Pop That Cork

Hi everyone!

The beginning of another week! Phew how time flies!
This time I've got a card using one of the fab images from Lia Sampz! This one uses the oh so cute HARRY. Popping his cork!

I have a design that I just love! It was on a card I saw here by the amazing Marion Vagg from Made Marion!
I just love the simplicity teamed with the pop of colour from that cute little monster. I've used that layout a couple of times! I love, love love it!

So I needed a card for my brother-in-laws birthday!

    Image: Harry by LiaStampz

     Inks and Things: Printer Ink along with distress inks for the image

     Paper: White card from Staples and Red card from Papermill Direct

     Odds and Sods: Sentiment created in word using Travelling Typewriter font. Black cotton from stash.

 Isn't it just awesome! Just that touch of colour makes all the difference! I've really gotten into the CAS way of cards and I much prefer it to overly fussy cards, which I cannot create despite my best effort! Seriously, I am a complete disaster when it comes to embellishing cards! So much so I've donated my entire embellishment stash to my mother! Ha!

Have a great week everyone and I'll talk to you soon.

Lots of Love

Jennie
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A late Birthday

Its been a very busy couple of weeks in the Whittaker household and it has only just occured to me that I have forgotten to post my card for the next Lia Stampz challenge, you've still got a week to enter!!

The theme is BIRTHDAY!
Easy peasy, a great theme and easy to do! We got to work with the OH SO CUTE Balloon Bunny which you can buy over at Whimsy Stamps HERE.... alternatively enter our challenge and you could win it! Woo hooo!

I created this simple little card with the image!

Isn't it cute? I just knew I needed to print balloon bunny on to craft! The paper is created using a Miss Tiina overlay from the set and the balloon is coloured in Gimp! The sentiment is created in word using Cutie Patootie font, again by Miss Tiina! A couple of rounded corners and we're done!

I do hope you can join us in our challenge!
I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Catered Crop: Use White
Corrosive Challenge Blog: Birthday!
Great Impressions: Animals!
Challenge Up Your Life: Everything Goes!

Take care,

Jennie
xxx

In The Summertime

Deadline: June 30, 2012

Challenge number: #19

Challenge theme: Summertime

Get quirky with it to impress our DT and you might end up on the spotlight!

You can read the detailed rules here
*You DON'T have to use a LiaStampz image (can be any stamp/digi stamp/ embellishment-not even an image).

*If you use a Lia Stampz image you can enter the Random draw 2 times!

*Please don't link more than ONE project unless you use a LiaStampz image.
*You can participate in an unlimited number of other challenges, we don't mind.

We got to play with a cute image this week called Lia Photograph and you could win her! Here is my creation!! 

The beautiful starfish paper is from a new collection by Lia Stampz! Its not available yet but stay tuned!!

The beachy scene is based on an amazing card by Alice Wertz

Hope you can all take part :D 

Things With Wings

Hello!
Hope you are all keeping well :)
I have finally managed to get myself in some sort of pattern resembling a routine so with that in mind i rejoined one of my Design Teams - LiaStampz! I do love the beautiful creations from Lia! Thanks for having me back :D

Deadline: June 15, 2012

Challenge number: #18

Challenge theme: Things With Wings

Get quirky with it to impress our DT and you might end up on the spotlight!

You can read the detailed rules here
*You DON'T have to use a LiaStampz image (can be any stamp/digi stamp/ embellishment-not even an image).

*If you use a Lia Stampz image you can enter the Random draw 2 times!

*Please don't link more than ONE project unless you use a LiaStampz image.
*You can participate in an unlimited number of other challenges, we don't mind.

We got to use the beautiful Image Lucy which can be found over in Whimsy Stamps Store

Here is my creation! 

Isn't she just the cutest :D

I coloured her using distress inks! 

The design for this card was inspired by the AMAZING Alice Wertz and THIS card

I just adore Alice's cards!

The Hexagons were drawn using the shape tool in word, ha! Totally unprofessional right, and then printed and cut by hand *shaky shaky*

I hope you enjoy it, sorry the photo is naff, I just could not get this to photograph well! Typical eh!? 

Take care,

Jennie

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Materials Used:

Papers: Vinnie Pearce - Dash and Dot

Image: Lucy by Liastampz

Inks and things: Sakura white jelly roll pen, Distress Inks




I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenges - Add some butterflies
Secret Crafter - Anything Goes
Pink Gem - Photo Inspiration - Butterflies and yellow :D
Raise The Bar - Hello Summer!
Little Miss Muffet - Rainbows, Clouds or Wings
Inky Impressions - Summer
Paper Pretties - Summer

Its Blog Hop Time!

Good Morning Everyone!
Its here! Its here! Its Finally Here!

Its challenge time at Lia Stampz and for our first challenge/showcase we are having a super mega awesome blog hop!





There are so many prizes on this blog hop it is UNBELIEVEABLE! You will be flabbergasted!
I am offering you a chance to WIN! this AWESOME digi

How cute is Ele!
In order to be in with a chance to win this you need to leave a comment on this post answering this question

Q. Why Do you like working with digital stamps?




Good luck! Winners of all the prizes will be announced on Lias blog on the 18th! So don't forget to check back there! 

 Soooo If you have come here from Ashley's blog you are in the right place! If not, you need to head to Laura's Blog.

Here is the blog hop order!
You are nearly there folks!!

1. Laura

2. Mo

3. Heather

4. Cely 

5. Tina

6. Georgia

7. Sally

8. Ashley

9. Jennie -> you are here!

10. Lia 

 So as well as my prize there are sooo many others you will already have seen along the way!
You will by now almost have completed the mystery word! Don't forget you need to collect a letter from each blog between Mo and Me! So I am your very last letterrrrrrrrrrrr :)
(My letter is R incase you haven't got it yet)

Don't forget to comment on Lia' blog with the mystery word to be in with your chance for a prize :D


ON TOP OF ALL THAT!!!!
There is the big prize! And you can get up to 3 entries to that prize!

To get 3 chances for the draw of the big prize:

1. make sure you commented on all blogs - leave a comment on Lia's blog too with the secret word :)

2. let us see the LiaStampz blinkie on your blog sidebar - leave a second comment with a link back to your blog

3.Follow us on Facebook - leave a 3rd comment for that

So lastly.............

Onto our challenge! And our debut challenge is to Charm Us!!! 

 

We want you to use Charms somewhere on your creation! Check out the blog for more details .

I used one of Lia's images called Asha with present. Isn't it just adorable!

I've kept it simple so that I can showcase the awesomeness that is Lia!My charm is a sweet little star that matches the black embossed background! Asha is ever so slightly coloured with my marvy pens to add a hint of colour! 

I hope you enjoy the blog hop! And come and join our challenges! Lia has a lot of new creations in the works which are going to wow you! Our challenges will run fortnightly and you don't need to use a Lia Stamp to enter, although your entry will count twice if you do! We can't wait to see what you come up with :)

Don't forget you now need to head on over to lia to finish the hop!

Can't wait to see what you create and good luck with the Hop! 

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Divas By Designs: Birthdays

Craft Us Crazy: Anything Goes

Do You Stack Up: Emboss it (Black stars embossed)

MelJens: Use Black

Paper Pals: Recipe: 1 Designer Paper (Stripes), 1 punch (corner punch), 1 sentiment (sentiment ribbon)

Paper Play: Make your own designer paper (Black background paper made using embossing folder)

Southern Girls: Black and White with a pop of one colour (Purple)

OSAAT: Anything Goes

Craft your Days Away: Birthday

Card Making Mamas: Birthday Cards

Lots of Love

Jennie

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A new challenge and Blog Hop

Hey everyone!


Just a heads up that a new challenge and blog hop will be kicking off at Lia Stampz on Monday!





Please come and join us! There will be freebies and candy and lots of prizes!!
We can't wait to see you :)

Surprise! Surprise!

Good Morning crafters!

How are you all today!?
Its another beautiful Sunday and you know what that means!?

We have another fantastic challenge lined up for you this week! You are going to be so so so SURPRISED!

We want to see a surprise somewhere on your card!

Whether thats a pop up or a flap! Just surprise us :D

For this weeks challenge we are sponsored by the Awesome Digis With Attitude! 

I chose to make a Wiper Card using a fab tutorial from Split Coast Stampers!!

 

Here it is before the surprise! Using an awesome stamp from Lia Stampz called Snowman Building 

So are you ready for the surprise! 

 Tis the season to be jolly!!! Fa la la la la la!

Isnt this image just the cutest! And the hidden surprise is a bit of added fun :D

So do pop over and join us you can find the challenge blog HERE. I can't wait to see your creations.

Recipe

Stamps: Snowman Building by Lia Stampz

Inks and things: Coloured using Marvy le plume pens
 
Papers: All card from stash. All designer Paper by Pink Petticoat

Odds and Sods:Gems from stash, Card Candy from Craftwork Cards! Sentiment by Pink Petticoat

Have a wonderful weekend!

Lots of Love

Jennie
xxx

Happy Bird-Day

Squawky Squawk! Hello my lovely crafters How are we all today? Has there been ANYYYYYYTHING at all that may have given you a hint as to what this card may contain?? *chuckles*

So I have been perusing the world wide web, as one does and was browsing the CDAC site when I came across a shiny designer!

Make way people for the one and only




Okay.... are you back with me now? Good! You can go and visit Lia again soon!
Now how awesome are those cutey-patootie designs! ya ha! Like soooo totally quirky cute! I had one of those rare moments looking at the site going ... ohhh I like that, and that... and that.... and that.... and that.... you get my drift ya? Before I knew it I was in sweet Lia Love!

Now Lia isn't new to designing, looking at her blog shes been around a while but she is finally getting the recognition she deserves! And to tie in with this she will soon be starting a challenge blog and is looking for some Design Team members!

I could not resist! So armed with Kiki the Parrot and an upcoming birthday I got in my crafting perch and created this:

How cuteeeeeeee is kiki! And so versatile, it took me a good few attempts to get the colours I wanted for kiki but finally settled on Green and Yellow!

I coloured Kiki using my coloursoft pencils again.... new favourite or WHAT!? And the yellow paper was embossed using my shiny new texturz plates!

The letters I typed in word over the green colouring and printed and cut them out. I VERY carefully used double sided tape to attach them in the right order! Hahaha! Clumsy me would most definitely have switched a few letters around tehehe!

The finishing touches come in the form of Kiki's eyes! I wanted to bring 'em alive a bit so used some varnish to give them some sparkle!

You can just about see it in this photo here! Oh I had so much fun with Kiki! I have 3 more versions printed out and ready to colour.. I'm thinking a bit of Blue and Red might be awesome! And also wouldnt Kiki work well as an owl? So versatile!

Lia's DT Call is open until June 30th and all of the details can be found HERE

I do hope you've enjoyed my little creation and introduction to Lia!

This just leaves me with:

the Card Ingredients

Stamps: Kiki by Lia Stampz

Inks and things: Coloursoft pencils blended with baby oil and tortillons
 
Papers: Yellow and Black card from Paper Mill Direct

Odds and Sods: Anitas Varnish, Texturz Plates. Sentiment font is TypewriterHand.



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I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:


Happileigh Scrappin  - Embossing
Stampin For the Weekend:  Lemon and Lime Colours
Goin Grey with scrap creations: Anything Goes!
The Cheerful Stampad: Things With Wings
Creative Stamp Friends: Birthday
KB Cute monday: Anything Goes
Stamping Scrapping Challenge Central: Embossing
Sweet Stamps: Embossing


Have a wonderful day.
Love and Hugs
xxxxx