Name Plaque

Good morning crafty friends and followers,

I hope you all had a great week with much crafting. I have been working on a little home decor project but can't show you just yet - it's taken me ages to complete, but I am so happy with the result, so watch this space.

It's my turn to post over at Sherri Baldy Art today and I have another little make using one of Sherri's gorgeous 'Bestie' images. Here's what I made ...

This week I made a name plaque which I intended to sell at our school summer fayre - but I didn't get enough made, too busy with DT projects! Lol.

I used the image 'Tiny and Supersaurus' which I coloured with my Promarkers. You can buy this image and many more from Sherri's on-line store HERE.  The letters are stamped and coloured by hand and all other embellishments are hand made. 

Enjoy the rest of the weekend,

Hugz, Jan xx

In the Garden

Good morning,

Well, that's another week gone and I spent most of crafting - what better way than to spend my holidays. As it's Friday it must be time for another challenge over at the Polkadoodles challenge blog. This week the theme is 'IN THE GARDEN' and we would love to see your interpretation of the theme. As a design team we were challenged to use some of the gorgeous download bundles available in Nikky's on-line store. I chose to use the 'Shake a Tailfeather kit' which has some fabulous papers and images to play with - just click on the link below for more details.

Shake a Tailfeather

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

I made a garden journal which I can add pages to as I go along, recording what I planted and when, etc. The background paper and all the embellishments are from the download kit - the wording was printed on my pc.

Please pop over and check out what my teamies made for further inspiration.

Hugz, Jan xx

Jeans and Denim

Hi there crafty friends,

I am loving my time off school - it gives me loads of time to craft without feeling guilty! I have been playing this morning making a card for the 'Graph'It Markers challenge', although I have to say I used my Promarkers as I don't own any Graph Its. The challenge this week is to colour 'Jeans and Denim' - so here's what I made ...

I automatically thought of a boys card when I thought of denim (I know - a bit stereotypical!) so reached straight for my Polkadoodles CDs which I know have a great selection of boy images to colour. I used pale blue, denim blue, cornflower blue and cool grey 4 to colour both the jeans and shirt (I wanted to keep the monochrome effect to enter another challenge). All other items are from my stash.

I would also like to enter the challenge at 

'That Craft Place' 

which is Monochrome.

Have a great day,

Jan xx

Pink Love

Good Morning,

First of all I would like to say 'welcome' to my new followers - thank you so much for your kind comments, I really appreciate you taking the time and I love to read what you have to say about my work.

As I'm on school holidays at the moment, I have plenty of time to craft without feeling guilty and have my DT projects up to date - so yesterday I sat down to play.  Here's what I made for the 'Artistic Inspirations' challenge ...

They are currently running a 'Bingo' challenge, which I love playing along with - so I chose a diagonal line including a digi image, buttons and layers. The image is by Sherri Baldy (no. 741) and is coloured with my Promarkers, with a little added frantage powder around the edges for a bit of sparkle.  I have layered up three different backing papers from Raspberry Road, together with lots of embellishments from my stash (including a die-cut doily, die-cut border, ribbon, 'Love' ticket and a little hidden tag behind the main image).  I used three pink buttons to finish off with lots of added pearls for that extra little touch.

I would also like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers - 1,2,3 

(one image, two papers and three embellishments)

Totally Gorjuss - Anything goes with Pearls

Thanx for stopping by,

Hugz, Jan xx

Silhouette Stamping

Good Morning,

Hope you all had a great weekend - it's time for a new challenge over at 'Make My Monday' and this week Jacqueline has chosen the theme - SILHOUETTES. I must admit this is one of my favourites themes and my only problem was choosing which stamp set to use. Here's what I made for my DT inspiration ...

I decided on a brand new set called 'Serene Sihouettes', which I bought recently from a 'Stampin Up' friend. The background was made using my ink dusters and four different distress inks - from the top Worn Lipstick, Dried Marigold, Mustard Seed and Crushed Olive. I then used archival black ink to over stamp, adding the little birds and a tiny sentiment. Once finished, I cut the picture into three equal pieces and mounted them on black cardstock. The gold mirri board corners were made from a 'Lacey Square' spellbinders die which I cut into four pieces.

If you would like to see some more inspiration for the challenge, then why not pop over to the blog and check out the work of my teamies.

Hugz, Jan xx

Hello Besties ...

Happy Sunday everyone,

I hope you all had a great week - I think we have finally regained some order after moving my daughter back home. I only have to climb over the odd box now to get into bed!

As it's Sunday it's my turn to post over at 'Sherri Baldy Art' 

and this week I have made a card using the gorgeous 

'Belinda Beehive' 

which you can find in Sherri's on-line store HERE.

I adore these little girls and each week seem to have a different favourite! I coloured her with my Promarkers, adding a little sparkle on her wings and some frantage embossing powder around the image 

which I though looked a little like fairy dust.  Papers and embellishments are all from my stash.

Have a great day,

Hugz, Jan xx

M for Micro or Mini

Happy Friday to you all,

Well, I'm not sure where that week went! As it's Friday again it's time for our next letter at the Alphabet Challenge and this week our Roxx has chosen all thing 'MICRO or MINI' for the letter 'M'. So we would love to see your projects featuring something small - it could be a tiny little embellishment, a small stamp or even just a small project! Here's what I made for my DT inspiration ...

I decided to make a small card and gift tag - the card measures 10.5cm square. I used a mini heart stamp, which is decoupaged and coloured with my Promarkers and also used little mini button brads. 

The challenge is open until the 15th August, so why not have a go. If you have a minute - please pop over to the challenge blog and check out some more inspiration from my teamies.

Hugz, Jan xx