A little bit of Summer

Afternoon crafty people , suns out here after a dull start , so I thought I'd post 2 summery cards I've made .

The summer garden card features an image from a Lili of the valley art pad , the diecuts are tattered lace from the garden of joy set and the peirced square is by Sue Wilson . I've coloured the die cuts with promarkers and a white gel pen.
The embellishment I made using a ribbon and a glue gun , gluing into a flower shape , I added a rose I made using filmo in a rose mould and baking in the oven.

challenges entered  for summer garden card :

Allsorts : ribbon more than just a bow 
Make my Monday : lazy days of summer 

 For my squirrel card , I used a stamp by Joanna Sheen that was the gifted in a creative stamping magazine . I stamped in London fog ink to give a lighter mor hand painted look , then coloured with pro markers . The paper is from B&M .

challenges entered :

dream valley : use a stamp or digi image 
i love pro markers : summer

well I'm hoping the sun here keeps shinning for a while longer , and I hope my long wait for my tattered lace dies from the very slow create and craft arrive soon .
jane x

Air Mail

Good afternoon crafting friends, nice warm day here, off to a barbecue party at 6 so glad of the weather . Sorry if I've not commented much this week , I've got internet problems , they are sending someone out on Monday .
Had a right mither  with Create and craft this week , so annoying when you order and pay for something , when wait and wait and wait for it to arrive , crafting .co.uk are very slow at delivering too and often some of the order is missing !
The thing is I love Tattered Lace dies and they are the main stockists.
I've used a tattered lace die on my card ,it's called "air mail", I've coloured with promarkers. The other dies are Sue Willson square, lawn fawn contour landscape and sizzix sentiment . The papers are 12x12 embossed brights from the works .

 challenges entered :
The paper players : followed the sketch above
moving along with the time : beginning with B (birdie)
cute card Thursday : bright colours 

enjoy the rest of the weekend (a long one for some ) jane x

The Christmas Stag

Morning crafting friends , thanks for the kind words regarding my aches and pains , we defiantly have a lovely hobby to make life better . I, for one , love making Christmas cards and here is one to show you today .

I've used 3 tattered lace dies , the stag and the trees background are from last years snow globe collection and the oval tree die is from the back to black collection.
The sentiment is a sizzix die , from a Tim Holtz set . The snowflake die is from Mariane Dies.
I've used white and blue glitter card and pearlized white card (well it is for Christmas ).
The stag is coloured with promarkers.

challenges entered :
Allsorts : forest friends 
incywincy : go wild 
Dream valley : Christmas animals 

nice warm day today , for a change , off to peg the washing out .
Happy Crafting . jane x

Tilda bringing home the Christmas tree

I can't believe it myself ....another Tilda, this one was so fun to colour . I've kept it simple , to let the lovely image take centre stage . I've coloured with pro markers , added the snow with a docraft white chalk pen and added glittery glamour dust to the fur trims . The sentiment is from Hobby craft .

challenges entered :
The paper players : cas with colouring in
Hazelnut's Christmas challenge : Christmas (make it girlie option)
Christmas card weekly challenge : Christmas
sparkles Christmas challenge : a festive sentiment

well I feel better than I did Sunday , my knee was so sore I was finding it hard to walk , today it's ok , I suffer from fibromyalia , this causes pain allover the body and I have arthritis in my hands . There are good days and bad , but most days I manage some crafting .

have a good week . jane x

3 Little Tilda's

Like a bus , you wait for ages and 3 come along at once ! I use to be Magnolia stamp mad , then I wasn't , but the other day I found a big wad of stamped magnolia images . I forgot how nice they are to colour , I'm still not sure about them just having just eyes though, but they are pretty and I'm pleased with the 3 cards I've made , what do you think ?

My red card features Tilda with strawberry basket , nothing says summer like lovely ripe strawberries . I've coloures with promarkers, the strawberries are highlighted with 3d clear gloss , the papers are raspberry road , the doily old stash and the sentiment bubble lawn fawn .

challenges entered :

Magnolia-lious challenge #12 : anything goes 
(option add some lace) 
simply magnolia : summer challenge 

My blue card features Tilda with kitten , coloured with promarkers , the lace doiley was a gift from a fellow crafter . The papers are from B&M . Die cuts Sue Wilson squares and spellbinder nesties . Sentiment computer printed .

challenges entered :
Magnolia-lious challenge #12 : anything goes 
(option add some lace) 
creative inspirations : anything goes 

my pink card bellow features Tilda with tulips , coloured with promarkers , the paper is docraft tales of the riverbank . The sentiment is lillie of the valley . The lacy trim martha stewart punch . The die cut heart and bows are Tattered Lace .

creative inspirations : anything goes 
in the pink : anything goes (with pink )
passion for promarkers : pretty pastels 


happy crafting jane x