Dirty girl

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New Images

Just Inklined has some new images this week and I think Over the Moon would make a brilliant Congratulations card for a graduate, something totally different that the young ones would love.

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Cat and the Fiddle for a young musician, and any of the Hick Dick Dock to mark a special time for someone, what a great way to bring a smile to someone you love.

Hick Dick Dock, Cat and the Fiddle, Over the Moon and Hick Dick Dock Shock

Sailor Boys

Don’t you just love it when colouring and all the colours just fit right, well this one did for me.

I sat and enjoyed the relaxation of colouring without having to rush it.

Sailor Boys by Mo’s Digital pencil I think Mo did an amazing job with this set.

Coloured with Copic markers and prisma pencils. paper from my stash, Prima blossom and ribbon from Ribbon Carousel.

I wanted the card to have a vintage look to it so kept the colours muted, I think I managed it.

This is the full set available from Mo’s digital Pencil

Fake Steak Bake - Slimming World Style

Once again I'm trying to be good and make the right choices in my eating, I won't be using the big D word as it sends me into a frenzy before I start.
I am trying to cut back on bread, not an easy task when it comes to lunch for work but last week I made pastryless quiche and this week I've made fake steak bakes for both myself and Chris.

Asda wholemeal pittas, tin of Aldi Hunters steak, mushrooms, onions.

Open pittas and stuff with the above place on a baking tray brush top with egg bake until golden viola a much healthier option.

Flexmarker Tutorial–Blending

I often get asked what colours I use in my colouring but to be honest I never know, I don’t really have a logic colour scheme as I just test on a piece of scrap card and if I like the blend I use them.

So one of you lovely ladies asked what colours I used for the Hydrangea I new I was going to have to do another to find out, so, it would be logic to do a tutorial video while I was colouring so here it is.

So before you click play, go and grab a cuppa and a slice of cake and sit back down to watch.

Letraset Limited Edition Winner

Oh my word I hope you can forgive me, this should have been drawn on Friday but as it was my Mams birthday all of my focus was on her.

I know the winner will simply love this tutti fruiti set of Limited Edition Summer Promarkers as the colours are look enough to eat.

Thank you to everyone who entered.

The winner is

Viv said...

Beautiful card Jak & thanks for a chance to win :) Viv xx

1 June 2012 17:10

Congratulations Viv, please drop me an email with your details and add Summer Promarkers as the title and I will get them in the post next week for you.

We Had a Wash Out

If you read my blog yesterday you will know that I was taking Mam out for lunch, we had the most awful weather so we decided to keep pretty close to home.

We went to our local garden centre for dinner and had beef bourguignon with spring green cabbage, new potatoes, carrots and broccoli, it was gorgeous and a much healthier option to the Friday fish and chips.

From there we went on to two more garden centres Mam is an avid gardener and being wheelchair bound just doesn’t stop her, she loves watching the fruits of her labour grow.

At the third one we visited (a family run) Horns garden centre, they have an enormous pond and it is so picturesque and they have swans and ducks and geese apart from the superb fish in there.

The swans have had cygnets they are so cute, we didn’t get too close partly because we didn’t want to disturb them but mainly in case they decided to chase us because of protecting their babies.

I did get a couple of zoomed shots far enough away from them.

They also have a black swan but the poor thing has lost its mate, and the two white ones keep chasing it away.

I also managed to get a duck picture, I think this was a sign of what was to come.

Can you see the puddle that is beside it? well believe me when I say we had some torrential rain fall whilst we were inside, the heavens just opened. On the drive home we mainly aquaplaned in the car, talk about puddle jumping.

All in all it was a lovely day and I dropped mam back off home but didn’t stay as I knew she was itching to get to play with her new dies.

Hydrangea–Digital Stamp

Not sure why but a Hydrangea image immediately make me think about Cards for Mothers. So my todays card is very fitting as it is my own mams Birthday, her request was Craft Dies so we have lots of Memory Box dies for her so she’s in for a treat.

My image is Hydrangea from Just Inklined digital Stamps.

Coloured up with Flexmarkers as I love the way these blend together t form soft shading

Papers are K&Co which I have had forever but they were perfect for this card.

I’m taking Mam out for lunch today so we will have a girlie day and a good old chat.