Lexi's Creations - At the Beach

Morning friends, Happy Monday!

Are you all ready for the start of a new crafting week......hope so as it's

 time for a new challenge over at Lexi'sCreations and this fortnight the theme is

"At the Beach"

                 Not much chance of a day at the beach with the awful weather we're having - you
                               never know - this challenge might encourage the sun to shine lol.

I chose to make an ATC this time, I used the fab Melody digi available from 

Fairy Dust Crafts,  promarkers, glitter,  pearls, cloud die and a fine liner for doodling & seagulls.

The words were computer generated!

We're sponsored by the fabulous Cropstop

and they are offering a voucher for the lucky winner!

Don't forget, we're a multi crafts blog so we'd love to see any crafty makes

as long as it fits the theme and you can join us until July 7th.

There's some fantastic inspiration on the main blog and you'll also find the winner of

the last challenge! Come join us, we'd love to see you!

Happy Crafting!

Jo x

challenges

bingo (die cut/free/glitter) at Papertake weekly

anything but a card at Creative Belli

to die for at Divas by Design

by the sea at 4 Crafty Chicks

summer at Charisma Cardz

anything goes at 2 Sisters

summer daze at Joanna Sheen
 (hope you accept ATC's, if not, sorry!)

And then there were 3........

sharing the stash!

Now you all know i share my craft space with Miss Rebecca, don't you, well, now

it seems Master Christian (15) has decided he wants to share, too, on the basis of "If you can't

beat 'em, join 'em"! Who am i to argue with the creative genius known as Chris?

He decided to make a Birthday card for his older Brother and this is how he did it..........

He stamped the background with a music note swirl, layered it on black card, stamped the sentiment and the

guitar and layered them up too.The torn paper has got the lyrics to a song typed on, he's used a border punch, scrunched the paper up them placed the guitar image on top. Last he stapled a piece of ribbon down the side! I'm so proud of him...think he's done a fab job so i'm to look for a few challenges

for him to enter this into. Might even see if he wants to start blogging himself!

Thanks for looking today, see you tomorrow!

Hugs Jo (and Chris) x

challenges

for the men & boys at Desmet Designs

teenagers at Totally Stampalicious

music at 365 cards-day 111

boys at My Mums craft shop

black, white + 1 at Ruby's Rainbow

I do, and no, I didn't........

didn't do the ironing, that is! No, I left it all in the basket for 

tomorrow..........don't they say tomorrow never comes lol?

I think i really need to stay out of the craft room today, catch up on a few jobs

then i can craft all weekend!Oh, and i need to make a list.......I've

been real good these last few weeks so gonna have me a little spend!

Today's card is another one of those fab Nutcrafters digis, my fav purple

and a few die cuts and that's it! Good to go!

Thanks for looking today and if you fancy doing

 my ironing........give me a shout!

Jo x

challenges

spotty & dotty at Di's digis

monochrome at Truly Madly Crafty

to die for at Divas by Design

polka dots at Fab n Funky

spots and/or stripes at Nutcrafters

use a die at Paper Play

Freebies, fairies and a few flowers!

Morning, Thursday already!

Thought I'd have a day off yesterday to catch up on the dreaded ironing and do

a few jobs in the garden......then just had to have a little play!

This gorgeous image is part of a set of stamps that came free with a magazine!

I've been drawn towards digis more often than not recently but just had to stamp this little beauty.

Am not quite sure about the fence though.......couldn't decide if I should take it off or

leave it.......what do you think?

No sentiment again as this is a "just because" card and will sit in my box

until needed! And yet another card where everything apart from the stamp and the memory box

corner die is old! Wow, I'm really ploughing through some stash!

Right, off to do the ironing........promise!!

Thanks for looking.....hope your days a good one!

Jo x

ingredients
stamp - free with mag
corner die - memory box
flex/promarkers
everything else - stash

challenges

it's a girl thing at Crafty Anne's
bingo (pearls/ribbon/glitter) at Craft your days away
anything goes at Robyn's Fetish
all that glitters at Hooked on Craft
recipe (ribbon/pearls/dies) at The Crazy Challenge
glitter/pastels at Passion for promarkers
anything goes at Crafts & Me
to die for at Divas by design
bit of brown at Simon says stamp & show

Tilda sings.......Silent Night!

Morning, my crafty friends...hope you're all well.

First, I just want to say a big THANK YOU to all you lovely people who left

Birthday wishes for Richard yesterday...we had a lovely day, topped off with a huge

 takeaway...oh, my...I ate far too much!

And Miss Rebecca was invited  to the Open Air Theatre to welcome

the Olympic Torch to our Town!

A good day all round!

We had lovely blue skies and some sunshine yesterday so I decided

to make......a Christmas Card lol. 

I love all colours for Christmas but always seem to go back to my all time

favourite....blue! Lots of layers on this card, the words to Silent Night, and a gorgeous Tilda!

I also added some ribbon, a snowflake charm and glittered the edged of the

paper although it doesn't show up too well in the pic.

Ooh, I nearly forgot...there's a little tag just hiding down the back of the image!

Rightio, that's all from me for today....it's food shopping day!

Thanks for calling and hope your days' a good one!

Jo x

challenges

L is for lyrics at ABC Christmas Challenge

how charming at Crafty Creations

Tag it at Stamp n doodle

loads of layers at Little Miss Muffet

colour it up at Paper Crafting Journey

tic tac toe (blue/ribbon/glitter) at Christmas Stampin' all year long

bingo (pearls/ribbon/glitter) at Craft your days away

#94 at Make it Monday

#45 at Lovely Hanglar and Sweet Magnolia

Happy Birthday, Rich!

Morning friends, just a quick post today!

Another layout made in Serif....I'm starting to love it!

Photo is of my handsome eldest Son, Richard........25 today!!!

Doesn't seem like 2 mins and oh, my, how he's grown!

That cute little blonde with curls is now a huge bear of a man with

tattoos, piercings and hair longer than mine!

3 strokes at the ages of 20 & 21 have taken his life down a very different path

to the one he had planned but it could have been so much worse.....

Happy Birthday, Rich, we love you!

Jo x

Do you remember your 1st concert??

Oooh, yes, I do!

 AC/DC many years ago and yes, I'm a bit of an old rocker at heart!

I made this layout playing around in Serif...it just sort of came together

and Chris likes it so that'll do for me!

The photo is of my gorgeous 4th Son, Christian, (he was 14) backstage after his 1st

concert last year. He went so see a band called Black Veil Brides and loved their support

group - a band called My Passion. The blue haired guy is John B from My Passion.

I think it was extra special for Chris because the band made a big effort to talk

to the kids and they were more than happy to have their photos taken, too.

Chris was on cloud 9 for weeks!

Hope you're all enjoying the weekend!

Thanks for calling today.

Jo x

challenges

anything goes at Craft Your Passion

masculine at The Pink Elephant

boys/men at Do You Stack Up

Do boys like bows, too??

Hi guys, Happy Soggy Saturday!

 Can you believe how much it rained yesterday!

Do you have anything fun planned for the weekend? No, me neither....this awful weather put paid to that! 

 Miss Rebecca and i are gonna have 

ourselves a crafty day today, maybe watch a Christmas film (we love 'em!) and have something nice to eat!  Ooh, and maybe a chocolate bar....or two!

So today I'm sharing a card using one of my fav stamps, don't have anyone in mind 

for this yet, I just love him! I followed the fab sketch and theme over at The Sugar Bowl too!
And yes, I think (hope!)  maybe boys don't mind a little bow.

Thanks for calling today, hope your days a good

 one...even if it is a little soggy!

Jo x

ingredients

Manga boy stamp - Sugar Nellie

6x6 card blank - Craftwork cards

brown card - stash

paper - stash

flex/promarkers

ribbon - stash

challenges

for that special guy at Dream Valley

for that special guy at Sentimental Sundays

masculine at The Pink Elephant

male cards at Charisma cardz

for the boys at Delightful challenges

boys/men at DYSU

#86 at The Sugar Bowl

Sparkles Challenges - Summer Fun - DT card

Morning friends...how are you today?

Feeling fine? Feeling crafty? Then we have a new challenge to tempt you over at

Sparkles Challenges and this time the theme is Summer Fun!

Don't forget you don't have to stick with cards....we'd love to see your bookmarks, tags

atc's, layouts, in fact anything as long as it fits the theme!

We have a fantastic prize on offer...a £10 voucher to spend at the fantastic

Lily of the Valley!

That's a fab prize, thank you so much!

Not many rules, check them out on the main blog where you can see all the fab

creations made by my fantastic teamies!

I made a card this time....was going to make an ATC then Miss Rebecca decided no, that's what she was making so i should make something else....then she pinched my image, too!

So that's it from me,  gonna get all housework done today so's me and Miss Rebecca

can have a crafty weekend!

Thanks for looking today, hope to see you at Sparkles!

Jo x

ingredients

digi image - Pollycraft

6x6 card blank - Craftwork cards

paper - freebie with mag

paper string - stash

heart die cut - Framelits

sentiment - computer generated

flex/promarkers

challenges

sunshine at Totally Gorjuss

let's get outdoors  at Pile it on

Summer at Creative Mondays

seeing spots at Paper makeup stamps

Summer theme at Divas by design

Is there an alien in the house???

Yeah....he's mean and he's green and he's flying around in a silver machine!

Not really...he's actually, he's the cutest little green man i ever did see!

He's one of the critters from Pollycraft and he's going into my box just waiting for the right person

to come along and, best of all, he's made entirely from scraps!

I've not put a sentiment on yet as i thought he would do for any age, from

littlies to dads!

So that's it from me today....we've got blue skies and a hint of sun so I'm gonna get

into the garden and get a few jobs done before it rains again!

Thanks for looking today...hope your days' a good one!

Jo x

ingredients

Critters digi - Pollycraft

everything else - scrap box!!!!

flex/promarkers

challenges

boy crazy at Jellypark

#45 at Patties creations

#109 at Phindy's place

Father's/male card at The Poodles parlour

Father's/masculine at Cardmadfairy's digi days

male inspired at Di's digi designs

bright colours for kids at Send a smile 4 kids

special guy at Dream Valley

up, up and away at Quirky crafts

for the boys at Tammy's scrapin corner

boys birthday at Little Red Wagon

bunting at Scrapbook sisters

Don't you just love a wedding?

Morning friends, are you all fit & well today?

A big hello and welcome to my new followers...thank you for joining me  on

this mad, exciting crafty adventure!

Another gloomy, wet, dreary day here so craft time for me.....once I've

got the shopping done, that is! Today's card was made just because i liked the colour of that dark teal

rose...I found it all alone in my box of flowers so made the card around that! I love the colour and have a touch of it in my bedroom and Rebecca's room is....yeah, you guessed....purple!!

Well, we have to have some girliness living with 5 boys/men, don't we lol?

Okey dokey, that's me for today....got to crack on with some male birthday

 cards....can't believe my eldest is gonna be 25 on Monday!

Where do the years go??

Thanks for calling today, hope your days' a good one!

Jo x

ingredients

digi - Nutcrafters

scallop easel card blank - handmade

flowers - stash

ribbon - stash

heart - Cheery Lynn

flex/promarkers

pearls/heart - stash

butterflies - punched

sentiment - computer generated

challenges

#96 at Cooking it up with Katie

wedding/anniversary at Crafty Creations

bingo (flowers/pearl/die cuts) at My Mum's craft shop

new beginnings at Nutcrafters

flowers & ribbon at Really reasonable ribbon

circles at Crazy 4 challenges

anything  goes at Craft your passion

roses at Cheery Lynn designs

#61 at Daisy doodles

Lexi's Creations - DT card - Happy Birthday!

Morning friends, hope you're all well today!

We're starting off the week with a brand new challenge over at Lexi's Creations and this

time the theme is Happy Birthday! You have until June 23rd to play and as usual, we're a multi

craft blog so would love to see not just cards but tags, bookmarks, layouts, etc;

We have a fab sponsor this time:

so what are you waiting for? Do come join us, we'd love to see you!

I made a card using only a sentiment from Fairy dust crafts.....it made a lovely change from stamping

and colouring! Don't forget to pop on over to the main challenge blog where you can see the

 gorgeous creations from the rest of the design team - they're fantastic!

Rightio, off to do some housework now, then maybe a little

craft time if I'm lucky!

Thanks for calling and have a lovely day!

Jo x

ingredients

sentiment digi - Fairy dust crafts

6x6 card blank - Craftwork cards

flowers/pearls - stash

scallop circle - Sizzix

flourish - Cheery   lynn

challenges

anything goes at Papertake weekly
sentiment only at Creative Belli
bingo(flower/pearls/die cuts) at  My Mum's craft shop

Mr Mojo, please come home!

Morning, hope you're all ok!

I feel like i've been gone for ages....and it's only been 4 days since i last

posted! Dear old Mr Mojo seems to have taken a break so i thought i would too and try catch

up on some jobs around the house and garden. I got the inside jobs done but not the 

outside.....it's been windy, raining, thundering & lightening...we've had

everything except snow this week!

Oh no.....did i really say that out loud lol!

I did manage a card yesterday though i do feel a bit of a cheat as i just

used a ready made topper!

Isn't she glamorous? If only i looked like that lol.

So that's it for me today,

gonna try spend the afternoon getting crafty in the hope that 

Mr Mojo feels like coming home!

Have a lovely weekend!

Jo x

ingredients

6x6 card blank - Craftwork cards

black card - stash

patterned paper - stash

image topper - Kanban

pearls/ribbon - stash

die cut corner - Memory Box

challenges

ribbon or lace at The Ribbon Girl

make it girly at  Ooh la la creations

anything goes at Papertake weekly

it's a girl thing at Crafty Ann's

Tag time!

Morning, are you all enjoying the long weekend?

Didn't the Queen look fantastic of Sunday? Was lovely watching the pageant

down the Thames and of course, it rained!!

Good old British weather lol,

So, I managed a bit of crafting time yesterday....but I think Mr Mojo must have gone off to

 London to join the festivities cos he's definitely not here!

All I managed was this little tag! 

I used an image from the pink pamper set from Nutcrafters....gotta

say I love their digis and stamps!

Rightio, off to buy few more plants for the garden...if you see Mr Mojo tell him to

come home please!

Have a lovely day, thanks for looking!

Jo x

ingredients

digi - Nutcrafters

blue card - stash

flowers - stash

pearls - stash

ribbon - stash

flex/promarkers

sentiment - Nutcrafters

challenges

circles at Crafty Creations

anything goes at Divas by Design

use a digi at I love promarkers

anything goes  at Catch the bug

circles at Gingerloft

tag, you're it at Cupcake crafts

for the girls at Tammy's Scrapin corner

The Happy Scrappers - #2 The great outdoors - DT layout

Morning you guys...hope you're all well!

Can you believe we're into June already.....and our 2nd challenge over at The Happy Scrappers

A huge thank you to everyone who joined in the 1st

challenge....what a fab turnout and the most gorgeous layouts.

This time we would like to see your layouts with the theme of 

"The great outdoors"

Don't forget we are a scrapbook only challenge and you can enter any size layout

you wish as long as it fits the theme and has at least 1 photo on!

I went digital this time....a bit scary to start with but am actually really

enjoying it! I used Serif Craft Artist and a sweet photo of my Daughter, Bex, when she was about 3!

She was looking for fairies in the back garden......and swears she found one lol!

Don't forget to pop over to the main blog and check out the fantastic

creations from the rest of the team!

Rightio, that's me for today, thanks for calling!

Whatever you're up to, hope your days a good one!

 Jo x

challenges

anything goes at Kaboodle Doodles

childhood memories at The Crazy challenge

anything goes at Celebrate the occasion

anything goes at Divas by design

anything goes at Scrapbook Sisters

Sparkles Challenges DT card - Monochromatic

#

Hiya, are you feeling Christmas-y?? Oh, i bet you can't wait lol!

I love Christmas any time of the year so Sparkles Christmas challenges is right up

my street! This month we would like to see your "Monochromatic" makes...you

can create anything....scrapbook layouts, tags, bookmarks....we love em all!

We have 2 fantastic sponsors for you this month

£10 from Joanna Sheen

and 

$10 from Di's digi downloads

Don't forget....you have all month to play!

Come join us...we'd love to see you and you'll soon have a head start on all

your crafty Christmas makes!

And if you're in need of inspiration then pop over to the main blog

and check out my teamies  creations...they're fab!

For my card I chose Tilda in her cute little santa hat

and made a  present for her to sit on!

Thanks for looking today and

Happy Christmas crafting in June!

Jo x

ingredients

image - Magnolia Tilda

6x6 card blank - Craftwork cards

aqua/white card - stash

scallop circle - Sizzix

plain circle - Nellie Snellen

embossing board - stash

pearl stars/ribbon/charm - stash

flex/promarkers

challenges

embossing at 52 Christmas card throwdown

Christmas non trad colours at Craftymess

keep it simple at ABC Christmas challenges