LOTV in lilac!

Back with yet another wedding card! Again it's LOTV, but in lovely lilac.

I had a fabulous morning at the Harrogate craft show and spent up in super quick time! My husband took my gorgeous girl to the LOTV stand and she bought 5 stamps too! I bought lots of scrummy ribbon and lace trim and dies and stamps. Naughty girl!!! We also got to meet Lovely Hayley and Carol from Dreamees. They are two of the loveliest ladies I know and they are working so hard running their craft company. I've got a lovely Christmas recipe stamp from them and I'm itching to use it!!

On this card I used:

Papermania Lucy Cromwell papers

LOTV image and sentiment

WOC flowers and ribbon

Magnolia DooHickey Butterfly

Marianne Creatables leaves

Cheery Lynn Doily Heart Die

Spellbinders scalloped Heart Die

I have craft stuff everywhere and had better go tidy up before School's out! Hugs, Jayne xx

Thrilled to be a Sheenie!

Well, I'm not too sure how it happened ( and I'm not asking if it's a mistake!) but the lovely ladies on the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog have invited me and four other super crafty ladies to join the team! So, along with Lexie, Kate, Wendy and Laura I'm now a Sheenie! How giddy am I? I'd like to say a super big thank you to Paula for showing some faith in me and a huge thank you to Squirrel who had daily e-mails of how I was never in a zillion years going to make it, but who kept my spirits up and didn't tell me to shut up. Not even once!!! Mwah!!!

The following cards are the reasons why I love all that is Joanna Sheen!!

I love that Jane Shasky CD - it's my most used CD and the cards I make using it sell better than any others!

I discovered the meece :)

My cards for the DT call - that Jane Shasky CD again!

I'm super amazed and a bit puzzled but I am soooooooooo not complaining.

Hugs to all, have a great week. Hugs, Jayne xx

Pretty in Pink!

I think I have a new favourite pack of papers! Yep, another one. How scrumptious are these Wild Rose Studio (Letters From Paris) papers? Yum.

I'm trying to cut down on embellishments; they cost a fortune and I've gotta stop spending! How do you think I'm doing so far? Hmmm. I'm still trying to get some all occasions cards made up but it's taking me ages! I think this might be my favourite LOTV wedding stamp, it's just super cute!

Wild Rose Studio - Letters from Paris pack

LOTV - sentiment & image

Memory Box - Spring Border die

Magnolia DooHickey - Butterfly die

Marianne Designs - Leaf die

Flowers and cheesecloth from WOC

Cheery Lynn - French pastry Doily die

It's nearly time for Harrogate and I'm quite giddy! Hopefully we'll all feel better by then! Have a super weekend, hugs, Jayne xx

I'm entering this into:

In the Pink Challenge - Pink plus one (lots of pink and lots of white!)

A Christmas Card for the Boys over at Lili's Little Fairies

Is it Thursday already? We've all got cold and are merrily coughing and spluttering all night - now I have the house to myself I might see if I can have a nap on the sofa. My gorgeous girl was up at 5-20am and I'm just not good at that time in the morning!!

First up, a huge thank you to the lovely ladies at 'Without Words Challenge Blog' for my Special Mention for my (disastrous) first CAS card. I was touched and I'm gonna give it another go - if nothing else we could all do with a good laugh!

Onto this weeks Fairy challenge - 'Christmas Card for the Boys'. My card is one for a boy who is very much in touch with his feminine side. hehehehe. We're sponsored by 'Nitwits' this week and there is a $10 gift voucher up for grabs :)

I'm going to try and list what I've used but I'm a bit hazy on the fine detail!!!!!!!!

Nitwit Papers - Holiday Charm

LOTV - grunge sentiments

LOTV - Igloo For two (awwww)

Spellbinders snowflakes

Die-Namics - Flourish

Sam Poole ribbon

Memory Box - Arboscello Tree

Cheesecloth - WOC

Ok, I'm definitely going to crawl to the sofa now. Hope that you get the chance to join us this week - last weeks entries were stunning :)  Hugs, Jayne xx

More meece!

I have a thing about cute meece! I love the LOTV meece in particular - they have a cheeky 'up to no good' look to me!

The stamp and sentiment are both from LOTV. I won Squirrel's blog candy so get to choose 2 LOTV stamps - yippeeeeeeeeeeeee! Thanks hun! How cheery was I? The papers are Papermania, Burleigh Blue capsule collection. The doily is the Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die; it's lovely but it takes ages to poke all the pips out!!! I have no patience and it's not a fun job! The flowers, lace and ribbon are from WOC (I can't believe I need more flowers!).

A close up of the cute meece!!!

I'm trying to get together a batch of 'all occasions' cards to take to a local shop to see if they might sell them. Not holding out much hope but I'm going to give it a whirl.

Is it only Tuesday? Blimey. Big hugs to all, Jayne xx

Frosty the Snowman

Oh my, it's that blooming pearl trim again! I can't help it - it's going on everything!!!! If I could sew, I'm sure it would have made it's way onto clothing!

It's a super quick card today. The papers were bits I found in my stash and I didn't really have anything to match them! The sentiment is from the grunge sentiments from LOTV (oh, how I love that set!) The Snowman is from Magnolia. My daughter wanted to colour some images with her promarkers so I gave her a Tilda. 'Why does she look so odd Mummy?' she asked. I asked her what she meant and she said , 'Well, she looks like a cow!!'. Poor Tilda - she gets a rough ride in this house!

That's me for today. I think my mojo has vanished, I can't seem to find my groove. Maybe it's in the biscuit tin? Sounds like an excellent place to start my search! Hugs, Jayne xx

Dreamee Christmas!

I'm quite liking purple for Christmas cards this year. But then, I'm quite liking purple for any type of card at any time of year! The beautiful bauble stamp and the sentiment are on the same stamp sheet from Dreamees. (A super dooper bargain at £3-00!!!) The backing papers are from the 'Forever Florals' CD also from Dreamees. This CD is just crammed with beautiful backing papers and floral toppers and I do so love this purple combo - I think I can get away with it for a Christmas card!

The snowflake die and the gorgeous bauble die are from Spellbinders and I've used some of that pearl trim from ebay because I am now addicted to it and I've used it on 4 cards this week! I'm gonna need some more! The lace and ribbon are from WOC.

This next card is a super quick one, again using Dreamees CDs. This time I've used pre coloured images from the 'Mostly Mens' CD and 'A Boys Life' CD. Sometimes, when I've completely forgotten a birthday (!) I need to chuck something together quick sticks and these toppers are great for a craft emergency!!

The backing papers are from 'A Boys Life' and I've distressed them with antique linen and walnut stain distress ink. The jute mesh I think was from the Craftz Boutique (which has the most gorgeous selection of papers!) and the little tags are Maya Road. The film reel is stamped using the Tim Holtz 'Lost and Found' stamp set and I've distressed it with some alcohol inks. The buttons are from my stash.

It's been a really stressful day so I'm off to half watch some rubbish on the TV, half read some chick lit and feel guilty about not doing any colouring! Hope you have a great week, hugs Jayne xx