Sentimental Sundays DT and Many Thanks

Good afternoon, Well, i told you there would be two posts today and that i had something to tell you....didnt i? Actually, i have have two things in the pipe line at the moment but i can only share one with you today!  Yep, as if you have probably guessed from the post title, i have been asked to join the fabulous talented DT at Sentimental Sundays.  I am so honoured and delighted. 

So, today i am here to share with you my first DT card for Sentimental Sundays. 

The theme this week is: THANK YOU (plus a sentiment).

This week's sponsor is: Sweet 'N Sassy

 

 

Here is my card.....

 

 

Supplies:

 

Designer Cardstock: My Mind's Eye 'Blink of an Eye'

Sentiment: Freebie from the fabulous Hannelie (Desert Diva). Thank you :D

Punch: Martha Stewart butterfly & EK Success heart border

Stamps & Die Cuts: Sizzix Lovely Flowers Stamp & Dies set & Tim Holtz Styled Labels

Button & Pearls (coloured with copics)

Ink: Tim Holtz distress ink - walnut stain

 

Challenges i would love to enter:

 

Simply Create Too challenge #29 anything goes

The Paper Shelter challenge #96 anything goes

 

It would be great if you joined us in this fun challenge and if you pop over to Sentimental Sundays you are sure to be in for a treat.  The DT have some gorgeous inspiration to share.

 

Take care, thank you for visiting and have a good day.

 

Bigs hugs, Jill x  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAPER NECKLACE & MINI ALBUM @ CRAFTY CATZ

Good morning all,

 

I hope you are all well.  Well, this is my 3rd week as Guest DT at the fabulous Crafty Catz and i am having a ball. 

 

The theme for this week's challenge is: ANYTHING BUT A CARD.  How cool is that? 

 

The sponsor is Crimson Cloud.

 

For my projects, i couldn't decide what to make. I thought about a mini chipboard album but i have wanted to try and make a paper beaded necklace for ages too.  You can buy them here in Dubai but who wants to buy them when you can make them yourself! So, what did i decide to make? Yep, both!  Here they are..... I would be delighted to hear what you think.

 

Paper beaded necklace

 

 

Challenges i'd like to enter:

1. Simply Create Too #29 - anything goes

2. Simply Create Linky Party # 18

3. Cupcake Craft Challenge Cupcake 225 - Anything But a Card

4. Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday Challenge - Give a gift ( I am going to give this necklace to my Mum :D)

 

Chipboard Album

 

 

View of the pages

 

 

Challenges i'd like to enter:

 

1. Simply Create Too #29 - anything goes

2. Simply Create Linky Party # 18

3. Cupcake Craft Challenge Cupcake 225 - Anything But a Card

 

It would be great if you could join in with this challenge and if you pop over to the Crafty Catz blog, there are lots of gorgeous DT projects to inspire you.

 

Thank you for visiting today. 

 

Big hugs, Jill x

 

 

 

My little Treasure

Good afternoon all,

 

I hope you are all having a good day.  Today, i am here to share something with you other than a card. 

 

It's a Kaisercraft frame that i painted with Martha Stewart multi purpose acrylic paint and decorated and embellished it using  My Mind's Eye 'The Sweetest Thing' collection.  All the embellies and papers are from this collection except for the flowers and butterflies.  The flowers were cream but i painted them with the Martha Stewart acrylic paint to match the frame.  The photo is my son when he was a few months old.  Now he is at school! Where does the time go?  This was a DT project for the fabulous Paper Lane and was featured in their beautiful store along side the gorgeous MME 'The Sweetest Thing' collection.

 

 

Close up of the sentiment 'You Are My Little Treasure'

 

 

These are Dusty Attic chipboard layered flowers that i also painted with the Martha Stewart paints.

 

 

'As Cute as a Button' tag and bow (especially for the Crafty Catz Buttons & Bows challenge!)

 

 

 

Challenges i'd like to enter:

 

Crafty Catz Challenge 165 Buttons & Bows (The tag and flowers have a bow and the button is easy to spot!)

Simply Create Linky Party #17

Tuesday Throwdown - Frame It

 

Thank you for visiting today.  I will be along to visit you all shortly.

 

Take care and have a good day.

 

Hugs, Jill x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gift Basket with Chocolates

Good morning all,

 

I hope you are all well.  Today i am here to let you know about the fab new challenge over at 2 Sisters Challenge Blog.

 

This week the them is: Anything but a card! 

 

The sponsor is: Di's Digi Downloads

 

For this week's challenge i made a Christmas themed basket which was part of my little man's gift to his teacher.  We filled it with yummy Cadbury's choccies.  The designer paper is old stash of mine and is by Basic Grey (i think).  The handle was made using an EK Success border punch and the snowflake was a Martha Stewart punch.  Unfortunately, the photo doesn't do it justice, i now realise that the photo is squint, the chocs are lop sided, the colours are to pot! Apart from that, it is ok lol Silly me!

 

 

A close up of the handle and snowflake embellie.

 

 

Thank you for popping by.  Have a great New Year.

 

Hugs, Jill x

 

OSAAT Blog Hop

Good morning all,

 

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  For me, the weekend is over and it's back to work/school as usual but last week before the holidays.  Yay! 

 

Today, i am here to tell you about the fabulous Blog Hop they are having over at One Stitch at a Time.  It is going to be fun with some fab prizes on offer.  Not only that, because we know you are probably busy at this time of year, you have not one but three weeks to complete the hop. How cool is that?

 

So, here are the details:

 

The blog hop runs from now until 5th January 2013.  The winner will be announced at 11am on 6th January 2013. 

 

The theme is: USE A DIGI.

 

There Are 4 different wAys in which you cAn win A prize:

 

1. You can complete the Blog Hop by leAving A comment on every DT member's post (you MUST leAve A comment) And collect A letter from each DT member's post.  When you hAve All the letters, you must emAil them to choccy.oona@gmail.com .  One lucky winner will win the FULL set of elements used by the DT.  For everyone thAt completes the hop, they will receive A super freebie imAge (ChristmAs Pixie, by Ike).

 

2. Everyone who comments on my personAl blog post hAs the chAnce to win the digitAl pAper i used on my cArd.

 

3. You cAn also enter in the usuAl chAllenge wAy by using a Stitchy BeAr imAge and you could win the FULL set of elements used by the DT in the Blog Hop. The theme for the chAllenge is: USE A DIGI.

 

4. Or use a non Stitchy imAge and be in with A chAnce of winning 1 element from the Blog Hop.

 

HAve you guessed what my secret letter is yet? 

 

Here is the cArd i made using Stitchy Bear pAper and super cute Stitchy Bear imAge - cAlled 'Welcome' which cAn be found here.
 

 

So, onto the order of the hop. 

 

Choccy DT Coordinator

Jill (You are here)

Josephine

Ali

Nataliya

Vicky

Nikki

Susan

Hazel

Trisha

Mandy

Crafty Girl

Tracey

Cg

Karen 

 

You should have arrived from Choccy's blog and once you have left a comment here and picked up your letter, you should make your way onto Josephine's blog. 

 

I hope you will join in the fun and if you pop over to OSAAT you will be able to view my teamies fabulous inspiration.

 

Thanks for visiting today.  Take care.

 

Hugs, Jill x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Skating Snowman

Good morning all,

 

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  We have an extra two days this weekend (Sunday and Monday) because it is National Day so that's a little bonus.  Going to drag Hubby out to some National Day celebrations and if i am lucky, a trip to my local craft shop Paper Lane where i am one of the lucky DT members.  Hubby will be pleased! lol

 

Anyway, onto today's card.  It is for this week's challenge at One Stitch at a Time.  The 'Skating Snowman' image is by Lil Diva Stamps and can be found here. 

 

The sponsor is: Rick St Dennis

 

The theme is easy, a great favourite..... ANYTHING GOES!

 

 

 

  Recipe:

 

Papers: Red Bazzill cardstock (matting), White embossed cardstock (background) & Authentique 'Festive' 6x6 bundle

Punch: Martha Stewart snowflake

Copics & Frosted Lace Stickles

Button

Challenges i would like to enter:

Simply Create #12
The Ribbon Girls - 'Ho Ho Ho'
Allsorts Week 183 'Advent'
Natalie & Amy's Challenge 'Winter Wishes'
Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge 77 ' I Love Christmas'
Cute Card Thursday Challenge 245 ' Snowflakes'
The Paper Shelter #92 'Christmas is coming'
 

It would be great if you could visit us in this challenge and if you pop over to One Stitch at a Time, you can view the fabulous DT inspiration.

 

Thank you for stopping by today. Take care.

 

Hugs, Jill x

 

First Christmas at 5 months

Good morning all,

 

I hope this post finds you all well.  I have been stuffed (and i mean really stuffed) with the cold and a sore throat since last Saturday and now my head is banging, i feel like i cant breathe and i cant sleep. argh! So, what else to do at 5.30 am than to post on my blog and come and visit you all to see what you have been up to. 

 

I mentioned in my last post that i had made a layout too using the same Echo Park 'Season's Greetings' paper collection.  Well, here it is...............

 

 

Supplies:

 

Echo Park 'Season's Greetings' paper collection

Echo Park 'Season's Greetings' element stickers

Martha Stewart 'snowflake' punch

Tim Holtz distress ink

Ranger embossing tinsel

Buttons & ribbon

 

I would like to enter the following challenges:

 

Cute Card Thursday Challenge 245 -snowflakes

C.R.A.F.T Challenge 183 - inspirational picture

 

Simon Says Stamp - anything goes (Martha Stewart snowflake punch)

Crafts and Me Challenges -#112 Ribbon or trim

Fussy & Fancy #77 - I love Christmas

Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge #145 - Anything Christmassy but a card

Card Crafter's Circle #51 - Bearing Gifts

 

 

Thank you for visiting.  I will be around shortly to visit as many blogs as i can and to catch up with my comments. 

 

Have a great weekend.

 

Hugs, Jill x

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Cosy Winter Mailbox

Good morning all,

 

I hope you are all well and enjoying your weekend.  We have had a long weekend holiday here (
Thurs, Fri and Sat) because it is the Islamic New Year. Yay! 

 

Anyway, i am here to tell you about the fab new challenge over at 2 Sisters Challenge blog. 

 

This week the theme is: a SKETCH

 

 

There are two fabulous sponsors too! How cool is that?

 

 

and

 

 

This is the card i made using the Meljens 'Cosy Winter mailbox' image.

 

 

Supplies:

 

Paper: Authentique ' Festive' collection

Sentiment - The Greeting Farm

Punches: Martha Stewart snowflake punch

Inks: Copics & Tim Holtz distress ink - walnut stain

Ranger embossing tinsel

Pearls & button

 

Challenges i am entering:

 

One Stop Craft challenge - Challenge 205  - Monochrome Tones

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 MS snowflake punch) 

Simply Create Linky Party #10

Crafts And Me #110 - Untraditional Christmas colours

 

It would be great if you joined us in this challenge and if you pop on over to 2 Sisters Challenge blog you can view the beautiful inspiration from my DT sisters.

 

Will be back later with something else to share.

 

Take care

 

Big 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

 

MME The Sweetest thing - layout

Good afternoon all,

Firstly, i just want to say a big ''Thank You'' for all the get well wishes.  I wont be running any marathons in the near future (not that i could have even before the op!) but i think the op(s) went well.

I am just nipping on here to quickly post a layout that i created as one of my DT projects for the fabulous Paper Lane. You can view Paper Lane and my blog post here.

I was very fortunate to be given this really gorgeous Echo Park paper from 'The Sweetest Thing' collection and this is what i made.  I really love the colours in this collection.

The chipboard words and cog were painted using the fantastic Martha Stewart acrylic paints. The doily is from Cheery Lynn and is coloured with Tattered Angels Glimmermists.

I made this embellishment by layering punched scalloped circles and adding a cameo that i had in my stash.

This is the final project.

Thank you for dropping by today and may i extend a very big warm and friendly welcome to my newest followers. It is fabulous to have you here.

Go to go, time for my drugs (painkillers!)  Will try and catch up with you all soon, once i can sit for more than 10 mins at a time!

Big hugs, Jill x