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

Christmas in July over at Lili's Little Fairies

Huge apologies for the problems we're having at Lili's Little Fairies at the moment. A mixture of illness and family commitments mean that we are seriously depleted in number. I'm not sure if this weeks challenge is being posted - so sorry if it isn't. Check out the blogs of Elise, Lis and Netty if you get a chance as their cards are awesome!

I seem to think that these papers are from the Crafter's Companion 'The Snowman' pack again. The image is LOTV - one of my faves and it looks scrummy in aqua. I've used the Martha Stewart snowflake PATP and am super cheery that it worked! The completely fabulous little sign post and heart die cut was sent to me by Carol at Dreamees. I have a feeling that these can be bought as die cuts or on a CD for a cutting machine. I am absolutely in love with the little sign post so I'll contact Carol to ask for more info - it's just super cute for Christmas!!

The fence is a Magnolia Doohickey and the snowflakes are Spellbinders. The beautiful organza flower is from Creative Expressions.

Huge thanks to everyone who made the extra effort to add their links to the comments box for last weeks challenge. There were some stunning entries and I was really touched by your continued support in our time of technical chaos!

Super big hugs, Jayne xx

Pink/Purple and Aqua/Green over at Winter Wonderland

Miss Squirrel is hosting the challenge over at Winter Wonderland and what a fab colour scheme she's got going on pink/purple and green/aqua! How could a girl say no? I'm not going to even bother telling you how I intended this card to be CAS - I am just hopeless - but I did resist putting a bell on it!! hehehe!

I went mad with dies - but life's too short not to! I've used the Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily die, Spellbinders snowflakes, Memory Box Spring Border die, and the Spellbinders scalloped circles. Scrummy.

The papers are a bit of a mystery! I think the purple ones come from the Crafter's Companion Snowman paper pack. The sentiment is from Magnolia and the image from LOTV. The totally fabberific ribbon is from Sam Poole's shop (white - silky crush ribbon). Yum scrum.

Hmm, I coloured with copics and will try and remember what I used. Skin: Almond, Blush, Ivory, Dusky Pink and a splash of Vanilla! Dress: BV01, BV00, BV0000, Hair E50, E51 and E53. I used Tumble Glass distress ink around the edge of the image.

I'm gonna say this real quiet - me no likey this hot whether! Hope your having a super week! Hugs, Jayne xx

I'm going to enter this into:

Winter Wonderland - Pink/Purple and Aqua/Green
Crafter's Companion - Ho Ho Ho Christmas 
Divas By Design - Anything Goes

A beautiful bouquet!

I made this card for my daughter's Teaching Assistant so I tried to restrain myself and not make it too busy! Hmm, not sure I succeeded really!

The stamp is one of my faves - it came in a set of clear stamps from QVC but it doesn't seem to have the make anywhere on it! I coloured it with copics; I'm going to try and list the colours I use in future. The flowers and ribbon are from WOC. The papers are from the Prima Meadow Lark pack; I'm getting down to the last few papers that I know I'm not gonna use. Bev had the great idea of putting together a batch of papers she had left over and them giving them away as candy. I'm liking that idea very much so watch this space (be warned - the papers will be mainly yellow and green, hehehe).

It was fancy dress at my daughter's ballet class today. It was a sea of princesses and fairies. Oh, and one pirate. Guess who the pirate belonged to!

See, I did a whole post with barely any waffle. The Lili's Little Fairies post doesn't seem to have gone up; I'm not sure why this is but I apologise.

Hugs, Jayne xx

A card for a special friend!

I've come to the conclusion that my posts are too long and wittery so I'm going to cut to the chase! This card was made for a very dear blogging buddy of mine. She said the card was so heavy that it nearly broke her hand (I think she was having a drama queen moment!!!) lol!

The papers are the very beautiful 'Love Letters' collection from First Edition. The stamps are Wee Stamps and were free in a magazine - I nearly lost the will to live colouring the hair!! I really need to practice colouring this image but this was my first attempt so stand well back and squint a bit! The flowers are from WOC and the gorge ribbon is from my local craft shop. I ordered some ribbon from Sam Poole's shop and totally forgot I had run out of pink ribbon - so now I have lots of ribbon but still no pink. Grrr!

I'm doing well - I now three weeks ahead with my DT cards but I'm way behind with the housework. Something's gotta give though!

Big hugs for a super weekend. Jayne xxx

A touch of Romance over at Lili's Little Fairies!

I struggled with this one a bit - I'm not in the least bit romantic!! I don't really do the whole hearts and flowers thing; I'm shuddering just thinking about it. My husband puts this down to me being a practical Yorkshire woman!!!! Anyhoo, I'm sure you're much better at the whole romance thing and therefore your cards will be absolutely stunning!

The image and sentiment are of course LOTV. I have a real soft spot for the mouse images - the mice always look so busy! The papers are from the new Polkadoodles CD 'Picknix'. The papers on this CD are beautiful and it's a great buy for these alone. The ribbon is the crinkly edge organza stuff much favoured by the brilliant Sue Wilson - I think Sam Poole has it in her online shop. The flowers are from WOC.

The picture is truly terrible - I'm not on speaking terms with the camera! hehehe.

My daughter brought home her first school report yesterday. I cannot believe that my baby has finished her first year at school and she's still only 4! It's a wonderful report (okay I'm biased); when I got to the 'kind and caring' bit I had a lip wobble moment!

Hope that you get to play along this week - last weeks entries were stunning. Nearly holiday time and I can't get my big end into my swimming costume - ho hum. Apparently, Kate Moss once said 'nothing tastes as good as thin feels'. Well, she obviously hasn't had buttery mashed potato or scone and clotted cream, or a galaxy bar or bread and butter pudding. If she had, she'd look like me! Hugs, chubby Fairy xx

Tilda intact!!!!!

Look, here is a Tilda that I haven't chopped in two! Super! I'm not sure what this Tilda is called - probably something like 'Tilda with arms outstretched wearing party hat'!!! Isn't she lovely though? She is my second favourite Tilda - after the Tilda holding a bunch of flowers. Although I do like Tilda with the seahorse.  Okay, I have a lot of favourites. lol!

Me no likey these papers! I don't know what I was thinking. They are 'The London Line' 8"x8" pack from Trimcraft and they're just not me! I gonna have to use 'em - my house is like a paper warehouse. hehehe. I do, however, love the pink and blue together. The little tag and dragonfly are Magnolia DooHickeys. The sentiment and verse on the tag are both from LOTV.

It's been a long week already and we still have three days before the end of term :(  On a happy note my daughter has handed out at least a thousand invitations to her birthday party which is at the end of August - she can't wait :) She had a party last year and the look of joy on her face when her cake came out and everyone started to sing was pure magic - it'll stay with me forever. Sometimes being a Mummy is the best job in the world!!

Big hugs, Jayne x

I am entering this into:
Just Magnolia - Bingo Challenge - Ribbon/Lace, Flowers and Pink
Papertake Weekly - All things Girlie