Friday, 12 February 2016

Another try at CAS


 I decided to  give clean and simple another go using this funky kits sassy girl by saturated canary,that I had coloured in with promarkers ages ago.











I used a coordinating piece of paper that was from a pack in a magazine freebie of blackberry lane papers and cut it to fit the card top but on an angle. I decided that I would try something different and punched a row of hearts along the edge ,i quite like how the white card shows through. I added a piece of ribbon recycled from the inside of a t shirt and hand-tied a bow before adding to a button.


I still find myself wanting to do more to the card even though I think it looks fine but I do like the clean fresh look.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

The ribbon girl -anything goes

stamping sensations -anything goes

crafting when we can -add hearts

sweet stamps - anything goes

Get creative- must include a heart

the cutie pie challenge -all you need is cutie pie love

crafting from the heart - anything goes

Everybody art - hearts

I love promarkers - bingo I chose punch,free,ribbon

penny's -use favourite colour or embellishments
( I tend to be a ribbon and button girl so guess they are my favourites)

the sugar bowl - anything goes




Thursday, 11 February 2016

stamps for sale

I have been sorting out my stamps and have decided that those I haven't used of have only used very rarely I have decided to sell to someone who would give them a little more love than I have.

The first ones I have sorted through are some of the very first stamps I bought when I first started crafting and were all from The Stampman. The stamps were from sheets of  Non-Sequitur and aspects of design and when looking on the internet to see if I could find the names of the sheets and some examples of them being used I found that I couldn't find most of the sheets and more surprisingly they still sell for the same or a couple of pounds more than I paid for them.
(appologies for the small text blogger seems to be ignoring me when I ask for the text to be all the same size and colour,will keep trying to correct it,hope you manage to read the small print,thanks)

I will try and find examples but apologies for those I don't.

The stamps have all seen ink once as I stamped them to make storage sheets which I have cut up to illustrate what the stamp actually looks like.

I do use some out of the sheets so I am not selling full sheets but will price the stamps individually or where small stamps in a group.

If you need any further information about any of the stamps please contact me by email and I will be happy to help.

All stamps are backed with ez mount.


Oriental lady hair down(stamped once image shown grey stazon)
£2+p+p

oriental lady hair up (stamped once image shown in grey stazon)
£2+p+p

Not sure inf these are actually vintage lockets but I always thought they looked like carpet bags but are very intricate designs
All 4 for £2 +p+p

Large and small open fans
Both for £2+p+p

Lace border strips seen on card embossed with black sparkle embossing powder and fussy cut
Both for £2+p+p


Feed the ducks scene large stamp used only once to stamp image shown again in grey stazon.
£5+p+p

Boy from feed the ducks set works with the scene above , again stamped only once  image shown
£2+p+p

Slightly smaller feed the ducks scene stamped once  grey stazon image shown
£3-50+p+p

 Small Do feed the ducks
stamped once image shown in grey stazon
£2+p+p

Oriental gentleman
Stamped once in black versafine ink image shown
£3+p+p

Standing oriental lady stamped once in versafine black ink image shown
£3+p+p


These two pages of stamps hold 2 complete sheet sets , unfortunately I can't remember which stamps go with which set so I am selling the 2 sets as one complete set.
I have shown the stamped imaged and corresponding rubber stamps. All are backed with ez mount.


I have used some of these stamps but the door twice and the others demonstrated on the card shown only once.

Both set all of the stamps shown above (garden related) £25+p+p

examples shown below


The following images are from The Stampman  blog site
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These next few stamps again have all  been used once or twice they are like a botany card with a picture of the flower and a description.


 Rose  £2+p+p




Crocus £2+p+p



Pansy £2+p+p



This stamp has only been stamped once ,the image shown.
Heart for someone special
£2+p+p





These are all floral stamps all again stamped once to show the images above. There is a mix of sizes and rather than split these and sell individually I am selling these as a group.

£5 +p+p (for all 12)

If you wish to purchase any of the stamps please contact me by email at julye.jb@gmail.com

many thanks

Wednesday, 10 February 2016

sending you love CAS

Over the last couple of days I haven't done much any crafting partly as I don't have any birthdays or other events coming up and whenever I have thought about crafting I have found myself staring out the window and not achieving anything.

I decided to go blog hoping to seek inspiration. I found a style I decided after looking through squirrels world blog and also Jen Nelsons a tiny blue butterfly blog I would give CAS a go as I'm not normally very good at it as although I don't like overly fussy cards I'm not good at real clean and simple.

This card uses a penny black stamp which I coloured with promarkers and the hearts with sakura gel pen.I fussy cut it out and stuck it to the card. 

I hand wrote the sentiment.


 The hearts are die cuts and again I coloured the hearts with sakura gel pen, before adhering them to the card.I hand tied two small bows in 1cm wide white satin ribbon and attached these to the tops of the die cuts.



I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Whimsy -with love


The ABC challenge -B is for ...bows

Star stampz - all about love

Crafty ribbons -animals

Penny black saturday challenge-use red and or a heart

Pink gem challenge - love is in the air

Penny Black and more- anything goes with a stamp and a die cut

Suzy Bees - anything goes twist of sentimental


Sunday, 7 February 2016

my first try at spotlight colouring

Not had much time to craft of late but so wanted to do some colouring so thought I'd have a go at spotlight colouring. I happened to have a scrap of card with some circle dies holes cut in it so just used one of these as my spotlight area.

I used a white base card and added a piece of paper I had in my scrap file that i had previously played on with mica pigment inks and some rock salt.






 I added a piece of hessian ribbony stuff not sure what to call it really.I pulled a thread from it and used this to tie 2 lily of the valley tags to it.

Card done.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Crafting with dragonflies - anything goes


Allsorts - CAS

Challenge up your life - no patterned paper

HIMCR - NO reds or pinks


cards4galz -fantastic florals

Simon says -ray of sunshine

Catch the bug -stella sketch

OSAAT - love is in the air

Crazy 4 challenges - pop





Friday, 5 February 2016

Have a magical day

A while ago I was lucky enough to get this super aurora wings image , she is just so pretty and epitimise summer. I love hydrangeas and their diversity of colours and as we have been having very mixed and cold weather thought she would be perfect to colour for a hint of summer. I love blues and lilacs and white with sparkly.



I actually made her a little to wide for my card but having her wing tips hang over the card edges adds to her magic.I coloured her with promarkers and added sakura glitter pen to her wings , the photo doesn't show this very well though. I fussy cut her out before adding to the base card.


The base card was white and I cut out a cloud shape before dusting over it with chalks.I added the fairy to the bottom of the card so as to give the impression of a summers day.


I haven't yet decided on the sentiment but know I will use a lily of the valley one that has a magical theme either magical birthday or simply sending a magical day or wishes.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:-

Pennys - anything goes

Ruby's rainbow - anything goes

TTCRD - anything goes

Cards und more -anything goes


Lemon shortbread - anything goes

crafting from the heart - anything goes

Order of opus gleui - favourite colours

that craft place -anything goes





Thursday, 4 February 2016

All the 3's

I decided I wanted to do something different so thought I'd have a play with some glossy card and dye inks and do some resist embossing. Normally I would do white or clear ink with white or clear embossing powder but decided I would try with black for a change.




I used some darkroom stamps that I have had ages and never inked up and stamped them in 3's on white glossy card and embossed with clear embossing powder.

I used some of my favourite coloured dye inks and wiped across the card 3 times once with each colour,then buffed with a tissue.I love how the card shines.



I cut the card into 3 all the same size ,trimming top and bottom. I added them to a white base card and added a simple black happy birthday peel-off. I think it will make a fab gents card.


I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;-

Sketchy colours - blue,green and white

Simply papercraft -anything goes

Glitter n sparkle -embossing

The craft barn - triplets

addicted to stamps - anything with a stamp

craft your passion - anything goes


Cardz 4 guys - sparkle or shine






Wednesday, 3 February 2016

Pussycat love

My son has a pet cat that is his baby ,he got her at hubby's idea of company for him when he moved into his own home. Issy the cat is a real character and has her dad wrapped around he little paw so i thought he would appreciate it if she sent him a valentine card.



I have this bugaboo stamp from my design team days and thought it would be purrfect ,sorry for the pun. I tried to colour the image to match Issy though I'm not sure I managed but I think my son will get the idea.


The paper is Dovecraft which I cut down and fussy cut around the hearts. I added a little sakura glitter pen to the hearts.I coloured the image with promarkers and fussy cut. I used the same red to colour a piece of card which I layered behind the paper.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;-

Crafty friends -animals/birds

My time to craft - love is all around

Suzy Bees -anything goes twist animals

The Pencil case-love/romance

Fantasy stampers -love is in the air

Polkadoodles - love and romance

613 Ave create -anything goes twist use your stash

OLLCB-love and romance


Paper creators crafts - must be love


Show us your pussies -  kitty love

creative moments - anything goes twist love and romance

crafting for all seasons - love is in the air

fab n funky -all creatures great and small