Bournemouth Air Festive & A Christmas Card

We arrange a day out to the air fest yesterday and it was a complete washout. After sitting for hours we saw one helicopter and that was it. It was poor visibility and you can't blame the Red Arrows for abandoning their display. Terry was very disappointed but I cheered him up by secretly buying him a Red Arrows T-shirt. So on to my card of today. I'm entering this into a few Christmas challenges and they are:

A Spoonful of Sugar - Christmas, Charisma Cardz - Die Cuts - Cute Card Thursday - Sketch to follow, Winter Wonderland - Walking in a Winter Wonderland - Bah Humbug - Winter Wonderland, Creative Inspirations Challenge - Christmas in August - Stampavie & More - Chrsitmas in Summer

This very cute image is from Buzzcraft. I've used Promarker to colour and used glossy accents and Glistening Snow Writer for the snow and snowflakes. Dies cut flourishes and snowflakes are Creatables. Paper and card from stash. Hope you like it. Jeanette

There's A Moose in the Hoose

I love this image, he is perfect for men's Christmas cards. The image and sentiment is from 'My Favorite Things'. Paper, card, ribbon and embellishments are from stash.

I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:

Friday Sketchers - Follow this weeks sketch

Cards For Men - Decoupage

Christmas Stamping All Year Long - Designer Paper Challenge

There's a Mouse in The House

Hello and what a lovely day it was. Lucas was 2 today and he loved his Buzz Lightyear Figure and he loved his card so much that he posted down the back of the bench seat in the restaurant, never to been seen again! Good job I took some photo's of it, little monkey. Anyway we ended up on the beach, a little windy but once I started running around trying to stop Harley running into the sea, the other little monkey, I soon warmed up........no it's not my age!!!

So onto my card which I have to show you. Penny Black image called Sugar Sweet Dreams. I coloured the image with Whisper pens and a water brush. The card, paper & lace is from stash.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

2 Sisters Challenge - Stitching

Corrosive Challenge - Faux Techniques

PBSC - Feeling Fruity

Crafty Catz - Animal/Animals

My New Stamps Arrived

This is the latest stamp that I won on Ebay for .99p and thought she was a bit quirky and just had to own her. It does have a sentiment on the stamp but I've omitted it on this occasion. I'm going to enter this card into a few challenges.The first challenge is Pear Tree Designs - Best Wishes, and also Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp'en Challenge - be inspired by this picture and use

buttons & ribbon

And finally Papertake Challenge which you have to following this sketch

I've used Promarkers to colour her trying to keep to the cheese cake colours. Used Glamour Dust on the candles and hearts. Glossy accents on the candles and the spots on her dress. Bye for now. Jeanette

Winter Wonderland - Tag It

Here is my entry for Winter Wonderland, This week you have to make a tag. This is a tag stamp, sorry don't know who the maker is, but isn't he just the cutest snowman. He has been decoupaged and I've coloured him in with Promakers, used glistening snow writer for the snow and glossy accents on his nose and buttons. Hope you like him. Jeanette

Butterflies & Bees

I was trying to think of a way to make an easel card a bit different, and this is what I've come up with.

I've used acetate to hold the butterflies and bees. I've used 6 different stamps to create this card and can still of things that I can add but decided this was enough.

The stamps I used were: Happy Birthday sentiment is from Magenta, Best wishes etc from Penny Black, Posy border by Hero Arts, Two Sketched Butterflies by Hero Arts, Single and Trio Bess by Stampendous. The bees and butterflies have been glittered with Glamour Dust but the photo doesn't show how sparkly they look. Colour with Promarkers.
I'm going to enter this card into the following challenges:
Flutterby Wednesday - Butterfly, Fairy, Angels
I Love Promakers - Acetate
Charisma Cardz - Easel Card
Sir Stampalot - Bring on the Bling
The Stampman - Easel Card
Stamptacular Sunday - Buttons & Bows

Lucas Birthday Card - Toy Story

Lucas will be 2 on Wednesday and here is his card I made this evening. Michelle & Blue took him and Harley to see Toy Story and apparently he sat glued to the screen all the way through. Not bad for a 2 year old. I understand Harley was a bit more fidgety, but that's Harley for you. I've bought him Buzz Lightyear and cant wait to see his face when I give it too him, that's if the batteries don't run out. Well you just cant help pressing them. To infinity and beyond!

Paper Play Challenge & The Wedding

Well what a fab wedding and a memorable day. Both Terry and I had a great time and a big sigh of relief that the cake travelled 100 miles in one piece and they loved the cake. The colour of the roses seemed to match perfectly. I had a beautiful bouquet of flowers as a thank you. Terry did look very dashing in his suit. It was lovely to see everybody together. Good times!
So on to the next challenge that I'm going to enter. This is the first time for Paper Play which I had spotted on Mandy's blog and the challenge is Bon Voyage. Now I've never made one of these cards before but strangely enough last weekend I did buy a sentiment stamp with it on.......how spooky....so it was just beckoning me to have a play! So here it is.
The image is from Personal Impressions which I bought from a car boot sale some years ago. The background image is from Hero Arts called Antique Map Background which I tried to colour to make it look 'vintage'. Coloured by Promarkers and used glossy accents for the water. The wheel embellishment is from Embellish It. I hope you like it. Jeanette

Oh No Friday The 13th!!!

But hey I'm not superstitious (fingers crossed). I've not had much time to enter many challenges this week, it's all been a bit hectic but hoping normal service will be resumed by the end of this month. The wedding is tomorrow, so that will be nice and hoping the weather will hold out for everybody. So here is my card tonight which I'm going to enter into two challenges.

Photo's are really pants tonight, sorry about that but simply haven't got the time to take them again. The challenges I'm entering in for is:

Cowgirl Sunday Challenge - Follow this sketch

and also Alphabet Challenge - P for Punches

One Card 2 Challenges & Some Great News

Well the great new is that I won the Paper Take Weekly Challenge whoop whoo!! Can't wait to receive my prize and have a play and a big thank you to all.

So onto my next card:

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Cards for Men - Off on an Adventure

Pear Tree Challenge - Male Theme

The image looks like it's from Peddlers Pack Stampworks ( I think that's what it says) and is called Fishermans sampler (I can read that okay). Got sort in the feel of vintage a bit after completing an earlier card this week. I've tried to make it look like a sign post. The fish is glazed. Image coloured by Whisper pens and a water brush. Hope you like it. Jeanette

Anyone for Anya Challenge

This week the theme at Anyone for Anya is Christmas In August and here is my entry.
I can't tell you much about the image as I won this stamped image along with others in some blog candy sometime ago. I've coloured her in with Whispher pens and a water brush. Glittered and glazed the flower on her hat. Used white velvet ribbon from stash. Glittered the flowers around the circle which was cut out by nestie die. Snowflakes is by Creatables with a diamond brad in the centre. Paper from stash which has a few added pearls. Hope you like it. Jeanette

House Mouse & Bunny Zoe's Challenge

At House Mouse Challenge and Bunny Zoe's Crafts the theme is Vintage. Now I've not done any 'vintage' style card before that I can remember, so this was quite a challenge for me but not one to give up, I had a go, and here is my card.
I used Promarkers to colour the image (my new pens arrived yesterday!!) and then used Tim Holtz Tea Dye Distress Ink around the edges of the paper and image and all over the torn corner edges but toned it down a bit with Whispers Chestnut. Hope you like it. Jeanette

Hmmm Chocolate Chip Cookies

Just got back in from the Heathrow area - it was my friend's 50th Birthday celebrations tonight and how lovely it was to see her and her lovely family again. So I'm still feeling a bit buzzy so I thought I'd post my card before I retire for the evening.

At Pear Tree Challenge you have to follow the sketch below:

So here is my card:

I've used this stamp quite a lot. This is me and my friend but I wont mention which one but she knows who she is!I thought this card would also be suitable for the following challenges:

My Time To Craft Challenge - Let's Eat Cake or Drink It Up

Creative Inspiration - Anything Goes

Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Anything Goes

The Finish of the Wedding Cake

Phew, with only one week to the wedding the cake has finally been finished. I not happy with the advise the people in the cake shop gave me (or lack of it). First they said it doesn't matter whether you start at the top or bottom. Wrong, to me it does. Trust me if you are making a cake like this, always start at the bottom and work up. Allow plenty of time to build it up gradually. Secondly, they told me to put the non toxic glitter on the roses when they had dried. Wrong again. If you put the glitter on when the roses are dried it just falls off. So my advise is let them dry for a few hours but just before the go hard give them a light dusting. I guess what I've learnt from this is to go with my own instincts!!

Penny Black Challenge Week 112

I'm late I'm late but finally here is my card for PBC which this week is Ready Steady Cook which means you have to use a 1 circle 2 papers & three flowers. I wanted to use my new winning stamps and here she is:

PB Betsy Bluebell has been coloured with Promarkers (couldn't wait until my birthday so order some more last night....naughty naughty). Flowers from Hobbycraft. Hope you like it. Jeanette

Baby, Baby, Baby Challenges

Tonight I thought I'd would avoid a christmas challenge and have produced the following baby card.
The image is from Sugar Nellie and is called Macbeth. I've coloured with Promarkers and decoupage the legs which look really great. Glossy accents on the nose, paws and flower. The rest is from my bits 'n' bobs.

I'm going to enter this card in the following challenges:

Totally Gorguss#41 - Baby

Corrosive Challenge #75 - All About Baby

Creative Inspiration #39 - Anything Goes

Bah Humbug - Not Another Christmas Card!

Oh yes indeed, it's another Christmas card. Late posting this evening as I'm on the last stretch of completing 'The Wedding Cake' which is taking me a bit longer than I thought but another 2 hours and it should be complete. It's the building of the roses that's taking time but you'll see what I mean when I post a photo. This means I've not had much time searching for challenges tonight but I have done a little visiting of some of you out there. Tonight card was fairly straight forward. The image is Penny Black and called 'Hello Winter'. She's cute and reminds me of my little niece Millie with that cheeky face. Coloured with Promarkers. Added a little bobble to her hat for dimension. I have torn three pieces of white paper/card to create a snowy slope and added crystal stickles. Used Glistening Snow Writer at the fore front of the card for a bit more dimension.

I'm entering this card in the following challenge:

Bah Humbug - Paper Tearing/ Ripping

First Kissmas

Hi, tonight I made a card for one challenge and found some others I could enter it into. The image is by Elzybells Art Stamps. Isn't he cute. He/she doesn't appear to have a name or a title......arrr shame. I've coloured him in with Promarkers, I really must invest in some more (lucky me, my birthday is coming up in a few weeks, and my mum usually gives me some money. So guess what I'm planning to spend it on teehee). I've used Glossy Accents on his nose and paws and glittered around the edges of the card. The background card has been embossed.

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - No Designer Paper

Stamp Scrap and Doodle - Clean and Simple

Diecut Dreams - Mistletoe Kisses

Papertake Weekly - White and Bright

Treehouse Thursday Challenge - See Dots

Rosie D's Challenge - All Creatures Great and Small

Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp Challenge

I made the card for a challenge and discovered I was too late but over at Cowgirl's Sunday Stamp Challenge the theme is Animals Bugs, so thought this was suited. The image is from Image Tree and called Barnyard Buddies. This stamp I bought from eBay about three years ago and have never used it (got hundreds of stamps that I've never used, but just got to have them). Coloured with Promarkers. Paper, ribbon & flower beads from stash.

Bye for now. Jeanette

Charisma Cardz Challenge #30

At Charisma Cardz Challenge the theme is 'Something with a Tail' and what a great challenge for me as I have so many new House Mouse stamps that I've not used yet. Here is a card for my friend Leslie whom I haven't seen in yonks but it's a special birthday (50th) and she is having a 'bit of a do' and so I shall at last be seeing her. She was my 'going out' friend back in the 90's. OMG where has time gone and crikey do I feel old! Good times!