Another Dose of inspiration

Good afternoon crafters!

I come to you with another one of my inspiration posts!

Today I have two designers who I find incredibly inspiring!

The First

Jennifer - My Inky Hands

I adore Jennifer's style! It is amazingly cute, sweet, look amazing.

See below for these three examples!

I could go on! There are just so many amazing cards! I do urge to take a look if you are at all seeking inspiration :)

The Second

Katina's Cards and Chat

I stumbled upon Katina's work when we both commented on a Pink Petticoat blog post!

I was amazed by Katina's cards. They are truly a work of art and so very inspiring!!

Take a look at these

Aren't they just the cutest cards? Again these are just a few, I could post so many pictures :)

So there we go, some more inspiration for you on this cloudy Monday afternoon.

Stay tuned there should be some more cards by me coming soon

xxx

Autism Awareness

I Did It Creations Challenges has a very special challenge for you this week...We are challenging you to make a special "Rainbow Themed" card - Anything goes type of challenge, but must have a rainbow or the colors of a rainbow in your creation. The reason for this Rainbow challenge is in honor of a very special little guy named Cameron. If you click on the badge below, you can read his story...

A little History and the reason for this Super Challenge this week...
A very very good friend of Stitchy's who is known in the digital world by the name "FUNKY" , has built a beautiful fundraiser blog for her grandson Cameron..He is autistic and Funky and her daughter are striving to help Cameron..
Some of you may know Funky, she has been in the digital scrapping world for a very long time. If you could find it in your heart to help Funky and her little guy out, it will not go unrewarded. We know times are very hard for everyone right now, so if you can't give even a dollar, please don't feel bad, but please do go and read his story, he's quite a character lol..Thank you in advance all that take part in this very special challenge - have fun & good luck!!!

For a fun challenge, prizes and a freebie all for a good cause....see I Did It Creations Challenges for complete details.

Now onto my creation! I was lucky enough to receive this beautiful farm image from Robyns Fetish! Take a look at what I did below:

I am also entering this card into the Rainbow themed challenge at The Crafty Pad

Card Ingredients

Image: Robyns Fetish
Card: Stash
Papers: Fluffy Clouds by Pink Petticoat
Buttons: Stash
Frame: Stash
Inks and things: Promarkers

Take care and do take a look at Camerons website!

Those Ants Again

Good Evening Crafters.

How are we all today?
Am ratheeer knackered myself, am swimming the length of the Channel (22 miles) for charity so am a little tired from all the swimmings. You can find out more here: (www.justgiving.com/jenniewhittaker)

Anyway, back to cards!
I always struggle to make cards for the men! Always a struggle. However the Doodle Pantry Ants always come to my rescue, and I used the Balloon Ants (Again) to create this rather cute card for my Uncle-in-law!





























What do you think? Cute eh!
Matted onto black card and papermania designer paper with a cute ribbon and a scalloped edge! The sentiment is part of the set. Nice and simple, just how I like things :)

Card Ingredients

Image: Balloon Ants by Doodle Pantry (As you can see my inspiration came from the wonderful design team)

Inks and things: Watercolour pencils for the ants and balloon, glitter watercolour paint for the blue.

Sentiment: Part of the Balloon Ants set

Ribbon: Stash
Button: Stash
Scalloped Edge done with my punch

Take care

xx

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Do not adjust your monitors friends it is indeed Christmas here at Crafty Jens today!
It seems summer has left the building and although it hasn't been snowing here there has been some in the UK! Crazy hey!

Now comes the time to tell you the wonderful news that I have been selected to be part of the I did it creations challenge blog! This brings me much joy! The team at IDIC are wonderful, very friendly and I am proud to be a part of them.

So this week is my first challenge! And The Challenge is:

#20 9/5 Beige, blue + 1 color

We are using products from the wonderful Stitchy Stamps.
I choose Hattitude! And promptly turned Beige, Blue and Black (with a miniscule hint of carrot) into a Christmas wonderland!

And here is the finished product:




























I used a tent card template from Split Coast Stampers HERE
I am very happy with the finished product.

Here are a couple of smaller pictures so you can see the tent design, and of course the added bling courtesy of my Glamour Dust :)























Card Ingredients

Image: Hattitude by Stitchy Stamps
Papers: Pink Petticoat Snowflakes
Sentiment: Printed from PC
Glitter: Glamour Dust
Ribbon: Stash
Inks and things: Paper Pieced on PC and snowman hat, smile and buttons coloured with sakura gelly roll pen.

I hope you like!

Not Gone Far

This is just a very quick post to let you know I haven't dissappeared.
I have been busy creating cards and preparing for my DT debut! (More on that Sunday)

I will hopefully be posting some cards tomorrow.
Its been a mega busy month :)