Make it Sparkle at Joanna Sheen

Good morning Everyone, 
I hope you are all having a lovely weekend.
We took Emma and Tom to see Frozen at the cinema on Friday night - We were just going with a couple of friends but ended up with 20 kids and 10 adults!! What a brilliant film! The animation is just astounding. We all loved it! It's well worth seeing if you get the chance.

Anyway, I need to tell you about our midway reminder for the Joanna Sheen Challenge which is ....
                                             MAKE IT SPARKLE
I've used a gorgeous image from the House Mouse CD but the photo doesn't show off the card properly. It looks much better in RL, but no matter how many photo's I took the camera seems to want to change the colours!!

I've used a Marriane Creatables Tree die and snowflake die and lots and lots of glitter! The pearls and ribbons are from my stash and the sentiment tags are from Lili of the Valley.

We also have some very sad news for you. 

This is the very LAST challenge on the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog. 

Unfortunately Joanna Sheen has decided to close the challenge blog. It is such a shame as I know that many of you love to enter this challenge. I for one will miss being part of a fabulous design team, but I am lucky to have made some lovely friends there.
It would be lovely to see lots of you enter this last challenge and make it a good one. Don't forget there is £30 voucher for one lucky winner

Thanks for taking the time to visit me and for all your lovely comments.
Lorraine x

Make it Sparkle at Joanna Sheen

Good Morning Everyone, 
I'm back already, I don't do anything all week then you get 2 in one day! ......if you're looking for my 'A Little Bit Crafty' post, please scroll down! 
Today sees the start of a brand new challenge at Joanna Sheen, and this fortnight the theme is....
                               MAKE IT SPARKLE
I've used an image from the Thomas Kinkade CD.

The background paper is from Craft Creations and I've covered the image and poinsettia in glitter.

I've used a Spellbinders poinsettia die, a Marianne creatables ivy die. 

There is a £30 gift voucher for the lucky winner this time.

Thanks for taking the time to visit me again today and for all your comments and encouragement.
Lorraine x

celebrate! at the Joanna Sheen Challenge

Good Morning Everyone, 
We have a brand new challenge starting on the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog today and this fortnight the theme is...
                                          CELEBRATE
I've used a gorgeous little House Mouse stamp called Birthday Cupcake for today's card.

I've coloured them with promarkers and the background paper is from Wild Rose Studio.
There is a fantastic £15 voucher for the winner, but don't forget to use Joanna Sheen products on your card.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your lovely comments. I hope you are enjoying the weekend.
Lorraine x

Button it Up at Joanna Sheen

Good Morning Everyone, 
We have a brand new challenge starting on the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog and this time the theme is.....
                                          BUTTON IT UP
I've used the gorgeous decoupage from the Jayne Netley Mayhew Decoupage - Spring Collection.

I've used a Marianne Creatables Button flower die, A Marianne ivy die and a Spellbinders edgeablility die. 

Now, if you check out all the work of my brilliant teammates, you will see that they all managed to use real buttons on their projects.  The last time I saw my jar of buttons, Emma was using them to help with some Maths homework..then she hoarded them...I can't find them anywhere! Rather than get stressed out I used a Marianne die instead!
Don't forget there's a fabulous £15 voucher for the Joanna Sheen website for the winner, so well worth entering.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your lovely comments. Enjoy the rest of the weekend
Lorraine x

Joanna Sheen - Coffee and Cream

Good Morning Everyone, 
I hope you are all enjoying the weekend. It's time for a new challenge at Joanna Sheen today and this fortnight the theme is....
                                 COFFEE AND CREAM
I've used House mouse decoupage for today's card.

The paper are from First Edition. I've used a Spellbinder edgeability die, and a Joy!crafts daisy die with card candi in the center of the flowers.

The prize is a fabulous £15 Joanna Sheen voucher to spend in the online store.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Crafty Catz - Decoupage

I've scheduled this post as I went to see Grease last night at the Grand Opera House - so hopefully I really enjoyed it and now the kids are letting me have a lovely lie in!! lol Thank you for taking the time to visit me today and for all your lovely comments. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Lorraine x

Pretty in Pink at the Joanna Sheen Challenge

Good Morning Everyone, 
I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. We have a brand new challenge starting over at Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog today and this fortnight the theme is....
                                             PRETTY IN PINK
I've used a butterfly for the gorgeous 'Back to Nature' Rubber Stamps - JS364 which you can fine HERE at Joanna Sheen.

I inked the stamp with a ProMarker pen, and covered it with glitter.

I've used a Crafts too embossing folder and a Joy! crafts daisy die. The ribbon and gems are from my stash.

Thank you for visiting my little blog today and for all your lovely comments.
Lorraine x

Out of the Box!

Hello Everyone, 
When Paula asked me to do a tutorial for the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog...I almost has a heart attack..then went into a complete head spin and total PANIC!!! When I finally calmed down I chose the 'Out of the Box technique' as a topic, and here it is. 

Out of the Box technique

This is a very useful technique to use when your image doesn’t quite fit into the area you want it to or if you particularly want a bit of it to show ‘outside’ the area.

I started by printing off an image from the gorgeous Shirley Barber CD, which is available from the Joanna Sheen website.

I wanted to cut this image out using a Classic Circle Spellbinders die, and have the top rose buds peaking out above the circle. To do this, place the die on the page where you want it, and with a pencil draw a line on the inside of the die.

Using scissors or a knife cut down into the image around all the parts that are outside the circle.

Slot these pieces through the centre of your die and line it up with the pencil lines you have drawn.

 The sharp cutting edge of your die should be facing downwards so those pieces of paper that are lying on top of the die will not be cut when you run it through your cutting machine.

Fix the die in place with easy lift tape and run it through your cutting machine.

Cut away the excess bits of paper from the image.

You should be left with a perfect circle and part of your image ‘outside’ the circle. Don’t forget to rub out your pencil lines!

I used this technique when I made the following card using the fabulous Shirley Barber CD.

I hope you have found this useful.

Well it's my gorgeous little girls 6th birthday today so I need to go and prepare her party food and play a few games!! lol It doesn't seam 2 minutes since she was born!
Have a lovely day and I'll be round to visit you later.
Lorraine x

Joanna Sheen : Boys will be Boys!

Good Morning Everyone
I hope you are all enjoying the weekend. We have a new challenge starting at the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog this morning, and this fortnight the theme is....
                                       BOYS WILL BE BOYS
I've used an image from a rubber stamp set called 'Gruffies -Slice of Happiness - JSHM053', which you can find HERE.

I've coloured him with my promarkers, and the backgrond papers are from Echo Park - It's a Boys Life.

We are sponsored by the fabulous Joanna Sheen with a  £15 gift voucher for one lucky winner. It would be fabulous to see lots of entries using Joanna Sheen images - there are so many to choose from at www.joannasheen.com

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-

There are some changes happening over at the Joanna Sheen challenge blog and a fabulous specials section on the Joanna Sheen blog too. So grab your self a cuppa and have a browse!
Thanks for visiting me today and for all your lovely comments.
Lorraine x

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Shirley Barber

Good Morning Everyone, 
I hope you are all having a good weekend. We have a new challenge starting today at the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog. this fortnight the theme is......
                                              DON'T BE SQUARE
I've used an image from the Shirley Barber project Book and CD.

The image and papers are from the Shirley Barber CD. I love this CD it's full of gorgeous designs. I think I'll be using this quite a lot!!
The prize is a £15 voucher to spend in the Joanna Sheen online store.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Whimsey stamps Challenge - Shaped Cards

Thank you for visiting my little blog today and for all your lovely comments.
Lorraine x

Joanna Sheen

Good Morning Everyone, 
I hope you are all enjoying the weekend. We have a brand new challenge starting over at Joanna Sheen today. This fortnight the theme is.....
                                            SPOTS AND STRIPES
I've used an image from the fabulous Tom Mielko CD. The Cd is full of gorgeous images and they print out so well.

The background papers are from Craft Creations.  I used a Spellbinders edgeability die for the border and added a few pearls.

I've kept the card quite cas as I didn't want to detract from the gorgeous image. I just added a few pearls and ribbon from my stash.
There's a £15 Joanna Sheen voucher for the winner, so a great reason to enter!!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes
Totally Papercrafts - Anything Goes

Thank for visiting my little blog today and for all your lovely comments. Have a lovely Sunday.
Lorraine x

Joanna Sheen

Good Morning Everyone, 
There's a brand new challenge starting today over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog.
The theme is.....
                                        MUSIC AND LYRICS
The prize is a £15 voucher for the online Joanna Sheen store.
I was sent this gorgeous pre-coloured house mouse image to use for my card.

I used a MB foliage die, and a marianne creatables fence and bird box die .

The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts and the ribbon is from Mei flower.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Simon Says Stamp - Happy Mail
The Paper Shelter - Music Maestro
Cute Card Thursday - Come Fly with me
Crafty Catz - Inspired by a Song (Morning has Broken)

I'm sorry I haven't been round to visit you for a few days, but I'm hoping to put that right in the next day or so.  In between helping out at school, making scarecrows with the cub group and the village craft fair..... I haven't had much computer time this week! 

Thank you for taking the time to visit me. I really appreciate all the comments you leave for me and I'll hopefully return the visit very soon and catch up with all your gorgeous creations.
Lorraine x

Spring into Spring at Joanna Sheen

Good Morning Everyone, 
It's time for a new challenge at Joanna Sheen today. The theme this fortnight is....
                              SPRING INTO SPRING
There's a £15 Joanna Sheen voucher for one lucky winner. I've used Jayne Netley Mayhew Decoupage - Spring Collection for today's card.
Please excuse the wonky photo. I used an 8" x 8" card blank and struggled to get a photo without it looking a bit skew whiff!

The background papers are from K and Company. The fence is a Marianne Creatables die, the butterfly is a Marianne Creatable die and the flowers are a Joy!crafts die.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Marianne Design Divas - At the bottom of the garden
Divas by Design - Spring Colours
Allsorts Challenge - Spring has Sprung
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
A gem of a challenge - Animals

Thank you for taking the time to visit me today and for all your comments and encouragement. I hope you are all having a lovely weekend.
Lorraine x

Joanna Sheen

Good morning
It's Sunday and we have a brand new challenge over at Joanna Sheen. This fortnight our theme is.....
                                                      MUM'S THE WORD
There's a £15 voucher for one lucky winner.
Sheenie Towers sent me some gorgeous decoupage and a roll of washi tape for my card.  

I've never used washi tape before, the design was so pretty and it matched the colours in the image so I decided to make some backing paper from it! 

                                           

The green backing paper is from a First Edition pad. 

I used a Spellbinders edgeability die for the border, a marianne creatables die for the fence and a Martha Stewart punch for the little butterflies. 

I finished off with some ribbon and bling from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Creative Inspirations - Happy Mother's Day
Totally Gorjuss - For Mum
A Gem of a Challenge - Floral Frenzy
Dream Valley - Mothers Day

Thanks for taking the time to visit me today and for all your lovely comments. I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend. Lorraine x

Black and White at Joanna Sheen

Good Morning Everyone, 
I hope you are all having a lovely weekend. We have a brand new challenge starting over at the Joanna Sheen Challenge blog today, and the theme this time is.....

                                         BLACK AND WHITE

I've used a Joanna Sheen rubber stamp set called Back to Nature (JS364) which you can find HERE. 

I have to admit I found this challenge just a little bit scary as there's not a promarker in sight!! Once I got going, I really enjoyed it!

The photo's aren't very clear, but I stamped the butterfly and bees and the cut them out, then bent their wings back a little!

I used Black pearl card edged with a Magnoilia lace die and A MB tessatina die for the lattice work. The ribbon and beads are from my stash.

There is a £15 Joanna Sheen voucher for one lucky winner.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Divas by Design- Winged things
Flutterby Wednesday - Butterfly/Fairy
 
Thanks for visiting my little blog today and for all your lovely comments.
Lorraine x

Food for Thought : My 1st House Mouse!

Good Morning Everyone, 
How excited am I??...this is my first challenge as part of the Joanna Sheen DT!!  I'm not quite sure how I managed to get on there with all those very talented ladies but I am absolutely chuffed to bits!! (Also very nervous!)
The challenge starting today is....
                                            NEW BEGININGS
and the prize is a £15 Joanna Sheen gift voucher.

This is also my very first House Mouse card. It's from a set called 'Food for Thought', which you can find here.

I've coloured them with my Promarkers. The background papers are from Prima and are called Meadow Lark.

I've used a Joy!crafts swirl die, a Whimsey corner die and a Memory Box cherry blossom die. I finished off with a few pearls.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Stamping Sensations - Friendship
Dream Valley - Anything Goes
Allsorts Challenge - Dies & punches
Loves Rubber Stamps - Use dies or punches

Thanks for visiting me today and for all your lovely comments. I hope you enjoy the rest of the weekend.
Lorraine x