Across the Miles

Good Morning all,

I hope you are all having a good weekend.  Here, the weekend is over but we had a nice long weekend (Thurs, Fri and Sat) and we had some fun.  Thursday was not a good day for Daddy! We went to a huge park/beach and had a BBQ (hubby doesnt like BBQ's) then little man decided to go for a swim in the sea fully clothed so Daddy joined him and forgot his new mobile was in his pocket! It's a gonner! Oops, that was an expensive swim!   All week we promised 'little man' a trip to a waterpark so that's what we did yesterday.  I daren't go on any rides ( i just take the photos) but it was fun.  Back to work/routine/crafting/housework today.

So, onto today's challenge at One Stitch at a Time.

The theme this week is easy.......... Christmas - Use a Digi.   I hope you will all join in.  The more the merrier.

The sponsor is the fabulous..... Joanna Sheen

 

I was delighted to be given this fantastic digi to use on my project.  It was fab to colour and i thought i would opt for an very non traditional Christmas card.  Very unusual for me, so i would love to know your thoughts.  The papers are by K&Company. The image is called 'Muse 3' by Ike. You can view it here.

 

If you pop on over to the One Stitch at a Time blog you will see the beautiful inspiration from my fellow DT sisters.  

 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

 

Divas By Design Challenge 61 - Anything goes
Paper Creator's Crafts Challenge #1 - All about Christmas
In The Pink Challenge #8 - Punches and/or Dies ( I used a snowflake punch)
Simply Create Linky Party #10
Crafts And Me #110 - Untraditional Christmas colours

 Craft Door Magazine Challenge Challenge #44 - Anything goes
 

Thank you for visiting today.  Take care.

 

Hugs, Jill x

 

 

Tiger Tee

Good morning all, how are you all today? I hope you are having a great weekend. My little man is off school today sick (our school week is Sunday to Thursday, just incase you are thinking i have lost the plot!) so i am trying to entertain him and i'm trying all my tricks to get him to take his medicine. So far i have tried asking nicely, getting annoyed, bribery...... no luck! :( It's gonna be a looooooong day!

 

Anyway, i have a new challenge to tell you about over at One Stitch at a Time.  Yep, it's an easy one for you this week so it would be great it you would join in the fun and play along.

 

The theme is : USE A DIGI. Easy, yeah?

 

The sponsor is the fabulous Joanna Sheen.

 

 

Here is my DT inspiration using the fabulous Tiger Tee digi from Stitchy Stamps and Barnyard Buddies paper pack from Panda Bear Designs. You can find the digi here and the paper pack here.  I love this digi, it reminds me of some people i know that live in my neibouring village back home. hehehe

 

 

Challenges i am entering my card into are:

 

1. One Stop Craft Challenge Challenge 201 - anything goes

2. Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge  Challenge 74 - anything goes

3. The Poodles Parlour - anything goes

4. Frosted Designs - Sports/Dance (golf)

5. By the Cute & Girly - Birthdays 

 

Thank you for visiting me today. Please pop over to One Stitch at a Time to check out the amazing DT inspiration.

 

Thank you to my amazing followers too, old and new. It is fab having you on board.

 

Take care

Hugs, Jill x

 

 

 

 

 

Tri fold shutter card, gift bag and tag

Good morning everyone,

 

Well the last 25 hours or so have been rather stressful. My son who has only been to school for 4 days in his life tells me he has '' had enough of school'' and he is not going back. Yesterday when i picked him up he was hysterical, sobbing his heart out and today we got as far as the classroom and it started again. Refusing to go in, refusing to put his bag down, him sobbing, me sobbing .... argh!  

 

Anyway, enough of me, lets get onto the real reason i am here....... Today i have a card and gift bag to share with you.  It was one of my DT inspiration projects i made for the fabulous Paper Lane.   The gorgeous papers are from Simple Stories and are available to buy from Paper Lane.

The papers are double sided and they are beautiful to work with.  I decided to make a tri-fold shutter card as it is a great way to show off these fabulous papers.  This paper is too nice to be sitting in a drawer so I used the remaining paper to create a matching gift bag and tag. 

 

  I should have opened the bag before taking the photo but you live and learn!

 

Challenges i would like to enter:

 

IDIC Challenge #124 - '' More Than One Fold''

Pile It On #37 - Patterned Paper

My Mum's Craft Shop #73 - Anything Goes

CIC #59 - leaves

Joanna Sheen - Going Dotty

 

Thank you for dropping by today.  Also, a big warm welcome to my newest followers.

 

Take care. Hope you all have a great day. Mine can only get better (i hope!) lol

 

Hugs, Jill x

Exciting news!

Good morning everyone and welcome to my second post of the day!

As you will probably have guessed from the title of this post, i have some news to share with you.  I have been invited to join the fabulous girls at Charisma Cardz Challenges.  Yay!  How cool is that?

From today, i will be joining Team Gemma and look forward to working with some amazingly talented ladies.  Anyway, enough about me, let us get onto the challenge!

This is Week 24 and the theme that was chosen by Kelly is SUMMER.

There are two fantastic sponsors:

All That Scraps.



One lucky winner will receive 4 stamps or 1 stamp set

Also, Joanna Sheen

Another lucky winner will receive a £10 Joanna Sheen voucher.

Here is my DT inspiration:

Challenges i would like to enter:

Cute Card Thursday Challenge #222 - Here comes Summer http://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2012/06/challenge-222-here-comes-summer.html

There is lots of fabulous inspiration over on the Charisma Cardz  blog by the other Team Gemma girls so please pop on over and give them some love.

I look forward to seeing your creation soon. 

    Hugs

CAS

Good evening all!

I hope you have had a great day. I have been working on a few DT projects lately so my posts are few and far between but i do have a little inspiration for you tonight.

  I actually left this card blank simply because i couldn't decide what i wanted to put on it! Now, it can be used for a birthday, thank you, just because, thinking of you, anything! The papers are from We R Memory Keepers Cotton Tail paper pack and Me to You Spring Chic paper pack. The little ribbon sticker is by Kioshi. I made the flower using part of a Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, some punched scalloped circles, and a button. The heart border is an EK Success border punch. The edges of the flower and leaves were distressed with walnut stain distress ink. The leaves were made using a Hero Arts flower stamp set.

Challenges entered:

Joanna Sheen Challenge (Sunday) - Flower Power http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/flower-power.html

By The Cute and Girly - May- Spring is in the Air http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/2012/04/may-spring-is-in-air.html

Papertake Weekly (Tuesday) - Anything Goes http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2012/05/anything-goes.html

I hope you have all managed to squeeze some crafting into your day. Until the next time, take care.

Best wishes, 

Worlds Greatest!

Good morning crafters!

I hope you are all well. Today i want to share with you, a layout i made of my fabulous Mum and Dad mashAllah.  I took this photo of them last summer when we visited a Heritage Park and when i saw it, i just knew that it was going to end up in my scrapbooking album!

Anyway, the paper i chose is from Echo Park Dots & Stripes collection (Peony small dots) and the colour is a perfect match for my Mum and Dad's top and shirt.  I dont think they realised at the time that they were matching! The tree with the two little birds is from Dusty Attic and i coloured it with Tim Holtz distress inks and added some pink pearls for a touch of glamour.  The die cuts are from Tim Holtz.  The flowers i made using a Sizzix Bigz 3d flower die and the tags were cut out from another Echo Park paper which i think is called This and That. Oh and the title is wooden words from my stash that i coloured with distress ink.

That's it! What do you think?

Challenges entered:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Someone special http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/someone-special.html

Crafting For All Seasons Challenge #25 - Anything but a card http://craftingforallseasons.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/ch25-anything-but-card.html

Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog Challenge #35 - punches or die cuts http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/2012/04/challenge-35-punches-or-die-cuts.html

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges Challenge #53 - Favourite Song ( The Power of Love by Jennifer Rush) http://mymumscraftshopchallenges.blogspot.com/2012/04/challenge-53-favorite-song-movie.html

Thank you for dropping by.  If you have a minute, please leave a comment and i will visit you back.

Until the next time, take care.