Wedding Acceptance

Well my acceptance card is all ready to be posted, but Wills & Kate need to hurry up with my invite, they're cutting it a bit fine now & for all they know I might have something else planned!

So, my card - normally when I do a wedding card, I personalise it with the date & couples names, so as this one isn't for a specific wedding, I made it an acceptance card instead.

I've used my very old (2002 Anita's stamp) & a new piece of ribbon as my something old something new, sorry no borrowed or blue this time & I'm entering the following challenges;

Sketch n Stash - Sketch + old stamp, new ribbon.
My Partner in Crafting Crime - image inspiration - Pink & Cream wedding flowers.
Crafty Cardmakers - Wedding Jx

Little Kitty

I really should look up the names of all my LOTV stamps shouldn't I? It's just that they jump into my basket that quickly, the name hasn't time to register!

This is one of the stamps my parents got me for my Birthday (thanks M&D),coloured as usual with promarkers, & this time I used Basic Grey, Lime Rickey papers.

I'm entering the following challenges with it;

Crafty Emma's Store - Her lovely stetch.
Crafty Catz - Furry Friends - HAD to be a cat obviously!
Fussy & Fancy - Card for a child. Jx

Fly Cup Time!

Another great LOTV stamp here - well it's another I love! This time I've gone for a purple/saffron colour scheme along with the aptly named Cupcakes paper - Hundreds & Thousands.

This card is made using the sketch in this weeks Allsorts Challenge . Jx

Terry, in her Chocolate Orange!

My sister has said how much she loves LOTV images & has asked me to make her a set, so here's my first of many!

I love this little girl dressing up, and today she's in a lovely bright orange. Now to tie in with the chocolatey theme over on MAWTT, I've gone for a Terry's chocolate orange! Dark chocolate mostly, with a dash of milk in the embossing and embelishments, finished off with a lovely wapping in bright orange!

The Sweet Stampin Challenge is also Chocolate this week so I'll also enter that one too.

I followed the Sketch over on Sketch Saturday & I'm also entering this into the The Stamp Man Challenge which is embossing. Hadn't heard of The Stamp Man until last week, but after my class with Kath I was desperate for Hero Arts Stamps - & they had all the ones I wanted, in stock. They also delivered really quickly so I was well impressed.



Finally, she's got to enter the LOTV Challenge hasn't she! Which was simply Happy Birthday. Jx

PS Sorry to anyone left craving chocolate after reading this post!!!!!

Holly

H is for Hot Spot over on this weeks ABC Christmas Challenge, but it's also H for Holly on my card. Can't decide if I like this one or not. I think the black circle should be thinner, but I used the consecutive sized nesties which I had & couldn't really justify buying another set! (Or could I!)

I also followed the Sketch Saturday layout so I'll enter that challenge too.

Stamp - Anita's
Paperd Dovecraft. Jx

Tender Showers

Well I've just had a game of badminton with my 16 year old son - sadly I lost, but I took him to 5 sets so I'm quite pleased with that!

Now onto my card, it's made using the lovely Tender Showers PB stamp - the first one I ever bought in fact and I still love it.

I've combined it with Doodle bug papers, a ribbon & pearls & I've double stamped all the flowers and raised them off the original image to add dimension to my card.


I'm entering this one into;

PB Saturday Challenge - Say It With Flowers
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Truely Dimensional
Party Time Tuesday - April Showers
I Love Promarkers - Their great sketch.
Jx

Pogo Bunny

My boys used to love their pogo stick, so I just had to get this cute LOTV stamp. It's coloured with promarkers & my papers are Bearly Mine Design - although I think my ink is running a bit low so they're a bit paler than they should be! Finally, I put flock on Mr Bunny's tail and added a flower & sentiment.

This card is for this weeks LOTV challenge which was peach & green.
Top Tip Tuesday - Spring has Sprung - & so has the bunny!!!
Aly's Sunday Sketch - Bunnies
Crafty Catz - Embossing - My small daisy strip under the ribbon. Jx

Goth Girl

This is another great Sugar Nellie stamp called Goth Girl - great to colour...till you come to the hair! Anyway my trusty promarkers were to hand, & this was my best attempt at hair, (honestly I did a lot worse on some!)

Paper is another lovely download from Bearly Mine Designs.

Sugar Bowl Challenge - Sketch + purple & green.
Sketchy Colours - Torquoise, purple & green.
Fussy & Fancy - A card for a child.

Thank You

My final card for tonight is a Thank You one for the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge. I'm quite liking doing the CAS cards at the moment, so this was a quickie using my Inca Daisy Squares stamp and a computer generated sentiment. Jx

Coal Again - Poor Fluffles!

My aim of making 1 Christmas card a week throughout the year is slipping a bit, so I thought I best do a couple this week. Here's the first, and it's an old Fluffles Christmas stamp which I love. Can't tell you about the papers as they are cuttings from a 12x12 sheet which has long since been started. I can however tell you the challenges this one's for;

Lady Bug Crafts - Their lovely sketch
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Round in circles - I have included several.
Crafty Ann's Challenge - Raise a Smile - Well Fluffles does it for me!
My Partner in Crafting Crime - Layer it up. I have several, 8 in one part.

Jx

Kath's Class

Gosh, it's almost a week since I last posted on here so I have a few cards to mention and a few more to catch up on. (Production always falls during school holidays!)

So, my first post of the night is about the wonderful craft class I went to in the Papeterie yesterday, taken by Kath Stewart. What a great class it was, and how helpful Kath was in guiding us through matting - a technique new to me and several others in the class.

The other exciting bit about yesterday was that I finally met up with Ann my blog buddy from Annie's Place. After a slight hic-cup at the beginning of the day and her bus being late in, followed by me disappearing off into Hobby Craft, never to be found, we eventually met up & enjoyed each others company throughout the day. So much so that I think we will be repeating the exercise in the coming months.

So thanks Kath for a brilliant class, & thanks Ann for travelling north to meet up. Jx

Sebastian

I only know one grey horse, Sebastian, so Seb this one's about you!

I've made this card using my LOTV stamp & my current favourites - Bearly Mine Designs paper! I'm entering the following challenges with it;

LOTV - Spring - sorry if it's not Spring enough, but my bunny stamps haven't arrived yet!
Inspirational Card Sketches - Loved your sketch ladies & will be using it again for sure.
Papertake - Anything Goes.
Addicted To Stamps - Happy Birthday

Jx

Teed Up

There was a lovely sketch over on Papertake this week, so I've used it along with papers from My Mind's Eye & Bearly Mine to make this golfing card. Jx

Less Is More No 9

This weeks Less is More challenge is, a touch of red, so I coloured the flowers on this Inca daisy stamp red along with using red matting.

... & my great news of the day is that I'm now booked onto a Kath Stewart Hero Arts class this weekend and that my Do craft & blog buddy Ann is going to travel north for the class too, so we'll get to meet at long last - can't wait!!!

Squeaky Clean

I love this Penny Black stamp called Squeaky Clean. One morning I'm sure I'm going to get up to find a mouse - doing just this - cleaning itself in the cat's dish as Femo my cat does like having her friends round to play from time to time!

Anyway, this card is made for a number of challenges, including;

I Love To Stamp - Their sketch
Oldie But Goodie - Pink/Blue/Brown - stamp from 2000
Crafty Catz - April Showers/Include water (-how could CC not like a cat's dish card!)
I Love Promarkers - Embossing - used Cuttlebug circles on both horizontal strips.

Jx

Get Well Soon

This card is made using the current layout given on the Sketch & Stash challenge No 58. (12/4) The image is from a Woodware clear set & the papers are Bearly Mine Designs again. (I feel kinda bad not having bought any yet, but they have loads of lovely freebies to try first!) Jx

British Heart Foundation

During the month of February, (& a bit of March) I sold my cards will all proceeds going to the British Heart Foundation. I managed to raise £50 and today I got a letter back from the charity, thanking me for my support. Just thought I'd post it & say thank you to all those who bought my cards and helped me reach my total. Jx

Gorjuss Sitting

This is my niece Eilidh's favourite stamp - it was on last year's birthday card in yellow & it HAD to be on this years too, but in pink!

Hope she likes it. I've coloured ir with Promarkers then added punched flowers, lace & a sentiment and everything is backed onto Bearly Mine Designs digi paper which I printed at the beginning of the week.

This card is for the Sugar Bowl Challenge which was to use their sketch along with pink. Jx

PS The charm was a late addition which I thought about this afternoon - fills a gap nicely!

Less Is More No 8

This week's Less is More challenge was to use the simple sketch. I've combined a shell image with an embossed background and a Penny Black sentiment. Jx

Happy Mother's Day

It's the lovely Mrs Cleaver again by Victoria Case - again on a Mother's Day card - just for a change!

This time I've paired her up with some digi backing paper from "Bearly Mine Designs." Now it's the first time I've printed digi paper & I have to say I'm very impressed. So much so that I think I'll be popping over to their shop ever so soon to make a purchase. But hey, this is one of those great stores where you can try before you buy, and the paper on the card above was a lovely freebie!

So apologies Bearly Mine DT for not reading all the challenge rules last week and only following your sketch. This week however I'm using your lovely paper too in the Bearly Mine Challenge! Jx

You Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog!

... As Elvis would sing!



Sorry, I don't normally burst into song, but this weeks CACB was to be inspired by an Elvis song so there we have it!

My image is PB, coloured with my trusty Promarkers, however the backing paper - well the 2nd picture reveals all, thanks Craig for ordering a curry last night, the bag was just what I needed for my recycling!



So Challenges;

Crafty Ann's Challenge Blog - Elvis Song - You Ain't Nothing But A Hound Dog
My Partner in Crafting Crime - 3 Or More Buttons - I used 6!
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Recyling - Take Away Bag
Cards For Men - Embossing - 2 Cuttlebug Embossed Panels. (11/4)
Jx

Christmas Tree

I've had another go at a CAS card, this time a Christmas one using a Penny Black stamp which I embossed.

I'm entering it into these challenges;

Bah Humbug - Christmas Tree

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge No 13 - A square card.

Moving Along With The Times - Precious Metals. Jx

Mother's Day

Sorry folks, it's Mrs Cleaver again!

This time she's in pink and combined with Papermania Colossal paper & some pink ribbon. I'm entering her into the following challenges;

Stampin For The Weekend - Mother's Day (30/3)
Allsorts - For A Special Lady.
Jx

Pretty As A Princess

I love this Sugar Nellie stamp, & I love to colour her with my Promarkers - this time she's in Apricot & Saffron.

This simple card is backed onto two Cuttlebug embossed panels & the card is finished off with a Penny Black sentiment. I'm entering it into the following challenges;

Eat Sleep Stamp - Their sketch (30/3)

Pals Paper Arts - Embossing (29/3)

Tuesday Morning Sketches - K.I.D.S.

Jx

Bird House

This card was made using My Mind's Eye papers & a Swiss Pixies rubber stamp called Birdhouse, coloured with Promarkers.

I'm entering it into the Sketch & Stash Challenge after I followed their sketch, (27th)&

The Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Green (30th)

The Promarker Challenge - In the Garden. (Tues)

Jx

Digi Christmas

It's F for Freebie over on the ABC Christmas challenge this week and we'd to use a digi stamp from Stamp Fairy.Com and the sketch for our card. I used Dovecraft paper & promarkers for the job. & finished things off with a squirt of Stickles. Jx

Mrs Cleaver

This stamp arrived 2 days ago, & I've coloured Mrs Cleaver in a number of shades - I think you will be seeing a lot of her! She's by Victoria Case & I got her from Quixoticpaperie. Thought she was perfect for Mother's Day cards this year - well to start with, then I have a feeling she'll move on to Birthdays!

So she's coloured with Promarkers and mounted on card and Papermania Colossal paper.

She's entering the following challenges;

Crafty Ann's Challenge No 36 - Sketch
Bearly Mine - Mother's Day
Penny's Paper Crafts - From the kitchen - closes 23rd Mar
Papertake Challenge - It's a Mom Thing

Tilda Time

It's a while since this Tilda has had an outing so I thought I'd use her for this weeks Oldie but Goodie Challenge which is Pink & Blue & Brown. Jx

Golfer

I loved the Less in More challenge so much last week that I'm back to try my hand at it again this and the challenge this time is to do a masculine card. I can also make this my 2nd entry into this weeks I Love Promarkers Challenge which is to make a male card.

This time I've added colour & used my Magna Golfer by Sugar Nellie for the job. The sentiment is Penny Black & sorry it's mounted - haven't learned how to position computer generated text directly onto card - but I'll see if I can find a tutorial to guide me on the way.

Jx

Lovely LOTV

Well, the Promarkers were busy this weekend as I made a second LOTV card this time using a girlie cupcake image. Papers are Doodlebug & flowers Wild Orchid Crafts.

I'm entering this one into this weeks Crafty Catz Challenge which was Mother's Day. Jx

Sail Boats

This is the first time I've used this lovely Prairy Fairy digi stamp - bad really cause I've had it for a while! It's just there are so many lovely stamps out there it's hard to fit them all in!

Anyway this card is for 2 challenges;

I Love Promarkers - Masculine Card
Cards For Men Challenge 6 - Their sketch, (closes 27th Mar)

Jx

Mothers Day LOTV

This is such a sweet image, love her to bits & she's perfect for mother's day cards! So using this weeks layout, some Doodlebug papers. My trusty Promarkers & some liquid pearls I've come up with this!

I'm entering it into the following challenges;

LOTV Challenge - Their sketch
Crafty Creations - Mothers Day Card

Magna Girl

Today I bought some more Sugar Nellie stamps, but as I was storing them away I decided that I'd try and run through the whole set as I love them all!

So tonights offering fits the Gem of A Challenge sketch.

Jx

Katie Bairdie

Ok, so this stamp isn't called Katie Bairdie, it's Maggie by Sugar Nellie - but the poem on the inside is - & it's the one Eilidh my niece has learned at nursery.

I'm entering this card into the current Sugar Bowl challenge which was a sketch along with the Papertake challenge which was trebletastic - 3 flowers in my case. Jx



Almost forgot, the coo is a Pink Gem digi!

Less Is More

I struggle to make sympathy cards, but when I saw the challenge over on Less is More I thought it might help me a bit with a card I had to make.

Stamp - Hero Arts + Card Candi. Jx

Green Frogs

Another cute little PB stamp here - this one's called, Captivated. I've combined it with some Basic Grey papers & some green card & ribbon for my card for the following challenges;

Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Green
Allsorts Challenge - Green
Penny Black @ Allsorts - Welcome Spring
Fussy & Fancy Friday Challenge - Their Layout.

Jx

Away In A Manger

This card as a lot to do with Sandra over on Do Crafts - for a start, the image is from her, so sorry I can't give stamp details. Secondly the style of card - gatefold - something that had passed me by till she sent me a lovely GF card for my birthday. So thanks Sandra, for the card, the image & the intro to a new style!

This card is both for the Do Craft Snoflake Challenge - to make a Christmas card every week, & Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge No 11 which was to use gold. Jx

Seeing Your Face

Another wet day in Aberdeenshire - but at least the snow missed us. A great day for making cards though!

This leaving card was made for someone at my husbands work. I used a very sweet Spring PB stamp and papers by Tim Coffey & My Minds Eye. The flowers are Wild Orchid Crafts & the leaves from my MS punch.

I'm entering this one into the following challenges:

Friday Sketchers - their sketch.
PB @ Allsorts - Welcome Spring
Crafty Catz - Yellow & Green.

Messy Baby Boy

These cards were made using my Sugar Nellie, Messy Rabbit stamp & some Craft Creations papers & finished off with doodlebug letters.

I'm entering them into the following challenges;

I Love Promarkers - Babies
Crafty Creations - Baby Blue
Oldie But Goodie - For A Baby



PS How have I never noticed gatefold cards before??? I love them! Jx

Slugger

Slugger by Penny Black is one of those simple stamps I never tire of using. This time he's on my first Gate-Fold card which I've made for this weeks Penny Black Saturday Challenge which was to do more than one fold, along with the Tuesday Morning Sketches Challenge, which was to use their lovely sketch.
Also the Moving Along With The Times Challenge which was to make a card/project for a male.



Paper - Doodlebug Jx

PS Blog make-over by Colin!!! (My 15 yr old son.)

Sarah's Birthday

A card for a princess - a Sugar Nellie Princess!

Coloured using promarkers, Buttercup/Mustard/Pastel Yellow.

Paper - Papermania Creative Tones - from a few years back.

Sentiment Penny Black + ribbon & pearls.

I'm entering this one into the Friday Sketchers Challenge after following their layout, and the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge which is Happy Birthday, and the Allsorts Challenge which is to make a card for a teenager. Jx

Snoowie

I loved Snoowie last year - so much so, I have several images all stamped & coloured ready for use. So, in the interest of waste reduction! I've plopped him on this card for the following challenges;

Sketch & Stash - their sketch.
ABC Christmas Challange - E for Embossing
Bah Humbug - also embossing.
CHNC Challenge 10 - embossing.
Jx