Celebrate with Anya!

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Christmas. We are getting ready for the New Year now and are celebrating this week on the My Mum's Craft shop blog with a 'Celebrate' theme week.

I have made a card using the gorgeous Big Anya Celebrates stamp set on my card which comes with some lovely sentiments. I stamped Anya and coloured her in using Graph'it markers before cutting her out and paper piecing the present. 

The papers I have used are by My Mind's Eye from the Lost and Found 'Record it Antique' pad. I kept my layout simple and stamped the sentiment on to the backing paper. I added some hemp ribbon and some flowers from my stash and a lovely little wooden button which is available here.
I hope you have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
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Graph'it Markers DT for the Graph'it Challenge - Happy New Colour!

 Hello Everyone! I hope you had  a lovely Christmas Day and Boxing Day. My blog has been rather neglected lately as I was running behind with my Christmas preparations but I hope normal service will be restored soon! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the Graph'it Marker Challenge blog today. Our theme this week is 'Happy New Colour' we are challenging you to use a new colour!I chose Yellow as my colour I wouldn't normally use to create a lovely golden coat for the lovely Labradors on my card.

I rarely use yellows but  I love the rich gold you can create with the Graph'it markers. I will be sure to use this colour combination again for hair and animals.  I used just three colours to colour in the dogs: 1250, 3110 and 3140. The images are from Little Miss Muffet and the sentiment is a Paper Smooches one

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of fabulous inspiration from the DT!

Have a lovely Friday!

Jane

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Ribbon Girls Children's Christmas Craft Challenge 2013

Hello Everyone! The Ribbon Girls are running a special Children's Craft Challenge this year for kids aged 16 and under on the Ribbon Girl blog.

The challenge will run until 9pm (UK time) on Saturday 28th December.

The winners will be announced on New Years Eve - we're sure you will have some time to fill in before Christmas and maybe some spare time between Christmas and New Year - you might even be hoping to get some new craft things in your stocking and this is a great opportunity to put them to good use.

There will be 3 prizes of crafty goodies and the challenge will be judged by 3 UK crafters:

Dawn Phillips freelance designer, craft tutor and TV presenter for Lili of the Valley

 Happy Birthday Dawny P - enjoy your day!!

  Kath Stewart  well known Freelance Craft Designer, Craft Tutor, and Demonstrator

Andrea Gourley - Craft Designer and Teacher 

The winners will have their project displayed on The Ribbon girl blog, on The Ribbon Girl Facebook Page and on the front page of The Ribbon Girl online store website on 1st January 2014

I hope you will be able to join in with the fun!
Jane
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A Christmas Banner tutorial on the Ali-Craft blog

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a tutorial on the Ali-Craft blog. I have put together a little Christmas banner using JoFy stamps.

You can see all the Step by Step instructions here on the Ali-Craft blog. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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MMCSDT - Bags and boxes week on the My Mum's Cratt shop blog

Hello Everyone!  I am kicking off another themed week this week on the My Mum's Craft shop blog. We will be showing you bags and boxes this week, ideal as a last minute Christmas present when filled with yummy chocolates!

I used a Sizzix die to cut my box shape from Kraft and then added papers from the Echo Park Keepin' Cozy pad which I had layered onto red card before stitching around the edges. I added a layered snowflake cut using Joy Crafts dies . I added a large sparkly embellishment on top and tucked a Paper Smooches sentiment underneath.

Here is a side view of the finished box. I covered all the sides of hte box using different patterned papers and added a couple of little stick on pearls and a gem to finish. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Making Backgrounds for the Graph'it Marker Challenge

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge today on the Graph'it Marker Challenge blog. The theme for the team this week was to make backgrounds using Mix it Fluid. This was so much fun! I used 4 different shades of Graph'it Markers to create a snowy sky background for my cute little Polkadoodles snowman. I used the broad nib to draw wide stripes which I blended together and then sprayed with the mix it fluid to create a mottled effect. I then added dots for the snow using the glitter Shake it embossing pen

Graph'it Markers used:

Sky: 7260,7240,7220,7210

Red: 5245, 5220, 5210

Green: 8270, 8260, 8220

Snow: Shake it glitter embossing pen

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge! Have a lovely Friday!

Jane

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A Christmas tag for the Ali-Craft Challenge

Hello again! As promised I am back with my Project for this month's Ali-Craft challenge which launched yesterday on the Ali-Craft blog. I made a tag using some papers from the Graphic 45 7 days of Christmas paper pad..

 



I added some lace and a die cut circle to which I added a little Lindsay Mason angel  and a sentiment from this set. I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge. There is some great inspiration from the DT on the Ali-Craft blog. Enjoy the rest of your Weekend!
Jane
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A Dienamics Happy Birthday

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today and I am showing a card I made using some of the latest Dienamics dies which arrived recently at My Mum's Craft shop. I made a card for my Husband's birthday which was at the end of last month. I used My Mind's Eye papers and created a simple layout adding a centre panel cut with the Pierced oval die.

I cut the sentiment using the new Dienamics 'Happy Birthday' die and added it to the card using glue.
I added a Craftwork cards label to the top left.

I added a few brads from my stash and a wooden heart and stick on pearls. I also added a lovely little heart button which is available here. I hope you have a lovely Sunday, I will be back soon with my Ali-Craft post, I am still not feeling great after my flu so am running behind with everything!
Jane
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A late post....one card for two Christmas Challenges

Hello Everyone! I am finally here with a card I should have posted on my blog on Sunday for the Ribbon Girl and My Mum's Craft Shop Christmas Challenges.I have been laid up in bed with flu since last week and am finally starting to feel a little bit better. Both Challenge themes are Christmas so I used gorgeous stamps and papers from My Mum's Craft shop on my card and lots of gorgeous Ribbon Girl goodies to embellish it.

The stamp I have used is the Wild Rose Studio 'Bluebell Looking' which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. I coloured Bluebell in using a mix of alcohol markers and then added some stickles and gems to the image. I used My Mind's Eye papers from the Mistletoe Magic pad and added some stitching around the edges. The sentiment is by Paper Smooches and is available here. 

I embellished with lots of gorgeous flowers, ribbon and pom pom trim from the Ribbon Girl as well as a heart shaped button and some lovely stick on pearls. I hope you will be able to join in with both Challenges for the chance to win some fabulous prizes! Have a lovely Wednesday and I hope normal service will be resumed on my blog soon!

Jane

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Graph'it Marker Challenge -Vintage Polka dots

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the Graph'it Challenge blog. I will be keeping this post brief as I am full of cold and feeling rather under the weather today. Our theme this week is Vintage with Polka dots. I have used some lovely shabby chic papers for my card and an Emma Canning image. I added vintage style lace and a lovely crochet flower topper with a vintage button. I added my polka dots to the books using the blender pen.

Markers used:
Skin: 4175, 4115, 4155
Hair: 3160, 3110, 3140, 3125
Blue: 7240, 7220, 7210
Yellow: 1250, 1150
Pink: 5125, 5210
Polka dots: Blender


I hope you have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft shop DT - If you wish upon a star...

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today and I have made a new baby card to show you this week using the adorable Party Paws baby stamp which is available here at My Mum's Craft Shop. 

 I used papers from the My Mind's Eye Chalk Studio pad and kept my layout very simple adding a strip through the centre of my card to stamp the sentiment. The image was coloured with Promarkers and Graph'it markers and cut out leaving a small border before adding it to the card.

Here is a little close up. He is so cute! I couldn't resist giving him little rosy cheeks! I added a few little wooden stars to finish off the card and a blue button with a little ribbon tab tucked behind it. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Ribbon Girl DT for the Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge - White

Hello again! I am back with my Design Team card for this month's Colour Challenge on the Ribbon Girl blog. Our colour theme this month is 'White'. I decided to make a Wedding card using one of my adorable Lili of the Valley stamps and some Papermania vintage doily papers.

I matted the image which I had coloured with Promarkers onto a doily cut from pearlescent white card and added lots of gorgeous Ribbon Girl goodies including Ivory resin flatbacks, paper flowers and berries, Faux Hessian ribbon, White Zig Zag Cotton Lace, White Ruffle Edge Sheer Ribbon, stick on pearls.

Here is a close up of my coloured image. I added some glitter glue to the flowers. The sentiment is by Craftwork cards. I hope you will be able to join us for this month's Challenge.

We have two fabulous prizes for our lucky winner a £10 voucher from our very generous friends at Lili Of The Valley and a £10 voucher towards a shopping spree at Ribbon Girl

Enjoy the rest of your Weekend!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Non traditional Christmas colours

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and had a good week. It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I am kicking off a 'Non traditional Christmas colours' week. I used pink and aqua papers from the Echo Park Bundle of Joy girl pad for my card and a gorgeous Pure Innocence Snowman stamp.

I coloured the image using Promarkers and then die cut it into a circle and added it to another cut from kraft card before adding it to my card. I sewed around the edges of all my papers and added some die cut snowflakes and a lovely big button.

Here is a close up of my image, he is so adorable and is very quick to colour in so is perfect for those quick last minute cards! I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Graph'it Colour Challenge - Lucky 7/ Anything goes

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge today on the Graph'it Marker Challenge and our theme this week is

Lucky 7/ Anything goes

Nikky challenged the Design Team to use all 7 new colours which were released recently. You can see all the new colours here.  thought the new colours were perfect for a Boy's card so I made a card using the lovely Caroling Luka stamp on my card and kept my layout very simple using Echo Park papers.

I added a Paper Smooches sentiment and a wooden snowflake topped with a button and some of my favourite denim ribbon from the Ribbon Girl.

Here is a close up of my coloured image. I used the following colours:

Holly leaves: 8190, 8260, 8270

Skin: 4175, 4115, 4120, 4155

Trousers: 7119, 7109, 7125,

Jacket: 5245, 5215, 5220

Jumper: 6290, 8290

Book: 3245, 3255, 4120, 6290, 6175

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win some Graph'it goodies!

Have a lovely Friday!
Jane

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Little Miss Muffet Stamps at My Mum's Craft Shop Celebration hop

Hello Everyone! Welcome to my blog for your next stop on the joint Little Miss Muffet and My Mum's Craft shop blog hop. We are hopping to celebrate the arrival of Little Miss Muffet rubber stamps at My Mum's Craft shop! If you are following the hop you should have arrived here from the lovely Fiona's blog. If you get lost along the way, you can go back to the beginning at the Little Miss Muffet blog. My Mum's Craft Shop are the only UK retailer to stock Little Miss Muffet stamps, there are so many fun characters available to choose from and I have used one of my favourites for my card today. This stamp is 'Sonny Honeycloud Butterflies' and she is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop.

I coloured Sonny in to match the lovely Bazzill Basics papers I used and paper pieced her skirt and hat using one of the papers from the pack. I coloured Sonny in with Graph'it markers and Promarkers and cut her out leaving a small border before adding her to the card with foam pads. The sentiment I used is from Paper Smooches. I added some ribbon and lots of lovely flowers from my stash and finished with some stick on pearls and punched Butterflies.

Here is a close up of the lovely Sonny. Thanks so much for stopping by. Your next stop is the lovely Jo! Enjoy the rest of the hop and make sure you leave comments along the way for the chance to win some fabulous Candy! Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Ali-Craft DT - A JoFY Snowman tutorial

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Weekend. It's my turn to share a card on the Ali-Craft blog today and I have put together a little tutorial to show you how I made this card.

You can see the full tutorial here on the Ali-Craft blog. I hope you have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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Winter Birthdays Week on the My Mum's Craft shop blog

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum'sCraft Shop blog today and I am starting off a 'Winter Birthdays' week. I have used some of the gorgeous Bazzill Basics Nordic Pines papers on my card which are a beautiful rich red and have some lovely doilies on them. The stamp I used is Winter Fox from Lawn Fawn and I stamped the sentiment which comes with him onto a Dienamics Snowflake Splendour die cut shape.

I inked around the image which I had coloured in with Promarkers using Tea Dye distress ink and then layered it on to some dark brown card. I added some hessian from the Ribbon Girl behind the image panel.

I then added the sentiment snowflake above the image and another die cut snowflake below which I topped with a button tied with twine. I hope you have a lovely Sunday. I will be working on some card Commissions today and need to pop out to Hobbycraft as my paper cutter blade has decided to go blunt on me at the worst possible time!
Jane
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'White on White' for the Ali Craft Challenge

Hello Everyone! I hope you are all well and are having a good Weekend so far. It's time for a brand new Challenge on the Ali-Craft blog today and our theme this month is 'White'. This was a really hard theme for me as I love using lots of colour on my cards. I did, in the end, manage to make the most difficult card to photograph ever!

 

I used Tim Holtz stamps which I heat embossed with white glitter powder for my image panel and layered this onto white card which I had embossed with a small dots folder. I wrapped the dots panel with white glittery ribbon before adding it to the card and added a large bow topped with a white button and finished with lots of stick on pearls. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win a voucher to spend at Ali-Craft. Have a lovely Saturday!

Jane

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MMCSDT for the November Challenge - Autumn Colours

Hello again! I am back with my DT card for this month's My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge. Our theme this month is Autumn colours. I have used one of the lovely new Tiddlyinks images for my card and coloured it in using some of my favourite Promarker colours.

 I used Echo Park papers from the Reflections pad which I edged with my sewing machine. I added lots of gorgeous flowers from The Ribbon Girl and a few other bits and bobs from my stash.

Here is a close of my image. She is so adorable and was so lovely to colour in. I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge for the chance to win a voucher for My Mum's Craft Shop. Enjoy the rest of your Friday!
Jane
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Graph' It Challenge DT Post Tic-Tac-Toe

Hello Everyone! I am very excited today as today I am sharing my first official card as a Graph'It Design Team member. We have a great Challenge for you this week. We have a Tic-Tac-Toe grid and you need to choose three components to include in the colouring of your image.I chose blonde hair, fur and dots for my card. I am still practising so the theme was great fun for experimenting with my new pens! I used an adorable image from Wild Rose Studio which I coloured to match the fabulous Bazzill Basics Ambrosia papers I used. I added a Paper Smooches sentiment and tons of pretty flowers from my stash.

Here are the colours I used: 

Hair 1250, 1180 and 1150

Skin: 4145, 4120, 4150, 4155

Dress: 7210, 7220, 7240, 5215, 8260

Cat: 3140, 3110, 2150, 2110, 4115

Grass: 8270, 8260, 8220

Sky: 7220, 7210, Blender

And here is a little close up...

I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge. There is lots of great inspiration from the DT on the Challenge blog. Have a lovely Friday!

Jane

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New Ribbons and Toppers at My Mum's Craft Shop

Hello Everyone!It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today. I have been playing with some of the lovely new goodies which have just arrived at My Mum's Craft Shop and have two cards for you today. Kitty has recently received a huge selection of printed ribbons and toppers which are going to be perfect for your Christmas cards this year. Both cards were very quick to make!

 I used Vintage Presents ribbon on my first card and some matching paper from My Mind's Eye. I also added a Paper Smooches sentiment which is from the Christmas Sampler set. I finished with a wooden snowflake from my stash and a stick on gem.

The new Owl toppers are great fun and are already coloured in. They are a perfect match to the Bazzill basics Nordic Pines papers I have used. The ribbon is Christmas Hoot Tawny and I used it as my sentiment. I added another wooden snowflake and some punched Holly leaves to finish. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Ribbon Girl DT - A cute Pup for the Brown colour Challenge

Hello again! As promised, I am back with my Challenge card for the Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge. Our theme this month is 'Brown' so I decided to dig out my lovely Simple Stories Documented papers as the colours are just perfect for this month. I used a freebie image from the All Dressed Up blog. I love that a lot of these images come with sentiments in a really funky font and they are so much fun to colour in. I coloured the image with a mix of Graph Its and Promarkers and added some glitter to his little neck tie.

I added lots of gorgeous Ribbon Girl goodies including Faux Hessian Ribbon, an Oyster Spotty button, button twine, paper flowers, Kordt and Godt rolled paper flower and stick on pearls. Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT and all the details you need to enter the Challenge. We have a fab inspiration photo for you...

We also have two fabulous prizes for our lucky winner  a £10 voucher from our very generous friends at  Lili Of The Valley and  a £10 voucher towards a shopping spree at Ribbon Girl

Enjoy the rest of your Weekend!

Jane

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MMCSDT - Halloween Week on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog

Hello Everyone! We are starting a Halloween themed week this week on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog. I have used my favourite Halloween papers from this year to make a quick card with no stamping or colouring which is unusual for me!

The papers I have used are from the My Mind's Eye Happy Haunting pad and I layered them on to orange card before adding them to the card base. I cut some toppers out from one of the pages in the pad and also layered them on to orange card and added some stitching before adding them to the card base. I added a spotty button and ribbon from The Ribbon Girl and a few die cut bats which I embellished with tiny black gems for their eyes. I hope you have a lovely Sunday, it's raining and horrible here today so I will be mostly crafting and practising my colouring. I will be back a little late with my Ribbon Girl DT card.

Jane

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Some Exciting DT news!

Hello Everyone! I don't have card to share with you today but I do have some colouring and a some news! I recently applied for a place on the Graph It Design Team and I was so excited to find out that I had been offered a place. It took me all of about 5 seconds to accept and I can't wait to get started!

I received a huge package full of pens yesterday which have boosted my collection and I have been practising colouring with only Graph Its tonight. These are the results of my practice session which I hope to turn into Cards in the next few days. I hope you have a lovely Saturday evening.
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - A little preview...

Hello Everyone! I have some exciting news to share with you today and a little preview of some new stamps My Mum's Craft Shop will be stocking very soon! I was thrilled when Kitty told us that we would be getting a delivery of Lawn Fawn stamps. I have a couple of Lawn Fawn stamps already so I have made a card using one of them today and some of the new papers that arrived this week.

The papers I have used are from the Bazzil Nordic Pines pad. They are gorgeous and have a lovely texture. I die cut a little aperture for my Owl to sit in after I had coloured him in and cut him out. I added a little strip of ribbon between the aperture and the sentiment and then added a crochet flower topped with an old brad from my stash. I finished with some tiny stamped hearts filled with glitter glue and a stick on pearl. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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A cute littleHalloween Pumpkin

 Hello Everyone! I have another card to share with you today which I made this Weekend to enter into the Graph'it Challenge. The theme is Halloween so this cute Lil Dumpling Jack from Pollycraft was just perfect and was so much fun to colour in. I coloured him in shades of Orange and Black and Grey to match the My Mind's Eye 'Happy Hauntings' papers I used.

I die cut the centre panel using Spellbinders dies and added a little sewing around the edges. The sentiment I used is by Melissa Frances and I added a little spotty button from The Ribbon Girl and a wooden star from my stash alongside a brad I have had for years (I am trying to use some up as I have pots full of them!)

Here is a close up of cute little Jack. He actually reminds me a bit of my Jack who is really not so little anymore! I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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A little Sweetie pie for the All Dressed up Challenge

Hello Everyone! I discovered a new Challenge at the Weekend and a new to me digital stamps shop! I love the stamps by Wendy Burns that were released by 'My Favourite Things' so I was delighted to find some of her images in digital format in the 'All Dressed Up' Etsy shop. I treated myself to an image called 'Sweetie Pie' which is available here and coloured her in with my Graph'it Markers and Promarkers to match the gorgeous (but very old) Basic Grey papers I used on my card.

I matted all my layers onto Kraft card and added stitching around the edges of the layers. I added some beautiful lace from my stash and lots of beautiful flowers. The crochet flower is from Docrafts and I added a vintage button on top. I dotted on a few stick on pearls and a few more buttons to finish.

Here is a close up of the gorgeous image, She was so lovely to colour in. I added a background around her by drawing little dots with lots of different pens and my blender. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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A Halloween treat box for the Ali-Craft Challenge

Hello, I am back again with my DT post for the latest Ali-Craft Challenge which started yesterday on the Ali-Craft blog. The theme this month is Halloween so I made a little treat box to fill with some chocolate coins.

I used a Sizzix die to cut the pillow box shape and used Distress inks and sprays to decorate a strip of paper using stamps from the Steampunk Spells 2 set to wrap aroud the box. I tied some purple twine around the box and used it to attach a little tag made by mouting a stamped sentiment from the set onto a die cut cog which I set with an Eyelet. I finished by adding a little purple flower topped with a stick on gem. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win a £10 website voucher.

  

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday!
Jane
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