Happy Birthday with Lexis Creations!

 Morning, hope you're all well! 

We have a new challenge over Lexi's Creations today and the theme

is "Happy Birthday".......a nice, easy challenge.......and we have 

the fabby My Heart Pieces sponsoring us this time!

Don't forget......we are a multi crafts blog so any & all creations

are welcome so long as you stick to the theme and as usual,

there's some fantastic inspiration over on the main blog!

I think my card might just be for a certain little Miss Rebecca

who has a birthday coming up in a couple of weeks......she loves

all things black & purple so this should be perfect!

ingredients

image -  D'Arcy's Diaries

papers - very old DCWV & Southfields

rolled flowers - Marianne Creatables die

leaf die - Joy crafts

ric rac, lace & gems - stash

coloured with Spectrum Noirs

challenges

flowers at Die Cuttin' Divas

make it girly at Oldie but a goodie

anything goes at Crafting by Design

anything goes at Penny's Paper Crafty

anything goes at Simon says Stamp

Birthdays with bling at Polkadoodles

flowers & lace at  Totally Papercrafts

things with wings at Dream Valley

Rightio, off to do the dreaded housework!

Thanks for calling......see you soon!

Hugs Jo x

Manga Boy

Hi guys.....Happy Sunday! Hope you're all well & enjoying the

weekend! Miss Rebecca,  James & me had a day shopping

 yesterday..........oh my, that girl can SHOP! We were up town,

down town......all around town........then back to the very 1st

shop we started in lol! I did manage a little visit to the craft shop 

though so a good day was had all round! So for today

I have a card using the Manga Boy stamp from Sugar Nellie,

love these stamps & they're a dream to colour! 

ingredients

Manga boy stamp - Sugar Nellie

papers - Making Memories

star border - tags - Marianne Creatables

mini tags - Cheery Lynn

sentiment stamp - Little Musings

coloured with Spectrum Noirs

challenges

anything goes at Cards for Men

for the boys at The Paper Shelter

anything goes at The Sisterhood of Crafters

anything goes at The Sugar Bowl

boys to men at Card Crafters Circle

Rightio, that's it from me......thanks for calling

& have a lovely afternoon!

Hugs Jo x

DSC#33 - Bling it up!

Hiya.......Friday already.....can't believe how time flies!

Our new challenge over at Digitally Sweet Challenges start today

and for this week we'd like you to "bling" up your creation!

I scrapped a pic of Miss Rebecca as an angel in her Christmas 

play......and I think I'll be scrapping it lots more as it's one of my

 photos of her! I used Craft Artist & the digi kit  is called

 Magical Moment and it's stunning......packed full of the most

 gorgeous digi elements. Do go check out the teams' gorgeous

creations.......they amaze me every week, they're so inspiring and

don't forget - our only rule is your work must be 100% digital!

Thanks for calling today & for any comments you may 

leave......I really appreciate it!

Hugs Jo x

Don't forget your brolly.........

.........yep, it's another dull, grey, wet day here!

Let's hope this little sweetie will cheer you up......she certainly did

me ! I've used my fav colours ........love that teal colour,

and spots too........gotta have some spots lol! Rightio, short &

sweet today.......got to tackle the ironing! Thanks for 

calling......see you tomorrow!

Hugs Jo x

ingredients

image- Anya Rain - The Greetings Farm

sentiment - LOTV

coloured with promarkers

papers - free with mag

umbrella - Die-namics die
scallop border - Fiskars punch

pearls - stash

challenges

April showers at  Card Crafter's Circle
sunshine & showers at Crafty Calendar
all about spots at Paper Creator's Crafts
weather at Papertake Weekly
anything goes at Crafting by Design
anything goes at Penny's Paper Crafty
anything goes at Simon says Stamp
punches and/or dies at QKR Stampede
polka dots and/or plaids at The Greetings Farm

Rose boy!

Morning crafters,  another bright, breezy day here......

looks like Spring is finally here to stay!

Today I have another "just because" card......need to fill up that 

box cos I think now the lighter nights are here I might start 

on a cross stitch project.....I have a couple of ideas for

Christmas presents and it's never too early to start, right? Can

you believe we're almost at the end of April.......have you started

Christmas preps yet.......or is it just me that's daft lol!

ingredients

papers - LOTV

image - Leanne Creatief

scallop border - x cut die

flowers, pearls & ribbon - stash

sentiment - LOTV

coloured with pro/flexmarkers

challenges

paste colours at I Love Promarkers
anything goes at Stamp n Doodle
colour my world at Delightful Challenges
May flowers at Wags n Whiskers

Rightio, that's me for today!

Thanks for calling......see you tomorrow!

Hugs Jo x

Just for you

Morning....another gorgeous day.....perfect for watching Nic 

play rugby....keep your fingers crossed for the boys! A

 "just because" card today......I'm still using up all that stash lol

it seems to have become a bit of a habit! Rightio, got to run...

.....thanks for calling & have a lovely day!

Hugs Jo x

ingredients

image - Nutcrafters

papers - Boofle & Paper Cellar

kraft card

coloured with pro/flexmarkers

sentiment - LOTV

challenges

anything goes at Cards for Men

for the boys at Eureka Stamps

for a child at Ladybug Crafts Ink

pastels at Creative Belli

pastels at I love promarkers

anything goes at Nutcrafters

for a guy at  Aud Sentiments
one for the boys at Crafty Catz
all about spots at Paper Creator's Crafts
for a child at That Craft Place

Dream........

Morning......and what a gorgeous morning it is! I'm sat at

my craft desk, the sun's shining & the birds are singing......what

a perfect start to the weekend! I have another card for you

today....another of the gorgeous D'Arcy's Diaries digi's

and this one is called "Dream".....aren't they fab.......and a dream

to colour too!

So that's it for today.......Miss Rebecca & me are gonna

have some craft time then tomorrow we're off to

watch Nic play rugby.....fingers crossed for the team!

Thanks for calling.....have a lovely day!

Hugs Jo x

 ingredients
image - Dream from D'Arcy's Diaries
papers - free from mag
doily - Cheery Lynn die
rolled roses - Cheery Lynn die
heart - Memory Box
scallop border - Fiskars punch
coloured with Spectrum Noirs
ribbon, gems - stash

challenges

use a digi at Sparkle & Sprinkle

at least 1 die cut at Stamp & Create

handmade flowers at Creative Card Crew

punches/dies at Inky Impressions

make it bloom at The Paper Shelter

flowers at Dilly Beans

punches and/or dies at QKR Stampede

April Showers + Inspiration photo at Digitally Sweet Challenges

 Hi guys.....Happy Friday! It's a gorgeous day here.....maybe, just

maybe Spring is on her way??? We have a new challenge at

Digitally Sweet Challenges

and we have this fab inspiration photo for you! Maybe the

colours, the flowers or even the rain will inspire you......but don't

forget.......your creation must be 100% digital! I created a scrapbook

page (shown before I inserted pic for privacy) in Craft Artist

using the gorgeous Raindrops digi kit......love the colours in

this one! We're sponsored this time by 

Template Dreams so come on, get digi creating, you just might

be the lucky winner! Don't forget to stop by the rest of the

DT, they create the most gorgeous layouts!

Thanks for calling today....hope you have a lovely weekend!

Hugs Jo x

My heart

Morning friends, hope you're all well today! I think Spring has

turned it's back on us again, after a few nice days  we've got grey

skies, howling wind and it's cold & dark......again!

Last week I was having a wander round the internet looking for

something.........nothing in particular..........just something (cos I was real

good and stuck to my stash ban!) and I came across 

D'Arcy's Diaries 

and I'm hooked!! Love, love, love these digi's....but I was real 

good and only bought 4......for now lol! This was the 1st one

I coloured..........then I did it in 3 other colour combo's!

ingredients

image - My heart from D'Arcy's Diaries

precious heart die - Memory box

corner flourish die - Memory box

scallop border die - X cut

paper - Southfield ornate classics

coloured with Spectrum Noirs

pearls & ribbon - stash

a couple of challenges

time for ribbon at Card Makin Mamas

wings at Crafts 4 Eternity

punches and/or die cuts at Card Mania

die-ing to impress at Card Crafters Circle

cut it out  at Love to Scrap!

anything goes at A little bit crafty

one for the girls at Digi Galore

use a digi at Sparkle N Sprinkle

Rightio, that's me for today!

Thanks for visiting & hope your days' a good one!

Hugs Jo x

Forgot to ask........has anyone noticed my blog jumping up & down

 when they visit?

xx

Let's go fly a kite......

Today, my thoughts are with those affected by the

Boston marathon bombings......don't know what this world is 

coming to.....how can people do that to other people! 

Well, it's another lovely day here......better make the most 

of it cos there's rain forecast for the next 2 days! So today I'm

sharing a "just because" card.......are you singing along yet?

ingredients

image - Pollycraft

papers - Let's fly away (freebie with mag)

tags - Cheery Lynn dies

fence - Marianne Creatables die

flowers - punched

gems & ribbon - stash

coloured with Spectrum Noirs

challenges I'd like to enter

April showers and/or Spring flowers at Simon says Stamp

inspired by a song or film (let's go fly a kite) at Moving along with the Times

anything goes at Little Miss Muffet

for a child at QKR Stampede

in the sky at My time to craft

inspired by a song or film (let's go fly a kite) at the Squirrel & the Fox

punches and/or die cuts at Card Mania

Rightio, gonna go get that washing on the line!

Thanks for calling......see you soon!

Jo c

Hearts with Sparkles Challenges!

Well hello.......again.......I'm back with my 2nd post of the day and

this time it's for our new challenge over at SPARKLES where

  the theme is "hearts".......a fab challenge theme cos we

all love hearts, don't we? You have almost a month to play and

our sponsor this time is the fabulous Di's Digi Downloads

who are offering our winner a $10 spend! And don't forget.....you 

can make any craft creation you like - cards, ATC's, tags even a 

scrapbook cover like me! I loved making this....so quick & easy

and I got to use up even more scraps and got the sewing machine out!

ingredients

kraft card

white card

sewing machine

flower punches

pearls

lace

card scraps in cream, aqua & kraft

challenges

anything but a card at Party Time Tuesdays

flowers at Divas by Design

die cuts/punches at Forever Friends

flower power at Happy Campers

anything but a card at Hotshot Crafts

get krafty at Totally Papercrafts

So that's it from me today.......gonna go do the 

dreaded housework......eeek!

Thanks for calling.....see you tomorrow!

Jo x

Ribbon and or lace with Lexi's Creations!

Good morning......it's looking like another lovely morning and

it's back to school/college for my lot today!

So first up today is my card for the new challenge over at 

Lexi's Creations

and the theme is "Ribbon and/or lace"......a nice, easy challenge
 to start your week! We have the fabulous

Fairy Dust Crafts as sponsor this week and the lucky
winner will get 5 digis! Don't forget, we are a multi crafts
challenge so anything you'd like to make is fine by us just so long
as it fits the theme! You can play until April 27th and
you can check out the rest of the DT's fab creations here.

ingredients

Mollie with lillies - Fairy Dust Crafts

Flower punches

ribbon, gems, card & very old paper! - stash

coloured with promarkers

challenges

challenge 111 at Sketch n Stash

bingo (punches free ribbon) at Papertake Weekly

floral delight at Crafting for all Seasons

anything goes at Digistamps4joy

Rightio, be back in a mo with another DT make, thanks
for calling!
Jo x

Little Miss Christmas Rock!

Hiya, are you well? Hope so......and here's to a lovely weekend!

I'm in all weekend so hopefully some craft time! I used this

image a couple weeks ago on a completely different style of

card & said I thought she might look good on a Christmas card....

.....well, here she is.....she looks like a little Miss Christmas rock star

dressed in her little fur trimmed santa dress lol....and I think she

might even be singing "Rockin' around the Christmas tree".....

......bet you're all singing along now hehe!!!!

ingredients

image - The Greetings Farm

Christmas Trees - Marianne Creatable die

stickles

Memento ink pad

coloured with promarkers

scallop circle - Sizzix die

paper - Dovecraft

everything else - stash

challenges

inspired by a song/movie at The Squirrel & the Fox

girl or guy creations at ABC Christmas challenges

Christmas at C.R.A.F.T

inspired by  a song/film at Moving along with the Times

Santa's Coat at  Christmas Stampin' all year long

Rightio, that's it for today.......and it's a gorgeous day too!

Thanks for calling....see you tomorrow!

Jo x

Animal Fun at Digitally Sweet Challenges #31

Hi guys, happy Friday, hope you're all well & excited

for the weekend! We have a new challenge today over at 

Digitally Sweet Challenges

and the theme is "ANIMAL FUN". Don't forget though.....

.....your creation must be 100% digital! There's some

gorgeous layouts over on the main blog so don't forget to visit!

We're sponsored by CEDAR CHEST DESIGNS

and the winner will get to have a spend instore!
I digi scrapped Miss Rebecca on a school trip to the farm.....
......boy, was I shattered after THAT trip lol!

Can't wait to see what you come up with!

Jo x

Pretty in Pink

Morning to you lovely crafty bloggers....hope you're all well!

It's a dull, dark, grey morning here on the Yorkshire

 Coast and I've been up for ages....to be honest I love these kind

of mornings - getting up early while all the kids are still

sleeping and it's oh, so quiet - perfect crafty time!

So for today I'm sharing a bright, cheerful Spring - like card - 

don't all those pretty colours cheer you up?

Love, love, love this image.....think it's probably cos it

reminds me of Miss Rebecca........she always sits just like her

and she often has the plaits too, Not so sure about the dots

on her cheeks tho....think I was a bit too heavy handed

with the white pen but there you go, you learn as you go 

with crafting, don't you? Rightio, think it's time I put the kettle

on again, thanks for calling & hope your days' a good one!

Jo x

ingredients

image - Hippie Chick - Sugar Nellie

heart die cuts Memory Box

scallop circle - punch

tags - Cheery Lynn

sentiment - LOTV

everything else - stash

challenges

Spring/flowers at Clear it Out

anything goes at Papertake Weekly

Spring colours at Divas by Design

Pretty in Pink at Stamp n Doodle

flower power at Happy Campers

Pretty  pastels at Saturated Canary

anything goes at The Sugar Bowl

girly Birthday at Creative Corner

Birthday  girl in pink at Totally Papercrafts

DSC #30 - Candy inspiration photo

 Happy Friday friends!! Time for another challenge over at 

Digitally Sweet Challenges

and this time we have a pic for inspiration! 

Just look at all those gorgeous colours.....but you might take the

jars as inspiration or even the sweets!! It's up to you - the only 

real rule is your work must be 100% digital! You can check

 out the DT fab creations here and you have until next Thursday 

to play! I took inspiration from the colours and created a

 LO in Craft Artist using the Playground digi kit. The pic is 

of Miss Rebecca & her unicorn....won in one of those daft machines

 in the arcades at the seafront.....we tried so hard to win it for her

then when we were down to our last coin she reached up

and randomly pressed the button.....and WON!

Thanks for calling today, see you tomorrow!

Jo x

A little book of books!!

Morning friends, hope you're all well & enjoying the 

same Spring-like weather we're having....still a bit

 chilly though. So for today I'm sharing something I made

 for Miss Rebecca....it's a little book of books.....a 

journal for her to record all the books she reads (and she 

sure reads a lot), she then writes a review of each 

one & rates them out of 5! I did want to embellish it a bit

 more but Rebecca said no.....she wanted it just as

it is....so that's what she got lol. Everything is from

my scrap box and the silver skull is actually recycled 

from the zipper from an old hoodie....waste not, want not!!    

So that's it, I'm off to trawl the internet....now my

stash ban is over I really need to shop hehe!

Thanks for calling, hope you have a great day!

Jo x

Tags at Sparkles Christmas Challenges!

Well good morning...hope you're all well! I'm here today with my

DT make for Sparkles Christmas Challenges....I had

scheduled this post for yesterday morning but for some reason

it didn't post......grrrrr.....maybe Mr Blogger had eaten

too much chocolate??  Anyway, the theme for this month is

TAG IT as chosen by our lovely teamie Sandra.

We're sponsored this time by

who are giving our lucky winner a $10 spend instore!

Don't forget we like to see any & all crafts so you can make 

anything you like just so long as it fits the theme!

For inspiration you can check out the fab DT makes here!

A couple of tags from me...I am so gonna be ready for

Christmas this year! Thanks for calling today.....hope

to see you at Sparkles!

Jo x

ingredients

kraft tag - stash

paper - scrap box

Tatty Teddy stamp

coloured with Promarkers

inked with Memento

gems, ribbon & lace - stash

snpwflake - Sizzix die

challenges

no red or green at Christmas at Sweet Stampin

tags at Fairytale Challenges

anything but a card at Stampin' for the Weekend

kraft at Gingerloft

get your kraft on at Cupcake Craft

tags at My Craft Spot

Punches and/or dies at Lexi's Creations

Good morning lovely bloggers.....happy 1st April!

I'm here with my 1st post of the day which is for our new

challenge over at Lexi's Creations where the theme is

PUNCHES AND/OR DIES. 

A nice, easy theme to ease us into the new month, don't

you think and we're sponsored by the fabulous

Joanna Sheen

which means our lucky winner will get to have a spend in

Joanna's online store......how cool is that? You have until 13th

April to join us, you can enter up to twice and best of all, you can

make anything you like just so long as it fits the theme!

I have a card today and methinks this is my favourite colour

combo.........for now....and it was a pleasure to make! No

sentiment yet....will save that until I know for sure where it's 

going! So thanks for calling today, don't forget to pop over to 

the main blog here and check out my teamies fab makes!

Be back in a mo with my 2nd post of the day!!!

Jo x

ingrediens

image - Pollycraft

paper - Material Girls by GCD Studios

coloured with promarkers

flower ribbon (coloured it black) - gift from Scrappymo.....thanks again!

seashells & anchor die cuts - Marianne Creatables

everything else - stash

a challenge or two!

anything goes at Ladybug Crafts Ink
bingo(diecut, free, glitter) at Passion for Promarkers
anything goes at Smon says Stamp
Ribbon or lace at Paper Crafting Journey
anything goes at Send a smile for Kids
anything goes with flowers at 613 Avenue Create
anything goes at Lacy Sunshine