Here Comes Summer at My Besties UK

Hello there,

I have a little tag to show you today for the 'Same but Different' post over at My Besties UK. Once a month the team showcase one of Sherri's gorgeous images and all make projects using that same image - I love how this shows so many different styles using just one image.

This month it was my turn to choose the theme and image, so this is what I made for my 'Here Comes Summer' theme using image 359. She is called 'Garden Flower Fairy Petals and can be purchased from Sherri's online store here ...

I do love making my tags, as you all know - but never do anything with them afterwards (I was thinking of making them all into a 'Tag Book' - but that's another project!)

The image is coloured with my Promarkers and has a little added crystal glitter on her wings. All other components are from my own stash.

I hope you will pop over to the blog - if you leave a comment for the design team you may just be lucky enough to win the digi to use on your own crafty projects.

Hugz, Jan xx

Summer Spectacular

Hello again,

Well, I had a very busy weekend with a little mini-break from crafting, but I'm back today with a new challenge over at My Besties UK. Our challenges are now all 'Anything Goes', but with an optional theme - so the design team were challenged to use the theme

'SUMMER SPECTACTULAR'

Here's what I made for my DT inspiration ...

I couldn't resist this little cutie - she is from Sherri's 'My Little Dimples' range and can be bought for just £1.81 in Sherri's Etsy store HERE. I coloured her with my Promarkers and added her to a piece of design paper showing the Eiffel Tower, as her pretty little frilly top says 'Paris' on it.

Embellishments include some die-cut flowers with pearl centres, a stamped 'adventure' ticket, some ivory lace and some adhesive pearls.

I hope you can come and play along this time with your own 'Summer' projects.
Hugz, Jan xx

Summer!

Hi there folks,

Well, it's Friday - that means only one thing - it's Polkadoodles challenge day.  This week the theme is 'Summer' and the design team have created lots of lovely themed projects over on the challenge blog for you to look at.  I have used my favourite 8x8" scalloped card and here's what I made ...

I used some gorgeous pastel papers from the 'Sundae of Seasons' CD, together with a fab little flower image from the same CD.  The main image is an 'Emma Canning' design and she is very aptly called 'Summer' and has been coloured with my Promarkers.  A collection of flowers accent the corner of the image and are enhanced with my favourite Marianne leaf die (LR0226).  I also used a Marianne die (LR0191) to display the sentiment (which is from the latest Pen & Paper Circle stamp set).  Extra embellishments include some pale pink satin ribbon, tiny punched daisies, a pink dragonfly brad and some taupe adhesive gems to finish the bottom corner.

I'm off on my holidays for a week early tomorrow morning, so I won't be around until next weekend to catch up with comments on all my favourite blogs out there.

See you all soon,

Hugz, Jan xx

A Summer Scene

Hi there - it's Friday again, that means it's Polkadoodle time.  Over at the challenge blog this week, Clare challenged us to make a card showing a summer scene and although we haven't seen much 'summer' here yet, there are some fab DT samples over on the blog to give you some inspiration.  Here's what I made ...

I imagined a lovely meadow when I thought of a summer scene, so I used this gorgeous little piece of fencing from the 'Sugarplum Daisy' CD.  I repeated the image three times to make the scene for my card, making sure that each piece lined up with the other to make one long fence.  I printed it onto a piece of plain sky blue paper from the 'Sugar Birdies' CD which has been inked around the edges with blue ink.  Although the image can be printed in colour, I chose to print in black and white and coloured the whole thing with my Promarkers, using the fine tip nib for all those intricate little vines.  I then added some fab flowers from the 'Sugar Birdies' CD and decoupaged them behind the fence, as if they are growing in the meadow.  The large flower has a brown button centre and the two smaller ones have brown adhesive gems in the centre.  The 'Summer' bunting is printed onto some scraps of blue gingham paper (the gingham pattern always reminds me of summer) using the template from the 'All Around & Everywhere' CD and is hung on a piece of blue thread.  Three little blue adhesive pearls decorate the top left corner and a sprinkling of crystal glitter highlights the vines on the fence (this bit doesn't show up very well on the photo, sorry).

I hope my 'Summer' card cheers you up a bit in all this dreary weather, and don't forget to pop over to the blog for some more fab inspiration.

Hugz, Jan xx