Time Toooo….Say Gooooodbye

Yes, in the words of Sarah Brightman & Andrea Bocelli it’s ‘Time tooooo….. say Gooooodbye’ to the awesome team over at Just Inklined and to thank them all (fellow DT members, the boss Jak Heath & the awesomeness that is the artists behind the scenes) for having me and letting me work with some amazing works of digital art.

Miss you already.

Stamp - Batchelors Button - Just Inklined

Roll on Half-Term

Well the kids are back at school today after the Christmas hols’ and boy was it a struggle for us all to get up this morning after so many late nights. There were alarm clocks going off all over the house, the snooze buttons being pressed & then going off again 5 minutes later, alas not in unison so it was almost like a bell ringers convention for 20 minutes!

I’ve shimmied round with the vacuum & duster, shoved stuff in the the washing machine and shuffled bits n’ pieces of paperwork …I know, such a rock n’ roll lifestyle.

The house is so quiet, Mr C is busy at work in the ‘other room’ and is too ‘in the zone’ to have idle chats with me. Thank goodness the offspring will be back again soon & the house will return to normal.

Roll on half-term!

 

Stamp - Baby Line (Just Inklined)

A Close Shave

A close shave...but not of the leg hair variety. No, it's winter for goodness sake, one needs as much natural 'foliage' as possible to stay warm on those days when Mr C has his Scrooge-Heating-Head on.

The close shave came in the form of a last minute reprieve for the printer which almost met the sharp end of a heavy implement yesterday.  Mid afternoon, after almost 24hrs of wrestling with wires & instructions, installing & uninstalling, pressing this button & that knob and having a major nervous breakdown, in rode my knight in shining armour (well...my genius-with-a-compoooooter-brother turned up in his silver Renault Megane ) and saved the day. That said, it took him a further 5 hours to work out that the printer was working fine and that a heap of Windows updates had messed up the printers program and my poor fluffy-bunny-wunny-printer-winter (that's enough sucking-up!) was innocent all the time (Gulp!)

Hoorah for my Bro'!

This was to be my final Christmas card posting this year but I've missed 2 people (EEK!) so I may have a couple more to share later in the week. Thank goodness my darling, sweet, gorgeous printer is working (do you think printers hold grudges?)

 

Stamp - Robin on a Watering Can - Just Inklined

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The birds are back in the garden stuffing themselves silly in preparation for the cold weather ahead.

Some are regular feathered friends of the Tidy Garden.

Take Norman the Wood Pigeon, not the brightest of birds. The other day I watched as he pecked his way through a slice of bread. His table manners aren't particularly great, he has a habit of flicking his food across the lawn with each bite. On this occasion though, the daft-arse flicked the slice over his head onto his back and then stood gormlessly looking about wondering where it had gone!

The he gave up & wandered off to find more grub, still wearing his stale Warbuton's accessory. 

It was like a panto scene with me yelling from the window "It's behind you!!!!"

Then arrived Mr Blackbird, who's clearly undecided as to which side of the fence he sits.

It all goes on in our garden.

 

Stamp - 4 Robins - Just Inklined

Promarkers, glitter.

 

Entering it at -

Everybody-Art - Christmas

Happy Holidays

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Glitter

Digi Galore- Anything Goes

Just Inklined Blog Hop

 

 

Morning Everyone!

It's the first Monday of the month which means Blog Hop time for the gang at Just Inklined.

Our hostess this month is Karen L and her chosen theme is 'All That Glitters'.

Now I've uploaded my cards on to ol' Blogger the glitter isn't really showing but I can assure you ALL the snow is silver glitter & the rick-rack ribbon is sparkly silver too....honest guv'!

This is just a couple of examples of the cards I've made for my lovely gardening clients this year.

I've used the beautiful Robin on a Watering Can,  coloured with Promarkers, 'oooooodles' of glitter and papers from the Papermania 'Deck the Halls' collection.

If you're joining in with our hop then you should have arrived here from our very own glittery Jak's blog, after me it's Lori for a sparkly sensation. If you want to start back at the beginning then Karen L's the place to be for a dusting of twinkle.

There are 2 spot prizes somewhere along the hop for 2 lucky bloggers who leave a comment, so good luck and enjoy!

That Perfect Gift...

Tiz the most inclement of days out today, the wind's blowing the rain horizontally across the garden and it's F-F-F-Freezing too.

Time for a hot bath...hmmmm...wonder if Mr C would like a shower cap for Christmas?

 

Stamp - Lovely Bubbly from the CD 'The Best of Just Inklined 2012'

Promarkers

 

Entering it at -

Joanna Sheen - Anything Goes

Fussy & Fancy - Feeling Blue

Creative Card Crew - Anything Goes

A Gentle Reminder

A small reminder that summer is just around the corner...give or take 7 months!

 

Stamp - Oriental Poppy - Just Inklined

Papers - First Edition Dreamcatcher collection

Promarkers, ribbon & gems from stash.

Bright n' Breezy

After yesterdays Warm n' Fuzzy little number, here's something Bright n' Breezy.

Can't stop....stuff to do!

Catch yer later...xxx

 

Stamp - Anemone Cluster - Just Inklined

Promarkers

Choose Your Anemones Wisely

 

Japanese Anemones are beautiful plants, easy to grow, reliable & elegant.

But...unless you keep an eye on them they'll be tapping you on the shoulder as you sleep at night, following you to work or joining you for dinner at your favourite restaurant across town!

 

The digi Japanese Anemone from Just Inklined is far less rampant but equally fabulous!

 

Stamp - Japanese Anemone - Just Inklined

Papers - Making Memories

Sentiment - Personal Impressions

Promarkers

On The Run?

Not quite sure if Harold (above) has just been topping up on his groceries or is on the run.

By the look of his stash...baguette, sun lotion and bottle of plonk I'd say he was leggin' it!

 

You can find Harold & a host of other groovy 'Wrinklies' over at Just Inklined.

 

Stamps - Harold - Just Inklined

Take Flight Birds - Inkylicious

Adirondack Dye Inks

Just Inklined to Hop

 

Once Upon a Christmas Time Blog Hop

 

Coming Soon from Just Inklined, available from Friday 5th October,

Once Upon a Christmas Time Clear Polymer Stamp Sets

 

Up until this year we have always been known as a Digital Stamp Company, we started to plan our Christmas digital images and in doing so we ended up designing the most spectacular Polymer Stamp sets that will be used over and over again, we gasped at their beauty and I know you are going to love them too.

We have teamed up with Ribbon Carousel the perfect accompanyment for our stamps to bring you work from the most talented of crafters

and

 

Blog Hop

 

All of the girls are listed in the inlinkz below just click on their names to go to their blogs we will be having 2 Just Inklined £10 vouchers for spot prizes which will be chosen from comments left on the girls blogs.

 
A card using the Poinsettia Farm set.
 

Cyclamen

Evening All!

So much to do...so little time.

Hope your week so far is of the fab n' groovy variety and you're all behaving yourselves... yes you... you know who your are! Lol

 

Stamp - Cyclamen - Just Inklined

Promarkers, Docrafts sentiment.

BRB

Hey all!

Hope you're all having a great week.

Flat out with work at the moment with 3 new clients in the past week so I'm sorry for not visiting all your fabulous blogs. Normal service will resume asap.

The leaves on the trees are already changing colours & beginning to fall in the garden, so I thought I'd make a spring tree card to cheer you all up!

 

Stamp - Three Trees - Just Inklined

Promarkers, glitter.

 

Tiz The Season To Be Jolly

9 Christmas cards made now, umpteen million more left to do, so I won't loiter!

 

Stamp - Fir Balls - Just Inklined

Promarkers, glitter

Just Inklined Blog Hop & DT Call

Hey Everyone!

Welcome to the Just Inklined Blog Hop.

Our hostess this month is Tammy and the theme is 'Something For the Ladies'.

Easy...with so many fabulous images to choose from.

I went for the gorgeous Honeysuckle.

Coloured with Promarkers, with orange gems, Docraft Tulip papers, ribbon from my stash & a Craftwork Cards sentiment.

If you're joining in with our hop then you should have arrived here from Karen's beautiful blog. To start at the beginning you need the uber-talented Tammy's blog and after me it's the lovely Lorianna.

I do declare there's a spot prize up for grabs somewhere along the hop for someone who leaves a comment on all of our blogs.

Now...if all that's not exciting enough, how do you fancy joining the Just Inklined DT?

We're a groovy bunch (the odd dodgy member...lol)...to find out more then go HERE for all the gory details.

And They Call It...Poppy Love....uh, uh, uh...

Greetings!

For those living in Australia & New Zealand please accept my humblest apologies.

When we planted yellow poppy seeds around the garden little did we know that their roots would run so deep and pop up everywere.

Darn things! 

At least, I guess, we have the pretty ends...not sure those Down Under will be too pleased with their carrot roots...Sorry!

 

Stamp - Poppy Cluster - Just Inklined

Making Memories Simply fabulous Maddi papers

Coloured with Promarkers, Papermania flowers

30 Shades of Brown

Evening Campers!

Trust I find you in fine fettle.

Just a quick posting from me today as I need to catch up on some sleep. Was up in the wee hours last night, woken by the smell of smoke. It was so scarey, checked the whole house, went out in the garden (well...sent Mr C out in the garden, it was dark!!)...nothing. Then layed in bed worrying that I'd missed something so got back up again & checked everywhere again.

Can only assume there was a field smoldering somewhere & smoke was wafting our way.

Finally dropped off & by morning the smell had gone....Phew!

Stamp - Just Inklined - Garden Tools

Papers - Basic Grey Origins collection

Promarkers & Memory Box Gentle Leaf die

Entering it at -

Basic Grey - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - Monochromatic

Stampin' For The Weekend - Monochromatic

A Special Card

Making this kind of card is never easy and a million times harder when it's in memory of a member of your family.

This is the beautiful Rose from Just Inklined. I had used it before to make an anniversary card but it's quite special & I thought it would make the perfect 'Thinking of You' card.

Made with several layers, coloured with Promarkers and mounted onto an embossed square background.

New Clear Stamp Release

  

The lovely folk over at Just Inklined are releasing their first lot of Clear stamps (Inky stamps) which are A6 sized and to celebrate they are offering you the chance to get 25% off the retail price if you order before 10th August.

For further details head on over to La Pashe where they're being sold. Please note these will not be sold online as a digi stamp.

 

Here's a card I've made using the Garden Robin version.

Stamp - Garden Robin - Just Inklined Inky Stamps

Promarkers, Papermania Christmas 'Deck the Halls' papers,

Memory Box die-cut tree, ribbon from stash, red berry gems,

'oodles' of glitter

 

Just Inklined Blog Hop

Welcome to the Just Inklined Blog Hop. Our hostess this month is Jak and her chosen theme is '3 Buttons & 2 Papers'.

Spookily I'd just got my mitts on this gorgeous Clematis digi...

...which fitted the challenge perfectly. The flowers & leaves have been decoupaged & then paper-pieced using 2 papers from the gorgeous Papermania Lucy Cromwell collection with button centres.

I just love making CAS cards using the beautiful images from the flower collection at Just Inklined

If you're joining in with our hop you should have arrived here from Karen's fabulous blog, after me it's Lori for something amazing. If you want to start back at the beginning then the creative genius that is Jak's blog is the place to be.

As ever, there's a spot prize up for grabs for a lucky commentator...good luck everyone & enjoy the hop!