Little Miss Muffet DT - Cora Agnes Hatter

Good Morning Everyone! I'm a day late with my Little Miss Muffet DT post this week. I haven't been feeling very well this week but am off to the Doctor's today so hopefully I will be on the mend soon.  This week the DT are sharing a mixed bag of cards on the DT blog and I have a card to share with you today made with the lovely Cora Agnes Hatter image which was recently released at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and is available to buy here. I coloured her in to match these lovely girly papers from the My Mind's Eye 'The Sweetest Thing Honey' pad.

I used a Spellbinders label die to frame my image and a doily die to cut the plain cardstock onto which I sewed a circle of checked card. The gorgeous ribbon and pins are from The Ribbon Girl as are a couple of the little flowers. The sentiment I have used is from Hero Arts.

Here is a close up of the lovely Cora Agnes. I love her dress! I wouldn't mind a dress like that! I coloured her in with my Promarkers. I love the Hatters, it is my first time playing with them and I have a few more lined up ready to colour! I hope you have a lovely Friday and a good Weekend!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Sent with Love

Good Morning Everyone! It's my day for posting on the Sugar Nellie blog today and I have a card to share with you which I made with one of my favourite Gorgeous Girls images called 'Sent with Love' which is available here from Funky Kits. I have coloured her to match these beautiful Autumnal papers from the 'Yours Truly' Glitz Design paper pad which came in my latest DT pack from My Mum's Craft Shop.

I have used one of my favourite layouts, layering all the papers onto kraft and stitching around the edges. I threaded the little tag with red lace and tied it with twine. The sentiment is an older stamp which I have had in my stash for a long time and I die cut it into a heart with a Spellbinders die.

My image was coloured with Promarkers and I added a little gem to her dress. I finished with some paper and a resin flower and more little gems. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - My rolled felt flower tutorial

Good Morning Everyone!I am sharing a tutorial today on the Whiff of Joy blog to show you how to make the rolled felt flowers. I have used some on my card which I made with the adorable 'Kiss the Cook' Henry stamp which was released this month at Whiff of Joy. I used some gorgeous felt from The Ribbon Girl to make my flowers.

I used papers from the My Mind's Eye 'Gnome Sweet Gnome' pad and the sentiment is from the Whiff of Joy 'General Sayings II' set stamped onto a ticket cut with a die from the Tickets set.

Here are the finished flowers I made using the two smallest flowers in the die set. I also added two die cut leaves. You can also see some of the lovely new charms from Whiff of Joy which are available here. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!

Jane

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Snow is falling!

Good Morning Everyone! I know it is still Summer even though it has been raining the past few days but for my weekly post on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog, I have a Christmas card which I made using some of the new Christmassy goodies which have arrived recently at My Mum's Craft shop. I have made a card using Glitz Design 'Joyeux Noel' papers which are available here. I layered them onto kraft before sewing around the edges and adding them to a scalloped card base.

The image I have used is by Wild Rose Studio and is called 'Bella with gifts'. I coloured the image with Promarkers and then die cut it with a Spellbinders die before adding to a scalloped circle. I added lots of gorgeous die cut snowflakes which I cut using a Cheery Lynn die and finished with some beautiful flowers and lots of tiny gems. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - Wedding Congratulations

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are well. I am so happy the Weekend has finally arrived. I will be busy though as I have a long list of things to do but at the moment, I'm having a long awaited lie in listening to the rain and waiting for inspiration to strike. One of my Friends from Uni is getting married next month so I was delighted when Katharina at Whiff of Joy released the Henry the Mouse digital stamps this month. There are lots of gorgeous images in the release including the one I have used below which is called 'Happy Couple cutting the cake' and is available here from Whiff of Joy. 

I used My Mind's Eye papers from 'The Sweetest Thing' paper pad. I love the soft colours and the doily patterns. I think they are perfect for Wedding cards. The sentiment I have used is from Whiff of Joy from a set available here. All the papers were layered onto aqua card and stitched around the edges.
I added lots of flowers from The Ribbon Girl and a vintage distressed seam binding double bow which I topped with a resin flower which reminded me of the doilies.

Here is a close up of my image coloured with Promarkers. I added some glitter to the cake slice and embellished the bride with some little stick on jewels. The image was cut out leaving a small border and was added to the card using foam pads.

You can find all the other releases from Whiff of Joy for August here. I hope you have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Fairy cakes

Hello Everyone! I hope you have had a good week. I am so pleased it is Friday! I have a busy few days ahead but am looking forward to the long weekend. I have a card to share with you today which I made with some new papers from My Mind's Eye from the 'A Mother's Love' pad which I bought before I went on my holidays. I have used one of my favourite Sugar Nellie stamps which is called 'Fairy Cakes' and is available to buy here from Funky Kits.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers and then added a little gem onto the flower on the yummy cupcake. I really love these papers as the little flowers actually remind me of the flower on the cake. I layered all my papers onto red card and stitched around the edges. The gorgeous concertina pleated ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl.

Here is a close up on my coloured image. Isn't she cute! I added some paper flowers to my card and a sentiment from Some Odd Girl and finished with a couple of little buttons and some gems.
I hope you have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Pink, Pink, Pink!!

Hello Everyone! It's Little Miss Muffet Challenge day today! We have a great theme for you this fortnight. Our theme is...

Pink, Pink, Pink!!

I missed out on making samples for the last release as I was on my holidays so I couldn't wait to colour Rosealba Faerie in lovely shades of pink to fit in with our theme. I used some lovely new Prima Romance novel papers and a clock embellishment to decorate my card and a matching sentiment.

I used a Whiff of Joy Butterfly border die to cut a border in some kraft card which I layered with more Prima paper and then used the little Butterflies to embellish my card adding little gems to the centres.
I added lots of flowers and stick on pearls to finish.

Here is a close up of my Faerie all coloured in with Promarkers and the cute little foxes. I added some glitter to the Faerie's wings and cut out all the images leaving a small border before adding them to the card with foam pads.
I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge. Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT! Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers DT - Monochrome image with unusual hair colour

Hello Everyone! It's my team's week for sharing our cards on the Passion for Promarkers blog this week and we have a great theme for you chosen by the lovely Lou. She has chosen:

'Monochrome image with unusual hair colour'

I did panic a little bit when I saw the theme as I do find it quite hard colouring in black and white but I thought my little Anya is quite funky and would look cool with pink hair. I coloured her in shades of grey and pink to match these gorgeous papers by Carta Bella. I used a sketch which I love which I think was featured in a Sugar Bowl challenge recently.

I added a sentiment from an old set I bought from Crafter's companion a few Christmases ago and some ribbon and pearls from my stash and finished with some little flowers from The Ribbon Girl.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. We have lots of fab inspiration for you from the DT and our sponsor is Joanna Sheen who is offering a £10.00 voucher for the winner.

I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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The Ribbon Girl DT - August Colour Challenge

Hello again! I promised I would be back soon with another card, it is already time for another Colour Challenge on the Ribbon girl blog and we have a fabulous colour combination for you this month which is going to inspire you to make some lovely summery cards.  I have made a card using the required colours below and some older Echo Park papers I found in my scraps basket which I layered onto pink card. I sewed around all the edges before layering everything up. The image I used which I coloured with Promarkers to match the papers is 'Simply Maya - Apron Full Flowers' which is available to buy here from Whiff of Joy.

I have used lots of Ribbon Girl Goodies on my card. I layered the saddlestitch ribbon onto some ruffled ribbon and added lots of lovely Mulberry flowers. I also added a spotty button and some stick on pearls.

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. We have a fabulous inspiration photo to get you started.

And there are lots of lovely projects from the team on the blog.

There is a lovely prize of a £10.00 Lili of the Valley voucher.

And a beautiful Yellow Ribbon kit from the Ribbon Girl.

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!

Jane

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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Let's Celebrate!

Hello Everyone! I finally made it! I am a little later than usual with my weekly My Mum's Craft shop post which is also on the My Mum's Craft shop blog! We have just come back from 2 weeks holiday in Dorset and Somerset and I am trying to get us organised! We had a fabulous time and I even managed to pop in to My Mum's Craft Shop to do a little bit of crafting with Kitty. We have gorgeous weather here today and I have a very summery card to match. I have made a card using the beautiful American Crafts Dear Lizzy Neapolitan papers which I layered onto kraft card.

The image I have used is by CC Designs and is called 'Sweet November Patty' and is available to buy here. I coloured the image with Promarkers and then die cut into a circle. I added a little banner cut with a Memory Box 'Simple Banner' die. I added a couple of little bows and some jute ribbon from the Ribbon Girl. I finished with a My Favourite things sentiment and some little flowers. I hope you have a lovely Sunday I will be back soon with my Ribbon Girl colour challenge card then back to the washing machine for another load of washing!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge - Brads or Eyelets

Hello Everyone! It's nearly the weekend! I am planning on doing some crafting this weekend. I have had a bit of a break over the past couple of weeks and am back and raring to go! I have a little card to share with you today which I made following the theme from the latest Whiff of Joy Challenge. The theme this fortnight is 'Brads or Eyelets'. I love using both on my projects and have tons of neglected brads all nicely stored by colour so it was great to have a root around to include one on my card.

My card is a tiny 10x10cm, the perfect size for using with Whiff of Joy mini stamps. I first cut a piece of 'October Afternoon' text paper and stitched around the edges and ten added a Whiff of Joy postcard stamped onto kraft on top. I added a sparkly heart brad to the bottom of the postcard. The bird stamp I have used is the mini 'Birdie with love letter'. I coloured him with Promarkers and coloured the heart pink and glittered it to match my brad. I finished with a couple of gems and paper flowers and a resin flower from The Ribbon Girl, I am a little bit in love with these at the moment, you may have noticed they seem to be finding their way onto a lot of my Projects :-) I hope you have a lovely Friday and a lovely weekend.
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Casper Silvermist Crush

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far. I have a card to share with you today which I made using one of the new digi images that were released a couple of weeks ago at Little Miss Muffet. This image featuring Casper Silvermist is called 'Crush' and is available to buy here. I think I may just have little crush on Casper myself as it is the second time he has appeared on my blog this month! 

I used my Promarkers to colour Casper in to match the Authentique papers I used on my card. I love the bright orange and navy blue together. I stitched around the edges of all the layers and die cut my sentiment tab using a Whimsy die. The sentiment was stamped using a Hero Arts stamp. I added some twill tape from The Ribbon Girl and an assortment of buttons tied with twine to finish my card. Make sure you check out the Little Miss Muffet blog today for lots of inspiration from the DT and some ne releases! Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - A sweet Sassy girl

Good Morning Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the Sugar Nellie blog today. I have been playing with my Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy girls recently. I love colouring them in and they look so different if you colour them in pastel colours instead of my usual brights! I have coloured the beautiful 'Fairy Tale' with my Promarkers to match these beautiful 'Dear Lizzy' Neapolitan papers and then cut her out leaving a small border. I created a simple layout layering the papers onto a polka dot design paper from the pack and stamped an old Elzybells sentiment directly onto the papers.

I added some pleated ribbon from The Ribbon Girl and a little spotty button below my image panel and some beautiful flowers I bought in Michaels in New York last year amd finished with some punched butterflies and some stick on pearls and gems. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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My Mum's craft shop DT - Inky fun!

Good Morning Everyone! I have something a little bit different for you today for my weekly My Mum's Craft Shop blog project. I have been getting messy with my inks and have made a card using some of the gorgeous Inklicious stamps from My Mum's Craft Shop. This stamp is called 'Julianna' and is currently out of stock, she has been very popular! I made a background using alcohol inks and added the image on top of my background using Archival ink. I cut the image out and then added it to black cardstock leaving a small border. 

I stamped a sentiment from the 'Journey' set onto some Kaisercraft papers which I also layered onto black card before stitiching around the edges. I covered my card with more Kaisercraft papers wrapped in ribbon and added my layers. I die cut a butterfly from the background paper I made using inks with a Cheery Lyn butterfly die and punched a couple of small ones using a Martha Stewart punch. I finished with some gems and some flowers from The Ribbon Girl.
I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge - Hearts and Kraft

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a Good Weekend. I have a little card to share with you today which I have made following the latest them for this fortnight's Whiff of Joy Challenge. The theme is 'Hearts and Kraft' so I just had to use my favourite Henry! I love this 'Henry Huge Love' image as it is so versatile. You can stamp messages in the heart or cut the heart away and pop Henry behind something and have him peeping over.

He is just so adorable! As you know, I love using kraft and nearly always use a Kraft card base. I also stamped my Whiff of Joy sentiment onto a ticket cut with a Whiff of Joy die.
The papers are old ones from my scraps box and I added lots of flowers from my stash and a little heart wooden button. I finished with some gems, Have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT for the Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Scallops

Good Morning Everyone! It's Challenge day on the Little Miss Muffet blog today and we have a great theme for you this week. Our Challenge theme is 'Scallops' so we would like to see scallops in any shape or form on your entries unless you are using a Little Miss Muffet image. as for you...anything goes! I have used one of the new images released last week on my card. This image I have used is 'Luna Bitterfrost Fallen Angel' and is available to buy here from Little Miss Muffet.

I coloured my image with Promarkers to match these gorgeous Echo Park papers which are from an older love themed pad and then cut it out leaving a small border. I made a scalloped circle card base using my Spellbinders Grand nesties and layered up patterned papers and black card and added more scallops on a strip of card going through the centre. I stitched all the layers and then embellished with lots of flowers, a Hero Arts sentiment, a bow, buttons and some punched butterflies embellished with gems. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. Make sure you check out the blog for lots of inspiration from the DT! Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - A bright and cheery card!

Good Morning Everyone! You may need your sunglasses for my card today! I have to admit this card is very bright even by my standards! I have been playing with one of my favourit Sugar Nellie stamps 'Cat Sitting' which I have coloured to match these lovely Echo Park papers from the 'Everyday Eclectic' pad.

I filled my card with lots of flowers and some fun pom pom trim from The Ribbon Girl and added a little sentiment by Penny Black. I finished with a couple of little stick on pearls. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers DT - At the beach

Good Morning Everyone! We have a brand new Challenge for you this week at Passion for Promarkers. Our theme this week has been chosen by the lovely Lisa is 

'At the beach'

I have used an image from the now closed Pollycraft on my card. The card was made for my eldest Son to give to his little brother on his Birthday a few days ago. I printed my image and coloured it in with my Promarkers to match these fabulous 'Boys Life' Echo Park papers. 

I cut out my image leaving a small border and added it to a stiched paper panel with foam pads. The sentiment is by Some Odd Girl and was added to a tag die cut with a MFT die to which I stapled a small piece of ribbon. The number stickers are from Prima and I bought the wooden star at the NEC.
I hope you will be able to join us for this weeks Challenge. We are sponsored this week by Letraset and they are offering our winner one of the new Promarker Collector's sets.

http://www.letraset.com/

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - A card for a special Son

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a lovely day. I have changed my posting day for My Mum's Craft shop to a Sunday from this week so I will be popping in every Sunday on the My Mum's Craft shop blog from now on to show you which My Mum's Craft Shop products I have been playing with during the week.
My Son celebrated his 13th Birthday a few days ago so I am sharing one of the cards I made him to celebrate. I didn't do any stamping or colouring on this card as the image is a precut and coloured Hobby House topper.

The papers I have used are from the Echo Park 'So Happy Together' pad. I love this pad as it has so many verstatile papers in it. I layered my papers into kraft card and then stitched around the edges. I also inked around the edge of the image panel. The sentiment was created on my laptop and the cute little banner is available here and is from Memory box. I added a couple of little black pearls and a spotty button as a finishing touch. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie Release day blog hop - Water Lily

Hello Everyone and welcome to my blog for the last day of our new release blog hop. If you are following the hop, you should have come here from the lovely Mina's blog. If you are lost, pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog for the full hop order. The 'Under the Sea' stamps will be on sale from today at 10am at Funky Kits! For the last day of our sneaky peeks, we are all showing you samples made with the very elegant 'Water Lily'. She is really beautiful and looks lovely perched on her little rock staring out at the sea.

I used Echo Park papers from an old pad on my card and layered them onto pale pink cardstock. The image is layered onto a doily die and then a scalloped circle cut from kraft. I added a sentiment from an old Elzybells set and then added some pretty pink ribbon from my stash and a funky stripey button. I finished with some pretty pink flowers and some stick on pearls. I hope you have enjoyed seeing all the new stamps this week. I love all of them and it is hard for me to pick a favourite! Your next and final stop on the hop is the Sugar Nellie blog. Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Exciting Design Team News and two cards!

Good Morning Everyone! I have some exciting new for you today! I have joined the Little Miss Muffet Design Team! I am so thrilled to be joining some of my old Pollycraft teamies and the other members of the DT and am looking forward to being able to share the wonderful Little Miss Muffet images with you on my cards. There is a release of new images today so I have been having fun playing with some of the new images. My first card was made using an image designed by Paula Lee which is called 'Snuggly', she is so adorable! I coloured her with my Promarkers to match the Simple Stories papers and then layered the image onto pink card and a kraft die cut. I layered up my papers onto more kraft and pink card and added a sweet little bingo card which is on one of the papers in the pad. The gorgeous ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and I topped it with a resin flower which is available here. I finished the card with some flowers and stick on pearls.

My second card is a mini card I made using another one of the new release images. This image is called 'Hola Butterfly' and there is a great story behind it. Here is what Barbara had to say about the new image and how it came about:
My daughter was reading Monarch Magic! by Lynn Rosenblatt and in the back had some fundraiser ideas.  Instead of sitting out in 109 degree weather selling cupcakes and lemonade, I suggested we draw images.  Lucky for me she thought that was a great idea!   She has drawn and colored the five stages of the Monarch Butterfly then I added a festive butterfly to join in on the fun - it all comes in a package deal!  During the month of August, for each one sold, we will donate $2.00 to the Monarch Butterfly Fund!  Will you help in her endeavors?  My daughter has even made a card to send them once the fundraiser is complete.  :D

I used Kaisercraft papers for my card and then added a Tina Wenke sentiment as this jolly butterfly makes me feel happy coloured in these bright colours! The lace and button are from The Ribbon Girl. There are 8 new images being released in total. Please check out the Little Miss Muffet blog for all the details, Barbara is also having a sale this weekend!

"Buy 3 digis get 1 digi free!" 

and for those rubbah fans...
"Buy 3 rubber stamps and chose one of these rubber stamps free!"

Cocoa, Sage, Iris May hatter, Nora Claire Hatter,
Monster Nom-Nom, School Turtle, Spring Whisper or
La Jeune Fille à l'Eventail (aka "The Girl with a Fan")

Once you placed your order just email Barbara with your freebie selection!
That's it from me for today but make sure you come back tomorrow for the last day of the Sugar Nellie Under the Sea blog hop! Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie New Release Blog Hop Day 3 - Aqua Marina

Good Morning Everyone and welcome to my blog for Day 3 of the Sugar Nellie new release blog hop.I am thrilled to be kicking off the hop today! We are all sharing cards made with the lovely new Sugar Nellie Mermaid 'Aqua Marina'. She will be available to buy on Friday from Funky Kits. I have coloured Marina in with my Promarkers to match these lovely papers by My Mind's Eye from the  Follow your heart pad. I love the yellow and blues, they remind me of beach huts at the seaside!

My papers were layered onto kraft and I added some stitching around the edges of each panel. The border punch I used is from Martha Stewart and the sentiment is by Penny Black. I added a gorgeous resin flower to the top right of the card and some flowers from my stash and finished with a couple of stick on pearls and some glitter to my Mermaid's tail.

 Thanks so much for dropping in for your first stop on today's hop. Your next stop is the very lovely Tiets! Make sure you leave comments along the way for the chance to win some Sweet Sugar Nellie Candy!
Jane
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