Just Because

Good morning,

Well, we have sunshine here again today after all the rain this week! Hope you are enjoying it too.

It's Sunday, so it's my turn to post over at Sherri Baldy Art and today I have used image 872, which you can purchase from Sherri's on-line store HERE for just $3.00.  Here's what I made ...

The inspiration for this one came from the gorgeous backing paper which is from Crafty Individuals. It's part of their 'Shades of Summer' pad, which I won recently in a blog challenge. It is so pretty that I didn't want to cover it up with all my usual layers, so I have tried to keep the embellishments to a minimum! I coloured the image with my Promarkers, added a stamped sentiment and some die-cut flowers.

I found this pretty little girl sitting in my file with the tab 'Freebie' underneath her, which means that our Sherri must have put her up for grabs at some time. Maybe you were lucky enough to add her to your collection - I would love to see your projects using this gorgeous little image.

Just leave me a comment with a link to your blog and I will pop along and return the visit.

Enjoy your Sunday,
Hugz, Jan xx

Autumn Time

Hi there,

Sorry I've not been around much this week - it's been a tough one!

It's time for the next challenge over at Polkadoodles and this week we would love to see your 'AUTUMN' themed projects. So, whether it be a nice autumn scene, something halloween themed or just an autumn colour scheme - it's up to you. The design team were challenged to make an autumn scene, so here's what I came up with for my DT inspiration ...

I used the 'Sundae of Seasons CD' together with 'Bonbon Belles' to make my scene and added a multitude of images, overlaying them to build the picture. I used distress inks behind the scene to fill in the sky and added a piece of backing paper, a greeting and some fussy cut leaves for added decoration.

Don't forget to check out the main blog to see some more inspiration from my talented teamies.

Hugz, Jan xx

A little bit of Vintage

Good morning,

I hope everyone had a great weekend, enjoying what's left of the sunshine. I think I'm finally starting to get over the nasty cold bug I've had all week - I'm working on the principal that 'things can only get better'!

It's time for our next challenge over at Make My Monday and this week Fliss has chosen our theme, which is another favourite of mine

'VINTAGE'

(with Sepia, Cream and Pink or Blue)

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

I made an easel card using a cream card base and layered with soft pink co-ordinations cardstock, dreamy papers from Raspberry Road and a variety of embellishments, including a stamped postcard and lovely sepia vintage photo. The lamp post die cut  and the leaf swirl die cut were covered in cream/gold frantage powder to age them. The little flowers are handmade from book paper and are inked and also covered in shabby pink frantage powder to highlight them. I must admit, I had a 'step away from the card' moment - I always get carried away with the embellishments and this time was no exception!!

Here's a closer look at the base of the card, with some more handmade flowers and a lovely little cameo embellishment. 

If you have the time, why not pop over to the challenge blog and check out my teamies DT inspiration too. I shall look forward to visiting your blogs this week to see your interpretation of the theme.

Hugz, Jan xx

Garden Child

Hello again,

I hope everyone has had a great week - my the weekend seems to come around quickly these days! I have had the most horrible cold/flu this week and it doesn't seem to want to budge either - hope it clears soon.

It's my day to post over at Sherri Baldy Art and this week I have made a shaped card using 'My Besties' image 734 with the 'My Besties UK Challenge' in mind - the theme is 'Orange, Yellow & Brown'. Here's my finished project ...

The image is called 'Garden Child' and you can buy her from Sherri's on-line store HERE. I coloured her skin and hair with my Promarkers and then paper pieced the gorgeous flowers with scraps of orange and yellow paper. I also used two different butterfly border dies, together with some embellishments from my stash and a sprinkling or frantage powder for some texture. The sentiment was printed on my pc and then made to look like a little banner.

Right, I'm off to enter her into the challenge now.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend,
Hugz, Jan xx

Q is for Quilting

Happy Friday everyone,

It's time for the next letter over at the Alphabet Challenge and we are upto 'Q' in our alphabet. Our Jennifer has chosen the theme of 'QUILTING' for this one, so we would love to see your projects showcasing some kind of quilting. There are so many designs to choose from and you could use paper or fabric - so here's a little DT inspiration from me ...

I loved making this one - it is a 6x6" design and is made up of sixteen squares. I chose three different papers and cut nine of the patterned squares, five of the pink squares and two of the cream squares using a 3cm square paper punch. I then put four patterned squares to one side and cut all the others diagonally on my trimmer to make triangles. Next I inked all the edges with Walnut Stain distress ink (which seemed to take ages!) but I think it was worth it. Then I arranged them into my pattern before sticking them down.  I stamped around the edges with a zig zag stamp to create the effect of faux stitching. To finish off I added a little sentiment from my Polkadoodles Picknix CD which seemed perfect for the job! Hope you like it.

So, will you join us this time round and how will you showcase the quilting?

Hugz, Jan xx

Tree Friends

Happy Monday,

I hope you all had a great weekend - I sat feeling sorry for myself after a rather nasty cold bug landed on me on Saturday!

It's time for our next challenge over at Make My Monday and this week Laura chosen the theme and you have a choice - we would love to see your projects showcasing either

  'FLOWERS or TREES'.

I love nature themes and decided to get my ink dusters out again - here's what I made for my DT inspiration ...

The background is made using distress inks in Tumbled Glass and Broken China.  The tree image is a digital image which I manipulated to make smaller to create the trio and then flipped it for the reflection in the water. Finally I put the whole piece through an embossing folder for some added texture.  A little glitter and a sentiment finishes off my project. Hope you like it.

Please pop over to the main blog and check out what my teamies decided on for their DT projects.  Will you choose 'flowers' or 'trees'?

Hugz, Jan xx

Away with the Fairies

Hello everyone,

Well they were right - we have seen some sunshine over the weekend, so all is not lost!

I'm back today with my weekly post for Sherri Baldy Art using another of her gorgeous little fairy Besties. Here's what I made using image 694 which you can buy from Sherri's on-line store HERE.

I used a door hanger template and covered with backing papers in soft lilac and mint green before adding my image which was coloured with Promarkers and a little added glitter. Well, you can't have a fairy without glitter, can you!  The pretty flowers were all hand stamped onto scraps of the backing papers, cut out, inked and assembled with pearl centres before becoming part of my project. I also added a couple of die cuts, some tiny punched butterflies and printed the wording on my pc.

And don't forget - today is the last day to enter our blog hop over at the 'My Besties UK Challenge blog' so why not pop over and say hello HERE.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers - Winged Things

Cute Card Thursday - Fairy Nice

Fussy & Fancy - Punches and Dies

That Craft Place - Things with Wings

Try it on Tuesday - Make your own Flowers

Enjoy the rest of your weekend,

Hugz, Jan xx