New Digi stamps and a Giveaway :0)

Whoo Hoooo

Today's an exciting day for my blog pal Melania Deasy who is launching her new digi stamps ' Aero Boy' which is a set of the cutest images you've seen, I was so thrilled when Melania asked me to make a couple of cards using these adorable images, she's such a brilliant designer and an amazing artist too!!
If you love or need to make cards for the small guy in your life then these will be just great but don't just keep them for the boys, with thirteen images in the set and five sentiments, the possibilities are endless!!

So before you hop over to Melania's blog to see the whole set and take part in a giveaway...yep I said GIVEAWAY :0)...come and see how versatile these cute little characters are....

I just love this little guy in his plane and felt he definitely needed to be airborne on my card so I used a thin acetate strip to dangle him on and do you see the subtle blue background is a home-made bkgd paper using the solid plane image... unfortunately its so subtle it didn't photograph very well but I think you can make it out!!

This little guy and his parachute just begged to be printed and coloured, I love the fluffy white clouds and the fun sentiment in the set too :0)

Now all you need to do is hop over to Melania's blog to see the whole set and leave her some love... oh and did I mention a GIVEAWAY?...... yup, that's okay then, just making sure :0)

Thanks for stopping by
Jenny x

Another Tuneful Card

Hi everyone

You can tell its the Easter break because it's gone quiet on here after last weeks flurry of cards...there's no way I can keep that creativity up when the house is not my own!!!
Seems I've been making this card for days now but in reality I only started it yesterday, its another card for the CASual Fridays Challenge 'Name that Tune'.
This time the song doesn't have such a tenuous link with the card compared to the last one, although I'm still not sure I've grasped the right idea for this challenge but here we go....

Have you guessed yet?....... No!... it's not 'The animals went in two by two' although that would be quite good but too obvious!
The inspiration was 'The Flood' by Take That or Katie Mellua if you prefer a different song with the same title. Here's the link to Take That's video on You Tube :0)

Must say it was good to get the Promarkers in action again for this gorgeous image by Jane of Jane's Doodles.... I've been eyeing up the stamp for a while but was thrilled to find it among her digi stamps at Sqigglefly, ..... thrilled because I needed it quickly :0)
The button and waves are dienamics dies and the font is by Lawn Fawn - Claire's ABC's
I'm also entering this into Simon Says Stamp Challenge which is using your favourite tools and Promarkers are fast becoming my best friend although everytime I use them I need to add more colours to my collection!!!

Sorry it's a short post, I'll be back later with another card for the Paper Smooches Sparks challenge before it closes tonight!!
Thanks for looking:0)
Jenny x

Dotty or Spotty?

When does a dot become a spot? I have no idea but I do like polka dots so the challenge at Less is More this week is right up my street! We have to include them on our card and keep it a clean and simple design.

I've also been meaning to play along with the pretty inspiration photo board at Jay Gees Nook this month so here goes both challenges together...

I love the picture of the sofa on the inspiration board because the soft pastel cushions look amazing against the neutral material ..... needless to say it wouldn't stay that colour in our house!!
I've used a digi image, papers and sentiment on this card, the only stamp is the a.muse oval, I thought the chair looked cosy enough for a get well soon card :)

I'm also entering this into the 'Free for All' challenge at Wee Memories this week

So it's half term this week although Hannah has arranged a weeks work experience in London so I'm still up at the crack of dawn making packed lunches and surprisingly so was James this morning too!!! Typical I have to drag him out of bed school mornings but when he can lay in he's up and as bright as a button!......it's going to be a long day until the workers return home :)

Thanks for looking X

Getting Edgy @ CASual Fridays

Hello everyone ,

No I haven't dropped off the planet ... It's been one of those weeks with no time to craft and oh boy have I suffered from withdrawal symptoms :)

I'm back with a card for CASual fridays and they are getting a little 'edgy' this week .

This card actually uses the off cuts from a Tim Holtz 'on the edge' die which I saved because they looked so much like waves , I drew faux stitching on them to match the stitching on the boat . The image is a Digi stamp from Digi Sparkle ( have ceased trading ) and the papers are Pink Petticoat .

The sentiment font is Quickutz Moxie and I've had to overlap the letters a little so as to fit it in the space but this hasn't photographed very well ,  it's a fun bright card ... ideal for a little boy or girl , have to be PC about this ( ooops would be better without Birthday boy on it though, lol )

Thank you so much for your birthday wishes , I had a lovely day on Tuesday and one of my pressies was a small sewing machine .... something I asked for but I haven't a clue how to use it yet but we all have to start somewhere . Look out for stitching on my cards and pages at some point in the future :)

On Thursday we went to Bath University Open Day with Hannah as one of three Uni's she is considering applying for . Having never gone to university myself it was quite an eye opener and I wonder if I actually missed out on something quite big by going straight into employment .... hmmmm , I wonder can mature students stay on campus ????

Thanks for popping by today and I'll try not to leave it so long next time . Have fun X

Less is More #11 and Easter Pics

Hi Everyone
Well last day of the Bank Holiday ....... but hang on there's another one next weekend , yay :)


............... so this weeks Less is More challenge is a recipe and it's simply 'off centre' ...... not as simple as you think , you still need to think about balance and composition , hmmmmm .


I decided to use a new digital stamp from Tiffanys doodles here . I loved the clean lines of this image and it lends itself well to paper piecing .

I've printed it once on the card blank and then twice on PP , so I could slightly raise the front of the sofa , and once on red paper for the cushions . The sentiment is generated on the computer ( fonts are '1942 report' and 'journal' both from dafont ) so no stamping at all on this card .

                      Yesterday we had a little egg hunt in our garden , luckily it wasn't as hot as Saturday !
I made a basket for Hannah to use as James wanted to use a white basket we already had so I put my thing cap on after seeing this post from Vicky and came up with this

I printed some pale yellow gingham to decorate it and the scalloped edge is made using a Tim Holtz 'on the edge' die. A Sizzix daisy die and a bow to decorate the handle .


Here's James's basket after the hunt ...... notice the colour grouped eggs .... it couldn't be any other way  :)

He really enjoyed the hunt especially as he found the special egg and egg cup , it took him a while to slow down and look properly  and then he managed to find more than Hannah , I think she let him really :)

Hope you enjoyed your Easter break and thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment , I really appreciate it x

Happy Birthday Little Brother

Just a quick post to show you the Birthday card I made for my little brother....he actually stopped being my little bruv in his teens although being a leap year baby he'll only be nine next year!
I have used a digi stamp from Bee Crafty digi downloads and coloured it using promarkers, this is my first venture into digi stamps and have found some good stamps to try out....watch this space.
Thanks for looking and hope you like it too. x