Daffodils!

Hey everyone! So finally we make it to the middle of the week..after today I finally have 2 days off work, so hoping for lots of crafting.

Speaking of crafting have you all seen the Lily Pads Cards site..this is a new site that will be opening on the 1st of April along with the grand opening of InLinkz.com (a wonderful site that links photos and lists of supplies used to create projects).

This week Lily Pads Cards will be celebrating their opening by having a wonderful blog hop, with lots of creative people sharing their works of arts and welcoming Lily Pad Cards..there will be lots of prizes to be had along the way..the blog hop actually started yesterday..so I am a little behind in getting this information out to you..sorry...but please jump on over to their BLOG and check out all the details..hippty hop on the blog hop to see all the creativity happenings.

Don't forget to register for the chance to win some of those wonderful goodies...oh and one last thing, you may even see me along the blog hops this week, so stay tuned.

Alright, now onto today's creation...I thought that it was time to share another Jane's Doodles creations.





I took the Daffodil image, resized and printed onto white card stock, colouring in with my Copics, trimming the daffodil out and setting aside. Next, using more white card stock, stamping the Woodgrain stamp from Hero Arts, that was inked with Soft Sand ink, stamping onto the white card stock, stamping La Lettre from Hero Arts, that was inked with Latte ink directly over the top of the woodgrain stamped area. Adhering a trimmed piece of My Minds Eye, patterned paper to the bottom of the card stock. I then took Walnut Stain distress ink and distressed the sides of the card stock and patterned paper, adding twine to the top of the patterned paper, along with the daffodil. Next, stamping a sentiment from the Type stamp set from Hero Arts, corner rounding the top of the card stock and adhering to the front of a trimmed cream card. Finally, adding rhinestones to complete the card.

Okay, so that is a long post for you all to take in today, so I hope you enjoy reading and viewing everything here...I look forward to bringing you another creation tomorrow.

Have a great day!

Hugs!

PTI goodness!

Hey everyone! How was everyone's start of the week go? Mine a very quiet day at work, came home and literally flopped in the chair and fell asleep...LOL..woke up and had a little crafty time prior to dinner.

Today I thought I would share a card using some of my Papertrey Ink goodies...itching to use these products more.



Taking Lavender Moon card stock, trimming to form a card and stamping on the front of the card with one of the large flourishes from the Fancy Flourish stamp set with some Colorbox Ink. Taking more Lavender Moon card stock and Mat Stack 1 cutting the die through my Cuttlebug, using the matching stamp from the Mat Stack Collection 1 stamp set, adding a sentiment from the Tea for Two Additions to a trimmed piece of white card stock, adhering to the centre of the Mat Stack. Next, taking Vintage Cream felt, and Beautiful Blooms 2 die's, running through the Cuttlebug and adding a Lavender Moon button to the centre, adhering to the Mat Stack. Taking a doily and adhering to the front of the card, adding the Mat Stack and finally more Lavender Moon buttons to the bottom of the card to complete.

Well I hope you enjoy viewing the card and that you all have a fun day, whatever it may be.

Looking forward to bringing you another creation tomorrow!

Oh and before I leave be on the look out around blog land today as I feel that there may be something exciting happening.

Hugs to you all!

You're So Amazing!

Hey friends! So it rolls around again and another week is starting...time is just flying by isn't? I hope that you have all enjoyed your weekend and got plenty of time to get crafty or at least have some relaxation time.

I spent yesterday cleaning the house and squeezing in a little crafty time myself..to which is the card that I am sharing with you today.

I made this for a friend that is currently going through a tough time..I thought that the cheery colours would hopefully brighten her day.



I took some My Minds Eye patterned paper, trimming to size and sewing around the edge, adhering to a white card. Next, taking the stamp set Sew Stylish, stamping the measuring tape onto more My Minds Eye patterned paper and one of the ladies from the same set onto other My Minds Eye patterned paper, trimming around the stamped measuring tape and the clothing of the lady. Stamping the lady once again, onto white card stock, adhering the clothing and colouring the skin parts in with Copics, trimming around the lady and adhering both the measuring tape and lady to the card. Finally, adding a stamp sentiment to the card from the same stamp set and buttons to complete the card.

Once again another set that has not seen much use and have had fun creating.. serving a double purpose, creating for fun and for also hopefully cheering my friends day.

Okay before I start my day, I just wanted to add a little reminder that there is still time to enter my first challenge..you can view all the details HERE...or at the top of my blog...cannot wait to see what you all have created and who you have honoured, I hope that you can all find some time to honour that special crafter that inspires you regularly.

Enjoy your day!

Hugs

Jay Gee's Nook - Challenge 6

Happy Sunday to you all, how is your weekend going so far? Yesterday we went and had lunch with my Mum and did a couple of odd jobs around the house for her..so nice to return to the farm once again..I miss the peace and quiet that being out on the farm brings..being in town you realise the difference. I suppose I will always be a country girl at heart not a townie..

Being Sunday, it is another card creation for Jay Gee's Nook for you all to feast your eyes on..this Sunday is the start of the new challenge and yet another fab inspiration photo...

Here is the card that I created for the challenge...



I took Kraft card stock, trimming it to size, setting aside to work on the rest of the card. Taking white card stock and the Hero Arts, Bicycle stamp, stamping onto the white card stock, colouring the flowers and the basket on the bike in with my Copics, piercing holes in the top and bottom of the card stock. Next, using some text paper and the Simply Scallops Die from My Favourite Things, running several pieces through my Cuttlebug, adding a light dusting of Pumice Stone distress ink to the scallops. Adhering the white card stock and the scallops to the card, adding twine to the top of the scallops and trimming a small piece of Kraft card stock, stamping a sentiment from the Lawn Fawn, Sophies Sentiments, punching a hole and adding some more twine through the hole. Finally, adhering the sentiment to the white card stock to complete the card.

The little bicycle was yet another stamp that has been sitting in my collection that has starred down at me as I create at my desk, hoping that it would become inky one day...well that day is here and I have to say that I was pretty happy with how the whole card turned out.

I hope that this card gives you some inspiration to enter the challenge..now come with me over to the blog to see what Judith and Ange have been up to..also you will want to come with me, as there is a special guest designing for this current challenge...

I look forward to bringing you another creation here tomorrow..Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Hugs

Sewing!

Hey friends! I have like possibly so many of us, stamps in my craft room that have not seen ink...so many new things come of the market that sometime we forget to use some of the old ones we have..and that is what I have done today..bring some of these stamps that I have longed to play with for so long.



I took some Kraft card stock, Stitch and Trim stamp and Latte ink, inking the stamp up and stamping twice and stamping over the card stock, trimming card stock to size and adding a sewing border around the card stock. Next, taking the stamp set Sew Artsy and patterned paper from My Minds Eye, stamping the dress form onto the patterned paper and then onto the Kraft card stock, adhering the patterned paper to the dress form on the card stock. I then stamped a sentiment above the dress form from the Made With Love stamp set, adding some matching buttons to the opposite side of the dress form, placing twine through the holes on the two smaller buttons and then ribbon through the larger one. Lastly, adhering the card stock to more My Minds Eye patterned paper and then onto a trimmed cream card using foam dimensionals.

I love these sets of stamps and am so pleased that I pulled them out of my stash and got them inky and had fun, I urge you to all do the same, give those stamps that have been sitting there starring at you some love.

Now, before I leave you today, I wanted to thank all the girls that left me wonderful asparagus recipes..I cannot wait to try some of these out..

Hope you all have a wonderful Friday, may it be filled with lots of smiles.

Hugs

Tearrific!

Hey sweet friends! Rainy day here today, my fav, sitting here once again, typing the blog post to you all watching out the french doors..and decided to be a little naughty with lunch too, how is this for an unhealthy lunch...but you know YUM! it was and well it makes me smile...LOL.



So today my card that I created for Purple Onion Designs is being featured on the blog so I thought it be fitting to feature it here too for you all to view.



Taking Kraft card stock, trimming to form a card and taking a Cuttlebug folder, embossing the front of the card, next, rubbing some Frost White over the embossed parts. Taking white card stock and stamping some of the images from the Coffee and Tea set, colouring them in with my Copics and trimming around each of the images. Taking more white card stock, trimming to size and sewing around the edges of the card stock, adhering the images to the card stock using foam dimensionals and then adhering to the front of the card with more foam dimensionals. Finally, trimming some Aqua Mist card stock to form a banner, stamping a sentiment from the same stamp set onto the banner and adhering to the card once again using more foam dimensionals and pearls either side of the sentiment.

As Michele mentioned on her blog a mix of whimsy and vintage and I suppose looking at this card, this is true :)

Before I leave, I posted yesterday a craft room that I like the french doors and the colour of the room and that I found this image on Pinterest..one of my blog readers let me know the link to this craft room, so I popped on over to see, as she told me that she had made changes to her room..and WOW! loving this room more so now...so check out Posie Gets Cozy. I have been having a little look around this wonderful blog and I will be back to check more of it out. Thanks Heather for letting me know :)

Okay so I am off to get a little work done around here and hopefully some crafty time...don't forget there is still time to enter my first challenge and remember that if you don't have a blog you can still enter by using a gallery, just make sure to add everything to your description.

Have a great day!

Hugs

Crafty and Non Crafty Post!

Hey Everyone!

NOTE: Have had a few comments saying that people would love to enter my first challenge but they do not have a blog, if this applies to you, you are still eligible to enter, just make sure you load up to a gallery like Flickr and in the description, link to the Honouree or card that has inspired you to honour, so please if this does apply to you, get crafting and link your creation would love for you to join in the fun!

So today I thought I would share something different with you..one of those things is that at present there is a lot of talk about Pinterest...if you have not checked it out you must..fantastic images all in one place and for me great source of inspiration...Here are just a few images that I have collected over the last month..




These images really caught my eye..especially that crocheted dress, I mean WOW!!

Other things I wish to share with you tonight is, this vegetable is currently in season here in Australia and I LOVE it..so if anyone else has any great recipes would love to hear about them...I usually find that our weather for March is still quite warm so salads are still the eating thing..I generally blanche the asparagus quickly then drizzle with balsamic vinegar..my fav.




The last non crafty thing to share with you all..is a couple of movies that I have now watched countless times...I mean this one It's Complicated...Love this movie..Meryl Streep...who doesn't love her in movies..she is a brilliant actress.



This next one, Eat, Pray, Love...WOW! this movie spoke to me..there was so much meaning in it and I could relate on different levels of this great movie..yet another fab Julia Roberts masterpiece.



Okay so onto some crafty things...I also found this on Pinterest...well have to tell you I instantly fell in love with those french doors...something that I would love to do in my craft room....the only thing is convincing Darryl, and I don't like my chances...LOL, but hey a girl can dream right :) Oh and nearly forgot to say that I love that colour blue...so refreshing, at least I will be able to change that in my room :)



The last crafty thing I want to share with you..are these sweet, sweet images from La La Land Digital Images...when I first saw Mariana create THIS card, I knew I wanted some..so these are the ones that I have purchased and I cannot wait to play with them, hopefully this weekend.




Okay so I know that they are quite unusual shares, but wanted to share something that bit different.

Enjoy your day!

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PTI - Make it Monday!

Hey Friends! Today I wanted to share a card with you that I created for the current challenge at Papertrey Ink - Make it Monday. I haven't played the last 2 but decided this time I was going to have fun and enter.



I took Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush and Spring Moss card stock, and taking the co-ordinating die from the Butterfly Dreams, I ran it through my Cuttlebug, cutting 2 butterflies out of each card stock. Taking one of the butterfly stamps from the Butterfly Dreams stamp set and stamping onto the butterfly die cuts with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, then colouring each of the butterflies in with matching Copics. Next, trimming a piece of Kraft card stock and the one of the background border stamps from Tin Types, stamping the entire sheet of card stock using Frost White ink, sewing around the edge and adding a dusting of the same ink. Adhering each butterfly to the card stock, using Glossy Accents, then trimming a piece of white card stock, stamping a sentiment from the Up Up and Away stamp set, adhering to the Kraft card stock. Finally trimming more white card stock to form a card, adhering the Kraft card stock to this using foam dimensionals, adding rhinestones either side of the sentiment to complete the card.

Here is a close up of the card.



I loved that I was able to get out my Papertrey Ink goodies and get crafty.

Enjoy viewing the card.

Hugs

Paper Pieced Scooter!

Happy Monday to you all! How was your start of the week? To tell you the truth I was so pleased it was over..such a long day..LOL.

To make my day brighter, I came home on my break to find that I had more entries to my first Challenge...actually I was tickled pink and brought a big smile to my face..if you are just finding out about my first challenge you can check out all the details, HERE.

So tonight I am sharing a fun card that I have created with Paper Smooches adorable Spiffy Scooters stamp set..I knew when this was released I was going to own this super sweet set.



I took several different pieces of patterned paper from My Minds Eye, stamping the scooter from the set and trimming the different sections out and piecing together, adding Walnut Stain distress ink to the bottom of the tyres. I took more patterned paper from My Minds Eye and trimmed a small strip, then using the Martha Stewart Fringing Scissors cut into the paper making it look like grass, adding some Peeled Paint distress ink to the edges of the patterned paper. Next, trimming a blue piece of card stock to form a card, sewing around the edge of the card, adding the grass paper and scooter. Stamping onto more patterned paper with the cloud in the set, trimming around the cloud and adding to the card stock. Finally, adding a sentiment above the scooter and Glossy Accents to parts of the scooter to complete the card.

I cannot wait to get this set all inky again..LOVE it!

Okay, I am off to watch a little TV and relax for the night...maybe sneak in a little crafty time, if I don't fall asleep in my chair first..LOL!

Have a wonderful night!

Hugs

Hydrangea Birthday!

Hey Friends! Today is Sunday and we all know what that is today..Yes it is another card creation for Jay Gee's Nook. But before we get into the creation for today, I wanted to say a very big thank you to everyone again for all their wonderful comments and great enthusiasm for my very first Challenge. There are goodies up for grabs and I would so love it if you could all join in the fun...to view all the details about the Challenge you can go HERE, or if you forget I have added a link to the top of my blog that will take you directly to the details of how to enter.

So what better way to start the day off today writing my blog post to you all whilst I sit here on a balmy Autumns day looking out the french doors of my lounge room into our backyard....that is what I call a relaxing Sunday morning.

The card I share with you today was created with one of my all time favourite stamps from Hero Arts...Hydrangea...I love flower stamps and this one is right up there.




I took white card stock, stamped the Hydrangea onto the card stock and coloured in with my Copics, trimming around the image and set aside. Next, taking more white card stock and the La Lettre stamp, inking with some Latte ink and stamping on the card stock, trimming to size, adding some Pumice Stone distress ink to the outer edges to soften, adhering the hydrangea with foam dimensionals. I then adhered this card stock to some soft pink card stock and then onto a trimmed bone card. Finally, trimming white card stock to form a tag, stamping a sentiment from the Find Joy stamp set, adding a pink pearl either side of the sentiment, then adhering this to the card front to complete the card.

Okay so it is time for me to stop the dreaming out the french doors and move out of this chair as there is lots of crafty projects to do in my crafty room today.

But before I do, come along with me and jump over to the blog to check out what Judith and Ange have been creating this week...Oh and there is still time to enter the fab challenge too, there is also so great goodies up for grabs there also.

Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hugs!

Day 6 of Honouring!

Hey Everyone! WOW! what an exciting week it has been for me and I hope for you too..I have had a lot of fun sharing just a small group of wonderful and talented stampers and card makers that inspire me on a constant basis.

Before I share with you who the next person I will be honouring I wanted to take the time to thank everyone who have left me wonderful comments, that has meant so much to me and has constantly brought a big smile to my face as I read them...also thank you to all of my honourees, you are all AMAZING, GIFTED, TALENTED, INSPIRING, WONDERFUL people, thank you all from the bottom of my heart.

Okay so I know that you are all itching to know who the last honouree is, that person is one that you all know well..she is a true artist, talented, gifted and super, super sweet...the cards that she creates are enough to break your jaw just by viewing them on her blog, the depth of colour that she achieves is mind blowing...that person is non other the Jill Foster.

When I first saw this GORGEOUS!!! card I knew there and then that I was going to definitely try this technique, although, my card does not even come close to what Jill's masterpiece looks like.



Is this card not the most gorgeous card that you have seen, love the colour that Jill achieves.

Here is the card that I created.



Taking a piece of white card stock, Large Blossom stamp, Happy Definition stamp, Versamark Ink, clear embossing powder and Pumice Stone distress ink. Inking the definition stamp with the Pumice Stone ink, stamping onto the card stock, heat setting. Next, taking the Large Blossom stamp, inking it with Versamark Ink stamping over the definition stamped card stock, embossing the image and heat setting. Taking distress inks, Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge, Mustard Seed, Scattered Straw and Peeled Paint, colouring each section in using Cut n Dry nibs. Trimming the piece of card stock down and adding Walnut Stain distress ink to the edges of the card stock. Trimming a piece of Eggshell layering paper and stamping the La Lettre stamp that was inked with Walnut Stain distress ink, over the entire front of the card. Adhering the blossom image to some trimmed black card stock and then onto the front of the card using foam dimensionals. Finally, trimming more white card stock to form a tag and stamping a sentiment from the Sending Smiles Messages stamp set, adding touches of Walnut Stain around the edges, adhering to the card front, along with pearls to match.

I so know that I need to have a lot more practice with this technique, but I know that it was a lot of fun and looking forward to trying it again.

Don't forget to pop over to Jill's amazing blog to see her creations.

Okay now onto another fun part of the week of honouring.

I will be having a little giveaway, these are the products that I will be giving away:

Hero Arts - Life of the Party Words

MFT - Happy Mail

Hero Arts - Floral Mixed Accents

Hero Arts - Earth Mixed Accents

The Twinery - Carribean Bakers Twine

The Twinery - Blossom Bakers Twine

So in order to have a chance at winning this little package of goodies, I am setting a little Challenge, in fact this will be my very first Challenge and I hope that you will all find a little time to enter and have fun.

Instructions

1. Create a project that honours someone in the crafty world that has inspired you.
2. When posting about your project, make sure that you either link to the blog post of the creation that inspired you to create your own project or post it in your own blog post (making sure to always link to their blogs)
3. Link your blog post URL not your entire blog.
4. Deadline for this Challenge is, 11:59PM EST, Friday 1st April.
5. The winner will be announced on Saturday 2nd April.

I hope that you will all find a little time to create and enter my first Challenge.

Thank you everyone once again for an amazing week, I look forward to viewing all of your creations over the next 2 weeks, and remember to just have fun!

Hugs

Day 5 of Honouring!

Happy Friday! I bet you are all saying that you are so pleased that it is Friday...

So today brings us to day 5 of my honouring week, and another day closer to the next reveal that you all can be involved in. Today I am honouring this special person, one that has uber amounts of talent, what ever she touches comes out amazing, loves to dabble in mixed media type projects that are awe inspiring. That person who I speak of is my sweet friend Shari Carroll.

This happens to be one of the cards that she has recently created, is it not the greatest card you have seen in awhile? So I knew I had to try and create something that was similar.

Here is the card that Shari created.





I love all the features on this sweet card!

Here is the card that I created.





I took Eggshell layering paper and trimmed it to form a card, taking the Life of the Party Dots, inking with Latte ink and stamping onto the front of the card. Taking patterned paper from My Minds Eye stamping the ice cream cone that was from the set Life of the Party Birthday, trimming the ice cream from one and the cone from the next, adding touches of walnut stain distress ink around the edges of the ice cream. Trimming white card stock to form a tag, stamping a sentiment from the Type stamp set, adhering a trimmed strip of more patterned paper from My Minds Eye and adhering to the base of the card, adding twine around the top of the strip. Punching a circle out of the front of the card and stamping a sentiment from the Life of the Party Birthday set on the inside of the cut circle. Finally, adhering the cone and some pearls to complete the card.

Here is a close up view of the card.




I actually had a lot of fun creating this card and was my very first time at punching a circle out and stamping on the inside, I think this will be used once again in the future.

To view more of Shari's work, jump on over to her beautiful blog..she is amazing artist.

Now don't forget to check in tomorrow here at the blog to see the last person to be honoured and also to see the next fun event that you all can be involved in.

Seeya all tomorrow!

Hugs

Day 4 of Honouring!

Hey friends! today brings us to day 4 of my honouring to some on my favourite stampers and card makers, today I wish to share someone that is not only talented, amazing artist, but also a fantastic blog writer...she is sweet, kind and truly kind hearted..and that person is non other then Dawn McVey!

I love how Dawn shares some of her life with us all in her blog posts, makes you feel as though you are sharing the experience with her...I love to visit her blog on a daily basis to see what she has been up to and to see what amazing creation she has created.

I love the bold, bright colours Dawn uses and her style is always so dreamy to view. I wish I could sit next to her in her craft room and just let my jaw drop in ore of how she creates..I am sure this would be the most wonderful experience..Oh to dream..LOL.

Here is the card that has inspired me to create my very own to honour her today.




Love all the layers that she has placed on her card to create something that is simply superb and elegant.

Here is the card that I created.




I took Spring Rain card stock and Mat Stack 1 die, running through my Cuttlebug, taking one of the corresponding stamps, I inked it up and stamped over the die cut. Next, taking some Vintage Cream felt and the Beautiful Blooms 2 die, cutting a large and small flower out of the felt. Taking some white card stock, punching a circle out and taking one of the stamps from the Simply Stationary stamp set, stamping with dark brown ink over the circle, adhering each of the pieces together and onto the Mat Stack, adding a button with twine through it to the centre of the last flower. Trimming more white card stock and stamping a sentiment from the same stamp set adhering this strip to a trimmed Spring Rain card, finally, adhering the mat stack to a doily and then to the front of the card, along with 2 buttons either side of the sentiment.

So I urge you all to pop on over to Dawn's blog, there is so much inspiration and pure yumminess to see.

Enjoy viewing the cards and make sure to check in tomorrow for the next person to honour...and don't forget we are coming to the end of the honouring and there will be more fun to be had for all of you.

Hugs

Day 3 of Honouring!

Hey girls! Well I hope that you are enjoying this week so far of honouring some of my favourite stampers and card makers..its been a hoot so far for me.

Okay so it is day 3 of the honouring and today I wish to honour this particular person who I admire and as always am inspired, her simple yet elegant style seems to never falter, her creations are always something I try to aspire to. Although, I don't always leave comments on her beautiful blog, I am always in the background admiring from a distance. The wonderful and talented lady that I speak of is non other then Nichole Heady.

The elegance and simplicity of this card drew me straight in and I knew there and then I was going to create a card based on this gorgeous card.



Here is my take on Nichole's beautiful creation.



Starting with some Aqua Mist card stock and the stamp set Tin Types Background Basics. I trimmed the card stock and inked the stamp with Aqua Mist ink, stamping the entire piece of card stock. Next, taking the Beautiful Blooms die and some Vellum, die cutting two times, adhering the flowers one on top of other and adding a button to the centre of the flower with some white twine. Taking the stamped card stock once again and adding two thin strips of scor tape, I adhered these to the bottom of the card stock, adding glitter. I adhered the flower to the stamped card stock, adding a trimmed white card stock tag stamped with a sentiment from the Through the Trees stamp set. Finally, adding some pearls to complete the card.

Nichole creates with such exquisiteness that I am always giddy with excitement when I am at her blog viewing what she has been up to, don't forget to pop on over and have a look around her gorgeous blog.

Okay, so I am back to hit the craft room to create for tomorrows post, I hope you enjoy today's.

Hugs

Day 2 of Honouring!

Well hello friends! Thanks so much for all the sweet comments that you left here on my blog about the week of honouring I am having, it has meant a lot, I hope that there is lots of inspiration for you all.

Today brings us to Day 2 of the honouring week, and today I wish to honour the talented, inspiring, best scrapbooker, card maker and Copic artist, she ROCKS! Any guesses?? Okay to not put you in anymore suspense, it is the lovely, Nichol Magouirk.



So I could not go pass sharing this fabulous, fun filled card that Nichol created, I love all the colours, the different layers and stamping layers, and oh who could go past this girls wonderful colouring technique.

Here is the card that I created to honour my friend Nichol..I love Pure Innocence stamps from My Favourite Things, they are just the sweetest to either colour with Copics or for that matter paper piece.




So to make this feel like a fun filled card like Nichols, I took the Ladybug stamp and stamped her onto some white card stock, colouring in with Copics, trimming around the ladybug and setting aside. Next, taking more white card stock and the Clouds background stamp from Hero Arts, that was inked with Soft Pool ink, I stamped over the top of the white card stock. I then took some My Minds Eye patterned paper, sketching a half circle and trimming out, distressing the top of the half circle and adding Peeled Paint distress ink over the patterned paper to give more depth, adhering this to the cloud background stamped card stock. I took the ladybug and adhered to the mound patterned paper using foam dimensionals. Taking one of the sentiment stamps and stamping onto the cloud background, adhering the whole card stock to more patterned paper from My Minds Eye with more foam dimensionals. Finally, I trimmed a white card and adhered the patterned paper to the card front to complete.

I love the way Nichol used lots of colour on her card and so to honour her as the wonderful artist she is I took the feel of colour and incorporated this onto my own.

So I hope you have enjoyed viewing both of these cards today and don't forget to pop over to Nichol's blog to see all the wonderful creations she always shares with us all.

Hope to see you all back here tomorrow with the next talented gal to honour!

Hugs

The Fun Begins!

Happy Monday to you all! So this week on the old blog I will be sharing a little event, I have decided to have a week or should I say 6 days of honouring some of my favourite stampers and card makers out there in blog land...now of course this is only a small sample of wonderful and talented ladies out there, I just wished I could share them all, because in fact you all inspire me in many ways.

So to start my week of honouring, today I will be honouring the lovely, sweet, talented, inspiring and caring Jennifer McGuire..as we all know she inspires us all on a daily basis..I love her style and the way her mind works with different techniques..mind blowing actually.

To honour my friend Jennifer, I have created a card based on this beautiful one that she made a number of months ago.





I love the simplicity of it and the wonderful colour combo, a true masterpiece and a card that would cheer anyone.

Here is the card that I have created.





I wanted to use some of the techniques that Jennifer uses on some of her creations, that being the use of distress inks...I took some white card stock, stamping one of the flowers from the new Hero Arts/Basic Grey line, Hello Luscious Bold Flowers stamp set with some Versamark ink, embossing with some white embossing powder. I applied distress ink, Victorian Velvet heavily over the top and flicked water onto the inked card stock, heat setting with heat gun, applying Walnut Stain distress ink to the outer edges of the card stock. Next, taking the Flowing Flowers and Leaves background stamp, inking it with some Soft Sand ink and stamping onto the front of an Eggshell note card. Adhering the distressed card stock to the card front using foam dimensionals, adding a trimmed tag with a stamped sentiment from the Everyday Messages stamp set. Finally, adding some pearls either side of the sentiment to complete the card.

I find that anything Jennifer creates is always such masterpieces, I felt for this card I wanted to find a card that she had created a little while back and share that beauty with you once again.

Now I hope you have enjoyed the first day of honouring, make sure that you check out Jen's blog (but seriously I know that I don't need to tell you to do that, because if you are like me, you check in there everyday to see what she has created..LOL).

I will be back here tomorrow with my next person to honour!

Oh and make sure you follow all week, because at the end of the week there will be some fun for you all to join in and a prize at the end.

I hope you have enjoyed today, look forward to seeing you all again tomorrow.

Hugs

Basic Grey Birthday!

Hey my friends! so how is your weekend progressing? hope you have lots of time to do those important things that you have needed to get done.

Today I am here again once again sharing a card created for Jay Gee's Nook. I had a lot of fun using the new Hero Arts stamps from the Basic Grey line, you can purchase these through the store HERE.



I took white card stock and trimmed it to form a card, next, taking some Basic Grey patterned paper and the Life of the Party Words, inking the stamp with Soft Pool ink and stamping directly to the patterned paper, trimming and sewing around the edge. I then took some Kraft card stock and the stamp, Life of the Party Dots, inking it with some Frost White ink and stamping onto the card stock, trimming it down to the size that I was after and dusting the edges with more Frost White ink, then sewing also around this card stock. Taking more patterned paper from Basic Grey and the the ice cream from the Life of the Party Birthday, I stamped onto the patterned paper, also stamping over the top of the ice cream, Life of the Party Dots with Soft Lilac, just to add more interest and trimmed around the image, adhering this to the Kraft card stock. I adhered a button to the Kraft card stock, then attached the card stock to the stamped background paper. I added a sentiment from the Life of the Party Birthday set to the bottom of the background stamped paper and lastly, adhered this to the front of the card.

I loved using these new stamps and I hope that this card gives you some inspiration to run out and buy these fabulous and fun stamps.

Okay now it is time to jump on over to the blog and find out what Judith and Ange have created for us this week.

Don't forget there is still plenty of time to enter in the current Challenge and win yourself some beautiful twine..

Also, if you have been reading my blog this week, you will know that tomorrow is the start of the fun times on my blog this week, so be sure to check in tomorrow to find out what will be happening.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hugs