Easter Bunny

Hi,what another glorious morning,hope you all had a great weekend. We have been busy in the garden,power-washing everything. Fence painting today!
I would like to say thank-you to My Sheri Crafts for my second ooh la la award  and to Fantabulous cricut,where I had a design team top 5 finish. It really makes my day to know that you like what I make.Thanks so much.
My card I am sharing today is entered into these challenges:-

My Sheri Crafts   challenge#53 - use a bunny
Fantabulous Cricut  challenge#56 - use a chick or bunny
Basic Grey Challenges  challenge#42 - easter/spring
Crafting Misfit   New Season - New Skill

Well,where do I start? I know my bunny is in the shade but it seemed appropriate as I was trying to get her hiding in the shadow of the tree after hiding her easter eggs!
I love how this card turned out,but I nearly gave up on it.....my new 'skill' was to make a stair step card,something I have never done before. Now,I'm not one for lots of measurements and I like to  throw something together,but after 1 failed attempt,I resorted to instructions!!(From Magnolia Ink -Easter magazine.)

Card Recipe
Basic grey backing papers from 6x6" cupcake pad -inked,end panels stitched
Cricut cuts- Create a Critter -tree,embossed,sanded & inked -cut@4.75"
                                             bunny -cut@2.5"
                                             tulips -cut@2"
                                             grass -cut@1"
                Doodlecharms      - eggs
Chicks -Martha Stewart punch
Stampin up punches for greeting
Everything distress inked and lots of 3d foam.
Gems for bunny  nose & eyes
Thanks for looking.Jayne x

Altered Mini Canvas

A friend of mine,who has had some pretty tough times but remains an amazing lady is moving to Devon. I wanted to make a 'little' something for her that was small enough to take with her as most of her things are going into storage for a while.
This little canvas represents Spring and new beginnings.Really hope she likes it.

Recipe

3x2" mini canvas painted cream

Antique Linen and Vintage Photo to distress,sprayed with heirloom gold Perfect Pearls Mist

The shading doesn't show well in the photos as far more pronounced in real life!(Probably my photography skills - or lack of them!) Lol.

Rock Candy distress stickles on lower part of canvas

Branch,bird and cage - Tim Holtz dies - grungeboard

Branch -vintage photo

Bird and cage,adirondack paints & gold krylon pen

Flower - tattered florals smallest flower - cut 3x out of white paper,inked with spun sugar,stamped with prima text and glimmer misted

Mini red flower button

Heart charm from old necklace

I am entering this into The Paper Variety challenge this week - to use a flower or flowers.Hope it meets their criteria as although it's a canvas,the flower is made from paper.

Thanks for stopping by.Enjoy the weekend.

Jayne x

Baby Girls

Happy Friday! Where does the time go? Hope you've all had a good week.My husband's work colleague had a little girl this week,and I was asked to make a card for the team to send. Thought I had a few days to make it, but at 10 last night,hubby asked if I had made it as some of the guys would be out of the office next week!
Wrap it Up is a cricut cart that I really wanted and sent to the States to get(as the new carts nearly always take longer to be available in the UK),but have barely used. Hangs head in shame! So for a challenge I did a few days ago,I used the fence cut. Since it was still in my machine I looked to see if there was anything suitable for a baby card.....and there's lots.This is what I came up with.....

It is a 8x8" card,which is pretty big for me.

Apologies for the photo quality but it was still dark this morning when I took the photos before hubby went to work! Double click on them for more detail. I took a side on view to try and show the dimension.
I am entering this card into Cricut Chaos Cartridge Challenge  #13 at Two Scraptastic Gals  - use either Wrap it Up or Storybook.

Card Recipe
DCWV papers,inked and sewn.
Pram & It's a Girl - p.23 Wrap it Up
Pram embossed,sanded  and inked
Ribbon
Gems
Lots of 3D foam

My cousin is about to have a little girl anyday now,so today I made a smaller(5x5"),similar card ready.

 Think this one shows the colours better as picture was taken in daylight!! Lol.
Have a great weekend,thanks for looking in.x

Hoppy Easter

Thanks to everybody who takes the time to leave a comment,I really love reading them and enjoy your feedback. Hi to my followers,welcome to my blog.
Today I have another card which is for Jitterbuggin's spring fling.
 Jitterbuggin Challenge  - follow the sketch(sorry, don't know how to show this),make an Easter card,use a cricut cut.

Card Recipe
Hoppy Easter - Spring Holiday Cards
Eggs - Doodlecharms
Hippity Hoppity paper sewn to blue cardstock
Hoppy Easter matted on silver mirri board
Ribbon
Distress Inked all edges

I had originally cut Hoppy Easter to add to a box but didn't like it,but I think it works really well on the card.
Thanks for looking.
Jayne x

Spring Scene

Hi,have been very busy with work and had today off and played tennis with my son and a couple of friends. Ossian,my son,stopped to play with his mate afterwards which meant  I could make a quick card.
I decided to try making a card which would fit 3 challenges.

My Sheri Crafts     challenge#52  - use buttons
Fantabulous Cricut   use the colours,pink,green and yellow and make something 'springy'. They have a spring fling cricut crawl going on,so do pop over and see what fab things the designers have made.
BBTB2  - make a card using  an egg cut from a cricut cartridge

A close-up to try and show all the dimension..

Card Recipe

Fence & Grass - cut@ 3" - Wrap it Up
Chick - cut@ 2" -Just Because Cards
Eggs - cut@ 3" - Doodlecharms
Fence & grass embossed
Paper  - zigzag stitch sewing
Flower buttons tied with raffia
Everything ink distressed and lots of 3D foam

Thanks for looking,Jayne x

New Challenge

Hi,another beautiful day in sunny Hampshire. Hope you are having a good day. Today I went surfing to look for a challenge to play....see how brave I am getting!! Lol.
I came across Mojo Monday and a sketch to follow,something I have never attempted before. As some of you may be aware from my previous posts I love all things Tim!! So for challenge 186 this is my take...

 Card Recipe

Kraft card for base
Tim Holtz papers - Crowded Attic,Kraft Resist
Tim Holtz mini paper rosette - inked and painted
Scallops embossed with one of  Tim's embossing folders,can't remember what it's called!
Stitching,lace ribbon,green raffia
Stampers Anonymous stamp from 'Stuff to Say'
Everything distress inked and  dusted with snow cap paint

Thanks for looking in,hope you come back soon.
Jayne x

Look!

Hi,hope you are all having a good weekend. Just wanted to share my excitement with you as I was lucky enough to win challenge#53 - Looks like Spring - over at Fantabulous Cricut with my spring lamb. And as if that wasn't enough of a thrill, I received an Ooh La La blog award from My Sheri Crafts. Thank you so much.

Hope you enjoy the rest of Sunday.
Love Jayne x

Anniversary Configuration Box

Yesterday was my parents pearl wedding anniversary and so I decided to make them something special. They liked the configuration box I made with Tim (Holtz), so I decided to make a mini version and fill it with things that were special and relevant to them. Here it is, hope you like it to.