Special Birthday wishes to Lexi's Creations!

Morning friends, hope you're well!

I'm a bit behind this week as I'm struggling

healthwise at the moment so first I want to say sorry

to everyone at Lexi's Creations for missing the

start of the new challenge.......which is "Special Birthday"

as Lexi's is 3 years old! As usual, any craft make

is welcome, ATC's, layout's, cards, bookmarks, just

so long as it fits the theme! We have 2 fabulous sponsors

this time:  My Creative Classroom

and Fairy Dust Crafts

I created a card using Serif, especially useful as the card

needed to be completely flat! I created a 6 x 6 card and used

papers & elements from the Mother's Day digikit.

Don't forget to pop over to the main blog where you can

see the gorgeous creations from my fantastic

teammates! Thanks for calling today, see you tomorrow!

Hugs Jo x

Christmas cuddles!

Morning friends, a big hello to my new followers......I'm so pleased to meet you!

Not much time for blogging recently, lots

of things got in the way last week but I have big plans for this week.....

famous last words lol. I've been busy sorting out lists

& things, trying to do a bit of planning for Christmas!

The good news is I've almost finished my Christmas cards!

Maybe I shouldn't have said that out loud lol, there's bound to be

one or two I've forgotten! So for today I'm sharing a card

I made recently, this gorgeous stamp was a prize I won

few months ago, the papers & ribbon are from stash, die cut tree &

holly, the sentiment is stamped and I decorated the inside to 

match! 

  Rightio, off to do some ironing then Christmas shopping!

Thanks for calling today.....hope your days a

good one!

Jo x

challenges

up to you at   ABC Christmas challenges
anything goes at I love promarkers
girls girls girls at Penny's Paper Crafty
traditional colours at Christmas Stampin' all year long
anything goes at The poodles parlour
Christmas at Totally Paper Crafts
         

Scrappy Sunday!

Morning friends, just a quick post this morning......way too

much to do.......and Miss Rebecca has taken over

my desk! Another layout created in Serif using 

the Kicking the Leaves kit and the most gorgeous colours!

I love this time of year and these colours suit my

mood perfectly! The photo is of a pumpkin carving

competition at a Halloween party we went to......and

we won......yay!! Off to do the horrible housework now,

thanks for calling & hope you have a lovely day!

Jo x

challenges
pumpkin patch/fall at Kaboodle Doodle
children/fall at Craft us Crazy
Autumn at Sarah Hurley challenges
Autumn colours at Allsorts
Fall/Halloween at Anything but a card

Halloween with Lexi's Creations!

Morning everyone........hope you all had a fab weekend and

are ready for the week ahead! Here I am, as promised, 

with my 2nd post for today. We have a brand new challenge 

starting over at Lexi's Creations today and the theme is

Halloween! You know we love to see all your crafty makes,

whether it be an ATC, bookmark, tag, layout......

anything as long as it fits the theme! We have a fantastic

sponsor for you this time......the lovely Joanna Sheen!

For my card I used an image from Fairy DustCrafts, 

papers from My Mind's Eye, ribbon, ric rac, die cut frame, doilly,

black card & Spectrum Noir pens! Loved making this card, a bit more

on than normal but great fun to do......and I got to use up
lots of scraps...will be doing more

like this for sure! Pop on over to Lexi's for a peek at the rest

of the teams gorgeous makes! Oh, nearly forgot....you have until

 October 27th to join us!

Thanks for looking today!

hugs Jo x

challenges
anything goes at Clear it out
Halloween spirit at The Ribbon Carousel
anything goes at Crafts & Me
anything goes at Divas by Design
Halloween/spooky at Card Makin Mamas
Halloween at The Poodles Parlour
something spooky at Stampin for the weekend
Halloween at Stampin with the Dragon
all things spooky at Crafty Calendar
Halloween at My Sheri Crafts
Halloween at Dream Valley

Halloween at Sparkles challenges!

Morning friends, busy blogging day for me today!

For my 1st post here's my DT card for the 

new challenge starting over at Sparkles challenges

where the theme is Halloween!

We have the fabby Whoopsi Daisy as our 

sponsor this month with a prize of 2 sheets of digis!

As usual, we'd love to see anything you'd like

to make..........just as long as it meets the theme

and for inspiration look no further than my lovely

teamies over on the main challnge blog!

I used this gorgeous Pollycraft digi for my card,

scraps of spotty paper, die cut BOO & 

cobweb and some gingham ribbon!

Thanks for looking today.....be back in a minute

with my 2nd post!

Hugs Jo x

challenges
Halloween at I love promarkers
orange/green/black/white at Wags n Whiskers
too cute to spook at Allsorts
too cute to spook at Di's digi designs
too cute to spook at Just some lines

Seeing life at the Sea Life Centre!

Morning friends, hope you're all well & enjoying 

the weekend so far! Today's layout is another digi

one using Serif and elements from the Underwater kit.

The pics of Miss Rebecca & big brother James at 

the Sea Life Centre (James works there) were a bit dark

in real life but in the kit.....wow, I'm real pleased with them!

Don't forget, this months' theme over at The Happy Scrappers

 is Pets/Animals.....we'd love you to come join us, you can

make traditional paper layouts if you'd rather, they can be

any size as long as they include at least 1 photo!

So that's it for me today, gonna go get on with the

Sunday dinner......roast beef today and I'm starving already!

Thanks for calling, see you tomorrow!

Hugs Jo x

challenges
anything goes at Crafty Bloggers Network
all creatures great & small at Papertake Weekly
anything but a card at Party time Tuesday
anything goes at Crafts & Me
anything goes at Divas by Design
anything but a card at Penny's Paper Crafty
anything goes at 2 Sisters

Dream a little dream......

Morning my friends, hope you're all well today!

It's a beautiful, bright, crisp Autumn morning

here, the kids have gone to school and I have an hour 

or so to play in the craft room......oh, happy days!

First though I wanted to share this "just because"

card........for no-one in particular, just gonna sit

in my box 'til needed. I love this Saturated Canary

image as it reminds me of me when I was (a lot) younger!

Perched on my stool with a mug of coffee dreaming....

nowadays don't think I'd get even half of me

on a stool that size lol......must be all the cake I

ate with that coffee! Okey dokey, that's me for today,

off to have a little play, whatever you're up to hope

you're days' a good one!

Thanks for calling, see you soon!

Hugs Jo x

ingredients
image - Saturated Canary
promarkers, glitter glue, paper flowers, gems,
ribbon, buttons, charm, sentiment, punched
butterflies - all stash

challenges
sparkle at Flutter by Wednesday
die cuts & pinches at Penny's paper crafty
glimmer & sparkle at Simon says stamp
shine on at Paper play
anything goes at The Pixie Dust Studio
flowers at Delicious Doodles
tea & coffee at Craft Punked
bling/shiny at Charisma Cardz
wings & things at Polkadoodles

Pets/Animals at The Happy Scrappers!

Morning my friends, hope you're all well!

Today I want to share a digital scrap page I created

in Serif for the new challenge over at

The Happy Scrappers. A big thanks to those who

 joined us last time.......hope to see you again this month!

Our theme chosen by our lovely Shaz is Pets/Animals.

We'd love to see any size layout, digital or otherwise as long

as there's at least one photo on then that'll do for us!

I've gone for digital using a pic of our little

dog........Mad Milly Piddles! Pop on over to the 

main blog to link up and see the fabby layouts

from the rest of the team....we'd love to have you join us!

Rightio, that's me for today......gonna wash the uniforms, a few 

jobs to do and maybe even an hour or two craft time

before we watch the Rugby League Grand Final.

Come on Leeds Rhinos!!!!

Thanks for calling today, see you soon!

Jo x

challenges
linky party #5 at Simply Create
animals at Anything Goes
animals at Stamping with the Dragon

Traditional Christmas at Sparkles Christmas challenges

Morning friends, here I am with my dt card for the

new challenge over at Sparkles Christmas Challenges!

Our theme this month is "Traditional Christmas" and as

usual, we'd like to see all kinds of crafts!

We have 2 fabby sponsors for you this month:

£10 to spend at Joanna Sheen

5 digis.

Fantastic prizes, thank you so much!

You have all month to play and if you have a minute

then why not pop over to the main challenge blog

and be inspired by the wonderful dt makes!

For my card I used 2 sheets of paper from a

Raspberry Road paper stack, the rest is old stash from
 my bit box!

Rightio, that's me for today.....off to tackle

the washing!

Hugs Jo x

challenges
image with child at Clear it out
scallops at Do you stack up
all wrapped up at Crafty Hazelnuts

Pink at Lexi's Creations!

Good morning bloggers, hope you're all well today!

Fingers crossed mine are all fit & well and going to stay that way!

As it's October 1st and October is breast cancer month, this

 fortnight at Lexi's we want to see all your PINK creations!

As usual, you can make anything you like just so long 

as it features PINK!

We're sponsored by the fabulous My Heart Pieces

and you have until October 13th to join us.

I used the beautiful "Faith, hope & love" sentiment

(available here.) my  fanciful flourish die, a small flower 

punch, pearls, and some lovely pink spotty paper!

If you're in need of inspiration then look no 

further than the main challenge blog!

Hope to see you there!

Hugs Jo x

challenges
anything goes at Party Time Tuesday
open challenge at Flutter by Wednesday
anything goes at The Paper Shelter
pink & brown at Happy Campers
go pink at Dream Valley
all about the sentiment/verse at Pan Pastel