Phoenix Inspirations

Good morning - I've been away for a week. It should have been a weekend but we had problems with our car and I ended up staying away longer (which was nice). And although the break was very nice - I didn't half miss my craft room. So much so that I didn't even unpack but headed straight to my computer in order to find a challenge to get my teeth into! Over on the Pollycraft Monday blog there is a challenge to use Autumnal Colours - click here  and I will transport you there. Before you go though please take a look at my card   This is Burt the Owl and once upon a time he was a Friday Freebie on  Tales from Pollycraft. He is a digi stamp and I coloured him in using coloured pencils. The background cardstock is Bazzill Basics - Burning Ember and the patterned paper is from Basic Grey. Some Stampin' Up stamps and inks made the little flowers and the sentiment is also from Pollycraft. Hope you like him - see you soon - Jacqueline xx.

That is this week's challenge over on Pollycraft.  And here is my card : The image for this card is last Friday's Friday Freebie  at Tales from Pollycraft. She is called Earth Fairy 'Love You This Much' and it included the sentiment too. Used my Stampin' Up Butterfly Punch for the large pink butterfly and every thing else was used from my stash Hope you like it - Jacqueline xx.

Hi folks - hope everyone had a good Bank Holiday. It was my husband's birthday today so we went out for lunch - very nice. We were going to work in the garden too but the rain put a stop to that. So I made this instead for this week's Sketch Saturday  challenge : (see above sketch) I decided not to do a card this time but a book instead. The image is from Pollycraft and is this week's Friday Freebie . The background papers are some basic yellow card stock, Anna Griffen pink polka dot and one of my own designs - pink check. The flowers are what I won a couple of weeks ago from The Craft Garden  - aren't they fab? All the ribbons around the binding are bits from from my very untidy ribbon box and I used my Bind it All to bind the book and punch the holes. I also used a bit of Stampin' Up ink to ink the edges of the papers too. Well that's all for now - see you soon with another challenge - Jacqueline xx.

Hi folks - hope everyone had a good weekend - what gorgeous weather! Almost too good to stay in and craft - almost, can't stay away for long! Today's card is for Sketch Saturday  and it features Dudley Dinosaur. He was a Friday Freebie over on Tales from Pollycraft . The sketch I used was this: And this is my card: Makes a good boy card don't you think? If you look very closely at the dark green mat you will see that it is embossed. That is because I have now aquired my heart's desire. I've got a Cuttlebug!! If anyone has any tips on how I use Nestabillities with it I would be very grateful. Bye for now - Jacqueline xx.

This is another of my most favourite blogs - I LOVE Pollycraft and for my card this week I used an image downloaded from Tales of Pollycraft - it was a freebie a little while ago and you can visit the site here  . I would also recommend paying a visit to the web site where you can see all their lovely stamps and downloads - found here  . O.K - now for the challenge. This week it is a sketch And here is my card: As I said before the image is from Pollycraft - Cody, and the backing papers are from my scraps box. I used an Anna Griffen paper punch to make the tabs and flowers from my stash. To distress the edges of the papers I used Stampin' Up ink -  Rose Red. I really enjoyed making this card and I hope you enjoy looking at it! Don't forget to check out the challenge blog - here  - Jacqueline xx.