If you visit Making Handmade cards and sign up for their free newsletter you get some great freebie downloads. That's how i started off with them and I am so over the moon that they think my work is good enough for their official design team.
Tuesday, 5 May 2009
I'm so excited
If you visit Making Handmade cards and sign up for their free newsletter you get some great freebie downloads. That's how i started off with them and I am so over the moon that they think my work is good enough for their official design team.
Posted by Jilly at 09:21 4 comments
Monday, 4 May 2009
stampakular challenge
Ok it's time again for the stamptacular Sunday challenge (ok i now i'm a day late)
This week the theme is 'Mums the Word' This is a tribute to all mothers.
For this week's challenge project you MUST create something in honor of all the hard work, compassion and unconditional love a mother gives each day. You are free to create anything you'd like as long as it's something for a MOM and contains some sort of stamping!
this week's fabulous prize donated by:
Sketching Stamper
Winner will receive their choice of SIX digi-images!
Please go and heck out the rest of the DT work its fabulous
Here is my cardflower image: Digi image from Sketching Stamper
Elf image: Elvin from Bearly Mine designs
medium: copic markers
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Funky Fairy's challenge #14
Oh my how long has it been since i have done anything on my blog. I haven't been too well so things have really got behind.
I know i am very late posting this but this is for this weeks Challenge at Funky Fairy's Challenge Blog.
Our challenge for you this week is to use a lovely sketch, designed by our Joanne
Please take a look at the rest of the DT's work, they are truly inspirational
Here is mineDP: Funky Fairy's Just hanging around
Image: Woodware Wedding set
Sentiment computer generated
Gems from stash
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Sunday, 19 April 2009
WOJ blog candy
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Black & White + 1
It's Sunday so it must be time again for Stamptacular Sunday Challenge.
This week the challenge is to use Black and White and one other colour and of course you must have a stampedimage somewhere on your design.
This weeks sponsor is The Cutting Cafe
The prize is TWO items of the winners choice from The Cutting Cafe!
Please check out the creations from the rest of the DT. As usual there are some great creations.
Here is my cardDP: Bubblegum & Licorice Summertime Designs
Image:papercrafts4you
Embellishments from stash
Medium: Copic makers
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Friday, 17 April 2009
copic creations challenge #2
Over at Copic Creations this week, they have some tutorials for colouring jeans. Here is the card I have made using the soon to be realease love2shop image from Making Handmade Cards.DP: Making Handmade Cards - Petal Patch
Image and sentiment : Making Handmade cards - Love 2 shop
Medium: Copic Markers - colourless blender, E000, E00, E57, E95, B34, Y15
Posted by Jilly at 14:13 15 comments
Thursday, 16 April 2009
A few cards
I just wanted to share these card with you made from the soon to be realeased 'soccer n tech' papers from Making Handmade Cards. These papers are not available yet but you can have advanced notification of the release at there blog here.
This was so much fun to play with and as mens cards are always so difficult, it's an ideal solution

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Wednesday, 15 April 2009
Funky Fairy's challenge #12
Ok well this week since coming back from my easter break I have been really busy trying to catch up with my DT work but slowly getting back on top of it again.
It's time again for the Funky Fairy's Challenge and this week the challenge is a 'Recipe':
1 Image
2 Papers
3 Embelishments
As always, to be eligible to win a prize of a Funky Fairys download paper kit,
you must use at least one Funky Fairys product on your work,
and not combine challenges.
Check out the Inspiration Blog for some free downloads.
Pop over and take a look at the rest of the DT's projects they are great.
Ok so here is mine:DP: Funky Fairy's Doodlementals
Image: Sugar Nellie
Ribbon from stash
medium, Copic sketch
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Monday, 13 April 2009
Stamptacular For the Birds
I'm Sorry that I am a day late with thispost but we have been away for the weekend and I forgot to set the post up to show yesterday.
Well it's time for challenge 2 at Stamptacular Sunday challenge and tis week the challenge is "This is for the birds!"
For this challenge not only do you have to incorporate some sort of stamping on your project but you also must include at least one bird on your project as well. You are free to create whatever you'd like as long as you follow the challenge requirements!
I decided to make an easter basket for my project as it is easter,
Don't forget to check out the work from the rest of the DT as there are some wonderful projcts.DP: Funky Fairy's Fluffy flowers
Image: Penny Black
medium: whisper pens
Posted by Jilly at 20:02 8 comments
Wednesday, 8 April 2009
Funky Fairy's challenge #11
Morning all. Well It's time again for the Funky fairy challenge and this week the Theme is 'Dare to be Square'.
All the DT had great fun with this challenge so why not pop over and see what they have created, thy realy are amazing.
For my creation this week I used the Funky fairy's Hope papers collection
The butterfly I glittered up a while ago and put it aside and forgot about it so not sure where i actually got it from, but it matches the hope paper i had chosen perfectly. I finished the card off with some gingham ribbon and square gems from my stash
Don't forget that f you haven't any funky fairys papers but still want to take part in the challenge you can always download some of the free papers from Funky fairy's inspirations blog
These papers really are wonderful and fun to play with.
Lets see some of you all joining us with the challenges
Posted by Jilly at 10:05 9 comments
Sunday, 5 April 2009
Stamptacular New Beginnings
Yippee the first challenge is now up on Stamptacular Sunday Challenge.
This week's challenge is: NEW BEGINNINGS
Also throughout the day we are also running Bonus fun challenges with chances of winning prizes so please stop by and join in, there are some great prizes on offer
As the theme of this weeks challenge is New Beginnings, I decided on a wedding card for my project.
DP: pearlescent white and flowered velum(docrafts i think bu i found it in my scrap box)
Image: papercrafts 4 you
medium: pearly watercolours
ribbon and flower from stash
Inside sentiment produced on the computer
Posted by Jilly at 11:35 39 comments
Wednesday, 1 April 2009
My first play with copic markers
Yippee I finally have some copic markers. Not many yet but i have finally been able to have a play. For months now i have been looking at tutorials in preparation for the arrival of the first few of them arriving.
Over the past couple of days i have played around colouringin numerous images and finally made this one into a card today and thought i would enter it for the first challenge on Copic Creations.DP. Summertime Designs
Image: WOJ from spring collection
Copics used: E000, E00, E57, E95, B34, R46, Y15
Posted by Jilly at 22:13 13 comments
Funky Fairy's challenge #10
It's that time of week again. Wow doesn't the week go fast. This week at Funky Fairy's the challenge is Green:
You can make anything you wish, and if you would like to be in with a chance of winning a fab Funky Fairys Papercrafts download kit, please make sure you use at least one FF product and only enter your work for THIS challenge, NO COMBINING!
And this week we have a special bonus prize for the winner too,
Lorraine is kindly donating her Post It Note Holder, plus a Parker Pen!!
Here is the project i have done for this weeks theme.
I have used the box template from cutting cafe for this box, and the papers are the free green downloads from Funky Fairy's Inspirations
Posted by Jilly at 18:19 5 comments
Big News
The wait and the suspense is almost over! Only a few more days until the Debut of the Stamptacular Sunday Challenges begin.
It seems like forever since i entered for the cance to become part of the design team (and what a design team we have), and now the fun is just around the corner. We have tons of fun and unique challenges planned, and hope that our challenge blog becomes one of the most successful on the internet.
There is guaranteed to be a favorite challenge for everyone....all are welcome no matter what your creative level may be. The only stipulations to play along are that you MUST use some sort of stamping on every submission, and that they MUST be origionally designed just for our challenge.
It all begins on Sunday 5th April so please check us out at http://stamptacularsundaychallenge.blogspot.com/ and join us for our very first challenge! In honour of our new adventure we will also have lots of other fun and prizes going on throughout the day too! So, be sure to check back often to celebrate our 'New Beginning' and to be sure that you don't miss out on any of the activities.
Looking forward to you all taking part
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Monday, 30 March 2009
cupcake challenge
Well this is my last cupcake challenge as a DT member, from now on I will be entering as a regular blogger.
This week we have a sketch to followAnd here is my card using another one of these lovely elves
DP and image:Bearly mine designs
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DT call @ Funky Fairy's Shop
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Thursday, 26 March 2009
Elvin
Here is another one of the stamps that I bought from Donna at Bearly Mine Crafts. Isn't he cute?
I have used the sketch at Double Dutch
DP's and Image: Bearly mine designs
flower ribbon recoloured with peel off pens
brads from stash
medum: Whisper pens
Posted by Jilly at 14:18 14 comments
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Magnolia v stampavie
Over at Magnolia v Stampavie they are asking us for shaped cards/projects. Anything goes as long is it's not square or rectangular.
I decided to try out one of the templates that i won from Cutting CafeDP: Summertime designs Sweet Springtime
Image: Magnolia Tilda
Ribbon: Deco craft ribbon
Posted by Jilly at 20:09 4 comments
Dark with a touch of red
Over at Fun Frilled the challenge this week is to use a dark DP with a touch of red.
I used the sketch at cps to do this cardCS Black and red
DP: Dovecraft Charcoal Prints
Ribon and flowers from stash
Posted by Jilly at 15:34 5 comments
easter greetings
Here again I have combined 5 challenges. I tink i'm getting qui good at combining them now
- Stamp Something: Spring
- Sketch Saturday: Sketch
- Penny Black: Doodling - I have doodled around the edges of all the papers
- ABC: G is for Glitter - I have glittered the centre of the flowers and also inside of the card
- Spoonful Of sugar: Easter
Image: Penny Black
flowers hand drawn and cut out
Medium: whisper pens
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