CES Challenges ~ Photo Inspiration!...

  Hi all. A new challenge over at CES Challenges for you today. Sheena's turn this time, and she has a gorgeous inspirational photo for you;

For my DT card I also followed the sketch challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies, using this sweet Lili Of The Valley image which I coloured mainly with Copics and a little with Flexmarkers.

  From Crafty Emma's Store I used various flower & 'on the edge' card blank.

I also used Nesties from Pink Gem Designs,

Bo Bunny Sweet Tooth papers,
Star Dust Stickles,

Brown card,

And a Craftwork Cards Sentiment.

 Hope you've all had a good week? We have lovely weather here in Stoke on Trent today.

I'm off to enjoy it now.

Please do check out the other fabulous DT makes.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Jenny xx

Easter Chicks....

......now on the Pink Gem Designs website.

Aren't they cute for your Easter makes?

Hopefully back later in the week with some makes to show you. Spent the week so far laid up with a nasty cough & cold thanks to my lovely little Son for bringing his germs home lol! Thankfully he was well enough to go back to school today and I'm now feeling much better too apart from feeling tired.  Hope you are all well?

Jenny xx

CES Challenges ~ Colour Onto Kraft!...

  Hi again :-) I'm back with my DT card for CES Challenges. Where this week Donna has chosen out theme;

"Colour Onto Kraft"

Really struggled to get this finished on time with my little man being unwell, so it is a little late sorry. However it is just in time for me to give it to my Mum for Mother's Day :-)

Have you seen the lovely new Spring arrivals over at DigiStamp Boutique?  This cutie is from Easter Collection 2


I printed out onto my Bazzill Kraft and coloured with my much neglected Prisma pencils.

Ingredients;
Bo Bunny Serenity papers,
DigiStamp Boutique's 'Mother's Day Set' (for the sentiment),
Craftwork Cards 8 x8 'Elegant' Card Blank,
Pearls & Various Flowers available @ Crafty Emma's Store,
Nestabilities Labels 23 - Pink Gem Designs,
Spellbinders Grommet Tags,
Martha Stewart border punch,
Flower Trim - Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn

Hope you'll join us with your Krafty colouring.
Thanks so much for stopping by!
Jenny xx

A Gem Of A Challenge 42 ~ Jackie's Sketch...

Hi all! Oh dear should have written up this post last night ready to schedule, but ended up falling asleep on the sofa with my little man who is poorly at the mo. I had a call to pick him up from school early yesterday. He has a cough and raging temperature. Stupid coughs & colds!

So lets get on with it! A new challenge is under way at A Gem Of A Challenge and Jackie has a fab sketch for you to follow;

I used the very fab Patriotic Teddy digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs. Between me & you I used the pre coloured version you get as an added bonus alongside the black outline files. A great idea if you're short on time!

I also used;

Papermaina Portobello Road papers & ribbons,

Bazzill Kraft,

Card Candi,

Tim Holtz Kraft Resist Alphabets,

Memento Inks,

Nesties (pink Gem Designs),

Martha Stewart Zig Zag Punch,

Stapler.

Look forward to seeing what you make. Plenty more DT inspiration over on the challenge blog as always!

Thanks so much for popping by I really appreciate it. Family life seems to be very hectic for me at the moment, and I just don't have time to create as much and blog hop like I used to. So I truly appreciate you sticking with me. I'm hoping things with improve soon. Have a lovely day.

Jenny xx

CES Challenges ~ Charmed!...

Hi all! Just checking in to to show you my DT card for CES Challenges, where our theme (picked by Carrie) this week is;

'Charmed'

So just include a charm please and you're welcome to join in the fun!

 Now the little cutie I used today is part of the lovely 'Prickles' set available HERE at DigiStamp Boutique.

And your very last change to buy at the the special offer price of £2.50 for 6 images. The offer will end any day now so you need to be very quick!

In 'Serif' I printed the digi stamp directly onto some lovely Distressed Heart digi paper from Pink Gem Designs, and had sooo much fun colouring it with my Copics!

From Crafty Emma's Store I used;

Charm,

Gems,

Card Blank.

Other Ingredients;

Go Kreate Dies,

Distressed Gingham Digi Paper (Pink Gem Designs),

Ribbon,

Glitter Card,

Ameriacn Craft Glitter Thickers,

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch.

Sorry I haven't been around much....and I've been hopeless at visiting your blogs too. Hubby's been on hols from work and our little Ben celebrated his 4th Birthday on Wednesday, so a very busy week.

So thanks sooo much for stopping by, I really appreciate it!

Jenny xx

In Print!...

Hi all. A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to be asked to make some cards for Creative Cardmaking Magazine issue 39, on behalf of Pink Gem Designs. The mag includes over £7 worth of Pink Gem Designs freebies; papers, toppers & die cuts. I made a selection of cards using the free gifts. As the mag is now on the shelves I can now share my cards with you :-)

Skateboard Andy - addition ingredients;

Top Notch card blank,

Martha Stewart zig zag punch,

Bull dog clip,

Pocket template (free off the net)

Mini pencils,

White Gel Pen

Button & Dew Drops.

Spring Chloe; additional ingredients;

Scalloped Card Blank,

Green textured card,

Embossing Folder from the Sizzix 'Fall' set,

Joy Craft Daisy Dies (from Pink Gem Designs),

Tiny brads,

Gems,

Stickles,

Green Ink Pad,

Eyelets,

Baker's Twine (Crafty Emma's Store).

Skateboard Andy; additional ingredients;

Brown vintage Core'dinations cardstock,

Brick wall embossing folder,

Star Charm (Pink Gem Designs),

Raffia,

White Ink Pad,

Card Candi (Crafty Emma's Store)

There are also another 12 fab projects made by other members of the Pink Gem Designs DT  (Lisa N, Lisa & Mandy) included in the mag. At just £3,99, well worth grabbing a copy if you can. You can also get this mag at the Glitterpot. 

Thanks for stopping by!

xx Jenny xx

Just A Quickie..

....to let you know about Lisa's candy. A £15 LOTV voucher, how fab! But you'll have to be very quick...it ends today! 

Tried to post this in my sidebar but blogger won't let me post any more pics there. It tell's me I've 'exceeded my upload limit'. When I click on the link for advice, it take's me to a page where I have to PAY to get more storage space! Surely that can't be right??  I know that you do have a limited amount of storage that will eventually run out.....but can't see how mine is all used up. I hardly have time to post half the time, and I know others bloggers who post everyday. Also, why am I still able to upload photo's into my blog posts then? The pictures in the sidebar are far smaller. Any advice appreciated thanks. 

xx Jenny xx

A Gem Of A Challenge & CES Challenges...

  Hello lovely bloggers. Missed you lots while I've been AWOL. My Mum was in hospital as you know, and was still unwell once back at home. So everything else has had to take a back burner. This week I've been busy catching up around the house, and so hopefully can now get back into blogging/crafting again.

Without further ado, here's my DT card for A GEM OF A CHALLENGE, where Katie has chosen our theme of

'Perfect Pastels'

Today I 'cheated' and used a pre coloured image from Pink Gem Designs. When you buy digis from PGD you always get a pre coloured version as well as the black outline files, handy for those quick makes. This one is called 'Flower Power Emma'.

I also used these gorgeous brand new digi papers ' Distressed Hearts'  just launched on the website. I think these will be a firm fave of mine!

This is also my DT card for CES CHALLENGES, where our theme is

'Flower Frenzy'

From Crafty Emma's Store I used;

Card Blank, 

Dew Drops, 

Card Candi,

Flowers.

Other bits I've used today are;

Memory Box Dies,

Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch,

Star Dust Stickles,

White Gel Pen ( for the writing on the Candi),

Blue ink pad.

Please check out the other DT makes and join us if you can.

Thanks so much for popping by!

Jenny xx