I don't know how I have kept this quiet all week, it was so hard as I wanted to shout it from the roof tops but I kept a lid on it and am really proud of myself lol. There is a new challenge blog starting next Friday (17th April) called Just Magnolia and it's exactly that, a challenge blog just for Magnolia stamps. There is such an amazing DT (and a big team too!!) you will be amazed at how much talent there is on this team, so why not pop over to the Challenge blog, check the details and become a follower, and don't forget to join just next friday. Looking forward to seeing you there

Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

WOJ Sneak Peek

Whiff of Joy Medieval Collection

Time for another sneak peek at the new Alison Acton Medieval Collection by WOJ which is to be released this weekend. .


These are gorgeous stamps and I must admit I am in love with this wonderful horse and Queen Charlotte is just such a fun stamp. They have both been coloured with Copics and I have added lots of Glamour Dust on this one. The papers are from Bearly Mine CD, swirls are punched with my new punch from Jill at The Hobby House. No Embellies on this one what a change for me, my fingers are itching to add just one flower but she really dosn't need any.



I have carried on the papers inside and used another of the new stamps (Shield)


Don't forget to check out the rest of the DT's fabulous creations with this new set of stamps.

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Jacqui xx

Jacquis Messy Candy

This post will stay at the top until 10th April

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I cannot believe my Blog is coming up to its first birthday, the time has flown I have also nearly reached 75,000 hits, so I thought it was time to thanks all the wonderful friends I have made in this last year and also the lovely people I don't really know very well but always leave me such lovely comments. Blogging has changed my world, not being able to get out much the pleasure I have received from visiting your lovely blogs and reading your daily doings has made me feel if I have a whole world of friends. Thank you so much MWAH XXXX to You All

I have decided to make this an extra special Candy and have decided to give away the complete set of Joanna Sheen's New Sir Messy and the Princess Stamp release, this is 6 sets of stamps , each set has one Rabbit and matching accessories.

All you need to do is to show a picture of this candy with a link back to my blog and your blog and leave me the link to your blog below. The candy will be drawn at Midnight on the 10th April which is my Anniversary.
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Jacqui xx

Fun and New Beginnings

Lili of the Valley Challenge

The Challenge for the Challenge on Lili of the valley Challenge this week is FUN. So we hope to see lots of Humorous creations during the next fortnight. Don't forget you can use any image or stamp for this challenge not just Lili of The Valley products.



I will be so pleased when this week is over, just when I think I have caught up with you all and can get back to making some cards something else crops up and leaves me behind again, looks as if I will be up to the early hours again tonight.

Let me introduce you to little Outlaw Charlotte she is one of a small collection of Alison Acton Medieval stamps that are being released by Whiff of Joy at the weekend. I am sure you will lots of these cute medieval stamps when you visit the WOJ Dt members websites over the next couple of days. Charlotte has been coloured with Distress Inks, Papers are all from my drawer full of little bits of DPs, I have threaded gold edged green ribbon through some cream raffia ribbon, rest from stash. I have not decorated the inside yet, to much to do and not enough time :(






Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - New Beginnings




Well being a bit of a donut, the fact that this challenge is called "STAMPtacular" didn't even register with me until I just came to write this post, so all the work I put into these little baby shoes is for nothing, well not for nothing I know where I will use the Pink one (no prizes for guessing) and the blue one will come in handy. Anyway now they I made I might as well show you them,, even though I cannot enter them for the challenge.



I got the template for these shoes on the internet but as it was about a year ago, I cannot remember where, so I will do a search tonight for you and if I find the link will added it to the bottom of this post.

The Little blue shoe was made with paper from a Red Hot Bed CD and I have cut out some of the little bees, butterflies and flowers and 3d them on.

The little girls shoe is made with pink pearlised paper that I dry embossed and added Pearly Doodles to the middle of the little embossed flowers. Lace was from C&H Fabrics and I have added little dots of Silver Stickles to each picot. The rest from stash.

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Hugs
Jacqui xx

Wednesdays Girls

Whiff of Joy Challenge

Morning everyone, I think I have just about caught up with you all now, spent most of the day blog hopping yesterday. This week on Whiff of Joy Challenge we have lovely sketch for you from our very own talented Katharina. So hope to see you all joining in with us this week. My fellow DT have come up with some fabulous cards with this sketch as has our talented guest DT member Donna so drop in and check it out.

Whiff of Joy News

Katharina has released the dates for the pre-ordering of the New Elizabeth Bell Summer release - Monday April 13th. Pre-orders will be open until Monday May 4th. And all the kits will then be sent out on Monday May 18th.

The kit contains 6 fabulous, brand new character stamps and 5 accessory stamp designed by Elisabeth Bell. Katharina has received a lot of request regarding sentiments on the kit, that's why you will also receive 4 text stamps designed by herself :) You'll receive all those stamps for the fantastic price of 28 Euros - approx £25 (plus shipping) . Our flatrate shipping rates also apply for the stamp kit. These new stamps are adorable and I think the best yet. Katharina has a sneak peek on her blog and more information can be seen on the Whiff of Joy Website.



I will keep my posts brief today, I have used three WOJ stamps for this card, Kneeling Willow was stamped first then masked and I stamped Swirly Cloud and Grassy knoll stamps over her. They have all been coloured with Distress Inks and H20's. Papers are from Donnas Bearly Mine CD, roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, Ribbon and Pearls from Stash. Petal ribbon a Rak from Bevxx The sentiment is also a WOJ stamp, and has been cut with the Nesties Label die, available from Jill at The Hobby House.



The inside of the card.






Stamp with Stampavie

The theme for this weeks challenge is Red and White. If you visit the blog Here you will see some fabulous examples of what you can do with this lovely colour combo.



Little SN Gorjuss has been coloured with Distress Inks and H20's, the oval was cut with the Oval Nestie set and then run through the Cuttlebug in the swiss dots folder. Flowers from imaginise and MSBP have been used as well as the fab swirl punch all available fro The Hobby House. The flowers are by Imaginise.



I have used the same papers inside and added lots of flowers from stash.



Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

A Spoonful of Sugar

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge

You have got to visit A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge this week my fellow DT members have come up with some fabulous cards with this weeks theme

--How Old!!!!!!!!--

And Bryony from Silly Monkeys Crafts has donated 4 sets of her new buttons as a prize for one lucky winner. You will just love the colours of these buttons.
So why not come and join the challenge this week



I have made a card for a 6 year old girl, and thought this gorgeous Whiff of Joy Confirmation Melinda was just perfect for the it. She has been coloured with Distress Inks and H20's, the papers are from Donnas fabulous Bearly Mine CD (link on the sidebar). I have used MS Heart Punch and some lovely little roses from stash, the roses come from Wild Orchid Crafts I will try to post the link on my sidebar some time today, they have the most amazing roses in different sizes and colours and offer a fantastic service.



I have used the same papers for the inside of the card and coloured up another image of Melinda.



Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

New Challenge

Stamp with Fun

There is a new challenge on the block today Stamp with Fun, the challenge was started by the very talented trio Jacqueline, Mona and Tina and I was very honoured to be asked to be on the DT with some awesome crafters. We have a fabulous sketch for our first challenge so please drop over to the Blog and check out the Fab cards by my fellow DT members and come and join us in this fun challenge.



I'm back in circulation it didn't take long once the problem was was found, just had to get a new mouse and have a clean up of my files, so hopefully I will catching up with you all tonight.

I ordered set 2 of the Gorjuss Girls at the weekend cannot wait to receive them now, think they are even better than the first set. This little baby has been coloured with Copics as her Little furry friend. Papers are by Basic Grey, flowers are punched from same paper, buttons from Silly Monkeys, swirls are punched and ribbons are from stash.



The inside of the card



Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

No Computer for a Day

Hi Everyone. just a short note to say I will not be able to post or visit anyone for today, as regular readers know I have been having problems with my Laptop and it is hopefully going to be repaired today, but I will be unable to leave any comments or post todays card until I get it back hopefully later this evening. Thanks to my lovely neighbours who have allowed me access to their computer this morning to post this
Back soon

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Jacqui xx

Sunday Best

Magnolia vs Stampavie

We have a lovely sketch from our very own fabulous Michelle for you to follow this week, thanks Michelle for such a great sketch to work with, and also have a great prize for one lucky person so please come and join us, the DT have produced some fabulous work as usual for you so to find out more just click Here



Little Tilda is so brave holding that giant bee, not sure I would be sitting there so still more likely running around the garden screaming :). She has been coloured with Copics, More papers from the BG Porcelain Pad just adore these colours for someone who used to hated any shade of orange this pad is quickly winning me over.
Swirls have been cut with one of Jills Lovely new Punches available at the Hobby House. Rest from stash.


Very plain inside this time.

I am having terrible trouble with my Laptop or it maybe the mouse at the moment, everytime I just hover over a command it just does it without me even clicking on it. So at the moment I am spending half my time re-typing everything, it is also just shutting down Internet Explorer every time I go anywhere near the big red cross this is making everything so difficult at the moment, the b****y thing has nearly been launched out of the window about 3 times this morning, has anybody else ever had this trouble and if so how did you clear it HELP!!!!!!!!!!

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Jacqui xx

Buzzin Around

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

This weeks challenge is to create a card etc for

EASTER

next weekend we shall all be getting ready to roll our
Easter Eggs or if you are like our Design Team.....just tucking into
their chocolate ones

We also have a prize of a set of Penny Black unmounted stamps on offer for one lucky winner


The Weekend at last Yipeeee!!!!, although I don't work I love the weekends because its time to see the family, I have some family news to share with you, its really exciting for me, my No.3 son James and DIL Vikki have been told that their third baby due at the end of July will be a Girl!!!! now you may think thats normal but after 4 sons and 6 Grandsons a Grand-daughter was a thing we only dreamed of. I cannot wait to buy all those lovely pretty clothes that I have looked at longingly for years.

Well down to todays DT card I have coloured the cute image with Copics, the papers are a free download, but I forgot to note from where I got it. The plain Lilac Paper has been sprayed with Crafters Companions New Glitter Spray although you cannot see on the Photo it is lovely and glittery and I am really impressed with this product. The Egg shaped Buttons are from stash, Flowers have been punched with Large and Medium Flower Punch, the little tiny flower buttons are from Silly Monkeys, Bryony has just uploaded these tiny buttons in lots of colours on the website. MSDP had to get in there somewhere, I cannot seem to make a card without them.
While I am on about new products have you seen the fabulous charms and spacers Jill has uploaded to the website on The Hobby House, I just had to order all of them, the links to the website is on my sidebar.



I loosely carried the layout onto the inside of the card.


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Hugs
Jacqui xx

Return of the Absentee Blogger

Double Dutch Challenge

There is a fabulous sketch this week on Double Dutch Challenge, its great for using up your scraps as it has plenty of layers, I just adore sketches with lots of layers they are such fun to use.

Sorry I have not posted any cards or done any blog hopping in the last couple of days I am about to put that right this morning. I am working on a couple of projects that I cannot say anything about at the moment and they are taking up quite a bit of my time, but it is quite an exciting time for me. So please excuse me if I do not post as many cards as I usually do and my visits to your wonderful blogs are not as frequent as they have been.
This is definitely my favourite of the Sugar Nellie Elizabeth Bell Stamps she is so lovely to colour, I have usd copics again and that Gorgeous!!!! Basic Grey pad Porcelain. Had to get my MSBP in somewhere didn't I, and have also used some lovely tiny buttons I got this week from Silly Monkeys. The rest is from stash.

The inside of the card

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Hugs
Jacqui xx

Whiff of Joy Challenge - Lets get Dirty

Good morning everyone, I have woken up to the most beautiful blue skys and the sun is shining through the Windows, although it is still cold. Its Wednesday so time for WOJ Challenge which this week if - Lets get Dirty - we would like to see distressing on your creations. My fellow DT member have some great cards to get you started so please pop over Here
and join in the fun.

Princess Charlotte is from the WOJ Medieval Release and has been coloured with Distress Inks, the papers are by DCWV Fairytale Pad. I have used lots of glitter on this card, I am not a great fan of glitter so this is quite unusual for me and not sure if I am pleased with the result.


The papers have been carried onto the inside.






Stampavie and More.

this is the new name for the old Stamping with Sarah Kay Challenge, it was felt that as the challenge had now been opened up to any make of stamp it would be appropriate to reflect this in the challenge name, you can still reach the challenge blog with the old link just in case here it is Here.
The Challenge this week is Lots of Dots and Stripes - lets see you creations with as many Spots and Stripes as you can manage.

I have inked up one of my Miss Anya's at last she has been coloured with copics, I stamped her 3 times and decoupaged her. The papers are from my favourite Cd rom Bearly Mine the link is on my side bar. BP is Brazzil Bling, the charm says Hugs and Kisses (sorry you cannot make that out) the flowers have been punched and the sentiment is from WOJ

The inside of the card

Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx