Oh Boy!

I love these photo's of Cameron - he's fast becoming a young man and these photo's show it!

I wanted to get back to doing double page layouts - maybe for a bit ;-)

I had fun getting inky and using lots of Chippy... The layout on the left side also started out as my interpretation of the sketch challenge for June at Twiddleybitz!!

Here's the sketch - click HERE for the sketch challenge (there is also a colour challenge, photo challenge, and holiday layout challenge!!!):

Here's my baby:

And a close up of the gorgeous pin from Tracy at My2Angels:

Ingredients:

Kaiser Thrill Seeker

The Craftersworkshop template - barbed wire

Twiddleybitz Steam Punk Gear Border - SPK008

Twiddleybitz Cogs

Flourish With A Bling - Luke Flourish - Denim Blue

100% Boy pin from My2Angels

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Denim Blue

Distress Ink - Fired Brick, Faded Jeans

Stampin Up Stamp N Write Marker - Basic Black
Stix2Anything - Double-sided Tape

Thanks for stopping by 

Jen  :-)

Fi's Collection

I made this printer's Tray for a dear friend of mine back in the new year and only just realised I haven't blogged about it!  This was made for a very dear friend of mine after I had dreamed about her... and like me, she loves purple :-)

On the back I have explained the meaning behind every charm...

Fi’s Collection

Fairy Dust to never stop believing in magic

Roses & blooms to remind you to take time to stop and smell them.

A pot of tea to share because you’re such a good listener

A microphone to encourage you to speak up and sing out loud.

The Eiffel Tower to remind you to take a break now and then -

with a plane to bring you back! 

A key so you don’t forget - “there’s no place like home”.

Lanterns so even in the darkness you have plenty of light

A boat to help you sail the rough seas that may lay ahead.

A butterfly to prove beauty comes from hardship and change

A Camera to record memories of your life & love, your hearts entwined.

A little girl for the one I see in your future

And a charm to tell you you’re going to be an awesome Mum.

Love You Much,   Jen  xxx

Some close-ups...

Is that a crochet butterfly?  I wonder where I got that from?

Ingredients:
Twiddleybitz Printer's Tray
My2Angels Charms, flowers, flowerspray
Flourish With A Bling Purple Chloe Pearl Flourish
Crochet By Kim purple butterfly
Assorted items from my stash

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen

Twisted Sketches Cards #107

I would just like to say a big Thank You to the wonderful and talented Anam Stubbington for her fabulous sketches and inspiration through the Twisted Sketches Blog.  
Along with so many of life's challenges - Anam manages 2 teams for the Twisted Sketches Blog and has The Twisted Sketches Phone Apps for Cards and Layouts available with her sketches and examples of the sketches used - these are awesome!!!


This week's twist is "Chipboard"- any how, any way! 

I did rotate this sketch clockwise - I love how it turned out :-)

My interpretation:

And my usual close-up of course! 

Ingredients:

Black card and envelope from Twiddleybitz (NEW!!)

Nero Flourish from Twiddleybitz

Bo Bunny Enchanted Patterned Paper

Decorative Tile from My2Angels

Silver Rhinestones from Flourish With A Bling

Black Ric-Rac  from My2Angels

Miscellaneous Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by!!

A Proud Mum Post :-)

I love that Erin (and the boys) like to get in the studio and create along with me.  It is often hard to keep Erin out of there!!  On the weekend Erin was lamenting she had not made Riley a Birthday Card yet so I encouraged her to create one for him.

I think she has been taking more notice of what I say and do than I thought because not only did she make a beautiful card for him - she made a matching envelope!

I love the back to front r - it's something she can't help, but it just makes it that much more hand-made and loveable :-)  The alternating colours are great  on the Twiddleybitz banner, the Twiddleybitz cars look awesome with the Flourish With A Bling pearls in the middle of the wheels, and the piece of ribbon she 'borrowed' from my (not so) hidden stash!

I am so proud of her - and Riley loved it to bits!!!!

Thanks for stopping by

Jen & Erin

Twisted Sketches Cards #105

I love Twisted Sketches! Card Sketch this week is  #105 twist is "Flower"
- Would love you to join in and have a play too!
Feel free to comment below and leave a link to your interpretation of the sketch :-)

I found this sketch the perfect inspiration for Mum's Mother's Day Card :-)

 And the customary close up... shows how beautiful and shiny the Bling is!!

Ingredients:

White shimmer card and Envelope

Patterned Paper - Cross My Heart .com

Twiddleybitz - Alphabet - M, u, m

Flourish With A Bling - Chloe Pearl - Baby blue

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Stormy Sky

Adirondack paint dauber - Snow Cap

My2Angels Roses - Smokey Blue

Stampin' Up - Stamp n Write Marker - Night of Navy

Stampin Up Stamp set Whimsical words

Iron Orchid Designs - Rose Stamp IOD-782A

Bevvy of Butterflies - Love You stamp UK-413A

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

Awesomely good news!!

I am super ecstatically proud to reveal I am now a member of the Flourish With A Bling Design Team!!
To say I am happy is an understatement.  I fell in love with these gorgeous products a few years ago when using them for make n takes at Paperific, was lucky enough to do a term as a "guest" DT member, and the rest (as they say) is history!!

I am often adding bling to my pages/projects and the single jewels and pearls are just gorgeous for that little bit here and there.  The flourishes though are so completely of the planet fantastic!  The Chloe Pearl Flourish range would have to be my favourite (at the moment LOL)!

Congratulations to the other members of the team - 19 fabulous artists from all over the world!  I look forward to working with these ladies and these wonderful products, Thank you so much to Maggie, Lucy, and Kate for this opportunity!!!

Flourish with a Bling’s very first Design Team – in alphabetical order -

Natalie Elphinstone – VIC, Australia

Suzette Edmond – United Kingdom

Jenifer Evans – USA

:-) Jennifer Hodge – QLD, Australia

Cathy Lane – South Africa

Kate McCulloch – NSW, Australia

Rae Moses – USA

Jeni O’Connor – Canada/Australia

Donna O’Leary – New Zealand

Elena Olinevich – Belarus

Angella Peardon – NSW, Australia

Ro Philippsen – South Brazil

Amanda Reddicliffe – WA, Australia

Candy Rosenberg – USA

Sandi Smith – Canada

Ilene Tell – USA

Sonia Thomason – WA, Australia

Sharryn Thomson – NSW, Australia

Chantal Vandenberg – SA, Australia

Emilia van den Heuvel – the Netherlands

I will be adding links to blogs on my sidebar shortly but they're all above for you for now, I have been checking them out - OMG!!  don't miss them, you'll kick yourself!!  Flourish With A Bling's blog is debuting the team we'd love you to stop by to "meet" us - better yet, visit the gallery and feel free to leave a comment or share your work :-)

Thanks for stopping by
Jen

Just 4U

I made a card for Mother's Day, only this card is too pink and girly for my Mum!! It's so pretty and I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Also I wanted to point out I only used fabulous adhesives from a relatively new company called Stix 2 Anything.  The PVA worked really well to adhere the paper rose to the Crochet by Kim flower and then that to the card over the fern leaves and bling.

And love this with the hint of green pearls from the FWAB Chloe flourish.

 I decided to use a Z fold card for my base, using the lovely pale green shimmer cardstock from Twiddleybitz.  I then decided to make windows...

I played around with placement for a bit and how to make the layers work...
I leave 'handles' on my little letters now and I get less paint etc on my fingers!!

and if you start to pull it open...

This is the inside - I will write along the top of the "U" page as it's hidden by the leaves when on display :-)

This is just a shot of the 'backside' of the card - I have painted the back of the "4" with the same pearl paint now though :-)

Ingredients:

Cardstock - Green shimmer from Twiddleybitz

Twiddleybitz - Large Letters - 4 U

Twiddleybitz - Alphabet - J, u, s, t

Twiddleybitz - Fern leaves

Flourish With A Bling - Chloe Pearl - Olive Green

Crochet By Kim - 5Petal flower white

My2Angels - Large Pink Rose

My2Angels - Mulberry Paper Leaves - Pink, white, green

My2Angels - Charming Chain "Mum" pink

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Forest 

Adirondack paint dauber - pearl

Stampin' Up - Stamp n Write Marker - Pretty in Pink

Thanks for stopping by!