Passion for Promarkers DT - Fright night

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a good start to the week. It's time for a new Challenge at Passion for Promarkers. The theme chosen by the lovely Julie is 'Fright Night' so this is the perfect opportunity to share your last minute Halloween creations. I have made a card using the fabulous 'Agent Cupcake at Halloween' from Little Miss Muffet. I coloured her in to match the very old My Mind's Eye papers I found in my stash.

Agent Cupcake was coloured with my Promarkers and then cut out leaving a small border.  I layered the papers I used onto pink paper from the pad and then added some stitching around the edges. The sentiment is by Melissa Frances and the pink bats were cut using a Memory box die.

Here is a little close up, I messed up my colouring on the mask and had to reprint it and colour it in again and cut it out and stuck it over the image. I added glitter onto the wings and finished my card off with a couple of pearls. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We are sponsored by Michele R Designs and the winner will receive 3 digi paper packs.

I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!

Jane

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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Claudia has a Candy

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's craft Shop blog today and I am starting off another Inspiration week. We will all be showing you Projects with a 'Sweet treats' theme. I have used the very pretty 'Claudia has a Candy' Stamping Bella stamp on my card. I coloured her in with my Promarkers and used papers from the very aptly named My Mind's Eye The sweetest thing - Lavender pad.

I used lots of flowers on my card and a couple of very pretty wooden buttons and used the sentiment that came with Claudia. The gorgeous bow was cut using the new Dienamics Beautiful bows die. 

Here is a close up of the very lovely Claudia, I cut her out leaving a small border and then added her to my card with foam pads. I hope you have enjoyed my little Sweet treat today, make sure you join us next week for some more Sweet inspiration from the Design Team Have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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Sugar Nellie Sparkle and Shine Blog Hop - Christmas Puppets

Hello Everyone! Welcome to my blog for the Sugar Nellie Sparkle and Shine digi release Blog Hop. If you are following the hop, you should have come here from the lovely Anita's blog.  If you get lost at any time, there is a full list of the hop on the Sugar Nellie blog.  I have used an image called 'Christmas Puppets' on my card. He is such a little sweetie and was great to colour in with my Promarkers. 

I used papers from the My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland pad on my card and layered them onto a red paper from the pad and sewed around the edges. The turquoise twill stripe ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl. I added a Memory box snowflake tucked behind the Lili of the Valley sentiment and lots of smaller snowflakes cut with a .Cheery Lyn die.

Here is a close up of my image. There are 3 new images in total being released today. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. Your next stop on the hop is the lovely and talented Lisa. Make sure you leave comments along the way for the chance to win some sweet Sugar Nellie Candy and you can buy any of the new digi stamps here. Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie new release blog hop

Hello Everyone! Are you feeling Christmassy yet? Make sure you join me and the rest of the Sugar Nellie DT for a new release blog hop tomorrow.

We are celebrating the release of some brand new digital images which will be available from Funky Kits tomorrow.
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - New Rubber Stamp release

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week. It is a new Rubber Stamp release today at Little Miss Muffet stamps and it is my first since I joined the DT so I was very excited when I received my package of gorgeous stamps and have been dying to share this card with you. I have made a card using the rubber version of Luna Bitterfrost - Birthdays rock. I love Luna! She is gorgeous and was so much fun to colour in!

I coloured her in with my Promarkers to match these My Mind's Eye papers which are from a very old pad. I have been saving the cloud paper for ages but I just had to use it with this image. I love the bright colours on these papers and I used them to create a simple layout and added a bright and zingy checked ribbon from The Ribbon Girl.

Here is a close up of my image. I cut my sentiment banner with a Dienamics die and added a sentiment from Paper Smooches. I finished with a little pearl and a little blue flower. Make sure you check out the Little Miss Muffet blog for gorgeous samples from the Little Miss Muffet DT. You can see all the fabulous new stamps here. Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT call

Hi there! Just a quick post to let you know there is a Design Team call over on the Whiff of Joy Inspirations blog. I will be leaving the team in a couple of weeks after a fun 18 months as part of the team.



You can read all about the Design Team call here
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - A pretty in pink Manga Birthday Girl

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing  a card on the Sugar Nellie blog today and I am showing a card I  made using one of the lovely Sugar Nellie Manga stamps. I love this cute little girl and her boots and socks. I stamped her onto Watercolour card and coloured her in with my Promarkers before die cutting her out into an oval.

I used My Mind's Eye paper from The Sweetest Thing Honey pad. I love the pinks and yellows together and the mix of patterns. I added a sentiment by Penny Black and a brown gingham ribbon tied into a bow from the Ribbon Girl topped with a button and tucked a little paper tulip behind. I finished with more flowers and some stick on gems.

Here is a close up of my image. I love her cute little bunches! I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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The Ribbon Girl DT - October Colour Challenge

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a lovely weekend. It's time for a brand new Colour Challenge on the Ribbon Girls blog today and we have a gorgeous theme this month! We would like to see 'Autumnal Colours' on your Projects this month. I love Autumn, it is my favourite season and although I don't use them as often as I should, I love using browns and oranges when I craft. I have used some gorgeous My Mind's Eye papers on my card from the Lost and Found Two Sunshine pad. I layered the patterned papers onto a darker patterned paper from the pad and added sewing around the edges.

The gorgeous stamp I have used is 'Sweet Thinkin' Mae'. I coloured her with my Promarkers and paper pieced her dress with a paper from the pad. I couldn't resist adding some glitter glue to her shoes to make them sparkle. The sentiment is from a Paper Smooches set. I have used lots of lovely Ribbon girl goodies on my card. The ribbon is available here, I added some Hessian behind my flowers which include a carnation and a small sweetheart blossom. I also added a peach cherry blossom below the image. The tiny button threaded with chocolate button twine is from the peach button mix and I finished with some stick on pearls from the peaches and cream pack.

Here is a little close up of Mae in her paper pieced dress. I wish I could have clothes made from some of my patterned papers! I love her little shrug too. Make sure you pop over to the Ribbon Girl blog, the Design team have created some beautiful projects which are sure to inspire you, here is the inspiration photo which is also on the blog.

We have fabulous prizes as usual, a £10 voucher from the lovely ladies at LOTV to spend in their online store...

...and an orange mini ribbon kit from The Ribbon Girl! Such gorgeous colours!

Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - playing with Cat's Pajamas stamps

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog and today I have a couple of cards I have made using some of the new Cat's Pajamas stamps which recently arrived at My Mum's Craft Shop. For my first card, I have used the 'Oh Chute' set and Kaisercraft papers from the 'Check In' pad. I used a sketch from Sketch Saturday and added a couple of little blue gems from my stash which match the papers perfectly. I coloured the image with Promarkers. I love these stamps as they are so quick to colour in.

My second card was made using stamps from the 'Wheel love' set and My Mind's Eye papers from the 'Gnome Sweet Gnome' pad. I coloured my image with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and added a little die cut heart from the Dienamics notched tags set.

I added a bow tied from denim ribbon and some flowers and a button from my stash. Make sure you check out all the stamps from the Cat's Pajamas range, there are so many great images in the range and the sentiments which come with them are fabulous! I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Pirate Monkey

Hello Everyone! It's Saturday! I have a lovely day of Crafting lined up today as my Hubby will be out at Football all day! I have some secret new stash to play with, it's always fun playing with new goodies. I also like rediscovering my old stamps and have done that this week for my Sugar Nellie DT card. I have used one of the little Cotton Rabbits images called Pirate Monkey. He is so adorable! I would love a jumper like his to wear now the weather has turned a bit colder!

I used some scraps from my scraps box for my card. I even found the card base and the pinking circle in there so I have been a good girl using up old stash. The sentiment I have used is from Lili of the Valley.

Here is a close up of my image which I coloured with Promarkers. I then cut it out leaving a small border before adding it to my card with foam pads. The gorgeous ribbon is a new denim ribbon from The Ribbon girl. I love it and will be ordering the other colours very soon! I hope you have a lovely crafty weekend!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy challenge - Brown and White

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week, I am very glad it is Friday, I have been very tired this week and am looking forward to having a lie in tomorrow! I have used another one of the lovely new stamps from the latest release from Whiff of Joy for my DT card this week. This image which I have coloured to match the 'Brown and White' theme from this for this fortnight's Whiff of Joy Challenge is called 'Christmas Star' and is available here from Whiff of Joy.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday for my card and papers from Lili of the Valley I bought at Alexandra Palace. The sentiment is from  a Paper Smooches set. I love these funky fonts and need to get myself some more sets!

Here is a close up of little Henry all coloured in with my Promarkers. I added glitter to his hat and paper pieced the star with kraft card. The little brown gems I used are also from Whiff of Joy. I hope you have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Halloween Colours

Hello Everyone, it is time for a brand new Challenge on the Little Miss Muffet blog and this fortnight we have the perfect theme to allow you to play with all the new releases from last week! Our theme this fortnight is: 'Halloween Colours' and I have made a card using  Bandit Boy Tom at Halloween! I coloured him to match these fabulous Imaginesce Halloween papers and popped him on to the front of my card into which I had die cut a window.

I added some Ribbon Girl ribbon and tied my Melissa Frances sentiment with twine and the finishing touch ws a couple of little die cut bats. My Image was coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers and I cut it out leaving a small border before adding it to my card. I hope you will be able to join us for this fortnight's Challenge. The DT have made some fabulous cards to inspire you, make sure you check them out on the blog! Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers DT - Bee Happy!

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a good weekend and a good start to the week. It is my week to choose the Challenge theme on the Passion for Promarkers blog and I have chosen...Bee Happy, I would like to see Yellow and Black cards or Projects this week. I have made a card using another little CC designs cutie. This stamp is called 'Honey Bee-trice', she is so adorable, she remind me of my beautiful little Goddaughter!

I coloured her in with my Promarkers to match these fabulous papers from the Glitz Design 'Cashmere Dame' pad.

I added lots of goodies from the Ribbon Girl, some flowers, some Jute mesh ribbon, gingham bias binding and Baker's twine. The sentiment is an old favourite from my stash from Elzybells. I added some little gems and some glitter to her cute little wings. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge, the Design Team have created some fabulous cards to inspire you and we have a great sponsor as usual!

We are sponsored by Joanna Sheen who is offering a £10.00 voucher to our winner. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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A cute little pumpkin

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today and I am kicking off our Halloween inspiration week at My Mum's craft shop with a little shaped card which I have decorated with lots of gorgeous Halloween goodies! I cut my card with a Spellbinders die and layered a doily die cut on top I then stuck strips of Bazzill 'All Hallows Eve' papers together and die cut them into a circle which I sewed onto a black circle leaving a small border.

I wrapped the finished circle with twine and added it to my card base and then stamped and coloured the adorable Pumpkin Beatrice and cut her out leaving a small border before adding glitter to her little stalk hat and adding her to my card with foam pads. The sentiment is from the 'Halloween Sentiments' set and I added some flowers above it, and a little bat die cut and then added a little bow topped with a little wooden button. Make sure you drop by My Mum's Craft shop blog tomorrow for some more Halloween themed inspiration! I am also entering my card into the I love Promarkers Challenge as the theme is Halloween. Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Some Odd Girl Sketch Challenge and DT call

Hello Everyone! I have decided to enter the Some Odd Girl Guest DT call for November and December. To enter the call, you have to choose 3 of your favourite Some Odd Girl cards, I couldn't choose from the ones I have on my blog so here are 3 new ones! My first card was made using the sketch from the latest Challenge and the adorable little Tortoise from the 'Hey Kaylee' set.

I coloured my image with Promarkers to tone in with the Simple Stories papers I used on my card. I used a Dienamics banner die to cut the sentiment strip and kept the layout simple and uncluttered to fit in with the sketch.

 I just love this little tortoise, I think he would look adorable on a new baby card. I used some of the new Promarker colours and some Flexmarkers to colour him and then cut him out leaving a small border before adding him to the card with foam pads.
My next card is a shaped one cut with my Spellbinders, I love making shaped cards and I thought 'Tiny Baker Tia' would look sweet on a mini shaped card.  I used Echo Park papers and stitched around the edges of my image panel which I stamped with the sentiment which comes with Tia.

I added a little cherry charm to match the cherry on top of Tia's cupcake and some flowers from my stash.

Here is a close up of my coloured image, she was so much fun to colour in with my Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I cut her out leaving a small border and then added her to my card with foam pads. I finished with a little gem next to the sentiment.
My last card was made with the very beautiful 'Thank You Mae' and more Simple Stories papers I bought a few weeks ago at Ally Pally. I love the mix of patterns in this pad and coloured Mae in lovely bright colours to match them.

I layered up different papers onto gingham and added stitching around the edges. I added a gorgeous black and cream gingham ribbon and a resin and paper flower from The Ribbon girl.

Here is a little close up of Mae. I love her cute little pumps and her little bolero and she has such gorgeous eyes. So....these are my cards and now the hardest part..Kristy and her team would like to know why I think I would be a great Guest Designer...Well... I really love colouring and the Some Odd girl stamps are so beautiful to colour and I love using my favourite bright colours on them, I absolutely adore all the stamps and digis! I really admire all the talented 'Odd Girls' and would love the chance to be a part of the team for a little while and to be able to share my cards on the Some Odd Girl blog with all the other Odd Girls and spread the Odd Girl love! Wish me luck!
Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Trick or Treat release

Hello Everyone! It's release day at Little Miss Muffet Stamps today and we have lots of treats for you this week, there are 6 gorgeous digital images and a fabulous and very versatile banner die. I have decorated a treat bag using the spooky stacked pumpkins and added the banner die to the top flap of the bag.

I went a bit over the top decorating my bag. I used ribbon and a button and small orange flower from The Ribbon Girl and a charm, twine more flowers and a sentiment  from Whiff of Joy. I finished with some gems and a little bat die from My Mum's Craft Shop.

My image was coloured with promarkers and I stamped around the edges with a Hero Arts text die. Here is a little sneaky peek at all the new releases.

You can see them all in the 'What's New' section at Little Miss Muffet and 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 - Bunny Cuddles

Hello Everyone!  I have dug out one of my older Sugar Nellie stamps to showcase on a card this week for my post on the Sugar Nellie blog. The stamp I have used on my card is by Diane Duda and is called 'Bunny'. She is available at a Bargain price here from Funky Kits. I have coloured her in with my Promarkers in shades of pinks and browns and cut her out into a rectangle before distressing and sewing around the edges.

The papers I have used on my card are from various different My Mind's Eye pads and were in my scraps box. I added some sewing to tie all the papers together and matted them onto pink cardstock. I stamped a 'Paper Smooches' sentiment straight onto the backing papers before adding them to my card. I added a lovely bow using some pretty pink ribbon and lots of flowers from the Ribbon Girl and finished with a tiny wooden button and some stick on pearls.

Here is a close up of my image, I added a little touch of glitter to the bow in her hair and a little gem as the button on her dress. I coloured the bunny so she is wearing a matching dress. I hope you have enjoyed seeing one of the older Sugar Nellie stamps, I do love all the new releases, but it has been fun rediscovering an old favourite. Have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge - Shabby Chic

Hello Everyone, I hope you had a good Weekend. Did you enjoy seeing all the new Whiff of Joy images this weekend during the blog hop? Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my cards, they helped to cheer me up as I spent the whole weekend in bed! I have another card to share with you today made with an image from the latest release. This image featuring the lovely Maya is called 'Cosy Reading' and is available here from Whiff of Joy. I have coloured her in to match these gorgeous 'Shabby Chic' style Vintage Market papers to fit the 'Shabby Chic' challenge theme for this fortnight's Whiff of Joy challenge. There is still a little bit of time to take part so make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday for my card layout and added a tiny sentiment and lots of flowers as well as some Whiff of Joy Twine. I finished with some little pearls. I hope you have a great Monday.
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - A paper pieced Bethlehem

Hello again! I am back with my weekly DT post for My Mum's Craft shop and I have something a little bit different for you today, no Promarkers were used in the making of this card! I have used one of the gorgeous new Woodware stamps which arrived last month in the shop. This image is called Bethlehem and is currently out of stock but Kitty will be getting them back in soon.

To make the card, I stamped the image and sentiment directly onto a kraft card base. I then stamped the image onto a snowflake paper from the First Edition 'Christmas Village' pad. I stamped the image onto several patterned papers from the pad and cut out different elements and layered them up.

When the image was finished I added it to the card with foam pads and finished with glitter. I also added a little brown gem next to the sentiment. I hope you enjoy the rest of your Weekend!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy New release blog hop - Penguin Brothers

Good Morning! Welcome to my blog for the Whiff of Joy new release blog hop, I am very excited to be able to share another Whiff of Joy card featuring some more adorable penguins. I think they are so sweet and I have really enjoyed making the two cards I have shown this week. If you are following the hop, you should have come here from the lovely Sonja B. If you are lost there is a full list of the blog hop on the Whiff of Joy World of Ideas Blog. The stamp I have used on my card is called 'Penguin Brothers building a snowman' and is available here from Whiff of Joy. I used Kaisercraft papers on my card and a little rosette I found in my stash which I think is from American crafts.

The sentiment I have used is from Whiff of Joy and is from the 'Season's Greetings' set which is available here.

My image was coloured entirely with Flexmarkers, I have enough now to be able to cover most colour combinations and I really like the brush nib as it makes it so much easier to colour small areas. Thanks so much for dropping by today to see my card for the hop. Your next stop is the lovely Karina . Make sure you leave comments along the way...this month, 6 lucky commentators will each win one of the digital stamps from our Fall Kit release. There are 6 secret stops on the hop, so be sure to leave a comment on each one of the DT’s blogs. You just don’t know which ones are the lucky ones!  At the end of the hop, go to the Whiff of Joy World of Ideas Blog, let us know that you have left a comment at each stop of the hop by leaving us a comment and you will be entered for a chance to win!

The hop will remain open until midnight CEST (Central European Summer Time) Wednesday October 10th CEST. Winners will be announced by Katharina on her blog.

Have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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