Anything Goes over at Lili's Little Fairies!

Okay ladies, this week you can fill yer boots as it's Anything Goes over at the Fairies Challenge blog. I made this card so long ago I'm having trouble remembering what I used!!

The papers, I'm pretty sure, are from the much loved Meadow Lark Prima pad. This pad sure has gone a long way! The ribbon and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the lace is from my stash. I've used the Martha Stewart heart border punch too (it's one of my favourites!). I've never made a Christening card before so wasn't sure what sentiment to use! Now I have the new LOTV sentiments I have one specially for Christenings - yeah!

The prize up for grabs this week is a NitWits voucher - now that would come in handy! You really have no excuses not to play along this week and I'm looking forward to seeing your creations. Did you see Kara Lynne's cowboy hat last week? Absolutely genius! If you get time please check out the DT's stunning work this week and pop by our lovely Guest Designers - Tracy, Judy and Lis!

Big hugs to you all. Ooooh and it's cooler and raining super yipyipyipee! Hope you all have a great Bank Holiday Weekend - I'm not really Jubilee material so I'll be attempting to avoid it! Hugs, Jayne xx

Hurray! It's the Polkadoodles blog's 3rd birthday!

I've made this card for the Polkadoodles third birthday challenge. You had to use three of something: I used three tag sentiments, three brads, three patterned papers and three dragonflies!!! I had such a great time making this one - I just adore this image!

I coloured the image with copics and then masked it to do the clouds with tumbled glass distress ink. The dragonflies and fence are Magnolia doohickey dies. I've also used the Sizzix Tim Holtz weathered clock die behind the image - somehow a doily didn't look quite right! The fab tag sentiments are the new ones from LOTV. The pins are from Creative Expressions and the flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts. The image and papers are from the utterly fabulous Polkadoodles SugarPlum Daisy CD. If I could only keep one CD this would be it !

I'm sorry but I'm REALLY not keen on this weather - I seem to have a never ending headache! Hope you're having a great week. Hugs, Jayne xx

I'm entering this into:
Polkadoodles - 3rd Birthday Challenge
Party Time Tuesday - Anything Goes
Hot Shot Crafts - Die Cuts

Ruby's Party!

Luckily, my daughter was well enough to go her friend Ruby's party today and has had a whale of a time. Two hours of a children's entertainer, however, has left me somewhat exhausted! Ruby and Indigo go to a ballet class together on a Saturday morning and I thought this LOTV image was perfect - it's JUST what the two of them look like!

The image has been coloured with copics and slathered with glitter! The banner is the whimsy stamp pendant banner die. The flowers and ribbon are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the charm was from The Works. I used one of the new LOTV sentiment stamps - so glad I bought these. The papers are the Tatty Teddy Spring Chic papers, which I still love.

I'm going in the bath and then going for a lie down in a darkened room!

Have a great week, hugs, Jayne xx

I'm entering this into:
Truly Scrumptious - Pretty in Pink

Anything but a Square over at Lili's Little Fairies

Double apologies today. I'm sorry the post is late and I'm sorry it's going to be super quick. My daughter came home sick from school yesterday and has been quite poorly - seems to be picking up now and hasn't been sick since the early hours - keep your fingers crossed please!

My card today uses a card blank from the lovely Which Craft and Positively Pampered which is one of my LOTV faves!

The papers are HOTP - free with a magazine. The flowers, lace and ribbon are all from Wild Orchid Crafts. The little cosmetic bag charm is from The Works.

Huge apologies, I don't know what the prize is this week but it's sure to be scrummy. Play along if you get the time - it's an easy one!!!

Big hugs, Jayne xxx

Embossing over at Winter Wonderland

Get me making a start on my Christmas cards in May! The challenge this week over at Winter Wonderland is embossing - either heat or dry. I've used both!

The reindeer and snowflakes are Kanban stamps and I have embossed the reindeer in black sparkle embossing powder. The embossed pieces of card are a bit of a hotch potch! The piece at the back was embossed using the Sizzix Birthday Vines folder, the middle piece was from my stash box and the dotty one is the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. I've used the X-Cut Flower Doily punch for the pretty border.

The snowflakes are Spellbinders dies - they took about 8 rolls through the Calibur to cut and then wouldn't come out of the die. The air was blue! The ribbon is black silk ribbon from WOC. Never again - it's as soft as butter and I couldn't tie the wretched stuff!!!!

I think with a couple of tweaks it might end up as my batch Christmas card design. I need something that will go in the standard post so I'll have to lose the bow. Will have to think what to replace it with. You can tell there are no Crafter's in the senior posts at Royal Mail!!!!

I missed the Distress Marker sets at Joanna Sheen. I am beyond steaming mad.

I'm going to enter this into:

Winter Wonderland - Embossing

Hugs, Jayne

Plain old shabby!

I think I'm going through a phase with my colouring. I just seem to be fighting it all the way! What I'm trying to say is please don't inspect this one too closely!!!

So, let's concentrate on the positives. The beautiful papers are First Edition 'Love Letters'. They're such a beautiful combination of pinks and browns (and some dodgy greens which remain ominously unused). The little frame is a Melissa Frances embellishment and they are just super cute. Still lovin' the big bow look too! lol. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the dies are Magnolia Doohickeys. I've stamped vintage LOTV corners with walnut distress ink on the main image. I attacked all the edges of the papers with scissors - not wise when hormonal. I went a bit mad and ripped a bit but have hidden the offending piece under a flower!!!! Sometimes where I place an embellishment has nothing to do with aesthetics!!

That's me for today. It's been one of those days - very occasionally I wish my daughter took after her father and not me. Life would be SO much easier. lol!

Hugs to all, Jayne xx

Entering this into:
Divas By Design - Tickled Pink

Dreamee Christmas

There's a DT call going on over at Winter Wonderland and it reminded me that I had coloured this dreamees Christmas topper AGES ago and hadn't got around to making a card. I love black hair on these girls - they're just super cute!

The digi stamp and the backing paper comes from the dreamees Seasonal Sweeties cd. The fence and the banner are also from dreamees - lovely Carol sent them as die cuts but I think you can buy them on a disk if you have a fancy dancey cutting machine (sorry they scare me)! You can also buy them as die cuts if, like me, machines of any description confuse you! I'm very taken with that banner!

The snowflake is a spellbinders die and in the centre is a Creative Expressions organza bow. The sentiments are both using freebie stamps from magazines. I'm quite liking pastels for Christmas; I think that might be the way to go this year.

Super, super quick one next. These colours are so not me but I'm really warming to them. I think this is my first EVER orange card so be kind. Again the topper (pre-coloured) is from the dreamees Seasonal Sweeties cd. The backing papers are from the dreamees Forever Florals cd (loads of bps on this one!)

The gorgeous ribbon came with some packaging and it looks lovely! The sentiment is from the polkadoodles Sugar Plum Daisy cd (again). The flowers are from WOC and the leaves are from the Spellbinders foliage die.

Huge thanks to dreamees Carol for sticking with me although I am officially the slowest sample maker in the west! Much appreciated :)

That's it from me today. Man, I am SO hungry. How come it takes much longer to lose weight than gain it? Hugs, Jayne xx