Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge 'Anything Goes' week

 So we have a fifth Sunday this month which means an extra 'Anything Goes' challenge over at Paper Smooches Sparks challenge blog and quite a few of the DT are playing along for your inspiration :0)

I've been mixing and combining my PS stamps sets again and now that mad proffessor from Great Chemistry is a suave guy in a purple velvet suit enjoying a cocktail!!!...okay, so that's perhaps not that suave!!! To change up his gloved hand  I just didn't ink that part of the stamp and drew in a cuff to his suit instead. The cocktail glass from Free Spirits was stamped first and masked so it would sit pretty in his hand, then I just cut an extra set of fingers and thumb to place across the glass. The sentiment from Get Outta Town seamed to just fit perfectly in the giant speech bubble made with a Quotables die :0)

He looks quite an eccentric chap and probably someone you'd sidle along the bar away from.. Lol :0)

Here are the links to the DT members that have cards to share with you this week or visit the Sparks blog for more details :0)

Alice

Erin

Jenny

Katie

Larissa

Lori

Lynn

Savannah

Now it's time to go forth and get those Paper Smooches stamps inky, we love seeing what you create :0)

Paper Smooches Stamps and Dies are available in the Uk from Make the Day Special, check out the huge choice here

Jenny x

Presents and Balloons

Phew... I'm quite glad for a Monday without too much heat because it's been a hectic weekend!! The house is quiet and empty and I'm nursing a bit of a headache which makes a change from hayfever at the moment!!

I have a two cards for a couple of colour challenges out there in Blogland as well as CASology's 100th challenge... well done ladies on the centenary :0)

I've used a 'new to me' set by Neat & Tangled... I love the 'hand-drawn' images and sentiments which remind me of illustrations in old childrens books so I tried to capture that style with the colours at Colour Me... this week. The cream paper is actually a blank page from an old paperback to give it more authenticity!!
                                                      

This card uses the balloons from the same stamp set and some masking... love the colours at ColourQ this week and they worked well for balloons so I thought I'd make it a celebration card for CASology too :0)

                                       

Right I'm off to chase this headache away before it takes hold for the day.... thanks for stopping by :0)

Jenny x
Stamps used : Neat & Tangled - Just for Fun (available here in the UK at Make the Day Special stamp store)

Paper Smooches Sparks Designer Drafts week

Time has just flown and I'm back here again with the new Designer Drafts challenge at Paper Smooches Sparks

This sketch has lots of scope, I decided to flip it upside down and use Calico and Daisies & Paisley's stamp sets to make a summer border bursting with colour :0)....

I have cut around and between all those flowers by hand with my craft knife!! Talk about hold your breath but it was well worth it so the inked sky could be seen through the stems. The sky is masked and inked with Salty Ocean through to Tumbled Glass and I've used the smallest cloud dies to make three masks for the top portion of the sky.

The bumpy border die is a lovely shape for making soil for my flowers to grow in and the butterfly is made from a solid flower stamp in the Calico set... I just left one petal un-inked :0) The sentiment is from Simply Said.

Here are the links to the rest of this weeks DT or visit the PS Sparks blog here for more details.

Alice

Angeline

Erin

Jenny

Savannah

If you live in the UK you can find a huge selection of Paper Smooches stamps available at Make the Day Special not to mention great service too :0)

Thanks for your visit and I look forward to seeing you in the gallery

Jenny x