Easter bunny basket

Hi Folks & Happy Sunday!

I can't believe how quickly March is flying by!

Just a quick post today to show you my DT project for OSAAT this week,

the challenge is a nice easy one (just as well as mojo is lacking!!)

We'd like to see you

USE A CHARM!!

I'm a bit bored of making cards so I decided to make an Easter box / basket

using a cute bunny image by April - Reece's Scrap Pieces that is part of the March / Easter collaboration pack available here

The important bit - chocolate!!

Close up of tag and cute bunny & carrot charm from Ewe2cancraft

We have a nice promarker prize from our sponsor this week

so please come over and join us!!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Hoppy Weekend

Hoppy Weekend Everyone!

Just popping by to share my DT card for OSAAT , where our challenge to you this week is

NO SQUARE CARDS!

We are sponsored by Joanna Sheen who is offering a £10 voucher to our winner!

I got to use the fab Frogs digi stamps by Toucan Scraps (wave to Angela!) which I printed on to 2 different shades of green card, cut out and layered up to make this cute card. I think this would be a fun card for a kid and I couldn't resist adding wobbly eyes!

Thanks for dropping by!

I'd like to enter Mr frog into the following challenges:

Totally papercrafts - Do it with digis

Stamp Something - Funky (hope this is OK? )

Delightful sketches - Animals

Paper pretties - card for a child

Quick edit: This won a top 3 place at Totally Papercrafts :-) !!

Love Cupcakes!!

Hi Folks!

Hope your weekend is going well!!

Just a quick post today to share my card for the latest digi challenge at OSAAT.

I got to play with a fab image called 'Love Cupcakes' by Gingerloft, had lots of fun blinging the cupcakes up with glitter and gems. Please check out the other DT creations too.

As usual I'd like to enter a few challenges:

PartyTimeTuesdays : Valentine's day Cupcake

Cupcake craftroom: Love & Romance

Bee crafty downloads : Hearts

Stamping Scrapping challenge: Valentines

Craft Your Passion: Bling on your love

Thanks for looking!!

Movie Star !

Hello Folks!

Hope your weekend is going well, I'm having a bit of a PJ's and slippers morning :-) !!

Here's my card for O.S.A.A.T this week , where this week it's ANYTHING GOES

Some of the DT got to play with images from our sponsor, Kenny K.

Not my usual style but once I had got over the initial colouring panic,
I really enjoyed using this Diva who is called Movie Star!!

It also gave me an excuse to play hunt the star embellishments in my stash -

the embossing folder is by Papermania

the large silver glittery stars are gift tags from Wilkos

Matt silver stars are chipboard but not quite sure where from and

buttons are Doodlebug!

Here's a closer look:

If you'd like to win yourself some Kenny K images, head on over to OSAAT
for all the details!

As usual I'd like to enter some challenges!!

The Crafty Pad - Something girly!

Paper Cutz - Free choice!

The Crazy Challenge - Buttons

& Pennys Paper Crafty Challenges - Anything goes
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!!

Baby Cupid

Happy Sunday Everyone, hope your weekend is going well.

The challenge over at O.S.A.A.T this week is sponsored by Digis with Attitude

and the theme is

LOVE AND VALENTINES

Here's my card:

I got to play with this great silhouette digi by Stitchy called Baby Cupid. The red frame is cut using my new Marianne Creatable die I got from my sister for Xmas - thanks Sharon!! The red card glimmers but it does show up too well in the photo! The background paper is by Forever Friends, the little buttons are from Hobbycrafts sale and the piece of ribbon is from a stash swap ages ago!!

Thanks for looking!

Now for the challenges LOL!!

MAWTT - Ring out the old, ring in the new

Paperplay - Clean and simple

Wags n whiskers - Valentines

Stamp Something - Use a digi

Craft Your days away - Anything goes

Card Ideas - Something old, something new

Bee crafty - What's New (buttons, marianne die)

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

& The Creative Cottage - Something new

Merry Kiss Mouse !!

Just a quick post today to show you my card for the new challenge over at O.S.A.A.T, which is old stash, new stash and is sponsored by Michelle's scrapbooking & more. I've used a cute little image from Stitchy's store by JLJ papers. I've made an easel card using scalloped round nesties and papers & card from my old scraps box! The new item is the holly brad!

Thanks for visiting!

Cute Christmas Robin

Happy Sunday everyone - I do hope Mr Blogger behaves himself and posts this for me! Just wanted to show you my card for the new challenge over at OSAAT which is

Pick a season (winter, summer..)

or an event (I choose xmas but you could do birthday, wedding...)

This week I got to play with this super cute Robin image which comes as a set from The Crafty Pad, you can find it here. I've coloured him with promarkers and added some Doodlebug crushed velvet to his hat brim and a pom pom on the end of his hat. The paper is from a Forever Friends set, punched holly leaves from mulberry paper and bright red clear gems for the berries.

Thanks for looking and don't forget to visit OSAAT, we have two fab prizes on offer to our lucky winners.

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

Paperminutes : Great Sketch

Digital Tuesday : Anything with wings

Sir Stampalot : Christmas traditions - I think robins & holly are quite traditional on cards!

The Crafty Pad : Red & Green

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!

Nutcracker candle

Happy Sunday everyone! Just a quick post today to tell you there is another fab challenge over at O.S.A.A.T this week. The theme is Winter Wonderland and we are looking forward to seeing all your Christmas projects! We have a fab sponsor:

You could win 5 images!!

This week I decided to decorate a candle using The Nutcracker by Stitchy!

Thanks for looking!

I'd also like to enter my candle into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday : Gently does it (used tissue to print the image on!)

Crafty Sentiments : make a gift

Ice skating bear

Happy Sunday everyone!! It's time for another challenge over at OSAAT and this time it is rather special as we are welcoming a fantastic new designer called Rick St. Dennis. You can read all about him on the challenge blog. I was lucky enough to be able to use one of his fantastic images - just perfect for me as they are teddy bears. Look at this cutie

I have coloured the image with promarkers and made a mini pizza box style gift box using the instructions from Splitcoast stampers . I decided to go with traditional xmas colours and a few gold peel offs around the top edge. The sides have gold and green ribbon wrapped around them.

Don't forget to head over to OSAAT and check out the other images the rest of the DT used and then go crazy with your digi stamps and papers and enter this weeks challenge for the chance to win a very exclusive prize.

I'd also like to enter my little gift box into the following challenges:

Create4fun : use a digi

Bah Humbug : Cuties

MAWTT : Anything but a card

Delightful Challenges : Red, green and white

ABC Christmas challenge : U for under the tree

Bee Crafty's Card challenge : No patterned card or paper

Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Spooky Halloween at O.S.A.A.T !!

Sorry folks, this post is a bit late, I thought Mr Blogger had it sorted but it seems he had other plans....

Anyway, it is Sunday so time for another challenge over at O.S.A.A.T and this weeks theme is:

SPOOKY HALLOWEEN - ANYTHING GOES

The design team are showcasing the fab digis that are available in Stitchys shop. I got to play with this fab Happy pumpkin design by Hope Jacare. It's gorgeous and so detailed!

I decided to go large on this project!! It's not a giant card, it is a sign to put up at Halloween so the local kids know that it is OK to knock (It's a bit of a local tradition around here!!) . The image is coloured with promarkers and I raided my stash and found these letters by Tim Holtz and some stickers by Karen Foster. The orange ribbon is from my local craft shop.

So dash on over to OSAAT to check out the rest of the DT creations and then enter your own halloween project! We have 4 exciting sponsors this week too!!

I'd also like to enter this into a challenge:

Crazy for challenges: colour combo

Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of the weekend!

Here he is...

Happy Sunday folks - I do hope that Mr Blogger posts this for me!!

So did you manage to guess the theme for this weeks challenge over at OSAAT from the sneek peeks yesterday??? Here's the complete view of my card, I used the adorable Bunny Blu digi stamp by Stitchy which you can find here. How could anyone not fall in love with that forlorn little face...



The little chap is coloured with promarkers and I paper pieced his little dungarees using a scrap from my overflowing box, I think it is by MME but I'm not totally sure. The other papers are by MME , love these, especially for masculine cards. The sentiment is computer generated, printed onto a scrap of paper and then used to cover a piece of chipboard. I love the chunkiness chipboard adds to mens cards!

It's a great challenge over at OSAAT - forgot to say it's an 'Anything Goes' challenge in case you hadn't guessed - and we have a fab sponsor:

Plus don't forget if you use an image from the store, you will be entered into the draw to win an extra special prize from Stitchy!! You might like to check out the new halloween digis that are now avaliable!!

Thanks for looking and enjoy the rest of the weekend!!

Love Jacky x

Sneek peek......

There's a new game over at OSAAT at the moment, if you can guess the theme of tomorrows challenge from the sneek peek pictures displayed by some of the design team today, you could win a special prize... so here's my sneek peek piccy:

Can you guess what it is yet?? I know, that sounded like Rolf Harris!!

Anyway if you think you know the answer rush over to OSAAT and enter now!!

Special day!

Today is a special day for me as it is my first DT post over at One Stitch at a Time (Big smile on my face!!) and I have been able to join in with a very special charity challenge to help people coping with Autism. Check out the prize list at the end of this post.....

One Stitch At A Time are challenging you to make a special "Rainbow Themed" card - Anything goes type of challenge, but must have a rainbow or the colors of a rainbow in your creation. The reason for this Rainbow challenge is in honor of a very special little guy named Cameron. You can read his story here

Here's a little history and the reason for this Super Challenge this week..

".A very very good friend of Stitchy's who is known in the digital world by the name "FUNKY" , has built a beautiful fundraiser blog for her grandson Cameron..He is autistic and Funky and her daughter are striving to help Cameron..Some of you may know Funky, she has been in the digital scrapping world for a very long time. If you could find it in your heart to help Funky and her little guy out, it will not go unrewarded. We know times are very hard for everyone right now, so if you can't give even a dollar, please don't feel bad, but please do go and read his story, he's quite a character lol..Thank you in advance to all that take part in this very special challenge - have fun & good luck!!! "

So here's my effort!!

I was thrilled to bits when I found out that I was going to use this fabulous unicorn image by Eiglas, isn't it lovely. At first I thought of doing a card but eventually I settled on a wall hanging which I think would look lovely in a little girls bedroom. I must apologise for the poor picture quality but my own point and shoot camera has died (sniff sniff) and by the time I got my husbands SLR beastie to co operate the light was rubbish and the sheen on the pearlescent card was causing problems. The image is coloured with a combination of Sakura glitter pens and promarkers, the backing paper is from Craftwork cards and the ribbons and brads are from a stash raid!!

I'd also like to enter this into the following challenges:

Paper Pretties: Use brads or eyelets

Fab n Funky: What'eva

So without further ado here's the prize details for OSAAT:

We have 10 GREAT PRIZES FOR 10 equally great WINNERS...and that is only at the main blog...
Prize #1 is all 5 of My (Stitchy Stamps) New Release Stamps

Prize #2 is all 5 of Beary Dust's New Release Stamps

Prize #3 is a package from Craftbrulee

Prize #4 is a package from Rod & Carol At Hobbyhabitat

Prize #5 is a package from I Am Roses

Prize #6 is 3 New Release Stamps

Prize #7 is 3 New Release Stamps

Prize #8 is 3 New Release Stamps

Prize #9 is 3 New Release Stamps

Prize #10 is 2 New Release Paper Packs and A Sentiment Sheet
We will also have ONE kid wINNER....who will win ONE PRIZE of THE 3 NEW KIDS KORNER RELEASE STAMPS.

So come on folks get your thinking caps on and join in here , someone has to win and it could be you!!

Exciting news!!

I am so excited to announce that I have been asked to join the DTs at Lexi's Creations and at One Stitch at a Time!! I really can't believe it, I'm thrilled to bits but also a little shocked and suprised at the same time - it seems amazing to me because I have only been blogging since February!! I'm looking forward to starting and hope that lots of peeps will join in with all the challenges - I've got my badges proudly displayed on my sidebar - click on them to find out the details !! Off now to do another happy dance around the lounge with a BIG grin on my face!!
Love Jacky xx

Party Owl

This is my second post today, so I guess you can probably tell there has been NO i***ing done !! This card was a rare flash of inspiration for me, well very rare in fact... I had some nesties laying on my desk waiting to be tidied away and also 'Birthday Hoot' from Pink Gem, waiting to be put into a CD case for storage. Anyways, I suddenly realised that the owl fitted the hexagon really well and then I remembered the crafty cardmakers challenge this week which is 'Inside out' so I thought why not put the owl inside (3rd piccy down) and make her a little window to look out of!! Not exactly genius I know, but I'm happy LOL!! Coloured the owl with promarkers and mounted onto a hexagonal piece of Bazzill bling. The balloon paper is from Dovecraft birthday stack, birthday brad and ribbon are both from my stash. Tricky bit was getting the bow right.....still not 100% sure about it. I'd like to enter Mrs Owl into the following challenges:

Crafty Cardmakers : Inside out

A spoonful of sugar: Celebrations

My time to craft: Vivid colours (hope this is bright enough!)

By the cute & girly: Celebrations

Passion for promarkers: Anything goes

Creative craft challenges: Ribbons & bows

Stampavie and more: Happy birthday for a girl

Paperplay: Up in the air (the balloons!!)

The Crafty Pad challenge: Over the edge (the ribbon)

O.S.A.A.T. : Furry friends ( & birds!)

Thanks for looking!

T.G.I. Friday.......!!!!

Friday at last! This morning, I took one look at the pile of i***ing in the basket, and decided that making a card was far more important :-) !! I've had this PB stamp called 'Sweet catch' for quite a while and it is one of my favourites because it is great to colour and versatile enough for lots of occasions. Stamped with memento ink and coloured with promarkers (still love 'em). Sentiment is from a papermania set which was a free gift with Creativity magazine ages back. The main polka dot paper and stitched line paper are from the Daisy & Dandelion 'Picnic Patch' collection, other papers are from my scrap box. Finished with small ivory prima flowers and tiny green gems. I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lexi's Creations #14: Sketch

Penny Black Saturday:Lots of dots

Crafty calendar challenge: The great outdoors (and optional insects)

Crafty creations : Use your favourite stamp

Passion for promarkers: Anything goes

Flutterby Wednesday: open (but must include butterfly, fairy or angel)

One stitch at a time : Furry friends ( I hope hedgies count??)

Thanks for looking!

Marvin Monkey

Hi Folks

Just wanted to show you the card I have made for my nephews birthday which is next weekend. I used Marvin on Vine from Pink Gem, because he likes monkeys and I thought it is a really fun image for a child's card. I stamped him 3 times and, as usual, I used Promarkers to colour him in, then I decoupaged up the image to give it some depth. I raided my stash for suitable papers : Grandpa's golf shirt by Reminisce, Fauna by Doodlebug and a sheet from the 6" x 6" Wild Asparagus collection by MME. The glittery number 7 is from a sheet of stickers by Craft Creatives which I picked up on a good B.O.G.O.F. offer the other week!! I'd like to enter Marvin into the following challenges:

A Gem of a challenge - Special Birthdays - I think all birthdays are 'important' when you are little, it is only as you get older you want to forget a few. I know that Matthew certainly thinks his birthday is special LOL!!

Create4fun - sketch week 18

SophistiCat challenge - #30 - card for a child

Lexi's Creations - Animals

Oh Alice - card for a child (chapter 11)

Allsorts - challenge week 50 - Animals

One stitch at a time - Children

Incy Wincy - Challenge 40 - Anything goes

and Pile it on - #17 Boyish colours - there's no pink on this!!!