A little bit different ............

I'm beginning to worry that perhaps cute little girl stamps are not for me, as the last few cards have been animals or creatures!!! Whoops, had better get my act together and get them inked!!! At the moment I need something that I can lose myself in so the more challenging the better!! Anyhow I coloured up this image months ago and as I have orders from Jenny to get them made into cards I thought I better had!! It took me all day today to put this together as I had nothing to go with it, so totally out of my comfort zone I created my own paper. Anyway not sure I like the result but Hey Ho it's a card!! I am going to enter this into the following challenges:
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday (still my favourite challenge, thank you ladies for giving me inspiration)
Paper Play Challenge - Sparkle Galore
Crafty Creations Challenge - May flowers

I have used Michele Marsdens Oriental Stamps set for the image and paper
Coloured with Copic Sketch and Ciao
Nestibilities and swirl Cuttlebug folder

Martha Stewart Daisy Punch

Wild Orchid craft flowers

Diamond Stickles
Glamour Dust
Glossy Accents
Pearls, Ribbon and Card from Stash

Hope you like it

Hugs Jo x

Happy Easter!!!

I know that I am a bit premature but as it's Maundy Thursday it's the start of Easter for me, so a day at home ...............to craft? Hmmmmm, well he is at work. Housework or craft? I know which I want to do!!! Todays little card is for Charlotte for Easter so I have to get on and get it posted!! I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Pets/Animals
Sunday Sketch and Stamp
My time to craft - Easter Wishes
Daring Card Makers - Spring Fling
Crafty Catz - Furry Friends
Paper Play - Easter

Hope you like it

Image is a digi image by Angels Landing
Sentiment is by Impression Obsession
Coloured with Copic Sketch and Ciao Markers
Y0000, Y11 and Y17
G0000, G09, G21, G20, G24, G40 and G82
E0000, E00, E40, E41, E42 and E44
BV0000, BV00 and V0000
R20, W0 and C0
Paper is Basic Grey Kioshi
Nestibilities Oval and Oval Scallops
Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers Embossing folder
Ribbon Papermania
Card and Gems from Stash

Hope you all have a great Easter Break and get a chance to do lots of crafting! And Jenny I hope I have met your challenge and these qualify for the next month!!!

Hugs Jo x

Let me introduce you to ...............

Our resident rat catcher, Tango, most often referred to as the "ginger furball". "Rat catcher?" I here you say," doesn't look like he catches rats". Well this was taken yesterday afternoon, after he had been on look out all day by the green house. As you can see exhausting work this rat catching. Yes, he had caught three young rats, "oh what a good boy" was that? I am sorry to say that the first two didn't survive, first one found dead on the living room floor and second one found dead on the lawn!!. "So what happened to number three", I hear you say? He brought it home to mum and let it go in her craftroom ..................... Now you know why he is not a good boy!!!!!!!!! I screamed and managed to keep an eye on where it went, Hubby to the rescue and he caught it by the tail. OMG, never a dull moment here!!!

Hubby has now spent all day today sorting out the top greenhouse and laying more concrete!!! Happy Sundays!!

Well on to today's card. This is totally out of my comfort zone. Very OTT and a Tilda!! I do own some of these little girls but they all face sideways or have their mouth covered as I so want to draw a face on them!! I have to thank lovely Vicky from Kips Cards for this lovely image that was sent as a RAK. Pop across and have a look at her work, it is amazing, I just wish I had her patience.

I think this covers a few challenges, I started using a sketch over at Fussy and Fancy but I think it has gone a bit wrong, I have got them around the wrong way, sorry ladies. The rest are;

Stamping for the weekend - Ribbons and bows

Cute Card Thursday - Mono Mania , mine is Pink

Roses on Paper - Layers, I have 11

Just Magnolia - Punch it out, mine is a border punch

Paperplay challenge - Shiney, happy people, I'm sure Tilda must be happy with her Glamour dust!!

Our Creative Corner - Bows

By the Cute and Girly - Fairytales, I think Princess Tilda qualifies for a Fairy Tale

Allsorts Challenge -Petals and Pearls, I have used Liquid Pearls and flat pearls

I have used Princess Tilda image from Magnolia
Coloured with Copic Pens
Paper is Basic Grey Bittersweet Pad, gorgeous papers!
Nestibilities Oval and Scalloped Oval
Martha Stewart Doily Punch, really love this punch!
Swirls Cuttlebug Folder
Crystal Glamour Dust
Pastel Raspberry Liquid Pearls
Glossy Accents
Ribbon, Card, flowers and flat backed pearls from Stash.

Hope you like her
Hugs Jo x

I'm back but not my Mojo!!

Hi folks, I hope you had a fab Christmas and a Happy New Year and that everyone is back to normality, whatever that is!! We have had a nice relaxing weekend after a rather hectic time over Christmas, in fact yesterday I had a pyjama day!! Shame on me!! Think I'm probably too old for a pyjama day, but I had one anyway!! On to my card ............... Mojo gone not good at all and not happy with this card, my fault for not finding time for me! Picture is rubbish too, will try and take one in the daylight, tomorrow. It does cover lots of challenges though, so I'll start my list with Copic Colour Challenge 45

Paper Play Challenge 46 - New Beginnings
Stamping for the Weekend - New Beginnings
Allsorts Challenge 33 - Sketch and New or Old (pearls)
The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge 64 -New Beginnings
By the Cute and Girly - New
Stamp Something - New Something(pearls)
One Stop Craft Challenge - Something beginning with B

Phew!!
Anyhow here it is, I hope you like it!! The card that I have used is actually Lilac but has come out a nasty grey colour and the green is a quite bright green, I will try and photograph again tomorrow.

The image is a free digi stamp and I have hunted high and low and can't remember where I got it from, sorry.
The sentiment has been made on the computer.
Copic pens used: YG0000, YR0000, B95 for B93, YG03, YG00, BV02, E00, Y21 and Y28.
Clear Spica Glitter Pen
Circle and Scallop Nestibilities
Cuttle Bug Dots Folder
Nellies Small Flower and Embossing Punches
Papers are DCWV Nannas Nursery Baby Boy
Pearls
Glossy Accents

Oh my Gosh, I have just seen the time, it has taken me all evening to blog this!!

Off to bed now!!

Hugs Jo x