Jessie B's Crafts!

So over the weekend loads of UK demonstators got together! We crafted, shared & were also inspired! At these events we take part in swapping - this means you make some card fronts or other inspiration & pass it on, in return you receive something too :) I used some products that are retiring: regarding dahlias still maybe able to grab this stamp set & the 13 - 15 in colours which are no longer available 😒 Here is the swap I created: Here is more of them together, i created 60 altogether: I made these in about 12 hours when i took part in a 24 hour craft-a-thon the other weekend. It was really therapeutic. I was colourling them in like so: So you can probably see why it took so long. We have raised over £1,800 for cancer research uk! Thank you if you supported & thanks for popping by, I will be back again in a couple of days time. X Jessie B X

Well I thought I would take part in the  TGIF Challenges  they had a really simple sketch & I thought it was ideal for a colleague who has recently moved. Here is the sketch:  so this is what I came up with: My colleague has become a homeowner so I thought to add first really fitted.  I used a recent SAB stamp that had houses on & co-ordinated nicely with the What's Up punch. I raised one of them up to make a focal point & used a nice bright yellow dap from the Birthday Bash & to add some texture I embossed a piece of Old Olive. I got some of my work colleagues to sign it & had a quite a few comments saying they liked the card.  Thanks for stopping by to see what I have created. Pop back soon,  x Jessie B x Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

So I came across a new blog challenge TGIF Challenges whilst looking at one of the designers who is on the team Kaitlyn , I saw the colours being used & knew i wanted to take part. Here is the colours: So I've got a retiring class coming up & saw the Mosaic Madness stamp set in my collection of sets retiring. So I cracked on & this is what I came up with:  I really loved how this turned out, here is a close up: Thanks for stopping by, X Jessie B X Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

So I was running a but late in crating my You Can Create It challenge for this month, I saw this weeks Paper Players challenge & wanted to combine the two. I only got chance to look at this this evening. The You Can Create It challenge logo UK representatives are  Teri Polcock  &  Monica Gale : So here is the paper players sketch: This is what I created:   Hope you like it. It took me a while to figure out what colours to incorpoate with the card base, something borrowed dsp, the hearts & the gem. I got the colour coach to get some inspiration for colours to use - was a big challenge!! A close up of the painted petals stamp set - will find out later today whether this is carrying over to the new Catalogue. As being a demo get a sneak peak, some of the perks of being a demo 😀 And one last one: Hopefully my fellow stamping' up team mate Claire has also taken part in this challenge too. Thanks fo...

Hi There! Well I've hopefully scheduled this correctly. I'm taking part in the great monthly challenge called 'You can Create' hosted by Monica Gale & Teri Pocock here is there great logo: So what came in the post was some card stock & a piece of acetate!! This really got me thinking, I don't use acetate much so really wanted to incoporate it :) So I decided to make a lovely shaker card with a great stamp set that I recently purchased from the Spring/Summer catty. Here it is: I really like how this turned out, simple but effective with those great sequins. Here is a close up:   Here is just the shaker element with the balloons & sentiment: Thanks for stopping by to see what I created. x Jessie B x Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

So last Sunday was Mother's Day here in the UK, i had to make a couple & one of them used the Hand Stamped Sentiments  colour challenge: So this is what I came up with: I just made it very simple woth the summer silhouette's stamp set. I love thos stamp set... I haven't used it for a while so thought I would grab it from my collection. Here is a close up of the card:  Thanks for stopping by X Jessie B X  Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

Recently, I was round my fellow team mate in the Stampin' Up! community house & we were discussing about blogging. But, we didn't get very far that evening deciding what to do. So we then communicated via email & I put a few challenges that I came across recently, I even put the dates theses challenges would close - which she was very grateful for. When getting back to me Claire mentioned a couple that she liked the look of - so for the next 2 weeks there will hopefully be the challenges we are taking part in. So 1 here & 1 at Claire's . So here goes with the first challenge we are taking part in over at Paper Craft Crew : I decided to combine it with the colour challenge over at Fab Friday :  I have to say I found this very hard to do, trying to use 3 colours is a bit a challenge for me, I tend to mix a lot of colours together. So this is the card I created:  I decided to use the bokeh technique to create my background - this is ...