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 birthday ...

I have had a little play with some new goodies, this is Ginkgo from The Greetery which is now available exclusively at Seven Hills Crafts here in the UK.  Coloured in Promarkers.  Also the Lets Have a Word Birthday die has been cut several times in the navy/black cardstock to make it pop and then in gold.  Vellum & navy/black mat cut with Sue Wilsons Double Stitched dies.  Assembled with pva & 3d foam tape.  The 'Happy' is taken from Anita Jeram Bee you Stamped in Blueberry Bushel/black ink.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge -

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes/Banner (I Won Top 3)!

Happy crafting Jane x

  

DANCE TO YOUR OWN beet!

I am still here ha ha.  I don't craft so much in the Summer months, spending time looking after the garden instead.  Now the colder whether is on the way I will be back in my studio with plenty of creations to share with you.

Love the Anita Jeram illustrations bought to us by The Colarado Craft Company, the main image is titled Rooting for you which includes amongst other things the sentiment too.  The background stamp is titled Summer Garden.  Coloured with Promarkers, mat & layered with Sizzix Surfacez cardstock, a few gems to finish. 

I would like to enter this into the following challenge -

Passion for Markers - Blue, Green & Purple (I Won Top 5)!

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

Christmas Cards ...

More elegant Christmas cards completed, on a roll this year.  Another gorgeous stamp from Colorado Craft Company and the Big & Bold Collection, this one is titled Winter Wishes Snowflake.

I confess I was totally hooked with the colours from the sample shown when buying this stamp.   I have added some little gems to finish, hopefully the recipients will love them as much as I do x

Once again, it has been one of my things for a few years now and that is to decorate the envelopes to match, so gold 7x5 envelope also with this gorgeous snowflake.

Bye for now Jane x

Merry Christmas ...

For once I am actually ahead of my Christmas makes, so here are the first.  I have used from the gorgeous Big & Bold Collection by Colorado Craft Company, the Poinsettia Blessings.  DL card blanks made from matching red cardstock, gold mirror card, stamped in Versamark & heat embossed in gold.  Mat and layered sentiments.  Flat back gold gems to finish.

Gold DL envelopes to match, which I have stamped again with the Poinsettia  

I will show the next batch very soon, thanks for visiting today.

Jane x

IF THINGS IMPROVE WITH AGE ...

Confession had this Anita Jeram stamp set (amongst a few others which I just had to have) and it has only just seen ink ooops!  Stamped onto Neenah cardstock, coloured with Promarkers, highlights & gems.

Stencil heart background, hand stitched, mat & layers on my Silhouette.  The sentiment is from MFT My Favourite Things; Old Friends embossed in gold.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges -

Passion for Markers - Use Red (I Won Top 5)!

Cardz 4 Guyz - Autumn Colours (I Won Top 3)!

Bye for today, Jane x

 

Lucky ...

 

I just adore this image from the Colarado Craft Company and illustrated by the fabulous Anita Jeram; 4 Leaf Clover.  

Very simple really, stamped several times, coloured with Promarkers and then decoupaged using silicone gel.  I wanted to give the perspective that this little fella was literally in the clover, so pretty. The sentiment is included in the set which I have heat embossed in gold.

Happy Crafting, Jane x

Who can't wait for Christmas ...

Well I just couldn't resist the first release of the wonderful illustration stamps by Anita Jeram in collaboration with Colorado Craft Company.  This one is from a set titled Christmas Presents, just adorable.  You will seeing plenty of this fantastic new release in the new year I am sure of that.

Treated myself to some watercolour brush pens for this one but I certainly do need some more practice and I did revert to highlighting with my faithfull Promarkers and my signature dotty style.  Something to play with more in the coming year me thinks.

So pretty clean and simple, mat onto Nitwit paper and finished off with some sequins and some snow.  

Thank you for popping by my blog today, stay safe 

love Jane x