Tuesday, 8 May 2012

A Little Yellow Pencil

Afternoon everyone .... hope you are all well and rested, unfortunately I felt a little under the weather over the bank holiday ...serves me right for moaning about it I suppose !! but I'm feeling back to normal now, however normal that is :0)

I see over at Less is More, Mandi and Chrissie are injecting a bit of sunshine into blogland with a colour challenge this week, wanting us to use yellow.... mmm  lovely colour but not one I have much around the house especially not to be found in my wardrobe!
I took inspiration from Mandi's card and went with a splash of yellow instead....


I was holding my breath when stamping out those pencils and sticking my tongue out too with concentration no doubt :0) Lol
I used a stamp set from a Hero Arts set called 'Just a Note' which I picked up at Ally Pally a few weeks back and because the pencil is paper pieced I'm entering it into Young Crafters Unite challenge too which is 'No colouring allowed'


We had a busy weekend which included James going out for a family meal to celebrate his friends 19th birthday. His friend goes to the same school so his Mum is well used to looking after children on the Autistic Spectrum and James wanted to be grown up and went without me :0)
He had a great time and sounds like he was the entertainment at the table.... especially when he asked his friends Grandpa, who is bald on top but not at the sides, why his hair had slipped down???
A perfectly reasonable observation I suppose....  you just got to love his innocence sometimes :0)

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x

59 comments:

  1. Hi Jenny I hope you feel better soon. Fantastic alignment on your stamping, it sounds as though you did it by eye which is even more amzing. I love your cards and follow your blog avidly, you are so inspiring and gifted. Love Pat.

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  2. "I was holding my breath when stamping out those pencils and sticking my tongue out too with concentration no doubt "

    I can imagine! ;-)

    I just love this card as well as others you made - I can't follow your blog because I'm not at blogspot but I like to surf here and there all over your entries :-)

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  3. hehe you are too funny...but I totally know what you mean...your card is so fun. totally love the one yellow pencil...great design..

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  4. Fabulous , simple but so effective great stamping hope you feel better soon Jenny Hugs Elaine

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  5. Great job getting all those pencils to stamp just right. I love how you raised the strip with the yellow pencil! LOVE your story about your son! Gotta love a little innocent honesty.

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  6. Love it! I would have needed about 50 card blanks to get that many pencils stamped straight ;-)
    Hope you're starting to feel better.
    Tara
    x

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  7. This is so fab! I'll be honest, when I read you'd stamped them all out I did go 'eeep!' Well done, not a smudge in sight, I don't think I'd be able to say that! ;-)

    Beth xx

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  8. Very clever use of repetition and a pop of colour! This is how I like my yellow cards, too (mostly white!) lol!

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  9. Fabulous CAS card, Jenny! I hope you are feeling MUCH better now. Not fun being sick during the holiday! HUGS!

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  10. Love how you've used a splash of yellow here, Jenny. Your pencils look so perfectly straight and orderly. Great stamping! :) Ann

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  11. Fabulous card... can't believe you stamped all those pencils by eye! The pop of yellow is fantastic!

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  12. I love this Jenny! Such a great image to work with.

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  13. Great card Jen. The yellow pencil really stands out. I also hold my breath and stick my tongue out when I do any stamping!! Hope you are feeling better soon, great to hear James had a good night out!
    Jo x

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  14. This is a super card. I'm impressed that you were able to do it on just one take. I love cards like this, but they are often hard to pull off. Your son sounds like a real riot--so glad he could go out with his friends.

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  15. Hope you are feeling better soon. Wow, just love your card. Tracey x

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  16. I'm so glad that you're feeling better Jenny. It's miserable when you're not on top form.
    I must have missed these pencil stamps at Ally Pally... they're great and you made a terrific card with them... great stamping and I love that pop of yellow!
    Sounds like James had a great time!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  17. Good to hear you're feeling better, Jenny. Such a really clever use of that stamp. Another fab CAS.card for the LIM challenge x

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  18. Very clever card Jenny and sounds like your son had a ball out with his friend. Zx

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  19. Well worth the stamping effort. Well done

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  20. Perfect card for the LIM challenge...love the splash of colour

    Anne

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  21. great. Congratulations to the idea and wykonania.Patrząc to your card immediately wants to reach for crayons

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  22. Fabulously cool design -again!
    Impressed as always, hugs, Karin

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  23. Hi Jenny, a fabulous and original design as usual! Love your new blog look too.
    xx

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  24. Brilliant Jenny. No way could I have stamped all those pencils straight, that`s if I even thought of doing it in the first place.Love the pop of yellow. Love your creativity.
    Lynne xxx

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  25. Love this stamp Jenny and the way you've used it down the card Hats off to your patience during the stamping :0)
    Val x

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  26. This is pure Jenny gold! I love the pencils and the fact that there's just one splash of yellow. Sorry to hear you've been under the weather and I hope you're on the mend now. And James - what a treasure! Vicky x

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  27. Those pencils are stamped to perfection, Jenny! Totally worth sticking your tongue out for ;D
    Hugs!
    x

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  28. Love all those pencils...and your concentration paid off...I hate when you get to the last one is not even!

    Love your sweet story about your beautiful James :)

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  29. My grandpa's hair slipped even before I was born, what a cute saying! And your card is amazing, so clever, as always, and the punch of yellow is perfect!!

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  30. Such a clever use of the 'yellow' inspiration.. it's a colour I struggle with, but has become so 'in' right now! Another awesome creation Jenny!

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  31. what a fun and cute card. The pencil is perfect for paper-piecing.

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  32. Another absolutely brilliant card Jenny.
    luv
    Debby

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  33. such a cool take on the splash of yellow ... i could never undertake a card with multiple stamping, i in 10 might be ok but the rest would be terrible!

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  34. What a original idea! I love it. Great card!!

    Marrigje

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  35. Stunning card, can see how you woyuld want to hold your breth while stamping. Great blog, made me smile. :)

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  36. I wondered when Blogger would strike you from my reader again...first time since the update, so it took longer than I suspected! There's 4 of you in that lump. Grrrr!
    I do hope you keep feeling better - at least the weather matched so you weren't missing out on much? Blech. Love the amazing pencils! I can just picture you working with tongue stuck out! I always bite my lip :)
    And James is hilarious! It sounds as though they thought so too, to remember to tell you about the hair slipping...valid question ;) Connor scripts a lot, and keeps asking his dad if he's bald or thinning. It's a very shiny scalp through that sparse hair ;)

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  37. Well happy belated to your FAB boy:)

    Your card is amazing...just the perfect splash of yellow!

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  38. Fab card Jenny, love that yellow pencil as a stand out, cool card and fabulous stamping!

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  39. You did really well lining up & stamping those pencils Jenny - a stunning card! p.s. I get all my Unity / Lawn Fawn / My Cute stamps from you - thanks for helping me avoid those pesky custom charges lol x

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  40. So cool! Love the CAS look! And I love the pared down font on the sentiment. (Seems like it's so hard to find sentiments like that)

    I love your story about James!

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  41. How smart are you? Good one Jenny. Oh I love this so.......I love pencils. Love how you altered the points and erasers. Smart girl.

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  42. Such a clever card jenny, I love it. Glad you are feeling better now too :) Viv xx

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  43. Very clever and very effective and fabulous stamping! xx

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  44. This has the wow factor for me,that stamping is superb(have stamping envy) and just love that pop of colour ! x

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  45. Hola Jenny, tender history about James,i have a cousin with autism, very special people.
    Great card Jenny, Original and elegant, clever idea, good job, as always.
    A hug from the sunny island 28oC, to much hot for me.

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  46. Great card Jenny - just love that one touch of colour.

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  47. What a fun card - I always enjoy your takes on the challenges at LIM.
    We have been away and I'm in an airport now using their wi-fi. Thanks for leaving comments on my blog, I scheduled the posts while we were away.
    Hopefully we will get home tonight, our flight just keeps getting pushed back and now we are delayed three hours!

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  48. A great card Jenny. Very CAS but very striking. Very clever stamping of those pencils! Well done.

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  49. Hi Jenny. Wow I can feel your concentration from here! Well done on all that immaculate stamping. Your paper piecing is perfect too. Hope you are all better now and glad James had a good time. x

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  50. Hi Jenny

    Pleased you are feeling much better now.

    I would have had my tongue sticking out too if stamping this beauty.

    Great finished look!!

    Love Jules xx

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  51. How cool is this...CAS perfection and what a perfect use of yellow:)!! AMAZING!!

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  52. I think your splash of yellow is perfect! Love this cute card!

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  53. You are brave !!! So many pencils two would have been my limit but then again I am not so talented or patient. Love the pop of yellow just gorgeous. As for James what a little angel this really made me laugh. Hope you are feeling much better now.

    Marie

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  54. You're a clever little sausage Jen
    Fabulous card
    Thank you very much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  55. Very nice, Jenny ... how cool that the pencil point acts like an arrow to your sentiment!

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  56. Hi Jenny having a catch up again !!! love love love this card another wonderful creation Luv Sue x

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