Prickly Birthday Wishes !!

Surprise!!!
Yes it's been about two weeks since my last post so I thought it was about time for another one :0)

I have a card that I'm sharing over at Make the Day Special today using one of the latest Paper Smooches stamp sets called Southwestern Charm and it just so happens it's for a couple of challenges too :0)

I just knew that Paper Smooches Cacti would make adorable little characters and I wanted mine to be the smaller potplant variety rather than huge outdoor types so I had a search through my PS stamp sets and found the perfect containers...... in Needle Little Love :0)
Yes the red shallow dish is the base of the sewing machine and the yellow pot is an upturned thimble... don't they make a rather cute, but prickly, ensemble????

Paper Smooches Sparks challenge is anything goes this week and I've loosley followed the sketch at CAS(e) this Sketch too :0)

                                         

Thanks for stopping by :0)
Jenny x

Squeaky Clean!!

I'm just popping by to share my recent cards for Make the Day Special where I decided to focus on my un-inked  *shame*  Paper Smooches stamp set called Squeaky Clean.....

I really enjoyed masking and grouping the household items together for this card, I even bit the bullet and performed some stamp surgery to remove the heart shape image from the washing machine and added a circle instead!!!

I've used some micro beads in a shaker style window in the drum...

I'm thinking along the lines of a new home card to give to those youngsters moving out of the family nest for the first time.... perhaps as a reminder that these items exist and should be used!!... Lol

My other card made from this set uses paper piecing which always looks so striking on Kraft coloured card and neutral is perfect for guys cards so this is what I came up with....

The shirts are just so easy to paper piece and that one colourful, retro shirt worked so well with the sentiment from Wplus9 :0)

Both of these will go nicely in the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge this week which is Anything Goes 

                                                   

Thanks for stopping by :0)

Jenny x

A Colour challenge at MtDS

Hello there :0)
Well it's been even more quiet on the blog than normal..... two weeks of school break and then two weeks with Hannah back from Uni for her Easter break, luckily the two overlapped for the Easter weekend so we could all be together with wider family for a family get-together :0)
So crafting has been on the back burner apart from DT stuff which is why I'm here with the start of our next month long challenge at Make the Day Special ....

           

We have a colour challenge for you with a choice of three palettes to wet your crafting appetite, all we ask is that you use at least one product from the store in your creation and oh what a choice we have in store for you now ........

Recent additons to the store include : 

Neat & Tangled, Winnie & Walter and Sugar Pea Designs

with re-stocks and new releases from:

Wplus9, Avery Elle and Mama Elephant

Here's a recent card I made for the blog using one of the new Sugar Pea Designs stamp sets called Rice Rice Baby.... this little penguin is seriously cute :0)

Unity stamps are being discontinued and you can use the discount code UNITY25 at the checkout for a 25% discount on any you purchase. We had a week of Unity projects on the blog and this is the cute little fella I used ...

                                        
With an expression like that I had to have a go at making an interactive card and here's a SILENT movie to show you the action!!!! There's a 'How to..' photo tutorial on my blog post here

Well sorry for the long post and many photos... a catchup post was long overdue!! Hopefully be back again soon :0) Jenny x