Teenage Dream

Happy Thursday everyone,

Lol! My Thursdays are always happy ones because it is the end of my working week - one down, only six more until Christmas!

I have my next DT project for Cardz 4 Galz today, where we have a brand new challenge starting where Babs chose the theme of

'FOR A TEENAGER'

Here's what I made ...

I decided on '13' as the very first teen birthday. I love how this turned out - I used one of my favourite Saturated Canary images, called Nevaeh. She is coloured with a mixture of pencils and Promarkers.

The backing papers are from DCWV 'Love Letters' and are inked with Victorian Velvet and Crushed Olive distress inks.  I added a little die-cut banner from some of the scraps, a stamped 13th topper, two little LOTV sentiment tags and some punched flowers and leaves.

I hope you can come and join in with the fun over at the challenge.

Hugz, Jan xx

A new Baby Boy

Good morning,

Well, that's half of the year gone already - where did that go!?

It's time for our next challenge over at Cardz 4 Guyz and this week our leader, Caz, has chosen the theme of

'HELLO BABY BOY'

Here's my DT inspiration, which I have to admit is a recycled one due to my time constraints over the weekend (so please forgive me) ...

This one is 6x6" in size and used a Saturated Canary image called 'Butterfly Baby' and is coloured with my Promarkers. The 'Baby' lettering is stamped using my Clarity 'Letterbox' stamp set and the small tags are die-cut and stamped to spell 'Boy'. Backing papers are from my stash and embellies include a doily, some paper flowers, a little twine to hang the cute little tags and a few adhesive pearls. Hope you like it.

Why not pop along and check out what my teamies have been up to - hope you can play along this week.

Hugz, Jan xx

Child's Play

Happy Monday,

Are you ready for another challenge? We have a new theme this morning over at Make My Monday. This one has been chosen by Laura and the theme is 'CHILD'S PLAY'. You can choose to make a child's birthday card, or a new baby card. I chose the second option and made two cards - one for a girl and one for a boy ...

These are both 6"x6" cards and are made using a Saturated Canary image called 'Butterfly Baby', coloured with my Promarkers. I couldn't resist making them in both traditional baby colours and am planning to offer them to order when I get my self organized. Everything has been made from scratch - the larger letters are stamped and embossed using the 'Clarity Letterbox' stamp set and the smaller letters are printed on my pc before being mounted on little die-cut tags. All other papers and embellishments are from my stash.

Hope these give you some inspiration to come and join in the challenge with us.

I am entering these cards into the challenge over at Saturated Canary which is 'Winged Things'.

Hugz, Jan xx

21 Today!

Well, not really!

It was my youngest daughter's 21st birthday last weekend, so I thought I would show you the card I made for her. She has just finished her degree and will be moving back home next month - can't wait!

I chose my favourite 8x8" card blank and covered it with backing paper by Basic Grey layered on top of a piece of turquoise cardstock (her favourite, hence the colour theme).  The main image is 'Nevaeh' by Saturated Canary (she looks a little like Samantha!) - I coloured her with my Promarkers and added a little glitter to the bottom of her dress.  The '21' is handmade and covered in turquoise glitter, together with the little flowers which are die-cut from scraps of the backing paper. The sentiment was created on my pc and I added a little silver butterfly charm for good luck.

Needless to say she had a fantastic day and loved her card (and her new laptop)!

Hugz, Jan xx

Hugs and Kisses

Happy Saturday,

Well, I can't believe that my half term week is gone already - where did it go? I love being at home so that I can craft, but alas will have to return to work next week to fund my obsession! Lol.

I had time to play with one of my new Saturated Canary images yesterday, and decided to do something a little different.  I'm really pleased with the outcome - see what you think ...

The image is 'Hugs and Kisses' by the very talented Krista Smith 

and is printed A5 size onto a border of pink paper.  

She is coloured with my Promarkers: 

Hair - satin, sandstone, caramel and burnt sienna

Skirt/boots - pale pink and dusky rose  

Hearts/tights - blossom and budding rose 

Box - satin, sandstone and caramel

I popped her into a plain black photo frame and decorated the corners 

with embellishments from my stash, 

including flowers, hearts, 

a Doohickey die-cut swirl and  small butterfly.

I think this will make a great gift for someone, 

but not sure who just yet.

I would like to enter it into the challenge over at 'Fussy and Fancy' 

which is Black and Pink.

Enjoy your weekend,

Hugz, Jan xx

My first Saturated Canary Image

Hello to you all in blogland,

I hope everyone had a great weekend with lots of crafting taking place.  I have had a weekend of birthdays - first my hubby on Friday, followed by my sister today. What with Valentines Day on Thursday - it's been an expensive month too! Lol.

I thought I would show you the card I made for my sister today, using my very first 'Saturated Canary' image.  I bought the image a few weeks ago, but hadn't had an opportunity to use it yet - but thought this was the perfect time to print it out and colour away to my hearts content. Here's what I made ...

Card Recipe

Image 

'Jules' by the very talented Krista Smith at Saturated Canary

Colouring Medium 

Promarkers

Papers 

from my stashbox

Sentiment 

printed on pc

Flowers 

Doohickey Vintage Daisies, pink roses

Dies 

Doohickey Heart Swirl and Small Dragonfly, 

Memory Box Spring Border, Whimsy Banner Pennant

Embellishments

pink polkadot ribbon, pearl oval buckle, doily, flat back pearls, pearl stamens, pink adhesive gems

I must say, this is one of my favourite cards yet - I hope my sister likes it!  I can see I need to pay another visit to the Saturated Canary shop real soon - better start saving :)

Hugz, Jan xx