At my age...........

Hello......remember me? I'm finally back after an interesting few weeks of busy summer vacation with a fair dose of sickness thrown in. Thankfully I'm now back on track health wise and the school holidays are drawing to a close, which means my blog can now get a little of the TLC it deserves.

I thought I'd start by catching up with a few things I did manage to craft over the last few weeks, firstly a card I made for my Dad's Birthday (back in July!). I've had this image from Bugaboo Digi Stamps for quite a while, just waiting for the appropriate male in his....shall we say 'Senior' years (see how polite I was!), so sorry Dad, but you drew the short straw!

I'm pleased to say this looks nothing like my Dad......well maybe the orange 'Speedo's' (ha!)

Colouring for this one was using Copic's, and papers are from the Echo Park 'Splash' 6"x6" pad.

I will hopefully be back a little later this week with something else to show you.....maybe a Scrapbook LO........we'll see.

Have a great day and......Oh....... it's good to be back!
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:

Shopping Our Stash #15 - Sassy Snarky or LOL

Digi Doodle Shop Challenges #73 - Anything Goes
DYSU #34 - Boy or Man
Wags 'n Whiskers - #61 Outdoor Fun
Stampin' For The Weekend - #15 Holidays/Vacation
Crazy 4 Challenges - #102 Male Themed
Victorine Originals - #15 Summer
Paper Playtime - #54 Vacation
Stamps R Us Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Chill out Sister!

Hi there.....I've made it back to my blog for a second time this week!

I have a card to show you today, and I really do love this stamp......did you notice I said 'stamp' as in the rubber variety! WOW! I picked up this little baby from The Greetings Farm at Scrapfest earlier this year, as I just couldn't resist the 'cute factor'.

So go on............Chill out Sister's...............

Colouring today has a slight variation..........a combination of Copic's and Promarker's. Papers are from Bo Bunny's Vicki B collection (6"x6" pad), along with Dew Drops, ribbon from Michael's, doodling, Nestie's and Tim Holtz Distress Ink sponged in various places. The sentiment is printed using Word and the layout is based on a sketch from a couple of weeks ago, over at The Deconstructed Sketch.

Here's a little close up should you feel the need.............

Have a wonderful day/weekend and I'll be back sometime next week,
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:

Wags 'n Whiskers - #57 Summertime
Stamps R Us -1,2,3 Recipe
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Here comes the sun
Ruby's Rainbow Challenges - #6 Flowers
Scrapbook Sister's - #41 Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - #78 Summer Loving

I Love You To The Moon And Back!

Hello there, please forgive my absence recently, but my parents flew over from England a week ago and.........well I've been enjoying their company......I don't get to do much of that!

Anyhow, of course, crafting is the thing that gets pushed aside, but I have tried to keep my hand in there a little. I don't share many scrapbook layouts on here, but I thought I would today. I have always loved this photograph of myself and eldest DD, and as it's getting quite old now, I thought it was about time I 'Scrapped' it! Here's 'Cuddles'................

Papers are from Cosmo Cricket's 'Togetherness' line and the layout was inspired by a sketch from Becky Fleck at Pagemaps, which is also the subject of a sketch challenge over on the Two Scrapbook Friends forum.

Have a great day!
Jayne.x.

You Go Girl!

Good afternoon, hope you're enjoying some beautiful weather wherever you are. I'm hopping in today with a fun little card, although I shouldn't say 'little' as it's far from it. In fact it's rather loooooong!

A couple of challenges caught my eye this week:

The first being a sketch posted by Dee over at Little Red Wagon....you know I love a sketch!

Secondly, this weeks Card Challenge on the Two Scrapbook Friends forum, is to create a 'Looooong' card, so that's what I did.

Here's one funky little Moped (not sure if that's a universal name for them or just another 'English'ism (now there's a new word!!)).........


I was trying to think of a sentiment to go with this image, and when I was routing through my stash for something else, I came across this stamp I've had for ages......couldn't have come up with anything better!

The image is one of those really reasonable mini stamps from Imaginisce I believe, coloured with Copic markers. Paper is mostly regular yellow cardstock, embossed with a Quik Cutz folder, and a scrap of leftover PP from We R Memory Makers 'Peep' line. A Nestie, Baker's twine, and button finish the job.

Here's a little close up, just in case you feel the urge to see more (lol)........

Those colours are enough to cheer anyone up, so enjoy the rest of your day......I'm hoping to!

See you soon
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Little Red Wagon - Sketch
Two Scrapbook Friends forum - Create a Long card
The Corrosive Challenge Blog - #119 Summer Colours
Dream Valley Challenges - #8 Stamp Something
Paper Sundae's - #72 Let's get Sentimental
CES Challenges - #39 Clean and Simple

A huge Thank You!

Happy Friday everyone........the sun is shining....the kiddiewinks have the day off school....what could be better?

Today's card is a dose of happy and sad all mixed in together. It's an extremely sweet image from By Lori Designs of course, and that makes me happy, but it is also my last Design Team creation for the 'Oh so talented' Lori Boyd. Yes, all good things must come to an end, and this ride has been a blast. Did you know it was one of Lori's images (in rubber) that first got me started on this whole crazy colouring/card making journey? So for that, the Design Team opportunity, and the endless supply of inspiration she has given since, I would like to send her a huge 'Thank You'!

And don't worry....I'm sure you'll still be seeing a little Lollipop goodness around here from time to time.........didn't think I could stay away did ya?

Anyhow, shall we get to the good part....a card. Here she is........Lollipop Amy........

Told you she was sweet!

To prove the point, Amy will be making her way to the equally sweet, ever so patient teacher, who has nurtured my youngest daughter for the last year. Another Thank You!

So, other than Copic's for skin area's, I coloured with my Prisma pencils again.....(Oh how I missed them!) and papers are from one of the new Lime Twist 6'x6' pads from My Minds Eye. The only other additions are a Nestie, sentiment printed from Word, ribbon from Making Memories and pearls from the $$ store. I did add just enough glitter to make Amy sparkle.......here's a close up.........

One last thing, the layout for this card was inspired by a sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch......love those sketches, I'm working on another at the moment, but this one was from a week ago.

Well that's about it for today.....I'll be back next week with who knows what?
You'll have to pop back for a visit to find out!
Have a great weekend
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Stamp Something - June Digi Day
Pear Tree Designs - #51 Sparkle
A Spoonful Of Sugar - #154 Flower Power
Diva's By Design - Florals
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - What eva'!
Truly Scrumptious - #58 Summer Sparkle

Live Life Glamorously!

It's Sunday, and thought I'd drop in for a visit....why not?

Today's card has a very generous helping of..........'Je ne sais quoi!' I love this image which I've had for quite some time, waiting for just the right amount of inspiration to take hold. Now the deed has been done, and I love it.......here's 'Satine' from Sassy Studio Designs........

Yes I think the term I'm looking for is....Ooh La La!

I'm pleased with this card for a whole bunch of reasons:

Firstly.......I love the image, but the fact that it was a freebie makes it even more awesome!

Secondly.........I'm finally happy with the colouring.....this was the first (and probably last!) time I've coloured stockings............NERVE WRACKING I tell ya! I'm the first to admit that I am NOT an artist, I cannot draw to save my life, so I just go with my gut and hope things turn out OK. I think these finally did....it just took half an hour of my 'bestest' concentration....made me sweat!

Thirdly.....it's paired with some of my all time favourite papers, from Cosmo Cricket's Circa 1934 line....a perfect combination!

Lastly........the sentiment (another perfect match!) was yet another 'freebie' from the generous Paulette, over at Create with TLC.

Satine is coloured with Copic's, and added into the card mix are ribbon from Michael's (ruffled using double sided tape) and flowers/rhinestones from the dollar store.

Yummy!

I hope to be back sometime during the earlier part of the week, so enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll see you then.

Here's to some sunnier temperatures.....apparently!
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Stamps & Fun=Creativity - Flower Power
Diva's By Design - #2 One for the Girls
Truly Scrumptious - #57 Anything Goes
Really Reasonable Ribbons - #24 Anything Goes
Crafty Purple Frog Challenge - Things of Beauty
Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Ooh La La
2 Sisters Challenge Blog - #41 Anything Goes

Best Friend.........

Hello all.......I've finally found my way back to blogger!

Thought I'd drop in with my weekly dose of cuteness from By LORI Designs, this time of the animal variety....well almost. Here's Lollipop Bear (times two!)............

Yep, I liked this little furry friend so much, I coloured him twice. Sorry for the glare on the photo.....it was taken rather late one night where a fair bit of extra lighting was needed!

So as mentioned, 'Lollipop Bear' was printed then flipped, scaled down slightly, and printed again. They're coloured with Prismacolour Pencils and papers are from the October Afternoon 'Campfire' 8"x8" pad. I added a Fiskars punch and wrapped a little 'Hemp' cord around there to finish off. The sentiment is another generous freebie from a while back, from Create With TLC.

That's about it....short and sweet, but if you'd like to check out some other cute Lollipop Bear creations, head over to the Lollipop Shop where the sister's have been 'doin their thang'!

Here's to another gloriously 'wet' day!

Take care
Jayne.x.

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Challenges entered:
Digi's With Attitude: #27 Colour Challenge....use brown,beige and one other colour
Totally Papercrafts Challenge - #67 Don't be square
Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge - #83 Anything Goes
Mark's Finest Papers - #56 Tone on tone with focal image 'popped'
2 Sister's Challenge Blog - #40 Use a Digi
Paper Sundae's - #70 Pop It Up
Pile It On - #21 You're My Beary Best Friend
Gingerloft Challenge - #17 Plant A Tree
Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges - #74 Cute and Cuddly