Cutie Pie Challenge Blog – Use A Cute Digi!

Hello, hope you are well?

Today there is a brand new challenge over at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog  and our theme this fortnight is a very simple one! Use a Cute Digi!

This time we are sponsored by the fabulous 2 Cute Ink Stamps!

Cute and quirky illustrations used for card making and paper crafting!

So join in and dig out all your cute digis (I’m sure, like me, you’ve got loads) as one lucky winner will win 2 gorgeous 2 Cute Ink digital stamps

Now the DT got to play with some of the sponsor’s adorable images and I chose to use Primrose Kitty! Isn’t she just the sweetest?!

I think I O-F’d (over-flowered) a little on this one but then my philosophy is you can’t have too many flowers (or too much cake!)! So there!! J

Ingredients:

Dies: Tonic Nesting Circles – Tattered Lace florals

Punches: Tonic various size flowers

Paper/Card: Craft with Style card blank – Neenah Solar White – LOTV ‘Promises’

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Gems, pearls and ribbon from stash

Hopeless Hand Drawings: Faux stitching

Pop over to the Cutie Pies blog to see the amazing inspiration created by my teamies.

Thanks so much for looking, and have a great day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

CARD MANIA - Challenge #50: Circles

CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #46: Anything Goes/Celebration

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #26: Anything Goes/Summertime

CRAFT-DEE BOWZ – July Challenge: Anything Goes With a Handmade Bow

JUST INSPIRATIONAL – July Challenge: Stitching Real or Faux

CRAFTY RIBBONS – Challenge #96: Anything Goes With Ribbon

PAPER CRAFTING JOURNEY – Last ChallengeL: Flower Power

CRATING BY DESIGNS – July Challenge: Anything Goes

THE PAPER NEST DOLLS – Challenge #14: Anything Goes

Delightful Challenge Thursday – My Favourite Things & A New Release!

Hello, how are things?  Well I hope!

Now you may or may not have noticed a rather fabulous, colourful badge in the sidebar to your right! Well I have some news!! I am here today for what will be a regular Thursday slot for me as I am now a member of the Delightful Challenge DT! Woo hoo!

A couple of months ago, completely out of the blue, I got an email from the wonderful Wendy Hall, aka Louby Loo, inviting me to join this year’s team!!  And of course I said YES!!

Super excited to be a part of this amazing team and get to work with Wendy’s fabulous images!

So onto the job in hand and today the new challenge coincides with a brand new release and our theme this week is My Favourite Things (Favourite Embellishment)!

Now the new character that I got to play with is called Birthday Alien Andy and he is available in the shop here.

I think he is totally fab and absolutely perfect for my brother’s birthday. Not because he looks like an alien you understand (well…………) no it’s because he has always been fascinated with UFO’s, conspiracy theories and stuff like that!

I loved colouring in this little green man and had fun with alcohol inks as well as a spritzer to create the planets and ‘starry’ sky. Check out my rocket made from an oval and circle die!!! It didn’t turn out too bad. Well not as bad as the previous 8 attempts anyway!!! J

So what’s my favourite embellie? Apart from my Hopeless Hand drawings you mean! J Well I do love my die-cut flowers but Alien Andy was having none of that, not in deep space anyway, no I had to resort to one of my other all-time faves, which are gems! They make great stars as it turns out!!

Ingredients:

Image: Birthday Alien Andy 

Sentiment: Birthday Sentiment Set

Dies: Sizzix ovals – Tonic Nesting Circles

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White - Imagination Crafts glossy black – smooth white, mirri and coloured card from stash

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers and pencils – Ranger alcohol inks - Dawn Bibby spritzer –‘Black Soot’ DI

Others: Glitter gems from stash

Hopeless Hand drawings: Rocket markings and oh so realistic looking flames (snigger!)

Rocket (groan) over to the Delightful Challenges Blog  to see the amazing inspiration created by the DT and join in with the fun!

There is a fabulous prize too from our sponsor Dies R Us!

Be sure to check out all of Wendy’s incredible designs in the shop too! You will be spoilt for choice!  

Thanks so much for looking, and have a great day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS – No Designer Papers

TUESDAY THROWDOWN – Challenge #202: Anything Goes

LADYBUG CRAFTS INK – Anything Goes

CREATIVE CARD CREW – Challenge #65: Masculine

CARD MANIA - Challenge #50: Circles

CREATIVE MOMENTS – Challenge #46: Anything Goes/Celebration

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #26: Anything Goes/Summertime

LIASTAMPZ – Challenge #68: No Patterend Paper

Ladybug Crafts Challenge – Summer Flowers

Hello, how are you keeping?

Today I am here to show my last card as a member of the Ladybug Crafts Challenge DT and the theme running for the month of July is Summer Flowers!

The image I used is from the new Hobby House Ready to Colour Art Book called Spring Flowers. Hmmmm, I appear to have got the season wrong but never mind! This image looks lovely and summery to me!

Ingredients:

Stamps: LOTV ‘Pretty Grungy – Good Times’ sentiment set

Dies/Punches:  Tonic ‘Nesting Circles’ & ‘Nesting Ovals’ – Tattered Lace ‘Ornate Leaves’ – X-Cut small butterfly palm punch

Paper/Card: Nitwit Collection ‘Gratitude Too’

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Yellow flowers from The Works – Peach Blossoms and mini roses from WOC – Gems and ribbon from my stash

Have a wonder over to the Ladybug Crafts Blog and play along!

Thanks so much for looking and have a wonderful day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

SPARKLES MONTHLY – Challenge #57: At the Beach/Summer Fun

ELISABETH BELLS WORLD – Summer

ELPHINE HOUSE AUSTRALIA – Challenge #59: Rain or Shine

CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS – Challenge #80: Whatever the Weather

HOBBYBOOK - Summer

ALLSORTS – Week 265: Summer Girls

SENTIMENTAL SUNDAYS – Challenge #213: Summer
CRAFT-DEE BOWZ – July Challenge: Anything Goes With a Handmade Bow

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards – Summer Days!

Hello, how are things in the world of you?

Today a new challenge starts over on the Chocolate, Coffee and Cards Challenge Blog and our theme this fortnight is Summer Days!  Oh yes!

We are sponsored by the fabulous Eureka Stamps 

 and I chose to use this super cool dude called Cool Cat with Shades 

 Now I originally envisaged him sitting by the pool with a milk cocktail snootily ignoring the water!  However I found this brilliant paper with a surfboard on it so we were off to the beach! Sorry kitty!  Sand in the fur; not good!

Now I did a similar beach easel card here (one of my more crazy creations and that’s saying something) so you’ll have to forgive me the lack of originality! I am rather a fan of easel cards though!

Ingredients:

Other Stamps: LOTV sentiment – Docrafts ‘Paw Prints’

Dies: SB ‘Inverted Scalloped Circles’ – Tonic ‘Nesting Rectangles’- Tattered Lace ‘Big Fern’ (see Hopeless Hand drawings)

Paper/Card: Fancy Pants ‘Beach Babe’ - Textured paper that is almost as old as I am (Phew!) – Craftwork Cards tent-fold A6 blank – Amercian Crafts

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers and pencils

Others: Glossy Accents

Hopeless Hand drawings: Bear with, there’s a few!  - Cat collar – A Kitdle (I know!!) – Bowl of milk – Fish head and tail (the ‘bones’ are made from one of the fronds on the Tattered Lace ‘Big Fern’die)

I hope you will join us for this great challenge. Check out the blog for all the wonderful DT inspiration and play along!

Thanks so much for looking and have a wonderful summery day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS – Summer/or Summer Colours

STAMPING SENSATIONS – June Challenge: Animal Antics

SPARKLES MONTHLY – Challenge #57: At the Beach/Summer Fun

THE PAPER NEST DOLLS – Challenge #13: Anything Goes

A GIRL WHO CRAFTS – Challenge #1: Anything Goes

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART – Challenge #24: Anything Goes

CRAFTING FOR ALL SEASONS – Challenge #80: Whatever the Weather

HOBBYBOOK - Summer

SWEET STAMPS – Challenge #175: Summer

CRAFTING BY DESIGNS – Here Comes Summer

JUST INSPIRATIONAL - June Challenge: Summer
QKR STAMPEDE - Challenge #94: Include a Cat or Dog

MilkCoffee Showcase – Kraft Paper or Kraft Colours

Hello!  Thank you so much for all your kind comments concerning my migraine battle! You are such a bunch of sweeties!  Seems the older I get the worse these flaming headaches get! Best get younger then don’t you think!! J

Anyway this is a sad post for me today as it is my last as part of the wonderful MilkCoffee Showcase team.  I have really enjoyed working with Esme, Nana and the fabulous ladies on the DT.  Thank you so much for having me, you are all so super talented and I will really miss you! L

So before I start blubbing I had better get on with the job in hand!

The showcase today is Kraft Paper or Kraft Colours and the image I chose to use is the gorgeous Tiffany in Couture Dress.

Now anyone who ever visits my blog may begin to have a slight inkling as to how my mind works so when I chose this image the title seemed to suggest to me a movie poster introducing a film star in her latest blockbuster!! I know, bear with!! 

(Imagine deep American intro type voice here..)

“Starring Tiffany in…………

Couture Dress”!

(Cue dramatic music!)!!

So, not wanting to disappoint my crazy mind I went with it!

Ingredients:

Other stamps: (On the posters behind the main image) a mini cling set from Tim Holtz

Dies/Pinches: Tattered Lace ‘Ivy’ – X-Cut ‘Petal’ small palm punch

Embossing folder:  M-Bossabilities ‘Brick & Bark’

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar ‘Desert Storm’- Ivory Centura Pearl

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir pencils – ‘Vintage Photo’ DI

Others: Computer generated wording – ‘Christmas Red’ Stickles – gems from stash

Check out all the amazing designs by the fabulous DT (bye, bye, ladies!) here and visit the MilkCoffee shop to see the many super cute images they have.  And don’t forget to join in the current challenge on the challenge blog which is Summer Fun!

Thanks so much for looking and have a wonderful day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

INKY IMPRESSIONS – Challenge #165: Anything Goes

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #25: Anything Goes With a Twist – Get Sentimental

LITTLE MISS MUFFET – Challenge #88: Anything Goes

THE PAPER NEST DOLLS – Challenge #13: Anything Goes

A GIRL WHO CRAFTS – Challenge #1: Anything Goes

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART – Challenge #24: Anything Goes

Cutie Pie Challenge Blog – Cute Girls, Girls, Girls!

Hello, how are you keeping? I’ve been a resident in migraine city for the last couple of weeks but I can see light at the end of the tunnel now which is a great relief! Until next time that is! L

Anyway enough of my bleeding heart today there is a brand new challenge over at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog and our theme this fortnight is Cute Girls, Girls, Girls! Bless!

This time we are sponsored by the wonderful Heather Ellis

and one lucky winner will win 3 of her adorable digital stamps

My make features this sweet little fairy called Pure Innocence 049 and I thought she looked as if she were sat waiting to be told a story so I made a bookmark to go on my card.  As you do!

Not overly keen on this creation I have to admit! It does look an awful lot better IRL though, but then I would say that wouldn’t I!! J

Ingredients:

Dies: Sue Wilson ‘California Collection Background’ – Tattered Lace ‘Happy Birthday’ – SB Die-D-Lites ‘Floral Border’ & ‘A2 Bracket Borders One’

Paper/Card: LOTV ‘Bonnets & Bowties’, patterned and ‘Solids’

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers & pencils

Others: Computer generated sentiment – ribbon & jewel from stash – Liquid Pearls

Hopeless Hand drawings: – Faux stitching

Pop over to the Cutie Pies blog to see the amazing inspiration created by my teamies.

Thanks so much for looking, and have a great day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

CREATIVE CARD CREW – Challenge #64: Fairy Day

DIE CUTTIN’ DIVAS – Challenge #170: Things with Wings

SCRAPPERS DELIGHT – Challenge #25: Anything Goes With a Twist – Get Sentimental

STAMPIN’ FOR THE WEEKEND – Anything Goes

CREATIVE FINGERS – Challenge #40 – Anything Goes

Chocolate, Coffee & Cards – Black, White & 1 Other Colour

Hello, how are things? Hope all you UK bods are enjoying this glorious weather we’re currently having! Fab isn’t it! Best get my toenails painted then!! J

I’m here today to let you know that there is a new challenge starting over on the Chocolate, Coffee and Cards challenge blog and our theme this fortnight is Black, White and 1 Other Colour!

Our sponsor this time is the wonderful A Day for Daises 

and they very generously allowed the DT to pick an image each to work with (what a task that was, I think I changed my mind 8 times!!).

So in the end I chose the uber gorgeous Pearls in My Hair. 

Now this design caused me quite a bit of heartache I must say. Why? Well it was all because I finally had to cut up (sniff) my yummy scrummy (sniff!) Eau de Nil papers (sniff!) from Papermania (blub!)! I have looked at them, stroked them, ooed and aaahed over them for the past week or so but always put them back safe and sound in the drawer! But not now! Oh no, I brutally hacked 2 of them to pieces with my dies and guillotine! What a monster I am!!!

Ingredients:

Dies/Punches:  Tonic ‘Nesting Ovals’ & ‘Nesting Rectangles’ – Crafty Individuals ‘In a Gilded Cage’ – X-cut mini butterfly palm punch

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White - Papermania ‘Eau de Nil’ (may they forgive me) – American Crafts

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers and pencils – ‘Peacock Feathers’ DI

Others: White Silky Crush ribbon – Liquid Pearls - Gems

I hope you will join us for this great challenge. Check out the blog for all the wonderful DT inspiration and play along!

Thanks so much for looking and have a fabby day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART – Challenge #22: Anything Goes

THE PAPER NEST DOLLS – Challenge#12: Anything Goes

DIGI CHOOSDAY – Week #23: Use 2 Papers

CRAFT-DEE BOWZ – June Challenge: Anything Goes With a Handmade Bow

CRAFTY BLOGGERS – June Challenge: Bingo (I've gone with column A)

GLITTER ‘N’ SPARKLE – Challenge #88: Use a Digi

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAP – Challenge# 20: Always Anything Goes

DIE CUTTIN’ DIVAS – Challenge #169: Black Plus 1 Other Colour

INKY IMPRESSIONS – Challenge #163: For the Girls

CRAFTY RIBBONS – Challenge #93: Anything Goes With Ribbon

MilkCoffee Showcase – Boys and Toys

Hello, how are you doing? 

So today there is a new MilkCoffee Showcase and the theme is Boys and Toys!

The image I used is called Boy Plays with his Paper Airplane and is available here. 

Now the sad part about this design is that I had to go onto the Internet (oh yes) to find out how to fold a paper aeroplane! I know!! They do fly because I tried them! My dog did eat one though!! L

Ingredients:

Dies:  Memory Box ‘Puffy Clouds’ – SB ‘Cherry Blossoms’ & Inverted Scalloped Circles – Tattered Lace ‘Mini Blooms’ & ‘Beautiful Blooms’ (leaves) 

Paper/Card: Neenah Solar White - LOTV ‘Bonnets & Bowties – Solids’

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers and pencils – ‘Stormy Sky’ & ‘Peeled Paint’ DI

Pitiful Paper Folding: Paper aeroplanes!!

Visit the blog to see the beautiful DT creations and wander over to the MilkCoffeeshop for the cutest digis around!  And don’t forget to join in the current challenge on the challenge blog which is For Dad/Special Male!

Thanks so much for looking and have a great day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

LADYBUG CRAFTS INK – For Him…

OLDIE BUT A GOODIE – Father’s Day/Masculine (the SB Inverted Scalloped Circles is one of the first dies I ever bought must be over 4 years ago now!!)

SCRAP CREATIONS – Father’s Day

DIGI CHOOSDAY – Week 22: All About the Men

AUD SENTIMENTS – Challenge #108: Any Sentiment for a Guy

TUESDAY TAGGERS – One for the Boys

TUESDAY THROWDOWN – Challenge #199: Special Man

CRAFTY SENTIMENTS – Father’s Day/For a Male

Cutie Pie Challenge Blog – Father’s Day

Hello, hope you are well!  Oh, wow! I just realised that I missed my 1 year Blogaversry (the jury’s still out on how you spell that one) which was on 3^rd June! I can’t believe that it has been a whole year since I started this venture! Where’s that gone?!! And, this is my 100th post too! Cor blimey, I think I need a sit down! J

I just wanted to say a huge thank you to my little band of loyal followers and those who comment so regularly! I have been blown away by this whole experience and continue to be on a daily basis! I have to admit that it’s all been a bit like Narnia for me!  An incredible world that was under my nose the whole time (but with less lions, witches and wardrobes)!!

So waffle over we begin a new challenge over at the Cutie Pie Challenge Blog today and our theme this fortnight is Father’s Day!

This time we are sponsored by the fabby Bugaboo Stamps with this amazing prize on offer to one lucky winner!

I love this little cowboy (available here) and have to admit to singing ‘Home on the Range’ almost constantly whilst making this card. Be grateful you were not in earshot!! My poor dogs!!

This was one of my ‘evolving’ creations that just sort of grew and grew! I knew I wanted to do a stepper card and shrink the digi to use as part of a ‘Wanted’ poster and it just escalated from there really!

Ingredients:

Dies: SB ‘Cherry Blossoms’ & ‘Classic Ovals’ – Tattered lace letters from ‘Alphabet Bunting’

Paper/Card: Kraft – textured white vellum (coloured with SN markers TN4 & TN6 to make it look like a leather belt)

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers and pencils – ‘Vintage Photo’ DI

Others: Computer generated sentiment made into a poster – brads – string (from a wedding invitation!?!) – Horse charm from The Hobby House

Hopeless Hand drawings: Wanted poster outline - Cactus (no it’s not a waving alien! How rude!! J J )

Pop over to the Cutie Pies blog to see the amazing inspiration created by my teamies and play along.  Oh and please, please, please don’t forget to make your creation CUTE!

Thanks so much for looking, and have a great day!

Yee ha and see ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

FAB ‘N’ FUNKY – Challenge #219: Father’s Day or for the Men

CARDZ 4 GUYZ – Challenge #21: Father’s Day

CUTTLEBUG MANIA – Father’s Day/Male card

POLKADOODLES – Week 22: Men on Our Minds

DIGI CHOOSDAY – Week 22: All About the Men

SCRAP CREATIONS – Father’s Day

AUD SENTIMENTS – Challenge #108: Any Sentiment for a Guy

MOVING ALONG WITH THE TIMES – Father’s Day

CRAFTERS CAFÉ – Challenge #66: Masculine  

STAMPIN’ FOR THE WEEKEND – Anything Goes

CRAFTY CATZ – Challenge #234: Inspired by a Song (Home on the Range)

C.R.A.F.T. – Challenge #262: Father’s Day/Male

QKR STAMPEDE – Challenge #91: Father’s Day

THE PAPER NEST DOLLS – Challenge #12: Anything Goes

Ladybug Crafts Challenge – Something for the Boys &/or Use Your Dies

Hello, how are you keeping?

So it's June already, (Really? Are you sure?) and it is time for a new Ladybug Crafts Challenge  and our theme this month is Something for the Boys &/or Use Your Dies!

Well I chose to do both and I used an image from the LOTV sketch pad ‘Vintage Boys Set 1’ that I got for Christmas! I love this little golfer, he looks so determined marching down the fairway, maybe he hit the ball into the water!! I coloured him with my Spectrum Noir markers and pencils and thought I would die-cut him to make him look like he’s on a golf ball! I know, I know!!! Give a girl a break would ya!!! J

Ingredients:

Stamps: sentiment from LOTV ‘Pretty Grungy – Good Times’ set – Do-Crafts Golfing accessories (as ancient as the hills)

Dies: Tonic ‘Nesting Circles & ‘Happy Birthday Sentiment Set’ (just outside frame) – Memory Box ‘Puffy Clouds’

Paper/Card: LOTV ‘Country Gent’ - Kraft

Colouring/Ink: Spectrum Noir markers and pencils

Others: Charm from The Hobby House (coloured with a SN marker)

Hopeless Hand drawings: Golf Tee!

Have a wander over to the Ladybug Crafts blog here and play along!

Thanks so much for looking and enjoy your day!

See ya!

Colourful hugs

Jane xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:

INKY CHICKS – Challenge #30: Use a Metal Embellishment

CUTTLEBUG MANIA – Father’s Day/Male card

4 CRAFTY CHICKS – Challenge #196: (Crazy Egg) Anything Goes

INKY IMPRESSIONS – Challenge #161: Anything Goes

POLKADOODLES – Week 22: Men on Our Minds

CRAFTY CATZ – Challenge #233: Anything Goes

SCRIBBLE AND SCRAP – Challenge #19: Always Anything Goes

DIE CUT DIVAS – Challenge #167: For the Boys

SWEET STAMPIN’ – Father’s Day/Special Man/Boy

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE – Week 261: For the Guys

CRAFTING FROM THE HEART – Challenge #21: Anything Goes
LOTV - June Challenge: Male or Sporty (I did both)