Being Snarky!!

Haha!! ..... Snarky on a Monday morning!! What Me???  I'm sure that's unheard of *wink*

Noooo... I'm talking about the fun stamp set from Lil Inkers that's a recent addition to the store at Make the Day Special. It's a great set of sentiments that are sure to make the recepient of your cards smile :0)
I've used a couple on two cards that I'm sharing over at the store blog today...

I thought this big eyed pup from Paper Smooches had the perfect expression for this cheeky phrase... actually, this could be a useful one to send to hubby *wink*. I've water coloured this little guy, hmmmm.... I'm still trying to conquer this current trend and using Distress markers seams to be my fave way at the moment :0)

This next sentiment had my lad and I laughing, I've never heard it before but he thought it was great!!! He also loves this smug little cookie from the Lil inkers set called Smart Cookie and with his outstretched arms, he seemed a great match for this fun phrase :0) 

You just have to take a look at this set to see the rest of the snarky sentiments, great fun :0)

Now onto my Paper Smooches giveaway from last week, I had 37 lovely comments but only one can be the winner and Mr Random.Org has selected comment no.12

Congratulations Julie C :0)

I'll contact you through you blog so I can get the stamp sets on their way to you.

Thanks to everyone for all your lovely comments on my first 

PS Sparks Challenge blog post last week, don't forget to check out this 

weeks challenge and welcome the rest of the new DT :0)

Jenny x

Hybrid Heaven

First of all I want to say a huge THANK YOU to each and everyone of you fabulous blog friends for your congratulations and encouraging comments on my exciting news post yesterday....I'm still walking round with a silly grin on my face :0)

Now back to today and let me explain that post title...you know I'm a Paper Smooches and Lawn Fawn fan right?...... well over on the Make the Day Special Blog today I'm sharing this card to show how the styles of these two companies compliment each other perfectly to make a fun card ....

As soon as I saw the skyline and the paintbrush from two different Paper Smooches sets this idea popped into my head and what fun to use the Lawn Fawn polaroid to make the perfect cartoon style frame on this invitation..... okay the design is a little elaborate for mass production but I'm sure a more simple version could be made :0)

I've paper pieced everything apart from the night sky, did you see the bright fireworks?.... they were a last minute addition and oh boy did I hold my breath whilst dotting them on!!!

For details of the stamp sets I've used, hop over to the Make the Day Special blog and whilst you're there why not pop into the shop... I know Emily has just added the newest Paper Smooches stamp sets too :0)

A busy weekend for me but I hope to catch up with everyone  as and when I can, thanks for your visit today :0)

Jenny x

A Paper Smooches Christmas Card

Hi Everyone,


Well the time has come for my last Guest Design post for Paper Smooches and I've had a fab time working with Kim, she's so welcoming and an immensely talented artist as well:)


As I said on Monday, I think this has to be my personal favourite of this months PS cards, although I didn't plan it that way .... on this Christmas card Santa has a new helper, and he's in disguise, let's see who it is ....

.... do you think he'll spot that a daxie has infiltrated the reindeer herd?? with his tie on antlers (see the little bow under his chin) which are pieces of seaweed from 'Surf n Turf' and a red nose which is a cherry from 'Sugar Rush'  !

Santa has two sacks of toys by his side which are actually the wing from the pelican in 'Surf n Turf' and if you look inside the card ...

... you'll see Santa has obviously spotted the imposter and left him a bone in his stocking instead of a carrot :)

Now onto the Paper Smooch Stamp giveaway and the winners are

For the Spiffy Scooters Set

The random number generator drew ......... Tracy.

For the Swanky Snowdudes

The random number generator drew ....... Sue.

And finally, for the Word Up set

The random number generator drew ...... Karen Aicken.

Well done ladies, if you could please leave me a comment with your email address, I can contact you and have your stamps on their way. I moderate all of my comments, so I won't publish the comment with your email address in.
Thanks so much for visiting and commenting on my Paper Smooches cards, I hope you've enjoyed them as much as I have making them.
Bye for now X

A Paper Smooches Sugar Rush

Hi Everyone,

It's Paper Smooches time again .... I could perhaps continue this every Wednesday (hmmm scratching head, deep in thought) .
Today's card, which is live on the PS blog now, is made from the Sugar Rush stamp set and Kim's shopping cart template , to make a trolley dash you can only dream of.....

I really enjoyed paper piecing all the sweet treats before using the re-sized template to make the front and back of the trolley. 

I cut a wedge out of the template to make a basket shape in the cart and used acetate for the front panel which I stamped with a grid to give the impression of wire mesh.

I've used the milkshake from the set to make the go-faster clouds behind the wheels and a flag carries the sentiment. 

I just couldn't resist stamping smiley faces on the tumbling sweets and I'm in love with all those bright colours on the Kraft base ..... I hope you like it too :)

Now onto the last Paper Smooches stamp set giveaway and this week I've got a sentiment set to give away called 'Word Up' which is a very versatile set to own :)

To be in with a chance to win simply leave a comment on this post and I'll randomly draw a winner next week on my final PS Guest Designer post along with the other two sets which you can still enter for here and here .

For more creative inspiration hop over to the Paper Smooches website, I'm sure Kim would love to see you there ... I'm going to pop over and enter this card into CASual Fridays too as the theme is sweets and treats this week, and this certainly fits that theme :)

Thank you so much for all your wonderful comments on my slinky dog last week, it means so much to me to read your kind words.

I have tried to visit as many of your blogs as possible but if not then please know that I really appreciate you taking time out to comment on my creations :)

Bye for now and good luck in the giveaways X 

A Slinky Paper Smooch!

Yay, it's Paper Smooches time everyone and this is my card for today's post which is also live on the PS blog now .

I've used the cute little Dachshund on the 'Santa Paws' set and turned him into a slinky dog .... yep my inspiration was from Toy Story and of course the actual toy that I so wanted as a child :)
He's cut from textured paper and the spring is made from wire wrapped around a slim paintbrush handle and then slightly squashed so as to make the card more mail friendly :)

I've turned him into a love'o'meter on this card although you can't actually move him ( I'll have to work on that design ) and I just love all that clean white space around him too . The sentiments along the scale are stamps from various Paper Smooches sets along with the different sized hearts too .

He's such a cute dawg ... hope you like him too :)

Now for the  GIVE-AWAY and this week I'm giving away the 'Snow Dudes' stamp set ... aren't they so cute?

For a chance to win this set please just leave a comment on this blog post and then on the 27th July (my last DT post) I'll randomly select a name to win the set ..... simples eh?

... and in case you missed it, you are still able to join in on last weeks post to win a different set here .

Please hop over to the Paper Smooches blog to see what the resident DT have been making and for even more inspiration the PS blog has a Flickr group too :)

Thank you so much for joining me today and hey, I got my 100th follower yesterday so a big Thank You to all you wonderful ladies who have given me confidence and support since I started my little ol' blog back in February .... I never thought I would get so hooked ..... that's what they all say, I know , and it nicely coincides with this months Paper Smooches blog candy too by way of a thank you to you all :)

Thanks and bye for now .... X

Paper Smooches GD Post and a Give-away

Hi folks , thanks for dropping in :)

This is a scheduled post because I am currently wandering around  Oxford looking at University Colleges with Hannah and hubbie .... I'm sure I'll be in awe of it all , it's such a lovely city:)

So  , with great excitement , here is my first card using the new Paper Smooches stamps that were released at the beginning of the month , they are so cool .

I've actually used two of the sets to make this little Jellyfish ...... his head is from the ice cream in 'Sugar Rush' and his tentacles are fish tales from 'Surf & Turf' .

I've used Tim Holtz ink to colour the panel as the sea and used the seagull squiggle to make the waves , all the other images are coloured using promarkers .

Kim's Stamps are so versatile because they can be mixed and matched so easily , coloured and paper pieced . I would love for you to try them too ...... which leads nicely onto my little give-away this month , which is a way of me saying Thank you to all you lovely ladies that visit my blog and leave such sweet comments :)

I have three PS stamp sets to give away and today it's the turn of  Spiffy scooters.....

... all you need to do is pop by to say hello and leave a comment on this post ,  then on my last GDT post ( 27th July ) I will randomly pick a person from the comments to win this stamp set .
I have 2 more stamps sets to give away, so for the next two weeks , pop back on the Wednesdays for a chance to win other sets of the gorgeous PS stamps.

That's it .... I've probably managed to make it sound more complicated than it is but I hope you'll agree it's a fair and fun way to say Thank you ....... I can't remember how I filled my time before crafting and blogging ...... oh yes I have a poor neglected but very understanding family , lol

Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope you like my card X