Blog Candy - Copy of Quick Cards Made Easy to giveaway

Good Morning! I hope you are having a good weekend. I have a little blog candy to giveaway in the form of the latest issue of Quick Cards Made Easy.

The Magazine comes with a free Raspberry Road Paper stack full of gorgeous papers and I have made the cards which show what you can make with the papers. I also made the cards for the Digi stamps made easy feature with some gorgeous bird stamps. If you would like the chance to win a copy, please leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner on Saturday the 7th of April.

Jane

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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Die cut heaven!

Good Morning Everyone! It's my day to share a project on the My Mum's Craft shop blog and today I have  a card to show you which I made with 2 of my favourite Dienamics dies and a pre-coloured Kenny K die cut.

The papers I have used are by Fancy Pants from the 'Be You' pad which is available here from My Mum's Craft shop. The papers were layered onto pink card which I also used for die cutting the Dienamics shapes.
I cut the frame around the image free hand with my small scissors. I added lots of gorgeous flowers from my stash and a shiny satin ribbon topped with a gingham button and finished the card with some lilac gems.
Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy blog hop - Baby Henry

Welcome to my blog for the Whiff of Joy Blog Hop! If you didn't come here from Sonja B's blog, then head on over to the start of the hop at Katharina's blog. I don't want you to miss a single stop on this hop!
Be sure to leave a comment on each of the DT's blogs because each one will be giving away a stamp! At the end of the hop, at the Whiff of Joy Tutorial & Inspiration Blog, let us know that you have left a comment on each stop of the hop and you will have the chance to win a Grand Prize Stamp Package! To do this, you will enter using the linking tool that you will find at the end of that post.
The hop will remain open until midnight CEST (Central European Summer Time) Sunday April 1st. Winners will be announced at the Whiff of Joy Tutorial & Inspiration Blog the next day.
Feel like chatting? Then swing by our forum at Splitcoaststampers. We'll be popping in throughout the next few days and will be happy to chat or answer questions!
Now all the important information is out of the way...here is my card made with the adorable Baby Henry stamp from the 'We are Family' release which is available here from Whiff of Joy. I love this stamp so much :-) I have already made a Baby boy card with it so I thought I would share a Baby Girl one for the hop.

The card was made using a scalloped base onto which I layered up Basic Grey papers and plain cardstock and kraft from my stash. I added my usual stitching and some Butterflies cut with this gorgeous die from Whiff of Joy which is available here. The sentiment was stamped onto the smaller die from the tag die set which you can find here at Whiff of Joy. I added some gems from my stash and a little wooden button as a finishing touch. Thank you so much for stopping by today, your next stop is Lori.

I hope you enjoy the hop!
Jane
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Join us tomorrow for a Whiff of Joy Blog hop!

Jane

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Sugar Nellie DT - Spots and Dots

Good Morning Everyone! It's Wednesday and my day to share a card on the Sugar Nellie Blog. I couldn't wait to make a card and join in with the Sugar Bowl challenge when I saw Cathy's fabulous sketch. The optional theme for this Challenge is Spots and Dots. If you are a regular visitor to my blog you will know how much I love polka dots so it was a real treat to be able to use lots of these on my card.

I used papers from the Teresa Collins Spring Fling pad. The colours of the papers are so rich and the red reminded me of strawberries so I just had to use the Sugar Nellie Manga 'Strawberry Patch' image which is available here from Funky Kits. I coloured the image with my Promarkers before cutting it into a rectangle and mounting it on kraft card. 

I used a Fiskars border punch for the centre strip and the sentiment is by Whimsy stamps. I also added some flowers and a lovely spotty ribbon from my stash topped with a spotty button from The Ribbon Girl.

Here is the lovely sketch by Cathy, I will definitely be using this one again! Make sure you check out all the fabulous cards by the Sugar Bowl Design Team on the blog, if you are inspired to take part, you may win some gorgeous Sugar Nellie stamps.
I am also entering this card into this week's Passion for Promarkers Challenge as the theme is Ribbons and Buttons and I was thrilled to see that my card last week made the top five so I am officially a top 5 Passionista :-)

Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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Fiskarettes DT - Smile!

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a good start to the week. I have a card to share with you today which has been posted on the Fiskarettes blog as one of my DT projects this month.
The card edges were punched with the Fiskars stamp border punch and the frame sunburst shape was made with a Fiskars punch anywhere punch.

All the papers on the card are from the Echo Park This and That paper pad which is available here from My Mum's Craft shop. The little charm is by the Hobby House and the fabulous  image and sentiment are from the Some Odd Girl 'Photo Kaylee' set which is available here.
All the other embellishments are from my stash. Please check out my post on the Fiskarettes blog for step by step instructions on how to make my card.
Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Choklit!

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Weekend. Mine was FAB! I had a great trip to the NEC and met some of my wonderful bloggy buddies including The Ribbon Girls, Deirdre from Colour and Ink, my WOJ teamie Sandie and the lovely Clare Curd who held a brilliant workshop for the Fiskarettes.

It was a great day even before I started shopping! I bought a few new dies, some papers, lots of reels to tidy my stash of twine but only one stamp! Today is Pollycraft Challenge day and we have a fab theme for you this week which is ....Choklit! We want to see Chocolate on your card, either the colour or an image incorporating Chocolate.

I have used the fab Fluffy Wabbit who has a lovely yummy Easter egg and teamed him with some gorgeous papers from my scraps basket including a lovely chocolate brown paper which I think is by Basic Grey. I added lots of stitching and a sentiment by Pollycraft and some lovely bright red spotty ribbon.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a fab prize of a pack of Promarkers from Letraset

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and some fabulous inspiration from the DT!
Have a good Monday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - A cute little artist

Good Morning Everyone! It's an early post from me today as I will be getting the train to Birmngham soon to go to the Craft Show at the NEC, I can't wait! I received a lovely parcel of papers from My Mum's Craft shop this week and had lots of fun playing with them to make this card.

I really like making small shaped cards with my Nestabilities and used kraft card to make this one and then layered up some aqua cardstock with some of the bright Bazzil Basics Avalon papers which are available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. The papers are fabulous and have a great texture to them. I added a little strip of Aqua pom poms from my scraps tin and then added my coloured Pure Innocence 'You colour my world' image on top with foam pads. The sentiment was cut out with a label die and I accented it with a small paper rose. Right! I'd better go off and get ready!
Have a fab Saturday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy Release day - Dad is the best!

Hello Everyone! I am back with another card today for the latest Whiff of Joy release. The fabulous 'We are Family' stamps and dies are available from today in the Whiff of Joy shop. It has been hard for me to choose a favourite as I am a huge fan of the adorable Henry Mouse so it is a real treat to have so many new Henry stamps to play with.

I am still working my way through my scraps basket so create a simple layout on layered on Kraft using some October Afternoon and Echo Park papers which I wrapped with some green spotty ribbon before adding to the card base. The stamp I have used is called 'Dad is the best' and I coloured it in with my Promarkers before die cutting it into a square and adding it to a Nestabilites postage stamp die which is available here. The sentiment I used is by Hero Arts and I added a little red spotty button from The Ribbon Girl. I have been making exciting plans today for my day at the NEC Saturday, I will be meeting up with Mary and Andrea from The Ribbon Girl, my blog buddy Deirdre who is going along with my WOJ teamie Sandie! I am so excited, I can't wait! Enjoy the rest of your day!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - You're Wheely Great!

Good Morning! I can't believe it is Thursday already, this week is going really fast! For my weekly post on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog, I have a card to share with you made using some of the beautiful new First Edition Boho Chic papers which are available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. The papers in this pack are gorgeous and so feminine and pretty. I love the woodgrain paper and stripes in particular that I have used on my card today.

The card base I used is a smaller scalloped edge card by Craftwork cards  they are a great size for quick cards and the perfect size for this adorable stamp called Roll with it from My Favourite things in the Pure Innocence range which is available here.
I teamed the papers with some gorgeous ribbon and some paper flowers and die cut the sentiment into a label shape before mounting it with foam pads. I added a couple of stick on pearls as a finishing touch. I hope you have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Come fly with me!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week! I made up my mind today that I will be going to the NEC on Saturday so I am really looking forward to the weekend now! I have a card to share with you today which I made using the adorable Hedgehog Aviator which is available here from Funky Kits. I coloured him in with my Promarkers before cutting him out leaving a small border and added him to a paper panel from an October Afternoon pad which was layered onto a scalloped circle cut from Kraft.

The other two patterned papers are also from the same October Afternoon pad and I added a sentiment by SRM stickers mounted onto kraft and a little resin star I found when I was tidying up. I added glossy accents to the plane, goggles and some glitter to the little bee's wings too.

I am entering this card into a few Challenges, Passion for Promarkers, the theme is to use Animals and I love Promarkers which is asking for 3 different papers on your card.
Jane
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P.S. Make sure you check out the Sugar Nellie blog all this week as we are having a Sugar Pip week and there may be candy!!

Whiff of Joy DT - A sneaky peak for the Whiff of Joy Challenge

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Monday. I have a card to share with you today which was made with one of the adorable new stamps which will be released this week at Whiff of Joy.

I love this image of baby Henry being comforted while he is cuddling his teddy and I think it is suitable for so many occasions. I made my card using scraps from my scraps basket and some kraft to layer my image onto and cut some photo corners. The card was made following the sketch from this fortnight's Whiff of Joy Challenge.

I added flowers and buttons from my stash and a Hero Arts sentiment and finished with a couple of little gems. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Check it out!!

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Weekend, mine was busy but nice and I managed to get a bit of crafting done too! This week, it is my turn to choose the Challenge theme on the Pollycraft Challenge blog and as I am a bit of a gingham addict, I have chosen....

Check it out!

I have made a card using some lovely gingham paper I found in my scraps box and some pretty flowery paper from My Mind's Eye. The image I have used is the adorable Swings and Slides Little Bunny which is available here from Pollycraft.

The sentiment is from Penny Black and the beautiful Ribbon and pink resin flower are from The Ribbon Girl. The other flowers have been in my stash a while!

I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge, we have a fantastic prize from our own lovely Paula from Pollycraft who is offering 10 digis for the winner.

I hope you have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy new release preview - Baby Henry!

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are ready to say 'aaaaahhhhh' as I have a realy cutie to share with you today! Whiff of Joy is releasing some new stamps next Thursday and they all feature some adorable Baby and Toddler Henrys. My favourite is the Baby Henry stamp so I have chosen to use him for my first preview card.

 I had to make a New Baby card for a work colleague this week so it was perfect timing for me to play with my new stamps. I created a simple layout layering gingham paper onto kraft and then onto aqua card and sewing around the edges. I used an SRM sticker for the sentiment and some tiny alphas for the name.

The gorgeous Ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and the twine is from Whiff of Joy. To make the date of birth tag, I printed first onto copy paper, die cut a tag then stuck this to the paper with removable tape and run through the printer again. The little heart charm has been in my stash for ages!
Make sure you check out the rest of the DT blogs for some lovely cards made using the new images! Have a great Friday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Pretty Spring Pastels

Good Morning Everyone! It's an exciting day for me today as I am sharing my first card today as a new member of the My Mum's Craft shop DT on the shop blog. I have made a card using some gorgeous My Mind's Eye papers and a gorgeous Wee pre-coloured topper from the Spring Bringer set which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop

Please take a look at my post on the shop blog for details of all the papers and gorgeous Hobby House embellishments and why not stop a while to soak up some inspiration from my very talented Design Team buddies.

I hope you have a lovely Thursday! Please come back tomorrow for a preview of Whiff of Joys next stamp release.
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Alice

Good Morning, it is my turn to share a Ribonita card on the Sugar Nellie blog today as part of our Ribonita Feature Week. I simply adore the new Ribonita stamps that were released this month at Funky Kits and Alice has to be my favourite. I have so many ideas for Projects she will be perfect for! This time I have made an aperture card and placed Alice on the front. 

I used my die cutting machine to make the aperture when I had layered up all the papers on the front of the card and then cut a frame using the same circle die and a scalloped circle.

I coloured Alice using my Promarkers and then cut her out and added her to the front of the card with little dots of glue.

I decorated the inside of the card using some more papers from the My Mind's Eye Miss Caroline Dilly Dally pad and a Penny Black sentiment die cut into a label shape.

 

You can see all the gorgeous new Ribonita stamps here at Funky Kits. Make sure you pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog too and leave a comment for the chance to win some yummy candy. Have a great Wednesday!

Jane

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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - A lovely sketch, a freebie and some new releases!!

Good Morning Everyone! Did you have a good Weekend? It is back to the old routine for me today with Work after my week off in Dorset. I would much rather be popping out for coffee and a cake and a nice walk on the beach than going to work but I need to earn my crafting pennies somehow!

We have lots of exciting news for you today at Pollycraft. For starters, we have a fabulous sketch by the very talented Paula for our weekly Challenge, there is a freebie - Ferguson the Hedgehog - who I have used on my card and last but not least, Paula has released some adorable new images, including a brand new little Squirrel and some new Swings and Slides Spring images! Phew!! That is a lot for a Monday!

As I said, I have used today's Freebie for my card which I made using some gorgeous Echo Park papers from the Graceful pad which are available here from My Mum's Craft shop. The green patterned paper was a scrap from my scraps basket. I followed the sketch and distresses the edges of the layers before adding my stitching.

I added some flowers, a little bow and some gems from my stash and coloured Ferguson with my Promarkers, distressing the image with distress inks before removing it from the die.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. Our sponsor this week is Bunny Zoe Crafts.

The winner of this week's Challenge will received a £10.00 voucher to use in the shop.

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the fabulous Pollycraft DT! Have a great Monday and make sure you check out all the new releases and pick up your freebie!
Jane
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Exciting DT news!

Hello again! I have some exciting news which I can finally share with you! I have joined the My Mum's Craft Shop DT! I am so excited to be a part of the team.

Kitty has a wonderful online shop full of lovely goodies and a fabulous shop in Dorset which I was very lucky to visit this week. I have my DT pack and stocked up on lots of lovely crafty stash when I popped in so I will be getting crafty this week and will soon have my first DT project to share with you.
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge

Hello Everyone! I hope you are all well and having a good Weekend. I got back yesterday from a week away with my Hubby in Dorset, we had a wonderfully relaxing time and I slept lots and had a complete break from crafting so I was really looking forward to getting back to my craft desk today.

For my Whiff of Joy project this week, I have a made a card following the Challenge theme from this fortnight's Whiff of Joy Challenge which is L.E.A.P, the team would like to see lace, an easel card, an animal and the colour pink on your Challenge submissions. I just had to use Henry for my card as he is my favourite Whiff of Joy critter and the  Henry with Large Rose which is available here from Whiff of Joy was just perfect to use with the freebie papers I got with a Magazine.

I made an Easel card which I decorated with the papers layered onto pink card and then stitched around all the edges. I stamped the Whiff of Joy Postcard onto kraft card and then cut it out and layered it up with a paper panel wrapped in Prima lace before placing my coloured Henry image on top.
I created a lace rosette which I tucked behind the postcard and then added flowers.

I added some die cut Butterflies which were cut with the Whiff of Joy die available here and then added gems and buttons as a finishing touch. Make sure you check out all the lovely cards made by the Whiff of Joy Challenge DT here! Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Jane
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Birthday Cupcakes from Celeste Amberglow

Good Morning! I have a card to share with you today which I made using some of my favourite things! I am totally in love with these gorgeous October Afternoon papers! I love the colours and that checked pattern is just wonderful! I have used some of my favourite gingham bias binding from The Ribbon girl but have ironed it out to make is wide and a bit distressed on the edges. The pale blue ribbon I used is from Whiff of Joy and it was the perfect match for the gorgeous resin rose.

The image I have used is called Cupcake Party and coloured her in shades of pink and red to match my papers adding glitter accents with Stickles. I cannot remember where the sentiment stamp is from but it is one I use often as it is so versatile! I kept the layout quite simple and then added gems as a finishing touch. Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Sweet Success

Good Morning! I hope you are having a good week! I have a card to share with you today which I made using one of the adorable new Spike images which were release a few days ago by Sugar Nellie. This stamp is called 'Sweet Success' and is available to buy here from Funky Kits. I used Fancy Pants papers to create my layout and layered them all onto pink card before sewing around the edges. 

If you are a regular visitor to my blog, you will already know how much I love gingham and I added lots to this card using some of my favourite gingham ribbon and a fabulous yellow gingham paper.
I coloured my image with Promarkers and then cut it out leaving a small border before adding it to the gingham panel with foam pads. I added a button and some flowers as a finishing touch.
I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Spring has Sprung!

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you have had a lovely weekend and are ready for the week ahead! We have a brand new Challenge for you today on the Pollycraft Challenge blog. This week, the lovely Joey has chosen our theme and she has picked...Spring has Sprung! I found the perfect sentiment on a page of Echo Park papers so had to use the matching papers for my card. 

I used the adorable Cuthbert in the Garden on my card and coloured him in to match the backing papers adding a little glitter glue to the heart on his jumper. I kept the layout simple and added some gorgeous ribbon from the Ribbon Girl and various different flowers. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win 3 packs of die cuts from The Crimson Cloud.

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie Ribonita and Friends Blog hop - Day 2

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to my blog for Day 2 of the Ribonita and Friends Blog Hop. If you are following the hop you should have arrived her from the lovely Astrid's blog. If you are lost you can always go back to the Sugar Nellie Blog to find your way again. I have used one of the beautiful new Ribonita images by our new artist on my card today. This gorgeous doll is called Belle and she is available to buy at Funky Kits. She is absolutely adorable and was lovely to colour with my Promarkers!
I used some Stampin' Up papers on my card which were a gift from Karen in my Sugar Nellie DT pack. I love the colour combination and the patterns are simply beautiful!

I create a layout using 4 different patterns which were all matted onto blue card and then stitched around the edges with green thread. I added a gorgeous open weave ribbon from The Ribbon Girl and a handful of flowers from various sources.

The sentiment is by Hero Arts and I die cut it using a Spellbinders label die. I added some little stick on gems as a finishing touch . I hope you are enjoying the hop so far and thank you so much for dropping by! Your next stop on the hop is the fabuous Mina with another gorgeous stamp from the new release.

Enjoy the rest of the hop and remember to leave comments along the way for the chance of winning some candy! Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie Ribonita and Friends Blog hop - Day 1

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to my blog for Day 1 of the Ribonita and Friends Blog Hop. If you are following the hop you should have arrived her from the lovely Astrid's blog. If you are lost you can always go back to the Sugar Nellie Blog to find your way again. There are a few brand new Pip images in the new release and I adore the little Pip with her rabbit I have used for my card today. I coloured her in to match some lovely Springlike papers from Echo Park.

The papers were all matted on to pink card and I sewed around the edges with yellow thread.

I coloured the adorable Pip with my Promarkers to match the papers and then added glitter accents to the egg and to the rabbit's tail. I added my coloured Pip to the card at an angle with foam pads and then added flowers and a button and some gems to the scallops on the card.

Here is a close up of my coloured image which I coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers.
I can't wait to get more of the new stamps to add to my collection, my teamies have made some fabulous projects for the hop! Thanks so much for dropping by! Your next stop on the hop is the fabuous Mina with one of my favourite stamps from the new release!

Make sure you leave comments along the way for the chance to win some candy and pop back tomorrow for day two of the blog hop, and if you want to see all the stamps in one go, you can see them in the Funky kits shop here. Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - Henry Easter basket

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are well, I can't believe it is Thursday already! This week is going so fast. I went out on Tuesday evening and did some crafting with a lovely group of ladies and made a little Easter Basket following a tutorial which was published last year on the Magnolia blog.

I used papers from The Girl's Paperie which are really beautiful and have such a great mix of colours, they are perfect for all your Spring Projects. I used the gorgeous Henry 'Easter Egg Art' which is available here from Whiff of Joy. I love the little face he is pulling while he is concentrating on his painting!

I decorated the basket using punches and die cut Butterflies which were cut using this gorgeous Butterfly die from Whiff of Joy, this has gone straight to the top of my list of favourite dies! I embellished the Butterflies with some Whiff of Joy gems.

I also added lot of flowers from my stash and a sentiment label created with a Magnolia stamp.
Once I have coloured Henry with my Promarkers, I die cut the image into a circle and added some distress inks while the circle was still in the die. I then added the circle to a scalloped circle which I set with an eyelet before tying to my finished basket with some frayed seam binding. When the basket was finished, I filled it with Raffia and some yummy chocolate eggs!
I wonder how long they will stay in there.....
I hope you have a lovely Thursday and make sure you pop back tomorrow for the first day of the Sugar Nellie blog hop!
Jane
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