Fantabulous Cricut Design Team

Hello my friends,hope you have had a good week and a great weekend.

I plan to make it in to my craft room this week!

I have some exciting news to share with you today.

I am delighted to say that I am now on the Fantabulous Cricut Design Team.

You all know how much I love my cricut and this is a fabulous challenge blog.

My first project is in a couple of weeks.

I have a very quick and easy box to share with you.

My Son is just about to finish Junior School this term and he wants to give some of his friends a small gift.

I used TBBM2 (I know...what else?!!..lol)

I cut this box at 8" and it takes no glueing at all to stay together!

It is a perfect size for sweets or stationary items.

I used crinkle ribbon and Tiny Tags stamp set from My Craft Spot.

Kimberly is bringing some new stamps and dies out soon.

Can't wait to see them.

I do hope you can join in the cricut challenges over at

Fantabulous Cricut - #117 - BBQ Time

BBTB2 - Patriotic

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Jayne x

 

Mother's Day Projects

Happy Monday! Hope you had a fabulous weekend.

Today is a new challenge over at My Craft Spot and we would like to see your

Mother's Day projects.

I used Freshly Picked for the cuts and shrink plastic for the tiny tag.

The DP is Webster's Pages.

How could I not use my favourite cart (TBBM2) to make my fantastic Mum a gift?!

I used Tiny Tags and Happy Easter stamp sets from My Craft Spot.

Now, I know my amazing team mates have made some wonderful projects, so do

go and check them out and link a project up.

Do check back later as I have some exciting news to share with you!!!

Hugs

Jayne x

Girly Girl Project

Hello to all my followers new and old,hope you had a great weekend. Thank you to everyone who came to visit and left me a comment. I will announce the winner of Kimberly's stamp set at the end of this post.

Today is a new challenge over at My Craft Spot. We want to see your Girly Girl projects.

The bigger bitty  bags make fabulous pretty envelopes.

I added punched circles and buttons to make a twine wrap closure.

I said I wasn't going to hold onto my cards this year and give away what I make!...this may be a keeper,lol!!

Recipe

Art philosophy for all cuts

Card at 4"

Layers at 3.5 & 3

Branch at 1.75

Bird at 2

Lace,Pin,Pearls

Sewing machine

Distress Ink

Crinkle Ribbon,Twine and Always and Forever(xoxo on bag) and Build a Valentine stamp sets all from My Craft Spot

Lots of dimension and crackle glaze on the leaves.

Now onto the winner.....

Cathi

Hi. What really lovely projects! I especially liked the note cards - very sweet! I am a new follower, and would be thrilled to win the "Always and Forever" set. Thanks for the inspiration!

Well done Cathi,I will be in touch with you.

Thanks for stopping by and do check out the girly girl projects from the rest of the talented team.

Hugs

Jayne x

 

My Craft Spot Valentine's Stamp Release and A Giveaway

Hello and welcome to my blog. I am excited to share some projects that I have made with the latest Valentine stamp sets,Build A Valentine and Always and Forever from My Craft Spot.
Kimberly also has a new range of twine and some fabulous bitty bags and this is where I will start... love these bags!!

I used Art Philosophy for the tag cut at 4.5"

Added twine and a ribbon.

I have a 'thing' for tags!!

This was so super simple,but love how it turned out.

I am entering it in the Pink challenge over at Little Scrap Pieces.

This card is from Life's a Party cut at 4"

I used acetate on the front for the glass of the spaceship!

My next card is an Anniversary card

The card is cut on Art Philosophy at 4.5"

The bee is from Create a Critter cut at 3.5"

DP is MME Funday

I cut out the stamped hearts for the antennae and added glossy accents.

I put my bobbin in my sewing machine incorrectly and it still worked,

it just came out as a blanket stitch..which I quite liked!

I am entering this card over at Fantabulous Cricut - Love is in the Air,use a heart.

My next set of cards are just lovely little note cards.

I used a heart die from My Creative Time to cut some calico.

Kimberly's stamps are such good quality,they stamp really well on material.

I used Tim Holtz's tiny attacher  for the staples and my mistake with my sewing machine

for the stitching!

Are you still hanging in with me?

I have one last project to share and then details of the giveaway!

This next project was a real labour of love for me. This is my son's favourite thing I made !?!

All of my projects are using  the new stamp sets from My Craft Spot and where they are for Valentine's they are so suitable for lots of different projects. I have just realised that not one of my projects is for Valentine's Day! (Do check my last post for that!!)

I covered  a polystyrene cone with Tim Holtz tissue paper.

I then cut lots of flowers from Art Philosophy and  stamped and inked them.

Then hot glued them together and attached to the cone.

Lots of heart pins later and a banner....

Kimberly from My Craft Spot. has very generously offered to give one of my followers  a My Craft Spot stamp set of their choice. All you have to do is:-

a) be a follower of my blog - JayneDesigns

b) leave a comment on this post

You have until this Sunday(midnight) to leave me a comment and I will announce the winner  on Monday. Don't forget to tell me which stamp set you would like!

Thanks for looking.

Hugs

Jayne x

Bigger Bitty Bag

Hello,wow Thursday already! Hope you are having a great week. I just wanted to share my bigger bitty bag project with you.

Kimberly over at My Craft Spot has some great new valentine stamp sets out and a fabulous selection of bitty bags.  I am always drawn to the smallest (and I have been busy making lots of things for my guest day at My Craft Spot next week),but wanted to use one of the bigger bags. Now my fellow DT have already made some lovely things with these bags so do check out their ideas.

Mine is a treat holder,gift card holder and card all in one!

My thinking was that when I give a gift card I always think it's nice to have a little something to open as well,hence the sweeties!

Recipe

I folded the bag in half and used  my vagabond and a die to cut a window out of one side.

I put some jelly beans into a cello bag and attached with double sided tape  behind the aperture.

 I cut an opening on the other half of bag. This is where the card sits.

I added a gift card with pop dots on the inside.

The tag card is from Art Philosopohy cut at 6"

I used Friends and Neighbors stamp set and ribbons all from My Craft Spot.

I think this would be a great birthday idea and plan to make more.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Jayne x

Got Baggage?

Hello and Happy Monday! Hope you had a good weekend. Today's challenge over at My Craft Spot is Anything Goes.

My hubby works away from time to time and I like to add a little surprise card or gift in his bag for him to stumble across! He has a very sweet tooth and is off to Scotland this week,so this is what I made to hide this time!

Shock,horror...I used my Imagine at last!  I really like how these turned out.

These were super easy to make. I used Best Friends cartridge for the bags and added twine and used Always and Forever stamp set from My Craft Spot.

Love heart sweets in one and chocolate hearts in the other!

 Do check out my amazingly talented DT mates and their inspiring projects and come join in the fun!

I have a bigger bitty bag project to share later this week.

(Kimberly has the most adorable bitty bags over at My Craft Spot.)

I am entering this over at Karen's Little Scrap Pieces - use red

Thanks so much for looking.

Hugs

Jayne x

Robodog!

Happy Monday! Hope you all had a great weekend. Today is a new challenge over at My Craft Spot.
The theme this week is - Let's Hear It For the Boys,you know robots,trucks, trains etc.

My son and our dog are amazing little buddies and she follows him around everywhere! This is a cute little gift bag I made for her to give him!

Recipe

Spring Holiday Cards - Box cut at 5"

Robotz - Dog cut at 3.5"

MS punch for grass

Stamps - Friends and Neighbours and Build a Valentine

Twine - all from My Craft Spot

Lots of inking and dimensionals

Do check out the talented ladies on the DT and we would love to see your projects.

Over the next couple of week each DT member is being featured over at My Craft Spot playing with Kimberly's new stamp sets,so do check out the inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Jayne x

Hugs and Kisses Tree!

Nearly Friday already! Where has the week gone? Ah well, means the weekend is around the corner..yay!

I really liked the rosette trees I made at Christmas and thought  I would make a 'Hugs and Kisses' tree. Who doesn't need a hug eh?!

I used valentine's twine, Always and Forever and Build a Valentine stamp sets from My Craft Spot.

I stamped onto the pink crinkle ribbon and added some polka dot buttons  to finish.

Think this will be fun in my kitchen windowsill!

I am entering this over at :-

The Paper Variety - use a fanfold embellishment

Celebrate The Occasion - anything goes,must use polka dots

Thanks for looking.

Hugs

Jayne x

Strawberry Cupcake

Hi,hope you all had a great weekend. Today is a new challenge over at My Craft Spot. Challenge #40 is It' Delicious...project must include a delectable treat - paper of course!

Recipe

Art Philosophy for cupcake cut at 5.5".

Magnolia Ink die for strawberry.

Vintage Vanilla seam binding,the completely fabulous Valentine's twine

and Friends & Neighbours stamp set all from My Craft Spot.

Pearls and dew drops.

I cut 2 plain card cupcakes and creased and glued top part to make card(gypsy wasn't playing fair!),then cut DP to cover inside and out.Used double thickness 3d foam in centre of lower wrapper and single thickness foam near outer edge which gave it loads of depth and a great curve.

I was really pleased how this turned out. Do check out the amazing projects by the DT and come and play along. I always enjoy seeing your creations.

Kimberly has just released 2 new stamp sets,bitty bags and twine that you won't want to miss.

Thanks for stopping by.

Hugs

Jayne x

Winter Wonderland Birdhouse

This week over at My Craft Spot the challenge is Winter Wonderland and to use glitter. The DT has come up with some fabulous projects. It wasn't my week to design but decided I would like to play along too and here is my birdhouse.....

I used Ranger's white stain on the wooden house and then edged with white acrylic paint.

Covered it with  Echo Park's Season's Greetings papers.

Added Diamond Dust to the edges and to the painted snowflake chipboard.

I gave my little bird a red breast.

The sentiment is from Winter Wonderland from My Craft Spot

The distress ink white stain is very subtle!

Hope you  join in the fun.

I am entering this over at Little Scrap Pieces  - link a project new or old.

Make My Monday -Birds

Thanks for looking.

Hugs

Jayne x