiful ribbon is from Sam Poole.

It's not often I really enjoy making a card but this one cheered me up. It's good to make a card just to please yourself every once in a while!

I've spent ages colouring an image and made a pig's ear of the last bit :( I'm off to see if I can salvage it now that I've calmed down a bit!

Hugs for the weekend, Jayne xx

I'm entering this into:

Saturated Canary - Challenge 24 Photo Inspiration
Polka Doodles - Celebration 
In the Pink Challenge - Fifty Shades of Pink 
Totally Papercrafts Challenge - Inspired by a song - in this case The Psychedelic Furs 'Pretty in Pink' (I am a child of the '80s and loved the film too!!!!
Wags n Whiskers - Favourite Colour Combo

A Girl's Best Friend!

Thank you for wishing me a return to health! I'm starting to feel better - yeah! Super big thanks to Rebekah, Coops and Tabitha who are new followers. I really appreciate your support! Today's effort sees Saturated Canary cutie, Wendy, in a blue phase!

How cute is that dog? He has the same mournful look as my dog!! lol!  The papers are from A papermania CD - it has lots of the monochromatic papers kits on it and is just fabulous. I love this blue; it's kinda soothing! I went totally mad with embellishments; I just can't help myself. The doily is the French Pastry Cheery Lynn die. The lace and flowers are from WOC and the ribbon and feather (sorry, I really couldn't help myself) are from my stash. The sentiment is from LOTV.

I coloured with copics and I think I used the following colours: B02, B01, B00, B0000, E29, E25, E23 and for the doggy E40, E42, E43.

Funnily enough the only thing I miss about the Olympics is seeing the lovely Clare Balding! She was just super - and how funny was it when she interviewed Chad's Dad? That was my moment of the Olympics!

Big hugs, Jayne x

Whispy in the Garden!

It's an 'Outdoors' challenge over at Saturated Canary but as I suck at grass this is the best I can come up with!!!!!

Apologies that the photo sucks; the camera is now refusing to activate the flash and is generally misbehaving. Grrrr.

I used some stunning butterfly paper from the DCWV Mariposa stack and then covered it completely with embellies. Duh! I fell in love with this stack a year ago but only bought it recently. The colours scare me but the papers are soooo yummy I'm going to have to get a grip and leave my pastel comfort zone to use them.

The image has been coloured with copics: R32, R35, R37, R39, E29, E25, E23, E50, YG67, YG63, YG61 and G20. I'm going to have to sit and practice colouring hair :(  I've used my new Die-namics Fancy Flourish die and the Spring Border from Memory Box. The sentiment is a new-ish one from LOTV. The flower on the bow was a freebie from Creative Cardmaking magazine. I didn't think I would ever use it but the bow was a bit messy so I used it to hide the bodge!!! hehe.

I've gone mad with embellishments but I haven't crafted for over a week so I was like a kid in a sweet shop! Forgive my exuberance! Hugs, Jayne x

I'm entering this into:
Saturated Canary 'The Great Outdoors' challenge 
Divas By Design - Flowers

Scrumptious Honey!

It's been ages since I plucked up the courage to colour a Saturated Canary image! They're beautiful images - Krista sure has talent by the bag load - but colouring them scares me! This is my first attempt at the beautiful Honey. The challenge over at Saturated Canary this week is Black, White and one other colour - yum! The one other had to be purple didn't it!

The papers are from a Papermania monochrome paper pack. The flowers and lace and ribbon are from WOC - that blooming silk ribbon takes an AGE to tie!!! The postcard stamp is from a Papermania 'Urban' stamp set and has been jolly useful. Now the copics I used were (roughly!) V17, V15, V12, C0,C1, C3, C5, C7. It's the first time I've coloured with these purple; I like them but they're hard word!

So that's me then. Hope you all have a great weekend. Super hugs, Jayne xx

I'm entering this into:

Saturated Canary - Black, White and one Other