you're fintastic ...

Hello, I am still here card making, I can share a few recent makes with you all now.  I just neeeeeded this gorgeous Calming Koi Die & Stamp set and the Water Builder Stencil both from Altenew, simply stunning. Coloured with my favourite medium Promarkers.  Spellbinders Striped embossing folder.  I wanted to use one of my all time favourite techniques for the inside, the acetate spiral and have the little fishes swimming around.  

Thank you for still popping by to see me, especially as I don't post as much as I should, I really appreciate it.

Happy Christmas followers, stay safe love Jane

 

Happy Birthday to you ...

CAS birthday card today, a new stamp to my stash titled Citrus Berry Cupcake from Colorado Crafts Big & Bold Collection. First inking for that special someone. Suitable for all and looks very effective, I love the detail.

Bye for now Jane x

 

Lets Conga ...

Love this stamp from Colorado Craft Company, illustrated by Anita Jeram.  It is lovely to colour and a good size, so I have stamped it either end but it is of course one stamp :) Sentiment is from Spellbinders for the Betterpress but hot foiled.  Crepe, sequins & gems to finish.

Happy crafting Jane

 

HAPPY 60 birthday ...

 

A milestone DL card today for you, thank you for visiting my little old blog today.  Papers are from Nitwits, balloon shaker, happy birthday sentiment & confetti from The Stamp Market.  60 from The Greetery and a few gems to finish. 

Happy crafting Jane 

HAPPY Birthday TO YOU ...

Just came across this die set; Sweet & Savory from Spellbinders recently.  I just loved Angela's card HERE and couldn't resist making my version.  

So multiple layers of card for the cake (incl cream and jam), colourful sprinkles and the aperture.  A vellum strip with white heat embossed powder and some gems to finish.

So effective and simple if not a little time consuming to make but well received, that is for sure.

Make sure you follow the link to Angela over at Spellbinders Paper Arts HERE

Happy crafting Jane

 

GO WILD ...

 

Love this stamp; Wild Roar by Mama Elephant, took some stamping to get this effect and indeed some colouring too, but well worth it.  Foil quilled the sentiment and matted onto gold glitter cardstock & also quilled the leaves & birds onto the vellum.  Some glossy accents for the little noses & white highlights too.  Hand stitched and some gold gems to finish.

Thank you for popping by my little old blog today, Jane x

HAMMMMY birthday ...

I just love any of the agenda stamps from Mama Elephant and this one is no exception, had this one from release but only just inked up, oops! Paired up with Celebration Hamsters, just adorable.

So I have stamped a wrap for an 6" square card blank.  Coloured with Promarkers, stitched vellum shaker with confetti. Computer generated Hammmmy and birthday die.  Glossy accents for the chocolate on the cake.  Inside, pink polka dot papers, hand stitched and a mini wobble spring for this little fella too.  CG sentiment for the inside also there is a stamp in the set with the same sentiment, I just wanted a different font.  A few little pastel pearls to finish.

Merry Christmas to my fellow crafters & bloggers

Jane x

Let's CELEBRATE your ...

I have been waiting to share this little cutie, Conga Line from Colorado Craft Company and illustrated by the fabulous Anita Jeram, a dream to colour and a good size stamp with some sentiments included.  So I have made a shaker frame, coloured with Promarkers, distress background, twisted crepe and some confetti & stars from the pinwheel party dies.  A few more sprinkles from Tonic. 

Debs, in answer to your lovely comment regarding colours, I have been using Promarkers for many years and tend to have a select go to colours, so ivory, blush, warm greys, sandstone & caramel.  For this particular creation I used ginger, gold & spice too.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge -

Allsorts Challenge - Wings/Tails (I Won Top 5)!

Thanks for popping by my blog today, happy crafting, Jane x

Party Animal ...

 

Today I want to share the gorgeous Matchbox Builder dies from Mama Elephant. So I have a couple of projects on my crafting table using this lovely die set but this is the first to be completed.

I have used the 'Wild Roar' stamp set, stamped on a concertina pull out card using the ribbon loop at the top.  Both sentiments heat embossed in gold also Mama Elephant 'Stackable Friends'.  The speech bubble is from the 'Slim Card Basics' die collection.  Coloured with Promarkers in my pointillism style,  white highlights and some glossy accents for the little noses ha ha.

Thank you for popping by my little old blog today, happy crafting, Jane x

Happy Birthday ...

Time for a change, a tall slim card to share today using the adorable Monkey Agenda stamps from Mama Elephant.  Regular followers of my little old blog will know I adore the agenda stamps, these are no exception.  I have stamped them in grey to create a background, hand stitched, mat and layered kraft and yellow card.  I have used the Sizzix dimensional domes to create a shaker, the stamps are just the perfect size for this.  Coloured with Promarkers and some green sprinkles to finish.

Happy Crafting Jane x

Spin Me Around ...

You may have noticed I do love an interactive card including this Turner Suprise die from the fabulous Mama Elephant.   And like many interactive cards they really aren't as difficult as they may first appear.  Kids, big or small, ha ha love receiving kinetic cards.  The sentiments are from Mama Elephant titled Circle of Friends, heat embossed in gold on black card.  The star die cut is also in the Turner Surprise set.

I have used the Turner Surprise with the Panda Agenda stamps also from Mama Elephant. I have created a background using TH Distress Oxide (twisted citron) and created a shaker card and popped in lots of sparkles, gold glitter, green hexagons & ice white circles all from Nuvo Confetti.

Happy crafting love Jane x

Never Ending ...

As the title suggests I have been making a Never Ending card, my first in fact and they really are vey simple.  I could not resist inking up these little cuties from Mama Elephant; Pinata Party.

So it opens to this;

And then this;

And finally somewhere to write. 

Clean & simple but fun for all ages I think.  Coloured with Promarkers, papers from Nitwit Collection and the sentiment is from Lawn Fawn; Year Seven

From Jane x

Wish upon a star ...

My first magic color slider card, dies from Father Christmas ok ok Lawn Fawn. Now my Stazon was very old so I couldn't get a clear image on the front of the acetate but I do have another on my craft table and a new ink pad so the next one will be better.  Also I  have a new stamping platform also from Father Christmas and I cannot believe how I have managed without one for so long, highly recommended.

I have used more Lawn Fawn this time the Upon a Star stamp set including the stars which I have heat embossed in silver & the sentiments.  Stitched hillside cut on my Silhouette, papers from Nitwit Collections. The background has been created using TH distress oxides, had these a wee while, love them.  So matted on silver mirri and hand stitched (goes without saying) and coloured with Promarkers.  A few sparkles to finish.

GNOME MATTER ...

Look at these fellas, love the expressions, which one are you ha ha?

So a clean and simple card,  Stamping Bella Gnomes & sentiment included, papers, coloured with Promarkers & Nuitop on Neenah card, white highlights, hand stitched and some gems to finish.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge -

Stamping Bella - Gnomes Spotlight (I was Spotted)!

hope your birthday is a ...

So pleased with these, love these stamps, so many elements. I have lots of new goodies and this is just the beginning.  So Lawn Fawn Year Seven Stamps, paper from Nitwit Collections, coloured with Promarkers, hand stitched and a couple of gems to finish.  I have made them as sliders, so one penny on the inside just for the weight, I don't want them to spin as you would expect and then foam tape for spacing.  

I would like to enter these into the following challenge -

Passion for Promarkers - Gingham/Plaids (I Won Top 5)!

Wishing you TONS OF FUN ...

Well I am using the gorgeous MFT 'Happy Hippos' again for this birthday card, one of the little birds
inside the shaker, combined with the sentiment, silver heat embossed from the MFT 'Adorable Elephants', love these images.

Nice & Simple really, cut on my Silhouette, coloured with Promarkers, hand stitched (as always), white ribbon, star charm, sequins & coloured cardstock from my stash.

Every Flower is reaching for the Sun ...

Today over at 'Passion for Promarkers' is the start of a brand new

challenge titled 'Whatever the Weather'

With all the rain recently and for some the snow I thought a bit of sun was called for!

I have used this gorgeous digi stamp and decoupaged him up.

I have used - Papers, sentiment, charm, ribbon,corner, border

and that butterfly punch with no name.

Completely hand stitched, why break a habit of a lifetime.

We are sponsored by the lovely

who have 6 digi stamps for one lucky winner.

Thank you for popping by my blog today, spreading

a little sunshine in your day!

Delight in the Little Things ...

Today I have this little cutie from Digi Stamp Boutique

for this weeks challenge at Passion for Promarkers

which is titled 'Shabby in Pink or Blue'

which has been chosen by Anja.

This is my first stepper card and very shabby 

indeed!  I really like neat and tidy

as a rule but this one made a nice change.
It was my little fur babies 3rd birthday last month
and this was her card!

This challenge is sponsored by the

who have a fabulous 6 digi stamps of your choice as this weeks prize!

I have used papers which were free in a magazine

which are by Nitwits Collections.

The sentiment, ribbon, pearls.

Completely hand stitched and the flowers 

have been made by just tearing circles into spirals!

Thank you once again for visiting my blog 

and all your lovely comments, I really do appreciate your time.

Please come and join the challenge.

Take care, love 

Because you're Special ...

Today I have used this gorgeous stamp from Sugar Nellie and their

  'Home Grown Range' and this is Cassie Rendezvous.  

I have gone for a CAS design and let the image speak for itself, coloured in 

my usual dotty style.  The sentiment is from Whimsy Stamps

The inside is also CAS to compliement the front.

Sentiment is from the Wellington Bear Collection of clear stamps

Cloud die, Spring border die, birdcage die.

The cloud has been embossed.

I have dug out my butterfly punch with no name too!

Button, ribbon, gems are all from my stash.

Thanks for visiting my blog today, I really appreciate

all the lovely comments you leave.

Take care, x

Grandmothers 90th

Made this card for my children to give to my Grandmother for her birthday. As you can see I am loving these colour tones at the moment. As on my previous post I do struggle with the sentiments but seeing as this is the main feature of the card it has turned out exactly as I planned and I am really rather pleased with the result. I created my own paper aida and then cross stitched the sentiment, the worst thing was to punch all the holes!
I am entering this card in the http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/ for May which is Butterflies and Blossoms :)

Products used -

Anitas square card blank

Laura Ashley backing paper

Bazzill basics green card stock

Tim Holtz distress ink, Antique Linen

That butterfly punch, again!

Rymans white cardstock for the aida

Green cotton from stash

Ribbon, pin & flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Martha Stewart branch punch

Gems from Anitas

Thanks for looking, please leave a message so I know you have visited, thank you

Jane x