I Thought of You !!

Hi everyone,

I'm using Blogsy to write this as I'm currently in London for our nephews wedding tomorrow, trouble is I haven't used it in a while so lets hope it works.

It's my day to share a card over at the Make the Day Special blog and I wanted to share it on here too because I've been playing with some of the new Wplus9 stamps and dies that Emily has just taken delivery of.....

I have used the 'Heartfelt Mix' stamps and matching dies to make this whimsical card by using the three line stamp as strings for a bunch of heart balloons which have been cut using the dies and inked to give dimension. The sweet sentiments in the set can be paired up to use inside and outside the card, they really are quite heartfelt as the name suggests!! The message inside my card says 'and smiled'.

To see the new stamps and dies visit the shop here and whilst your there have a look round the rest of the store...... I gather there are Magnolia stamps in stock too now

Right well I hope all the links work and now I've got to figure out how to schedule it to appear Saturday morning!!

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x

 

Can you Toot Your Own Horn??

Now I bet you're curious about this weeks challenge at CASual Fridays with a title like that!!
No... nothing to do with transport, instead we want you to be inspired by your own blog header and translate that into a design on your projects :0).... how fun is that??

We have a great prize this week from our sponsors  a.muse studios  worth over $35!!!

I looked at my blog header and decided to not go literal with the layout on my card but kept with the tree theme and injected some colour by adding falling leaves....

I cut a few Memory box branches and 'pruned' them so they didn't all look the same before positioning them on the card..... oh boy did that take a while fiddling with them!!
The oak leaves are cut from basic grey PP with the Lil'inker Acorn die and then stuck back to back so they could withstand being shaped and curled.... I love the dimension they give to the scene :0)
The hessian/burlap bkgd and jute on the card base are to represent my blog bkgd.

I'm so looking forward to seeing where your blog inspiration takes you... don't forget to go check out the rest of the Girl Fridays cards this week by clicking here

Thanks for stopping by :0)
Jenny x

Guest designing at CASology

Hello  :0)

I'm here today guest designing with CASology, I was so happy to have won the 10th challenge last week with my Lawn Fawn Owl card... I haven't had much time to play along with challenges for weeks so winning a guest designer spot was a bonus :0)

This weeks cue word is SHOE and as always I had to think aside from the obvious.....

I needed a card for a family wedding this Saturday so I came up with the idea of silver horse-shoes for the bride and groom!
I love the purity of white space on a wedding card and the PTI impression plate gives a faux quilted texture alongside the (not so neat) stitching *wink*
Thank you so much to Melissa and her fab DT for having me join them this week, I can't wait to hop over and see their cards.... in fact it'll be fun to see how everyone uses the cue word  :0)

Talking of shoes..... I thought I'd share a photo of our estate car stuffed to the roof just before we set off to the University of Bath with Hannah at the weekend...

Yep there's quite a few pairs of shoes and bags of clothes in there...... from memory of the rooms we saw last summer I really thought we would be bringing some of it back but she has moved in easily... and still has space for all the text books and folders she'll accumulate soon :0)

I'm going to really miss her around home but with James keeping me on my toes, it certainly isn't going to feel like an empty nest!!
James came with us to see Hannah's new room but the highlight of the trip for him was finding the laundry room....

He really did look like a child in a sweet shop.... it's a good job he couldn't see inside the one machine that was working or we'd never have got him out of there!!!

Thanks for stopping by :0)

Jenny x

Autumn Time at CASual Fridays

Happy Friday everyone....

The sun is rising later in the sky this time of year and there's a definite chill in the air some mornings so it's safe to say that Autumn has arrived here in the Northern hemisphere, it's only right then, that we have an Autumn challenge for you at CASual Fridays this week :0)

We would love to see your cards and projects inspired by Autumn  and all it's beautiful glory.

Our sponsor this week is Great Impressions Stamps who have donated a $25 gift card for this weeks winner, take a trip to there store here :0)

I've turned to my newest lawn Fawn sets again and a spot of paper piecing on these sweet little pumpkins....

Who still has some of the Sizzix paper pads called Little Sizzles?? Well I found mine the other day and was reminded how good the patterns were for this sort of technique... I love the homespun patchwork feel :0)

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Girl Fridays cards over at the blog...lots of golden autumn goodness to see.

Thanks for stopping by...

Jenny x

Stamps: So Thankful & Belinda's Borders - Lawn Fawn
Papers: Little Sizzles pads-Sizzix
Texture: Linen IP - PTI

A Winter Owl

Hello...do not adjust your screens ...yes I'm blogging... I have a card for a couple of challenges to share!!!

This is card for today's blog post over at Make the Day Special and seeing as I have stumbled on some free-time this evening I though I would enter it into a couple of challenges :0)

I haven't had time to play along with Mandi and Chrissie at Less is More for weeks and because I made this card earlier instead of yesterday, I was able to include this weeks challenge theme... an oval.

The cute owl is one of the latest Lawn Fawn sets called 'Winter Owl' released a few weeks ago, the sentiment is part of the same set but the branches are made from the tree in 'Critters Down Under'..... it works quite well as two branches when stamped and cut in half :0)
I've paper pieced all the images apart from the moon which is a circle punched out of the navy linen card, the starry sky is just a smattering of dots with a white gel pen.
I just love this little guy wrapped up with his scarf, without the sentiment he could be used on any type of card but the punny verse is brilliant....apologies if you have that song going round in your head now, I've been humming it all day too :0)

I also realised it would fit in quite well over at CASology with 'Sky' being the cue word this week.... two challenges in one go, well what do ya know.
This has to be a record for me on the Christmas card front... never made one this early before but then I don't exactly think I'm going to use it !!! It will go in the charity box me thinks :0)

Right that's me done... I'm going to do some blog hopping now while I can...this week I've been out shopping with Hannah to kit her out for Uni so it's cheap pound stores and household bargain shops all the way... she's getting to grips with this money saving student life style thing but I'm glad to say she's taking more than just a can opener and a bottle opener!!! ...Lol :0)

Just a reminder to say the Lawn Fawn stamps I used are available in the UK through Emily at Make the Day Special, just click on the links above or visit the store here to see all the American brands the shop stocks.

Hope you have a great weekend and thanks for looking :0)

Jenny x

You're The Bomb!!

Hi Folks, It's been a crazy busy week here which is why Friday has rushed around again so quickly and along with it a new challenge at CASual Fridays and this time we have a colour theme to spark your creativity :0)

We have a new sponsor this week... Neat and Tangled Stamps. 

Danielle Walls is the designer and owner of this new stamp company, see her cute hand-drawn stamps here,  our Facebook team where generously given a set to play with so don't forget to check out there daily inspiration this week :0)

I've gone extremely CAS with my card, even-so, it took me a while to make as the mojo seems to be ebbing away at the moment!!

The stamps are from There She Goes and I've popped up the word 'BOMB' so I could tuck the actual bomb slightly behind it. It's just a small card because the images aren't big and I just love these cute square,  textured cards :0)

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If you visit my blog regularly you'll have noticed the reduced number of blog posts this past month!!

Well it seems the school holidays and transition from school to University and all it entails are keeping me busy, leaving no time for blogging and crafting apart from DT stuff :0(

I'm hoping that by October things will be more settled although I'm not sure how all these changes will suit James...... he's going to miss not having his big sister around when she goes to Uni, he had a few weeks to get used to it in the holidays when Hannah went travelling and he coped quite well so fingers crossed for an eleven week term!!

Anyhow, in the meantime .... I'll enjoy seeing where this colour theme takes you....what will you choose to go with black and white??

Thanks for looking :0)

Jenny x

CFC#69 Embossing

Good Morning,

It's time again for a new challenge at CASual Fridays and this week is a Guest designer search too :0)

Embossing is this weeks theme and it can be heat, dry or both if you fancy!!!.... so dig out those heatguns, light boxes or folders and get embossing for a chance to win a gift card for our regular sponsor,  Simon Says Stamp.

I used this challenge as a chance to rummage through my under-used brass embossing stencils and found this cute design from Lasting Impressions....

Their stencils are great for embossing, fussy cutting and layering up using a variety of materials... I used Whitewash Co-ordinations for the bath and vellum for the bubbles alongside regular card..... the alphabet is a Sizzix decorative strip called 'Easy Peasey'.

This week we have Nerina guest designing with us so please go check out her card along with the rest of the Girl Fridays before you start creating :0)

Thanks for looking :0)
Jenny x

A Time for Couples

Good Morning everyone and welcome to the new challenge over at St Luke's Charity Card Challenge.

This month we are asking to see couples on your cards.... it doesn't have to be romantic as long as we can see a couple of characters .... human, animal or a mix of both :0)

I've used a Wplus9 stamp and die set called Lovebirds  for my couple of characters.... I just love that sentiment from the set.

This is the card I'm sharing over at Make the Day Special blog today and the stamps and dies are available in the store here.

It would be great if you could join us this month and spread the word about the challenge too... the more that play the merrier  :0)... and to tempt you even more I thought I'd show you this weeks prize which has been so generously donated by Lili of the Valley.
These two stamps are up for grabs...aren't they cute :0)

Please pop by the St Luke's blog to see the rest of the DT cards and details on how to send your handmade cards to the hospice so they can be sold to raise much needed funds :0)

Thanks for looking :0)

Jenny x