Easter or Spring over at Divas by Design

Good morning everyone...

Hope you're having a lovely day and enjoying the sunshine. It's school holidays and spring is definitely in the air. Unfortunately I no longer get the school holidays off with my new job, but because it's shifts I'll still be able to spend some time with my family :-)

We have a new challenge over at 

Divas by Design

and this week our challenge is appropriately

Spring or Easter

I've gone for a spring feel using one of The Hobby House's new toppers. I've used 'Emily' from the Little Friends topper by Wee Stamps.

I'm still settling into my new job and have lots of training to do so craft time is sparse. I've been using lots of these lovely toppers, but am really missing my colouring. I signed up for the Kit and Clowder online classes but haven't managed to start yet :-(

Card Ingredients :-

Paper - Raspberry Road Timeless Victorian

Dies - DooHickey So wrapped lovely heart, Vintage Daisies & Heart fence

Cheery Lynn Lace Corner Deco F & English Tea Party Doily

Joy Craft Leaves 6003/0001

La La Land Heart Banner

Brad, Pearls and Lace from The Hobby House

I kept the embellishments fairly plain because I needed to post my card. Shocking how much postage is!

Hope you can join us to be in with a chance of winning a great prize from this weeks sponsors

Hobbycutz

Remember to pop on over to the challenge blog to see some fab inspiration from my teamies.

Thanks for stopping by and all the lovely comments you leave. It means so much.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Divas by Design - Buttons and Bows

Good morning everyone ....

It's been a very long time since I last posted and visited your blogs :-(

For the last month I have been working my notice at my old part-time job and working some shifts in my new (almost) full-time job.  I have now finished at my old work place and am settling into my new role, however, there's lots to learn and lots of training. I've been job hunting for the past 6 months, so with all that behind me I'm hoping that over the coming weeks I'll be able to do a bit more crafting and visit you more often :-)

So on to our new challenge over at Divas by Design
and we're looking for

Buttons and Bows

We're sponsored this week by Iva Nova Chest


For my little bit of buttons and bows inspiration I've used a Hobby House topper from the Wee Stamps sheet Rosetta to make my card.

The little hearts around the image are all tiny little buttons, which I've had for ages and the papers and seed packets are by Pion.

The doily is a Cheery Lynn die 'English Tea Party' and I've also used the DooHickey 'Heart Swirl Branch'. The flowers are a mixture of WOC and The Hobby House. For the bow I've used ribbon from Mei Flower and tied the bow with my Bow-It-All.

I've got a few cards to show you that I've made for DT challenges and just not had enough time to blog, so I'll be showing those over the next couple of weeks.

Bye for now.

Happy Crafting

Big Hugs,

Janine x

Divas by Design - With Love

Good morning blogging friends...

Well it's already half way through the week - I can't believe it, but that means it's time for another new challenge over at

Divas by Design

and this weeks new challenge is all ready for those Valentine cards you've been making. The theme is

With Love

Now it can be anything to do with Love. It doesn't have to be a Valentine it could be Weddings or Anniversaries, anything to do with Love.

My card today has been made using Heart Key Marci from La La Land and I've used lots of new La La Land dies which I bought recently too. I really enjoyed making it and I hope my DH will like it when he receives it on Friday!

The design papers are Pion's 'Roses' and all the dies have been edged with vintage photo. On the lace I stuck little rhinestones to give it a bit more bling and the little hearts were leftovers from some die cuts which I coloured with Copics. The big red heart is a button I found in my stash and the roses are from The Hobby House.

Marci has been coloured with Copics:

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E11, E21, E93, E20

Dress : R89, R85, R83, R81, RV0000  E77, E74, E71, E70

Shoes : W7, W5, W3, W1

Key : E33, Y17, Y15, Y11  R59, R46, R29, R22

Dies Used :

La La Land - Open Leaf, Heart Key, Steampunk Heart Cogs, Folding Banner and Wings,

DooHickey Heart Tag and Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily.

Hope you can join us with all your Loved-Up creations.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Crafting for All Seasons - Show us some Romance

Cuttlebug Mania - A Touch of Red

Deep Ocean - Love is All Around

Sweet Stamps - Love

Creative Colours - Use Pink, Red, Kraft/Khaki

Bunny Zoes Crafts - Hearts/Love

The Ribbon Reel - Be My Valentine

Dream Valley Challenges - Tag You're It!

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Divas by Design DT - 'Use Ribbon'

Good morning blogging friends.

Hope you're all well. I'm here to let you know about our new challenge over at

Divas by Design

and this week our theme is 

'Use Ribbon'

That should be a nice easy one to help to ease you back into your crafting after all the Christmas and New Year festivities.

I've used a lovely image from Wee Stamps called Ruby and made the base of the card from a Go Kreate die (Frilly#10).

Sorry about the quality of the photos, I even tried faffing about with it in photoscape - but they still don't give a true representation of the card.

Ruby has been colour with my usual copics.

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13, E21, E93

Hair : E40, E42, E43, E44, E47

Clothes : RV95, RV93, RV91, RV000

E74, E73, E71

W3, W1, W00

Flowers : V000, R83, R81, G20, G21, G94, YG63

The pretty papers are from Craftwork cards 'Time Flies' collection.

Dies used:

Go Kreste Frilly #10 (base) and Frilly #5

DooHickey Clouds and Events Flag

Joy Crafts 6003/0001 Leaves

Marianne Creatbles LR0205 Fence

Tim Holtz Typeset Alphabet and Weathered Clock

The flowers are a mixture of WOC and The Hobby House, and the ribbon is from Mei Flower.

Thanks for dropping by and hope you can join us for our challenge this week.

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Use Red over at Divas by Design

Good morning everyone.

I'm back today with a new challenge over at Divas by Design.

This week we are being sponsored by Delicious Doodles and the challenge is...

Use Red

We're expecting lots of festive entries this week. 

I can't believe how close we're getting to Christmas now. I have seriously got to get my thinking cap on for present ideas and go and get them before it becomes manic in town!

For my card today I've used the very cute 'Snow Cuddles' by Delicous Doodles.

The papers are 'Wonder' by Authentique, they're lovely traditional red and green designs.

The embellishments (ribbon, flowers, pearls and charm) are all from The Hobby House and the die is by Marianne Creatables

Copics used 

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, E93

Reds : R35, R46, R59

Bear : W0, W1, W3

Fur on cloak : T1, T3 (and lost of Glamour dust!) 

Thanks for taking the time to come and visit, and for all your lovely comments.

Happy Crafting,

Hugs,

Janine xx

New Divas by Design Challenge

Good morning blogging friends...

Half way through the week already! That can only mean one thing ....

a new challenge over at Divas by Design and this week our challenge is

Something Snowy

and our sponsors are Bunny Zoe's Crafts

Since we're all busy making lots of Christmas cards this should be a nice easy one.

My card uses the super cute Winter Fairy Talva digi image by Mo Manning and she's been teamed up with Raspberry Road Victorian Holiday papers.

Copic colours used:

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30

Pinks : R85, R83, R81, RV000

Wings : RV0000, R81, Y000, G20 & Glamour Dust

Hair : E35, E29, E25, E50

Outline BG000, Blender

Dies used :

Memory Box - Flowering Christmas Tree

Joy Crafts - Doily 6003/1002

TH On the Edge - Snow Flurries

The edges of the papers have all been distressed with  Walnut stain and the tree and snow flakes have had a liberal coating of shabby white frantage. The rhinestone sparklers are from The Hobby House as are the pretty flower organza ribbon and pearls. The sentiment is by Molly Bloom.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine - Christmas in Pink

Deep Ocean - Winter

Mo's Digital Challenge - Anything Goes

2 Sisters Challenge - Christmas Sparkle

CMC Challenge - Wintry, Frosty, Cold

Totally Papercrafts - Use Glitter (used Glamour dust)

Happy Crafting,

Hugs, Janine xx

Divas by Design DT - Use Orange

Hi there blogging friends...

I'm back today with my DT post for Divas by Design.

This week our challenge is to use the colour Orange. We're expecting lots of pumpkins!

Our fab sponsor this week is Kenny K. He has some great images for all occassions, especially those tricky boys/men.

For my card I've used Kenny Ks 'Elf Queen' image and coloured her with copics.

The papers are First Edition 'Boho Chic' and Pink Paislee 'London Market'. They've all been distressed with walnut stain. The main image was distressed with Memento Texedo Black and London Fog.

Copics used :

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E11, E21, E93

Hair : YR02, YR04, YR09, E07, E19

Dress : C1, C3,C5, C7, YR04, YR09, E07, E19

Flame : Y35, Y38, E15, Y000

Dies used :

DooHickey Vintage Tag

Marianne Creatables Fence LR0205, Lamp LR0191

TH Bigz Weathered Clock

Flowers are from WOC and the ticket is by TH.

Looking forward to seeing all your lovely bright, orange creations.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Ladbug Crafts - Halloween and/or use die cuts

Sparkles Monthly Challenge - Halloween or Colours

Parade Your Crafts - Halloween and/or Autumn

Dream Valley Challenges - Halloween

That Craft Place - Halloween

Digi Haven - Orange and Black

QKR Stampede - Seeing Orange

Thanks so much for dropping by.

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs,

Janine x

CAS over at Divas by Design

Good morning blogging friends...

Happy Wednesday to you. It's time for another challenge over at Divas by Design.

This weeks challenge is..

Clean and Simple.

We're sponsored this week by 2 Cute Ink.

For my card I used 2 Cute Inks digi image 'Furry Friends'

It was a little out of my comfort zone not to put any embellishments on my card at all, but I'm really pleased with it. Think I may be making a few more, especially when I'm pushed for time.

The papers are First Edition Spring Feast and have been mounted onto dark brown coordinations card.

These cute little 'guys' were coloured with Copics.

Big Cat : E40, E41, E42, E43, E44, E93

Box : E29, E25, E23

Little Cat : E30, E31, E33, E34

Grounding : W0, W1, W3

Outline : BG0000

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Buggin' Drummer

Good morning blogging friends...

Today we have a new challenge for you over at Divas by Design.

Our theme for this week is a really easy Anything Goes

And our generous sponsors are Live and Love Crafts

This is a card I made for my BILs birthday using a Kenny K image called Buggin' Drummer. 

It suits him down to a T. He's always playing the drums or some sort of music. 

The papers are Dovecraft Funky Vintage and the stars were from leftover card cut using Die-namics Stacking Stars. I added a sentiment from LOTV and a TH ticket. 

The image has been coloured using my trusty Copics:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, R21

Green: G21, G94, G99

Yellow:  Y11,Y15, Y17

Tongue: R32, R35, R37

Red: R22, R24, R27, R29

Drums: B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

Skins: E50, E51, E53

Trousers: E53, E55, E57, E59

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges -

Ooh-La-La Creations - Magnificent Men

The Pink Elephant Challenge - #217 Digital images or Digital papers

Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes

The Squirrel and Fox - It's Raining Men

Crafty Catz - Men/Boys

Thanks so much for dropping by and your lovely comments. Enjoy the rest of your week.

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Divas by Design DT - Water Theme

Good morning everyone...

Hope you're keeping well and managing to catch the last little bits of summer sun before Autumn arrives.

It was back to work on Monday for me and a whole 8 week helf term to look forward to! 

Unfortunately we didn't finish my craft room before I went back, but we're making progress. I'll post some pictures when we're finished. I've got lots of cupboards, but when I suggested that I'd need to buy some more stash to fill them Hubby didn't seem to agree. A girl can try :)

I'm here today to tell you about this weeks challenge over at Divas by Design.

This week the theme is

Water

Lots of different possibilities here. Why not pop on over and get some inspiration from my lovely teamies.

I've used Magnolia's Mermaid Tilda. Shame on me I bought her ages ago and this is the first time she has seen ink.

The papers are En France by Prima and have all been distressed with Walnut DI.

I mounted her behind a Kraft circle with copper brads to make it look like you were seeing her through a porthole window. The background was made following a tutorial on the Make It Crafty website. I coloured Tilda first before masking her and then colouring the background. I added glossy accents to the bubbles to make them stand out

Copics used

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E21, R20

Hair: E41, E43, E44, E47

Scales : E50, E51, E53, BG0000, BG10, BG11, BV20, BG13

Bubbles: C00, C0, BG0000 & blender

Background : BG11, B00, BG000

Other Ingredients :

Flowers : WOC and The Hobby House

Dies: Magnolia So wrapped lovely heart, Marianne Garden Branch LR0151 and Die-namics Mix and Match Banner

Lace : Live and Love Crafts

Charms : The Hobby House

Gesso splodged here and there

Thanks so much for popping by I really appreciate the visit and the lovely comments you leave.

Until next time

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs,

Janine x

Divas by Design DT - Anything Goes

Good morning cafty friends...

Can't believe where the time is going lately. We're already over half way through the year and I'm starting to see a lot more Christmas cards on people's blogs!

Well I'm off from work for the summer now - just as the sun seems to have gone it's holiday too !

I've been trying to get on top of my DT work because I need to spend my time decorating and fitting out my craft room with some new cupboards and a worktop. There's so much to be done, but it will be worth it in the end. We started it at Easter!!!

Today is the start of another challenge over at Divas by Design and this week is an easy peasy

Anything Goes.

We are sponsored this week by the lovely Dilly Beans. 

The Design Team were given some images to work with and I chose Skull Bow Girl Framed. She's part of the Big Eye Art Collection.

She was a joy to colour, especially those gorgeous big eyes. I think I will definitely be buying a few more of these.

I'm really pleased with how this turned out. I just love those big eyes.

I followed this month's sketch over at CLP Challenges.

The papers are London Market by Pinkpaislee and are from The Hobby House. They've been distressed with a TH tool and edged with Walnut Stain DI.

She's been coloured with my lovely copics :

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E11, E21, R20

Eyes : R20, YG95, YG97 (Whites C1, C0, C00 )

Lips : R32, R37, R39

Bow : C3, C1, C0  R81, R83, R85

Hair : E21, E23, E25, E29

Other ingredients are :

Spacers, Pearls, Pearl flourish, Floral lace, Brad and Aged Rose Frantage all from The Hobby House (I told you I'd bought a few goodies at their Birthday bash, Lol  )

The flowers are from WOC and the heavily frantaged dragonflies are a DooHickey die.

Then finally I added a little Gesso. For me I have my heart in my mouth hoping I'm not going to ruin hours of work with a few dabs of gesso. I guess it's a confidence thing.

Do pop on over to the challenge blog and see the fab inspiration from my fellow teamies.

Hope you can join us.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :

CLP Challenge - Sketch 60

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Craft Room Challenge - Heat Embossing (used frantage)

Bunny Zoe's - Pink and White

Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything Goes with handmade bow

Cutie Pie - Pretty in Pink

That Craft Place - It's a Girl Thing

Happy Crafting,

Hugs, 

Janine xx

New Divas by Design Challenge - 'Charming'

Good morning everyone...

Hope you are all well and we're half way to the weekend already.

I'm back today to let you know that we've got a new challenge starting today at

Divas by Design.

We're sponsored by Stamp and Create  and this week our challenge is 

'Charming'

So we'd like to see charms on your lovely creations.

I've used the lovely 'Ragged Angel' by Mo Manning. She's just so sweet.

This is my first Christmas card of the year. Hopefully I'll get more made than last year, which was a pitiful 4 I think!

She's been coloured with copics :-

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E11, R30

Greens : G99, G94, G21, G20  YG91, YG93

Jacket & Boots : E44, E43, E42, E41, E39

Skirt : E11, E13, E15, E07, E09

Wings : YR000, Y000, YR20, YR21, YR24

Hair : Y21, YR23, E57, E18

Tights & Top : E30, E31, E33, E35, E39

The papers are Back to Basics Christmas by Dovecraft.

I've also used a new die and stamp from Whimsy for the sentiment, they're Holiday Carols Notables 4.

The flowers, charm, ribbon, pearls and Whimsy die and sentiment are all from The Hobby House, except the buds which are WOC. I can't remember were I got the little dove from. 

Hope you can join us this week.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :-

Crafty Sentiments - Christmas in July

LEJ Designs - Christmas in July

Holly Jolly Christmas - Tick-Tack-Toe (Pearls, Die Cut, Designer Paper)

ABC Challenges - Christmas in July

Card Mania Challenges - Christmas in July

Stamp and Create - Christmas in July

Mo's Digital Challenge - F is for (Flowers and Feathers of her wings)

Happy Crafting,

Hugs,

Janine xx

Divas by Design Challenge - Pearls

Good morning my crafty friends....

Wow I can't believe it - I've reached 100 followers!!

A big hello to all my new followers and a big Thank You to everyone who has chosen to follow my blog. I really do appreciate your support and wonderful comments.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend and we're already half way to the next one!

I had a lovely day on Saturday at The Hobby House's 10th Birthday celebrations. It was lovely to see Jill  and meet my fellow teamies. Oh and perhaps a little crafty shopping too!

Well I'm here this morning as we've got a new challenge for you over at Divas by Design and this weeks challenge is a nice and easy one...

Pearls

and we're sponsored this week by Crafty Charlie.

My card today has another Tiddly Inks image, I'm just loving their cute little images at the moment.

This little Tiddly Ink is called Tenderhearted. Isn't she cute!

Well Pearls is the remit for this weeks challenge and I've used lots of pearls and a string of them, all from The Hobby House. They have a wonderful selection of singles in lots of different colours and strings of them too.

Coloured as usual with my copics

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, R20

Bird :  YR20, YR21, Y38, YR04

Pinks : R81, R83, R89, R59

Flowers & Wings : B00, B21, B23

Hair : E21, E25, E29, E45

Branch : E11, E13, E15, E18

The papers are from the gorgeous Maja Road Vintage Spring Basics pad and they've all been distressed with a TH tool and Walnut stain.

The following dies were used to create the layout

DooHickey - Clouds

EK Success punch - Rock Fern

Marianne Creatables LR0152. Cut in half for the 'doilies' at each side.

The flowers are from WOC and the pearls and lace from The Hobby House.

I've used this months CLP challenge for my layout

Here's a little compilation of the details.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CLP Challenge - Sketch # 59

Everybody Art Challenge #242 - Butterfly
Inky Chicks #7 - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Wings
The Shabby Tearoom #172 - Summer Breeze photo inspiration
Avenue 613 - Anything Goes
Crafty Calender - Things with Wings

Thank you so much for coming to visit and taking the time to leave a comment so that I know you've dropped by and I can return the compliment.

Happy Crafting,

Hugs,

Janine xx

New Divas Challenge - Happy Birthday

Hello blogging friends...

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at Divas by Design. The theme for this week is a nice and easy

'Happy Birthday'

Our sponsor this week is Shape EZ by TLC (with Whimsy Stamps)

The DT got to choose a template to use and I chose the Cherry Cupcake.

I'm really pleased with the results. It's a lovely fun shape and something a little bit different.

The image on the front of the card is Mo Manning's Cupcake Thief. This is the first time I've coloured her and she was fun to do. She's been coloured in my usual Copics. 

When I get a little more time (lol) I must give Prismacolors a go. I've only ever used them on small areas over my Copics. There's been a lot of lovely coloured images in Blogland using them.

Copics used:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, R21

Dress: R81, R83, R85

Cake bases: YR20, E11, E13, E15, E18

Frosting: RV000, R81, R83, R85 

                   R000, R01, E93, E95, E97

                 Y000, Y00, YG01, YG03

Cherry: R22, R24, R27, R39

Mask: C1, C3, C5, C7

Hair: E50, E53, E43, E57

The papers are First Edition 'Bird Song' and the sentiment is from LOTV Everyday Grungy Messages. I've added a gorgeous selection of flowers from WOC (did you bag a bargain in their 30% off sale?),rhinestones and a satin ribbon and slider from The Hobby House.

The big cherry on the top has been coated with Glamour Dust followed by a liberal coating of Glossy Accents.

I do hope you can join us. We love to see your wonderful creations.

Why not pop on over to Divas by Design and see what lovely creations my teamies have made.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Bunny Zoe's - Wings (on main image)
The Cheerful Stamp Pad - You're Sweet
Digi Darla - Fancy Fold or No Square Cards
Stamp with Fun - Green and Pink
Joanna Sheen - Spots and Stripes (rhinestones & paper)
In the Pink - Anything Goes with pink

Happy Crafting.

Hugs,

Janine xx

Divas by Design Challenge - Add a Number

Hi everyone,

I'd just like to say a big warm welcome to my new followers. Thank you for choosing to follow me and I hope you enjoy your visits.

I'm back today with my card for the latest challenge over at Divas by Design. This week we are sponsored by Bugaboo. The challenge is a nice simple one and is 'Add a number'

For our cards the DT were given a choice of a few images and I chose this cute little girl holding a balloon. She's called Balloon Sitter.

The papers are First Edition 'Bird Song'. I love pink and green as a combination - my two favourite colours.

The flowers have been made using various dies, and have all been edged with walnut stain. I've also used a few pearls from The Hobby House and some ribbon from Mei Flower.

Dies used:

Memory box small pinwheel posie

Marianne Creatables English Rose LR 0162

Joy Crafts Leaves

Dienamics Rolled daisy and By the numbers only

DooHickey Dragonfly

She's been coloured with the following Copics

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, R11

Pinks: R81, R83, R85

Trousers: E41, E42, E43, E44

Balloon: G20, G21, G24, G94 and Blender

Hair: Y21, YR23, E13, E15

Gound: W0, W1, W3, W5

Here's a close up of the flowers.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges.

Critter Challenge - Flowers

Cutie Pie Challenge - Lots of Layers

Love to Create - Punches and Dies

Dilly Beans - Think Pink

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with a ribbon

Thanks for dropping by and have a lovely day.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx