My 100th post!

Good morning everyone,

Can you believe it? This is my 100th post!  Now my goal is to get to 100 followers! lol 

Seriously though, when i started blogging i didnt really know what to expect but i never imagined for even a second that i would learn so much and get to meet so many crafty friends through my blog and my love for crafting. 

 A big thank you to each and every one of you.

Todays card is my DT card for the challenge over at Just Inspirational Challenges.

This weeks sponsor is Stitchy Bear Digital Stamps.

Here is my card:

  

Supplies:

Card base: Docrafts

Cardstock: pink and white

Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities Heart circles and Sizzix flowers and leaves

Image: Stitchy Bear Digital Stamp

Inks: Tim Holtz distress inks - worn lipstick, mustard seed, walnut stain

Stash: ribbon, brads and heart shaped button

Others: water mister bottle, glue stick, double sided tape

The inspirational photo is:

You can see more DT inspiration over on the Just Inspirational Challenges blog so go on, pop over and have a peek. 

Thank you for visiting today.  If you leave a comment, i will know you have dropped by and i will come and visit you too. Have a good day.

Best wishes,

Friends!

Good afternoon crafters!

I hope you are all well and looking forward to a happy crafty weekend.  For me, i have a little inspiration for you in the form a card.  I think this sentiment is fab.  Ideal for a special friend.  

Supplies:

Papers - Alla Prima Collection paper stack

Dies - Spellbinders Nestabilites heart circles & Sizzix 3D flower 

Sentiment - PC generated 

Lace - Kaisercraft lace pack

Inks - Tim Holtz spiced marmalade, mustard seed and walnut stain 

Challenges entered:

Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge #132 - Happy Birthday http://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2012/05/challenge-132-happy-birthday.html

The Paper Shelter Challenge # 63 - Anything Goes http://thepapershelter.blogspot.co.uk/

Friday Sketch Challenge # 17 by Samantha http://fridaysketchchallenge.blogspot.com/

DYSU #71 - Use a flower http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/2012/05/dysu-71-use-flower.html

Mojo Monday Sketch challenge -240 contest  http://mojomonday.blogspot.com/2012/05/mojo-monday-240-contest.html

Thank you for visiting.  If you leave a comment, i will be sure to visit you too.

Hugs,

CAS

Good evening all!

I hope you have had a great day. I have been working on a few DT projects lately so my posts are few and far between but i do have a little inspiration for you tonight.

  I actually left this card blank simply because i couldn't decide what i wanted to put on it! Now, it can be used for a birthday, thank you, just because, thinking of you, anything! The papers are from We R Memory Keepers Cotton Tail paper pack and Me to You Spring Chic paper pack. The little ribbon sticker is by Kioshi. I made the flower using part of a Tim Holtz Tattered Florals die, some punched scalloped circles, and a button. The heart border is an EK Success border punch. The edges of the flower and leaves were distressed with walnut stain distress ink. The leaves were made using a Hero Arts flower stamp set.

Challenges entered:

Joanna Sheen Challenge (Sunday) - Flower Power http://joannasheenchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/flower-power.html

By The Cute and Girly - May- Spring is in the Air http://bythecuteandgirly.blogspot.com/2012/04/may-spring-is-in-air.html

Papertake Weekly (Tuesday) - Anything Goes http://papertakeweekly.blogspot.com/2012/05/anything-goes.html

I hope you have all managed to squeeze some crafting into your day. Until the next time, take care.

Best wishes, 

Happy 80th Birthday

Good evening everyone,

I am back from my travels, unpacked and ready to get crafty again! Just spent the last hour rearranging my craft room with the addition of more storage. You can never have too many tubs, drawers, holders etc can you? lol  Anyway, before i start i just want to show you a little card i made for my Mum to give to her friend who is turning 80 very soon. Ok, enough from me for now, inshAllah i will be back tomorrow.  I have just bought some Magnolia stamps and cant wait to use them!

Ingredients:

Cream & orange cardstock
My Mind's Eye paper pack - A blink of an eye
Tonic studio butterfly punch
EK Success border punch
Tim Holtz distress ink - walnut stain
Flowers from stash which i distressed and assembled using dimensionals and buttons from stash
'friend to friend' sentiment from Stampin UP!
Sentiment from PC
Ribbon from stash

Thank you for looking. Hope you are all having a great weekend. The weekend ends here (Sunday is the start of the week here) so back to normal tomorrow inshAllah.  I love and appreciate all your comments. Oh, and a BIG hello to all my new followers. It's great to see you all. Hugs, Jill x

Seeing Red!

Me again, thought i would take a break from the Christmas cards so i've decided to enter the One Stitch At A Time Challenge #90 - Seeing red.  I came up with this 'Thank You' card.

Challenges entered: One Stitch At A Time #90 -Seeing Red ( http://onestitchatatimechallenge.blogspot.com/)

Materials used:
White, red and green cardstock
Hero Arts cling stamp set
Stampin Up Thank You sentiment stamp
Memento ink

Thanks for looking, Jill x

Pretty in Pink

I am back! This time with a card i have created for the Mad for Markers Challenge (Anything goes) using my 'Elise' Sugar Nellie stamp. I stamped her onto white cardstock and coloured her with copics. The edges of the cardstock were distressed with Tim Hotlz distress ink and then mounted onto pink cardstock. I used my EK Success punch to create the pretty detailed edge on the right and added ribbon to the left edge and a pretty bow. The flowers are from my stash which i built up using dimensionals and finished off with some distress ink and pretty pearls.  Thank you for looking :) Comments most welcome :)

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Mad for Markers - Anything goes challenge (http://www.madformarkerschallenges.blogspot.com/)