Heroes Without Capes

Here we are again, the second Wednesday of the month. You know what that

means...it's time for another challenge at Words 2 Craft By.

In the U.S. (home of W2CB), National Super Hero Day is on April 28,

so to honour all non-caped heroes in our communities, our quote this month 

is a fab one by Gerard Way...

"All the best heroes are ordinary people who make themselves extraordinary"

I can think of so many people about whom this quote could apply, not least 

nurses, paramedics, doctors and 'fireies'.

I have had this digi image for several years, and thought it would be 

perfect for this challenge.

Now wouldn't a home visit by this little guy cheer you up no end??

I just adore the look on Clyde's face.

Image - Bugaboo Digi Stamp Clyde Get Well

Colouring - Promarkers

Die - Spellbinders Classic Rectangle

Paper - DCWV Citrus (8" x 8" pad)

For a chance to win a great prize pop over to Words 2 Craft By, check out my teamies' creations, then enter your own interpretation of our current quote.

Until next time, thank you for visiting,

Hugs,

Jennifer.  xx

Gatefold Card

My goodness, it's now only 20 days until Christmas, and I still have so many cards

to make.

It is also hard to believe, but it is once again Wednesday, and so that means it is time 

for another challenge at Penny's Paper Crafty, where our theme this week is

'BINGO'

You all know how this works...you may choose any line, be it vertical, horizontal 

or diagonal, but you must use the 3 items in that line.

Thank you to our 2 sponsors for this week. They are both regular sponsors.

and

I was asked to create a card with a digi stamp by Bugaboo, Greetings Couple, 

and I chose the 3rd vertical line on the bingo chart...ribbon,

die-cut, card candi. The sentiment is included with the image.

For a bit of a change, I made a gatefold card, and the DP is Basic Grey

Hopscotch.

As usual I coloured the image with Promarkers.

Inside my card there is plenty of room to write a personal message. 

All the dies I used are various Spellbinders.

For a chance to win great prizes, why not visit Penny's Paper Crafty and enter our 'BINGO' challenge.

I am off to bed soon, as I need to gather my strength for a few rather hectic days. Tomorrow is one of my regularly rostered days at Fort Scratchley (I am a volunteer guide there 2-3 days each week), then on Friday evening I have a stall at a mini craft fair that a friend is hosting in her garden. On Saturday night, John and I are donating our music for the Christmas party at the Fort for all the volunteers, then I am rostered to do guide duty all day Sunday. Methinks Monday is going to see one very tired little bunny, don't you think?

Tomorrow night, I will be back with 2 Christmas cards, so until then.......

Hugs, 

Jennifer. x

Coffee Anyone???

How quickly Wednesdays come around...and you know what that means...

it is time for another challenge at Penny's Paper Crafty. 

Our theme this week is nice and easy

'LOTS OF LAYERS'

We are lucky to have 3 sponsors this week, and they are all generous regulars:-

I was asked to use a Bugaboo digi image, so I chose JJ Coffee To Go.

For something different, my card is a 'tent-fold'.

Don't you just love the sentiment that comes with the image.

Coloured, as usual, with my Promarkers. This size coffee would still not

be large enough for a lady I used to work with...she rarely ate anything,

preferring to drink endless mugs of coffee. It probably comes as no surprise 

that she was thinner than the lady above, and......let's just say......

hyperactive, and as 'jumpy' as a kitten in a Doberman kennel!

Inside my card, decorated to match the front.

Challenges I would like to enter :-

Dream Valley #69 - 'Humour'

Joanna Sheen - 'Food For Thought'

Digi Makeover #113 - 'Lots of Layers'

Quirky Crafts #22 - 'Make Us Laugh'

Clear It Out -'Smores/ stash-brown and white'

(flowers,brads,DP - years+++)

Corrosive #186 - 'Tic Tac Toe'

(flowers,sentiment,layers/DP,image,sentiment)

Hobbycutz #23 - 'Inspired By A Song or Music'

Ooh La La Creations #142 - 'Food and/or Drink'

(One more Cup of Coffee-Bob Dylan; Coffee Club-Spandau Ballet)

Our Daily Bread Designs #177 - 'Inspired By A Song or Music'

(One More Cup of Coffee-Bob Dylan; Coffee Club-Spandau Ballet)

Image - Bugaboo

Colouring - Promarkers

Papers - Grace Taylor Vintage Collection

Dies - Spellbinders

Ink for sponging - Versacube

Flowers, Gems and brad from my junk stash

For a chance to win great prizes, why not visit Penny's Paper Crafty, and enter 

our 'Lots of Layers' challenge.

I will be back tomorrow with another card, so until then "Happy Crafting"

Hugs, 

Jennifer. x

Butterflies and Poppies

Gosh, all day I have been thinking it is Tuesday, but no.....it is Wednesday. 

Where are the weeks disappearing to?????

I would like to welcome to some lovely ladies who have become new followers. 

Thank you for doing so, and I hope you enjoy your visits.

Because it is Wednesday, we have a new challenge for you at Penny's Paper Crafty,

and our theme this week is

'SPOOLED ITEMS'

(ribbon, trim, twine, lace, etc)

Thank you to our 2 lovely sponsors this week. They are:-

and

I was given this pretty tag, For You Butterfly Tag from Bugaboo.

I coloured it with my Promarkers (that took all of 5 minutes),

and.........

this is what I created with it.

Two of the die-cuts are from dies that my lovely English blogging 

friend, Pauline, sent me. They are the large butterfly by Joy Craft, and the

tulips by Memory Box. The smaller butterfly is Cheery Lynn. I smothered

all 3 die-cuts to within an inch of their lives with Star Dust Stickles.

A closer look at the 3 die-cuts, and the lace and white ribbon border.

Inside my card matches the front. The gorgeous paper is New Arrival,

by Forever Friends. It is heavily glittered. My layering of the Spellbinders 

Classic and Scalloped Ovals looks uneven here but is not in reality.

Challenges:

Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #236 - 'Double the Ribbon-2 Types of Ribbon' 

Flutterby Wednesday #251 - 'Anything Goes With A Butterfly or Fairy'

Anything Goes #100 - 'In The Garden...add Butterflies'

Creative Card Crew #144 - 'Things With Wings'

Lacy Sunshine #16 - 'Dies and/or Punches'

Sweet Stamps #133 - 'Butterflies'

For a chance to win great prizes, why not visit Penny's Paper Crafty and enter our 'Spooled Items' challenge.

Happy Crafting!
Hugs,
Jennifer. x

Birthday Penguin

Good evening fellow crafters, and "Welcome Aboard" to my newest follower, Fiona. I hope you enjoy your visits.

Can you believe that it is June already!! I am already beginning to stress out about the fact that I only have 2 Christmas cards made.

It is yet again time for another challenge at Pennys Paper Crafty. This week we have one that we are sure you will love, and we expect lots of entries, with plenty of freedom to unlease your creativity. Our theme is

'BIRTHDAYS'

Thank you to our 3 generous sponsors this week

From a selection of fun Bugaboo images, I chose this cute image, 

'Birthday Penguin - candle' to play with.

As usual, I coloured the image with Promarkers.

I have had this paper for about 5 years, and decided it was time I used some of it.

Inside my card is decorated to match the front.

Challenges I would like to enter are:-

Sandy's Crafty Creations - 'Anything Goes With Embossed Background'

Songbird #21 - 'All Creatures Great and Small'

Kaboodle Doodles #174 - 'For The Kids'

Creative Card Crew #37 - 'Punches/Dies'

Tuesday Throwdown #150 - 'Embossing'

That Craft Place - 'Dies and Punches'

Gingerloft - 'Critters of the Sea'

Image - Bugaboo digi Birthday Penguin - candle
Colouring - Promarkers
Paper - Postscript Rainbow Balloons
Sentiment - Stampworld
Dies - Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped Circles; Cuttlebug Birthday; QuicKutz Scallops; Star (freebie)
Embossing - Fiskars Texture Plate Party

For a chance to win great prizes, why not visit Penny's Paper Crafty and enter our challenge.

"Happy Crafting"
Hugs,
Jennifer. x

Little Red Dragon

Hello fellow crafters, and a big welcome to my newest follower, Manderly, who is one of my teamies at Penny's Paper Crafty.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter, and didn't do what I did...eat way, way, too much chocolate. Each morning I would say to John that I never wanted to see any chocolate ever again...BUT, guess what I would be doing by mid afternoon...yes, you're correct!

Once again it is Wednesday, and we have a new challenge at Penny's Paper Crafty. This time, our challenge theme is a very interesting one -

'RED, WHITE AND BLACK'

We have one sponsor this week, and it is the very generous

The digital image I chose to play with is one of my favourite Bugaboo characters, 'Clyde'. I have used him before. On that card, he was green, so I think he may be part-chameleon! I also used a great Bugaboo sentiment, that I think I will use often.

I coloured 'Clyde' and his friends with Promarkers, and I cut the layered mats with 

Fiskars deckle-edge scissors. Oh my, my hand was aching by the time I had finished

all the mats. I forget where I bought a packet of those dear little ladybugs several

ago...I thought they were perfect for this card.

A side-on view of my step card.

I have decorated the inside of the card fairly simply.

I would like to enter the following challenges :-

Twisted Tuesday #47 - 'Animals and Flowers'

Passion for Promarkers #192 - 'Fantasy'

Everybody Art #230 - 'Shaped Card'

Image - Bugaboo digital stamp 'Clyde Friend', and 'Sentiment'

Colouring - Promarkers

Die - Memory Box 'Fauntleroy Crest'

Cutting - Fiskars scissors 'Deckle'

Other - Ladybugs, flowers, gems, eyelets, all from my junk stash 

For a chance to win a great prize, why not visit Penny's Paper Crafty and enter our challenge.

Until next time, "happy crafting", and thank you for visiting.

Hugs,

Jennifer. x

Clyde

Hello fellow crafters,

I would like to say "hello" to Larelle, in Tenterfield. She reads my blog regularly, and is a friend of my dear friend, Diane, for whom I made a card to celebrate our 50 years of friendship. Also, "hello" to Kerry, who, by chance, I met up with recently. We used to attend the same card classes, many, many years ago, and lost touch when the shop closed down.

It's time for a new challenge at Penny's Paper Crafty, and this week our theme is

RIBBON AND BOWS

Our generous sponsors are

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

and

http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/

I was asked to use a Bugaboo digi image, and had no hesitation in 

choosing Clyde Get Well - I love him!

If I was feeling poorly, I would love to have a visit from this 

adorable little chap.

A closer look - don't you just love the expression on 

his face.  

My 'ribbon' is part of an old 1 inch gauze bandage, that I have had

in my crafty stash for years. I wasn't sure what I would use it for,

but as soon as I saw this image, I knew it would be perfect.

The bow is tied with my Bow-Easy.

I really must learn to shoot straight with my camera!

Challenges I would like to enter are-:

No Matter Which #6 - 'Ribbon and Bows'

Creative Moments #10 - 'Buttons and Bows/Anything Goes'

Image - Bugaboo digi stamp Clyde Get Well

Colouring - Promarkers

Paper - First Edition Family Ties           

Dies - Spellbinders Classic and Scalloped Rectangles

Buttons, Twine, Mini Rose, and Gauze Bandage, all from my junk stash

For a chance to win great prizes, why not visit Penny's Paper Crafty and enter our challenge.

Until next time, happy crafting and thank you for visiting.

Hugs,

Jennifer. x

First DT Card

Hello fellow crafters,

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year, with Santa bringing you some yummy new crafting goodies to add to your stashes.

Last week, I announced that I had been invited to join the Design Team at Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge Blog, and was very excited to accept. Today we launch the first challenge of 2013, with the theme -

'Use Your Favourite Embellishments'

Our sponsors this week are POODLES DOODLES and BUGABOO.

This is my first DT card. I have used Poodles Doodles cute little 'Lucy's Flower'. My favourite embellishments are flowers, butterflies, and die cuts.

Lucy is coloured with Promarkers.

Inside my card is decorated to match the front.

Challenges I would like to enter are -

By the Cute and Girly - 'Cute and Girly'

Paper Make Up Stamps #69 - 'Digi'

ABC - 'E for Embossing'

Stamps - Poodles Doodles 'Lucy's Flower' (Digi); Wild Rose Studio 'Greetings Set'

Colouring - Promarkers

Paper - Sugar and Spice Studio 'Baby Girl'

Dies - Cuttlebug 'Heritage Corners'; Spellbinders 'Classic' and 'Scalloped Ovals'; Cheery Lynn 'Wreath Strip'

Punch - Martha Stewart 'Butterflies'

Embossing - Cuttlebug 'Swiss Dots'

Flowers, Ribbon Flowers, Stickles, Pearl Stems, from my junk stash

Why not pop over to Penny's, enter the challenge, and I can come and visit you.

Until next time, thank you for visiting me.

Hugs,

Jennifer. x