And the winner is.........

I'm back with the names of the winner and runner up in my recent bloggerversary giveaway.....all the names went into the hat...

and first out was

 Becky of GrandmaBecky followed by runner up

Robin of Mynestofyarnsandbuttons. Well done ladies..both these ladies are blogging friends from the USA.....please could you email me your addresses.

Becky you have the choice of the silver shell or the coral and pearl necklace.

Thanks for all the sweet blog love you all left me for my recent 5th bloggerversary, I loved reading every comment. You are all such a lovely bunch and I treasure our blogging friendship. Here's to the next 5 years.

I would love to give everyone a little thank you so I have taken 15% off everything (excluding postage charges)  in my little Etsy shop.

It's a celebration of Alice in Wonderland this year so my Alice bag charm

and all my other bag charms are £1 off (was £6.75 now £5.75 and some of my cards start at just £1.70.
This one is knitting themed

or even for a gardener

and these summer artisan lampwork glass earrings are also included...at just £13.60 (was £15.99)

Use the code THANKYOUAUGUST15 at the check out and the discount will be applied.

My challenge card today is a "just because" card to thank you all for stopping by each post and taking the time to comment.

I have used my frilly style as I still adore making this type of card. The image is one of my favourite Lili of the Valley stamps and I think of it as me and my sweet Billy. There is some bling  too with glittered card and gems. I coloured the image with Promarkers and shaded with Prismacolor pencils.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

The Craft Barn colouring I used Promakers and Prismacolor pencils

Country View Crafts summertime

Stamping sensations anything goes with a stamp and a die

Allsorts inspired by summer

Sweet stampin anything but a birthday

Ribbon Girl any image

I love Promarkers in the garden

Simon Says stamp Monday  homegrown summer

Emerald Faeries Fav colours mine is blue

Live and love crafts blue

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Bloggerversary winners and a giveaway for everyone!

Hello as promised I am back with the names of the winners of my recent giveaway

First out of the hat was.........drum roll...................is

............ Mia

 who wins the shell necklace.

And 2nd out of the hat is..................................drum roll............................................

 Becky who wins the bag charm.

Well done ladies, I really hope you like your gifts. Please could you contact me with you address...my email address is on my profile page.

I always wish I could send everyone something when I run a giveaway. So that I can offer a little something to you all I have decided to take 20% off everything in my Etsy shop, just enter the code Giveaway814 at the checkout. This does exclude shipping costs, but I only charge them at cost. So if you wanted to win the necklace from the giveaway then this pendant below, which is also beach themed, is only (I hope my not-so-good maths is correct..the checkout will calculate the exact amount) £14.60 instead of £18.25. It even comes with a gorgeous sterling silver chain.

and this bag charm which is similar to Becky's is only £5.50 instead of £6.75

All my other bag charms, jewellery and cards are also at 20% discount so pop on over and grab some bargains. Dare I say you could put somethings aside for Christmas...ouch I know that hurts some people but Be Prepared is a good motto in my books...LOL! This offer is for one week only.
I would like to thank everyone for all their visits and leaving such kind comments on my little blog. Here's to another year of blogging friendship.

My challenge card for today just had to be a thank you card

I have used a very old Penny Black stamp.. I think she is called Mimi with balloons? I have coloured her up with my Promarker pens and added glossy accents to the balloons  for some depth.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges;

Penny Black and More anything goes
Penny Black Saturday floral fantasy
Crafty Little Fairies cute and cuddly
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned papers anything goes
Emerald Faeries pearls and swirls there are pearls on my corners and swirls on the top paper
The Artistic stamper anything goes
Bearly mine anything goes
Allsorts sentimental
Bunny Zoe summer colours
Crafty sentiments design anything goes
PanPastel UK challenge bold and bright
Stamping sensations anything goes


Thanks again to you all for your friendship, it means so much.
I'm seeing my girlies today so lots of Daisy smiles and here she is..9 months old yesterday...where has that time gone ?

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Thank you and my giveaway winners

It is so lovely to see so many spring like blog posts out in blog land. The daylight is lengthening and it's now not getting dark until 6pm. March is such a lovely month and  full of my favourite flowers, daffodils. I like nothing better than buying a few bunches for my home. They burst open from their tight buds so quickly.

 I also have something very "Springly"...(I think I have made that word up!) to celebrate as I won the tickets for this year Country Crafts show in London later this month. What a treat that will be. Thanks so much to my dear friend Vivienne of Green Rabbit Designs for pulling my name out of the hat bowl.

 

I am sure you are itching to hear who has won my giveaway...........drum roll

First out of the hat came;

Susan of Mary Jane's Tearoom

Congratulations Susan, you have the choice of either the silver or copper necklace

And second winner is

Brenda of Bumblebees and Butterflies

Thanks for all the lovely comments everyone left for me. I really am sorry I can only have 2 winners as I would love you all to have something...so instead virtual daffodil wishes are sent with love to you all.

It's the weekend again and I really hope to have some time to finish my March Tim Holtz project. It's coming along really well and is also spring based. I hope to share it with you all next week.

In the meantime my card challenge for today are a pair of tags I have made for my GD work for Ignacio of Nicecrane Designs using the most delightful Birds and blossoms 11set available here . I really love this set, it is one of my favourites.

I would like to enter my tags into the following challenges ;

Lili of the Valley bingo my line is across the top; ribbon, pearls, flowers
Pan Pastel UK anything goes
Make it Monday linky party #181
Country View Crafts paper chase my main bird and blossom tag is cut from printing paper and the butterflies are punched from scraps of paper.
Pile it on soft/sweet or bold/bright
Loves Rubberstamps anything goes
Papertake Weekly anything goes
Natalie and Amy flowers
Oldie but a Goodie spring my sentiment stamps are from June 2013 and the MS butterfly punch I used on the smaller tag is over 2 years old.
Rhedd and Rosie anything but a card
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge tag it
Crafty ribbons anything goes with ribbon

I have made these two sweet tags using my Marianne dies and the stamped sentiments (Lili of theValley grunge sentiments) are just perfect for using as words to close my post today;

Thank you everyone for taking part in my little giveaway and also for visiting me here and I hope that March brings you all many Happy Days (and plenty of sunshine;0) It has been so mild here this afternoon, my garden thermometer got up to 18c in my sheltered garden.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x

Celebrations

I had an amazing trip to Alexandra Palace on Saturday to the Stamp Show and I took some photos as it is a beautiful Victorian Venue. I will come back later this week to show you those and to display my new stash. (Gulp, my Hb had better not read that post ;0)There are a few thing to celebrate her today and first up is the results of my recent jewellery giveaway. Many thanks to those of you who took part either once, twice or three times. It was lovely to see so many of you joining in the fun. My Hb was chief adjudicator and name picker......

First out of the dish...no hats were available so the fruit bowl served the purpose....


drum roll........................it was....

The lovely Susan of Mary Jane's Tearoom

Well done Susan. You can choose the blue or pink necklace.

and the runner up who wins the bee bag charm is .................................................




drum roll again......

my dear blogging friend Helen of Helen Phillips Blogspot.

Congratulations Helen!

I'm so sorry that more of you could not win, I really wish there were prizes for you all. I will have another giveaway soon, they are always such fun.


My other celebration for today is that I finally got out to craft in my studio on Sunday. It was very pleasant in there, 24c with no heating! I even had to open the window at one point as it was getting quite warm.
 I decided that inspired by being out in my garden I would make a few more garden themed bag charms which will be heading to my Etsy Shop. I also needed to make a recent commission for a sewing themed bag charm.

I wired up the beads for the sewing charm and also decided to make another bee charm to put in my shop. I will show you the ladybird bag charm another day.

Here is a close up of the beads I used for the commission and the fun sewing related charms.




And below is the finished piece.

and this is the new little Busy Bee bag charm which has buzzed its way into the bag charms section of my Etsy shop here.

My challenge card for today also has  celebration theme. It is a Silver Wedding card which I made for a friend of my husband's who is celebrating 25 years of marriage very soon.

Yes it features those cute House Mice again. I really love the way this card turned out and I used lots of textures.

I coloured the mice with my Promarkers and highlighted them with my Prismacolor pencils.
 The lattice focal die is a Joy craft die and I finally manged to buy the wonderful Memory Box Precious Hearts die which I "hung" from my Quikcutz numbers dies.
You can also see that I got my embossing folders out again  for the white card.

This card is based on the great sketch by Crafty Catz card challenge this week.



I don't usually follow sketches but I really enjoyed using this one and when you have a card which needs making but not the time to allow the  inspiration to flow they are just ideal.

I would like to enter my card  into the following challenges;

Crafty Catz Sketchie time #178
I love Promarkers embossing #163 my embossing is using my butterfly embossing folder on the white card.
Stamping Sensations special occasions
Penny Black and More Blossoms and bows
Bunny Zoe Fave colour combo
Forever friends fortnight #59 diecuts/punches
Lexi's Creations Challenge #88 add ribbon and/or lace
Cupcake Craft Cute and Cuddly #238
Make It Monday Linky party #136
Natalie and Amy Monochromatic #8


I would also like to give you a heads up that the girls at Ribbon Girl are having a fab pink giveaway here, pop on over and join the fun.

So last of all I think I can safely celebrate that real spring like weather is finally here. Even when it rains it is still mild and I have washed and put away our scarves and gloves for another year. The magnolia in my garden has suddenly sprouted buds and I can almost hear the sap rising out in my little garden. I am hoping to get out to do some gardening later in the week.

Wishing you all a sunny week,

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x