Jay Gee's Nook

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge 23 Feb - 7 Mar

2012-02-23T23:30:00.000+10:00

Today sees the beginning of a new Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge! I love creating with these stamps and I can't wait until all my new CHA sets get here :)

Here is your inspiration photo for the challenge, another great pick from Kim.

So my inspiration came from the clock and I replicated those stripes for my background using my copics. This is a technique that Nicole from PTI used (second card down). The clock image is from Perpetual Bliss and the sentiment is actually a mix of words from the same set and Word Salad.

I hope you feel inspired and come and join us for this fun challenge. If you don't have any Paper Smooches stamps, grab one of the free digi stamps here.

You can find all the details of the challenge on the blog, including the fabulous prizes Kim offers and while you are there, be sure to check out the other DT projects too :)

Cheers

Jay Gee

Hello...

2012-02-21T01:00:00.000+10:00

And welcome to another EAD Designs Blog Hop.

If you have come from Jessica's blog then you are on the right track. If you would like to start the hop from the beginning, go to the EAD Designs blog. Remember to comment along the hop - there is free vinyl every week!

For my card today I used this cute bird cage stickerz and matched it with this gorgeous paper from My Minds Eye 'Blush'. These stickerz are so easy to use and the best thing is they are repositionable! LOVE that.

In a Park

I stamped a sentiment from Jane's Doodles 'Pretty Peonies' and added a little rose.

Ok, it's time to hop along to Julie's blog and see what fabulous creation she has for us today :)

Jay Gee

It's Sunday...

2012-02-19T12:21:00.000+10:00

... which means it's time for a Jay Gee's Nook DT post :)

First up today we have this lovely, elegant one layer card from Angeline. I love the rich red teamed with white on kraft - all stamps are from Jane's Doodles 'Pretty Peonies' set.

Angeline

If you find masculine cards hard to make, then look no further than Joy's wonderful blog for inspiration - she often makes fantastic masculine cards and this one is no exception. For the background she has used Hero Arts 'Newspaper Background' and the clock is from Hero Arts 'Special Time' set.

Joy

Isn't this card just so sweet! Iwona has really highlighted this adorable image with her amazing colouring and wonderful card design. The stamp is called 'Bluebirds Proposal' from Gorjuss.

Iwona

CAS at its best describes Ange's awesome card! I love how she has layered this fun gnome from Paper Smooches 'Forest Whimsy' set. The fun speech bubble is a Die-namics die from MFT.

Ange

Like most of us, I have a nice collection of patterned paper that sits on my desk. Occasionally I look through it, I might even use a tiny bit to do some paper piecing, but the majority just sits. So when I saw the current challenge over at Lily Pad - to make a card that uses patterned paper - it was the perfect incentive to actually USE some of that paper that just sits.

The paper is from Basic Grey's 'Life of the Party' and the sentiment strip is from Purple Onion Designs. The sassy cat from Paper Smooches 'Party Posse' is coloured with distress inks.

And lastly, I would like to remind you about our current challenge - all the details are here :)

Have a wonderful Sunday.

Jay Gee

Photo Friday Challenge

2012-02-18T22:39:00.000+10:00

Carly has posted this weeks challenge and the theme is 'night'... I had to think about this one :) We live in suburbia, with a street light right outside our house. There is no moon at the moment and our 'city' (town) does not have much in the way of interesting 'night' lights.

But, after taking many, many photos, I did manage to capture some stars.

I am really enjoying seeing how different eachpersons interpretation of the theme is each week and a lot of the time I kickmyself for not thinking of the idea, LOL. And Carly's photos are alwaystotally amazing - check them out.

Jay Gee

EAD Designs Blog Hop

2012-02-14T01:00:00.000+10:00

Hello and welcome to the EAD Designs Blog Hop.

If you have arrived from Jessica's blog you are in the right spot - if not you can start at the beginning of the hop here. Remember to comment along the way - there is always some free vinyl to one lucky commenter!

For my card I combined two sentiments from the EAD/Paper Smooches co-branding Rub-ons - Thinking of You Sentiments. I just LOVE these, they are so easy to apply.

Your next stop along the way is the very talented Julie Ranae. Ok, I am off to see what the rest of the girls have been up to!

Jay Gee

Sunday DT Post

2012-02-12T12:07:00.000+10:00

Hello there.

The DT are back today with a wonderful range of cards to share - there is bound to be something to help inspire you today :)

Joy starts the ball rolling with this wonderful example of her fabulous colouring skills. The fun image is 'Cruisin Chloe' from Sparkle Creations - they have lots of fun images.

Joy

Angeline made a clever card using stamps from Paper Smooches - 'Friendly Flowers' and 'Pretty Phrases'. I love the heart shape in the middle, it is very effective :)

Angeline

Iwona has gone for an elegant look with this fabulous card, which uses the 'Poppy' stamp from La Blanche. If you have not tried these silicone stamps, give them a go, they stamp beautifully.

Iwona

Ange showcases Lawn Fawns cute 'Love'n Breakfast' set perfectly with a set of 3 adorable mini cards. These are just so fun!

Ange

For my card, I used the fun technique of inking up an embossing folder before running my card through it. I have done this before, but never thought about using my linen plate until I saw Laurie from SoapBox Creations do it - I loved the results. The sheep is from Paper Smooches 'Party Posse' and the sentiment I made using Lawn Fawns 'Harold's ABCs'

Just a reminder about our current challenge - you can enter here.

Jay Gee

Photo Friday Challenge

2012-02-11T14:57:00.000+10:00

Hello

Time again for another entry into Carly's Photo Friday Challenge. This week our theme is love.

I immediately thought of holding hands - after 22 years of marriage, we still do this from time to time :) I forced DH to stop what he was doing and come and pose with me (he was so happy to oblige, NOT!) :) We have this red wall in our house which I thought was the perfect symbolism for the theme.

I played around in Photoshop for quite a while - I wanted to have a black and white image but keep the red. I used 'replace colour', but it has made the red and shadows kind of grainy. Anyone know of an easier way?

Thanks for stopping by... why don't you grab your camera and join in :)

Jay Gee

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge 9 - 22 Feb

2012-02-10T01:00:00.000+10:00

Yay! It's time for a new Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge - starting today!

Kim has chosen a great photo for this challenge, although I must admit it took me a long time to come up with an idea - then it just hit me! Love when that happens :)

I tried to stick pretty close to the colours from the photo and the zig zag around the heart I repeated with the background paper and by happy coincidence it was on the bottom of the dress. This is the witch from Halloweenies - I masked off her hat and drew more hair. I also masked off the wart from her nose and coloured her with copics :)

The sentiment is a stickerz from EAD/Paper Smooches - Birthday Sentiments.

Why don't you join us, I would love to see how you use the inspiration. If you don't have any Paper Smooches stamps, grab one of the free digi stamps here.

You can find all the details of the challenge on the blog and check out the other DT projects too :)

Cheers

Jay Gee

Call Me...

2012-02-09T19:57:00.002+10:00

Hello and welcome to a new EAD Designs Colour Challenge.

Classic Black and White...

And the fun thing is, that EAD have these awesome co-ordinating Vintage Treasures Stickerz.

I kept my card very clean and simple and used a fantastic Rub-on for my sentiment from the Paper Smooches co-branding, called 'Thinking of You'. The little tab is washi tape.

Check out the EAD blog for the other Design Team girls amazing projects and join in the fun :)

Jay Gee

EAD Blog Hop

2012-02-07T01:00:00.000+10:00

Hello!

I am super excited today, because its time for EAD Designs Blog Hop and all the new DT are playing along including me!

You should have arrived from the lovely Jessica's blog - if not you can start at the beginning of the hop here. Remember to comment along the hop - there is a prize every week!

For my card I chose to use this cute little penguin - I actually stuck it onto a separate piece of card stock and then cut it out and mounted it on my card with foam dots.

2 Cute Ink Birthday Fun - stickers

Paper Smooches Birthday Sentiments - stickers

Your next stop along the way is the very talented Julie Ranae. Ok, I am off to hop along with you and see what the rest of the girls have been up to!

Take care :)

Jay Gee

Jay Gee's Nook Challenge #16

2012-02-05T12:00:00.000+10:00

Yay, it's time for a new challenge here at Jay Gee's :)

We have a fun inspiration board compiled by Joy for todays challenge. To play along, simply create a project inspired by this photograph, interpret it any way you wish. The challenge is open to everyone!

And the prize for this challenge is 3 sentiment stamps from Elzybells Art Stamps.

Here are the Design Teams cards for your inspiration :)

Instructions

Please only submit new projects that where created after this challenge was posted.

Please provide a direct link to your post, not your entire blog.

If you upload to an online gallery, please use the tag JGNC16

The deadline for this challenge is 11.59 PM EST on Saturday 25th February. The winner will be announced on the following Sunday.

One winner will be chosen by Random. Org.

Jay Gee

Photo Friday Challenge

2012-02-04T15:42:00.001+10:00

Hi. I am back today with another Photo Friday Challenge, and Carly has chosen 'Animals' for this weeks theme.

Piece of cake... I have one of those :)

Umm, having an animal, I have found, does not guarantee a good photo! Especially when they don't want to sit still and cooperate with their mummy.

Anyway, this is Max, my 5 year old Border Collie. I apologise for the slightly out of focus photo - something for me to work on. He was just constantly distracted by everything, including the camera.

Make sure you check out Carly's blog and her beautiful photo and while you are there have a look at all the other submissions :)

Have a wonderful day.

Jay Gee

DT Post And A Winner

2012-01-29T11:43:00.001+10:00

Hello

I have the winner of Challenge #15, thank you to everyone who took the time to enter :) The winner is:

True Random Number Generator
Min: 1
Max: 30

Result: 26

It's Cath Dean!!!!

Congratulations Cath. Please email me and I will send your prize out to you. Next week we will start a new challenge.

Now onto this weeks cards. Joy and Iwona are both having a break today but will be back next week :)

I love this sweet card from Angeline - simple but so beautifully executed and so many fun little details. All stamps are from Paper Smooches 'Friendly Flowers'.

Angeline

This next card from Ange cracks me up! How fun is this party scene? Such a great card and the stamps are from Paper Smooches 'Fruitastic'.

Ange

I love this new Newspaper Skyline stamp from Hero Arts and I have seen so many wonderful cards made using it. I teamed it up with Elaine from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, who I coloured with copics.

Thanks so stopping by today :)

Jay Gee

Photo Friday Challenge #4

2012-01-28T16:23:00.002+10:00

I can't believe I have already been doing this photo challenge for 4 weeks! I am having so much fun :)

This weeks challenge is all about 'shoes' - you can check out all the details on Carly's blog, including the lovely photos by the other participants.

I found my sons work boots outside against the front of the house. I just loved the texture of the brick and the frayed and worn leather. I also think the paint splatters and scuff marks add interest to the photo.

Since I am using this challenge as a learning tool, I played around a bit in Photoshop and boosted the colours a bit - I would be invested to know which photo you prefer?

Why don't you grab your camera and join us!

Jay Gee

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge 26 Jan - 8 Feb

2012-01-26T22:25:00.000+10:00

Hi there!

It's time for a brand new SPARKS challenge!

Check out the inspiration photo that Kim has picked out for the challenge.

I found the perfect paper in my stash - it is Stampin Up I believe, the first patterned paper I ever bought and I finally found a use for it :)

I actually used three different sets for this card - the little bird is from 'My Peeps', the party hat is from 'Party Posse' (it is two separate stamps) and the sentiment is from 'Word Salad'.

Why don't you join us, I would love to see how you use the inspiration. If you don't have any Paper Smooches stamps, grab one of the free digi stamps here.

You can find all the details of the challenge on the blog and check out the other DT projects too :)

Cheers

Jay Gee

Jay Gee's Nook Design Team

2012-01-22T12:24:00.001+10:00

Hello and welcome to another Design Team post. I have some fabulous cards to share today, but first a reminder about our current challenge - you can find all the details here. You still have plenty of time to play and the inspiration is so gorgeous.

Lets start off with this fun card from Ange - I just love the rainbow of pencils in the jar. The stamps used are from 'Brilliant' by Hero Arts/Basic Grey and the sentiment on the flag is from 'Fruitastic' by Paper Smooches.

Ange

Next, we have a fabulous tag, perfect for a male birthday. Iwona has used the fun 'Birthday Noteblock' from Purple Onion Designs. Love all the extra little details on this tag.

Iwona

From masculine to girly - this gorgeous card by Angeline is definitely one for the girls. The wonderful sentiment is from 'Many Thanks' by Lawn Fawn.

Angeline

I love this sweet card from Joy and that adorable image, which is so beautifully coloured. This is 'Puddles of Love' from Gorjuss.

Joy

I just adore all the images in Paper Smooches 'Party Posse' set, especially this cute little guy. I saw a similar card idea on the Paper Smooches blog and just had to make my own version.

Enjoy whats left of your weekend :)

Jay Gee

Photo Friday Challenge #3

2012-01-21T20:55:00.003+10:00

Hello

I would like to take a moment to thank everyone for all the lovely comments that have been left for me lately - it is so appreciated :)

Ok... today starts a new challenge over at Carly's blog for the Photo Friday Challenge - the theme this week is 'pocket light'.

Now I must admit I had no idea how to go about this, so I went straight to Google for some ideas. I waited until it was dark, dragged my daughter outside so she could hold the torch and took these photos. I am pretty happy with how they turned out and hope I have understood 'pocket light' correctly :)

Perhaps I needed a little more light for better detail? I think it would have looked better if the foliage wasn't so out of focus.

Here is a close up. I love how it looks like there is a flower inside the flower.

Thanks so much for looking and if you have any tips, fire away!

Jay Gee

Some Exciting News!

2012-01-21T01:00:00.000+10:00

It's so hard keeping secrets, but I can finally tell you that I made the 2012 EAD Design Team! I am so excited and I cannot wait to get started :) Thank you Emily for giving me this opportunity.

I am joining a fabulously talented group of ladies - check them out.

Happy news is always a great way to start the weekend :)

Jay Gee

Happy Birthday

2012-01-19T19:58:00.000+10:00

Hi there!

I am so happy tomorrow is Friday - I am looking forward to getting my hair done and then having a nice relaxing weekend :)

Today I wanted to share this card I made for a friends birthday. This stamp is called 'Fashionably Wrapped' by Penny Black and the stamp actually has this lovely lady holding a bouquet of holly. By masking or in this case cutting it off, this stamp becomes more versatile and is perfect for birthdays!

My fashionable lady was coloured with copics and cut out separately. The present is patterned paper from Basic Grey and the ribbon was coloured with distress inks.

Thanks so much for stopping by - I really appreciate your visit :)

Jay Gee

Jane's Doodles

2012-01-17T18:55:00.001+10:00

Hello.

Ahhh... I started back at work this week and I am exhausted already! Amazing how soft 5 weeks off made me :)

I have a quick little card to share using one of Jane's Doodles gorgeous free digis - you can find them here on their blog. I printed this one on blue card stock and then drew on the extra swirls on the arms and all the polka dots for added interest. The chair cushion was paper pieced and I went over the entire image with copics to add a few shadows.

That gorgeous swirl I found on the internet - I am sorry but I don't remember where :( The sentiment is from Jane's Doodles 'Big Sentiment' set.

Thanks so much fro stopping by :)

Jay Gee

Jay Gee's Nook Challenge #15

2012-01-15T11:50:00.001+10:00

Hello and welcome to the first Jay Gee's Nook Challenge for 2012!

We have a beautiful inspiration board compiled by Joy for todays challenge. To play along, simply create a project inspired by this photograph, interpret it any way you wish. The challenge is open to everyone!

And of course I have a prize for one randomly selected entry - this adorable stamp from My Favorite Things.

Lets take a look at what the Design Team wiped up for your inspiration:

Fabulous cards by the girls aren't they :)

Instructions

Please only submit new projects that where created after this challenge was posted.

Please provide a direct link to your post, not your entire blog.

If you upload to an online gallery, please use the tag JGNC15

The deadline for this challenge is 11.59 PM EST on Saturday 28th January. The winner will be announced when we post the new challenge on the following Sunday.

One winner will be chosen by Random. Org.

Jay Gee

Photo Friday Challenge #2

2012-01-14T15:27:00.000+10:00

So, Carly has posted the second theme for the Photo Friday Challenge - Sparkle. She has taken the most beautiful pictures of her girls with their great big eyes sparkling away. Crikey! (it's "An expression of astonishment") :) Talk about intimidating!

My kids are in their late teens... I have a hard enough time getting to see them let alone making them sit still for a photo these days :) I was a bit stumped for an idea until it started to rain... the first time in weeks! We live in the Tropics and it is usually hot and sunny. Anyway, I grabbed the camera and after lots of trial and error, finally came away with this.

Now I did play around in Photoshop trying different things. Since I am treating this Photo challenge as a learning activity, I would be really interested in your comments and any tips you might have :)

Thanks for stopping by.

Jay Gee

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge 12 Jan - 25 Jan

2012-01-12T23:08:00.001+10:00

Yay! I am happy to say that today, a new Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge begins :)

Kim has chosen another fantastic inspiration photo full of so many design possibilities.

Here is my take... I couldn't go past those polka dots :) I also took inspiration from the lamp. I might just give this card to my DH for valentines... it kind of matches my nick name for him :) Stamp sets used are Perpetual Bliss and Falling for you and the sentiment was done on the computer.

We would love it if you played along with us. Don't worry if you have no Paper Smooches stamps - Kim offers free digital stamps here.

Please check out the challenge blog to see all the creations by the rest of the Design Team - you will also find a full list of rules and details about the fabulous prizes.

Cheers

Jay Gee

Something A Little Different

2012-01-09T20:02:00.000+10:00

One of my goals this year is to improve my photography skills... I have a very nice camera but don't know how to use it other than the basic point and shoot! So when one of my favourite bloggers Carly Robertson introduced a new photo challenge I decided to jump on board. You can find all the details of the challenge here. Carly takes the most beautiful photos and I am hoping to learn some tips from her.

The challenge is called 'Photo Friday Challenge', the idea being that each Friday (you actually have a week) you take a photo based on that weeks theme. Unfortunately for me, this first theme was a self portrait. Now, I know I am not alone in hating my photo being taken, but this was a real struggle to get anything that I felt remotely comfortable sharing... and I am sharing only to record my personal growth LOL. It has taken me 3 days and literally a 100 photos to get this.

I converted this to black and white in photoshop, (to hide some of the wrinkles), which I am hoping to learn more about too. I am hoping that Carly will tell us how she converted her picture because it is just dreamy. And a positive from all this struggle - I actually learnt how to use the self timer on my camera. Way to go me!

Cheers

Jay Gee

Sunday = Design Team Post

2012-01-08T12:01:00.000+10:00

Hi there, it's time for another Design Team post and everyone is back today - yay!

We are starting the show with this stunning card from Angeline. Simple perfection! The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's 'Many Thanks' set.

Angeline

Isn't this card just gorgeous! Ange has used this MME patterned paper to perfection... love the brads, stitching and distressing.

Ange

I am really loving all the breast cancer support stamps that have been released lately - such an important message to share. This sweet image from My Favorite Things is set off beautifully on Iwona's fabulous card.

Iwona

Joy has made a fabulous tag using some new goodies from Hero Arts. She used the Newspaper Eiffel Tower stamp for the main image. The heart is a Die-namics die, 'Hearts a plenty' and it's finished off with some Mr Huey's mist and twine.

Joy

I don't know about you, but patterned paper scares me! I love to look at it, but when it comes to using more that one piece, I have no idea how to mix and match. Today's card was a challenge to myself and although very simple, I did use 3 different papers for this card :) The style is cased from the fabulous Courtney Kelley.

The scalloped border is a Die-namics die, the bird is from Jane's Doodles 'Garden Friends' and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches 'Word Salad'.

LOL, I hope you are still with us after all that. Next week we will have a new challenge for you, so make sure you come back.

Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful Sunday :)

Jay Gee

A Double CASE

2012-01-06T11:00:00.000+10:00

Hello

This card is a combination of me casing a couple of designers. First the style is very much Carly Robertson, who I just adore (she had several cards published in the recent 365 Cards, by Paper Crafts) and this card from Cristina which I thought was fantastic!

The gorgeous gingham paper and the 'burglar' stamp are from A Muse and the sentiment was done on the computer. The heart bling is from Hero Arts.

Well, I hope you all have a fabulous weekend. Thanks for stopping by :)

Jay Gee

My Favorite Things

2012-01-03T17:17:00.000+10:00

The New Year is racing ahead already, I do wish things would slow down a bit :)

I have a card to share using this adorable Pure Innocence stamp from My Favorite Things called 'Don't Open Until'. I love the sentiments in this set too - the 'your birthday' is a separate stamp and can be switched out for 'Christmas'. There is also another great sentiment that comes with the set.

For this card I used my favourite technique, paper piecing.

I appreciate you stopping by and all your lovely comments :)

Jay Gee

Jay Gee's Nook Design Team

2012-01-01T13:27:00.001+10:00

Hello and Happy New Year :)

I am back today with a Design Team post for you - we are not quite all back, Ange and Angeline are still on holidays.

Iwona has such a wonderful talent for mixing pattern paper - something I really struggle with! This lovely image and sentiment are both from Jane's Doodles 'Pretty Peonies' set.

Iwona

Joy has used some new Hero Arts stamps for this fantastic masculine card. I love the embossed clock and the houndstooth is so gorgeous!

Joy

For my card, I used this adorable 'Little Miss Mia' stamp from Jane's Doodles - she is so lovely. I coloured her with copics.

Once again, thanks so much for taking the time to stop by :)

Jay Gee

Penny Black

2011-12-31T20:09:00.001+10:00

Happy New Year's Eve! I hope you all have fun tonight and stay safe whatever you decide to do :)

Penny Black have combined with Flower Soft and are having their first ever blog hop - their are some gorgeous creations, so make sure you check it out.

I love both cards by Kathy Racoosin, but her simpler version is my favourite - more my style :) I used it as inspiration for my card... flower focal image, centred sentiment, colouring/stamping on top of a pattern.

This gorgeous flower image is called Pin-striped. I stamped onto music paper and coloured with distress inks and paper pieced. The sentiment is from Jane's Doodles 'Pretty Peonies' set.

Thanks so much for looking :)

Jay Gee

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge 29th December - 11th January

2011-12-29T22:09:00.000+10:00

Hi there! I am back today with a new Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge.

I am really looking forward to seeing how you interpret todays inspiration photo!

I went with the rainbow colour scheme and one of my new sets, 'Word Salad', had the perfect sentiment. The other sets I used where 'My Peeps' for the coloured bird and 'Hang Ups' for the power poles and the smaller birds. The power lines and grass I drew myself.

We would love it if you played along with us. No Paper Smooches stamps? No worries - just grab one of the free digital stamps that Kim has on the blog here.

Please check out the challenge blog to see all the creations by the rest of the Design Team - you will also find a full list of rules and details about the fabulous prizes.

Cheers

Jay Gee

Winner And A Card

2011-12-27T18:46:00.001+10:00

Well, Christmas is over for another year... it really does fly by so fast. I hope you all had a lovely time with your families. I am home at the moment with a sick husband - we all know how much fun that is!

I am sorry I am a couple of days late in announcing the winner of Challenge #14, thank you to everyone who took the time to enter :) The winner is:

True Random Number Generator
Min: 1
Max: 56

Result: 50

It's Barb M.!!!!

Congratulations Barb. Please email me and I will send your prize out to you.

I also have a card to share. The camera and sentiment are Paper Smooches from 'Perpetual Bliss' and the film strip is a Die-namics die from MFT. I also used some Tattered Angles mist and the heart is one I have had for a long time and can't remember where it came from :)

I was inspired by Some Odd Girls current "Love Inspiration Challenge". I was actually inspired by the idea of a 'photo' and the hearts.

I am also entering this card into Wee Memories challenge "Anything Goes".

Thanks for dropping by and for all the lovely comments you have been leaving me - I truly appreciate your visits :)

Jay Gee

SOG

2011-12-20T09:07:00.000+10:00

Today is Some Odd Girls' 2nd Annual Customer Hol-ODD-Day Hop and I decided to play along.

I saw this adorable 'Pressie Tobie' image and thought he would make a great gift card holder. I enlarged the image - it is roughly 7" x 7" - large enough to fit a gift card in the present. The present is paper pieced with papers from MME and Tobie is coloured with copics.

Thanks for stopping by... have a wonderful day :)

Jay Gee

Smooches

2011-12-18T15:21:00.000+10:00

I am solo today... no Design Team projects, I gave them this week and next week off, so you are stuck with just me!

While I am on holiday, I am really trying hard to work on my copic colouring skills - this is my first attempt (that I can publish). I am entering it into the current Wee Memories Anything Goes challenge.

This image is the gorgeous Eleanor from Kraftin' Kimmie... they had a wonderful Black Friday special and I bought a few stamps :) The sentiment is from Paper Smooches Chubby Chums and the paper is Cosmo Cricket.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your last weekend before Christmas :)

Jay Gee

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge 15th-28th December

2011-12-15T23:20:00.000+10:00

Hello and welcome to a new Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge.

Here is the fabulous inspiration photo...

There is a lot going on here and to be honest at first I couldn't see past those antlers. Well, a couple of failed cards in the bin later, LOL, and I moved past them and instead focused on the stripes and the colours.

A New Challenge Site

2011-12-13T11:37:00.000+10:00

About a week ago I sponsored the opening of a new challenge site called Runway Inspired Challenge. If you have not visited the blog yet, I highly recommend that you do. The whole challenge concept is brilliant, as is the Design Team headed by the super talented Jennifer Rzasa.

Anyway, I could not pass up the opportunity of playing along in their first challenge. Here is the inspiration photo...

... and here is what I came up with. I am in love with this Penny Black stamp called 'pin-striped'.

Thanks for looking :)

Jay Gee

Hiya!

2011-12-11T11:11:00.001+10:00

I am officially on holidays... how blissful is that! 5 lovely weeks to, hopefully, practice my colouring... LOTS!

Let's look at some cards. Angeline is on holidays in Malaysia for a few weeks, so we are one short.

Joy's stunning card uses a wonderful 'Dogwood' stamp from La Blanche. These stamps are really wonderful - if you have not used them yet, I suggest you give them a try :)

Joy

This card from Iwona is why I need the practice with my copics!, LOL. Another beautifully coloured image on a stunning card. This is 'Shopping Emily' from Sparkle Creations.

Iwona

I love the design of this sweet card from Ange. The lovely stamped background uses snowflakes from Lawn Fawn's 'Making Frosty Friends' and this adorable little girl is a stamp called 'Snow Day' from MFT-Pure Innocence.

Ange

I kept my card very simple today, with just a little bit of bling to finish it off. This gorgeous image is from Sparkle Creations and is called 'Celebrating Chloe'.

Don't forget our current challenge, you will find the link on the side bar :)

Cheers

Jay Gee

SOLD!

2011-12-08T16:33:00.001+10:00

It is so exciting getting new stamps... or ink, or paper, or ribbon, or.... anything! I just got a couple of new stamps from Penny Black, so had to ink one up :)

Now be kind - I am working hard to improve my colouring skills, LOL... I do think I am getting better. And thanks to Elizabeth for the idea of adding extra bushes around the house :)

I am entering this into the current Wee Memories Challenge.

Just one more day of work for me before finishing school and starting 5 weeks holiday! Can't wait. Enjoy your day :)

Jay Gee

Hello

2011-12-04T11:59:00.001+10:00

It's been raining here all day, but I don't mind... it has really cooled the temperature which is a relief :) I have a wonderful mix of cards to share today.

Lets start with a classic stunner from Joy. She has made these gorgeous felt roses using a Die-namics die from MFT. Aren't they so pretty!

Joy

Here is another gorgeously coloured card from Iwona, using 'Snowman' from Gorjuss. I love this image... I think he is pretty cool (pun intended :)).

Iwona

Angeline has made the most darling little card... how adorable are those twine lollipops! The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's 'Many Thanks' set.

Angeline

'Santa Marci' looks so sweet on this lovely CAS card from Ange. Another beautifully coloured image and The Twinery's twine is the perfect embellishment.

Ange

I got a little inky for this card. Lots of distress ink on the background, then I stamped the swirls and embossed them with clear embossing powder and finally a few drops of water. The bird and bird cage are a new Die-namics combo from MFT. The bird cage I painted with pewter crackle paint and them added black soot distress ink - the bird was also coloured with distress inks.

Have a wonderful Sunday :)

Jay Gee

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge - Dec 1st -Dec 14th

2011-12-01T21:43:00.001+10:00

Today a new Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge begins, yay! There is so much to look at in this photo Kim has chosen - a little something for everyone I think :) I just loved this wall of frames and found the perfect paper to use from MME's Blush collection.

The large frame I hand drew and cut out, then coloured with distress inks. The cute bunny is of course from the set 'A Little Lovin' - the sentiment is actually a mix from the same set and 'Halloweenies' .

I hope you will find some time to play along with us... I would love to see what you do with the inspiration photo. Make sure you check out the blog to see the other DT's fabulous cards and remember there are lots of fabulous stamps to be won! If you don't have any Paper Smooches stamps, no worries - Kim offers free digital stamps which you can get here.

Jay Gee's Nook Challenge #14

2011-11-27T11:28:00.001+10:00

Hello

I have a winner and a new challenge! Lets start with the winner from challenge #13.

True Random Number Generator
Min: 1
Max: 12

Result: 9

It's Gabrielle Lowe!!!!

Congratulations Gabrielle. Please email me and I will send some bakers twine out to you.

With challenge #14 we are back with an inspiration board for you. I know everyone is busy with Christmas preparations, so this challenge should be an easy one for you :) To play along, simply create a project -tag, card, gift bag/box, wrapping paper, home decor etc - inspired by this photograph, interpret it any way you wish. The challenge is open to everyone!

And for this months prize, I have a little Tim Holtz goodness for you.

I have some wonderful Design Teams projects to help get you in the mood :)

Ange

Angeline

Joy

Iwona

Instructions

Please only submit new projects that where created after this challenge was posted.

Please provide a direct link to your post, not your entire blog.

If you upload to an online gallery, please use the tag JGNC14

The deadline for this challenge is 11.59 PM EST on Saturday 24th December. The winner will be announced when we post the new challenge on the following Sunday.

One winner will be chosen by Random. Org.

Jay Gee

CASEd

2011-11-23T17:32:00.001+10:00

I just adore Melissa Phillips' cards - everything she does is absolutely amazing! I just can't achieve the same look she does :( When I spotted this card (the second one down) I had to CASE it - a very simple version of it. I still like hers much better though, LOL.

The leaf is from PTI's Harvest Berries - I painted it with crackle paint and then spritzed it with Mr Huey's calico shine... it looks much better in real life.

Well the work week is half over... enjoy the downward slide to the weekend :)

Jay Gee

DT Post

2011-11-20T11:23:00.001+10:00

Hello. Sunday here means Design Team cards to share, and I have some wonderful cards to show you :)

But first, I would like to remind you about our current challenge - you still have plenty of time to play. Just click the 'note' below to see all the details.

Joy's starting us off today with a Seasonal card with a difference. That background is a little non-traditional but looks amazing! The stamp is 'Houndstooth Background' from Hero Arts/Studio Calico. I bet she had fun adding all those buttons and bling :)

Joy

Ange has a delightful card using 'Summer Christmas Marci' from La La Land. I know everyone 'down under' can appreciate this stamp as we celebrate Christmas at summertime. The colouring on this card is superb.

Ange

Next is another super card from Iwona and again the colouring is superb! This sweet image is 'Presents For You' from MFT Pure Innocence. Iwona also used some Die-Namics - MFT have a wonderful range.

Iwona

How about this beauty from Angeline! She has used Japanese Masking Tape to make this gorgeous card. The sweet sentiment is from 'Chit Chat' from Paper Smooches.

Angeline

I have tried something new on my card today - embossing using a spellbinders die. I know this is not new :), but I saw it on this card by Jenny (thank you Jenny) and wanted to give it a go. My Santa from Jane's Doodles 'Vintage Christmas' was the perfect fit. The little holly leaves are from 'Christmas Wonder' by Practicing Creativity. I thought I would enter this into the challenge over at Just Us Girls - they are having a colour challenge - Red, Green and White.

I hope you all have a wonderful day :)

Jay Gee

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge

2011-11-17T21:08:00.001+10:00

Yay! Today a new challenge begins over at Paper Smooches. It runs from the 17th -30th November.

Here is the inspiration picture that Kim choose for us - gorgeous isn't it!

I went with the colours from the photo (not quite an exact match... but artistic licence and all that :))

I wanted to use this fun new set called Promenade and it had the perfect sentiment for a gift card.

Hop on over to the SPARKS blog to see the rest of the DT projects. You can also find all the details of the challenge, including the wonderful prizes you could win.

Thanks for visiting :)

Jay Gee

Friends Always

2011-11-15T17:00:00.001+10:00

Hello.

I wanted to share a card I made for the Moxie Fab World's - The Celebrating Relationships Challenge. The four challenges that Cath is running at the moment are so fun, make sure you check them out!

For this card I started with the Garden Bouquet stamp from Hero Arts - I water coloured just part of the stamp with distress inks and them stamped on water colour paper. This sweet girl is Little Miss Mia, who I coloured with copics and paper pieced.

Well thats me for today, bye :)

Jay Gee

It's Time

2011-11-13T12:19:00.001+10:00

For another Sunday DT post!

To start this week off, we have another stunningly coloured card from Iwona using one of the Gorjuss girls - this one is called 'Fox Gloves'

Iwona

Angeline has made another beautiful Christmas card using 'Rejoice' from Practicing Creativity. Her style is so elegant!

Angeline

Joy has created a great 'guys' card with a mix of stamps. This fun background stamp is 'Formula Fun' from Hero Arts. The cool TV is from Paper Smooches 'Boob Tube' and the sentiment from 'Sentiment Sampler' and to finish is off, some Charcoal twine from The Twinery.

Joy

What a fun birthday card from Ange! This is a My Favorite Things 'a-la-mode' stamp - there are lots of cute ones to choose from and they include sentiments.

Ange

I made a very CAS card this week for the Moxie Fab World 'The Random Fun' Challenge. This fun cocktail is a Sparkle Creations stamp called 'Cocktail Emily' - I actually cut Emily off and paper pieced the rest of the image. The sentiment is from Jane's Doodles 'Big Sentiments' set.

We still have our current challenge running - Use your holiday stamps to create a Non-holiday card! We would love you to join us. You can find the link on the side bar.

Enjoy the rest of you weekend :)

Jay Gee

Another Alteration

2011-11-07T06:24:00.000+10:00

Hello

I decided to have another play with the 'Mademoiselle Noel' stamp from Penny Black while it was out. I have really enjoyed finding new ways to use this stamp. Your can see the other two cards I made here and here.

This time around I removed the bunch of flowers she was carrying and gave her a bag instead. The background has lots of distressing and I flicked water onto it... kind of looks like snow :)

Well it's Monday, so I am off to work :( Have a great week.

Jay Gee

Design Team

2011-11-06T14:01:00.000+10:00

Hello

I am in the middle of some crafty time as I write this, so I am going to make it short so I can get back to it :)

Joy has been having a play this week with Gelatos and the results look amazing! All stamps used to make her card are from Hero Arts.

Joy

Ange has used a gorgeous set from Lawn Fawn called 'Bows & Holly'. Love the distressing on this adorable card.

Ange

Angeline has again made a simple and beautifully stylish Christmas card.

Angeline

We have some more Hero Arts goodness on this gorgeous card by Iwona. I just love that cloud stamp.

Iwona

I decided to make another card for our current challenge which is to 'use your holiday stamps to make non-holiday cards'. I used my Paper Smooches 'Halloweenies' set and altered the mouths on both images. The number is hand written and the sentiment is from Lawn Fawns 'Harold's ABCs', and has been embossed in white. We would love for you to play along in the challenge - you can find the link on the side bar.

Enjoy your weekend.

Jay Gee

Jane's Doodles Blog Hop

2011-11-04T00:04:00.000+10:00

This is my second post for today - please scroll down for my Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge post :)

Welcome to the Jane's Doodles blog hop. We are releasing a gorgeous set today called Vintage Christmas - the images really are lovely.

If you hopped along in order, you should have come from our fabulous Guest Designer Betsy Veldman's blog. If you just popped in here on your own, you can pop over to Jane's blog and start the hop at the beginning!

First up I made a coupIe of tags and had fun playing with some different techniques.

I think this snowman is my favourite image from the set... he is so easy to paper piece :)

We have also added some Digital stamps to the store - be sure to check them out. Remember to check out the Jane's Doodles blog and leave a comment, there are prizes to be had!

Thanks for dropping by.

Jay Gee

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge

2011-11-03T23:08:00.001+10:00

Hello and welcome to a new Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge.

Kim has chosen another wonderful inspiration picture to help get your creative juices flowing :)

I couldn't go past the apple image and so used it for the focal point of my card. I paper pieced the apple from 'Falling For You' and coloured the 'skin' with copies. I stamped some speckles inside the 'core' part of the apple and drew a couple of pips. The stamped part of the sentiment is from the same set and I used white velvet thickets, which I coloured with my black pen, for the word 'core'. A few drops of mist finished it off.

You have until Wednesday, November 16th to create a project based on the inspiration photo and link it up over on the SPARKS blog.

Hop on over to the blog to see the rest of the DT projects. You can also find all the details of the challenge, including the wonderful prizes you could win.

I can't wait to see what you create :)

Jay Gee

Hi

2011-11-02T17:09:00.000+10:00

Last week I used this 'Mademoiselle Noel' stamp from Penny Black to make this Christmas card.

Today I have used her again with a couple of alterations :) I removed her santa hat and added a little more hair. I also added a criss cross pattern to all the 'fur trim' on her dress and hat - which now, hopefully looks like a headband.

Thanks so much for all your comments... they really make day :)

Jay Gee

HI

2011-10-31T19:56:00.000+10:00

I decided to make another quick card for the current Paper Smooches SPARKS challenge. I have used the colours from the photo below for my inspiration and incorporated the woodgrain in my grass.

The kangaroo (love seeing an Ausie image) and the sentiment both come from the set 'A Little Lovin' and I have used my favourite gingham paper - LOVE! The dotted lines are hand drawn.

If you haven't joined in with this challenge yet, you still have a couple of days to do so... we would love to see your entries :)

Ciao

Jay Gee

Jay Gee's Nook Challenge #13

2011-10-30T12:13:00.000+10:00

Hello

I have a winner and a new challenge! Lets start with the winner from challenge #12.

True Random Number Generator
Min: 1
Max: 41

Result: 32

It's Barb Murphy!!!!

Congratulations Barb. Please email me with the colours of twine you would like and your address and I will get your prize out to you.

Challenge #13 starts today and it's a little different to what we usually do. To play along, you need to use your Holiday stamps to create a non-holiday card! Have fun with this... let's see how versatile your stamps really are :) The challenge is open to everyone.

The Design Team have some fun cards to share with you today :)

Ange

Angeline

Iwona

Joy

Instructions

Please only submit new projects that where created after this challenge was posted.

Please provide a direct link to your post, not your entire blog.

If you upload to an online gallery, please use the tag JGNC13

The deadline for this challenge is 11.59 PM EST on Saturday 26th November. The winner will be announced when we post the new challenge on the following Sunday.

One winner will be chosen by Random. Org.

Jay Gee

A New Stamp

2011-10-27T19:07:00.000+10:00

I bought this 'Mademoiselle Noel' stamp from Penny Black after Christmas last year and finally got around to inking it up. It is such a cool stamp and I really need to get some more from this 'series'.

I saw this card on Mariana's blog and wanted to try this technique. I stamped the polka dots 3 times (imperfectly) with white ink and then wiped the ink pad around the outside of the kraft panel. The image itself I paper pieced and coloured her skin, boots and flowers with copics. Her dress and hat I paper pieced from the same card stock as the card base. For the white trim I used 'puff paint' for a little bit of texture.

Thanks for coming by :)

Jay Gee

Hello

2011-10-23T12:19:00.000+10:00

Gosh, Sunday rolls around so fast, doesn't it! I don't mind the work week going fast, but I sure wish the weekend would slow down :)

I have some gorgeous cards to share with you today.

Check out the sublime colouring skills of Iwona! This card is just so WOW! The wonderful image is 'Winter Friend' from Gorjuss.

Iwona

I have a sweet little tag from Angeline next. She has very cleverly masked this Christmas tree using 'For The Love Of Dots' from Practicing Creativity.

Angeline

Joy's cards are always amazing and this is another example of her wonderful style. A cute baby card using 'A Little Lovin' from Paper Smooches.

Joy

Ange has a lovely Christmas card for us today - aren't those ornaments stunning! All the stamps used on this card are from Hero Arts.

Ange

I needed a hello card for a friends daughter - she likes cows, (is that weird?), so this image from Paper Smooches 'Chubby Chums' was perfect.

Remember if you are looking for a challenge, you still have time to enter ours... click on the link located on the sidebar to go to the original post.

Cheers :)

Jay Gee

Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge

2011-10-20T23:21:00.000+10:00

Hello and welcome to the new SPARKS Challenge: October 20 - November 2. This is the 1st challenge for the new DT team and it is so exciting!

Isn't this an amazing photo? I made a 4.5' x 4.5' card and took the colours and woodgrain elements as my inspiration. The TV and sentiment both come from 'Boob Tubes'.

To play along just create a NEW project (card, tag, layout, altered item, etc) and use at least one Paper Smooches stamp or free digi.

Go check out the blog and see the rest of the DT projects. You can also find all the details of the challenge on the SPARKS blog, including the wonderful prizes you could win.

Enjoy and have fun.

Jay Gee

Hello

2011-10-16T11:36:00.000+10:00

Wow, what a busy week! Hopefully tomorrow I will have my computer up and running again, fingers crossed :)

The DT have some wonderful cards to share with you today, so lets dive straight in.

Ange has created the cutest card using this adorable stamp from Lawn Fawn called 'Winter Fox'. I love how she stamped that teeny tiny Christmas Tree on the mug.

Ange

Love all the embossing on Joy's wonderful Christmas card. She has used Hero Arts 'Merry Christmas Tree' set and finished the card with Honeydew Twine from The Twinery.

Joy

Next up, we have a beautiful tag from Angeline using Lawn Fawn's 'Many Thanks' set. I love this sweet sentiment.

Angeline

How fun is this card by Iwona and how beautifully coloured! This is 'Buccaneer Marci' from La La Land - gorgeous isn't she?

Iwona

I have also gone with a Christmas theme for my card, with lots of distressing and some misting. The label and sentiment both come from 'Everyday Prints' from Practicing Creativity... I just love this font. The holly leaves are from another set called 'Christmas Wonder', also by Practicing Creativity.

Well I hope your Sunday is wonder, thanks for stopping by :)

Jay Gee

Some Cards To Share

2011-10-09T11:37:00.000+10:00

I would like to start today with a HUGE thank you to everyone for their sweet comments on yesterdays post... I truly appreciate each and every one of you :)

Righto... just a quick reminder about our current challenge - we would love to have you join us.

And now some cards...

Love this film strip card that Ange created, talk about adorable! All the sweet little images come from 'Halloweenies' by Paper Smooches.

Ange

This card uses one of our new images from Sparkle Creations called 'Scooter Chole'. Iwona really does bring these images to life with her wonderful colouring. Just stunning!

Iwona

Joy has a lovely card using distress inks and pearl paint dabber. The background has been stamped with 'Lotus Bacground' from Hero Arts and the sentiment is from 'Sophie's Sentiments' by Lawn Fawn.

Joy

We have another card using Paper Smooches stamps, this one with 'Perpetual Bliss'. Angeline is so creative with her CAS style.

Angeline

For my card today I have used this pretty little scene, which is a cling stamp from A Muse. Stamps like this make for quick and easy Christmas cards :) I added some distressing around the outside of the card, some glitter to resemble snow and the little bird in the foreground.

Ok, I am off to get crafty again...it takes me FOREVER to make a card, lol. Have a great day.

Jay Gee

Exciting News!

2011-10-08T09:20:00.004+10:00

Hello

I popped in to share some happy news with you all, that I am super excited about! I made the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Design Team! How amazing is that.

You can see the official announcement here where you can meet the rest of the fabulous team.

If you haven't played before, it is definitely worth checking out. Every two weeks, a new challenge photo will be uploaded to the Paper Smooches SPARKS blog for the chance to win some fabulous Paper Smooches Stamps! A new challenge started yesterday, so you have plenty of time to enter your creations! You can find all of the details on the blog.

Have a fantastic day everyone :)

Jay Gee

Hi

2011-10-07T21:26:00.000+10:00

Boy... the last couple of days have been mixed! My poor computer went 'pop' (literally) and died on Wednesday night... just like that! It was only 3 months old! It is now in the repair shop and I am borrowing hubby's when I can :)

Anyway, I did find some time to practice with my copies and I am happy to say I believe I have improved. This fun image is from Sparkle Creations, the patterned paper is Basic Grey and the card base is Hero Arts.

Would you believe the original layout of the card was quite different, but after I photographed it I noticed a mistake and tried to fix it. Lets just say I had to cut my image with this die cut in order to save what was left of it :) Oh well!

I appreciate you stopping by.

DT Post

2011-10-02T11:47:00.001+10:00

Whew!... can you believe it is October already... how scary is that! I hope you all had a wonderful World Card Making Day yesterday - or today, for those of you who are still celebrating :)

I have an amazing line up of cards to share with you all today, my DT team rocks!!!

Angeline's card is so stylish and perfect for mass producing if you are looking for some CAS Christmas card ideas. The sentiment comes from a set called 'Rejoice' and the stripes on the banner strip are from 'Retro Chirstmas' - both from Practicing Creativity.

Angeline

I just love this card - Ange's colouring is absoulety gorgeous! This stamp is from Sparkle Creations (a new company in the shop) and is called 'Rin with Snowman'.

Ange

This next card is classic Joy! Simple elegance. This balloon stamp is another from Practicing Creativity called 'Look Up'.

Joy

Iwona amazes me each week with her beautiful colouring and wonderful designs. This gorgeous stamp is of course from La La Land stamps called 'Birthday Marci'. These stamps really are fantastic to practice your copic colouring.

Iwona

Amazing cards so far right! Each week I feel a little more intimated placing my cards amongst this group, LOL.

This is my third card this week for the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge. I focused on the colour scheme again and the baby theme. This set is called 'A Little Lovin'.

I really appreciate you stopping by :)

Jay Gee

2nd Card

2011-09-29T15:29:00.001+10:00

Hello

I am back today with another card for the Sparks Challenge over at Paper Smooches. The elephants and sentiment come from the set 'A Little Lovin' and while these stamps where still out, I thought I would use them again :) My last card was all about the colours, so this time I decided to focus on the theme of the inspiration photo, which was 'baby' and the style which is 'fun and cute'. I thought this was a good gender neutral baby card.

Well, I'm off to link this up. Hope you are all having a wonderful day :)

Jay Gee

Sparks Challenge

2011-09-27T15:58:00.000+10:00

I am really enjoying playing with my Paper Smooches stamps at the moment and while I had them out I thought I would play along with the current Sparks Challenge.

This is the inspiration photo.

For my card I stuck with the colours from the photo. The frog was paper pieced from a piece of white card stock that I misted in green. I then 'dropped' a few splotches of the mist onto the card base as well.

I really like this colour combo so I am sure I will use it again before this challenge finishes :)

Jay Gee's Nook Challenge #12

2011-09-25T11:39:00.000+10:00

Hello

Well it seems forever since I posted here... a few days away with no internet! Not what I had planned.

Anyway I am back to announce a winner from challenge #11 and to start a new challenge :) Thank you so much for all your wonderful entires.

True Random Number Generator
Min: 1
Max: 41

Result: 20

It's Gayatri!!!!

Congratulations Gayatri. Please email me with your address and I will get your prize out to you.

Challenge #12 starts today. To play along, simply create a project inspired by this photograph, interpret it any way you wish. The challenge is open to everyone!

(photo inspiration put together by Joy - all photos from Pinterest)

How about some bundles of twine for a prize! You pick any 3 colours you like!

Now, lets see some fabulous projects from the Design Team.

Ange

Joy

Iowna

Angeline

Instructions

Please only submit new projects that where created after this challenge was posted.
Please provide a direct link to your post, not your entire blog.
If you upload to an online gallery, please use the tag JGNC12
The deadline for this challenge is 11.59 PM EST on Saturday 29th October. The winner will be announced when we post the new challenge on the following Sunday.
One winner will be chosen by Random. Org.

Jay Gee

It's Almost Friday

2011-09-15T20:56:00.000+10:00

Hey there.

I can't wait until tomorrow afternoon... I am on holidays for 2 weeks! Yay me :)

I wanted to share a card I made using the fun cake image from Party Time - check out Jane's Doodles shop here.

What I love most about this image is that you can use all the cakes together or on their own, giving you heaps of options. For this card I coloured with copies and then paper pieced the cakes.

The gorgeous embossed background is the Sunshine plate from PTI... I have seen this plate used by so many other people and finally caved and bought it for myself.

Right, I am off to watch some telly... have a great day/evening.

Jay Gee

Busy Sunday

2011-09-11T12:50:00.000+10:00

Hello everyone.

Boy, I'm feeling very stressed this morning (actually it's afternoon by the time I get to post this!). My sons girlfriend is having surgery at the moment, I am trying to write an application for a promotion at work (which is not going well), lost one of the DT cards (my husband thought it was spam) and amongst all that still have to do the washing, dishes etc, etc.

Enough complaining LOL. Onto some cards.

LOVE this card by Joy. This stamp is one of the gorgeous new Gorjuss stamps available in the shop... her name is 'Holly'.

Joy

This next card is just so cute! Both the image and sentiment come from a new set called 'Making Frosty Friends' by Lawn Fawn. Ange's distressing of the paper and stitching is perfect.

Ange

LOL, one day, when I grow up, I hope I will be able to colour half as well as Iwona! She has produced another stunner using 'Marci With Rose' from La La Land stamps. The lovely doily in the background is 'Dizzy Doily' from My Favorite things.

Iwona

Angeline is brilliant at card design and this next card highlights that. She has combined two Lawn Fawn sets. The background used 'Teeny Tiny Backdrops' and the sentiment is from a new set called 'Many Thanks'.

Angeline

I am loving these fat little critters from Paper Smooches and decided to use 'Chubby Chums' again - this time the owl. That beautiful patterned paper is Basic Grey 'Hello Luscious and the fab sentiment is from Jane's Doodles new release - available here.

Before I go, I just wanted to remind you about our current challenge. You can find the inspiration photo on the sidebar. Click the photo to be taken to the post. We hope you will find some time to play along with us.

Have a happy day.

Jay Gee

Jane's Doodles Blog Hop!

2011-09-10T00:00:00.000+10:00

Welcome - I'm so glad you are here!

You are almost at the end of Jane’s Doodles new stamp release bloghop. I hope you have had a ton of fun and seen plenty of inspiration along theway.

If you hopped along in order, you should have come from our fabulous Guest Designer Wendy Sue’s blog. If you just popped in here on your own, please check out the Jane’s Doodles blog for a full blog hop list!

For my first card I decided to paper piece the fun stacked presents stamp and make a Christmas card. The sentiment is from the same set - 'Party Time' and the paper is Basic Grey.

This card uses the largest of the beautiful peony stamps from 'Pretty Peonies' and is teamed up with a sentiment from 'Big Sentiments'. Love how the sentiments in this set mix and match with the other sets so well.

My last card also uses some yummy Basic Grey paper and I have again combined an image from 'Pretty Peonies' with a sentiment from 'Big Sentiments'.

Just one more stop… return toJane’s Doodles Blog, make sure to follow us and leave a comment. One luckywinner will be chosen randomly to receive all three new stamp sets releasedtoday!

Thanks so much for hopping with us.Hugs to you all :)

Jay Gee

New Design Team Member

2011-09-04T12:40:00.000+10:00

Hello

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there!

I am very happy and excited today because the fabulously talented Iwona (Chupa) has joined our Design Team! Yay... I am so lucky to have THE BEST design team! - love these girls.

Let's kick off with Iwona's card. She has used 'Boy & His Dog Snow Adorable' from MFT's Pure Innoence line and WOW, her colouring is amazing! Fabulous design and gorgeous card.

Iwona

It's officially spring here 'down under' and Ange is getting a jump on the holiday season with this gorgeous Christmas card using Hero Arts stamps. The wonderful stamped background is a stamp from Practicing Creativity called 'For The Love Of Grids'.

Ange

Joy's stunning card uses lots of Hero Arts goodies and the fantastic Jenni Bowlin inks, Cough Syrup, Chicken Feed and Brown Sugar. Love the layers on the flower and how she curled the ends for more dimension.

Joy

Angeline's lovely card is all about sentiments and it is so sweet! She has combined two different sets - 'For The Love Of Dots' from Practicing Creativity and 'Sophie's Sentiments' from Lawn Fawn. And her adorable sweet she created with Pink Sorbet twine from The Twinery. Boy, thats a lot of 'sweet'!

Angeline

I am also very excited by all the new product in the shop at the moment. I could not wait to ink up some Paper Smooches! I wanted to enter CAS-ual Fridays challenge which is to create a project inspired by a book and use the colours black, white and red. My card is inspired by 'Fat Cat' a great children's book.

(I took liberties with the colours :))

Whew! That was a long post! Have a fantastic day.

Jay Gee

Jay Gee's Nook Challenge #11

2011-08-28T11:33:00.009+10:00

Hello

Time to announce a winner from challenge #10. I enjoyed looking at all your entries, thank you. The winner of the Lauderdale Floral clear set from Hero Arts/Basic Grey is...

True Random Number Generator
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It's Linda Trace!!!!

Congratulations Linda. Please email me with your address and I will get your prize out to you.

Challenge #11 starts today and it is another fabulous colour challenge. To play along, simply create a project inspired by this photograph, interpret it any way you wish. The challenge is open to everyone!

(photo inspiration put together by Joy - all photos from Pinterest)

This months prize is a clear Christmas set from Hero Arts and some tags.

Now some cards from the Design Team for you to enjoy and to hopefully give you some inspiration :)

Angeline

Joy

Ange

Instructions

Please only submit new projects that where created after this challenge was posted.
Please provide a direct link to your post, not your entire blog.
If you upload to an online gallery, please use the tag JGNC11
The deadline for this challenge is 11.59 PM EST on Saturday 24th September. The winner will be announced when we post the new challenge on the following Sunday.
One winner will be chosen by Random. Org.

Jay Gee

Hi There

2011-08-24T06:13:00.005+10:00

I just have a quick share today... am off to work and forgot to post this last night :)

I made another card for the current CASE Study Challenge - Iwona just has so many wonderful cards I could not stop at one. This is the card I cased.

The script stamp on the inside of the circle is Hero Arts 'Old Letter Writing' and the flower is PTI 'In Bloom'. The sentiment is a sneak at a new Jane's Doodles set to be released soon.

Thanks for looking. Have a great day :)

Jay Gee

Design Team Cards

2011-08-21T10:39:00.008+10:00

Hello everyone. It's a beautiful sunny day here in Townsville, so I am busy doing lots of laundry - yeah for me! (would much rather be doing something fun).

We have had some truly amazing entries into this months challenge. If you have not played yet, you still have time - just click on the image on the sidebar to be taken to the challenge post.

Lets have a look at some fabby cards by the design team.

Ange has made another gorgeous card perfect for our current challenge. The lovely stamped background, the focal label and sentiment all come from Hero Arts/Basic Grey's 'Sweet Threads Labels' set. I think I need to get myself some of that wonderful ribbon!

Ange

Joy's fabulous, earthy card uses one of my favourite stamps from A Muse - 'Marigold'. (These are all on special at the moment). I love the look of distressing she created on the woodgrain embossed paper.

Joy

I love, love this design by Angeline! The placement of all her elements is just perfect. The gorgeous stamps are from Hero Arts/Basic Grey 'Carte Postage'. Aren't those little square buttons cute.

Angeline

This week I am playing along with CASE Study Challenge #53, which is to case a card by Iowna (Chupa). For anyone familiar with Iowna's work, you will know how amazingly talented she is. A visit to her blog is a real treat and you will be spoiled for choice! I have cased this card (the second card).

The houndstooth border is from Practicing Creativity's 'Retro Christmas Backgrounds' - the border itself is a die-namics die 'Simply Scallops Medium'. The deer is coloured in copics and is from Lawn Fawn's 'Critters in the Snow'.

I hope you enjoyed you visit... have a wonderful day :)

Jay Gee

Exciting News!

2011-08-14T11:53:00.003+10:00

Hello there.

I was super excited earlier this week when I saw this post by the amazing Karen Baker. She is starting a new and unique challenge called 'carbon copied'. For her first challenge Karen teamed up with the lovely Lynn and they featured Jay Gee's Nook challenge - wow, talk about being thrilled. If you haven't had a look yet, pop on over to Karen's blog and sign up to play.

But that's not all...

I have more exciting news. I would like to introduce a new Design Team member to Jay Gee's. She is incredibly talented, her style is CAS - very elegant and stylish CAS - and she has been published no less than 27 times this year! Please help us welcome the fabulous Angeline Yong Jeet Leen.

Right, lets look at some cards.

Angeline has used a set from Practicing Creativity called 'For the Love of Dots'. I would never have thought to use this set to make Christmas ornaments - gorgeous and brilliant!

Angeline

Next is another beautiful card from Ange, who has used 'Stems & Grass' from Purple Onion Designs. I love the soft, earthy colour palette of this card with the punch of turquoise.

Ange

Joy has created another swoon worthy card, using my favourite gingham paper. The gorgeous flower is a stamp from 'Layered Flowers' and the sentiment is from 'Sending Smiles Messages' - both sets are from Hero Arts.

Joy

I really had fun making my card. I took this little Pure Innocence stamp 'Don't Open Until', coloured her with copics and masked off the present. I thought she looked like she was waiting for someone so I put her in a window frame, which I got from Google images. I then cut a couple of 'Leafy Flourish's' from die-namics which I twined around the window. The sentiment is from 'Find Joy', from Hero Arts.

Well, thanks for visiting... have a fabulous day.

Jay Gee

Merry Christmas!

2011-08-09T20:59:00.003+10:00

Hello.

Thank you very much for all your lovely comments on my last post. I am happy to report that the old leg is none the worse for wear and even has a few hairs left on it!

I received a new stamp (well old, but new to me) the other day and wanted to ink it up straight away. It's such a fun stamp I couldn't resist and Simon Says' current challenge is Christmas in August.

I extended the length of the chimney, coloured it with copics and then went over the top with distress inks. The background is also coloured with distress inks and both the image and sentiment are from Hero Arts.

This card also fits with the current challenge at AUD Sentiments which is to use 'Merry Christmas' somewhere on your project.

Have a great week :)

Jay Gee