Mice Cream

What lovely weather we are having and making the most of it.

Today my card has a summery theme. It’s the right weather for ice cream and I’ve use an image from House Mouse Ice cream JSHM001. I’ve used Promarkers to colour the image and added some die cut circles, gems and an ice cream embellishment.

 I’d like enter this card into the following challenges:

https://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-411.html

https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/week-544its-summer-thing.html

http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-120.html

http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/hmfmc-317-anything-goes-with-option-of.html

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/week-573-ginghams-stripes-and-dots.html

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/crafty-catz-challenge-508-anything-goes.html

Have a great weekend

Jeanette

R A I N B O W

Over at Fab n Funky the challenge is Anything but a Card and I thought this was the perfect opportunity to show one of my quilling pictures.

The strips of paper are hand cut by myself so not perfect. I’ve slightly pushed out the centre of the coils to give a raised effect.

Quilling has turned into my new found love.

Stay safe

Jeanette

C.R.A.F.T Blog Hop

I thought this would be great to do. Over at C.R.A.F.T. Challenge there is a birthday blog hop. I once was a DT for this Blog but life got in the way. Things never stay the same.

Celebrating their 11th year, which is great. I don’t know how Jo does it to be honest. The theme is Birthday so why not join in.

For my card I created the background with Tim Holtz distress inks and used Lavinia stamps for the tree door, mushrooms, and Hares.

Here goes

Jeanette

Bicycle Ride

Another Penny Black image called  .....for a spin. Over at Penny Black Saturday the challenge is inspired by a song. This one reminds of Queen, Bicycle a Ride, which I can’t help singing in my head every time I see people on their bike rides, especially at the moment.

I used Promarkers to colour, some glossy accents on the beaks, hooves horns and bike and added a couple of die cut clouds.

I’d like to enter my card into the following challenges:

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/pbsc-may-anything-goesoptional-inspired.html
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2020/05/qkr-stampede-challenge-397.html

Have a great Sunday.

Jeanette

Men/Boys Card

It’s lovely to drag out my Penny Black stamps again. I came across this footballer which makes a great male card. It’s called ‘On the Ball’.

I’ve kept it simple by colouring the image with Promarkers, added thre red star buttons and a football button under his foot.

I’d like to enter my card into the following challenge:
https://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/2020/05/may-boys-and-men.html

Jeanette

Creating Your On Background

I hope you had a lovely VE Day. We had a little street tea party this afternoon.....at a distance of course. The weather was good to us.

My card this evening is a stamp by Lavinia Stamps which I love. I used distress inks for this and a little Brusho’s to splatter. I love creating a reverse image giving the appearance of a reflection.

I’d like to enter my card into the following challenges:
https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2020/05/april-2020-challenge-create-custom.html
https://thefairyandtheunicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/may-challenge.html
https://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2020/05/inky-backgrounds.html

Have a great evening.

Jeanette

Make it a Male Card

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any cards, but it’s because I’ve been busy making a paper quilling rainbow picture, finishing off another cardigan for my other granddaughter and doing a garden project. This lockdown is tough as a nanny. I’m missing my grandchildren so much, but better to be safe at home and one day we will be all together again, and they will be having their sleep overs.

My card this evening is a male theme. I’ve used House Mouse stamp Ride of Your Life. I’ve coloured the image in with Promarkers and added some glossy accents. The background is from an old map book. I also found a metal heart embellishment with grey polka dot ribbon threaded through.

I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges:
http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-480-cute-critters.html

http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-119-anything-goes.html

http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2020/05/hmfmc314-anything-goes-option-of-better.html

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2020/05/c131.html

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/05/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-115.html

https://cccdigicreations.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-114-for-menboys.html

https://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2020/05/challenge-129-make-it-masculine.html

Enjoy the super moon tonight.

Jeanette

Sunflower Girl

Lovely weather we are having. Did anyone see the Starlink Satellites last night? It came right over our home and it was incredible to see. Sadly though with the meteor shower I only got to see one shooting star.

My card today, I have used an image from Stampendous called Always Shine. I had a go at colouring with Brusho’s again and really enjoyed it this time. The sunflower chain and hat I’ve used glossy accents. I snipped always some of the backing paper and overlapped over the image. I’ve used those daisies again and added pearl centres. Found some suitable embellishments and there you have it.

I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges:
http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-189.html
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-118-anything-goes.html
http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-114.html
http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2020/04/c-130.html
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2020/04/qkr-stampede-challenge-394.html
https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-184.html

That’s all folks, off to watch Sewing Bee.

Jeanette

And Relax

This cheeky little fella is doing the right thing. Relaxing and letting the world go by. Sadly reality isn’t like that right now, but crafting helps us to chillax.

My image is from House Mouse and today for a change I used my Brusho’s to colour the image. Was a little challenging but I thing I’ve reached the best I can do, I’ll just have to keep on practising. I’ve added some hand punched flowers adding pearl centres, a dragonfly embellishment, some twine and the papers and card from stash.

I’d like to enter my card into the following challenges:
http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/hmfmc-314-anything-goes-flowers-mid-way.html

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/week-568-flowers-andor-showers.html

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-is-for-anything-goes.html

http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-53-furry-friends.html

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-69-furry-friends.html

Now to go and plant some more seeds in the veggie patch.

Jeanette

Let the Weekend Begin.

I’m just reminding myself that the weekend is here, as the days are all rolling into one. It was a rainy day today so a good opportunity to get some crafting done without feeling that I should be in the garden.

I spent most of the day making the families Christmas cards. I’m pretty please with the results. I also manage to make a birthday card. This is a real old stamp and one I’ve never used. It’s from Penny Black and called Good Friends. It’s so cute. I’ve coloured the image with Promarker pens, and made the daisies and forget-get-me-nots from punches.

I’d like to enter my card into the following challenges:
http://daringcardmakers.blogspot.com/2020/04/umbrella.html
http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2020/04/anything-goes-challenge-week-beginning.html
https://ilovepromarkers.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-408.html
http://lemonshortbreadchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-117-anything-goes.html
http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-120-spring-flowers.html
https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-552-create-your-own.html
http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-anything-goes.html
http://daisychainchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-40-birthday.html

That’s it for tonight. Have a good weekend.

Jeanette

Christmas Wave

With the sun shining it’s hard to make Christmas cards, but I’m on a mission to get an early start. I’ve nearly finished my knitting project and a quilled picture I’ve been working on, so planning my next larger projects.

This large wooden stamp is from Whipper Snapper and called Santa, Horse and Pup. I’ve coloured this with Promarkers and added a bit of glossy accents and Snow Writer. The snowflake border is a die from Memory Box called Frostyville Border. Lastly I added a mirrored snowflake and tiny weenie snowman embellishment.

I’d like to enter my card into the following challenges:

https://thehollyandivychristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-69-anything-christmas-goes_7.html

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/krafty-chicks-challenge-502-christmas.html

http://craftyanimals.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-37.html

http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-challenge-snow-buddies-or.html

Have a lovely day.

Jeanette

Daisies Everywhere

Easter is fast approaching and sadly I will not be able to see my grandchildren, my mum or get to the beach, but I’m happy to do my bit and stay home so we can all be safe and save lives. I’m lucky to have a garden which keeps me busy.

My card today is Easter themed, which I’m sending to my mum. She helped me punch out all the daisies from my scraps of paper.

The image is from House Mouse called Easter Surprise which I’ve coloured with Promarkers. Hand punched daisies have gems in the middle for sparkle.

I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges:

https://promarkerchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/week-537easter.html

http://unicornchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-53-furry-friends.html

https://creativecraftcottage.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-128-cas-or-fully-loaded.html

http://alwaysfunchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-157.html

http://dragonflydreamschallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/add-flowerflowers.html

http://craftrocketchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-69-furry-friends.html

Enjoy the sunshine.

Jeanette

Rainbow Colours

Well another few crazy days on this planet. We hope our PM recovers very quickly. Thankfully I have my crafting to loose myself for a few hours.

The stamp I’ve used for this card is from Whipper Snapper Designs and called Feathered Friends and they are just so cute and funny. I used Promarkers to colour the image using the brightest colours I had. I’ve used glossy accents on the beaks and stars and used a gelly roll pen to had a little glitter. I’ve also added two ballon embellishments.

I’d like to enter my card into the following challenges:

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2020/04/anything-goes-challenge-7th-april-2020.html

https://colourcrazychallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/week-13-anything-goes-colouring.html

http://pattiescreationschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-169.html

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-113.html

http://sirstampalotchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-somewhere-over-rainbow.html

http://lilpatchofcraftyfriends.blogspot.com/2020/04/c-129.html

Have a great evening.

Jeanette

Christmas Angel

I went for green for my Christmas card today. I have no idea why. I never plan how I’m going to set out a card, I generally do what I feel in that moment. Not always the best plan but it’s okay for me.

The stamp I’ve used is from The Greeting farm called Anya Angel, and I don’t believe I’ve ever used this stamp....

I’ve used Promarkers to colour and added a wooden snowflake which I added some gems, pearls and Angel dust to wings.

 I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges:
http://qkrstampede.blogspot.com/2020/04/qkr-stampede-challenge-392.html

https://christmasblogchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/angelsanything-with-wings.html

https://kraftychickschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/krafty-chicks-challenge-501-week-1.html

https://sheepski-designs-challenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-37-show-us-your-wings.html

Have a good weekend but stay home.

Jeanette

Whatever The Weather

Don’t forget your umbrella, as you never know when it’s going to rain. I thought being in isolation for the next however many weeks, that I would finish off my on going projects. Not here, I’ve started 4 more projects. One cross stitch, two knitting and one quilling picture! Not even got the puzzles out yet.

Today’s card is a stamp from Whiff of Joy which is coloured with Promarkers. I’ve added glossy accents to the umbrella, die cut clouds, a butterfly charm, some gems and a little tulip embellishment. Card and paper from stash.

I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges.
https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-551-2nd-of-april-add-charm.html

https://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-628-anything-goes.html

http://abitmoretimetocraft.blogspot.com/2020/04/a-bit-more-time-to-craft-challenge-113.html

http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-475-april-showers-or-whatever.html


That’s all folks. Keep safe.

Jeanette

Christmas Buddies

All the days seem to be merging in to one. Wasn’t sure what day of the week it was when I woke this morning, but at least we are safe. Seems no end in sight yet with this cruel virus. So looking really far ahead I made another Christmas card in a bid to be ahead of myself for the festive season.

I love House Mouse images, they are just so cute and this one is called Christmas Feathered Hugs. I’ve used Promarkers to colour the image, used glitter card, glitter glue and a gold glittery Gelly Roll pen to glitter the foliage. Paper, card and Diamanté’s from stash.

I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges:
http://housemouse-challenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/hmfmc-313-anything-goes-option-of.html

https://countryviewchallenges.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-2020-animal-magic.html

http://christmascardsallyearround.blogspot.com/2020/04/april-challenge-snow-buddies-or.html

http://movingalongwiththetimes.blogspot.com/2020/04/challenge-117-for-april.html

Have a good evening.

Jeanette

April Showers

Last day of March and what a strange month it’s been and I suspect April will be even stranger. I’ve started a new routine by getting up and doing a Zumba or aerobics session for an hour to get the day started. Not sure how long that will last for lol. It’s been too cold to go out in the garden, I’ll nip out later to water the veg seeds. Nothing’s appearing yet.

My card today is for Crafting Happiness Challenge where this weeks challenge is Anything Goes (weather).

I’ve used Penny Black stamp called .....in the Rain. I paper pieced the umbrella and skirt. Added glossy accents to the umbrella and the flower on the skirt flower and added a little gem. The rest of the image was coloured with Promarkers. I’ve scuffed up the edges with a little Tim Holtz tool I found in a box and added glitter glue on top. Card and paper from stash.

Bye for now.

Jeanette

Crow Talking

Squawk, squawk, squawk. That’s what I can here today, and they are trying to pinch all the bird food.

I’ve used mostly Lavinia stamp for this card. The quirky mushrooms and crows are Lavinia and the script is from Hunkdory. I created the background using Versa Fine Clair ink which I applied with make up sponges around a masked off circle, which became the moon. I’ve edge the moon in glitter glue and added a few dots around the edge. I’ve added Cosmic Shimmer Guilding Flakes to the mushrooms. I also stamped around the edge of the card in black script.

I’d like to enter this card into the following challenge;

http://mmmchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge119-make-your-own-background.html

Have a good evening

Jeanette

Cheeky Lil Monkey

I’m back! I only did a quick bit of weeding and tidy around the garden. It’s a bit chilly out there.

This card has just dried. I made it this morning but I’d used crystal lacquer on it and didn’t want to risk touching it. For this card I used a set of clear stamps from I think The Paper Studios or Stampabilities (not sure, but both names are on packaging) and is called Silly Monkey. I’ve used Promarkers to colour, and crystal lacquer for the monkey face, some of the leaves and the bunch of bananas.

I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges;

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/week-565-men-and-boys.html

https://alphabetchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/z-is-for-zoo-animals.html

http://creativeknockouts.blogspot.com/2020/03/343-march-26-anything-goes-fabrika.html

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-187.html

http://mytimetocraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-428-off-edge.html



I think that’s it for today as I’m cutting lots of strips of paper for a quilling project and knitting later this evening.

Jeanette

Spring Chick

It’s the weekend, but it feels like any other day as they all seem to be merging together these days. I’m missing my grandchildren terribly, and whilst technology it fantastic, somehow it’s not quite the same. I hope this nightmare is over quickly and people stay at home, so we can all go back to living a normal existence.

My card today is from Penny Black called Surprise. It has a Spring feel to it with a touch of Easter but can be used for any occasion. I’ve coloured the image with Promarkers and added pearls and gems. Backing paper, card and ribbon are from stash. I has some left over backing card created with Brusho’s so I die cut some butterflies from it and I love the effect.

I’d like to enter this card into the following challenges:

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-550-26th-of-march-easterspring.html

https://pinkgemchallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/week-7-anything-goes-craft-card-making.html

https://craftyfriendschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-132-and-winners-of-challenge.html

https://cutecardthursday.blogspot.com/2020/03/challenge-627-easter.html

http://pennybfriendssaturdaychallenge.blogspot.com/

Right, back out to the garden!

Jeanette