I love You With All My Heart

Hello, me again, back with my second post of the day.

 

This time, LOVE is in the air at Sentimental Sundays.  Yep, a fab new challenge and the theme is LOVE.  We would love it if you joined in with this week's challenge.

 

If you need some inspiration, pop over to the Sentimental Sundays blog here and you will be able to feast your eyes on the fabulous creations from my DT teamies.

 

I was delighted to receive this fabulous image from Simply B Stamps to use on my project. You can find her here. I coloured her with copics. The papers are by american Crafts (XoXo collection). The heart circle die cut is by Spellbinders and the heart border punch by EK Success.

 

 

Challenges i would love to enter:

 

One Stop Craft Challenge 215 - Love is in the Air

Allsorts Week 193 - Valentines

2 Sisters #130 - Hearts

Crafty Catz #169 - Love is in the air (Feature a Heart)

Totally Papercrafts #153 - Valentines or Love

Card Crafter's Circle #61 Love is in the Air/Valentines

In The Pink #13 Pink Valentines

The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog #37 - Valentine Cards

 

Thank you for visiting. 

 

Take care. Big hugs, Jill x

 

 

 

Cute as a Button at Crafty Catz

Good morning all,

 

I hope you are all well and looking forward to the weekend.  I am just popping in to let you know about this week's challenge at Crafty Catz.  This is my last week as GDT and what a quick 4 weeks it has been.  Thank you Crafty Catz for making me feel so welcome.  :D

 

The theme this week is: CUTE AS A BUTTON.  We want to see your cute images and buttons.

 

There are two fab sponsors.... The Paper Shelter

and Digital Delights

 

I was lucky to be given this super cute image from Paper Shelter called 'Spring Breeze' to use on my card.  You can find her here.  The buttons are wooden and i painted them with Martha Stewart paints and threaded them with paper.  The cloud dp is from the XOXO collection by American Crafts and the flowery paper is Everyday Flair by MME. 

 

 

Challenges i would like to enter:

 

The Paper Shelter challenge #96 anything goes

 

If you pop over to Crafty Catz you will be able to see the gorgeous DT inspiration and it would be fab if you joined in with the fun.

 

Have a great day.  Thank you for visiting.

 

Big hugs, Jill x

 

 

Hearts & Flowers at Charisma Cardz

Good morning all,

 

 I hope you are all having a good day.  Today is a public holiday here so there was no early school run this morning (schools here start at 7:40 am!) and i am planning on having a relaxing day.  Probably wont end up like that but at least i can try! 

 

Yesterday was busy, dropped little man at school 7:40 am (we have to go by car, its too far), back home, back to school 10:20 for kid/parent presentation about our home country, back home, back to school to pick up little man at home time, back home, back to school at night for little man's first school disco! Back home, pick up Daddy cos we were using the car,  back home................ shattered! lol

 

Anyhoo, enough about me! I'm here to let you know about the new challenge over at Charisma Cardz. 

 

This week the theme is : Hearts and Flowers

 

There are two fab sponsors. 

 

Stamp Fairy who are offering one lucky winner a $10 voucher to spend in their online store.

 

 

Marker Pop who are also offering one lucky winner a $10 voucher to spend in their online store.

 

 

I was delighted to receive this beautiful image from Stamp Fairy to

use on my card.  You can find it here. I coloured it with copics and paper pieced the tie and bow.  The papers are from the XOXO collection by American Crafts.  The corners are Cheery Lynn die cuts and the flowers are from Hobbycraft that i coloured using Martha Stewart paints.

 

 

Challenges i'd love to enter:

 

C.R.A.F.T challenge 191 - Valentine's Day/Love

Little Miss Muffet Challenges challenge 53 - Hearts and Flowers

 

If you pop over to Charisma Cardz you will be able to view the beautiful creations by my DT teamies and i hope you will be able to join in with the fun this week.

 

Sending a big warm and friendly welcome to my newest followers. 

 

Hugs, Jill x

 

 

 

Kaisercraft frame - New Baby

Good morning all,

I hope this post finds you well. Today i have popped in to share with you something a little different.  Recently, my neighbour had a new baby and she has always been supportive of my crafty projects so i decided to make them a little gift.  Forgive me for the photo heavy post and for the poor quality and squint pics ( I took them in a hurry... argh!)

 

I started off with a large Kaisercraft frame (below) and have used My Mind's Eye 'The Sweetest Thing' collection throughout.  I love this collection and thought it would be just as nice as 'baby' papers. 

 

 

This is what i made...............

I have left the top left space free for a photo to be inserted under the corner die cuts and two smaller photos can be added further down. I've also added a little journal tag which was a pre made journal tag from this collection that i cut down and altered to fit.

 

 

This is a Cheery Lynn doily which is part coloured using Martha Stewart acrylic paint (surf) and a ready made sentiment from MME The Sweetest Thing collection.

 

 

This is a 3D sticker from the same collection.  I added the button and hemp.

 

 

This was a wooden teddy i had in my stash for ages that i painted then added the bow.

 

 

Finally, the flowers are from Hobbycraft and were white so i painted the with the same Martha Stewart acrylic paints, added some Tim Holtz die cut flourishes and voila!  The name and date are American Crafts thickers.

 

 

 

Supplies:

 

My Mind's Eye 'The Sweetest Thing' collection - Designer paper, journal tag (altered and cut down) & 'playful' sign, tiny word stickers and layered stickers.

Dusty Attic layered flowers and words (adore & cherish)

Martha Stewart acrylic paint - surf, jonquil and couscous

Tim Holtz distress ink - walnut stain

Flowers from Hobbycraft

Die cuts by Tim Holtz (flourishes) and Cheery Lynn (corners)

Thickers by american Crafts

 

Challenges i would like to enter:

 

Make It Monday #113

 

Thank you for visiting me today.  I hope you are all having a good day. As always, you comments are very much appreciated.  I hope to catch up with you all later on today.

 

For now, take care.

Hugs, Jill x

 

My Boys!

Good morning crafters, I hope you all had a good weekend.

Today I want to share with you a layout I created as part of my DT inspiration for Paper Lane using this beautiful paper from the Echo Park, Paradise Beach collection. The colours and designs in this collection are fabulous and perfect for summer photos.

Method:

I used the ‘Paradise’ paper for my base.  I loved the design with the palm tree and waves.  It fitted well with the photo I wanted to use which is a snap i took of my supportive hubby and fabulous son mashAllah when we went for  short stay to Fujairah, UAE.

To start with, I lightly sprayed the layout with Tattered Angels glimmer mist.  Then I created two borders from the Echo Park ‘Beach Bum’ paper and adhered them to the top of my layout. I stamped ‘my boys’ onto the tabs using an American Crafts alphabet stamp set.  I created a mat for my photo and adhered it into position using double sided tape.  The flourish is made of chipboard and coloured with Tattered angels glimmer mist with some Ranger  embossing powder sprinkled on top to give it extra bling and set in place with my heat tool.  The tags were cut from the same ‘beach bum’ paper and attached around the sun with dimensionals. The ribbon was ruffled like waves and attached with tape.

Thank you for visiting me today. If you leave me a comment, i will know you have been to see my blog and i can visit you back.

Take care,

p.s Watch this space for a card i made from the same Echo Park Paradise Beach collection. 

2 Sisters Challenge #103

Good evening all!

Firstly, my apologies for not posting this earlier.  Today there is a new challenge over at 2 Sisters Challenge blog.

This week the sponsor is the fabulous Stitchy Bear Stamps. 

The theme is ANYTHING GOES.

We are excited to announce that The Crafting Boutique has offered to sponsor us again for a month long bonus. The bonus is optional and you are not required to use it to enter for the chance at the weekly sponsor prize. But if you do use it you will be also entered for a chance to win a prize from The Crafting Boutique at the end of the month. Please add a # by your name when entering if you have used the bonus. This way we will not miss your entry into the drawing for the bonus prize.

This month the optional bonus is the following sketch. . . .

For my card i used paper from Panda Bear Designs ~ Summer Harvest Patterned Paper Pack and the image is a freebie digi from Stitchy Bear Stamps ~ Hippie Hope.  You can find it here.

The flower and leaves were made using a Hero Arts stamp set and the banner was cut from Echo Park designer paper.  I tamped the 'fabulous' onto the banner with Tim Holtz distress ink and an American Crafts alphabet stamp set.

I hope you will all join in with the challenge this week and i look forward to seeing your creations.  You can als view the other Design Team inspiration over at the 2 Sisters Challenge blog. .

Thank you for visiting me today. 

    Hugs

Just Inspirational Challenges Week 29

Good morning crafters!

How are you all this fine sunny morning? The weather here is hotting up (41 degrees) and it's getting a little too warm to venture outside on foot for more than a few minutes at a time! I can make it to the local shop and back (good excuse to buy an ice lolly or a smoothie) or to hang out my washing but that's about it! Thank goodness for air conditioning and cars!

Anyway, i am here with my card for the new challenge over at Just Inspirational Challenges. 

Supplies:

Docrafts card white base

Me to You Spring Chic paper pack

Pearlised blue cardstock

Hero Arts sentiment

Spellbinders Nestabilities Hearts Circles die

American Crafts clear alphabet stamp set

EK Success heart border punch

Inks: Tuxedo Black Memento and Tim Holtz Shabby Shutters distress ink

Close to my Heart distressing tool

Beary Cute Doodle Pantry digi

Ribbon and buttons

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Happy Birthday http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/happy-birthday.html

The Cutie Pie Challenge Blog Challenge #18 - Easel cards with a sketch and dt call http://cutiepiechallenge.blogspot.com/

CRAFT Challenge 155 - Easel card http://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/

This week the sponsor at Just Inspirational Challenges is the fabulous Doodle Pantry.

And here are the inspirational photos:

Why not pop over to Just Inspirational Challenges and grab some more inspiration from the other DT cards.

Thank you for visiting.  If you leave me a comment, it will let me know you have been and i can come and visit you too. 

 Hugs

Paper Lane

Good afternoon all, i hope you are having a great day and a Happy Easter to everyone who is celebrating Easter today.  Go on, tell me, how many of you have had chocolate easter eggs for breakfast today? :)

Today is exciting for me because my first project for Paper Lane  has been published! I was given these gorgeous papers which are from the American Crafts' Garden Cafe Collection and this is what i came up with.  The papers are double sided and fabulous quality.  The paper i used is called 'Rose's kitchen' and i used both sides of it.  The butterfly is a Hero Arts stamp which i coloured with distress inks and copics. The border and the corners were made using EK Success punches.  The sentiment is from the 'Better Poppies' stamp set from Paper and Such. I love this sentiment.

And a sideways view:

Challenges entered:
Stamptacular Sunday Challenge #158 - photo inspiration ( flower and colour)
http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/2012/04/challenge-158-photo-inspiration.html

Robyn's Fetish Challenge # 102 - Anything Goes http://robynsfetishchallengeblog.blogspot.com/

Catch The Bug Challenge Blog - April's Anything Goes http://catchthebugblog.blogspot.com/2012/04/aprils-anything-goes.html

Allsorts Challenge Blog Week 149 - Colour Bingo (Green, Pink & Lace) http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2012/04/week-149-colour-bingo.html

Totally Papercrafts Challenge #111 - Bingo ( Flowers, Lace & Pink)http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.com/

Divas By Design Challenge 29 - Anything Goes & 1st Birthday Blog Hop http://divasbydesignchallenge.blogspot.com/2012/04/challenge-29-anything-goes-and-1st.html

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2012/04/anything-goes.html

Thank you for stopping by.  Have a great day. Best wishes, Jill x