The Dragon & The Fox

Morning ... I thought I would join in with a challenge this week to try and get back into things so I went to one of my favourite inspirational places.. CAS(e) This Sketch.  I had already coloured in this cute little dragon from Mama Elephant so just needed an idea to use him... and how cute is this little fox...

I created a background on Neenah 110lb card stock with broken glass distress oxide and then used the stitched squares from Simon Says Stamp to create a Polaroid frame to sit in front of the back ground. This has been textured with the linen plate from Papertrey Ink.  I added some grass with SU Lemon Lime Twist card stock and the clouds are a really old memory box cloud die.

The dragon and fox are coloured in with copic markers and then mounted using foam tape over the back ground. The card is finished off with a simple sentiment from Clearly Besotted stamps.

I used the sketch from CAS(e) This Sketch #267 for some inspiration.

I am trying to make cards that are still clean and simple but have just a little bit more content on them and a sketch is a great way to help me do this.

Hope you all have a fabulous Sunday.. I'll be back soon

Jen xx

Birthday Bunny... and a new LOTV Challenge

Morning... I'm back after a few days off, mainly because my craft room is still a mess from my purging and mega sorting, labeling etc (which is no where near finished) so I am trying to finish that in spare time rather than craft so it is done once and for all.
The craft room move has been an epic adventure, but I have so much (too much) stuff and it really needs sorting and a mega destash.

Today I do have a card for the new Lili Of The Valley Facebook challenge which you can find here! This month the challenge is Anything Goes, a nice easy one for you.

I have used the super cute Cream Cake and shrunk it down in word to give you a very CAS card... I love it!!

The sentiment is from Clearly Besotted and a favourite. It fits in perfectly I think

Hope you all have a great Friday!

Jen xxx

The Penguin Suit

Over at CAS-ual fridays they are celebrating Penguin Awareness Day using a theme of black and white... and nothing else.  I've come up with this little card....

The window for the sentiment is not quite straight though :-( and the photo is not great either but it was late last night when I was making this and we were up until 1:30am Saturday crafting...

Inspiration:
CAS-ual Fridays: CFC #36 Penguin Suit
Less Is More: #51 Cut It Out

Card Recipe:
Stampin Up Window Punch
DP: Pink Petticoat
Sentiment: Whimsy
Acetate

I'll hopefully be back tomorrow but I'm visiting Nicole in hospital so depends on what time I'm back...

Jen xx

The Little Folded Christmas Tree

Morning LIMettes... Can you believe we are up to challenge 44 already, and this week the challenge at Less Is More is the colour "GREEN". Here is my little card...

Inspiration:

Less Is More: #44 Colour Challenge - Green

CAS-ual Fridays: #30 Tic Tac Toe - Green/Kraft/Chevrons

Folded Tree Instructions: Inkspired Treasures

Card Recipe:

Papers: My Minds Eye iIme Twist Life of the Party

Ribbon & Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Button: Stash

Embossing folder: Sizzix

Hope you have a great Saturday, I'll be back tomorrow....

Jen xxx

Deepest Sympathy Duo

I've a couple of little sympathy cards for you today that I've had to unfortunately send this week and as you know these are the cards you only make when you really need them....

I've kept them really clean and simple, I think that's the best way....

Inspiration:
Clean & Simple: FTL 167
Less Is More: #42 Silhouettes
Divas in Design: #15 Monochromatic

Card Recipe:
Image: Pink Petticoat
Cuttlebug Swiss Dots
Dew Drops: The Ribbon Girl

That's all from me this morning, I'll be back later....

Jen xx

The Gunpowder Plot

Well it's Saturday Morning again and I've managed to get to my craft room early (courtesy of waiting for Mr British Gas) so I thought I'd get in early with this weeks Less Is More challenge.... RED & ORANGE!!! Now I did panic a little bit (actually a lot as I really don't like orange) but I managed to come up with this....

I'm not really happy with it and it hasn't photographed well either... but hey ho!!

Inspiration
CAS-ual Friday: #27 Off the Edge
Less Is More: #40 Colour Challenge Red & Orange

Card Recipe:
Ribbon, Twine & Button: The Ribbon Girl
Brad: Stash

Have a great day... I'll be back later

Jen xx

Vintage Paris

Well it's Saturday morning and this week at Less Is More Diva and Lady LIM surprised everyone by announcing earlier in the week that it would be an "ANYTHING GOES" challenge.... but I missed it until 7:15 this morning... And how could I let them down by not being here early on a Saturday (although I bet Lizy beats me lol)... I've have been up since early doors and have been getting a little inky so I hope this fits the bill for Mandi & Chrissie's challenge of getting a 1000 entries and breaking blogger...

Inspiration:
Less Is More: Week 33 Anything Goes

Card Recipe:
Stamps: Tim Holtz French Market by Stampers Anon
Inks: Distress in Frayed Burlap and Antique Linen
Pearls: Hobby House
Brown card: Scrap draw.

I'll be back in a bit with my One Stop Crafts DT card for today....

Have a great Saturday and make sure you all get involved in this weeks LIM challenge...

Jen xx

Welcome Little One

I'm trying to get a bit of crafting this week and made this little number last night- work will take over again this week... I'm here already at this time in the morning.... So here is a little card I've made for a new baby to add into my box at work.....

I'm doing really well at using up the scraps in the draw and this card was no exception although I'm a long way off them being vaguely empty... Although I think I may do this one in blue as well...

Inspiration:
Pollycraft Monday: #110 Baby Love
Sketch Saturday: #172

Card Recipe:
Image & Sentiment: Polly Craft Baby Love
Paper: Pink Petticoat
Thread: DMC
Pearls: Hobby House
Glitter from stash.

Hope you all have a good day....

Jen xx

O' Christmas Tree, O' Christmas Tree

Well LIMettes it's Saturday again and after I missed last week ( Craft supplies were very limited 30m under the sea lol) I'm back with another little Christmas card for this weeks Less Is More challenge which is Buttons and/or Ribbon. Here it is...

Inspiration:
Less Is More: Week #25 Buttons/Ribbon Recipe

Card Recipe:
Ribbon: East of India
Button: Stash
Twine: The Ribbon Girl
Font: Homemade Apple Pie

Well that is all from me today.... Hope you have a great weekend...

Jen xxx

Organic Flower Trio

Well after a long day at work and BBQ at Lizy's I thought I should make at least one card to keep me on track with my 100 card challenge.  The circles I cut out for apertures from this weeks Less Is More Sketch challenge were still on my desk so I thought I would utilise them in another entry. 

I've tried to go for something a little bit different but I have kept the colours very muted. I used scraps of the first edition paper to line the inside and then used the circles to bridge the front of the card together where I cut it into pieces to give the impression of the border across the trio.  The wooden flowers are from Kars and the pearls from Hobby House.  Fairly simple but I like it...Hope you do too...

I'm off to read a few chapters on my kindle.... hope you all have a good Tuesday

Jen xxx

Summer Fields

Morning LIMettes, well it's Saturday yet again and I'm not up as early as I normally am this week.  Anyhow Lady & Diva LIM have given us a sketch this week at Less Is More and I had about a million ideas so you may see me a couple of times this week lol... here is the card I made...

Using a coloured card blank in pale yellow (I do like not white card blanks if you hadn't all already noticed lol),  I have put 3 circles into the co-ordination card with a nestie and then raised this off using foam pads ( I know... but they don't squash lol) and put DP behind it... It's finished off with the little butterflies. I have left it without a sentiment as I am going to use it as a little notelet. Simple

Inspiration:

Less Is More: Week 21 Sketch

Card Recipe:

DPs: First Edition Daydream (Birthday Pressie from my Mum)

Green Card: Co-ordinations.

Butterfly: Martha Stewart Punches

Pearls: Hobby House

Hope you all have a fab day... I may or may not be back a little later depending on how I get on with Rosie & Ians table plan lol....

Jen xxx

Happy Birthday To Me....

Well it's June 22nd which means that it's my birthday and I have blog candy to give away very soon (just need to take a little photo lol) !!!! Here is a little card i made for myself ....

Inspired by 3 CAS challenges this week...

Less Is More: Monogram
Clean & Simple: Sketch 145
CAS-ual Fridays: Blocks Of Colour

Card Recipe:

Paper: Stampin Up Sweet Pea Stack, Co-ordinations.

Glitter from stash

Sentiment printed from PC

Hope you all have a fab day....

Jen xxx

Rosie & Ian

Morning LIMettes well it's Saturday again and no matter how I try to have a lie in I always seem to wake up and be drawn to my craft room....
This week the theme at Less Is More is Monogram. Here is a card I needed to make for a wedding... Although now I've made it I'm not sure if this counts but then Chrissie and Mandi will put me right lol

Card Recipe:

Font: Hill House done in Illustrator

Ribbon: Stash

Pearls: Hobby House

Hope you all have a fab Saturday think I'll spend the morning in the craft room

Jen xxx

A Puppy For Fathers' Day - OSCC DT

Well it's Saturday again and time for another challenge at One Stop Craft Challenge and this week the theme is "Fathers Day" sponsored by Robyn's Fetish.  Here is my card....

Hope you make the time to visit the rest of the DT and a big apology for those I didn't get to comment on last time due to naughty mr. blogger.

Card Recipe

Promarkers: Cocoa, caramel, tan, sunkissed pink, cardinal red

Image: Robyn's Fetish Puppy

Hope you all have a great weekend

Jen xx

Sweetheart In Red....

Just a quick one for tonight but I thought I would make a little card for my other half to go with a present I got for him and had this idea of tone on tone buttons in the form of a heart.... Here it is...

It's simply a heart hand drawn in a faux stitch and cut out and then filled with a selection of buttons from my stash. This is then mounted on red card (10cm by 10cm).  And since it is monotone, it's another perfect entry into this weeks Less Is More Monochrome Challenge...

Hope you like it...

Jen xxx

Time is a Companion

Seems I am on a roll now with monotone cards and this one was simply an accident using shades of brown.  I followed the sketch from Clean & Simple # 143 and used the Tim Holtz stamps again... I'm loving these... Here it is...

Now the backing card seems lighter on the photo in real life.. I'm not really liking the photo at all.

Since it is monotone I might as well show it at Less Is More ( they may get sick of me this week lol)....

Here is what I used.....

Card Recipe

Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa

Stamps: Stampers Anon Playful Journey

Card: Stash

Embossing Folder: Cuttlebug

Punch: Martha Stewart



Hope you all have a great day...

Jen xx

Armchair Bear CAS Style

I really am going back to my routes with a more clean and simple style and although I really do mix up my card styles CAS is where I started. This little number didn't start off this way, in fact I just couldn't find a DP the right colour so I gave up and decided to cut it out and put it straight on a card blank that I had printed a sentiment onto. I love it so much I'm going to do the same with a couple more images as quick fathers day cards. Here it is...

I'm entering this into the following challenges:
CES Challenge - Clean & Simple
Do It With Digis - It's All About the Boys ( Used Digi Sentiment).

Card Recipe

Promarkers: Cardinal, Caramel, Cocoa, Sandstone,

Putty, Cool Grey 1, Cornflower, China Blue, Cobalt Blue, Blender

Image: LOTV Armchair Bear

Font: Champagne & Limousines and Homemade Apple Pie

Hope you have a fab day and thanks for visiting....

Jen xxx

Iris

Well I did get a little telling off yesterday for replacing the white with pink at Less is More and I should have probably done shades of pink so I thought I would have another crack at a fully Monotone card... this time with shades of purple.... Here is my very simple card....

The stamp is from Penny Black Allegro T for Transparent inked with Memento Grape Jelly, the ribbon from stash and I've added just a touch of Faerie Kisses Diamond Sparkles...

I'll be back tomorrow.....

Jen xxx

Butterfly Kisses

Well I'm officially obsessed.... yet another LIM entry and I could probably make another 50 cards with Butterflies on quite easily... sad??? I know lol.... This was was not planned, as I was looking through my Scrap-a-licious sentiments and I came across this one.  It's simply finished off with a Penny Black stamp - Butterfly edge stamped across the page in pink memento ink and the corners are rounded... Nothing else too it

I'll be back tomorrow for the new challenge... hope you all have a good Friday and are getting ready for the long weekend.... I know I am!

Jen xx

It's The Little Things....

*** 4 of 100 in the 100 Card Challenge for Macmillan***

So this little number is a very quick make "because" I didn't read the rules correctly at CAS-ual Fridays and entered the last one into more than the allowed challenges ( they had changes the rules lol).  The very lovely Michele let me know via email so I couldn't resist having to make another one.... and yet another excuse to use more butterflies lol.... It of course then fits into LIM Butterflies ( yes again lol).. Here it is...

The sentiment is again from Tim Holtz Stamper Anonymous but this time from "Natures Elements".  The paper is Shabby Princess Sweet Sprinkles collection (if you haven't come across Shabby yet then you are missing out on fab "free" papers). I've use a cuttle bug embossing folder the wrong way up and then finished the edge with a little ribbon.  The butterflies are punches from Martha Stewart and then it's blinged up with gems from the Hobby House and finished by rounding off the corners.  Not bad for about 10 mins work ...

Thanks for visiting

Jen xx