Happy Birthday Aunt!

Hi folks, have had to get this finished quickly as I have to take it to my Aunt who's birthday it is today!! Cutting it a bit fine, I know, lets hope the glue dries quickly!!

I am going to enter this into the following challenges:
Colour Create Challenge - White, Cream and Brown
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Sketch
My Time to Craft - Use a die cut
Creative Card Crew - Anything goes

Stamp is a Leigh Hannan called Garden Cake by Impession Obsession

Sentiment is by Personal Impression

Martha Stewart Punch, sorry can't remember the name

Nestibilities

Coloured with Copic Sketch, Ciao and Spica Pens

YG 11, 13, 91, 93 and 95

G0000 and 000

E00, 30, 33, 34, 35, 40, 41, 50, 51 and 53
C0 and 1

W0, 1 and 3
Spica 15 Peach, 19 Sand, 04 Orange and 22 Garnet

All the above are available from Wendy at Stamps and Memories

Paper is Papermania Exquisite

Ribbon, Roses, Pearls and Card from stash.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend

Hugs Jo x

A little bit different ............

I'm beginning to worry that perhaps cute little girl stamps are not for me, as the last few cards have been animals or creatures!!! Whoops, had better get my act together and get them inked!!! At the moment I need something that I can lose myself in so the more challenging the better!! Anyhow I coloured up this image months ago and as I have orders from Jenny to get them made into cards I thought I better had!! It took me all day today to put this together as I had nothing to go with it, so totally out of my comfort zone I created my own paper. Anyway not sure I like the result but Hey Ho it's a card!! I am going to enter this into the following challenges:
A Spoon Full of Sugar - Anything goes
Sweet Sketch Wednesday (still my favourite challenge, thank you ladies for giving me inspiration)
Paper Play Challenge - Sparkle Galore
Crafty Creations Challenge - May flowers

I have used Michele Marsdens Oriental Stamps set for the image and paper
Coloured with Copic Sketch and Ciao
Nestibilities and swirl Cuttlebug folder

Martha Stewart Daisy Punch

Wild Orchid craft flowers

Diamond Stickles
Glamour Dust
Glossy Accents
Pearls, Ribbon and Card from Stash

Hope you like it

Hugs Jo x

With Love ................

Well, it's not quite a month since my last post and I haven't managed Jenny's challenge either, sorry!!! I do think I am getting better, you lot might not think so but I am trying honest!! I have a few health issues at the mo, which explains my constant fatigue etc but I won't bore you with that. This weekend just gone was a rare occasion for Neil and I, we actually had a weekend in London, I had managed to get tickets to see Roger Walters perform The Wall at the O2. amazing or what!! We were 4 rows from the front, so spoilt, and such a fantastic experience. If there are any Pink Floyd fans reading this, we both thoroughly recommend going to see it if you get the chance. Anyway onto my card, I am entering this into the following challenges if I am in time!!!

Sweet Sketch Wednesday
My time to craft - Scallops
High Hopes Challenge - Anything goes
Crafty Cardmakers - Embossing

I have used the following:

High Hopes Stamp
Papermania Sentiment
Coloured with Copic Sketch and Ciao Markers
Basic Grey Bittersweet Paper
Nestibilities Lables 17
Martha Stewart Scallop Punch
Martha Stewart Branch Punch
Cuttlebug Hearts Embossing Folder
Wild Orchid Cherry Blossoms flowers
Glossy Accents
Diamond Stickles
Card from Stash

Hope you like it,
Hugs Jo x

Happy Easter!!!

I know that I am a bit premature but as it's Maundy Thursday it's the start of Easter for me, so a day at home ...............to craft? Hmmmmm, well he is at work. Housework or craft? I know which I want to do!!! Todays little card is for Charlotte for Easter so I have to get on and get it posted!! I am going to enter this into the following challenges:

Creative Inspirations - Pets/Animals
Sunday Sketch and Stamp
My time to craft - Easter Wishes
Daring Card Makers - Spring Fling
Crafty Catz - Furry Friends
Paper Play - Easter

Hope you like it

Image is a digi image by Angels Landing
Sentiment is by Impression Obsession
Coloured with Copic Sketch and Ciao Markers
Y0000, Y11 and Y17
G0000, G09, G21, G20, G24, G40 and G82
E0000, E00, E40, E41, E42 and E44
BV0000, BV00 and V0000
R20, W0 and C0
Paper is Basic Grey Kioshi
Nestibilities Oval and Oval Scallops
Cuttlebug Stylized Flowers Embossing folder
Ribbon Papermania
Card and Gems from Stash

Hope you all have a great Easter Break and get a chance to do lots of crafting! And Jenny I hope I have met your challenge and these qualify for the next month!!!

Hugs Jo x

Sooner than you think .....................

Even though I don't blog as often I as should, I do still colour and create, it just takes a while to all come together!!! Any how, this is what I have been doing lately, playing with a Hougie board to demonstrate at the Kintbury show yesterday. I must admit I was quite pleased with my creations, the baby gift box set is adorable. Pop across to Kerry's blog for the instructions, I adapted it a bit but it still worked.

The Easter Egg box, I am going to enter into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly, Truly Dimensional

Stamping for the Weekend, Easter

Our Creative Corner, a 3-D Easter Project

C.R.A.F.T challenge, Easter

Forever Friends Easter Stamp Set

Copics Sketch and Ciao Markers

Nellie die

Martha Stewart punch

yellow card, ribbon and acetate from Stash

I apologise for the quality of these photos as I had to use my phone as the batteries have run out on the camera!! Hope you like them.

Hugs Jo x

Back again!

Sorry folks, life is so hectic at the mo and as I got told off yesterday for not blogging, I thought I had better do some! My weekend away seemed months ago now and it was a fab weekend, I met some amazing talented ladies and we had such a laugh together, so I would just like to say thank you to them all for being such fun and making the weekend so enjoyable. And not forgetting Wendy from Stamps and Memories and Karen Watson for organising the whole weekend and for whom we are truly grateful!! Thank you both ....... we are now all looking forward to the next one in October, if any one is interested pop across to Stamps and Memories for the details!

Now for my card, this was a very quick card I made yesterday for my Uncles 65th birthday, it was one of the very first images I coloured with my Copics so it has been coloured for at least a year or more! I am going to enter it into the High Hopes Stamps which is for the boys.

Images used High Hopes Outhouse and a stamp from a woodware set Copic Ciao Markers Papers are Alison Ellis Rustic Dugout Nestibilities Fleur de lisle Squares Back soon Hugs Jo x

I'm so excited ........................

because tomorrow I'm off on the Copicific weekend with Karen, Wendy and a group of others to the Devere Hotel near Abingdon. Wendy from Stamps and Memories has been organising it for a while now with Karen Watson, two lovely ladies I might add, both who I know at the moment are dreading it and what are they going to get? A hyper Jo, just what they need!! He He!!! Just me and my pens, pure bliss!! I am going to be unbearable at work tomorrow, well more than usual, may have to have an early finish!!! Shhhhh ............!!! But can you believe it, Wendy has the classes starting at 9am in the morning on Saturday and Sunday, can't a girl have a lie in. I have a feeling that this much needed break is going to take some recovering from!!! Anyway todays card I am entering into

the Penny Black Saturday Challenge which is more than one fold,

ABC challenge which is P for Pearls

and my favourite challenge ever Sweet Sketch Wednesday

Sorry about the photo the light is rubbish at this time of night.

I have used Penny Black - Cherries Jubilee and Cherries

Impression Obsession - Big Wishes

LOTV sentiment

Coloured with Copic Sketch and Ciao Markers

C00, C0, C1 and C3

E93, E95, E97, E99 and E000

YG11 andYG13

R20, R22, R24 and R27

BG0000, BG00 and BG01

Nestibilities Circles, Scalloped Circles and Lables 1

Papers are MME - Spring Papers

Lace, Card and Pearls from Stash

Hope you like it, am off now to pack!! My craft stuff is already packed and ready to go, now have to get the rest sorted!! Priorities ................

See you soon with a weekend report

Hugs Jo x