Jessie B's Crafts!

Hi there, It's World Card Making Day, so I thought I would take this opportunity to get stuck into a blog hop with Stampin' Up! Demonstrators from across the world. It is also the start of the Stampin' Up! year, so I thought I would start it off well with some blogging. This is one of my goals for this year, to blog more frequently. Life has indeed been hectic. Anyway, back to what you've come to see a card created for World Card Making Day:  Here is a close up shot: I hope you enjoy my creations as well as others.  Thanks,  Jessie x B x # WCMD2016   # WCMD2016bloghop   # worldcardmakingday

Hey, I thought I would pop in with some inspiration & a great technique that I've been meaning to try for sometime!! What I have created fitted in nicely with the challenge at Global Design Project  here is the theme: I eventually got round to doing this 'Northern Lights Technique' & quickly fell in love with it, even my class attendees enjoyed themselves & really want me to do it again! So I'm sharing this with you: A little close up: Thanks for popping over to my blog & I hope this has inspired you to attempt this technique! It is so simple & effective have a go yourself!!  See you soon, X Jessie B X

Hey There! I thought I would pop in with a  great colour challenge that the  Global Design Project  are running. I really love these colours that they put together for this challenge. Bermuda Bay being my fave colour!! So this is the colours that the design team picked: I thought I would do something a little different & do use the Birthday Blooms stamp set by using the neutral as the stems rather than a green! I really like changing colours for something a little different, here is what I created:  I then didn't have enough Early Espresso card stock when I was running my class so used the Tangelo Twist for the backing, here is how that came out:  I just coloured them in with blender pens & for the stems & leaves I did dark for the big leaves on the bloom stamp & then went in lighter with the other leaves & stems. I wanted to show that contrast of stems & leaves.  A little tip, I stamped the bloom...

Hey there, I was browsing through Kylie's blog & noticed this great  International Blog Highlight  challenge, I thought I would take part as I needed to do a Thank You card for a recent online order. If you head over to Kylie's blog please vote as you can see all the other creations people have made & vote for your fave, so please like mine. I have recently taken part in a watercolour online class which Erica from  Pink Buckaroo Designs  ran. This was my first attempt at creating a watercolour wash background: I used the sale-a-bration stamp set What I Love to create the floral image, as well as the sentiment. I then just added a few rhinestones. Here is a close up:  Sorry for the photos being so dark, taking pictures late at night is not the greatest idea! But hey I really enjoyed creating this card. Thanks for popping by. x Jessie B x

Hi all,  I thought I would share with you some of the items I create, from cards, scrapbook pages & the occasional 3D project. I've recently created these:  Here is a close up of all the projects individual.  With the envelope punch board I created these lovely crackers:  A close up of the fancy fold card I have made: First time geocaching last summer. I used the compass stamp to create the background on this page: A small milk carton filled with some chocolates, using the scoring board:      Great texture on this masculine card, just by scrunching paper:      And finally a lovely bloom card created using a blender pen, I love how on the pale flower some of the old olive ink has merged with the blushing bride creating a very lovely natural looking flower:    Thanks for stopping by to see my creations, X Jessie B X

Hey there, I had a class last week which I was prepping for with the Going Places Designer Series Paper Stack, which I wanted to use to create a feminine card. So with Mother's Day coming up in the UK this week I thought I would challenge myself & I came across this great sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches : I thought that the map paper within the stack would be perfect as Mum's really do mean the world. So I paired it with the summer silhouettes stamp set to create the feminine look, here is what I made: Here is a close up of the flower scene, I also mounted the back of this with some of the black designer series paper stack & some whisper white organza ribbon just to give it that added feminine touch: I really like this sketch & think I'm going to create some more, a great way to use up all of that designer series paper too!! Thanks for visiting, see you soon, x Jessie B x

Hi all! Just popping by with a card I've created for the great colour challenge over at  Hand Stamped Sentiments So, pink is not really a colour I like to use much, but I was up for the challenge!! This is what I created:  I wanted the rose red flowers to pop a bit so I used an aquapainter to colour them in & then I used a bit of the clear wink of stella to just give them a bit of sparkle. Tip: I punched two decorate label punch pieces to create my backing for the sentiment. I just snipped a little of the end off & adhered it together.  See you soon,  X Jessie B X