Still Waiting for my Prince!!!

I bet you are fed up with waiting for  me to answer you all and leave some comments, my intentions were good, until I had a phone call to ask me to make some cards for a Crafters Companion TV Launch that was scheduled for Mid-May but had been bought forward to next WEDNESDAY!!!!!!, talk about a rush, not sure where I am coming from at the moment!!!

Anyway this is my third card as a GDT for Sweet Stamping Challenge where this week you are asked to create a card to go with the Theme in stitches, either real or faux stitches or some thing humorous.  I have gone for Humorous, as I just love the look on Tilda and Prince Frogs faces and they make me smile, they both look really fed up!!!!

Managed to use 4 stamps from my Spring Kit on this one, which has been coloured with distress inks.  The window is the stamp that I was having trouble with but have built up the really thin side and managed to get an image not perfect but better than the first images I stamped.  Papers are by Magnolia and flowers of course from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Don’t forget to scroll down to the previous post  to join in the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog Hop. 

Hugs

Jacqui xx

Just Magnolias Birthday Blog Hop

 

Just Magnolia is one year old!  And to celebrate we are running a blog hop which is being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp. Not only are they sponsoring the prize for the regular weekly challenge, there is also an amazing prize that has been sponsored by Simon Says Stamp for the blog hop.
The theme of this week's challenge is Thank-You.  For the DT this means a huge thank you to all our lovely followers and entrants each week and also to our amazingly generous sponsors for the fabulous prizes they put up each week.

Here is the prize for the blog hop supplied by our wonderful sponsors Simon Says Stamp, they will also be supplying our weekly candy as usual.  Some of the DT members will also be donating their own candy to every one who comments on their blog so you have 3 chances of winning this week, so make sure you come and join us,  the blog hop will start at  Just Magnolia Challenge Blog  and you should have arrived here from Jay jays blog and your next stop is Heather (Rica) Blog

Now down to this weeks Challenge we have a fabulous sketch by our very own Mina, it was a lovely sketch to work with Mina dear thanks so much,  you will see that some of the DT members have also made a little present to go with our cards this is our own present to Simon Says Stamp for their generosity to us all.

I received my Spring Magnolia Kit this week and of course couldn’t wait to play, but although I think this must be my favourite ever kit, I was really disappointed in the quality, in fact one side of the sheet was so thin I could not get it to stamp properly as one side was thicker than the other, I must say I was a bit miffed when I think how much we pay for the kit.

I must have taken 10 pictures just to get one descent one today, perhaps its the volcanic dust!!!!, Distress Inks have been used to colour Lady Tilda

Face and Hands – Tattered Rose, Tea Dye and Worn Lipstick, Dress Victorian Velvet and Chipped Sapphire, Hair – Tea Dye and Frayed Burlap.

The papers are by Magnolia , Prima Pearl Swirls are from The Hobby House,  I made the With Love Label with the packaging of the pearls which I distressed with Frayed Burlap then punched with a Label Punch also from The Hobby House, the round Thank You Sentiment is by SU, of course the beautiful Roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts, what on earth did we do before we discovered WOC, (by the way there are some new Wild Roses on the website, Paul uploaded them last night, you had better be quick you know they don’t stay on there long).

Just had to say that I went over to Crafts U Love view the new Magnolia stamps due for release in early May OMG I fell in love especially with Fairy Dust and Ballerina Tilda, my purse is a bit lighter this morning.

Here is my little tin to hold some soaps I made for Heidi, I have used the Tiny Flying Tilda from the Spring Kit on here.

Well if you haven’t fallen asleep after reading all this I have one last Picture to show you this is my candy for the blog hop, I will draw a random number at the end of the hop.

  So if you would like to be in with a chance to win this candy please advertise our blog hope on your blog and  just leave a comment with a link to your blog  on Mr Linky below.  Best of Luck and I do hope you enjoy the Blog Hop now don’t forget your next stop is Heather (Rica) Blog.

Hugs Jacqui xx

Lili of the valley Challenge 51

 

Sorry for my absence this week  both from blogging and commenting, I have loads of your e-mails to catch up on and I promise I will try to answer you all at some time today, I came home from Ally Pally with the most awful cold and I couldn’t get down to the chemist to get any Lemsips or Night Nurse, but in steps my fairy Godmother the fabulous kind Bev who actually sent them down to me by next day delivery, now could you get a better friend than that, thanks hun MWAH XXXXXX

I would also like to remind you that the fabulous Busy Bears Collection from Lili of the Valley will be released on the 21st April, I know some of you were lucky enough to pick them up at the Ally Pally show, The show was a fantastic success for Lili of the Valley and they almost sold out of all the stamps they took, but with foresight they put in an ordered of stamps to be delivered this week.

At the same time as the Busy Bear release Lili of the Valley are releasing a new collection of 4 Cute Cats and Dogs complete with really useful sentiments this collection costs £14.99 I am sure you will think the same as us a real BARGIN!!! , look out for some sneak peeks from the DT this week.

Right on to this weeks challenge we have a fabulous sketch for you this week by the aforesaid Bev and we have all had fun with this one

The way I was feeling I didn’t think I would be able to make a card for the challenge this week, but then I realised I could use the fantastic Lili of the Valley diecuts  I picked up on Saturday, wow these are just so useful when you need a quick card.  All I needed  to do was cut out the image with Nesties and add a bit of glitter and voila I had a card.  The papers are from Wild Rose Crafts and Ribbon from Crafty Ribbons of course the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I had better get on now and try to catch up on everything that has been left for the last few days, if you have e-mailed me so sorry I haven’t got back to you but promise I will try to at some stage today

Hugs

Jacqui x

Back to the Daily grind

Its back down to earth with a bang for me this morning, after a fabulous weekend at Ally Pally.  It was fabulous to meet up with so many of you, I will not mention everyone by name as I would hate to leave anyone out, but its such a treat to actually meet you all and put faces to names, and I will just say it made my day to meet up with Rach again after her break from blogging waving to you hun xxx.

I cannot believe I have actually at last meet Katharina and had the honour of working with her, she is as sweet and kind as she seems and after 2 years of  e-mailing and commenting with her, to actually meet her in person was so exciting.

Just a quick card this morning as I have come back to loads of work, this little bear is one of the new release from Lili of the valley with the amount of people surrounding their stand on both days not sure how much stock they will have in stock!!!!!!

I have coloured the image with Copics the papers are from some pads I bought yesterday from Wild Rose Studio, and the flowers from Wild Orchid Craft.

Well off to play catch up with my work, be back tomorrow

Hugs

Jacqui x

Crafty Sentiments GDT Card

Sorry this is a quick Post I have 15 minutes before the Taxi, so just hope this is scheduled OK.  This is my card for my GDT spot on Crafty Sentiments Challenge, a fabulosu sketch for you to follow with the option of the colour BLUE

I have used copics today just for a change and I have 3d the image,  Ohhh have found a new love the ultra fine Flowersoft that has been used on the bunch of flowers, it is fabulous.  Sorry this is so quick hope you understand

Thanks for looking be back tomorrow

Hugs Jacqui x

A Saturday Sweetheart

This is my second GDT card for Sweet Stamping Challenge this week the challenge is to use 4 colours as below 

I am don’t have any Stamping Up products so I used the nearest I could, I do hope you can come and join us again this week.

I was a bit worried when I took this photo as the Navy Card looks Black, I can assure you it is Navy Blue.  I have used this sweet image from SCACD by Elizabeth Bell, isn’t she just beautiful,  The inks used to colour her are

Face – Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Worn Lipstick, Hair, Tea Dye, Hat Victorian Velvet, Dress Tumbled Glass, Bunny and Basket Frayed Burlap.

The swirls are punched and the gorgeous spacers and bling is from The Hobby House.

Back tomorrow with another scheduled card (if it works, I am always dubious) 

Hope you are having a great weekend

Hugs Jacqui xx

A Little Princess

 

Just Magnolia Challenge - punch it out

We have a nice easy challenge for you on  Just Magnolia this week - “Punch it out”.  So the perfect excuse for you to get your Magnolia stamps and your punches out and get creative.  Don’t forget you can combine our challenge with any other challenges you like.

Another Easel card this week just cannot stop making these cards, I have used two Magnolia Stamps this week the fantastic Princess Tilda and the Heart Stamp from the Valentines collection.

I have used Distress Inks again  - Face and Hands Tattered Rose, Tea Dye and Worn Lipstick, Dress Gloves – Stormy Sky, Hair – Tea Dye Shoes Black Soot, and have added lots of Glamour Dust to her gloves Dress and Headdress.

The Heart has been punched  out with Martha Stewart Heart Punch which I then edged with Distress Ink, then rubbed a Versamark Watercolour  pad over the whole heart and sprinkled with Crystal EP and Heat Set.  I have also used the MS Heart Border Punch.  The Papers are by Magnolia.

The Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and have been sprayed with Glimmer Mist , the leaves are a MS Leaf Punch and the edges have been distressed.

Pop over to the Just Magnolia Challenge blog to be blown away by the fabulous creations by my fellow DT Members.

Hope to see lots of you at Ally Pally at the weekend, if you are not going hope you have a fabulous weekend.

Thanks for looking

Hugs Jacqui x

A Beautiful Morning

What a fantastic morning, warm, sunny and blue skies makes you feel good,   Thank you everyone for your ideas on how to get rid or hide my cold sore, I tried the toothpaste and am off to the chemists to get some of the ointment lots of you recommended.  Must admit the toothpaste seems to have a worked no blister this morning!!!

Well I have loads to do today before I leave for Ally Pally tomorrow so this will be a quick post.

 

I am going to enter this card for the challenge on Truly Scrumptious this week, what a fab sketch lots of layers! I have used one sheet of double sided backing paper, I must of had it for years!!!  Mr and Mrs Foxglove are from the spring Gnome collection by Norma Fickel for Whiff of Joy, they have been coloured with Copics.  The flowers are a selection available from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

 

I will be able to post my JM card in the morning before I go and hope to schedule a couple of GDT cards for Saturday and Sunday.  Then the rest of the day is planned preparing and tidying up the craft room, hope I can grab a couple of hours in the Garden.

Thanks for looking

Hugs Jacqui x

Wednesday Blues

Woken up this morning with the start of a rotten cold sore on my bottom lip, I am going to look blooming minging  at Ally Pally  and I am so looking forward to meeting everyone again, I cannot believe I will actually be demoing on the Whiff of Joy stand with Katharina and the fabulous Jane, well just my luck after waiting all this time to meet Katharina I end up looking like an alien!!!!

Enough moaning Jacqui just get on with it!!! thats me told.  Its Wednesday that means it is time for Whiff of Joy Challenge and this week we have a stunning sketch by Jane for you to follow.

I have used Willow Writing Recipes today, and have coloured her with Distress Inks

Face – Tea Dye, Worn Lipstick and Tattered Rose, Shirt – Victorian Velvet, Trousers - Stormy Sky, Apron & Stool – Frayed Burlap, Hair – Tea Dye

The edge of the image has been distressed with Tattered Rose and I have added a Tim Holtzs corner to the edge.  The Papers are Magnolia and of course these gorgeous flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  Have you joined the WOC facebook group, its well worth it to get first hand info on new releases and of course have a chat with the lovely Paul and Siri.

Be back tomorrow!!

Thanks for looking have a fabulous day

Hugs Jacqui x

Bouquet of Love

Morning or Afternoon should I say, being away for the weekend I didn’t have a card prepared for today, so this is a quick one I made this morning. I followed the sketch by my dear friend Terry that is this weeks challenge on Sketch Saturday. Fabby sketch Terry xx

I used an image I had already coloured with Distress Inks, sorry I didn’t make a note of the colours, she is one of the new images from Stampavie. The papers are by Magnolia and the Ribbons are from Crafty Feelings. I have used more of the gorgeous deep red Cherry Blossoms and white roses from Wild Orchid Crafts . The sentiment is from SU and I have cut out the image and sentiments with the new Nesties I bought at the NEC.

I still did a little crafting at the weekend with my dear Grandson Owen (4), after opening his Easter Eggs on Sunday Morning he took a bite out of one and then asked his Mum to put them in the fridge, we then spent a couple of hours playing with the boxes the eggs came in. We ended up with this cute Robot he is called Ronnie the Rubbish Robot, he collects rubbish to go in the bin in the hole in his tummy!!!!

Robbie was a joint effort by Gemma and Rich ( DIL and DS), Owen and I, this is the first time I have ever managed to get Rich and Gemma to craft but I think they did a brilliant job.

Hugs

Jacqui xxx

GDT Card for Crafty Sentiments

I was pleased and honoured to be asked by the lovely Suzette from Crafty Sentiments to be one of her Guest designers for April, thank you dear Mwah xxx.

This is my first GDT card using this weeks challenge sketch and of course the sweet little Bear available from from Crafty Sentiments website.  I do hope you can come and join us in this weeks challenge to see the rest of the Design Teams stunning creations just hop over to the Crafty Sentiments Challenge blog.

This little cutie was coloured with Distress Inks

Bear - Tea Dye,  Flowers – Worn Lipstick, Basket – Frayed Burlap.

The Papers are from The Martha Stewart baby Girl Pad, and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, The charm is from a selection at The Hobby House and Ribbon from Crafty Feelings. 

See you all tomorrow   

Thanks for looking

Hugs

Jacqui xxx

GDT Card

I was so proud and pleased to be asked to be an April Guest Designer for Sweet Stamping Challenge by my lovely sweet friend Terry ages ago and it has crept up on me all of a sudden, I am really amazed at how quick this year is going!!!

The Challenge this week is a fabulous one A Man Card, this little Lili of the Valley Image fits the bill I think, I do hope you can join in.

I have used another of the fantastic Lili of the Valley Images that will be released on 21st April, what a super image for those hard to make male cards this is, and it is also just typical of my sons!!!!, this new Lili of the Valley release is just chock full of the most awesome male bear stamps I am sure you are going to fall in love with them all.

I have used Copics to colour the image, The paper is from a Nitwits Download and Buttons from stash, I have used a Martha Stewart round the Page Punch for the backing square.

Hope you are all enjoy your Easter Break be back tomorrow with another GDT card if the scheduling has worked

Thanks for Looking

Hugs

Jacqui x

Happy Easter Everyone

This week on Just Magnolia Challenge it is time for our Special Monthly Challenge, once a month we like to stretch your crafting a little bit further and this month we would like to see different folds on your cards. As usual our Wonderful Sponsor Heidi from Simon Says Stamp ios offering a wonderful voucher to spend in her store, thank you so much heidi for your continued support of Just Magnolia .

My fellow DT members have come up with some spectacular folds I am afraid mine is very simple, but I really wanted to use all of my lovely new Tilda stamps, all four of these stamps were bought from Crafts U Love . I am afraid there are a lot of photos for you today making this quite a long post.

The first image is the cute Bunny Tilda which has been coloured with Distress Inks,

Face – Tattered Rose, Tea Dye and Worn Lipstick, Bunny Outfit Victorian Velvet and Frayed Burlap. (Have any of you guessed yet that Victorian Velvet is my absolute favourite of all the new Distress Ink Colours. It has been used on all three images!!!!

Here we have the lovely Easter Sentiment and Tilda holding her lamb. The papers are from Magnolia, I have used Tattered Rose and Victorian Velvet to distress the edges of the backing card, then whilst the ink was still damp I added pale gold Embossing Powder, I am really liking this look.

Face, Hands and Legs have been coloured with the usual Tattered Rose, Tea Dye and Worn Lipstick, the Dress – Victorian Velvet and Chipped Shapphire Lamb and shoes – Black Soot and Hair Black Soot and Frayed Burlap. If you are interested in how I colour Tilda with Distress Inks there are links to a couple of Tutorials I have created on my side bar

You can see the distressed and embossed edges better on this photo, I have also used the Martha Stewart 3 Butterfly Punch, The Roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts as usual.

Tildas Face Hands and Legs as above, Dress - Chipped Sapphire and Victorian Velvet, Flowers and Shoes and Scarf - Victorian Velvet Hair – Tea Dye, I have also used loads of Stickles on this one.

The Pearl buttons at the top of each Label are from The Hobby House.

I am going to my Sons for the weekend, they have a full programme arranged for me ending with an Easter Egg Hunt with my dear GS Owen on Sunday so I know I am going to have a fabulous time, hope you all enjoy your Easter Break . I have scheduled posts for Saturday and Sunday so hope it works.

See you soon

Hugs

Jacqui xx

Late Again Opppsss!!!!

All behind again today I am afraid, just don’t know where this week has gone.  Well its Thursday again and that means its time for Lili of the Valley Challenge  this week we have a colour challenge for you BLUE and SILVER to be used somewhere on your creation.  We also have two stamps kindly donated by Lili of the Valley for one lucky winner, so I do hope you will come and join us.

I adore this Lili of the Valley Image look at his cute little face, I have always fancied having a go on a Pogo Stick Myself!!!!.  I have used Copics to colour the Bunny only a couple of colours for this one C00, Co1, Co2 and R20 for Bunny, Boo, B14, RVooo, R81, R83 for eggs.

The white card has been run through he Cuttlebug with Cuttlebug Butterfly Embossing Folder I picked up at the NEC.  The FlowerPunch , Leaf Punch, brads pearls  I also bought at NEC from The Hobby House.   The Martha Stewart Rabbit Border Punch has been used on the same Brazil card and 3d over the image, I used double sided tape and spread silver glitter all over to get the silver glittery line.

Thats all for now kids!!!! Hope you all have a fabulous Easter Break, I will be back tomorrow with my Just Magnolia card and a GDT card.  See you then

Hugs

Jacqui xxx