Hobby House Midway Reminder

Good morning everyone. Hope you had a good week and are enjoying the Bank Holiday weekend especially as it's lovely and sunny.....yay!

I'm back with a midway reminder for The Hobby House and our challenge this month is

to use a new topper

As always the winner will receive a fabulous Hobby House voucher




I've used a lovely image from the 'Quiet Moments' topper, which is a beautiful Elizabeth Bell image.

I'm really pleased with the final card but unfortunately the photos don't do it justice.

The card base has been cut using a Go Kreate XXL Frilly #2 die and was covered with Nitwits 'Thimbles Too' papers.

The majority of the embellishments are all available from The Hobby House :-

Lace, Raspberry flowers, Cotton reel, Flatback pearls, ribbon, Pearl medallion and Bird Cage charm.

The leaf die is Joy crafts 6003/0027 and the rolled flowers are Dienamics Rolled Daisy and Marianne Creatables LR0163.

Here's a closer look at the topper.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :-

Crafty Ribbons - #85 Anything Goes with Ribbon

Delightful Sketches - Bloom (include a flower)

Scrappers Delight - Bloomin' Lovely

Cards Galore - Include your favourite colour (Pink)

Have a lovely long weekend.

Big Hugs,

Janine x

Hobby House Midway Reminder

Good morning crafting friends, I hope you have a lovely weekend planned.

I'm here to remind you that we're half way through our February challenge so you still have plenty of time to enter our current challenge, which is a nice easy

Anything Goes

You can enter a maximum of 3 times and all you need to do is use at least 1 Hobby House product and mention it in your post

I've used the pretty new topper by Elizabeth Bell called 'Quiet Moments'. They're a lovely combination os pinks, browns and greens - my favourite!

The papers are Nitwits 'Always and Forever' and have been matted onto kraft. The pretty double bow has been made on my bow-it-all (my new favourite gadget) using Hobby House ribbons and a pearl medallion. Unfortunately the photo doesn't really show up the pearl swirl very well. I've also used HH vintage lace and roses as well as flatbacked pearls on the corners.

This is such a pretty topper set and just right for spring, which is hopefully just around the corner.

The die cuts used are Marianne Creatables LR0151, EK success Rock Fern (hiding under the pink rose!) and Cheery Lynn's Kiwi Doily.

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs, 

Janine xx

The Hobby House Midway Reminder

Good morning blogging friends...

Today is the midway reminder for the

Hobby House

and this month's theme is

Ribbon

You can enter the challenge up to 3 times so long as you use at least one Hobby House item which is mentioned in your post and linked back to the item on the website.

Don't forget to pop on over to the challenge blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the other girls on the team. They have come up with some fabulous and varied creations to help inspire you.

Having seen some of their projects I thought I would try something other than a card and this is what I came up with!

I made a shamballa style bracelet using 3mm ribbon. The technique is the same and there's a really helpful video on the Beads Direct website.

I know, I know, not very classy using a loo roll to photograph it on, but that's all I could think of to use!

The centre heart is a HH charm which I just cut the loop off using wire cutters and the ends of the ribbon are just finished off with little starburst spacers. Jill doesn't appear to have this particular heart, but she has a number of others including double hearts which would look lovely.

Thanks to all my lovely visitors who take the time to leave me such kind and thoughtful comments. This way I can also drop by your blog in return.

Have a lovely weekend.

Happy Crafting,

Bug Hugs,

Janine xx

Hobby House Midway Reminder

Yay, it's the weekend!

I don't know where the weeks are going. Time seems to be flying by and I haven't even started my Christmas shopping yet, let alone made enough cards. Think I could end up buying some :(

Anyway I'm here to remind you that you still have time to enter this month's Hobby House challenge 

which is  Pearls.

There's a fabulous prize 

but remember you need to include at least one item from The Hobby House. Since this month's challenge is pearls that shouldn't be too difficult. Jill has a fantastic array of pearls including the pearl strings, which look great on vintage cards.

I've made a criss-cross card using a lovely Elizabeth Bell image from the Christmas Angels topper sheet.

The base of the card was made using kraft and the design papers are from the Authentique 'Wonder' collection.

I've used a variety of pearls on my card: 

5mm flatback ivory pearls

Pearl string

Ornate flourish pearls

Large pearl brad around the ribbon

Dies used :

Spellbinders ovals and Scalloped ovals

TH Bigz - Hardware Findings

Martha Stewart edge punch

The card has been finished with roses, cherry blossoms and pointsettias, all available from The Hobby House.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - Fairies or Angels

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Cute card Thursday - So Angelic

Lori Designs - Ribbon and Bows

The Crafter's Cafe - 'Embellish like a crazy person'

Crafting by Designs - Anything with a twist of Christmas

Inky Impressions - Red and Green

Craft-Dee Bowz with handmade bow

Have a lovely weekend.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Hobby House Inspiration

Good afternoon blogging friends...

Better late than never, so the saying goes. I had such a busy weekend that I forgot to schedule my inspiration post for The Hobby House. Anyway without further ado here it is...

This card is cut using a Go Kreate XXL die (Frilly #5). I love making cards that aren't square, it just gives them that bit more interest.

I've used a lovely topper from the Winter Fairy sheet, isn't he cute! I remember when my children used to write long lists to Santa. That was when Christmas was magical. Now with 3 teenagers they just want taxi driving to parties!!

The trees have been cut using a Marianne Creatable tree die LR0136 and the heart tag is by Magnolia. The roses, cherry blossoms, pearl string , flatback pearls and frantage are all available from The Hobby House. To finish off I've used a little dab of Snowtex here and there.

That's it from me today. Just don't seem to be enough hours in the day at the moment.

Happy Crafting.

Big Hougs,

Janine xx

Hobby House Midway Reminder

Good morning to you all....

Can't believe that it's Saturday already. What a busy week it's been too. Only one more week, then it's half term again. We're definitely well on the way to Christmas and lots of snow if the weather man is to be believed.

Anyway, I'm here to give you a little reminder from The Hobby House. You still have time to enter this month's challenge which is another easy one. 

Roses.

That's it! We just want to see some lovely roses on your project.

Remember there's a super prize up for grabs too. 

My card today has lot's of roses: on the image, the paper and the mulberry roses too!

I thought this lovely Whimsy stamp - Wee Florist really fitted the challenge. Isn't she gorgeous?

Really enjoyed colouring her, although the hair did push my colouring skills :)

These Whimsy images are adorable and I managed to get a few more from Jill, at The Hobby House, when I was at the Harrogate show.  So you'll be seeing a few more in the coming weeks.

She's been coloured with Copics

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, W1, R20

Jeans : B91, B93, B95, W3

Top : R81, R83, R85, W3, E50, E51, E53, E55

Bucket : C5, C3, C1, C00, E55, E53, E51, E50

Leaves : YG03, YG63, YG67

Shoes : E79, E57, E35, E34, E31

Roses : R32, R35, R46, R59

Grounding : W0, W1, W3

Outline : BG0000, BG000

The papers are a mixture of Nitwits 'Crab Apple' and Prima 'Romance'. The Prima papers are lovely because they provide these cute little envelopes to make, with tickets to go inside. The embellishments are all from The Hobby House : roses, cameo, cameo pendants, Lace, pearl string, pearl flourish and a touch of aged rose frantage. The sentiment is Whimsy Everyday Sayings Notables 4 and the Dainty Notables 4 die also from The Hobby House.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :

Alphabet Challenge - R for Roses

Stamping for the Weekend - Anything Goes

4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Paper Pretties - Lots of Embellishments

Cards Galore - Flowers

Whimsy Stamps - Shabby Chic/Vintage

Have a lovely weekend.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Hobby House DT Inspiration

Thank 'Crunchie' it's Friday!

Do you remember that slogan - If you do you're obviously as old as me!

Anyway it's nearly the weekend and this weekend I hope to be moving my stuff back into my craft room. Think I'm going to need to find some good storage solutions to put all my stash into the cupboards.
If you've got any great ways to store your stamps, dies and bits n bobs let me know.

Today I've got a card to show you using another one of those lovely toppers from The Hobby House.

This time I've used an image from the Christmas Angels sheet. These are all by Elizabeth Bell.
Some of them are cut in the same shape as a Go Kreate Frilly #2 and that's what I've used to create the shape for my card.

The papers are First Edition Silent Night and have been edged in Peeled Paint. Those gorgeous snowflakes are by Joy Craft and were given the Frantage treatment.

All the other lovely embellishments are from The Hobby House

Topper - Christmas Angels by Elizabeth Bell

Shabby Green Frantage

Sparkling Flourish Pearls

Roses

Cherry Blossoms

Rhinestone Sparklers

Ribbon (sewn into a rosette)

Brads

Remember you still have time to enter this month's challenge over at The Hobby House and be in with a chance to bag yourself a £25 Hobby House voucher.

This month's challenge is to use an image by one of The Hobby House's artists (Mo Manning, Elizabeth Bell, Kenny K or Sylvia Zet). It can be a topper, digi or rubber stamped image. Other than that it's anything you like.

As they say 'You've got to be in it to win it!'

Hope you have a wonderful weekend.

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Hobby House Midway Reminder

Good morning blogging friends..

Hope you've got a wonderful weekend planned with more craft time than housework!

Today's card is one I made for the midway reminder over at The Hobby House.

This month's challenge is our Hobby House Artists. 

You must use an image from one of the artists stocked by The Hobby House. It can be either a stamp, digi or topper from the following artists

Mo Manning

Elisabeth Bell

Kenny K

Silvia Zet

Apart from our image stipulation it's Anything Goes.

I chose this gorgeous image from the Gingerbread Wishes topper sheet. 

The papers are Dovecraft's Back to Basics Christmas and have been distressed with Walnut stain. Embellishments from The Hobby House include roses, Cherry blossom, jingle bells, rhinestone sparklers and Shabby White Frantage.

The rest of the embellishments have been made using die cuts:

Joy Crafts floral flourishes - Leaves
Memory Box Catalina Wreath (with a liberal coating of frantage!)
DooHickey Vintage Tag

The card was the splodge here and there with some Snowtex to give it more of a Christmasy feel.

Here's a close up of the lovely Elizabeth Bell topper.

And a stightly angled view...

Hope you can join us for this month's challenge. There's a fantastic £25 voucher to spend in The Hobby House up for grabs.

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Hobby House DT Inspiration

Good morning Blogging friends.....

I'm still busy decorating my craft room, which is why I've been such a bad blogger recently.

Just popping on today to show you the inspirational piece that I've made for The Hobby House.

It's a small gift bag which I've decorated using another of the lovely toppers which Jill sells at The Hobby House. They're so good to use when time is short!

The papers are by Authentique and are called Wonder.  I've used Magnolia's Heart die tag and Marianne's snowflake LR0185, which I've frantaged with aged white and shabby green.

Here is a list of all the Hobby House products I've used to embellish my gift bag.

Mo Manning Christmas Fairies topper

Bluebell Wood mat & layer

Roses

Cherry Blossoms

Rhinestone Sparkler

Red Jingle Bells

Pearl String

'JOY' charm

Organza Ribbon

Frantage

Thank you for dropping by I really do appreciate it.

Off to do some more decorating.....

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

The Hobby House - Half Way Reminder

Good morning blogging friends...

By the time you read this I shall be travelling back home from a weeks break and ready to finish off my craft room. Can't wait to have it all finished and move back in. I should be able to find everything again!

I'm back today with my card for the midway reminder over at The Hobby House.

Our challenge this month is 

Christmas

Why not make an early start on your Christmas cards and also be in with a chance of winning £25 (excluding postage) to spend at The Hobby House. A double whammy :)

I've used a Mo Manning topper from the Christmas Fairies sheet. She's called Christmas Holly Fairy. These toppers are great for making quicker cards as you cut out all the colouring time.

The papers are a magazine freebie and are My Mind's Eye 'Snowed In'. They've all been distressed and inked with Walnut Stain.

All the embellishments have been dabbed with 'Snowtex' and the snowflake die has also had a little frantage.

Dies used :-

TH Snow Flurries, DooHickey Vintage Tag, Go Kreate Large Frilly #7

Hobby House Products:

Christmas Fairies Topper (Mo Manning images)

Bluebell Wood Mat & Layer Kit

Mulberry Roses and Cherry Blossom

Ribbon & Lace

Small Silver Bells

Small Bobbins

Rhinestones and Sparklers

Frantage (in the shop)

Wow, that's a long list! Jill has loads of lovely embellishments, as you can see!

Hope you can join us :)

Thank you for dropping by. 

I'd love it if you could leave a comment so I know you dropped in and also so I can stop by your place.

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

The Hobby House - Midway Reminder

Good morning everyone ....

Hope you have a lovely weekend planned with this wonderful weather we're having at the moment.

Hopefully tomorrow will be a little bit cooler than of late, because Leonie and I are taking part in our local Race for Life. We have't done it for a few years, but the atmosphere was fantastic last time.

Anyway, onto my card. It's a vintage card that I've made as a reminder that The Hobby House's 2nd challenge is at it's half way stage. So you still have plenty of time to enter. 

Have a look at the lovely inspiration from the team over at The Hobby House Challenge Blog. We'd love to see your take on our challenge.

Remember Jill is offering a massive £25 voucher (excluding postage) to spend in The Hobby House.

Really enjoyed making this card, although it did seem odd not colouring an image.

The image is free from magicmoonlightfreeimages.blogspot.co.uk and they have all sorts of images, so it's worth a browse.

I've used a Go Kreate die to cut the card shape. 

I've ordered an A4 die cutting machine so that I can cut slightly bigger cards. Can't wait for it to arrive! 

The papers are Prima Romance Novel available from The Hobby House. Although the pad isn't listed on the website, I'm sure if you give Jill a call she'll be able to sort you out.

I've edged the papers with my usual Walnut DI.

The dies I've used are Joy Crafts Floral Flourishes Leaves, Woodware butterfly punch and small EK Success butterfly punch. The small rolled flower has been made using Memory Box's small pinwheel Posie

Here's a close up of some of the details. You can see the gorgeous cameo and pearl strings from The Hobby House which just add that little extra bit of a vintage feel. 

Hobby House products used:

Pearl Strings from The Pearls String Collection

Sugar and Spice Pearls 3 & 4 mm

Ribbons

Cameo

If you love making vintage and shabby chic style cards then pop on over to The Hobby House and have a look at all the lovely embellishments Jill has in store, and she's adding to it all the time!

Enjoy your weekend.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Hobby House- Inspirational Post

Good morning Blogging friends...

Today I'm here to show you the last piece that I made for my pre DT selection over at
The Hobby House

Isn't he such a cute little squirrel ! 

He's from the Bluebell Wood topper sheet and he's been mounted using one of the Hobby House die cut mat and layer kits. They co-ordinate beautifully with the toppers so you don't need to try and find papers to match.

The flowers are mulberry roses and a rolled daisy cut using a Die-namics die. The leaves are Marianne creatable LR0156

The box has been covered with Maja Road 8th April papers. I've edged the lid with some lace and some string pearls. These string pearls are so pretty and great for all your vintage designs. I bought a big bag of assorted pearl strings at The Hobby House's recent 10th Birthday bash, along with perhaps one or two other goodies :)

Hobby House Products used :-

Hobby House topper -Bluebell Wood 

Hobby House Die Cut Mat & Layer Kit - Bluebell Wood

Hobby House Self Adhesive Pearls - 4mm Snow White

Hobby House Pearl String Collection

Hobby House Lace

Hobby House Rhinestone Sparkler - Chocolate Aurora

Hobby House Mulberry Roses - Wedding Day medium

If you want to see more of The Hobby House products then pop on over to the website and take a peek.

I'd like to enter my box into the following challenges:-

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes
Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes
C is for Challenge - #1 Flowers
Crafty Boots - Anything but Square

Happy Crafting.

Hugs,

Janine xx

The Hobby House - Midway Reminder

Good morning Blogger friends...

Hope you're looking forward to a lovely weekend and possibly a little crafting too.

I'm here today with a midway reminder for The Hobby House's 1st Challenge.

The challenge is an easy Anything Goes and the randomly selected winner will receive a £25 voucher (excluding postage) to spend on lots of lovely goodies at The Hobby House.

Today I'm showing another of my creations which I made for the DT call.

I have used an image from the Bluebell Wood topper sheet. Isn't she cute!

I've teamed her up with papers from Maja designs Vintage Spring Basics pad and lots of lovely embellishments from The Hobby House.

The papers and image have all been distressed using a TH distressing tool and Walnut stain ink. I've used the same papers inside too.

Hobby House products used :-

Hobby House Toppers - Bluebell Wood

Hobby House Mat & Layer Kit - Bluebell Wood

Hobby House Ribbon

Hobby House Embellishments - Bird cage, Brad & spacer

Hobby House Flowers - Roses and Cherry Blossom

Hobby House Ribbon & Lace 

The leaves have been cut using Joy Crafts Floral Flourishes Leaves.

You have until 5 pm UK time on 28th June, hope you can join us.

I'd like to enter my card into the following Challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Emerald Faeries - Dies/Punches

Bunny Zoe's - Things with Wings

Happy Crafting.

Hugs,

Janine xx

The Hobby House - My Introduction

Good morning Blogger friends...

Today over on The Hobby House Blog it's my introduction day.

Still can't believe that Jill and Kate have invited me onto this fabulous new design team. I'm so thrilled! The Hobby House has gorgeous products and I can't wait to inspire you with them.

Over the last few weeks the design team have all been introduced to you. I'm the last. If you've missed the introductions then you can find them on The Hobby House Blog. All the girls are amazingly talented so why not pop on over to their blogs for some inspiration and to see some beautiful projects.

This is one of  three pieces that I made for the DT call.

I made a book card which I've never done before and it was inspired by the lovely Jenny, who also happened to be invited onto the team!

I really enjoyed making this and found a tutorial on youtube. I love that you can find so many helpful tutorials on so many different things.

These book cards make such lovely gifts and I'll definitely be making more and filling them with goodies to give as presents.

The beauty of working with The Hobby House toppers is that you can make your project in a fraction of the time because there's no colouring involved. Great for the busy times and they give such a professional look.

Jill at The Hobby House also has all the matching embellishments from ribbons, brads, pearls and sparklers to gorgeous mulberry flowers. You just know that everything is going to come together beautifully.

Hobby House products used :-

Wee Card Toppers - Bluebell Wood

Hobby House Pearls - Ivory Silk 5mm

Hobby House Sparklers - Rhinestone Chocolate Crystal

Hobby House Ribbon

Hobby House Mat & Layer Kit - Bluebell Wood

Hobby House Flourishes - Pearl Border Flourish (under butterfly)

The papers are Maja 8th & 10th April and the dies used are Joy Crafts Leaves, DooHickey Leaf and a Woodware butterfly punch.

Don't forget that The Hobby House now has a challenge blog and this month sees our first challenge which is an easy Anything Goes. The first prize picked by randon org is a massive £25 Hobby House Voucher (excludes postage) and the top 3 will hand picked.

I would like to enter my book card into the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Flowers

Bearly Mine - Dies or Punches

Creative Card Crew - Dies / Punches

Wild Orchid - Lots of Layers

Woopsidaisy - Shabby Chic or Vintage

ABC Challenge - O is for Open

Natalie and Amy - Fantasy

Hope you can join us.

Happy Crafting

Hugs, 

Janine xx

The Hobby House's 1st Challenge - Anything Goes

Good morning everyone...

Just popping on with a quick post.

In case you've not heard The Hobby House has launched a challenge blog and today is the start of our first challenge.

It's a monthly challenge with a £25 Hobby House voucher as the prize (excludes postage).

This month our challenge is an easy peasy one

Anything Goes

We'd love to see your creations and hope that you're able to join us.

Happy Crafting.

Hugs,

Janine xx