What.... No Lines!!!

Hello y'all :0)
I'm a bit late but... Pinch and a Punch new challenge for the month!!! Yep over at Make the Day Special Stamp Store we have a brand new challenge and we are asking you to try a new technique or re-visit an old technique you haven't tried for a while.... let's see if we can get some new trends going..Lol :0)
                                                           

I opted for trying something new..... 'no-line' colouring with my Promarkers.... it's a technique I've admired from the sidelines and thought I'd try one day so what better time to do it!!

I chose a small image with not too many colours or details, it was quite tricky as you really notice how the pens bleed outside the stamped line!! This was the second attempt as you can see below... I personally found it better to start with the dark shadows, building up to the lighter areas and adding small hints of texture helps to bring the image to life too :0)

I used Memento Desert Sand to stamp the turtle and the balloons ...  taking the black line safety net away was scary!!! Lol.
Well that was fun...something I would try again and perhaps be a little more adventurous with colours too... we'd love you to join in with the challenge, you can check out the details here :0)

Thanks for stopping by
Jenny x

Celebrate with a Wonky Cake!!!

Hello there :0)
How about a calorie free birthday cake to tempt you into the new week???...
if only *wink*!!!... it's a bit wonky too but that's on purpose, pretty much like my own Victoria sponges sometimes..hehehe. Actually they're much better since we had a new oven fitted which is LEVEL..quite an important requirement for baking!!!

The square sentiment in Cake and Candles just reminded me of a layered cake so I embossed it on three different colloured cardstocks... did you spy the jam and cream middle :0)
I was inspired by the current sketch over at the AEIHeartU challenge blog so I layered three strips of washi tape to ground my cake and added candles from AE Fill the Blanks stamp set along with stars and confetti :0)

             
Right, all this talk of cake has made me feel quite peckish... shame I haven't any cake in the house, a coffee and biscuit will have to do :0)

Jenny x

Paper Smooches Sparks - Anything Goes Challenge

Hello there :0)

It's everyone's favourite challenge at Paper Smooches Sparks this week.... 'Anything Goes' so let those stamps and dies run free with your imagination...

I've gone bright and simple for my card this week.... remember how you felt when your favourite music tape came out of the cassette player looking like this??? and only a pencil could save it!!! Lol Yep I managed to save a few but not always!!

Anyhow.... I thought the loopy font of this sentiment from Simply Said would fit nicely as an unwound tape so I drew freehand (not the best) to join the ends to one of the cassettes from the Be Boppin stamp set.
Love the bright colours.... only wish I'd had some cassettes like this!!!

Here are the links to my teamies who are also playing along today so please check out their fab creations

Alice

Angeline

Erin

Jenny

Savannah

All the challenge details are over at the blog, we'd love to have you play along  :0)

Jenny x