Shaped cards at Sentimental Sundays

Good evening all,

 

Just popping in quickly to let you know about this week's challenge at Sentimental Sundays. 

 

The theme this week is: Shaped Cards (plus a sentiment).

 

The sponsor is the fabulous Bubaboo Stamps....yeah, i love Bugaboo!

 

I chose this beautiful image/sentiment to use on my card.  The designer paper is My Mind's Eye 'The Sweetest Thing'.  The image has been coloured wih copics.  Hope you like it.

 

 

And a sideways view

 

 

I hope you will join in with this week's challenge and if you pop over to Sentimental Sundays, you are sure to be in for an inspirational treat.

 

Take care and Big 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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Guest Designer at Crafty Catz...Yay!

Good morning crafters!

I am so excited and honoured to be asked to be the January Guest Designer for Crafty Catz.   Thank you :D

This week the challenge theme is: ANYTHING GOES so it is a nice easy one for you all.  I hope you will join in the fun.  Please pop over to Crafty Catz blog to see the beautiful inspiring projects by the DT and share some love.

There are two fantastic sponsors too.
 

Carol from Crafty Catz is offering this fabulous prize...


  

And

 

J & C Creations are offering a £10 voucher to their online store.
 

I made this Get Well Card using this fab image i won from the Digi Stamp Boutique called Nurse Grace.  Isn't she cute? The papers are from The Sweetest Thing collection by My Mind's Eye.  The border punch is a Martha Stewart punch.  She was coloured with copics.  The sentiment is a 'freebie' from Elegant Word Art.  You can visit this fabulous blog here.



Challenges i'd like to enter:

Stampin' for the Weekend - anything goes
Totally Papercrafts Friday Challenge - #148 something new (New image, Sentiment & Copics)
Cute Card Thursday #250 - something new (New image, Sentiment & Copics)
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 1 -anything goes
 

Thank you for visiting today. 

 

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