Phoenix Inspirations

 Don't you just hate it when you have loads of little scraps hanging around the place? Mine get thrown into a box never to see the light of day again! However today I decided to have a go at using some of them up.  I fished out some of the Just Jade DSP scraps and die cut them with some of my Stitched Nested Labels. It was a bit fiddly fitting some of the scraps in but I managed to get enough to arrange on a C6 card base - take a look I wanted to add some stamped images so I reached for my Butterfly Gala set - I don't use this one very often but I have a matching punch that cuts them out perfectly.  The card still looked a bit empty so I added a hand drawn frame around it and a couple of sentiments - also from the Bytterfly Gala set. That and a few enamel dots finished the card off nicely. This card will be entered into the challenge over at the  Rainbow Card Challenge Blog Thanks for stopping by today - hope to see you again soon - J xx

Oh my goodness - where did February go???? I know it's a short month but honestly one minute it was there and then poof - gone!!!! I haven't been doing much crafting really - battling with my fibro and taking care of mum. Mum has been Pfizered but I'm still waitng for my jab - thankfully we are both well and covid free. So today I have my DT card for the challenge over at Christmas 24 It's a Tic Tac Toe recipe this time and here is the grid to choose from I choose a diagonal line: DIE CUTS, RIBBON, SEQUINS Here is my card For this card I used the now retired Ornamental Envelopes Bundle. I purchased this set but for some reason didn't use it in time for last Christmas - thank goodness for Christmas challenge blogs!! I also CASEd a card I'd seen by my blog friend Kerry Timms - she makes fabulous cards and I needed a bit of inspiration! Please do pop over to the challenge blog and take a look at all the other wonderful DT cards. See you soon - J x

 So I have a card for you that I am entering into three challenges!!! (Thus continuing my resolution to take part in more challenges!!) I loved making this card - I had a really good play with sponging, masking, colouring and cutting out. And here it is I used up some of my retired DSP for this card as it had some lovely snowflakes on and I sponged the edges with Night of Navy ink. My middle panel is sponged to represent a snowy landscape with the foxes sleeping in their underground hole. The foxes are from the Wildly Happy stamp set and I water coloured them with Crajun Craze ink. I am entering this card into the following challenges Make My Monday HELLO Sunday Stamps The Paper Players That's it for today - join me on Facebook on Friday for my next live crafting video and I will see you soon - J xx

 Yep - more dragonflies. This is the last one for a while and was the subject of last Friday's Facebook Live video. I took inspiration from Christine Blain's card  HERE  but instead of using just one colour I used quite a few! come and see I took various strips of the Dandy Garden DSP and cut them into 1" squares. I then randomly attached them to a piece of Rich Razzelberry card sock. I couldn't fit four along so I added a piece of the Braided Linen Thread. I added two circles - one for the sentiment (from Dragonfly Garden) and one for the dragonflies. These were punched from the DSP. I finally added some gems coloured with a Night of Navy blend pen. You will be glad to know that I am moving on to another stamp set now - Art Gallery. Perhaps you saw my Facebook Live yesterday where I made three notecards with it? If not I will be live around 3pm this afternoon with some more live crafting - hope to see you there. Bye for now - J xx

 I am still in love with my dragonfly stamps and punch so any opportunity I get I am playing with them. Here's a card I made recently This time it was just the Dandy Garden DSP - I punched the dragonflies from the papers as the punch works with both the stamps and the papers. I distressed the paper using my scissors - an old blunt pair not my snips. It's something I haven't done for a while but it does add a bit of texture to the card. The sentiment is from the Dragonfly Garden set. All products can be ordered from me -why not take a look in the Mini Catalogue in my side bar. For every £45 or £90 spend you can choose a free Sale-a-bration gift. Thanks for stopping by - see you soon - J x

 I've made a pact with myself to take part in more challenges this year - so here goes. The challenge is over at  CAS Colours & Sketches And this is my card There were so many things that went wrong with this card! Firstly it was my second attempt at the sketch as the first was too fussy and not CAS enough. Then I tried to stamp my sentiment - it went wrong so I had to add another dragonfly - a small one. I then tried to stamp the sentiment again, messed up again and added a banner over the top of it! I was so glad when I'd finished it! Would you like to see my first attempt? Too much patterned paper don't you think? Details for all the products used can be found in the Mini Catalogue found in the side bar. If you would like to place an order do let me know - thanks. See you soon - J x

 Hello - it's time for another challenge over at CHRISTMAS 24 No other colours except black or gray for a sentiment. Here is my card Just a very clean and simple card using the Detailed Dove dies (now retired). I die cut the dove's wings and made them into angel wings just adding a simple pearl for embellishment. The sentimet is from the Dove of Hope stamp set (also retired). Do pop over and take a look at all the exquisite DT cards and I will see you soon - J x