A sneaky peak!

How's your week going so far, all good I hope?

We have a few sniffles in our house so it's a day for snuggling at home with my youngest.  Don't mind at all, except I won't be getting much crafting done (or anything else for that matter!).

Hence, I thought I'd just drop in with a reminder about tomorrow's 'One Word' Blog Hop with Two Scrapbook Friends.  Promises to be filled with lot's of inspiration along the way, so I'm hoping everyone has finished their projects by now (Jan I'm talking to you! lol)

As mentioned earlier in the week, here a little sneak peak of my layout for you............

just enough to grab your interest I hope.

Hopefully you'll be able to join us, remember there's usually a prize up for grabs along the way, so mark your calendar.

See you then,
Jayne.x.

Love You.

Hello, how are you doing?

Things got a little busy on my blog over the weekend, the most visitors I've ever had..........over 1000 of you lovely people dropped in......Wowsers!  That's a lot for this little blog and I think it was mostly down to Pinterest, although I still can't really figure what to do over there.......I just browse occasionally, usually when I'm looking for a dinner recipe!

Anyhow the point I'm getting to is I'd like to thank everyone that stopped by and especially those who do so on a regular basis.  Got a few new followers last week too, so a big warm welcome to those and thanks for joining me.

Onto some crafty stuff.

Another card today and I know I'm probably getting a little predictable here but it's another combo of my two faves..........a Saturated Canary digi paired with Authentique papers.  Sorry.....can't help it (well actually I'm not sorry at all cause I'll probably never get tired of these two!) but just to warn you, I went on a little colouring frenzy of Saturated Canary digi's recently, so you'll probably be seeing a fair few more over the next couple of weeks.

This one, I coloured a couple of months ago but yesterday, she finally made it onto my hubby's Valentine's card.

Fairly simple really.....I didn't want anything too fussy or girlie.....is it going to a male after all.

Colouring is with Copic's..........

and that's about all I have to say about that!

Have a great day.  I plan on it as this evening I will be lead by my fearless friend to a few session of BINGO!  I'm am definitely a novice, it's all I can do to get the numbers marked off let alone keep an eye on whether I've won!  This is why I rely on Carola to show me the ropes.........."Get your dabber ready Girlfriend, I'm ready to go!"

Also, one more thing before I leave.........there are exciting things happening on Friday.........Two Scrapbook Friends will be hosting a Blog Hop!  Now who doesn't love a Blog Hop especially when there's a ton load of inspiration along the way, and prizes to be won?

For once I am actually prepped and ready to go ahead of time........layout is complete, photo's taken, blog post scheduled, and I am lovin' this one.  I might post a sneaky peak sometime this week, but either way, set you alarm for 12.00pm on Friday and come join us.

That's definitely it from me so enjoy, see you soon,
Jayne.x.

The Happy Wanderer.

Good morning, pull up a pew and put your feet up for a little while!

I plan on doing just that today as a result of the abandoned teachers protest........kids are at school and I just might do......nothing!

Except for chatting on here a little and posting pictures of pretty things of course.

A card today with a coloured image - Saturated Canary, and Authentique papers no less.........I guess things are pretty much back to normal around here, can't let go of my faves!

Here goes.

This little lady will be heading into the current challenge over on the Saturated Canary Challenge Blog........song inspiration.  My song irritation inspiration is as follows:

I made the card for a girlfriend at work who's Birthday was yesterday, and who happens to make the 5 hour train journey back home  to see her folks quite frequently.  She just happened to be taking said journey yesterday on her Birthday, so I thought this image was quite appropriate.

As I was making it, for some reason that really annoying song from my childhood 'The Happy Wanderer' popped into my head.......know the one......."I love to go a wandering along the mountain track".........yep wander them every day........."and as I go I love to sing, my knapsack on my back"......never leave home without one!........."Valdereee Valderaaaah Valdereeee Valderaah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha"........I really should end it there.....it gets no better!

The reason it's so annoying (apart from the obviously irritating lyrics!) is that as a child, I was forced to learn and sing this song at school during music class for a whole hour.  It's one of those that permanently lodges itself into the deep, dark recesses of your brain and resurfaces at every opportunity, so you find yourself humming it!  After 3days when you finally thought you'd banished it, music class rolled around again and you were back to square one!

Anyhow enough of that......I'm already starting to hum in my head.

The layout for this card is inspired by Sketch #83 over at The Deconstructed Sketch, and colouring of the cutie is with Copics.

That's about if from me.  I'm off to find some creative inspiration floating around here somewhere, in the hope that I can make something worth showing on here next week.

Have a great weekend,
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Saturated Canary - #34 Song Inspiration
The Deconstructed Sketch - Sketch #83

The Sugar Bush.

Hi there, thanks for dropping in.

I have a double page for you today.......yes ANOTHER double that I created, and it's only January!  This means I probably only have to do one more this year to double my usual quota.

In all fairness though, this was again another layout I started at the very end of my scrappy weekend in November, and I finally decided to finish it last night.

The wait must have been worth it because I am happy with it at least........makes a change for any double I scrap.

So here goes with 'The Sugar Bush'.

Layout inspiration for this one came from a Pagemaps sketch.

The papers I used on here, from Authentique's 'Thankful' collection are technically Fall themed and this layout is not.......as you can see it's more Spring related (well a cold, maple syrup season, Canadian style Spring!) but I love the rich earthy colours and knew they'd work perfectly with the Kraft background.

I had to get some more of those wooden veneers that I'm lovin on there.........

............and another in the form of a word, layered on rolls of patterned paper.

I die cut a few tree branches to create 'the bush', then used my Dymo labeller together with Tim Holtz Kraftcore cardstock for the journalling strips.

And that just about does it!

I'll be back on Friday with a cute card, so till then, be safe out there,
Jayne.x.

Dies and Doodles!

Good morning.

I'm back hosting another Crafty Challenge over on the Two Scrapbook Friends Forum this week, the first of the New Year!

This time I'd like to see you use a combination of a couple of my favourite things........Dies and Doodles!

I recently realized that this dynamic duo appear on quite a lot of my creations, so why not challenge the rest of you to do so!

I know a lot of people really don't like doodling especially, but it doesn't have to be too elaborate and quite often, a few lines are enough to complete a scrapbook page or card.

For my sample I made a really simple, quick card using a couple of dies and a white Sharpie for doodling...........oh........and NO colouring! gasp!!

Told you it was simple, but I'm quite liking it in a refreshingly different (for me!) kinda way.

I hope you'll feel inspired to dig out the pens and die cuts for this one.

Enjoy your day,
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
The Unstampabelles Challenges - #19 Use one or more Dies

Jon.

Good morning.

I'm back after my date with The Hobbit.....happy to say we were entertained for 3 hours and thoroughly enjoyed it.  My daughter was asking when we could see the next one, as the credits were rolling so I'll take this as a good sign.

Back to reality and a scrapbook page today.

Another featuring my hubby and it's only January......this guy is getting far too much attention!

In all fairness, this is a layout I started at the beginning of November during my scrappy weekend......finally added the finishing touches last night.

So before it attracts any more dust bunnies, here goes.

Lots of different layers on this one, inspired by a sketch in the September issue of Scrap365. 

Couldn't resist a little stitching of course and more of my favourite embellies right now - wood veneers.........

More of them here and some fussy cut chevrons 'popped'for a little dimension.

Papers are from one of the 'On The Bright Side' collection packs by My Minds Eye..........awesome colours and patterns in there which can be used for pretty much anything!

Well that's it from me for this week but I'll be back again on Monday.
Have a great weekend,
Jayne.x.

Miss You!

Hello and a very Happy New Year to you!

Time for a card today, one which is just a tad late appearing on here.

Should have been blogged sometime last year as it was one I was fortunate enough to have published in Designed To Colour.  Unfortunately, due to the time frame you have to allow after publication, before you are allowed to blog it yourself.........(let's just say anything longer than a week is enough for things to completely disappear from my brains 'to-do' list)........I forgot until such a time when it miraculously resurfaced!

Looks like that time is now, so here goes.

Image is another cute Saturated Canary digi (I believe it was a freebie at the time!) and colouring is with Copics.

Papers are another favourite of mine......Authentique of course!

Well I hope your new year has started well.

I'm out with my eldest dd tonight for our 3 hour viewing of The Hobbit......quite looking forward to getting settled with my hot dog, Maltesers (obviously eating healthily has already disappeared from my list of resolutions!) and maybe a little nap in there somewhere depending on how things go!

Have a great evening and I'll see you tomorrow,
Jayne.x.