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

 

Especially for you ...

 

Managed to get my hands on the lovely Calming Koi dies & stamps along with the  water builder stencil from Altenew.  First attempt but I am really pleased with this one, certainly a few more to be made for my stash. 

Super easy to construct the little fishes, coloured with Promarkers and the stencil looks amazing don't you think. I used TH distress inks; Tumbled Glass & Salty Ocean.  My first attempt but definitely going to play around with this.  So a DL card blank, strip of Sizzix cardstock and sentiment created on the WRMK Foil quill.

Bye for now Jane 

With Love ...

Love this die set and its lovely to colour rather than using coloured cardstock.  So we have little blue tits on a tri fold card and a wee little shaker on the front of the bird box full of hearts.  

I would like to enter this into the following challenges -

Allsorts Challenge - Anything Goes (I Won)!

Jane

 

every birthday ...

Big Balloon die from The Stamp Market, made into a pretty shaker (as shown as inspiration to buy the product) just love this and super easy.  This is a 6" square card to give you an idea.  Teamed up with a die quickly becoming a favourite from The Greetery, Twisted Crepe.  Dug out a stamp set from Altenew titled Kind Confetti, perfect me thinks, ha ha.  Plenty of confetti and some sequins to finish.

Happy crafting, Jane x

 

Christmas Time ...

Purchased this die; Winter Foliage from The Greetery upon release ready for my special Christmas makes.  Five layers; cream, rose gold, pale pink, sage & kraft. Some snow, pearls, gems, sentiment , organza ribbon, navy card and embossing.

Jane 

 

FOR SOMEONE SPECIAL ...

 

Wow, the Spellbinders Anemone die is just delightful, super elegant and I can't say this is my design, I simply fell in love with the wonderful Yana Smakula creation HERE  which was inspired by Joan Bardee Guest Designer for Yana, credit goes out to you both, I just couldn't resist.

Jane

 

FROM ME TO YOU ...

CAS cards today, blue & pink, just beautiful I think you will agree.

Cream card embossed, 3 coloured papers/card from my stash and one heat embossed vellum butterfly.  Hand stitched, hot foil sentiment and some gems to finish.

Happy crafting peeps, 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

 

on our Anniversary ...

Today I have created an anniversary card using the Sizzix Painted Birds, something a little bit different I thought.  So I cut them out of white card stock and coloured them using Promarkers, WRMK gold foiling, Sizzix Surfacez card and the leaves are from a Doohickey box.

Jane

Welcome Little One ...

 

Not often I make baby cards but I do have the complete set of Stamping Bella Hey Baby stamps; this one is titled Sprouted Baby, just waiting to for a little one to arrive, hooray.

Coloured with Promarkers, sentiment is from Betterpress; Always & Forever foiled in silver.  Mat & layers along with a star, cloud & sun from a Doohickey Club kit.  Little blue pearls to finish.

Happy crafting, Jane

THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO ...

Another Betterpress creation today, playing with the Butterfly Garden Press Plate this time.  The quality of the stamp is just stunning.  Coloured with Prisma pencils.

Bye for today Jane x

 

happy birthday TO YOU ...

My first play with the Spellbinders Betterpress system.  It is in my opinion worth all the hype and awards, the impression is just gorgeous and seeing is believing, although I do appreciate it is a considered purchase.   Normally I am a alcohol marker kind of girl, but the ink used with this system incidentally created by Ranger is not recommended as it will bleed.  So I have used blending pencils for this one.  I will of course try markers in the near future but as I say I was just playing about, not intending to actually create a finished card.  So coloured cardstock, mat & layered, vellum and the gorgeous press plate which comes with the starter kit along with the sentiment from the Little Message plates. 

Thank you for popping by my blog today

Jane x

 

Hula Gnome ...

Just fell in love with this little fella, I just adore the sentiment.  CAS layout, coloured with Promarkers, hand stitched and a few gems to finish.  Such a joy to colour, the first of many.

Happy crafting Jane x

 

SPEEDY RECOVERY ...

 

Confession, had this stamp 'Let the Day Begin' from Whipper Snapper a long time and this is its first inking, oops. So pretty simple, foil quilled sentiments, coloured with Promarkers and a mini wobble spring, great fun.  

Happy weekend, Jane

i love you beary much ...

I am still in blog land, crafting away, just nothing I can show with you all at the moment.  So I thought I would share this cutie for now which has been in my draft box for a wee while; Theodore by Sizzix.  Never used any of the Colorize Thinlits by Tim Holtz but this jumped into my shopping basket.  He is a good size, I have used a DL size card to give you an idea.  I have once again used distress oxide and water for my matting, brown cardstock, hand stitched, acetate, organza ribbon, vellum, hearts and gems to finish.

Take care, Jane

Sixtieth ...

Milestone birthday shaker card today, using the gorgeous Wilma loves wine from Stamping Bella.  I have cut the shaker on my Silhouette, image stamped on first & last to create a 3d effect.  Some little heart sprinkles & a few lemon fruit slices too.  Coloured with Promarkers, a little hand stitching, papers from Nitwits, gold organza ribbon and the sentiment is heat embossed in gold. Card size 7x5.

Happy crafting, Jane x

 

Congratulations ...

You may have seen my feature in Simply Cards & Papercraft issue 230 HERE released earlier this month featuring Anniversary cards.

 Well today I want to share another, this is for a Diamond Wedding in a light grey, again using the embossing folder from Altenew; Rose Bouquet.   If you haven't tried the 3D folders yet, they are super easy and very very elegant and a quick make too, bonus.

Happy crafting Jane x

 

Miss your smile ...

 Adore this stamp from Pinkfresh Studio, Miss your smile. Pretty simple, mat and layered on navy, pink & gold glitter cardstock.  Stamped and heat embossed in gold, coloured with Promarkers.  A little vellum wrap, some cord and a sentiment & gem to finish.

I would like to enter this into the following challenge -

Passion for Markers - Flowers (I Won Top 5)!

That is all for me today, Jane x 

Count your rainbows ...

 

Once again I am the Guest Designer over at Simply Magnolia and this months challenge is 'Birthdays' using the gorgeous Tilda or lets not forget Edwin.

I have been wanting to make a lollipop card for a while and thought it would be perfect for this new edition to my collection; Unicorn Pyjama Tilda.  So I have used a variety of Sizzix Surfacez cardstock, Rosette file, coloured with Promarkers, flowers, cheesecloth, clear dew drops, ribbon & bells from my stash.  The sentiment in the Sizzix shaker reads; count your rainbows not your thunderstorms with some beads. Star, sun, clouds & heart are all Doohickey dies from various club boxes. Finally gold foiled sentiment from Spellbinders.

Please do come and play along with us HERE

I would like to enter this into the following challenge -

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Rainbows & Rainy Day (I Won Top 3)!

Bye for now, Jane x

4" Notelets ...

CAS today, some 4" square notelets, to be honest I was just playing about with some card scraps and this stunning folder from Altenew.  Spellbinders hot foil sentiments from my stash, when I get my hot foiling out I tend to make a few to grab for such an occasion.  So this little lot took I would say less than and hour, all boxed up and a great little gift too.

Jane x