Heads Up Crafters!

Hi all, I'm back after a lovely week in the sun.

Hubby & I headed off to Menorca for some R&R & to soak up a few 

rays before winter sets in!

Which as it happens leads me nicely on to what I want to share with you today!

Jak Heath has an amazing candy to giveaway on her blog

A Daylight Company  Vogue Floor Lamp!

How awesome is that!

Head on over to Jak's Blog & check out how you can enter!

If you do enter, please leave a comment to let her know I sent you!

Good Luck!

Stepping Out On Your Anniversary

Happy Thursday everyone, almost the weekend!

I hope you've had a good week & are ready to kick up your heels!

I have a Just Inklined card to share today!

I have to apologise for the photo quality, I had to take them at work

 during my lunch break & the weather was just awful.

This is a little 5"x5" square card.

The base is a sheet of patterened cs which came from Lidl!

Isn't it fantastic! As soon as I saw it I knew what I wanted to do!

A little Monochromatic card!

The perfect image to sepia tone is this one, which is called

Stepping Out

It's a very versatile image which could be used for so many different 

occasions, but this time, I used it for my sister & BIL's anniversary card!

I coloured the image with a mix of Flexmarkers & Promarkers,

cut out with a nestie & inked whilst still in the die with

Antique Linen & Pumice Stone distress inks. 

The sentimnent was done in a similar fashion, then I threaded

some seam binding & lace through the slots!

The ony other embellishment is a little old fashioned

safety pin which I threaded some lace & seam binding through!

I'm making a conscious effort to make more cards which can be

sent in the mail with just a regular stamp here in the UK.

This one definitely fits the bill as I had Jim the porter/mail man at work

check it for me in his handy little measuring guide!

Thanks Jim! 

I'd like to enter this card in a couple of challenges:

Hannah & Friends - Best Friends

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Whimsy Inspiration -  Vintage/Shabby Chic

Crafty Sentiments - Favourite Technique or Colour Combo

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

A Little Bit Crafty - A Little Bit Shabby

Designed To Colour - Use A Die

Oozak - Anything Goes

Tammy's Scrapin Corner - Monochromatic

The Paper Nest Dolls - Vintage

The Pink Elephant Monday Challenge - Wedding/Anniversary

CFAS Pins & Lace

Hi di hi all! Happy Hump Day!

It's all downhill from here towards the weekend! Yay!

It's time for a brand new challenge over at Crafting For All Seasons!

The theme this time is

Lace & Pins

Here's my card!

I used an image from our sponsor who is our very own Jani!

Janis Kreativwelt

The prize is 3 of her exclusive images!

You just can't buy them!

I used Ball Of Wool! 

Which I printed out several times, coloured with flexmarkers

I cut one image out, with a nestie then fussy cut sections of the rest,

allowing me to decoupage it up. It looks really effective IRL!

I inked the image while it was still in the die & dotted about with a flexmarker

for a bit of interest in the background.

The buttons are from my button jar. The flower button was  a spare button 

from the suit I wore for my neices wedding a few years back!

I threaded a little button twine through them & tied little bows.

I added a dress form die cut which I embossed & inked,

some lace from The Ribbon Girl & a couple of pins from my stash.

The DP is a mystery so if you recognise it let me know!

Thanks for looking & I hope to see you in the 

Pins & Lace challenge over at CFAS!

I'd like to enter my card in a couple of challenges:

Whimsy Inspirations - Vintage/ Shabby Chic

Creative Craft Challenges - Anything Goes

Inky Chicks - Use Two Different Die Cuts