FRIDAY NIGHT AGAIN .. .. YAY!!!

Hi Everyone

Friday night again and this week hubby is around. Yay!!

I have had a really productive day on the card front and here is my last creation of the day.

I hope you like it.

This card used:

Image: Fairy Doodles "346"
Background Papers: Pink Petticoat "Stripes"
ProMarkers
Craftime Ultra Fine Glitter
Brad and Ribbon from my stash box

The image is part of a pack which contained lots of images and sentiments. Great value for money and a set I know I am going to use over and over. The flower and butterfly border was also part of the same set.

That is me for today. I will be back tomorrow morning with my Allsorts Challenge card.

Have a good evening.

Love Jules xx

A QUICK CARD AND AN AWARD

Good morning everyone

Just a very quick and simple card to share this morning. But one I really like.

This has used:

Image: Magenta "Deco Vase"
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
KPS16 Funky Heart Punch
ProMarkers
Ribbon and Brads from the stash tin

A really simple and very quick card as I said but I just love using this image. It always looks nice no matter what I do with it.

Now to my award.

I have received an award from from both Juls at The Glitter Chick and Jacee at Paper Thoughts.
I received the same award from both blog buddys. Thank you very much for thinking of me ladies.

Please take time to visit both of their blogs. They have some beautiful creations to share with you.

Well the sun is shining here today - let's hope it lasts.

Catch you again soon.

Love Jules xx

HERE AT LAST

Hi Everyone

What a hectic evening - never thought I would get here.

Just a quick card to share this evening that hasn't been made for anything in particular. Just for fun! I made the card early evening but just haven't had chance to post it.

This card used:

Images: Lace background - Inkadinkado "90355-Y" and Flower - Magenta "H0306"
Punches: Martha Stewart "Lace Doily" and Woodware "small label"
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Ribbon, thread, sticky gems

I love the lace stamp. I think it looks so "real". Sometimes I emboss it but this time it has just been stamped onto white card using black Stazon.

I think I am liking seeing white on my cards this week!

Must fly - I know I have lots of people to thank for leaving awards on their blogs for me but unfortunately I haven't had time to pick them up and mention them here tonight. But thank you very much and I promise to pick them up asap as it is so very kind of people to think of me.

In the meantime I must go and eat!!!

Thanks for calling by. By the way .. .. my followers returned yesterday .. .. Yay!!!

Love Jules xx

PENNY BLACK CHALLENGE - WEEK 59

Hi Everyone

One very quick post before hubby arrives back. Due back within the hour!!!! Yay!!

This is my Penny Black Challenge card - this week the theme is to work to a recipe.

3 - ribbons .. .. .. .. 2 - flowers .. .. .. .. 1 - charm or pin

Here is what I created

This used:

Image: Penny Black 3947K "Day-dreams"
Sentiment: Penny Black 2908F "...to you"
3 very small scraps of ribbon from my lovely lady at the local market
1 charm: Papermania
Punches: Martha Steward "Frond" - X Cut "Medium & small flower" - Fiskars "Threading Water"
Gems "Josy Rose"
Stickles "Crystal"
ProMarkers

I don't know how well you can see it on the photograph but I have "snipped" into the petals on the first layer of my flowers which were punched from mulberry paper. I saw a little packet of flowers like these for sale in a local store and "pinched the idea". Just thought I would share in case anyone else fancied a try (but then again perhaps not everyone is as easily impressed as I am LOL!!!).

Well at the beginning of this post I said it was going to be "a quick one" .. .. .. can you believe it has taken me 14 attempts to upload my picture to Mr Blogger. I think he must have that Sunday afternoon "chilled and relaxed" feeling!!!

Take care everyone.

Enjoy the rest of the day.

Love Jules xx

PASSION FOR PROMARKERS - WEEK 8

Morning Everyone

Yippee .. .. Sunday and Hubby comes home today!!!! I must admit that the time he has been away has gone very quickly and I haven't done half of what I wanted to. But then I do expect to do at least four times as much as any sensible person would.

But one thing I did manage to do was the Passion for ProMarkers Challenge. This week the colours you need to use are "Lime" and "Rose Pink" and this is what I came up with:

This used:

Image: Woodware FRN009 "Milo Patchwork Monkey"
Background Paper: Pink Petticoat "His N Hers" Collection
ProMarker Pens
Sentiment: Computer Generated
Ribbon: American Crafts Elements
Fiskars little heart punch
Brads from the stash box

I love this little monkey and have used him quite a bit (but I must admit - not normally in these colours!!!).

I hope that everyone has a lovely Sunday.

Thank you for calling by.

Love Jules xx

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE - WEEK 11

Good morning everyone

Saturday morning is here again and this can only mean one thing .. .. .. .. another Allsorts Challenge.

This week there are two parts to the challenge which has been set by Kirsten.

The first part of the challenge is to work to a lovely sketch which has been provided by Dawny P and the second part is to make "chocolate and marshmallow" your inspiration.

Kirsten is offering a selection of her favourite spacers and charms as the prize this week.

Here is what I created

this is the sketch (which I flipped - something I often forget to try)

My creation used:

Backing papers: Funky Fairy download "A chocolate covered Christmas"
Image: Sugar Nellie "Daisy"
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Punches: X Cut "Medium and small flower" & Martha Stewart "Frond"
Pro Markers
Sticky Gems, Nail Heads and brad from my stash box

So why not have a play with the sketch and the colourway and enter it into the challenge for this week. I really enjoyed making my creation.

We had lots of entries into the challenge last week .. .. .. where the prize was a two week DT spot on the Allsorts challenge team. If you entered a card last week then don't forget to check back on the Allsorts blog later to see if you were a winner.

Have a happy weekend everyone.

Love Jules xx

MY PRESSIE FROM "MRS X"

Hi Everyone

I have had a mega productive day - but it has been very quiet without hubby. Missing him lots .. .. .. although he has sent lots of text messages and we have spoken a few times!!! LOL!!

Time to share the contents of my mystery parcel which arrived this morning from Mrs X (as explained in my earlier posting of today). My photograph isn't brilliant because the weather here is just horrendous today. Mega rain and dull black clouds!!! But I wanted Mrs X to see that I had played with my lovely pressie.

Look what I got and what I made:

This used:

Image: Messy Rabbit "Baby Bunny MR151"
Sentiment: Elzybells
Spellbinders Nestabilities "Large Deckled Rectangles"
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder "Swiss Dots"
Promarkers
Fiskars heart punch
Ribbon from the stash box
Backing paper: Sorry not sure - might be Papermania - it was one of those huge packs that I have had for years and feel I will never get to the end off LOL!!

I loved colouring this image. So sweet. Thank you very much Mrs X - you know I am a soft touch for Messy Rabbit - but you are very naughty!!!!

Catch you all again tomorrow for a new Allsorts Challenge and to see who is going to be joining the team for a two week DT spot. Can't wait!!!

Love Jules xx

I HEART YOU

Hi Everyone

Here is one of the cards I have created today.

This is for a special little chap who is on holiday at the moment and had a birthday whilst he was away. He comes home tomorrow so I will be able to catch up with him then with his card (and a toy that I hope he hasn't already got).

This used:

Image and sentiment: Popcorn the Bear "I love you"
Backing paper: Funky Hand CD "V. Funky"
Pencil sharpener buttons from my button box (with the shanks cut off)
Woodware corner punch
Promarkers
Ribbon from the stash box

Be back later.

Love Jules xx

CRAFT FEST HAS BEGUN AND SOME "THANK YOU" MESSAGES

Hi Everyone

Well my "Craft Fest" has begun. It should have started last night but by the time I had finished work, gone shopping, visited my Mum, spoke with my son on the telephone, and had a long, long hot bubbly bath with a G & T and a craft magazine I was just far too chilled.

I ate and then managed my usual trick of falling asleep on the settee and woke up at midnight to go to bed.

So hopefully the fun has now started and I will have a few things to share with you over the next couple of days.

Before I share though I need to thank a couple of people.

My first thank you goes to one of my blog pals .. .. who will simply be known as "Mrs X" as she doesn't want me to draw attention to her - but she does deserve a big bloggy "thank you". So Mrs X - thank you very, very much. You are very generous and very kind.

Mrs X is up to her neck with work at the moment but even though she has been this busy she has spared some of her very precious time to think of me and arrange for a special little parcel to wend its way to me via my lovely post lady this morning.

Thank you Mrs X. This is very much appreciated and so very kind (and naughty) of you. I will hopefully be sharing the contents of this little parcel later .. .. can't wait to play.

The second thank you is for my blog pal Natalie for giving me a lovely blog award. I love Natalie's blog and feel quite honoured that she felt I was worthy of this award. If you get chance to pop over to her blog then you must. You will be in for a real treat.

I really must make some time to sort out a little "trophy cabinet" on my blog!!!!

OK then. Off to photograph a creations that I am allowed to share. Not everything I will be making can be shown .. .. .. but those I can show I will .. .. .. if I think you will like them.

My "followers" are still invisible to me and yet when I went on at work in my lunch hour yesterday I could see them there!! How strange.

Catch everyone later.

Love Jules xx

HELP!!!!

Hi Everyone

Sorry - nothing to share tonight as my hubby goes away in the morning for 3 whole nights!!!

We have never been apart for this length of time ever, other than when I had our first baby (you had to stay in hospital longer in those days).

So I decided we should spend the evening together rather than me shutting myself away with my toys. (Have to admit I am missing them though).

The main reason for my post is that I am in "mini" panic mode. Has everyone lost all their followers from their blog or is it just me? I just have a huge blank section where all my bloggy friends should be!!!!!

I hope all my bloggy friends and my husband are deserting me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Love Jules xx

WINTER WONDERLAND WEEK 8

Hi Everyone

Tonight I am going to share my creation for the Winter Wonderland challenge.

In all honesty this wasn't what I started to create. Originally I coloured an image that I had wanted to colour for quite a while and once finished I couldn't imagine it as anything but a "Congratulations on your New Job" card.

I then got on a "mini depression" because there are no "new jobs" at the moment - or next to none - and I knew I wouldn't want to post it.

Oh dear!! What would get me out of my "mini depression"? Easy .. .. .. a Christmas card!!

So Winter Wonderland to the rescue where the theme is "Santa Claus is Coming to Town".

All the way through this creation I have been singing "Santa Baby" .. .. .. I have even got hubby whistling it!!!

So here is my creation:

This used:

Background paper: Pink Petticoat "Minis Dotty Snowflakes"
Image: Spiral Whisper (unfortunately the on-line shop is currently closed)
Sentiment: Penny Black 3502F "a wish"
Cuttlebug set "Ice Crystal" + "Snowflake # 2"
Promarkers
Glossy Accents
Diamond Stickles
Ribbon, brad & Josy Rose heart

So all happy again and another Christmas card done!

My new job card can wait until the up-turn in the job market!!! Phew .. .. .. hope it doesn't go brown at the edges whilst we are waiting.

Thank you for calling by and I'll catch you all again soon

Love Jules xx

PENNY BLACK CHALLENGE - WEEK 58

Hi Everyone

I hope your weather today has been better than where I live .. .. .. .. no lovely BBQ smells wafting around today as we have had mega rain!!! So different to this time last week when we had our own mini music festival at our "local".

At least when it is raining I can have a little craft session without feeling guilty about not pulling up weeds in my garden!!

So my craft session today included my Penny Black challenge card where the theme was "Soft and Sweet".

I think my creation counts firstly because this little mouse is so soft and sweet but secondly because the image is called "Cheesecake Wish". You can't get much sweeter than a cheesecake. . . . . yummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmie. This was my very first Penny Black stamp and my all time favourite. He is just lovely!

Here is my creation

This used:

Image: Penny Black 1652J "Cheesecake Wish"
Sentiment: Pink Petticoat
Backing Paper: Funky Hand Download "Shabby Saturday"
Spellbinder Nestablities "Classic Scalloped Circles Large" and "Standard Circles Large"
Woodware Flower Punch
Fiskars Heart Punch
Promarkers
Crystal Stickles
Ribbon and Gems from the stash box

Enjoy the rest of Sunday.

Love Jules xx

ALLSORTS CHALLENGE 10

Good Morning Everyone

This week the Allsorts Challenge was set by Emma and you are only allowed to use one of everything .. .. .. .. as in 1 brad, 1 flower, 1 ribbon, 1 button, I designer paper (but this doesn't have to be in one piece), 1 coloured piece of card etc.

There is a fantastic prize on offer this week which will be chosen by random org

"A TWO WEEK GUEST DESIGNER DT SPOT"

Below is my inspiration card:

I lurv my hearts!!! Can you tell?????

Here is what I used:

Designer Paper: Pink Petticoat "Just and Old Fashioned Girl"
Image: Penny Black 3338J "Long Kiss"
Cuttlebug "Textile Hearts" Die and Embossing Folders
Martha Stewart "Lace Doily" Punch
1 flower, 1 Brad, 1 eyelet, one peel off strip, 1 gem, 1 ribbon
Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Promarkers
Craftime Ultra Fine Glitter

It isn't quite as easy as you first think. You just automatically go to use multiples of everything!!

So off you go everyone. Go and be creative and see if you are the lucky person that joins us for two weeks as the Guest DT member.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Love Jules xx

HERE AT LAST!

Hi Everyone

I'm here at last. What a little "social bod" I have been this evening.

Lots of phone calls, text messages, emails alongside trying to make a little creation to share.

But I am ready now.. .. .. albeit a little late (again!!!).

Do you ever start a card just knowing that you are going to love it before you are even half way through? This was one of those cards for me. No matter what I did it felt right.

Here is my creation:

This creation used:

Images all came from Lavinia Stamps
Background stamp "Fairy Words"
Main Image "Fairy House"
Small Image "Slender Mushrooms"
Background Paper "Memory Store"
Cuttlebug embossing folders "Swiss Dots and Distressed Stripes"
Spellbinders Nestabilities "Large Deckled Rectangles"
Archival Brilliance Inkstamps "Pearlescent Jade and Beige"
Inkssentials Glossy Accents
Liquid Pearls "Mint Green"
Crystal Stickles
Woodware small circle punch
Promarkers
No clues as to what I used for the heart!!!!

Phew!! Quite a list really.

Well my four day weekend starts here. Yay!!

Big plans .. .. .. I just hope I can make a big dent in them.

Catch you all again soon.

Love Jules xx

WELL DONE MANTH!!

Hi Everyone

A quick card to share with you tonight.

This is for my niece "Manth" who is graduating tomorrow.

We are all meeting up for a little celebration later after her ceremony. A lovely "proud" day for my great Sis xx.

To make this card I used:

Image: Penny Black 2079E "Top Dog"
Sentiments: Whisper Words and Woodware "FRCL056 "You Did It!"
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder "Stars"
Spellbinders Nestabilities "Large Deckled Rectangles"
Brads from the stash box
Promarkers

Sorry the picture isn't brilliant. I have only just made this card and it is being picked up any minute now .. .. .. .. .. .. in the middle of a big rain and thunderstorm!!!

Not ideal lighting for taking any photographs - unless you like to take pictures of lightening!!

Before I go I would just like to say a quick thank you to everyone who has sent me lovely messages and comments about my DT spot announcement of yesterday and I would also like to thank everyone in the big bloggy craft world for providing me with such brilliant inspiration. So glad I took the plunge and started a blog - after at least 18 months of dithering!!!!


Catch you all again soon.

Love Jules xx