Gotta love those Meece!

Doesn't this image make you go 'ahhhh'? I love it. It's from the Spring Crocus stamp plate from the wobbly shelves at Sheenie Towers! I've had it ages but only just got around to using it.

The papers, I think, are from the Nitwit Promises collection (hmm, might be possibilities though - will check!) I've used the spring border again because I thought it looked lovely! Flowers and ribbon are from WOC and the sentiment is LOTV. The doily poking out at the back is from lovely Edna over at anotherdayanothercard. Thank you lovely lady!

So that's me for today. Hope you're having a great week - lovely weather we're having!!! Hugs, Jayne xx

I'm entering this into:

Joanna Sheen - So Sweet Challenge

Down to the last 12 at the Joanna Sheen DT call!

See, miracles do happen! Yippee yie yay, I am down to the final 12 at the Joanna Sheen DT call. My understanding of this next part of the process is that we all got the same 3 sheets of backing paper and decoupage image from the Jane Shasky 'Heart of the Garden' CD with which to make a card. Only 3 sheets of backing paper!!!! I went pale and had a lie down!!

Anyhoo, this is what I came up with:

I made  a page book style card. The jute mesh, ribbon and flowers are from WOC, the beautiful leaves are a Marianne designs die and the dragonflies are Magnolia DooHickeys. I found the watering can charm in a pile of stash - a happy find but I really must organise my stuff!!

I used a piece of the decoupage  as a topper and added a butterfly (a Magnolia DooHickey). I used the X Cut Doily Heart border punch on some Kraft card to decorated the inner edges of the page book - I'm so glad I replaced the punch that went 'snap'!! The card is for a friend who loves to garden so I bought some seeds as a present and popped them in the book with some super cute pegs!!!

The 12 final entries are on the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog and bloggers get to leave their comments on their favourite entry. It would be lovely if you could visit the blog and have a look at the entries and give a thumbs up for your favourite!

I really appreciate you stopping by and having a look at my entry. A super big thank you to all the lovely ladies who left kind messages about my first CAS card (I was almost too embarrassed to post it!). I think it was the hardest card I've ever made - I'm not a natural! LOL!!!!

Good luck to all the ladies who made the final 12. I'm thrilled to have made it this far. Hope you have a great week, hugs, Jayne xx

I definitely am Without Words!

Oh dear. This is my first attempt at CAS. The way I'm feeling now, it might be my last! It's probably good in this type of situation to try to find something positive to take away from the experience. So with that in mind, I am happy to report that if I try another CAS, it can only be an improvement!!!!

So, for the first 'Without Words' Challenge I am entering this:

The image is a digi stamp on the fabulous Polkadoodles 'SugarPlum Daisy' CD. I coloured it with copics whilst watching the Grand Prix. Poor Lewis.

I'm off for a lie down in a darkened room. Hugs, Jayne xx

Without Words - Autumn Challenge

Santa Claus is coming to town . . .

Over at the ABC Christmas Challenge blog it's 'S' is for Santa and this is the only stamp I have that vaguely resembles Santa so I really hope it counts!

This super cute Popcorn the Bear stamp was a freebie with a magazine that I recently bought - that was a great buy! It's lots of layers over at Divas By Design and, let's face it, I don't need much encouragement to go bananas with papers, cheesecloth, lace and ribbon! I can't tell you the joy I had in making this card. For once I got to use all my favourite things on one card and only stopped when there was no room to add anything else (I'm pretty sure I can hear Squirrel weeping in corner!). It does you good to go crazy once in a while.

So, the papers are the scrummy Papermania 'Home For Christmas' dps. I used lots of Kraft card and scuffed all the edges (I really ought to vac up after doing this as there is a corner of the dining room piled high with paper shavings!) The lace and cheesecloth are from WOC. The scrunchy ribbon is from Sam Poole. The grungy sentiment is LOTV and the banner is the Whimsy Stamp pennant banner die.

I'm thinking this is verging on crackers but I loved making it! That's me for today. I hope that you're having a super weekend. We have another 5 year olds playgym party tomorrow - how can my child have a better social life than me?  Thank you for stopping by, I really appreciate it. Hugs, Jayne xx

I'm entering this into:

Divas By Design - Lovely Layers
ABC Christmas Challenge - 'S' is for Santa
Polkadoodles - Inspired by a song (Santa Claus is coming to Town)
Allsorts - Inspired by a Song 
Creative Inspirations Challenge - Christmas in September 
Paperplay Challenge - Choose a Holiday 
Fashionista Challenge - Anything Goes Christmas

New Home

I could not resist this 'Mushroom House' stamp from Woodware (at the GlitterPot). I was going to use it for the Without Words challenge but then I went mad with embellishments and papers and it didn't turn out so CAS after all! Oooops. I really am going to make a CAS card for the challenge. It just won't be very good.

Anyhoo, back to this card!

The colours are a bit odd but that's because I was trying to match them to the papers from the Mariposa DCWV stack. It's a beautiful pack of papers but super tricky to use!!!! The fence is a Magnolia DooHickey, the sentiment is from LOTV and I haven't a clue where the butterfly is from.

Flower Power with Lili's Little Fairies!

I'm on safer ground today - 'Flower Power', now that's not too tough is it? This is my offering this week:

The scrummy papers are from the Papermania 'monochrome' CD. The image and sentiment are LOTV, of course! The tag, dragonfly and paper flowers are Magnolia DooHickeys. The lace and ribbon are from WOC.

I hope you can join us this week, it's a super easy challenge so no excuses! Man, how many totally gorgeous entries did we have last week? Puts me to shame! Thank you for visiting, have a great week, hugs, Jayne xx

My new favourite!

You know how I love cute stamps, but, if I'm honest, I love weirdy halloween type stamps much more! I love the Stampotique range but never feel like I do them justice so hardly ever use them. I couldn't, however, resist this set of Lindsay Mason stamps at my local craft shop on Sunday. Just how fabulous is this crazy girl?

I've coloured her with copics and promarkers and distressed a little with black soot distress ink. The papers are from the Authentique 'Apothecary' range. The beautiful flowery border is the Spring Border from Memory Box and I think in an odd way it kinda works! I got to use the tulle again so I'm a fairly happy bunny.

I had such a great time making this whilst wailing away to Florence and the Machine. I'm hoping the neighbours didn't see my inner diva flailing about whilst singing like mad woman. They certainly will have heard me. Well, I had a super time anyway!

Huge apologies for not visiting blogs lately. Life is a bit chaotic at the moment. I'm grateful you come to say hello even though I've been rubbish at returning the favour. Sorry. Hugs, Jayne xx