It's the weekend!

Good Morning everyone,  hope you are all having a good day. Yes, it is the weekend here in Dubai so that only means two things..... 1. even more crafting and 2. dragging hubby out somewhere (probably shops!).  Well, like it or not, Valentine's Day is around the corner (and along with it comes our 10th Wedding  Anniversary inshAllah!) so my card for this morning fits in with this theme.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Card Crafter's Circle Challenge #9 - Valentine http://cardcrafterscircle.blogspot.com/

Simply Create Too Challenge #6 - Red Hot http://simplycreatetoo.blogspot.com/

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Love Is In The Air! http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

Materials:

White and orange cardstock
My Mind's Eye Designer paper pack ( A blink of an Eye) - used both sides
E K Success border punch
Ribbon from stash
Tim Holtz distress ink (Walnut stain Red Brick)
Stampin UP! stamp (for the hearts)

All comments are very much appreciated and it lets me know who you are so i can pop by and share some love too. Also, a big warm welcome to my newest followers. Welcome to my little world! Hugs, Jill x

Happy 80th Birthday

Good evening everyone,

I am back from my travels, unpacked and ready to get crafty again! Just spent the last hour rearranging my craft room with the addition of more storage. You can never have too many tubs, drawers, holders etc can you? lol  Anyway, before i start i just want to show you a little card i made for my Mum to give to her friend who is turning 80 very soon. Ok, enough from me for now, inshAllah i will be back tomorrow.  I have just bought some Magnolia stamps and cant wait to use them!

Ingredients:

Cream & orange cardstock
My Mind's Eye paper pack - A blink of an eye
Tonic studio butterfly punch
EK Success border punch
Tim Holtz distress ink - walnut stain
Flowers from stash which i distressed and assembled using dimensionals and buttons from stash
'friend to friend' sentiment from Stampin UP!
Sentiment from PC
Ribbon from stash

Thank you for looking. Hope you are all having a great weekend. The weekend ends here (Sunday is the start of the week here) so back to normal tomorrow inshAllah.  I love and appreciate all your comments. Oh, and a BIG hello to all my new followers. It's great to see you all. Hugs, Jill x

Another Christmas card!

Hello bloggers, how are you all today? Just wanted to share with you my latest Christmas card. I am entering this into the following challenges:

Delightful Challenges ( http://delightfulsketches.blogspot.com/) - Delightful Red and Green Challenge

Materials used:

White, red, green and brown cardstock (for the card, tree, tag and tree trunk)

My Mind's Eye 'Merry Dots' patterned paper

EK success punch 

1 3/4'' circle punch

Red ribbon

Thanks for looking, Jill :)

Pretty in Pink

I am back! This time with a card i have created for the Mad for Markers Challenge (Anything goes) using my 'Elise' Sugar Nellie stamp. I stamped her onto white cardstock and coloured her with copics. The edges of the cardstock were distressed with Tim Hotlz distress ink and then mounted onto pink cardstock. I used my EK Success punch to create the pretty detailed edge on the right and added ribbon to the left edge and a pretty bow. The flowers are from my stash which i built up using dimensionals and finished off with some distress ink and pretty pearls.  Thank you for looking :) Comments most welcome :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Mad for Markers - Anything goes challenge (http://www.madformarkerschallenges.blogspot.com/)

Purple is the new pink!

Good Afternoon crafters, hope you are all well.  Over here, i have been busy busy busy making a few cards for a few more challenges. I am now hooked! First up is this lovely card i made last night for the Card Patterns Sketch 142 but i am also going to enter it into the Pile It On, One Stitch at a Time and Mad for Markers challenges.

I used cream, pink and purple cardstock and patterned paper (which i cant remember where from, sorry!). The butterfly stamp is from Hero Arts and i coloured it with Copics and added some silver bling dots. I made extra wings and added them with dimensionals to give it depth. The 'just for you' sentiment is from Ladybug Crafts Ink. The punched circle is a 1 3/4 '' punch and the scalloped is 2''.  The punched edging down the side was made using my EK success punch and the purple satin ribbon was from my ribbon stash.  Hope you like it :)  If you drop by to view, please leave me a comment and i will be sure to visit you to! Thanks for looking :)

Challenges entered:

Card Patterns Sketch 142 (http://www.cardpatterns.blogspot.com/)

Pile it on - Anything with 'P' (pink, purple, punches, patterned paper)  (http://pileitonchallenge.blogspot.com/)

One Stitch At A Time - Challenge 89 Anything goes (http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/2011/11/challenge-89-anything-goes.html)

Mad For Markers - Anything goes (http://www.madformarkers.blogspot.com/)