Simply Created Christmas Banner !

Hello ! I haven't disappeared - I had an argument with a coat hanger a couple of weeks ago and injured my right eye !! It has been really hard to craft because I am not allowed to lean my head forward as the eye has to heal !!Silly me !!! Anyway , I have started slowly to do a bit at a time and have created a banner from the gorgeous canvas paper pennants available from the Seasonal Catalogue ! It has been slow progress and will be for the foreseeable future and I have really missed my crafting ! I added in some Season of Style DSP - made into pleated rosettes and some sewn bows made from Cherry Cobbler grosgrain ribbon. The first thing I did was to stamp all the backgrounds in Crumb cake ink using En Francais - my favourite background stamp ! 

I sponged the pennant edges and stamped out lots of Festive Flurry snowflakes and die cut silver glitter card and layered them up with the rosettes and some doilies ! Some bling and gorgeous Frosted Finishes Embellishments completed the project ! 

Thank you so much for your visit and happy crafting ! 

Hugs Jane xx

Season of Style Christmas Card !

Good Morning ! 
All finished with my PINK things - cards , labels, badges and raffles prizes all complete so time to make a Christmas card for my OH - don't worry - he doesn't read my blog !!! LOL ! He likes a traditional card so I used Season of Style DSP combined with Santa's List and Ex Libris stamp set accessorised with some lace, cherry cobbler seam binding ribbon , antique brads and a distressed doily ! My card stock is very vanilla and my inks - cherry cobbler and crumb cake - I heat embossed the sentiment ( from Calm Christmas ) in gold and added some pretty punched edges in brushed gold card ! 

I used the hexagon punch to trim the corners to make my tag and a combination of circle punches to make the hole and trim . 

Thanks for you valued visit - it is very much appreciated !!!

Happy crafting ! 

Hugs Jane x

PINK Alert !!!!!

Good Morning ! 
Hope your weekend was good ??? Mine was busy as always and I am in PINK overload in readiness for the fundraising event next week which I am co-hosting with friends Sally and Paula ! I have made some butterfly badges to sell on the evening and thought I would share just a few of them with you ! 

We have already raised £44 prior to the event so hope to smash our target of £200 ! The badges are £1 and everyone attending will get a stamped take away bag bag to fill with all their purchases !!!!

Right, no time to waste - off to make more pink cards !!!! 

Many thanks for your visit ! 

Hugs Jane xxx

Truly Grateful for Autumn !

Good Morning ! 
I have been using up all my scrap card and having done Autumn themed projects recently seem to have lots of warm tones left over ! So, got out my bird builder punch and turned it all into components for this wreath card ! I've used baked brown sugar co-ordinations card stock for my main card ( well sanded and vintaged ! ) and mounted a square of Sweater Weather DSP on top ! The Magnificent Maple stamp was stamped six times and trimmed out to form the base of the wreath - I drew a circle onto my DSP in the middle and attached the leaves just down the centre so I could tuck all the other components under and around ! 

I have added some shimmer paint in Champagne Mist and a smatter of Champagne glass glitter just for more texture ! I had fun making this card - I love wreaths and adore these warm Autumnal hues ! 

Thank you so much for your visit - do come again ! 

Hugs Jane x

Something from Nothing !

Good Morning ! We have a bright and sunny , if not rather chilly , Autumn day here in Worcestershire and it's lovely - great crafting weather !! I am always saving my scraps that are left over from a project and eventually I get round to using most of them usually by punching out flowers and leaves !!! Which is exactly what I have done here and created a card for an 18th birthday and a co-ordinating decorated box to house some beautiful earrings made by my sweet friend Sally at Gemstar Jewellery  (see her business page on FB !). 

One thought - the box is a little on the large side so may have to pad it out with some chocolate treats !!! I am going to be working on an Autumn project this afternoon made from more card scraps - do pop back and see what I have created soon ! 

Happy crafting - hugs Jane xx

Pink Ribbon Foundation Fundraising Event !

Hello !! I know what you are thinking - she hasn't blogged in ages - but, I have been crafting ! In a couple of weeks I will be co-hosting a fundraising event for the PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION ( Charity number 1080839 ) 

at my house as part of Breast cancer awareness month ! So, I have set myself a challenge to make loads of PINK themed cards - here are a few all packed up and ready to sell !!!! 

Fifty completed so far - trying for one hundred !!!! There will be a raffle (pink themed !!) and card, jewellery and most important cake sales !! 

Off to make more cards now !!! 

Hugs Jane xx

Santa's List !!!

Good Morning !! My favourite Christmas stamp from SU this year is Santa's List - he has such a nice little face and the stamp looks gorgeous just stamped in a single colour -the sentiments are fun too in a typewriter style font !!! I have some very simple tags and a card to show you today - this stamp set will get a lot of use over the next few weeks !! 

I had to put some Christmas music on to get me in the mood to make these projects - LOL !!! It's only just October but the bottom line is that if I don't get on with it Christmas Eve will come like last year and I'll be up to midnight making cards !!!

Thank you so much for your visit ! 

Hugs Jane xx

It's Christmas Time !!!

Don't panic - it's Christmas crafting time ! Those who know me will tell you that I am not known for getting my Christmas cards done early and I do find that I struggle to get in the mood too early ! However, there are some lovely stamp sets in the Seasonal catalogue and they having been sitting on my shelf calling to me and I gave in this week !!! I have made a little card/mini book which can be used to gift or as a very special Christmas card. I've taken lots of photos in the hope that you can see how it goes together - take a look !!! 

The card showcases lots of different Christmas stamps and the lovely Christmas DSP from the Seasonal catalogue. The card is made from one sheet of co-ordinations card and measures 4x4 inches square ! 

Thanks for visiting - happy crafting !!!

Hugs Jane xxx