Little Red Wagon #213 - Off The Edge!

Hi there, I'm finally back after a fabulous weekend of scrapping.  I wasn't sure how things were going to turn out having developed a pleasant case of Strep mid week last week, but I'm glad to say it didn't affect my performance or my eating habits.

I never EVER thought I would comment that one could get tired of eating........till you go on a scrapping weekend!  When breakfast runs in to mid morning snack, which leads to lunch, then afternoon snack, which turns to dinner.......well you get the picture!

No complaints though as that's it for another year.

Anyhow, I'm a little later in the day than I expected with this post, but it is still Wednesday so that's pretty good in my book.  It means that technically I'm not late for this weeks Little Red Wagon challenge..........

Joanne would like to see something 'Off The Edge', in other words something which extends beyond the edge of your card, layout or whatever else takes your fancy.

Now I sorta, kinda, mighta stretched the rules a little here, although technically parts of my card do extend beyond the front edge......just not the back!

I'll explain in a mo.

Now don't get me wrong I have nothing against extended parts (and now that I've typed that it sounds like something from a classic Brit Com........saucy!),but I find that if there are elements poking off the edges, it's not very 'mail' friendly.  Most of my cards have to be mailed......kinda the cheapest route when there's a 3000 mile distance involved, so in order to accommodate these extended parts (!) it forces me to create a weird sized envelope OR a weird sized card to fit in a regular envelope!

Are you following here?

So you can probably guess that I'm all for taking the easy route......one which involves trimming a 1" strip from the front of a very ordinary square card, and extending anything that needs to, within that space.

Good......everybody's happy, so long as Joanne doesn't call me on it!!

I stuck a quick sentiment inside.......

and before I forget I should mention that the layout for this one was inspired by Deconstructed Sketch #128.

Colouring is courtesy of my Prisma pencils and OCMS this week, and you'll have to use your imagination cause there's a nice touch of sparkle in the fur trim on her coat. Unfortunately the camera didn't quite catch that.

Papers are from Bo Bunny's 'Snowfall' collection (last year!) and the Digi is the cute Gillian from Prairie Fairy.

Maybe you could create your own genuine 'Off The Edge' creation and link up over on the blog.

Don't forget to check out the other perfectly legal creations from the rest of the Girlfriends whilst your there!

That's it for today but I'll be back again this week with some more crafting.

Enjoy your day,
Jayne.x.

Little Red Wagon # 184 - All About Mom

Good morning.

It's Carolyn's turn to host over on the Little Red Wagon blog this week, and as Mother's Day is fast approaching (this Sunday gentlemen in case you didn't know........although I doubt there are any men reading this so.......sorry ladies, I tried!), she has chosen 'All About Mom'.

Nothing like last minute for me, as usual I made this card yesterday for my Mamma and it will be rapidly making it's way across the pond to reach her.   No doubt it will arrive just a tad late.......rather a lot late actually as Mother's Day is celebrated in March in the UK, so what difference will a few more days make?

Here goes:

Everything on this one is from my stash, even the image is one I'd coloured a few months ago and has sat patiently waiting for just the right card.  On that note, don't look to closely at the image as there is a lovely little ink mark on the cap that it seems to  have attracted whilst waiting so nicely!

I'm guessing now that I said that, you had to go and examine it closely.....yes?

The digi is from Pollycraft and papers from a My Minds Eye 'Six By Six' pad.  Colouring is with Copic's and the layout was inspired by this weeks Deconstructed Sketch.

Have yourselves a great day and I'll be back later in the week,
Jayne.x.

Piggy Love!

Good morning.

Here I am with my second Valentine card of the season, a day late but who cares!  It did actually get to the recipient on time which is the main thing.

Anyhow, nothing conveys the big 'L' emotion like a pig.....yes?

Maybe not, but again.....who cares if the image is super cute!  Almost makes me want to run out and buy a pig.......almost!

Here we go:

Details for this one are pretty much the same as yesterday's card..........digi is from Sliekje and coloured with Copic's

..........papers are from last years Valentine collection by We R Memory Keepers, and the layout is based on Sketch #88 over at The Deconstructed Sketch.

That's about it from me so have yourselves a great long weekend.

I'll be back next week with something suitably crafty, I hope.
Take care,
Jayne.x. 

A whole wagon full of love!

Happy Valentine's Day!

I'm here to shower you all with a whole wagon load full of love.......on a card at least.

Thought I'd better actually post a Valentine card, seen as it is the big V Day.  As always, I'm running a little behind in the card making department so there will be another on here tomorrow.  Ahh well, you can never have to much Luuurve huh?

Here goes today's......this one was given to my youngest.

The image was a freebie from eons ago from Sliekje......she really does the cutest animal images and is pretty generous with her freebies!

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

 .........papers are last years Valentine collection from We R Memory Keepers, and the layout inspiration was provided by Sketch #87 over at The Deconstructed Sketch.

Hope you have a wonderful day.......share the love!

See you tomorrow,
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

A Girls Best Friend

Boy I've had a busy couple of weeks.

My brother, sister-in-law and their two kiddo's have been staying with us during this time so we've had a crazy, fun, chaotically happy kinda time, which is unfortunately coming to an end pretty soon.

The only good side to this is that my blog might get some tlc (in that I might actually visit more often), and all of our kids may get to sleep at a reasonable hour!

Anyhow, thought I'd post a card on here whilst I have a little time.  This was one I made for my youngest dd's birthday a while back, using another sweet Pollycraft image.

 

This little lady and her best friend are coloured with Copic's and papers are some of my old favourites from My Minds Eye.

 

I can't tell you how much I've had my monies worth from these paper tea roses and felt birds from the $1.50 bin at Michael's.....saved the day more than once!

The layout for this card was inspired by an older sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch.

That's it for today, but I will be back sometime this week I hope.
Have a good one,
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Come And Get It Challenges - Show us your flowers
A Gem of a Challenge - #53 Animals or Teddies
Craft Your Days Away - #52 Anything Goes
Little Claire's - #24 Best Friends
ATC's and Cards with Attitude - #22 Anything Goes
Copic Marker Europe - A Summer Card
Digi Doodle Shop Challenges - #122 Use Pearls
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes

Chocolate!....need I say more?

Good morning!

Did you miss me last week?  Very absent I know, then here I am two days in a row!

It's a very fleeting visit today with.......a card!  I was skimming over my blog yesterday and realised I haven't posted a card for ages, so thought I'd better rectify the situation immediately.

This one should be well on it's way across the pond to my Sister-in-law, for her Birthday, which was unfortunately a few days ago, but I always blame the postal service (regardless of when I actually send them!).

I've had this Bugaboo image a long time, but together with the included sentiment, it's still one of my faves.........

Papers are from Echo Park and colouring is with Copic's.

The card layout was inspired by a previous sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch, and here's another look at the little sentiment which could be my 'mantra'!

Have a great day, and I'll see you again tomorrow!
Till then, take care,
Jayne.x.

One of those days!

Not for me today actually....happy mood again!

This is just the theme of today's card.....I've certainly had a few days like this believe me!

The current challenge over on the Saturated Canary Challenge Blog is April Showers, so as this little lady has been coloured and sitting very patiently on my desk, waiting for you know who to finally put her on a card, I thought I'd better.
It's time to 'Cheer Up'..........

As the title suggests, the name of this digi is 'One of those days', and you can find her as also previously mentioned, over at Saturated Canary.

She's coloured with Copic markers and I've added a little distress ink around the image too..........

Papers are some of my favourites right now from the Authentique 'Gathering' collection, and the card layout is inspired by a previous sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch.  I've added a little bakers twine together with a couple of delicate tea roses ($1.50 bargain from Michael's!).

There's also a bargain butterfly (Dollarama) which I blinged a little with tiny pearls, and some machine stitching.  I'm not sure if you can catch it in this shot, but I forgot to mention there's Glossy Accents added to the raindrops in the image too.

That's it for today, so have yourself a good one and I'll be back on Friday.
Take care,
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Saturated Canary - #15 April Showers
Rubber Redneck - #69 Colour Roundup
Stars and Stamps - Colour Challenge
Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog - Use a Digi
Scrap-Creations - April Showers
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Stitching real or faux
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #23 Ribbon or Twine
Incy Wincy Designs - #142 Digi's Only
Karen's Doodles Challenge Blog - #102 Something Spring
Lollipop Crafts - #76 Spring Fling
The Hybrid Chick - #17 Spring
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - April Showers
Delicious Doodles - #17 Loads of Layers

At your age!

Hi there, it's Wednesday so we've already made it through half the week!

Just a quick visit from me today....things to do, places to go etc. I have a quirky little card for you, and this one will eventually be making it's way to my brother. Not until April though.....am I on the ball or what?

Anyhow, here goes......it's Maurice from Pollycraft again............

I think I luuuurve Maurice! He's so darn cute.

He is of course coloured with Copic's with a touch of Glossy Accents added to his spec's.............



Papers are from a Cosmo Cricket 6"x6" pad I've had forever, the sentiment is printed using Word and the layout was inspired by the current sketch from The Deconstructed Sketch.

As mentioned, it's headed to my brother, so I'll show you the inside of the card........just a sampling of sibling banter..........brotherly/sisterly love and all that!


That's all from me, but I will be back on Friday as there will be a fun 'On-line Crop' starting over at the Two Scrapbook Friends forum . I have my challenge prepped and ready to go with a cute little scrapbook page too.

See you then
Jayne.x.
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Challenges entered:
Pollycraft Monday Challenge - #128 Ribbon and Buttons
The Deconstructed Sketch - Sketch #39