A Little Bit of Autumn

Okay... don't tut at me!!... I know the summer's not over with but there's a different feel to those early mornings now and the sun rises with our bedside alarm so I feel a bit justified to share this card with you for Less is More's Washi challenge and CAS(e) this Sketch.
I had this sycamore leaf left over from a previous project.. it's been cut from watercolour card and dipped in diluted Distress inks to give that blotchy coloured effect, the heat gun helped to move the ink around too :0)

These two challenges seemed to work well together and it was good to have a play with some Washi Tape... it really does give instant impact and I love how the woodgrain shows through the solid brown tape too.
A possible new obsession are those candy dots from Stampin Up... I love how they add dimension but aren't too shiny and rounded .... think I might need them in each colour family *wink*

                                                                

Oakie dokie... need to get this entered as CTS closes its doors soon .. thanks for stopping by :0)
Jenny x
Leaf Die by Impression Obsession
Sentiment from Wetlands - Stampin Up

A Birthday Blog Hop!

Hello :0)

Today I'm taking part in a mini blog hop with the rest of the DT girlies over at Make the Day Special to celebrate She's (Sheila's) birthday. Unfortunately She has recently left our fun little team and we thought it would be a great surprise to arrange this little hop around our blogs on her birthday, so .....

                                             

SHEILA!!

We have all decided to make tags which is something quite new for me
and I have to say I enjoyed  getting inky on such a small canvas!!

I took my inspiration from the current Lawnscaping challenge
and used Distress inks to make my sky and landscape and
DI pens on watercolour paper for the balloons from the
LF Blue Skies Stamp Set.

Here are the links to the rest of the team... you should have arrived here
from Jo's blog, if not you can start off from the MTDS blog....

  Make The Day Special

                                                                            Emily

                                                                             Jo

                                                                             Jenny.....(that's me!)

                                                                              Kate

                                                                              Keren

                                                                               Lou

                                                                              Lydia

I hope everyone enjoys the hop and that you have a fabulous birthday She :0)

Now off you go to Kate's blog....

thanks for hopping by :0)

Jenny x

PS Sparks - August Picture Perfect Challenge

Yes it's Monday so a new challenge has begun at the Paper Smooches 

Sparks blog and this week we have a bright and 

colourful photo inspiration for you...

Those empty frames made me think of the speech bubbles in 

He Said She Said right away so this card pretty 

much came together quickly.....

I used the Alphadot set to make a custom sentiment..... 

great for a birthday or congrats card :0)

Are you playing along this week for a chance to win a $30 store voucher? Here are the rest of the team, 

pop over and see how they were inspired by the photo...

Wida

Jenny

Jocelyn

Alice

Savannah

Thanks for stopping by :0)

Jenny x

"Read All About It" at CASology!!

Yay!! today I'm joining the lovely ladies at CASology as guest designer thanks to my one layer 'dessert' card winning me the chance last week... thanks Gillian :0) The cue word this week is a good one, open for so much interpretation.... *insert drum roll*.... it's PAPER.

Almost too many options to go with but I plumped for this old stamp by Judikins for a 'manly' card... 

I was totally inspired by this brilliant card by Laura Bassen... isn't that shaped edge just an amazing detail??

I had to try it with this fella after carefully paper piecing him. I've added dimension again with Promarkers which is a fave technique of mine.. I had planned on paper piecing the newspaper twice to get the text going in the right direction but that idea obviously went out of my head as quick as it went in!!!.... oops :0)

Here's how he looks when the card is shut... took me a while to shuffle a piece of stamped acetate about to decide on the best place for the sentiment!!

Thanks again to Melissa and the team for letting me join them today and don't forget to go and check out their 'Paper' themed cards too at the CASology blog :0)

Thanks for stopping by
Jenny x

PS Sparks - August Designer Drafts

Hello :0)
It's Designer Drafts time over at the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge this week..... how will you follow the sketch????

......hmmmm that balloon image gave me a few problems at first so I just broke it down into individual shapes to make things more simple and used the PS stamp set called Space Cadet to make a scene...

My card has a small interactive element... when you move the green planet around the moon a short distance the rocket does the same....unfortunately the foam squares behind the moon prevent a full orbit!!! I bet NASA never heard that one before!!!  :0)

Here are the links to my teamies... go see what they made of the sketch too and I look forward to seeing you in the gallery :0)

Wida

Jenny

Jocelyn

Alice

Savannah

Thanks for visiting
Jenny x

Just Desserts!!

Hi there.... it's Saturday and if this scheduled blog post appears as planned we should be enjoying breakfast 'al fresco' on a campsite in Oxfordshire!!! Lets hope the weather is good... fingers-crossed :0)

I'm popping in to share my DT card over at Make the Day Special which was inspired by the One Layer challenge at Lawnscaping but also fits for Desserts at CASology and Summer at Addicted to CAS... triple score.. yes please :0)

           

I'm also feeling smug that I fooled blogger and got all three of those challenge graphics in one line... ahh, its the simple things in life :0)

I used a couple of Lawn Fawn sets and some masking to arrange these yummy desserts. They are coloured with Inktense and regular watercolour pencils... I like adding white gel pen highlights too, it's like the magic finishing touch that brings them to life!!

Right that's me done, I'll have to link them up when I get back home :0)
Thanks for looking and hope you have a great weekend.
Jenny x
Stamps: Here's the Scoop, Many Thanks - Lawn Fawn

Mini Card Sets

Hello... I'm dusting away the cobwebs on my blog and sharing three mini card sets I made for James's Class staff at the end of term... we are already two weeks into the holidays so I thought I best get a wiggle on before the photos get lost on the computer!!!

I always find end of term gifts a challenge, I like to give something useful so a mini card set seemed ideal and all neatly packaged in handmade boxes too. I've made collages to try and keep this blog post from being too photo heavy... this first set uses Paper Smooches stamps...

I really enjoyed just playing with shapes and inks... the 'Wisteria type' flower in the bottom left square is my personal fave :0) 

This set uses mostly die-cuts and a simple repeating layout... the leaves are my fave in this set. They are cut from watercolour card and then I had fun getting messy with distress inks and water!!

I went completely different again with this set, using a 'new to me' SU set called Simply Soft, I went with pretty summer colours and again, a repeating layout.

The boxes were easy to make on my scoring board, I have the SU version and find it the most easy to work with for this kind of project. I'm assuming they made it to school without looking too crumpled and dog-eared ... they were gratefully received anyhow so we'll go with that conclusion :0)

Oakie dokie... hopefully not so long until my next blog post, its the school holidays so what little routine I had has gone out of the window completely!! I also just wanted to draw your attention to the Sale section over at Make the Day Special... lots of different stamp companies in the mix so something for everyone, just don't blame me for encouraging you to spend though *wink* :0)

Jenny x
PS stamp sets used : reflections, bold blooms, leafy greens and Salutations
Dies : Watering can and plant pots - Memory Box,  Leaves - Impression Obsession,  Sunflower - Dienamics, 
            Sunflower leaves and stem -Memory Box