A summery Sassy for the Sugar Bowl Challenge

Hi Everyone, I am still trying to enter a few more Challenges than usual and I do love a sketch Challenge so I couldn't resist using my favourite Sassy Hippie Chick with the sketch from the latest Challenge in the Sugar Bowl. The theme is Summer and I think my Sassy looks pretty Summery here.


The sketch was lovely to work with and I used Kraft card with Emma's Shoppe Crate paper papers and lots of distressing and sewing. The sentiment is by Cat's life press and is one of my favourites, I love the font with the brackets. Here is the lovely sketch by Marlene.

I coloured my image with Promarkers and then added Prima flowers with Whiff of Joy brad centres, a resin flower and a gorgeous crochet flower which was generously donated to me by my lovely blog buddy Emma. I finished with a couple of small pink gems.
Edit!! Just realised I missed the deadline for the Challenge by an hour, duh! Nevermind, at least I am trying!! :-)
Have a good evening!
Jane
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Exciting Guest Designer News and a Blog hop!!

Morning Everyone! I have been keeping a secret for ages now and I can finally tell you!! A little while ago I received an email from Sugar Nellie Karen asking if I would like to do a Guest Designer spot and of course I jumped at the chance to work with some of the wonderful new images being released on the 1st of July. I am so chuffed as Sugar Nellie stamps are some of my favourites!

I will be showcasing two of the fab new images and taking part in the Carnival of Colour blog hop on the 1st and 2nd of July, I am so excited!! I can't wait! I hope you will drop by and say hello!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge

Morning Everyone! I finally had some time this weekend to have a play with some of the gorgeous new stamps which were released this month at Whiff of Joy. I used the adorable 'Hitting the books' for my card with a sentiment from the 'You make the Grade' image.



I used Crate Paper papers and some embellishments and flowers from my stash, the tag die from Whiff of Joy which I tied with some linen thread also from Whiff of Joy. I followed the gorgeous sketch set by Michele for this fortnight's Whiff of Joy Challenge.


It was a fab sketch to work with and I loved stitching and distressing all the layers and the image was just wonderful to colour in! Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the Wonderful Whiff of Joy Challenge Design Team!
Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Make a splash!

Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend! Mine was fab, very busy and wasn't it lovely to see the sunshine yesterday! Monday is Pollycraft Challenge day and we have a great theme for you this week which is....

Make a Splash!!

I have made a card using one of the new Enchant and Explore Swings and Slides images and some yummy Echo Park Papers.


I used the fab sketch from this week's Challenge at Sketch Saturday and lots of other bits and pieces from my stash including some wooden fabric topped flower and a pearl swirl I have had for ages!

I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. The prize this week is a pack of Letraset Promarkers.

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT. Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine giveaway

Good Morning Everyone! I have no new cards to show you today but I do have spare copy of Quick Cards Made Easy to giveaway.

I had lots of fun playing with paper scraps, music sheets and brown paper for my cards featured in this issue.
Please leave a comment on this post if you would like to be entered to win the Magazine and I will pick a winner next Sunday when I come back from the Newbury Stamp Show :-)
Have a good Sunday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - A tribute to the King of Pop...

Hi again! I'm back already to quickly share a card I made with a digi stamp Katharina is releasing today as tribute to Michael Jackson.

I made a card using DCWV papers from my stash and red card with scrap of Music themed ribbon and some die cut stars. The tab punch is by Stampin Up and the letter stickers are by Making memories.

Click on the image above to take you straight to the shop where you can buy the digi image. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!
Jane
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CES Challenge - Anything but a square

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good week. I have been busy this week so I am glad the weekend is finally here. I have a day of crafting lined up today catching up on DT work and Magazine commissions then I am going out for a drink tonight with my lovely Hubby.
Saturday is CES Challenge day and the theme this week is ....'Anything but a square'. I love square cards but also love making shaped cards with my Nesties so I have used one of my new Spellbinders Grand Nesties to cut a large scalloped circle card.

I used Echo Park Metropolitan and Candy Shoppe papers to cover the card and then coloured in Poorly Chester from Pollycraft to match with my Promarkers. I stamped a Hero Arts Sentiment and cut it out with a Spellbinders labek die and added Chester and the sentiment to the card with foam pads before adding glossy accents to Chester's eyes. The finishing touch was a stripy bow made from ribbon from my stash.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a £10 voucher (not incl P&P) from Crafty Emma's Store:

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Sweet New Baby!

Hi Everyone, I hope you are well and having a good week so far. My ear is still playing me up a lot so I spent yesterday afternoon and evening in bed listening to the radio and feeling sorry for myself!
I have another baby card to share with you today. A few of my Friends are having babies and I am loving making baby cards this year!

I made this card using papers from my stash, I love this shade of duck egg blue and the Baby Love Mini Doodle set from Pollycraft. I love the fancy sentiments in this set. I added ribbon and pearls and not much else to this card. The finishing touch was a little glitter glue to make the cloud sparkle.
Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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You Rock!!

Hi Everyone! I hope you are having a good week. I have a card to share with you today which I made using the rubber version of the Fenella and Friends 'You Rock' stamp which is also available in digi format here.


I have made a bright and fun C6 card using some My Mind's Eye papers and Kraft. I love mixing Kraft with all the bright colours and also the effect you get when you emboss Kraft card as I have done with the star on this card. I used a Tim Holtz label to stamp my sentiment onto and used a couple of eyelets to hang a charm from and tie my Baker's twine through. My image was coloured with Promarkers and then added to all the layers with foam pads. Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - Happy Father's Day!

Morning Everyone! As promised, here is the card I made for my kids to give to my Hubby on Father's Day.
I actually gave him two cards, he had already seen the other one but I really wanted him to have it so I made this one as a surprise!

I made him a card using 'Henry to the Rescue' which is digital image which is available here from Whiff of Joy. I coloured him in with Promarkers and cut him out with a small border. I layered up some DCWV papers and some yellow paper from my stash. I added some red fancy ribbon to the layers before popping Henry on top with some foam pads. I finished with a Hero Arts sentiment on a punched tag, a chipboard star topped with a button and some photo corners and a row of gems under the sentiment.
Have a super Tuesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Travel/Holidays

Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend, mine was very busy, I made 10 cards for a commission on Friday, got a new phone on Saturday and spent a fab afternoon and evening with my Best Friend and her little boy and went out for lunch with Hubby and the kids for Father's Day yesterday. I will be back tomorrow to share the card I made for him this year. It's a shame the weekend had to end but the good thing about Mondays is that we bring you a new Pollycraft Challenge and the theme this weeks chosen by our new DT member Cazza is:

Travel /Holidays

It took me a while to decide what I was going to make and then settled on one of the fabulous new Sonny Honeycloud images, this one is called Life's a Beach so I just had to create a beach scene for her to stand in!

I used scraps from my scrap box layered up with lot of sewing to create a sandy beach and tucked a flower between the layers before sewing them together. I used some sentiment stamps to stamp into a ticket which I had stamped onto Kraft card and added it to the bottom right hand corner of the card. I printed Sonny onto smooth card and then coloured her in with Promarkers before cutting her out and adding her to the card with foam pads. The finishing touch was a ribbon tab topped with a spotty button. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a voucher for My Mum's Craft shop who are opening a Bricks and Mortar shop in one of my favourite places...Poundbury in Dorset!


Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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CES Challenge - Lots of Sparkly Flowers

Hello Everyone, I hope you had a good week. It's Saturday already and time for another CES Challenge. This week, Claire aka CraftyC is hosting our theme and she has chosen.

''LOTS OF SPARKLY FLOWERS"

I have made a card using Crate Paper Emma's Shoppe papers and paper roses from Crafty Emma's Store which I covered in lots of glitter glue. I sewed around the edges of the papers and used some of my favourite gingham bias binding from the Ribbon Girl to wrap around the card.

I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. The prize is £10 (not incl p&P) to spend in store at...

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT and all the details!
Have a great Saturday!
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The winner of the My Mind's Eye Candy ....

Drawn this morning using random org. is..........

Donna Mosley said...

Hi Jane, very yummy candy, thank you for the chance to win it. :o)

Donna x

7 June 2011 21:52

Congratulations Donna! Please send me an email to milliesmarvels@gmail.com with your address and I will post your package out to you with an extra little surprise in it!
Jane
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*** Candy Closed***My Mind's Eye Yummy Blog Candy!!

I had an unscheduled trip to Hobbycraft today and while I was there I was lucky to pick up lots of yummy My Mind's Eye papers and extras which had been reduced so I decided to buy two of everything so I could share some as blog candy!


I love My Mind's Eye crafting goodies so I couldn't resist these, I have added a couple more bits to the package too so the Candy includes:

• 4 gorgeous 12x12 papers 2 finished with glitter
• 2 Chipbopard Album cover kits, one pink and the other blue
  
• 2 packs of glittered titles, one pink and the other blue
  
• 2 sheets of die cut accessories, 1 pink and the other blue
• 1 pack of trims, which is below (forgot to add it in to the photo above)
• 1 pack of Ribbon Girl Rose petal seam binding
• A handful of blue buttons
• A pack of cream Prima flowers
  

To be entered into a draw to win the candy, please post about it on your blog and enter a comment below. There is no obligation to follow but if you are a follower and are picked, I will add a surprise to your package before I post it :-)
I will pick a winner on the 18th of June and this post will remain at the top of my blog until then.
Good Luck!
Jane
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Pink for a Girl and Blue for a Boy

Morning Everyone! I have a quick share for you today of two New Baby cards I made recently. I love this little Hero Arts fox stamp, it's very sweet and so versatile!

The cards were made using shaped card bases from Crafty Emma's Store and the blue patterned paper is by Hero Arts. I stamped the fox onto the blue paper and cut him out adding a little black pearl for the nose.

I added an embossed panel of white card to a panel of Kraft and sewed around the edges. The sentiment was created using a Whiff of Joy stamp and Making Memories cork letters I have had in my stash for ages.
I added the little fox above the sentiment with foam pads and finished with a couple of stick on gems.
Have a great Friday! I can't wait for the weekend to start! It has been a long week!
Jane
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Here comes the Bride

Morning everyone! I hope you are having a good week. I am still trying hard to take part in as many of my favourite Challenges as possible so I have made a special effort to take part in this week's Passion for Promarkers Challenge. The theme this week is 'Here comes the bride' and I have used one of my favourite Wedding images from By Lori Designs on my card.

The papers I have used are from Bobunny and the gorgeous pink ribbon is from The Ribbon girl and the little sentiment is from Pink Petticoat. I kept the layout simple and coloured my image with Promarkers adding some pink highlights to the wedding dress and some glitter glue to make it sparkle.
Have a fabulous Thursday!
Jane
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Happy 40th Birthday Tash!

Morning Everyone! I hope you are all well and having a good week. I am feeling a little under the weather this week and am looking forward to the weekend already! I have a card to share with you today which I made for my lovely Friend and Hairdresser Tash. I have known Tash since our boys went to Beavers together and now they are in the same tutor group at Secondary school. She is one of the funkiest ladies I know so I wanted to make her a really special 40th birthday card.

I had already decided that I wanted to to use bright pink on the card with lots of glitter so I was really thrilled when I found this pink tulle ribbon in my local Craft shop and the rest of the card grew from there. I die cut the letters from the pink glitter card using Sizzix dies and made the rest of my sentiment with a label maker.

I love this cute little The Greeting Farm image an had lots of fun colouring her in. This is the first time I have tried darker hair and I am really pleased with the results. The paper I used is by Kanban and I layered it up with pink and black card and added lots of stitching. I finished with gems and some small bright pink flowers from my stash. I hope you have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - Strawberries and Cream and a tutorial for a twisted easel

Hi everyone! I have a new tutorial on the Whiff of Joy Inspirations blog today, my fist since I joined the permanent DT. Please click here to see how to make this twisted easel card.

I used the gorgeous Mother and Child image, here is a little close up. I have followed the theme for this fortnight's Whiff of Joy Challenge. The theme this month is Strawberries and cream.

You can find lots of inspiration from the very talented Whiff of Joy Challenge blog DT here and all the details of how to enter. Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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A Simply Sassy Bookmark

Hi Everyone! I hope you had a good day. I was exhausted when I came hone from work and then had a sudden burst of energy and made this bookmark following a fab tutorial on the SimplySassy blog.

I used the beautiful Fairytale Sassy image for my bookmark and scraps from my scrapbox and some lace and flowers and a beautiful button from The Ribbon Girl.
I am entering this into the special Challenge Maria set on the Simply Sassy blog to make something using a tutorial from the blog and also into the Moving Along with the times 'Anything but a card' Challenge.
I'll be back in the morning with another card!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge AND a DT call!!!

Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good weekend, we had so much rain yesterday and it was really cold too! I have two cards for you today as today is a special day at Pollycraft but I will tell you more about that after I have shared my card for this week's Challenge.
The Challenge theme this week is...

Ribbons and flowers...

I have made a card using some paper scraps and some digi gingham papers and a lovely new Sonny image which is available as a freebie today. The little blue flowers are from Crafty Emma's store,the vintage seam binding and button are from The Ribbon Girl and the sentiment is by Hero Arts.

Now onto my second card! We are having a DT call at Pollycraft starting today on Paula's blog and the Sonny image above and the little birdie 'Blue' are freebies from which Paula would like you to one to make a card frm to enter into the DT call. I used more digi gingham paper and some papers from my stash for my card.

I used lots of punches for this one, a bird punch, a notebook punch and a bracket punch. I had lots of fun layering them all up! I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge and that you will have fun entering the DT call!
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Welcome little one!

Good Morning Everyone, I hope you are having a good weekend so far. I haven't done very much crafting this weekend and have been busy gardening, tidying up, taking kids to town etc...Unfortunately the leak in my kitchen has put in another appearance so that will need to be sorted out next week properly this time which is going to involve lots of mess and disruption!


I have a sweet little baby card to share with you today made with DCWV papers and a lovely Magnolia image.
I kept the layout simple with lots of stitching and pastel flowers and pearls and added a sentiment by Pink Petticoat to finish. I am hoping to get a bit of crafting done today, I have a few cards to make for next week. In the meantime, I am hoping to find a car boot sale somewhere today to have a mooch around!
Have a great Sunday!
Jane
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CES Challenge - Saturday night at the movies!

Good Morning Everyone and welcome to my new followers! Thank you so much for all the lovely comments you have left me this week, I am trying hard to get around as many of your blogs as possible but I have been so busy lately! There are not enough hours in the day!

The lovely Carrie has chosen our theme this week on the CES Challenge blog and she has chosen...

Inspired by a movie!
Now this can be your favourite movie or one that you have seen ..just make sure you tell us what movie it is!

I have inked up one of my new Sassy Girls to make a card inspired by Sex and the City. I thought this gorgeous 5th Avenue Sassy girlie is a bit like Carrie with her fab shoes and slinky dress. I loved watching SATC when it was on TV and I loved the films too, even though the 2nd one was a bit silly!

I used Echo Park papers from the Be mine and Dots and stripes papes and some black tulle which was given to me by a Friend to make a fab bow topped with a sparkly shoe. The sentiment is by Whiff of Joy. I layered up my panels with black card, added lots of stitching and stuck them on to a shaped card base.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win a fab £10 gift voucher from Crafty Emma's Store

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Looking for some new stamps to play with this weekend?

Paula is having a sale this weekend with lots of different bundles to choose from

with amazing savings on all of them!

Go and have a look at all the bargains HERE

offers end on the 12th of June

Jane
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A Simply Sassy Student!

Morning Everyone! I have a card to show you today which I made using this fun Simply Sassy image. I don't have this stamp but found this Simply Sassy High School student stamped image in my stash and I love her, not sure how I got her though! I am definitely going to have to invest in an actual rubber version of her!

I made my card using Emma's Shoppe Crate paper papers and the fab Simply Sassy image compliments the book paper so well! I coloured my image with Promarkers and added a Pink Petticoat sentiment which I cut with a Spellbinders die. The fabulous ribbon and button are from The Ribbon Girl and the flowers are from my stash.
Have a fab Sunday!
Jane
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My first Some Odd Girl card for Sketch Saturday

Good Morning Everyone!Thank you so much for the messages of Congratulations you sent me yesterday regarding my WOJ DT position, your words of encouragement mean so much to me! I always love the Sketch Saturday sketches but often run out of time to take part so I made a special effort this week to enter using some new goodies I treated myself to from Quixotic Paperie.
This is my first 'Some Odd Girl' stamp. I have seen these popping up on several blogs and I couldn't resist buying one to try it out and I love it! I also love the sentiment that comes as part of the set. I will have to get more when they come back in stock!

I used Cosmo Cricket papers layered on Kraft to follow the sketch and added some pom pom trim and a flower from Hobbycraft in matching tones. The image was coloured with Promarkers. I gave the balloon a coat of Glitter glue which I the covered with Glossy accents to make it very shiny and glittery and I am really pleased with this effect.

The sketch was great to follow, I had to keep checking it to make sure I didn't miss anything out, I think I got everything in! I am a bit tired this morning, I went out last night to have dinner with some dear Friends and my lovely Hubby gave me a lift so I had a couple of glasses of wine and I can really feel it this morning!
Hope you have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Exciting News!!! Whiff of Joy DT - Bundle of Joy

I have some very exciting news to share with you today! Katharina has asked me to stay on as part of the permanent Whiff of Joy DT! I am so thrilled! I have loved working with all the gorgeous Whiff of Joy stamps and products and am looking forward to creating many more Projects as part of the team. Soooo, today I have my first official Whiff of Joy DT project to share with you and I have chosen to make a Baby boy card using the beautiful Willow holding Baby and the Baby sentiments set.


I stamped my image onto smooth white card and coloured it with Promarkers in gorgeous pastel colours. I cut it into a rectangle and then used a circle punch to cut notches into the corners to match the Spellbinder die I used to frame it. I layered up papers and sewed around the edges and used a border punch to make a decorative strip in the centre of the card. I added lots of gorgeous flowers and a white bow topped with a pearl button and stick on pearl.

Here is a close up of my image, I think it is so sweet and I love the sentiment too with the different fonts mixed together. I finished the card off with a few stick on pearls. The papers I used were from my local Craft shop. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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More Pink!!!

Morning Everyone! You may need sunglasses for this one! I have another pink card for you today! I have been using a lot of pink lately and I love the bright pink on this card. I made this little card with some leftovers from a card I made for a Friend's birthday which I will share with you next week.


I have fallen in love with all my The Greeting Farm cards again after rediscovering them in my boxes, I always loved colouring them in with my Promarkers and I still do! I used some strips of pink polka dot paper around the edges of the card and embossed a square of pink card for the centre. The ribbon is from my stash and the Tulle bow was made from scraps I was going to throw away, I topped it with one of my favourite buttons and a gem. I made the label sentiment on my Dymo machine and stuck it on with a foam pad. The finishing touch was a gem in the little cutie's hair and some glitter glue to give her a sparkly hairband.
Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Love and Marriage

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a great weekend and are ready for a brand new Pollycraft Challenge. It is my turn to choose the theme this week and as I have been busy making lots of Wedding cards lately so my chosen theme is...

'Love and Marriage'

I have made a card using the adorable Cuthbert and Kiki Wedding for my card. The papers I used are by Making Memories and the die is by Spellbinders.



The sentiment is from the Pollycraft Mr and Mrs Mini doodles set. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. This week's lucky winner will receive 10 digis of your choice from Pollycraft, how great is that? You could treat yourself to the full of set of Claudia and Spencer digis which are available in the Pollycraft shop now!

Make sure you check out the blog for all the details and for some great inspiration from the DT.
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Pretty in pink for a Mummy to be

Good Morning Everyone, I hope you are having a good Weekend. My Friend asked if I would make a card for her to give to one of her colleagues who is a Mummy to be and is leaving to start her Maternity leave.
I used my The Greeting Farm Mummy stamp again. I love colouring these images, they are so cute! I coloured her in pink this time and used American Crafts and Prima papers with some pastel pink card.

I added a pretty soft pink organza bow and lots of pink flowers and finished with a couple of pink gems.
I hope you all have a lovely day, we are going out today to celebrate my Grandma's 90th Birthday, I hope I manage to make it through the day without any incidents, I have been very clumsy lately, I managed to shut my thumb in a door yesterday and it really hurts today!
Jane
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PS. There is still lots of time left to enter my blog candy...click here for all the details!