The Hungry Caterpillar!!

Hello there...

Against all odds I stole some crafting time this morning and left the washing machine to occupy James for a while so I could join in with this weeks Lime and Black colour challenge at Less is More :0)
This months sponsor is Clearly Besotted stamps and I have recently bought the Build a Bug set which lends itself perfectly to the colours as Jen demonstrated in her cute inspiration card.

I need a Thank You card and this hungry caterpillar and punny sentiment idea was born!!!
Originally this little guy was stamped directly onto the card but I made a bit of an oops with the stamping and had to cover him up with stamped punched circles.... I think I managed to save it quite well *phew*

Whilst I'm here I thought I'd blow my trumpet a little and tell you that I have my first DT card in Craft Stamper this month... also made using Clearly Besotted stamps coincidently !!
All I can show you is a sneak peak....

Of course the pro photographers at CS have given it the star treatment in the photo shoot for the magazine...... it's so exciting to see it in all it's glossy glory *insert proud grin*

Thanks for stopping by :0)

Jenny x 

Lettering: Dienamics Dies  Stamps: Clearly Besotted, Lawn Fawn alphabet

A Masculine Border!

Hello There,

Just a quick post this evening, it's been a long weekend of travelling about and I'm shattered!! Yesterday was my Nephews birthday and this is the card I made him using the gorgeous colour palette from the Play Date Cafe..

I've used a border from Lawn Fawns Interlocking Backdrops and cut away some of the rectangles whilst adding others in Grey patterned paper and raising them on foam pads..... I thought it made a good pattern for a guys card and it also reminds me of Parquet flooring too..... not that that's particularily masculine.... hehe :0)

Hannah is now safely back at Uni which is the reason for most of the travelling this weekend, just seven weeks left... unbelievable!!! James has his second week of Easter break so still not sure how much crafting will get done this week either so I'll pop in when I can :0)

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x

 

More than a Big Bloom

Hello there :0)

Crafting time is going to be non existent this week with the big kids at home so I thought I'd just show you the three cards I made for my Make the Day Special DT post on Saturday. I've used the Big Bloom die from Paper Smooches which is a set of three flower shaped dies made to go with the Bold Blooms stamp set, the middle sized die is the perfect fit for the large flower which is how I've used it on this card along with the loopy leaf die too....

They also make good shapes for three different sized trees or putting together to make one tree with some dimension. I used a tree trunk from the Spring Groves stamp set and digi papers from Pink Petticoat. Love the little bird house for a New Home card :0)

By cutting the blooms in half you can make fluffy clouds with them for any scene and a good way to use up those scraps of patterned paper too :0)

This last card just happens to fit in with the cue word at CASology this week which is 'Up' so I'll pop it in over there now :0)

You can find a selection of the new Paper Smooches dies in the UK at Make the Day Special, they are just part of a range of American Stamp companies in stock..... you can click here to explore the store :0)

Thanks for stopping by

Jenny x