Ruh-Roh....

I was inspired by the CASology challenge to dig this very old stamp set out from There She Goes.... 

I'm sure I've heard our dog mutter this phrase a few times in his life ;)

Well this was a good test for colouring smaller images with Copics... not easy especially as the card I used bled quite easily too!! It's a 'one layer' apart from the cake which is stamped and trimmed out separately..... I wasn't sure whether it would be on the inside or front but as you can see it made the cover. This is the sentiment on the inside...

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

A New Home

Hi there :)

The CASology challenge caught my eye with the cue word being WELCOME.... it just so happened that I needed to make a New Home card for my Sister in Law and hubby who moved house at the end of last week.

I found a fabulous stamp set on Etsy called Moving Sentiments... it has some great images and sentiments perfect for that most stressful event in life!!

I used three different colours of card to make the boxes all different and inked the edges with distress ink.... love that you can add the labels to whichever box you want :) I basically paper pieced everything and inked edges for some dimension..... yes even those leaves!!

Did you spot the mishap with one of the boxes?.... moving is not without its perils *wink* .....I gather everything went fairly smoothly for my Sister in Law... phew :)

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Behind the Clouds

Hi there.... I have a card for the CASology challenge..... 

I love the sunshine, who doesn't,..... so I had to play along :)

I love this sentiment, what better way to illustrate it than with a happy cloud 

and Mr sunshine peeking out from behind...

I've used Paper Smooches Fruit People dies to make the sun, 

complete with his arms and sun rays.... I love how he's cuddling the cloud, 

this die set is worth getting just for the arms and legs!! ;)

As always the DT have provided some fab inspiration for us, I bet the 

gallery will look amazing by the end of the week too:)

Stash used:

Dies: (Fruit People, Cloud Dies) Paper Smooches

Stamps: (The Great Outdoors) MFT- discontinued

Hope you have a great day and thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Pink Flower Power

Hi there, I've had a chance to play along with the PINK cue word at CASology... I thought I'd strike while the mojo was in the room ;)

I do love this little VW camper by Avery Elle, I've decorated it before using 

other stamps from the same set but this time I just had to use a small Lawn Fawn flower

 to go with the pink ombre colour. 

I used the same masking technique I did for these VW's and clear embossed the flowers 

before sponging the colour over them. When it was all done I placed a couple of sheets of printer paper on top and used a warm iron (no steam) to remove the embossing powder. 

Sentiment is made using a small alphabet from Concord & 9th.

Supplies Used:

Stamps: (Surf's Up) Avery Elle, (Banner Alpha Bits) Concord & 9th, (Just for You) Lawn Fawn

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Guest Designing at CASology

Hi there :)

This is my second blog post today, if you are here for the "You are Amazing" blog hop card please scroll down :)

I have the honour of guesting with the lovely ladies over at CASology for their new challenge this week and the cue word is ADORE...

Now I'm not the 'gushing romantic' sort so I wasn't sure how this was going to go but I think I struck a good compromise with this card...

I'm so happy I got round to inking up this Art Impressions stamp, its actually meant to be used as a spinner card so I love that you can get double duty from it. To follow the CAS rules for the challenge I decided to frame just part of the image and then use a circular greeting to hug that aperture too :)

Thanks to the team at CASology for having me join them and I look forward to seeing the gallery fill with ADORE-able cards :)

Stamps used:

Love Spinner Stamp- Art Impressions

Circle Sayings- Simon Says Stamp

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x

Love n' Pizza

                   

Yay :) Thanks to the ladies, especially Diedre, over at CASology for choosing my card as a winner.

                                               

It's my first post on the shiny new blog at Seven Hills Crafts today and I've used some new stash too :)

The Pizza my Heart set from Lawn Fawn was just to cute to resist and I also knew just what I wanted to do to make that pizza box interactive too...

I used a craft knife and ruler to cut three sides so the box could open upwards and out pops a heart shaped pizza... not the conventional way to present them in a box but for the purpose of an interactive card this is fine :)

Here's a behind the scenes view to show how I attached the pizza to the back of the box lid and spaced the dimensional foam around the moving pieces :)

My daughter has claimed this to send to her boyfriend on Valentines day.... it's such a great set for the young and in love... ahhhh :)

        

I'm entering this into the Clean & Simple Valentines challenge over at The Paper Players blog and CASology where the challenge is OPEN... and that is just what the box does :)

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x

Definitely not a Sci-fi Geek!!

                                      

Well I'm almost ashamed to say, but I posted this card on the Make the Day Special blog this week and I got totally mixed up with the film these iconic titles came from... can you believe I said it was Star Trek instead of Star Wars!!! ....I know.. *slaps forehead*... Okay so confession time is over and I hang my head in shame but let's get onto the card itself...

I've had these sets from Neat and Tangled for a few months now and thought it was time to have a play with them. I watched Julie Ebersole create a gorgeous night sky with mini distress ink cubes but I don't have those and watercolouring with DI's wasnt cutting it so I switched to my Gansai Kuretake paints instead and oh boy are the colours intense!! To keep the time warp flecks white I clear embossed them on watercolour card and then ironed off the EP when the watercolouring was dry.... that also helps to flatten and dry it further, ready for embossing the sentiment in gold ;)

I love the pearlescent white in the gansai paints, just perfect for a galaxy in a deep space scene :) I'm getting ahead with a grad card but I have a certain young man in mind for this card *wink* and I love that you can use this set for lots of other occasions too...perfect any Sci-fi geek!!

                                                        
I'm entering this into CASology this week which has flight as the cue word...quite apt I think but I hope it's CAS enough!! :)

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x
Stamps used : Time Warp, A Long Time Ago

Freestyling with Florals

Well my new Mama Elephant goodies arrived last week... just in the middle of the half-term hols!!!  Luckily I had a chance to play with the Freestyle Florals set yesterday afternoon whilst hubby was out getting soaked with the mutt and the boy was happily watching his fave TV programme ;)

I'm sharing both these cards on my DT blog post today over at Make the Day Special Stamp Store and they were inspired by a few challenges out there in blogland at the moment so I best get them entered.

My first card is for Colour Me, which has a gorgeous pallette this week and just look at the graphic to go with it...Yum!!! It also follows the sketch at Retro Sketches this week too...
                                      

I used distress inks to colour these... they are fast becoming my favourite way of watercolouring because they are so forgiving :)


My next project is for the Monochrome challenge at CASology....apologies if you don't like the colour green!!...Lol

Not as happy with this but it's okay... tried using proper watercolours and there's definitely a difference in the way you use them!! Love the vellum sentiment strip though, it softens the edge between the florals and the block of colour :)
                                                           

Well that's all from me... need to get the washing out whilst the sun is shining and before the showers arrive later!!
Jenny x

Love Ewe!!

I'm popping by today with a card for the Less is More Challenge blog, Chrissie and the ladies are celebrating the blogs 4th birthday and whilst I don't seem to have time to play along as much as I'd like I wanted to join in for this milestone challenge :0)
As always, the beginning of the month is a colour challenge and this week it's.... PINK & GREY :)

Let me introduce you to Seamus... he's from a new-to-me stamp set by Janes Doodles, he's the cutest sheep around and full of a lot of love too :0) He comes with a few sentiments but I thought, seeing as his arms/legs were outstretched, he could simply hold his own sentiment banner.... I had to cut the heart and letters for him though!!

To make the soft grey background I stamped and masked his white fleecy bits *wink* ...before using a Warm Grey Promarker in the Tim Holtz Spritzer tool... it makes such a soft background which I couldn't achieve with inking.

I'm also popping him in over at CASology this week for the LOVE cue word... gotta love when these challenges just work together :)
                                                          
Congrats to Chrissie and the DT ladies past and present and here's to many more anniversaries!!

Thanks for stopping by :)
Jenny x

Little One

It's time for a new challenge over at Make the Day Special Stamp Store and my DT card fits in with the Little Ones theme over at Less is More this week too......

Here's the sketch we have for you this month.... I have gone with a CAS version by shrinking the elements down for my card :0)

It's almost a one layer card with the panels sponged directly onto the card front using a mask and the little chick and balloon popped up on foam dots. To make the balloon string behave I put a tiny dot of Matte Medium onto my finger and pulled the thread through it..... if you use a small amount it doesn't make it too sticky but allows you to shape the thread how you want it :)

I hope you can join in with our Sketch challenge this month over at the MtDS blog, you can find the details and linky here

I'm also popping this into CASology's Birthday theme challenge this week..

                                                     

Stamps used : Just Hatched-Mama Elephant, Strictly Sentiments 1-Wplus9

Dies used : Balloon dies-Paper Smooches

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jenny x

Knock Knock

I'm back with another comical, punny card ..... apologies, I seem to be having a run of them at the moment and I assure you I can do serious cards too...Lol :)

The joke, this time, is provided by the Knock Knock Valentine set from Wplus9.... another quirky set I wanted to add to my collection....

Don't tell Apple that I made my own copy of the iPhone, only mine is ultra slim and very lightweight... only drawback ...it doesn't work !!
I took the cue from the joke and gave the phone to this little guy, he's made with the Fruit People dies from Paper Smooches, and because he's quite small compared to the phone he's holding it forward for you to read :)

Laughing at myself getting the proportions right for this little scene.... coz you often see oranges texting people don't ya!!!... especially those with one arm longer than the other!!... Lol :0)

I'm popping this little fella in over at CASology were the Friend cue word is coming to a close soon... I hope it's CAS enough for the ladies!!?? 

Thanks for stopping by
Jenny x

Celebrating Getting Old!!

Well how considerate are the ladies at CASology!!!
The cue word this week is OLD and it just coincides with my MIL's birthday this week..hehehe. Luckily she wont see this blog post but then again I'm sending her this card so I hope she see's the funny side....

Joking aside, I take my hat off to her because even at eighty something she jets off to the other-side of the world for three months every winter to visit family!! Not a lot keeps her stationary for long!!

Such a large number of candles is cause for a Celebration so I'm entering this in to Less is More this week... they are celebrating with their 200th challenge, now that would be a huge cake  :0)
Chrissie and her team do a stella job each week and even though I don't get round to joining in most of the time, I still check in with them each Saturday :0)
Congratulations Chrissie and here's to many more!!

                                                   

Jenny x
Stamps : Art Impressions - Girlfiends Giant Cake set.
Dies : Avery Elle - Finished Frames

Running for Sixty!!

Hello there, back to dust off the ol' blog..... I'm having too much fun in the sun!!

I'm sharing my MtDS DT blog post card today because it just so happens to fit the 'Run' theme at CASology!!.... what are the chances of that?? It's a birthday card for my Brother-in-Law who turns Sixty at the end of this week and has decided to mark the occasion later this month by running a Half Marathon..... in Reykjavik!!!

So the card had to have a running theme... the trainers from Paper Smooches Hope set were just the job and I decided to make the centre panel look like the 'runner number' on a running vest so the safety pins came in handy too.... I just chopped a bit away from them to make it look like they are attached :0)
Well what a coincidence that CASology should have this cue word timed just right!!
                                                                 

Well I best get a move on myself.... lots to do as we count down to our family Hols :0)

Jenny x
Products used : Paper Smooches- Hope ; Lawn Fawn - Harold's ABC's ; MFT dienamics - Oh Baby and Big Numbers ; Lil' Inkers- Stitched Squares

Presents and Balloons

Phew... I'm quite glad for a Monday without too much heat because it's been a hectic weekend!! The house is quiet and empty and I'm nursing a bit of a headache which makes a change from hayfever at the moment!!

I have a two cards for a couple of colour challenges out there in Blogland as well as CASology's 100th challenge... well done ladies on the centenary :0)

I've used a 'new to me' set by Neat & Tangled... I love the 'hand-drawn' images and sentiments which remind me of illustrations in old childrens books so I tried to capture that style with the colours at Colour Me... this week. The cream paper is actually a blank page from an old paperback to give it more authenticity!!
                                                      

This card uses the balloons from the same stamp set and some masking... love the colours at ColourQ this week and they worked well for balloons so I thought I'd make it a celebration card for CASology too :0)

                                       

Right I'm off to chase this headache away before it takes hold for the day.... thanks for stopping by :0)

Jenny x
Stamps used : Neat & Tangled - Just for Fun (available here in the UK at Make the Day Special stamp store)

Enough to make you Blush!!!

I've bought some fabulous Art Impressions stamps thanks to Judith's amazing talent at showcasing them on her blog. They appeal to my sense of humour and it just so happens that one will fit in nicely at CASology this week too....... the cue word is 'Blush'

I cannot help but smile when I look at these two ladies, I wish I was in on the joke too :0) 

The artwork is brilliant and I love the choice of funny sentiments in the set too. I'm not one for colouring 'people' stamps but the simplicity of these won me over so I used the packaging as a guide and tried the simple 'hard edged' shading with my Promarkers.... have to say I love it :0)

These ladies are larger than life so not much else is needed on the card which is perfect for a CAS card challenge and as for the sentiment..... ermmmm...... well, I'd blush wouldn't you!!!??

                                                           

Thanks for stopping by :0)

Jenny x

Stamps : Art Impressions - Girlfriends Laughing Set

Fields of Pink!!

Just a quick post because I'm off to the dreaded dentist this morning :0(
I've made a card for the Paint challenge at CASology this week and I was inspired by this beautiful card on Pinterest..... not sure mine does it much justice though!!!

I used Distress ink pads 'smooshed' onto a craft sheet and spritzed with water for the background ..... I really love how random the end result is :0)
The flowers and stems are stamped in DI ink onto the re-dampened watercolour background so they bled a bit too and then more pink 'flicked on' to add distant flowers ...... they went a bit further than I wanted but hey it's art right!!!
Another happy accident is the speckled card for the sentiment..... when spritzing the craft sheet with water a fine mist of colour covers the surrounding area and this piece of card was in the line of fire, along with my white desk and a few tools too!!.... very pretty :0)

That's all from me today, thank goodness it's Friday :0)
Jenny x