Internet down all weekend

Hi Every one. I have been trying to catch up with some of blogging this afternoon. I have had to go all weekend without internet. It started playing up last week then Friday night nothing. I thought not to worry it will be back up by the morning. How wrong was I. We called BT Saturday afternoon and had to run through the endless checks still nothing. BT inform my husband they can't come out over the weekend it will have to wait until Monday. Ok I can live with that.....I didn't bank on a discontented 12 year old son who refuses to believe  that life can go on without internet!!!!!!! Every half an hour on Sunday are you sure the internet is down, you get the picture. Well todays appointment was any time from 8am till 4pm.  I have to go to work so I left my 22 year old daughter in charge. Much moaning this is my day off and she finally agrees.
My daughter rings me at work and says that here is a whole fleet of BT vans outside. Apparently the whole street is now down!.
The engineer checked my modem and the cabling nothing wrong he decides to go outside to look at the box in the street and thinks that the problem is the fiber optic card ( I have no idea what this is) he informs his boss no it cant possibly be the card check something else. My daughter tells me the engineer has checked every thing and is getting the right hump because he is 100% it is the fiber optic card. It turns out that it is the card so many hours of tinkering could have been avoided. What about the neighbors connect I hear you ask well BT has this policy that they have to check every thing they possibly can before they admit it is the software card issue and even though my engineer had uncovered the problem every other BT engineer that turned up to the neighbors today still had to go though the check list.

Sorry about the rambling. I will slowly make my way round to catch up, so if I haven't visited it nothing personal.

I shall leave you with a pick of a piece of jewellery I was commissioned to make  a while ago. It's make from 10mm banded agate and 99% pure Thai silver. I havent make jewellery for awhile I many have to get my tools out.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Jayne

DT for Stampin for the Weekend

Well where did the last two weeks go? They seem to have flown by meaning that it is time for another challenge over at stampin for the weekend. Our theme this time is all stitched up, faux or real the decision is yours.
We are very lucky this week to have 2 lovely sponsors... Lily of the Valley and Simon says Stamp

For my DT card I have used an oh so cute image by Lili of the Valley called a Christmas bear present. The paper s are First edition. The Christmas sentiment is by Wild Rose Studios. The chipboard snow flakes I bought from the Craft Barn last year. I have coloured my image using Copic's and embellished with a little stickles and some machine stitching. My shaped card was cut using a Cricut.

Inside the card I have created a little pocked and stamped out Christmas recipe cards by Lili of the Valley.

Thanks for stopping by 

Hugs

Jayne

Jelly Pip

Good morning, wasn't yesterday cold! I am sure that on the way home from work I felt snow......

Right onto the real reason that that I am here this morning, It's time for a new challenge over at Diva's  by Design and this time we want to see something CUTE. Our generous sponsor for this challenge is Joanna Sheen. 


For my DT card I have inked up a stamp that I have had for while now but have never taken her out of the draw! (Thats really bad isn't it?) Her name is Jelly Pip by Sugar Nellie. I have teamed her up with some of my last sheets of Portobello road by paper mania. I have really enjoyed using these papers and when I bought them it was..... I like then what can I use then with?#

The card base is by Craftwork cards. I have zig zag stitched around the edge to give another dimension and of course I just had to use one of my new favorite flowers made with my Cricut. The frames have been cut using Nesties and the image coloured with Copic's. The lace and ribbon are from my ever growing stash

Thanks for Stopping by 

Hugs

Jayne

Christmas Bauble

Good evening and first let me say a huge sorry to my teamies at SFTW. This post should have been up this morning and I got so tied up with what is going on at work at the moment that it completely went out of my head and I didnt schedule my DT post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So once again I am so SORRY.

This fortnights challenge over at stampin for the weekend is a nice simple Anything goes. Our generous sponsor this time is The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

Now my DT card for this challenge may seem a little early as its a Christmas card but if you have been outside today you now that winter is definitely on its way and Christmas is only 61 days away!

 

For those of you that have a Cricut bear with me on this one because it was only a few days ago that I realised that I could cut different shaped card blanks with it! I have only had the machine for 2 years.............A note to my self  use the tools that I buy more often,  they are not ornaments!!!!!!!!!!

I have used last years lost and found Christmas papers for this one on a circular Card base cut at 5.5 inches. The image is by the talented Mo Manning which you can find here . I coloured my image using copics and a touch of stickles.The metal sentiment was found in the £1 bin at a recent craft show. The flower I made using my new favourite Cricut Cartridge Flower Shoppe and of course the scalloped circle was cut using my nesties.

Challenges I would like to enter

Mo's digital challenge: Cute and Cuddley

Sweet and Sassy:All in stitches

Polkadoodles:Christmas card and Kraft

Fussy and Fancy:Anything goes

Thanks for stopping by 

Jayne

Pumpkin Teddy Bea

Good morning everyone only 14 days till Halloweeeeeeeeeeeeeen!. So with that said here is another Halloween card. This time it is for a challenge over at Diva's by design and we want to see Spooooky stuff.
Now you know you have to be in it to win it so to be in with a chance of winning some lovely goodies from our generous sponsor Whoopsi Daisy head on over to the Diva's challenge blog. While you are there dont forget to take some inspiration from my talented teamies. They have come up with some corkers this time.

I have used some more of that fabulous Halloween paper from My Minds Eye teamed with a Teddy Bea image which you can find here. I love these little teddies but it has been quite some time since I coloured one up so I must rectify that in the very near future!. I have coloured her up using my trusted Copics. The tree and stars are from my button jar. The coner flourish is memory box sparkled up with some gems. The boo I cut from Sparkly paper using my Cricut,

Challenges I would like to enter
Teddy Bo Challeng: Anything goes
Paper take: Fright night
Thanks for stopping by
Hugs
Jayne

Hazel the Witch

Good morning bloggers. Wasn't yesterday horrid?.... My garden looks like a swamp and our rotten dog thinks it's great fun to dig holes and then walk mud all though the front room. Apparently Pom's are not diggers according to our vet! I think someone needs to tell Bailey he's not a digger.

Any way on to the real reason that I am posting today and that's because we have a new challenge over at Stampin for the weekend. The challenge this time is Something Spooky. With Halloween just round the corner ther could't be a better opportunity to get out those witch and ghoul stamps and have a play. We are very lucky to have two wonderful sponsors for this challenge and they are...............

Bugaboo Stamps

And

Simon Says Stamp

 

For my offering this time I have attempted a twisted easel card. I have never made one of these cards before and boy are they hard to photograph. I ended up having to tip the card slightly forward to get a picture. I am still not happy but what can you do?...............

The image I have used is Hazel  created by Sylvia Zet which you can buy from Wee Stamps. The papers are My Minds Eye Black Bird.I cut the papers using my Cricut into a scalloped squares. I have used a Memory Box die for the corner flourish and a Marianne die for the leaves. The flower I cut using my Cricut. I think that you may be seeing these flowers quite a lot on my cards. I have had a great time making them from my bag of scraps. The button and ribbon came from my ever growing stash of bits and bob's. Nearly forgot to say I coloured the image using my Copic's.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Jayne 

Sadies Dragon

Good morning fellow bloggers. It's time for a new challenge over at Diva's by Design. The challenge this time is Fairies and Fantasy sponsored by Crafts and Me.

For my interpretation I have used Sadies Dragon which is available to buy from Crafts and Me in digital format

I Coloured my image using a combination of Copic's and Prisma pencils.Her hair is entirely coloured with Prisma's using ginger root, dark umber and light umber. The papers are First edition spring feast which I picked up at the Ally Pally craft show on Saturday.. Her wings and the dragon egg have been sparkled up with a little stickles. The flower I am really please with as I made it myself. I used my Cricut and Flower shoppe cartridge. I saw a demo at the weekend making paper flowers with a spellbinders die and thought I can do that............Work in progress I think but I am still pleased.  Any way nip on over to the Diva's blog check out my teamies work. They have some fantastic work to inspire you.

Thanks for stopping by

Hugs

Jayne

Challenges I would like to enter

Crafting for all Seasons - ~Things with wings

Flutterby Wednesdays - 

Nutcrafters - Glitter and Gems

Paper Shelter - Anything goes

Simon says Stamp - Anything Goes

Stampavie and more - Glitter and Sparkle

Make it Monday