Candy To Be Won at Crafty Emma's Store

Fancy winning some candy??!!

We have this gorgeous bundle of goodies for one lucky winner in celebration of Crafty Emma's Store 1st Birthday.

**There is also a £20 voucher up for grabs over on the Challenge Blog...make sure you enter the challenge for a chance to win. New challenge starts tomorrow at 8am**

Creative Expressions Calling Card Challenge

Hi Folks,  Here is my entry for the Calling Card Challenge over at Creative Expressions.  To keep within the challenge rules I have stamped my gorgeous little upside down house mouse and coloured him in with Promarkers.  He is layered onto one of the Floral Doily Accent dies and matted and layered with patterned papers onto an ATC sized matt.  I have made a centre step card and decorated this with the same patterned papers, some flower die-cuts and some yummy card candy.  Hope you like my efforts - I've never made an ATC before but have really enjoyed doing it.

Thanks for looking.

Happy Sunday

Just a quick post for now to say hello and to upload a couple of cards I've made recently.  I made a few of these as thank you's to my lovely friends and family for my super birthday pressies. 

Sunny Days are here again!!

Weatherwise and craftwise!! There is a brand new stamp available from Little Claire, called Sunny Day which you can find by clicking here. It's an adorable little set with the cutest hedgehog pushing a lawnmower. Here are a couple of cards I made with it:

Glad It's Cooler - Phew!!

Don't get me wrong, I like the weather to be nice but boy, Monday was just toooooo hot!!  It's a lovely day outside today and I have been busy crafting with some gorgeous new stamps from Little Claire - watch this space for more details.

Simply Handmade By did a stall at Hempstead Valley's Craft Fayre on Sunday and despite the centre not being that busy (I think eveyone was mass barbequeing!!) we did very well.

Our Craft Club (In Cliffe Woods, Nr Rochester) is expanding - I think we had 12 ladies on Monday evening - the club is open to everyone, all ages, all abilities, it's fun and informal and a chance to craft and chat at the same time. If you would like to join us or would like more information then please do not hesitate to contact us at Simply Handmade By.

Anyway,  here are some cards I've made - one a 25th Wedding Anniversary card for some friends and sadly a pet sympathy card.

Thanks for looking.

Tealight Card

I made this card/gift for someone my Mum know - she wanted something a bit different so I decided to make a tealight card.  Hope you like it - The butterflies are a Marianne Design.

Little Claire Challenge 9 - Cards for Men

Hi All,

Little Claire's 9th Blog Challenge is under-way and the theme is Cards for Men.  It can be a little troublesome sometimes making cards for the fella's in our lives so hopefully this Blog Challenge will give you some inspiration.  Here's my effort - I used the inside image from theRWAV Garage Set.

Check out Little Claire's Blog - there is come fabulous candy to be won!!

A FEW RULES

• You DO NOT need to use a Little Claire stamp to qualify for the prize draw
• However, only those using Little Claire stamps will qualify for a Top 3 badge
• You may enter the challenge UP TO 3 TIMES and you may combine with other challenges
• You must follow the challenge theme and NO BACKLINKING please, new cards only
• Please provide a link to our blog in your post
• Please leave a link to your actual card, not just to your blog
• The challenge will close at 2pm on Fri 24th June

GOOD LUCK & HAVE FUN!

Dream A Little Dream.......

I have been having a play with a stamp from Little Claire called Dream A Little Dream, which is a really pretty, whimsical, dreamy stamp that lends itself to all kinds of techniques.

Both images have been stamped with Memento and coloured with Promarkers.

You can't see from the photo but I have put Glossy Accents on the bubbles.

This one has glittery bubbles.

Thanks for looking - your time is appreciated.

Jess

xxxx

June Club Stamp

Hi All,

The June Club Stamp set has been released over at Little Claire.  It a lovely set of Gerbera Daisies including a corner stamp and lovely sentiment.

For this card I stamped the small Gerbera three times (top, middle and bottom flowers), then I masked them and stamped the flower inbetween to make it look as though they are behind.

New Stamps

Here are some new stamps from Little Claire.  Daisy Pitcher and Wheelbarrow

Happy Anniversary Mum & Dad

It's my Mum and Dad's Wedding Anniversary today - they have been married for 42 years.  So Congratulations and Lots of Love from me. Jxxx

I made a card for Mum to gave to Dad and of course one from me and Jules - here they are.

Super Sale!!

Little Claire are having a 1 day special sale on the Spikey Flower Set.  Usually £7.50 but until 4pm Friday 20th May, so hurry, hurry, hurry!!!

Brand New RWAV 4 Seasons and the Great Outdoors from Little Claire

Just to give you a sneaky peak of two new stamp sets from Little Claire, here are the cards I have been making.  Two fabby new sets which aren't launched properly until next week, but if you would like to get them in advance, give Little Claire a call on 0151 342 5715 - if you mention JessiCards, you'll also receive a free gift!!!!

Sparkle!!

Head on over to the latest Little Claire challenge where it's all about the Sparkle!!! - There is some fab candy to be won.

Here's my design.  I used Flourish and the wheelbarrow from Blooming Lovely

Bargains To Be Had From Little Claire

Little Claire have a fabulous range of stamps called "In Squares".  There are Elephants, Hedgehogs, Cats and Westies.  These stamps can be purchased individually at £7.50 each or until 5pm Wednesday 11th May, the fantastic offer price All 4 for £20.00!

I have had the pleasure of experimenting with the Cat stamp and it's lovely.

For this card, I've used the stamp as a whole.  I've actually decoupaged the three grey cat squares and the paw print square but you can't really see it here.

And you can just use elements of the stamp if you wish.

Thanks for looking and don't forget to checkout the Little Claire website.

Mum's Cards

I know it's a bit late but here are the cards I made for my Mum and Mother In Law for Mother's Day.

Don't forget to checkout the Simply Handmade By........ website.

All New Little Claire Stamp Set

Another new month means another new stamp set from Little Claire.  Hope you like my cards - look out for these and more on Create and Craft on May 19th.

Simply Handmade By......'s Debut

Just another reminder that we, the girls of Simply Handmade By...... are making our Craft Fair debut at Shorne Country Park's Spring Fair, Nr Gravesend.  Gates are open from 10am till 4pm and entrance is free.  Do come along and see us.

Also, here is my card for today's Little Claire DT challenge.  I used the hedgehog from the Blooming Lovely set.  TFL.x

Jess
xx

Shorne Country Park Spring Fair - Saturday 16th April

Just to let you all know that Simply Handmade By have a stall at Shorne Country Park's Spring Fair.

Saturday 16 April, 10am-4pm

There will be lots to see and do including guided tours, demonstrations and not to mention all the lovely hand-crafted products to buy!!!

Please come along and see us, there is a link on our website to get directions - we really look forward to seeing you.

Jess

xxx

Spikey Flowers and Create and Craft

Well done to Steve from Little Claire who appeared on Create and Craft yesterday.  I think the show was the best one yet and Leonie did a really nice job of showing off all the DT's cards.  Sadly, there wasn't enough time to show the brand new Spikey Flowers Set and Claire's Fleurs and Claire's Bistro.  Here are my creations - Gill has let me know that she's not been able to upload them to the Little Claire website yet - maybe I've got Gremlins in my camera!!!!  Here are my designs anyway, plus a few others from the show.

Thanks for looking.  If you get chance, check out Simplyhandmadeby - mine and my buddies new venture.  xxxx

Introducing............

Simply Handmade By.........  A new craft venture which I am very proud to be a part of.  Together with my friends Donna, Emma and Pam, we have set up Simply Handmade By....  We are running some craft classes and will also be selling our wares at local craft fairs.

Details of all our outings and craft classes can be found on our website.  Please feel free to have a look around - there are links to our Flickr and Facebook pages.

Please let us know what you think and maybe we'll see you soon.

Jess
xxxx

The Right Time.....

The Right Time... is the new stamp set from Little Claire.  Hope you like what I have done with it.

Pink & Green Challenge at Little Claire

This is my entry for the latest Blog Challenge at Little Claire.  I have used the very cute little mouse from the Big Hugs set.