Sketch Challenge at Scrapmuch? - Everyday Moments

Hi there, I hope you have some glorious weather wherever you are and are able to enjoy a little this weekend.

We do (about time too!) and I've just finished work so I'm of out to make the most of it but before I do, time to catch up on yesterday's Sketch-y Friday Challenge over at Scrapmuch?

There's a lovely new sketch up on the blog for you to play with so here's my effort:

Everyday Moments

and here's the sketch:

I changed up the bracket shape for some chevrons to keep with the clean modern feel.  I also added some interest to the background with a little texture paste, Glimmer mist and doodling.

The journal strips were printed using my Cameo and of course, I had to get a pin badge in there.....always space for a little flare!

Finally the title which was super easy......don't you love these new puffy title from Queen & Co?  A little embellishment with a paperclip from Maya Road and we're done.

Now it's your turn - head on over to the Scrapmuch? blog and choose this or any of the sketches provided for you this month.......link up your creation and you could be in with a chance of winning a prize!

The DT have a whole load of inspiration waiting there for you too.

That's all from me so it must be time to enjoy the sunshine.

Have a great weekend and I'll be seeing you next week,
Jayne.x.

Fall Fun

Alrighty, here I am back again today with my final submission to the Lets Get Sketchy 'Get Inspired' magazine........deadline closes by the end of the day so I have to get my skates on!

This layout will be submitted to their 'Mood Board' challenge - a new category they have introduced this time around and I LOVED it!

I always find this type of challenge inspiring as there are so many ways to interpret, and the whole 'mood' thing gets the creative juices flowing instantly!

Here's the Mood Board which you can also find over on the Get Inspired Magazine blog:

Isn't it gorgeous?

The first thing that hit me was that I wanted to include denim leaves on my page........my only hold back was trying to find a 'Fall' kinda photograph.

I think I must have scrapped most of them, cause I couldn't find a single one on my phone or camera!

I finally hunted down an oldie, sitting in a pile my FIL had brought over from England a few years ago.  I reckon this one is approx. 5 or 6 years old but still a goodie.

Here goes........

Fall Fun. 

There's quite an abundance of stamping, texture paste and distress ink on the background, but it looks fairly subtle which pleases me.

Layers of fabric paper, burlap and corrugated cardboard all add to the texture, as well as a little washi tape, wooden embellies, and I distressed the edge of my photo with a sandpaper file.

Here are those denim leaves I envisioned!

I picked up the leaf stem and flowers over the weekend and knew they would work perfectly on this page, but I had to have those denim leaves!

I decided to cut some extra's with my Silhouette and added the wine coloured buttons (masquerading as berries!).....another vision! Lol

Finally when I chose the papers for this page, the heart patterned fabric paper had just enough green on there to satisfy the colour scheme on the Mood Board.......unfortunately I covered most of it up whilst getting carried away with my layers!

I chose to add a little more in the form of a wooden circle, placed over a torn piece in the background paper.

That's about all I think so I'll be heading over to the Get Inspired blog to link up.

Have a good one and I'll be seeing you again tomorrow for a Little Red Wagon post.

Take care,
Jayne.x.

Little Red Wagon # 256 - Anything Fall

Hello again, this is my second post of the day!

As I'm feeling much better, I thought I'd better catch up on this weeks Little Red Wagon post.

My card has been sitting there patiently staring at me for the last couple of days so I guess it's time to reveal!

Carolyn has re-joined the Team recently and she is leading this weeks challenge with 'Anything Fall' so here goes:

Pretty simple here really as the Silhouette did most of the cutting work for me.

I used up some leftover scraps of Echo Park papers, then added a few stickers, bling and ribbon to finish things off.

Why not join in with our 'Fall' challenge this week.....we have moved into the season after all!

Just remember to link up over at the Little Red Wagon blog, and don't forget to check out some inspiring projects from the rest of the Girlfriends too.

I'm off to finish packing for a 12 hour crop tomorrow which means I should have a few more projects for posting at the end of it!

Have a great weekend and I'll see you Monday,
Jayne.x.

Beautiful You.

Hi there, I know my posts were a little scarce last week so I thought I'd better make the effort and share something on here today.

This one's a layout I completed at a scrappy retreat 7 months ago!!

Can't believe it's been that long but it goes to shows how I'm trying to catch up posts!

Anyhow I do really like this one.......I love the simple captured shot of my eldest daughter (her cheeky little smile shines through) together with the combination of lots of 'Fall' embellies.

Here goes:

Beautiful You

A wood grain background will go down in history, well my history anyhow (which no-one will ever read but I'll share it with you all the same!) as one of my faves.

I also love the rustic paper edge effect, created by spritzing with water then scrunching the edges.  I usually give it a quick burst with an embossing tool to speed up the drying process and set things where I want them to be, then stitch it down by hand.

I inked/spritzed a chipboard flourish and grouped it together with a few flowers and foliage........don't you love that zipper?  I'm hoarding them so you may not see another on here for a while!

The banner is made from a few scraps, twine and eyelets......I'm still working my new found love for them!

And finally, one last cluster in the top corner to balance things.

Papers are from a whole bunch of manufacturers so no real point going into that......

and that's about it!

I'll be back tomorrow with this week's Little Red Wagon creation, but in the mean time, dinners in the Crockpot and I'm gonna attempt to start packing some necessities for my upcoming scrappy weekend.

Isn't it amazing how everything becomes a necessity when you start to pack for these things?!  Hope the car's big enough!

Have a great day,
Jayne.x.

Bliss........and a Crafty Challenge.

Good morning.....yes here I am again, less than a day after my last post and I still have Internet!

Oh it feels good to be on-line.

I thought I'd better catch up on a few things, first and foremost a layout I thought I'd posted a couple of weeks ago.

Obviously hadn't!

This one is for the Crafty Challenge I'm hosting this month over on the Two Scrapbook Friends blog.  All you need to do is link up your own entry to be in with a chance of winning a gift certificate to the store.

I do love a good colour combination and quite often scour Pinterest and other websites for inspiring examples.

I found a particularly cool colour combo a little while ago over at Design Seeds (Hint: If you're ever wondering which colour to pair with that particular shade of puce (what colour is puce anyhow?!), this is the place to go.........the photographs alone are enough to kickstart the mojo!).

Anyhow, with this in mind I decided to issue a 'Colour Challenge' as this months Crafty Challenge.

Here are your 'colour contenders':

Nice!

Now you don't have to match the colours exact, as long as there is a definite influence in your creation.

I felt these tones would work beautifully for a Fall page, so for my example, I took the liberty of introducing a little 'red' and 'burnt orange' into the equation too (can't possibly have a Fall page without a little orange now can we?!!)

Bliss.

There's a lot of fussy cutting on here to create the scattered leaves.

I also went to town on the paper layers with four different border punches.

One of my new fave effects is the distressed edge, created using Distress Ink and a Bo Bunny stamp I picked up at the store some time ago.

Papers are definitely from my stash......Imaginisce from at least a couple of years ago I would think, and that just about rounds things up nicely.

Feel free to join in with this months challenge if you get a chance.
You can check out the Two Scrapbook Friends blog post and where to enter here.

Alrighty, I'll be back again tomorrow as it's time for our Little Red Wagon challenge once again.  By that time you'll be totally sick of me after 3 days in a row!

Have a great day,
Jayne.x.

Little Red Wagon #205 - Use a Fence

Hello, it's Wednesday which means it's Little Red Wagon day.........

This week, Jan would like us to use a fence on our project.........just so happens I stuck a nice little panel (well actually it's probably more of a gate!) on a layout I completed for my recent DT Kit from Two Scrapbook Friends.

Killing two birds with one stone for once?  Doesn't usually happen in my world, but I'll take it.

Here goes.........A Perfect Autumn Day.

Love, LOVE the colours of this paper collection........Reflections Fall from Echo Park - perfect for all those photo's taken at this time of year.

I made use of lots of stickers from the co-ordinating sticker sheet......most are popped for a little more dimension.

Also got to work with a leaf stamp to compliment the whole theme.

And finally, we get to the collection of embellies in the bottom corner, which houses the gate fence panel, along with buttons, covered chipboard and more stickers.

This collection is available in the store and online if you'd like to grab your own stash.

So, are you feeling the urge to conjure a little fence panel yet?

Hop on over to the Little Red Wagon blog and check out some inspiration from the rest of the Girlfriends.

Link up your own creation while you're there and we'll stop by to say 'Hi'.

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

'Leaf' me Breathless!

Hello there, how's your week been?  Good or bad.......at least we're heading into the weekend.

I'm back with a card for you again today.  I intended to be here a little more often this week, but the usual stuff got in the way and I have DT things to work on too, so I'm here.......eventually!

Today's card features the old Copic's (as usual!) but no 'girlie' for once.  Nope, this times it's a boy and a cute one at that.  I have to thank Joanne for putting me in touch with this cute image from Whimsie Doodles and I realize we're a little past the 'raking of the leaves' stage, but he has been waiting patiently coloured since November, and has just made it to a card.

Here goes.......

As you can see, I tried really hard to make a scene for this one, but being British, 'one' should never make a scene, so this is the best I could do!

I am quite proud of my hand-drawn tree however, as my drawing skills are truly abysmal!

Papers are from an MME Six By Six pad (Away We Go) and as previously mentioned, colouring of this little chap is courtesy of the Copics.

 Have a wonderful day and a productively crafty weekend.
See you next week,
Jayne.x.

Grunge ragamuffin........(But darn cute!!)

Hi there, how's you freezing rain Wednesday? Havin' fun?

We need a little sweetness to brighten the day, so what better than an image from Saturated Canary? How long has it been since I last said "This is my latest favourite card"? Got to be over a month, so it's time for another.

Here's my latest favourite card, a 'Hand-me-down ragamuffin' with a generous helping of grunge............


She is so sweet, and for some reason I decided she needed to be a fiery redhead. One of the reasons for that, is that the current challenge over at Saturated Canary is to use 'Autumn' colours, so decision made.


Colouring is with Copic's and papers are from Authentique.

Enjoy your day
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Saturated Canary - #4 Autumn Colours
The Paper Variety - Photo Inspiration..........I used Autumnal colours ie. the orange and brown leaves as my inspiration.
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge Blog - #67 Tie one on
Dream Valley Challenges - #20 Stitching
Gingerloft Challenges - #29 Lace, fabric or felt
Scrappy Frogs Challenge Blog - Use Kraft cardstock
Incy Wincy Designs - #121 Colour challenge (Autumnal leaves)
Craft Your Passion Challenges - #85 Photo Inspiration
Clear It Out Challenge Blog - Orange and Brown

You've gotta pick a pumpkin or two!

Well, I finally managed to finish colouring some of the new 'PJ's' that were released recently from byLoriDesigns and.........oh they are cute! Introducing Katie and Grace............

So these images are from a new line of digi's called the 'Wagon Trails' which you can find over at the Lollipop Shop , and who knows what may appear in those wagons in the future..........the possibilities are endless!

Now, when I'm deciding on sentiments for cards, I often wonder if anyone is on the same page as me. Take this card for example. Whilst I was colouring this image, a particular song was running through my head, with the word 'pumpkin' replacing one of the lyrics, and that's why it's ended up on today's creation. I thought it was quite witty (in my own sad little way!) and fit perfectly, but my question to you is...............does anyone have a clue which song I'm talking about? I'm guessing not, but I thought I'd throw it out there, so leave a comment if you think you know (and that includes you Mom if you're reading this!). I would say the Brit's amongst us would probably have a better chance at guessing correctly, and you'd definitely have to be no younger than 35...........although the movie this song came from, was a favourite of my 7yr old niece at one time, if I remember correctly. OK, no more clues, just take a guess and I'll call it market research! (lol)

Back to the relevant stuff! I coloured of course with my Prisma's and you know, Copic's for skin areas. DP's are from Queen Martha as I affectionately call her, as is the punched border. I covered a chipboard leaf with a scrap of DP from my stash, and added the button on there, along with a little twine from Jillibean Soup. The ribbon is again from a $$ store.......I'm lovin' the bargain ribbons I'm picking up from there recently! I embossed the brown cardstock using a Cuttlebug folder, and the sentiment is printed from my PC, then cut freehand and doodled.

Done. Cute I'd say, and perfect for Fall.
There are more new digi's over at the Lollipop Shop just bursting with 'cuteness'. Here's a little preview for you..............

They are $3 each and you can find them here.

So there you go, hop on over and take a look.........I'm just a touch excited trying to decide which image to colour up next!

'Katie and Grace' will be heading into the following challenges:

Stampavie and more - Orange

Stamps R Us - Buttons and Bows

Creative Card Crew Challenge - Let's Punch It

City Crafter Challenge Blog - Wk29 Get your Digi on

The Creative Cottage -#26 Embossing

The Sisterhood of Crafters - Leaves

CRAFT Challenge - #75 Dry Embossing

Stamp Insanity - #34 Punch-Drunk Love

Have a great weekend and I'll be back on Sunday with a creation for the new challenge over at OSAAT.

Happiness is...........

Oooh, have I been a bad blogger this week? Yes, absolutely, but that's not to say I haven't been crafting away.....I've actually been pretty productive, but just didn't get the time to actually post something! Anyhow, thought I'd better make at least a quick effort today, followed by another tomorrow, and most definitely on Sunday for my OSAAT DT creation.
On with today, it is of course Bellarific Friday over on the Stamping Bella blog, which means efforts have to be made by myself in honour of one of my fave stamp stores (the actual rubber, touchy, feely, squishy in your hand kind of stamp that is!). So this weeks theme is 'Fall', not necessarily a Fall stamp, but definitely the colours associated with. Here's my attempt using 'Savvy Shoppabella'..................

Now, whilst I was making this card, I didn't feel too happy with it........don't know why, but now that it's finished, I'm fairly pleased, just not 100%. Maybe it's the fact that I finally used the last of my very 'purdy shiny ribbon' (sniff)......aahhhh, she served me well!(lol).

I coloured of course with my Prisma pencils and a touch of Copics for skin, used my new 'lacy square' Nestie (love it!), a Fiskars border punch, a chipboard leaf (covered with cardstock and inked) and DP's are from the Apple Cider line from Imaginisce. I finished with a little faux stitching.

Bella will be shopping her way into the following challenges:

Sentimental Sundays - #23 Autumn or Fall

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - #79 Layer it on (at least 5 layers)

Kaboodle Doodles Challenge Blog - #41 Celebrate the colours of Fall

Cute Card Thursday - #133 Make your own(embellishments)

Charisma Cardz Challenges - #40 Autumn

Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog - #38 Autumn or Fall colours

Stampin For The Weekend - Challenge 48 Autumn Inspiration

Craftalicious Challenges - #9 Autumn/Harvest Festival

Have a great weekend.