A Very Quick Post

Sorry this is going to be a rushed post, I have just got back from Baby Sitting (much later than planned), and I have so much of that horrible H word to do home here that I had better make a start before I put up the Christmas Decorations. So here goes.


The first card was one I made for Mos Challenge last week but was too late to post it called Noel with Gifts (I think), and had been coloured with Copics and the papers are from Basic Grey, Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts,



Another Wags'nWhiskers Sneak Peek.



I challenge you not to fall in love with this fantastic image created by Crissy Armstrong for Wags'n Whiskers. Only one more day and our new release will be available to purchase tomorrow, Friday 11th at 12pm GMT/7am EST!!!!!! Not long to wait!!!!



This image is called Puppy Love Ahhhh!!! and has been coloured with Distress Inks, The papers are a download that I have had for ever not even sure now who I bought it from, but I think it suits the image perfectly.



Right off to get on with the H*******k and as soon as I am finished I will answer 2 days worth of e-mails and comments.

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Hugs
Jacqui xx

All the W's

Wags'nWhiskers Sneak Peek Day 1

I hope you have a cup of coffee of tea beside you cos this is one long post, I have 2 cards today and lots of news. Today is the first day for you to have a sneak peek of the new Wags'nWhiskers stamps designed by Crissy Armstrong, these lovely new stamps will be released on Friday so not long to wait before you can get you hands on them.

There will be more sneak peeks from my fellow DT Divas on their blogs today and if you leave a comment on the posts you could be in with a chance of some candy.

Here is a list of where you can find todays sneak peeks
Inge
Lacey
Karen
Sharon
Nikki
Have fun visiting and best of luck.



I have used "He Loves Me" stamp for my first SP, this gorgeous image has been coloured with Distress Inks. The papers are by Imaginise.


The flowers have been punched from the same papers and I have added Stardust Stickles around the edge of the petals. Will have another image to show you tomorrow.



Whiff of Joy Challenge

Sparkle!! Sparkle!!! Sparkle!!!

Yes that is our challenge this week!! Sparkle!!!
We would love to see lot of sparkle on your cards this week and just in time for the holidays too.

Don't forget Katharina has her Advent Calendar going on still on her blog, there is a free stamp everyday so make sure you get in the draw you never know you may be the lucky winner.

And she also has her sale still going on till the 20th on all Winter and Christmas Stamps, you still have time to order and get those cards done and even better yet have them again for next year. So go check the sale out over at Whiff of Joy Store.

Now lets see your wonderful creations with all the Sparkle!!! Remember only 1 rule you must use a Whiff of Joy Stamp.

As this card is to go abroad I have tried to keep the embllies down a bit, Postage and all that. I have used another of Norma Fickels Little Gnomes on this card available from Whiff of Joy. Little Wee in Stocking has been coloured with Copics. I took Bevs advise and actually made up my card before I coloured the image so I hope I have a good match with the colouring. I will try yo make all my cards this way from now on, so much easier than colouring and then searching for matching papers!!!!

I have used the Spellbinders Fleur des Lys die to cut out the centre and have added lots of Glimmer Dust around the edges. Added Sizzix and MS Snowflakes and gorgeous Flat Backed Pearls. I am off to do Baby Sitting Duties today, Cannot wait to spend some Nanny time with Owen.



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Jacqui xx

A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge

A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge

Our Challenge this week was picked by our very own Joanne and she challenged us to make a Monochromatic card (not just black and white) all tones of the same colour, and dear generous Nikki has offered a wonderful set of stamps as a prize.



Sorry another easel card, I am just loving this shape card. I am also loving this little Cozy Tilda who has been coloured with distress inks, then cut out an placed on the Magnolia Snowflake Circle which has been heat embossed with Crystal EP and Lavender Liquid Pearls have been added. To achieve the colour I wanted for Tildas snowsuit I mixed Milled Lavender and weathered wood, I think it is a good match to the lovely Magnolia papers.



Sizzix and Martha Stewart Snowflakes have been added the large snowflakes have been covered with drys clear glue and Twinklets have been sprinkled over them. I am not really a fan of Mirriboard but the silver seemed to fit this card.



The sentiment on the base of the card is also by Magnolia and the Mini Angel Tilda was one I pucked up at the NEC she has also been coloured with distress inks.



Have a good day
Hugs Jacqui x

Rocking around the Christmas Tree

Stamp Something Challenge

WooHoo the theme on Stamp Something this week is right up my street, Glitzy Somethings, hope I have fulfilled the criteria.



All the stamps on this card are from the wonderful DT Package I received from Kathy at Peachy Keen Stamps, I just feel I am so lucky to be able to have this little cuties to play with. I cannot praise these fabulous stamps enough they stamp perfectly every time and are made of the most gorgeous Peach Acrylic a real pleasure to use. The two Penguins (PK-318) and Christmas Trees and Snowflakes (PK-19) have just been released. I have coloured them with Copics and added lots of Glamour Dust to the Trees and Snowflakes.



The Tea Bag Folded Christmas Tree was an Idea from Create and Craft last year and is very easy to make, I hope to do a tutorial on them on the Whiff of Joy Tutorial Blog soon if you are interested. The snowflakes are a mixture of Sizzix and MS Snowflake Punch, the large white one has been covered in Twinklets.



Now some news from Wags'nWhiskers



We are sooooooooo excited as our 2nd release is taking place on Friday 11th December!!!! That's right this coming Friday!!!! Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th December we will start sneak peeks on the Design Team blogs and on the Wags'nWhiskers Website . Then on Friday our blog hop will begin at 5am GMT/12am EST!!!! Our new release will be available to purchase Friday at 12pm GMT/7am EST!!!

But the excitement doesn't stop there!!!

Would you like to win a complete set of our new release? .... You Would then Pop over to the Wags'nWhiskers website and find out how.

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Hugs
Jacqui xx

Mutual Appreciation Society!!!!!

Whiff of Joy DT Card

What a strange world this is, on my daily visit to my dear friend Bevs blog, she has said that she has cased my Green Just Magnolia card for her new creation, wow you have no idea how proud that made me cannot believe she would want to case one of my cards!!!! the odd thing was that for my card today I had actually cased Bevs Side Step card on the Just Magnolia Tutorial Blog.

I must say Bev it was a fabulous tutorial and so easy to follow, I have used 3 of the great Gnome Stamps designed by Norma Fickel for Whiff of Joy, the delish papers are from The Hobby House, you had better get over there quickly as I don't think Jill will have them in stock for long. The images have all been coloured with Copics and Prismas.

Here is Wee with his Reindeer

and I just adore this little gnome and his cat.

Don't forget I am running the Whiff of Joy Advent Calendar Event everyday on Katharinas Blog, there is a prize everyday and all you have to do is leave a link on Mt Linky, so pop over and join in, you have to be in it to win it!!!!!

Have a great Sunday everyone

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Hugs
Jacqui xx

Happy Birthday Jemma

Sketch Saturday Challenge

There is a fabulous sketch this week by my dear friend Jeanette on Sketch Saturday, and also Katharina from Whiff of Joy has very generously offered one of Elizabeth Bells new Winter Images - Willow Reading - as a prize.



This gorgeous image by Mo from Mo's Digital Pencil, has been calling out to me to be coloured but I have been so busy the last couple of weeks that I just haven't got round to doing it, so when I had 5 minutes to spare tonight I just couldn't resist. She has been coloured with Copics and Prisma Pencils. The lush papers are by Kaisercraft, another of Tabs beautiful white roses has been used it has been sprayed with Olive Vine Glimmer Mist. In case you are wondering about the Title of this post, the card is for my little niece Jemma who will be 4 next week.



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Hugs
Jacqui xx

Snowballs on Saturday

Penny Black Saturday Challenge

We have a brand new Guest Designer for December....the lovely and oh so talented LIZ from Buttons for Brains....and Liz will be with us up until Christmas.....and I can guarantee you will be in for lots more fabulous inspiration. I would also like to thanks the fantastic Debby for being our guest designer for the last 4 weeks. Mwahxxx

So onto this week's challenge......we had Christmas for the Guys a few weeks ago so we couldn't forget the girls could we and this week's challenge is

CHRISTMAS FOR THE GIRLS

Great prize this week from Valentines so please come and join us in the fun.



This is one of those stamps that somehow find their way to the bottom of the storage box, I haven't used her for at least 2 years but I am so glad I found her she fits this weeks challenge perfectly. I have coloured her with Copics and added flowersoft to the snowballs, the papers were more from the stash that is laying on my desk (I have made my mind up to tidy my desk today, my working space is getting smaller and smaller). I have used the MS Village Border Punch and MS Snowflake Punch, the lovely buttons on the snowflakes are from Jill at The Hobby House.



Have a great weekend everyone, I am sure its going to be a busy one for you all.
Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Its a Girl Thing - 2 cards for the Girls

Just Magnolia Challenge

We are sponsored each month for our Special Monthly Challenge by Simon Says Stamp and this month Heidi has made the prize extra special. Just check out all this deliciousness!!



And now on to this months Special Challenge. It's a special time of the year and we all have special people in our lives so what you need to do to qualify for the amazing prize is make a card for Someone Special. That's it - nice and easy at this busy time of the year. The winner will be chosen by Random Generator next week so to be in the running all you need to do is ensure you have at least one Magnolia image on your card and link your card (not your blog) in Mr Linky and have your card posted by 10 pm UK time next Thursday 10th December.

Back to my Green Phase again for this weeks card, To get the shade of green I wanted I mixed the Peeled Paint an Pine Needles Distress Ink together I am so pleased with the results, the other Distress Inks used are Worn Lipstick, Vintage Photo, Black Soot, Vintage Photo, Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap and Tattered Rose. I have added lots of Gold Glimmer Dust to the image. The Large Rose is from Tabby Crafts and the smaller roses from Wild Orchid Crafts, I have sprayed them all with Dew Drop Glimmer Mist and painted Liquid Pearls around the edges, the lovely Gold Ribbon is from Bunny Zoes Crafts and the sentiment stamps is by SU.





Wags'n Whiskers Challenge 5

This week's challenge is all about Distressing! So tear some paper, ink up those edges, or rough something up!! Just don't rough up your husbands!! LOL!

We have an AWESOME prize for one winner this week!! Are you ready?...
One lucky participant will win one of the NEW RELEASE stamps of your choice!!
Yes, you heard that right...

We are having a new release NEXT Friday - December 11th!!!
The Sneak Peeks will begin on Wednesday, December 9th...more on Thursday, December 10th...followed by a Blog Hop and Release on Friday, December 11th!



I have used the lovely Wags'n Whiskers design Ansleys Surprise by Crissy Armstrong, available from Bunny Zoes Crafts. She has been coloured with Copics the fabulous papers are again from Magnolias Christmas Collection. The Flowers are from Tabby Crafts and the Spacers and brads are from The Hobby House, I have coloured the Pearl Brads with Copics to match the image. I am so pleased with the colours on this card



Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Late Again!!!!

Lili of the Valley Challenge

For this weeks challenge we have a sketch for you to follow, we know how much you all enjoy sketches. Hope to see lots of entries again this week. We are looking for a Guest Designer, chosen by the DT members, to join us for the next 4 challenges, so if you are interested please add GDT to the end of your comments on the Challenge Blog.

But remember it is not necessary to use Lili of the Valley Products on your card (although of course we love it when you do).

The Dt have again produced some stunning cards so just click Here, to see the creations and hopefully join us.



I have gone for a subtle colour scheme on this card to match the gorgeous Magnolia Christmas Papers. I have coloured the fabulous Lili of the Valley Christmas Stamp with Distress Inks (Surprise, surprise!). The Beige flowers were bought at the NEC from the Magnolia Stand, and the little pink roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. The Pearls are from Hobbicrafts and the gorgeous sumptuous lace is from a selection from our own dear Tab's website Tabby Crafts




Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Baby Its Cold Outside

Whiff of Joy Challenge

You all made just gorgeous Christmas cards for our last challenge and the people that are getting them are going to just love them.

And speaking of Christmas don't forget the sale going on till December the 20th at Whiff of Joy on all WINTER and Christmas Stamps. So you still have time to order and get your cards made with them for Christmas.

And to top it off Katharina has the Advent Calender going on again this year, It started the 1st so make sure you get to the BLOG everyday and you never know you may be the winner one day.

For this week we have a wonderful sketch for you by our own Marga. And a wonderful sketch it is I know you all will love it as much as we have. So lets see lots and lots of entry's for this challenge. We only have a couple more challenges this year to go so come on folks get your WHIFF OF JOY stamps out and join in the fun.



All behind hand today again, have been getting Mum ready for her WRAC Christmas Party, she is being picked up at Midday and will not be back until 4 o'clock, 4 hours break!!!

Today I have used Elizabeth Bells Winter Collection Freezing Willow and Sledge with Presents from Whiff of Joy. Used Distress Inks again!!. I am not sure who makes the papers but I know I got them from Jill at
The Hobby House, I popped over there last night and Jill has got some fantastic new Martha Stewart punches in stock, me being me had to order a couple. The snowflakes are a mixture of Sizzix Dies and MS Punches, the large ones have had Twinklets added to them, the great Silver ribbon is from Nikkis Shop Bunny Zoes Crafts



Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Owwww!!!!!!

Peachy Keen Challenge

I have some great news to tell you today, I don't know how I have kept it quite for the last 2 weeks, I had a lovely e-mail from Kathy the Designer and owner of Peachy Keen Stamps asking me if I would like to join the Design Team, even though I had decided not to take on any more DT work, I just couldn't resist and had to say yes. I have already told you how I just love the Cute faces Kathy adds to her wonderful characters and they all have a bit of humour with them they are just irresistible.

On to this weeks Challenge We have its a recipe challenge for you this week. The challenge is to use the following:

* polka dot(s)
* a border
* stripe(s)
* stamped image(s)

That's it!! Talk about letting your imagination run wild. Be sure to post your link before December 15th so you can be entered for the prize.



So this is my first card for the Peachy Keen Challenge, and I have chosen one of the fantastic stamps Kathy sent me in my DT pack,she just appealed to my sense of humour. She is called Ginger Bite (PK 403) and has been coloured with Distress inks, I was short of Polka Dot Paper to match so I hope you will accept the Holly Berries as Polka Dots.



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Hugs
Jacqui xx

Sweet Tilda

A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge

Tuesday means its time for A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge, and this week we have a great one for you. A Christmas Card using Non-Traditional Colours, There are some fabulous cards by me fellow DT members to give you inspiration so please come and join us.



Brown and Pink are as far away from Traditional as I can get, Tilda is all dressed and ready to go to the Officer Christmas Disco, she is just sitting waiting for her Beau (Edwin) to pick her up, I hope he remembered to buy her a lovely corsage to wear. She has been coloured with Distress inks. The Papers are from the Christmas Range from Magnolia. The sumptuous flowers are last years Prima Collection I wish they had repeated them this year as I am getting very low on them and am having to using them sparingly.



Just a little reminder that I am hosting the Whiff of Joy Advent Calendar on Katharinas Blog again this year, Katharina is offering a lovely surprise candy every day from today until 24th December and we hope you can join us the link is on my sidebar.

Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx