Birthday cards with a number on at Crafty Little Fairies!

Super quick post today - it's stay and play at school this morning and I'm way late :(

Today over at the Crafty Little Fairies we would like to see birthday cards with a number on - mine has a number one that you can barely see!

Apologies for the photo - I will get my act together - just as soon as Isis starts sleeping!!

Biggest of hugs, Jayne xxxx

I'm entering this into:
The scribble and scrap challenge blog 'Anything Goes' challenge

First challenge over at Crafty Little Fairies!

So, we've said goodbye to Lili's Little Fairies and started a whole new exciting chapter with the Crafty Little Fairies. At the moment we're at the same blog address so that you can still find us! Check out the new blog design - Squirrel's done a fabulous job getting it all sorted and it looks awesome - well done hun!

So for the first challenge we have Cute and Cuddly Critters. We want to see cards with all your fave animals - stamped images or digis please! I went with these penguins mainly because I was short on time and could colour it in super quick time. Sorry!!!

Just to say, if this post stops mid sentence it is because my new mini-beast is wriggling in her pram and may want attention! My brain is like soup this morning but I'm going to try to give you the card recipe!!

Martha Stewart Holidays PATP

Penny Black Madison paper

Spellbinders Build a Snowflake dies

Dee's Distinctively Snow Covered Stacker Tree

La La Land Heart Banner Die

LOTV image and sentiment

I really hope that you get the opportunity to join us for our first challenge! Super big hugs, Jayne xxx

All About the Boys on Lili's Little Fairies and it's a girl!!!!!

I realised that I hadn't got around to saying that the bump was born on August 5th and to much relief it's a girl! Indigo is thrilled to be a big sister and I am thrilled to no longer be pregnant! We've named the baby Isis - although at the moment all she's getting is her sister's name!  We're all doing well and over-doing it on a daily basis - it's all good :)

Over at Lili's Little Fairies it's all about the boys. I made this a while ago, which is a super good job 'cos I've got nothing done in the last two weeks!

The papers are We R Memory Keepers 'Travel Light' which were a freebie with a magazine. The image and sentiments are from LOTV .

The prize up for grabs this week is a two week GDT slot. I hope that you get chance to visit the Dt's blogs - all totally fabulous :)

Big hugs, Jayne xx

Embossing challenge over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog

Over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog this fortnight we are hosting an embossing challenge. We would like to see projects using dry or heat embossing and if you use a Joanna Sheen image you will be entered into a random draw to win a £15 Joanna Sheen voucher.

Huge apologies for the pants photo!

This super cute image is taken from the House Mouse Triple CD ROM which can be found at the Joanna Sheen on-line shop HERE. I also used the Die'sire embossalicious 8"x 8"embossing folders 'Regency Swirls' and 'Grande Dots' which can be found HERE. The poinsettia is from Sizzix, the Tim Holtz Tattered Poinsettia die - yum scrum!

I hope that you get the chance to play along with this challenge - I think it's the first time I've made a card without using design papers and it was great to use my much under-used embossing folders! Big hugs, Jayne xx

Christmas in August over at Lili's Little Fairies!

We've gone all 'HoHoHo' over at the Fairies this week and are encouraging you to make a start on those Christmas cards. I confess to buying the Hunkydory Blockbuster on Create and Craft a few weeks ago because I just can't see me getting time to make lots of handcoloured lovingly crafted cards this year!! This, however, was a great opportunity to make a special card for someone close!

I really love these Nitwit papers - I'm a big fan of aqua for Christmas cards! I've gone with lovely James the bear and a couple of LOTV sentiments. The tattered poinsettia is the Tim Holtz die from Sizzix and I've embossed  the white card with the cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder. I've also used the LaLa Land Heart Banner die (again).

I've used the Spellbinders Grand Decorative circles and Grand circle dies to make the card base. I've made lots of easels using these and the Grand Decorative Ovals but they're just super pretty :D

I coloured this before the bump got mahoosive!

Hope that you get the chance to join us this week. Big hugs, Jayne xx

Summer Sun Challenge over at A Little Bit Crafty

Over at A Little Bit Crafty this month we're getting into Summer and having a 'Summer Sun' Challenge. I've used a beautiful digi from The Paper Shelter called Beautiful Mermaid.

I used the Wild Rose Studio 'Annabelle's Meadow' dps and a LOTV sentiment. I nearly came out in a cold sweat when I thought I'd run out of the pearl trim - but I finally found it after looking in about 10 boxes. Perhaps I've got too much stuff?

Colouring is very tricky at the mo - the bump is just in the way of everything!

We are lucky enough to be sponsored this month by the following:

 

$20 voucher

£10 voucher

 £15 voucher

I hope that you can join us this month - it's a fab challenge! Hugs, Jayne xx

Monochrome over at Lili's Little Fairies!

A quick post to let you know that we've gone all monochromatic over at the Fairies this week! We'd like to see you make cards using shades of one colour. This is my speedy effort:

I've used the slightly smaller of the Spellbinders Grand Decorative Ovals for the card base. I coloured the image in copics in shades of brown and THEN realised I had not one paper to go with it! Duh! I found this paper on the Venetian Debbi Moore CD. I've also used the pretty Memory Box heart dies.

The only rules are to stick to the challenge topic and use a Lili of the Valley image - what could be easier?

Our sponsor this week is the amazing Teresa of MY CRAFTY HEART

with a £10 store voucher

I think I may be getting to the point of scheduling posts and going off on maternity leave! Bump is due early August and, at the moment,  I'm either in pain or asleep! We still can't agree on a girl's name and I have been banned from Talulah and Buttercup. I can see a heated debate on the horizon  . . . . . Big hugs, Jayne xx