To-wit to-whoo

Morning.. I have something a little different for you today... A shaped card made from a cute Sizzix Bigz die... I picked this up originally to make some little felt owls, but thought I would try a little card with it...

Card Recipe:
Sizzix Bigz Owl #2
DSP My Minds Eye

I spent yesterday making some order for more of the wine charms.. If you are interested in ordering any then check out this page..

Right, that's all from me today....

Joyful Tidings

Morning! Wow what a busy weekend I think I need a couple more days to just catch up on life! I bought a new die on Saturday from Leigh .. Tattered Poinsettia from Tim Holtz and just had to use it!!

Inspiration:
Freshly Made Sketches: #107

Card Recipe:
Card Stock from Stampin Up
Sentiment: Stampin Up
Tattered Poinsettia from Sizzix Tim Holtz
Glass Glitter from Stampin Up

That's it for today.. busy day at work and then loads to do tonight!!

Celebrate The Season!

Morning!  A really quick card for you today using my new favourite colour combo!! I am really loving powder blue with the crumb cake card stock!!  This little card is the one from this months PI project!

Card Recipe:
DP: Papermania
Christmas Tree Die from Sizzix
Glass Glitter from Hobby House
Sentiment : Clearly Besotted (naughty me!)
Red Stickles
MFT Snow Drifts Die

That's all from me for today! Fingers crossed I'll be back tomorrow!

A Little Note or Two... Less Is More #106 OLC Music

Morning LIMettes.... Can you believe it's Saturday again... not sure where this week has gone and I had very little time for any crafting :-(.  Anyhow. It's official i'm now a regular designer over at Less Is More with the news that Mandi has decided to step down to concentrate on her wedding business!!.  I'm so excited and hope I manage to inspire you week on week!
This weeks challenge is everyone's favourite .. One Layer Cards!! The theme this week can be interpreted in lots of ways....

Music

Now for my cards..  My first card uses Co-ordinations card stock as the base and then the embossed area sanded lightly over

Card Recipe:
EF: Sizzix
Co-Ordinations: White Wash
Ribbon: Stampin Up

The second card was a little more tricky even though it looks simple... I tried a variety of shapes over the sentiment but I kept missing bits of the stamp so i gave up!!
The sentiment was masked with whispers tape before I stamped over it with a LOTV stamp.



































Card Recipe:
Image: LOTV
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat

Ok.. That's all from me for today... I'm going to try and find my mojo under the mess on my desk and catch up on some crafting today!

Jen xx

Seize The Birthday #3 Feminine

Are you ready for another challenge at Seize the Birthday! We are here with the second sketch of the month and as it's the first week it's a feminine card we are looking for! Here it is...

We are sponsored again by the fabulous.. By Lori Designs...

I've kept my card simple this week... Lots of white and primary colours!

Card Recipe:
Image: ByLori Designs
EF: Sizzix
ProMarkers
Button & Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Please pop over to the design team to see there creations and show them some love...

Lynn Hayes 

Lesley Croghan

Rose Miller

Stacey Schafer

I can't wait to see what you all come up with, we had some fabulous cards last week!!
See you tomorrow...
Jen xxx

A Little Something...

Morning... So to send some crafty goodies you need to send little note of course, so these are the ones I made last night!! Very quick and easy using some sentiments from a Pink Petticoat sheet already printed out and a new EF I picked up really cheap.

Inspiration:
Addicted to CAS: #4 Embossing

Card Recipe:
EF: Sizzix Groovy Flowers Set
Twine: The ribbon Girl
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Stampin Up Window Word Punch
Card Blanks: Anna Marie Designs (A7)

I'll be back later this afternoon with the new challenge at Seize The Birthday... It's a new sketch this week!!

Jen xx

Walk Me Down The Aisle... Sketch Saturday #231

Morning Sketchers... sorry I'm a bit late this morning... completely forgot to finish writing the post and woke up a bit late lol!!  Anyhow, it's time for another challenge at Sketch Saturday and this week I have another fab sketch for you....

Here is my little card.... I used the sketch for a commission and just personalised the sentiment...  I've used one of my favourite LOTV stamps as well...

Our Fabulous sponsor this week is  The Craft Barn

Card Recipe:
Image: LOTV
EF: Sizzix
Ribbon: The Ribbon Girl
Heart Punch: Stampin Up

Ok... Fun day crafting with Lizy and then we are off to see 007 later tonight... can't wait!!!

Jen xxx

Heartfelt Thanks

So I'm a day later than planned with my less is more card for this week as I got so carried away crafting yesterday.. I didn't want to stop and mess with photo's etc and by the time I thought about it I had lost the light... Anyhow, here is my attempt at this weeks AUTUMN theme...

Inspiration:
Less Is More: #90 Autumn
Dynamic Duos: #25 Pumpkin Pie & Basic Black with optional Die Cuts

Card Recipe:
Movers & Shapers Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves from Sizzix
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
DPs: My Minds Eye
Gems: Paperchase

Also, just wanted to say good luck to Mandi with her new adventure with the wedding shop ...

Jen xxx

Bouncing to Oz

Well I don't get to make many Bon Voyage cards, but a colleague of mine is emigrating to Oz next week so this was a perfect opportunity....

The kangaroo was hand drawn following a how to draw cartoon characters tutorial ... I then traced round the shape, cut out in kraft and shaded with flex-markers.... I've also used a fab letter die from Tim Holtz sizzix range... The map was off google images and I simply distressed it..

Inspiration:
CAS-ual Fridays: #75 



Ok... I'll be back tomorrow for a new Sketch Saturday... Have a great Friday...

Jen xx

Sweet Poppy

Wow... 2 days in a row, aren't I doing well.... So I thought I would join in with this weeks Freshly Made Sketches since it's one of my favourites and I don't always get chance to play.... Here is my little card using a Sizzix die that I found looking for something else (don't you love it when that happens... although it means I have too much stash)...

Inspiration:
Freshly Made Sketches: #57

Card Recipe:
DPs: My Minds Eye On the bright side one
Tim Holtz Tattered Garland from Sizzix
Ribbon & Brad  from stash
Die: Poppy stamps Lori-lei Outline

I'll be back tomorrow with a bon voyage card for a colleague at work who is emigrating to Oz...

Jen xx

A Leaf or Two...

So it's Saturday and I'm actually managing to make a LIM card first thing... I do miss these days.. Al is away on a course this weekend, and I should have been in Holland with Lizy but nope.. I'm here first thing on a Saturday morning crafting :-) ... Although I've got a serious amount of "Re-Painting" to do thanks to Dulux!!!!!! Anyhow, the theme this week is "Foliage" and this was a perfect challenge to use a new embossing folder I bought after seeing it on someone's blog!!

Here is my little creation...

Inspiration:
Less Is More: #84 OLC Foliage
CAS-ual Fridays: #69 Embossing

Card Recipe:
Embossing Folder: Sizzix Branches #2
Twine: The Ribbon Girl
Sentiment & Tag Punch: Stampin Up
Memento Expresso Truffle

Ok I'll be back tomorrow to show you how many Christmas cards I made last night... warning it will be picture heavy lol

have a great Saturday

Jen xx

Lovely In Lilac

Morning, so I said earlier in the week that I had another tattered florals card to show you this week and here it is... again using Pink Petticoat new collection.. This is def my favourite paper of the release...

Card Recipe:
Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Florals
Brad: Making Memories
DPs: Pink Petticoat
Lilac Pearl Card from Anna Marie Designs

OK that's all for today... see you all tomorrow

Jen xxx

Tattered Floral Birthday

So I finally got the large tattered floral die at Leigh as I'd been umming and ahhhhing over it for about 12 months... and today I've made a couple of cards with it... here is the first of them (I'll show the second later in the week)

Inspiration:
Cupcake Crafts: #208 Photo Inspiration



The Ribbon Girl: September Card Challenge - Add Pearls

Card Recipe:
DPs: Pink Petticoat (the yummy new collections)
Die: Tim Holtz Sizzix Tattered Florals Bigz
Twine from The Ribbon Girl
Pearl from stash

Ok, I'm off to meet my oldest friend for a cuppa and then a little more crafting I think...

Jen xx

Just A Note To Say Thank You

Morning... I am doing well this week... 3 days in a row! Anyhow, this was one actually a card just for fun... how cute are these images.. perfect for those teenagers... I picked up the fab sentiment set for £3 on Saturday at Leigh...

Inspiration:
Retro Sketches: #26

I Love ProMarkers: #132 Anything Goes
Cupcake Craft Challenges: #207 An Image of/with Flowers

Card Recipe:
Image: Greeting Farm
Sentiment: Personal Impressions
ProMarkers & FlexMarkers
Sizzix Embossing Folder
Ribbon : Dovecraft

Ok, that's all from me today...

Jen xxx

Indian Butterfly

Morning LIMettes... So I'm a day behind again ( terrible I know) but finally managed to make a card for this weeks Less Is More challenge which is...

NOT Square!!

Oh so now I panic... I don't really do shaped cards unless I really really have to... but Lizy was round yesterday and reminded me of a butterfly shaped card I made last year.. so I thought I would do another..

Inspiration:
Less Is More: #69 Not Square

Card Recipe:
Sizzix Butterfly Bigz
Kraft
Mini Gems
Sizzix Paisley Embossing folder
Black ProMarkers

OK I'm off to do more tidying up... it's never ending...

Jen xx

Daisy, Daisy....

I have a little card I made for you today using this months Stampin Up Purchase ... Sizzix Bigz Daises.... but it's nothing like cards I normally make at all...

Inspiration:
CASual Fridays: #50 April Showers Brings May Flowers
Freshly Made Sketches: #32

Card Recipe:
Sizzix Daisies for Stampin Up
DPs: My Minds Eye
Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish from Pink Gem Designs
Pearls: Hobby House

Ok that all from me today ... I'll be back tomorrow with a new challenge at Sketch Saturday and hopefully I'll manage to squeeze in Less Is More as well...

Jen xxx

RSVP

Evening Blogland... after a crafty weekend I've not really had chance to blog at all ... crazy busy week... Anyhow, here is a little RSVP card I had to make to send for Alistair's Sisters wedding...

Card Recipe:
Pearl Card: Anna Marie Designs
DPs: Sweet Shoppe Designs
Sizzix Tim Holtz Letter Die
Black Cotton & Sewing Machine

I'll be back tomorrow with a new Challenge over at Crafting For All Seasons... and hopefully have change to catch up on visiting you all...

Jen xx

Butterfly Script...

Hello LIMettes and I'm actually here on a Saturday again... yippee.... I'll have to be quick this morning as it moving day (craft studio).  So it's One Layer Card week over at Less Is More and this week the theme is

Script

So I panic a little as I can't think of anything I have to use.... and then I found this un-inked stamp from Chapel Road Artstamps... think I have had it about 5 years lol.... And I know I've used kraft again and the sewing machine... but I just can't help it lol.....

Inspiration:
Less Is More: #58 OLC - Script

Card Recipe:
Stampin Up Sizzix Embosslit
Stamp: Chapel Road Artstamps
Sewing Machine
Kraft Card: Anna Marie

Right off to so some work now.... See you all later...

Jen xx