Round and Round at CASual Fridays

Good Morning.... are you here to see this weeks new CASual Fridays challenge?...you are, oh good because your timing is perfect, here it is.....

.... well it's a really fun challenge for you to think about this week at CASual Fridays called Round and Round and as the title suggests we want you to use just two circles somewhere in your design...no more, no less and yes a circular card can count as one of those circles!!!

Our fabulous sponsor this week is The Twinery and the lucky winner will win a sample pack to play with.... us Girl Fridays have each used some coloured twine on our projects that was kindly donated from them :0)

So this one had me scratching my head for a while because you know how I like to come up with something a little quirky and then ... ping.... this idea came to me...

I simply layered two circles of bazzill cardstock that had been inked around the edges and cut them in half to make two wedges of watermelon, the little seeds are made with Enamel Accents and the chunk was taken out with a scalloped circle punch!!

I love how The Twinery has such a wide range of colours, so that you always find one to match your colour scheme :0)

This is such a fun challenge and I'm really looking forward to seeing your creative ways to use two circles on your cards. Please pop over and see how the other Girl Fridays have used them too , not forgetting the Facebook team every morning through to next Thursday :0)

Thanks for looking

Jenny x

Smile Crocodile!!

Hello.... remember me???

Its been another manic week getting Hannah set for her trip overseas next week so the craftroom has been a bit neglected until this morning when I made a card for the Paper Piecing challenge at Less is More this week!
I just love paper piecing so I couldn't miss the chance to play along , it gives just the right amount of impact on a coloured card base :0)

.... see what I mean?

It had to be simple and quick so I pulled out my newest Lawn Fawn set called 'Critters Down Under' because I knew this snappy little guy would work well for the colours at Annabelle's Stamps challenge too....... they have to be one of my fave colour combos...just yummy :0)

Next week I'm hoping to start on redecorating James's bedroom because he can move into Hannah's whilst she's away, so crafting will again be taking a back seat!!
Not sure of colours yet but as his favourite guy on TV is Mr Tumble, yep him on the right, and his house is decorated pretty much like his bag , I think we will have to come to a compromise!!..Lol

..... I'm back again over the next few days with new challenge posts for CASual Fridays and St Luke's and a special post on Sunday sharing something brand new... it's an exciting launch, you simply must come back and see :0)

Must get on, I have a mammoth pile of ironing to conquer!!! in this heat...... not fun :0(

Thanks for stopping by
Jenny x

A 'Spec'-tacular Splash!!

Goooooood Morning Everyone :0)....... I've been having fun with my Lawn Fawn stamps for my regular post at Make the day Special blog and playing along with a couple of challenges too.....

The moustache from Dads Day was just begging to be used with a pair of specs from Clear to See and how did I make the nose I hear you ask....... after a rummage through my stamps I found one of the pears from Silly Valentine to be the right shape and size!!! 

I part inked and stamped it then used a mask to get the moustache and specs in place :0)

The stitched ribbon bkgd is made using a stamp from Belinda's borders... love how turning the stamp gives this pattern!

I think he looks pretty happy, he's going to be entered into the colour splash challenge at the Lawnscaping Blog and because the splash is blue I will put him into this weeks Play Date Cafe gallery too, it's the closest I had to that bright blue!!

I also wanted to share a photo of this little chap in our garden today..... 

we have quite a few Greater Spotted Woodpeckers on the feeders in our garden and at this time of year they bring the youngsters in too, the juveniles have a red top to their heads. They are so noisy and pretty lazy too letting the parents do all the work but I'm not sure what he thought he was doing clinging to the picnic bench...no food there!!! I was lucky he sat there long enough to get the camera set up :0)

I hope you have a great weekend whatever you may be doing, thanks for stopping by.

Jenny x