Hearts and Sunshine

It's my turn to share a card over at Make the Day Special today and I've used the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge to kick start my mojo.... this week is a 'photo inspiration' of a rather posh looking cake ..
                                                   
.... those yellow dots and grey roses somehow translated into sun-rays and clouds to me!!!

It's the first time I've used the PS cloud dies and I have to say how adorable they are... I'm loving how you can change up the colours of the border and inside of the shapes :0)

Seeing as I'm entering a challenge it would be rude to not create for a couple of others too, especially as my mojo was playing along nicely!!

It's One Layer Cards at Less is More this week...heavens above, it's ages since I played along there and this time around the theme is Hearts. A new one to me is Clearly Besotted's challenge..... 'Love' is the order of the day there, a perfect match for 'Hearts' I think and a good excuse to give some uninked stamps some love :0)

It was really difficult to do but I left the sofa un-coloured... just so those flocked heart cushions could have pride of place...eeeek!!! :0)

I'm a tad annoyed the sofa shows through the right hand cushion.... oh well, at least it proves it is one layer!!!

Two cards, three challenges... wow that feels good, thanks for visiting me today :0)

Jenny x

Show and Tell

Hello there.... I did say hopefully back to normal so the fact I'm writing this blog post late on a Friday evening is as normal as it's gonna be for the moment!!!

Apologies for harking back to Christmas but I wanted to share with you the gifts I made for James's classmates and teachers before the end of term...... I decided to follow Yaineas tutorial here and try my hand at decorating candles with Lawn Fawn stamps....

I found using solid images easier to start with and I just loved how they turned out..... Needless to say lots of people had decorated candles this year for Christmas... Lol :0)

Next are the edible gifts for the youngsters and We R Memory keepers made life easier for me this year by bringing out the gift bag and candy box punch board… perfect for sweets on the inside and decorating the outside with Lawn Fawn and Paper Smooches stamps.....

 

And a group shot.....

I was over the moon to find the mini gingerbread men..... perfect size for the candy boxes and I love how adding a window to the gift bags made them more like sweetie packets too :0) All three gifts can be adapted for different occasions just by changing up the stamps you use..... Don't forget Valentines Day is just around the corner *wink*

That's all from me, thank you for your lovely comments..... it's so nice to know you're all still there and I'm gradually catching up with you and your crafty places in blogland :0)

Jenny x

 

Blowing the dust off this blog!!!!

Hello there........ sorry to startle you!!
Yes it's been *a-hem* a while hasn't it but I'll spare you the excuses...I'm here now and hopefully back to some normality around here too...both blog and homelife that is!!!!

I'm still to get back into the 'challenge' groove but I thought I'd show you my card I'm sharing over at Make the Day Special blog today...

Yes I have the infamous Wplus9 Fresh cut florals in my posession and I'm enjoying exploring different ways to use them with the fabulous Joanna Sheen garden container dies.... this Hanging Basket is a brilliant match size wise and the perfect excuse to delve into the current trend of embossing paste :0) I still have my paste from the original trend a few years back when brass stencils were used to create the raised designs but the new plastic designs are so much easier to work with :0)

I tinted my paste with memento tangelo ink and used the MFT brick wall stencil... the texture was soooo cool but it needed more depth in the colour so I replaced the stencil over the dried paste and used sponge daubers with distress inks to add extra tone and definition. I have to say I'm very pleased with it :0)

Back at the beginning of November I made this card using the Garden Trug die from Joanna Sheen... another perfect size match and what's more.... they are British designed and made dies   :0)

Now a word or two about the Make the Day Special store... Unless you've been under a rock like me *wink*.... I'm sure you know that the lovely Tara is taking over the running of the store which is temporarily closed at the moment for the change-over to happen. I know Tara is busy beavering away behind the scenes and has some great plans and new lines coming to the shop, so to keep up-to-date with news and the shop re-launch make sure you bookmark the store and blog...oh and we're also on Facebook too :0)

Thanks for stopping by
Jenny x