Crafty Sentiments Prizes and Blog Hop Friday!!!!!

Just a little reminder........ our blog hop over at Crafty Sentiments starts on  Friday so make sure you stop by with a change to win two of 4 of the stamps being released...... and there will be two sets of digital papers as well so for those who love digi papers make sure you check out the website.

HERE IS A PREVIEW OF THE PAPERS THAT WILL SOON BE AVAILABLE

Love Jo xxx

OSSAT Challenge Sunday......

It's Sunday hope you are all relaxing.........me well had another one of my turns on Friday afternoon, so just going with it hope I'll come out of it soon as really need to craft! Well it is a new challenge over at OSAAT today!

So here is my creation this week, I have used this lovely image by Jacare which is available over in the shop she is called.......

Art Nouveau Sleeping Princess

This weeks challenge is to use your favourite embellishments, so this week I have used glitter glue, punches and a few gems for sparkle, which are some of my essentials I have used leaves instead of flowers this week to give that autumn feel!

Please visit the shop

And join in our weekly Sunday challenges

Love Jo xxxx

Something special.......

Today I was given something special.......

The Sweet blogger!

Tammylee gave it to me!  In order for me to accept it I must thank her. 

Thank you Tammylee, big hugs to you!

please go check out these cute images that she has for sale here!

We are trying to get her to design more and put together a DT!

Now I also have to pass this on to 5 more deserving blogs!

So here they are in no particular order!


Rebekah
Lorraine - Coldwaters
Dianne - Crazy Craftshed

Pinky
Nataliya


Love to all
Jo xxxx

Crafty Sentiments White on White

Good Morning Everyone, a very chilly start to the morning here in South Wales...... It Thursday and it's time for a new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments....This week our challenge has been chosen by Dora and it is....

White on White 

& 

Coloured Image

Our prize this week is from our shop 2 digis of your choice!

Here my attempt on white on white, think I need to get some background embossing boards...

Looking forward to seeing your creations!

Don't forget to join us next week for our new releases and blog hop...

Hugs Jo & Design Team xxx

Metal Mania - Delightful Challenges

 Happy Thursday!!!

Are you all ready for a new Delightful Challenge?

Well, we have one for you today at the Delightful Challenge blogand the challenge is...

 Metal Mania

~that's right, we want to see some metal on your creation. 

Here's my creation using Stocking Toby

As always we have a Fabulous Sponsor

SIMON SAYS STAMP

You could win a $20.00 Gift Certificate to their store, just by playing along with us this week.

We are also having this month's Digital Delights Digi Day today over at SNR.
Lots of fun going on over there, and a fabulous freebie up for grabs. 

You can find all the details by clicking HERE.
hope to see you there!!

Love Jo xxx

Gimp Tutorial and adding Watermarks!

It's Tuesday and it's tutorial time with me over at Digital Delights..... just click on tutorials!

Well today I'm doing some quick basic tutorials with Gimp (free graphics software online) for adding borders, curving corners and adding watermarks to your creations...... Been a busy birthday weekend, all spent out now!

Plus Wendy has some fab watermarks to purchase that she will create and personalise for you!

Would love your comments and questions!

Also Tammylee has been very busy over at Crafty Sentiments Tutorials too today....

Tammylee has come up with something outside of the box. 
A list of things that you can use for embellishments on your projects.  
Come on over and see add to the list and if you can!

Please leave a comment with the items so it can be added. 

Embellishments from A to Z

Love Jo xxx

OSAAT Challenge Spooky.........

It's Sunday hope you are all relaxing.........


Over at OSAAT we have been ever so lucky and privileged to get the most wonderful exciting talented creative artist joining us this week.   So excited at welcoming Rick St Dennis, who has created 3 wonderful images for Stitchy....... 


So here are my 2 creations this week, first up is my easel card and the image is by Rick St Dennis and it's really pinky....

Second up is my Halloween creation using a lovely image from Eiglas and the 

papers are by Panda Crafty Papers...

Love Jo xxxx

Crafty Sentiments, Freebie & Birthday........

Thank you all for all your kind birthday wishes..... had a fab day yesterday clothes shopping and out for a meal, off out again today with family and chinese tonight!

But while I have 5 mins..... I forgot to upload my Crafty Sentiments card on Thursday.... so here it is using the freebie Suzette created for my birthday so pop on over and grab Amy while you can!

Some autumn wording....

 Close up....

 Some lovely flowers with glitter....

My hubby also made me a card too, and a lot of mess and a few broken punches lol, he said I don't know how you all keep coming up with creative cards and they are so hard to make, he he.....

Well I thought I'd show you all his creation!

Crafty Sentiments

Love Jo xxx

New Stamps & Paper Releases coming soon.....

Hi All,

Just a quick post, Suzette the creator over at Crafty Sentiments has been very busy creating 4 new stamps and a mountain of papers too..... I can't wait to share with you all, but you will have to wait to the 21st, but we may have a few sneaky peeks here and there!

Love Jo xxx

Freebie & Autumn Colours....

I'm starting to feel human again and must get back into creating..... It's time for another challenge over at Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog and it's my turn to post today as it's my choice of theme this week which is..... 

Autumn/Fall Colours

It is also my birthday tomorrow I'm hitting the big 30 tomorrow..... and Suzette has kindly created a cute winter Amy as a freebie for you all, so get over to Crafty Sentiments grab here while you can as I will be removing her soon and would love to see some of your fab creations using Amy!

This week we are kindly sponsored by.....

The Stamping Boutique 

I'm sure you all love Tracey's images too!

I was in such a rush this morning I forgot my phone so can't upload my card till tonight, 

I'm such a muppet today, I do apologies to you all!

Pop on over to see the wonderful creations from the Crafty Sentiments Design Team.  

I hope you are inspired to join us for this week's challenge!

Love Jo xxx

Meet Pickles.....

It's time for a New Challenge over at Delightful Challenges and new releases at Digital Delights. This week we are celebrating the Christmas/winter images by using........

RED, GREEN AND WHITE

 Pickles the Penguin, ain't he a cutie!

You do not have to use a Digital Delights image to play but if you do you will receive two entries.

Just add your card twice to inlinkz to enter twice you need to

1st entry use your card link,

2nd entry use your blog address and add 2nd entry after your name

**Please be sure the card you link follows the challenge or it will be removed**

We have a wonderful sponsor this week

With a Basic Grey Stamp set to the random winner of this challenge

Hope you all will join us for this week's 

Red, White and Green Colour Challenge

Love Jo xxx

OSAAT Sunday Challenge - Spooky Halloween

There is another great new challenge over at One Stitch at a Time again this week....... the creators have their Halloween images in store now so our challenge for the next week is.....

SPOOKY / HALLOWEEN 

We had a great response to the Anything Goes Challenge last week and the winners are now announced on the challenge blog.  This week's Spooky challenge also has an amazing FOUR sponsors!  


We have some great new creators in the store and lots of brilliant challenges lined up for the weeks to come.   


Well here's my 2 creations.....

For the above card I have used Crafty Pad images which is so much fun.... 

and Panda Craft Papers, I love purple....

And below is an altered plastic bag (he he) I've made a little candy bag 

using Panda Craft Papers and my hubby's sweet stash!

I have entered the following challenges this week:

If the Shoe Fits - Orange

Incy Wincy - Sparkly

Other Lovelies - Digi

Sew Many Cards - Anything Goes

Love Jo xxx

OSAAT Saturday fun!!!!!

It's Saturday......... and there is a new game today over at OSAAT and this time if you pop across and look at a few other DT offerings, including mine, you have to guess which creator we have used!!!


There is still time to enter our anything goes challenge too, only 31 more entries and we make it to 300....


There is also a lovely poem created by Liz! You have to read through it, find out how many creators she mentions and which ones she has missed out! 


There are stacks of prizes to be won with all your guesses and some other little questions too!

Love Jo xxx

Friday Freebie & News

Well I am not going to say "Happy" Friday, it's just Friday, still got my flu bug and chest infection, and this welsh weather is really not helping! 

To top it all off my Dystonia is playing up with this nasty weather so I've made the hard decision to step down from my DT posts at Whimsy, Stamp Something and 2 Sisters Challenge Blog,  I'm not making anything good and I am falling behind, no energy or time with work too, I think it's best to give some other talented crafter's a chance to shine and showcase some wonderful work! I will really miss being part of these teams :(

Poor Ryder Cup golfers I live just a few mins away and god it is raining cats and dogs as they say..... 

Well here's something for you all this cute sentiment to go with last weeks freebie....

So pop on over to DIGITAL DELIGHTS

Love Jo xxx

Delightful Challenges - Purple, Black & Green

It's Thursday again..... so sorry for lack of posts lately I've been so ill this week off work with a nice chest infection, winter is on the way and my health suffers! 

But it is time again for another challenge over at DELIGHTFUL CHALLENGES

And this week's challenge is.......

COLOUR COMBO 

PURPLE,BLACK,GREEN 

I hope you will join us this week and look forward to seeing all your creations,we had a fantastic entries from you for last week's challenge your creations were all fabulous!

So here's my creation I made in advance (thank god) I have used Lilibell Witch and Best Witches Sentiment......  

I've coloured with my promarkers, card, glitter glue, ribbons are all from my stash!

You can get all of these from DIGITAL DELIGHTS

Love Jo xxx

Crafty Sentiments Challenge #37 - Use a border punch

Today begins another new challenge over at Crafty Sentiments Challenge Blog. 

Our challenge this week has been chosen by Claudine and this week we are to use a 

border punch on your card or creation. 

Here's my little creation I have used the Christmas Papers and a border punch, in which I have threaded some green ribbon added some red and green gems and of course some silver Christmas snow flakes.......

This week we are kindly sponsored by.....

Whoopsi Daisy

The prize is a sheet of Digis!

Looking forward to seeing your creations

Love Jo xxx

OSAAT Sunday Challenge

Happy Sunday all, well got 2 in the house with colds and chest infections and asthma's playing up..... so we are off out for Sunday Lunch, hope you are all having a relaxing Sunday!

This week at One Stitch at a Time the theme is ..............

"Anything Goes "

I've made 2 creations with week, first up is my Saturday Sneaky peek card using Beary Dust, Angel Bear, soooo cute, I kept this one plain and simple to focus on this cute little bear!

Here's the sneaky peak from yesterday.....

And here's my full little card....

and my card today is Xmas Lights Scruffles, by Lexi Creations, I had a go at colouring with my water pencils haven't had them out in ages....

I haven't entered any challenges in a long time.....so I'm going to today and here's this list of challenges.....


AI Factory - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
Anything Goes - Cute

You can buy the cute images I have used to day at the store 

and the prize this week  is a $15 voucher from the Crop Stop

Can't wait to see yours and leave some love on your blogs....

Love Jo xxx