Little Miss Muffet release day - Sonny Honeycloud Poetry

Hello Everyone! It's a busy week for me! You are going to be hearing from me every day for the rest of this week! It's release day at Little Miss Muffet today and we have lots of great new rubber stamps for you as part of our Easter release. I have used the fabulous Sonny Honeycloud 'Poetry' on my card today.

I have used some gorgeous papers from American Crafts which were left over from a Commission. I coloured Sonny in using my Promarkers and then die cut her using a rectangle die. I added a Lili of the Valley sentiment and some stitching and lots of pretty flowers. I also added a vintage button from my stash and finished with some little stick on pearls.
Make sure you check out the blog for lots of inspiration from the DT using the new images and here is a little sneaky peek at all the new releases!

You can find them all in the What's New section of the Little Miss Muffet Shop. Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Sporty

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the Sugar Nellie blog today! I have made a bright and cheery boy's card using  a Manga stamp called Sporty which is available here from Funky Kits.

I used Echo Park papers on my card and a gorgeous turquoise riibbon. I used some gorgeous little wooden embellishments too which are perfect for boy's cards.
Here is a little close up of my coloured in image. I cut it out leaving a small border before adding it to my card with foam pads.

I hope you have a lovely Wednesday and make sure you put a date in your diaries to join us on Saturday for a blog hop to celebrate our Bags of Fashion release.

Jane

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Sugar Nellie DT - Day Dreamer

Hello Everyone! I am back with my Sugar Nellie DT card for this week. I have had a busy weekend sorting out my craft room and only just managed to get back in there and make a couple of cards this evening. I have used a Leanne Ellis image called 'Day dreamer' for my card this week. I coloured her in with Promarkers and then cut her out before mounting her on to my card with foam pads.

I used October Afternoon papers which were leftover from a Magazine Commission and a sentiment from Penny Black. I found the flowers in a little jar which surfaced during my big tidy up and added a Little Miss Muffet die cut banner and a gorgeous little cage charm from the Ribbon Girl.

Here is a close up of my image. I added a little wooden bird embellishment above the cluster of flowers a wooden butterfly button and some punched butterflies and finished with some turquoise stick on gems. I hope you have a lovely Sunday evening!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - My Mind's Eye week

Good Morning Everyone! We are starting another themed week at My Mum's Craft shop today. Our theme this week is a great one for me as it is 'My Mind's Eye Papers' and My Mind's Eye are my abosolute favourite paper manufacturer! I have used the last few pages I had left from the My Mind's Eye 'The sweetest thing - Lavender' on my card today and added stitching around the edges. The papers from this pad are so versatile, I may have to treat myself to a new pad now mine is all gone.

The image which I coloured in with my Promarkers is a My favourite things 'A la mode' stamp. She is currently out of stock but you can find lots of great alternative images here.  The sentiment on my card is from a Paper Smooches set.

I added some pretty pink ribbon and lots of flowers to finish for a perfect girly card.There is a special offer in this weekend at My Mum's Craft shop if you fancy treating yourself!

FREE UK POSTAGE ALL WEEKEND

 No codes needed, minimum order £5

Offer ends Monday 25th Feb 6pm

Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Blue and Yellow

Hello Everyone! We have a brand new Challenge for you today on the Little Miss Muffet blog. Our theme this fortnight is 'Blue and Yellow'. I love having a colour theme to work with as a base for my card and I found the perfect papers in my new ' All about a boy' Echo Park paper pad. 

I used the adorable 'Call me Chester' on my card and coloured him in using my Promarkers and added some shading around the edge of the image using Distress inks. I die cut the image and added it to a shape cut with one of the brand new Spellbinders Dodecagon dies I received at the Workshop at Stitches. The sentiment I used is from a Paper Smooches set. I used a punch to create a notepad page which I stamped with a little Hero Arts telephone stamp and distressed the edges before adding it to my card. The gorgeous Ribbon is from the Ribbon girl as is the little paper flower and stick on pearls.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge, please check out the blog for all the details and some inspiration from the DT. Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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A card for a Precious Baby Boy

Hello Everyone! I hope you are all well and having a good week so far. I have a little card to share with you today which I made a little while ago and forgot to blog. I made this card for my lovely Friend Luisa's gorgeous little baby Vinnie. I used Echo Park papers from an old pad and layered them onto kraft adding stitching around the edges. 

The image I used is called Tiny Tot from Squigglefly and I coloured it with Promarkers. I used a sentiment from Pink Petticoat and die cut it into a banner shape and set it with an eyelet which I tied with twine. I finished with a bow topped with a button and some stick on pearls.
I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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The Ribbon Girl and My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Pure Innocence in Turquoise and Aqua

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are well and having a good Weekend so far. Mine is busy but great fun! We went to see Paloma Faith last night, she was totally amazing! Today I am going to the Craft trade show at the NEC for a mooch about and will be taking part in a couple of workshops and meeting up with some of my lovely craft Friends. My card for today is a dual purpose one, it is my DT card for this week for My Mum's Craft shop and my DT card for this month's Colour Challenge at the Ribbon Girl. Our colour theme this month is Turquoise and Aqua. I used lots of papers from one of the  brand new My Mind's Eye pads, the one I used is called 'Remarkable' and is available here. 

I coloured and paper pieced my Pure Innocence 'Read all about it' image and added her to my card with foam pads after I cut her out leaving a small border. I used lots of goodies from the Ribbon Girl to embellish my card including pleated ribbon, paper flowers, button twine tied in a heart button, satin ribbon and a spotty button.

Here is a little close up of my image. I would love a gingham chair like this one but I don't think it would last long with our dog! I hope you will be able to join in with our Colour Challenge this month. The DT have made some fabulous samples to inspire you. You can check them all out here alongside the gorgeous colour inspiration photo.

The prizes for the colour challenge are:

a £10 voucher to spend in the Lili of the Valley online store where they have fabulous new stamps for Spring

and a £10 voucher to spend in The Ribbon Girl online store which has beautiful ribbons and embellishments for every craft project

Have a great Sunday!
Jane
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Be my Valentine....

Hello again everyone! As promised yesterday, here is the card I made for my Hubby for Valentine's Day. I used more of the lovely Echo Park papers from the Love Story pad and the beautiful Cupid Mae. I coloured her with Promarkers and cut her out carefully before adding her to the card with foam pads.

I added a sentiment from Hero Arts and lots of lovely little wooden hearts from my stash. All the papers were layered onto black card and I stitched around the edge of each layer.

I hope you had a lovely Valentine's day. Mine was great and I had a lovely meal with my Hubby.
Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT- Release day - Love is in the air....and cakes!

Hello Everyone! Happy Valentine's Day! I hope you have a lovely day and get to spend some time with the one's you love. I will be going out for a meal with my Hubby tonight. I will share the card I made for him tomorrow as we will be exchanging cards after work. It's release day at Little Miss Muffet and we have lots of cute new images for you to play with. I have made a card using the lovely 'Thyme' who is available here.

I used Echo Park papers from the Love Story pad for my card and a little sentiment from a My Favourite Things stamp set. I apologise for the quality of my photos lately but my 'best camera' is being fixed.  I also added some gorgeous gingham ribbon and a stripey button and some paper flowers from my stash. You can find all the new stamps in the 'What's new' section at Little Miss Muffet...

 

...and check out the blog for lots of inspiration from the DT! Have a lovely Valentine's day!

Jane

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Sugar Nellie DT - Hippie Chick

Hello Everyone! I have chosen one of my all time favourite Sugar Nellie stamps for my Sugar Nellie DT card this week. This gorgeous Simply Sassy stamp is called Hippie Chick and is available here from Funky Kits.

I coloured my image with Promarkers to match these gorgeous papers from My Mind's Eye from the Collectable Memorable pad and then cut her out leaving a small border. I created a simple layout and added stitching around the edges of each layer and a stamped Some Odd Girl sentiment on a die cut banner shape.

I added a bow tied from a pretty cream and pink ribbon and topped it with a wooden button and added lots of flowers from my stash. I finished with some pretty pink stick on gems. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Valentne's/Love themes week

Hello Everyone! We are starting another themed week today on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog. Our theme this week is 'Valentine's/Love'. There are lots of gorgeous love themed goodies in the shop at the moment so it was hard for me to pick which ones to use! I eventually settled on an adorable Pure Innocence stamp called 'Bear Hugs' and some Carta Bella papers from the 'Devoted' pad.

I stamped the sentiment from the set on a banner I cut using a Dienamics die and then added a heart cut from spotty paper using one of the dies from the Rustic Hearts set and topped it with a spotty button tied with twine.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I coloured her in with Promarkers and then paper pieced her dress using some of the hearts paper. I then cut her out leaving a small border before adding her to the card with foam pads. I finished with a little paper flower and a stick on pearl. Have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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Little Miss Muffet Challenges - A fab sketch!

Hello Everyone! It's time for a new Challenge on the Little Miss Muffet blog and we have a fab sketch for you to play with this fortnight! I made a card for my youngest Son to give to his Big Brother for his birthday last week using the fabulous Retro Chester who is available here from Little Miss Muffet. I used some old papers from Echo Park and various little embellishments from my stash.

I coloured in Chester using my Promarkers and then cut him out using a Nestabilities die and distressed the edges. I love little Chester and I think he looks fab coloured in these bright colours! I hope you will be able to join us for the latest Challenge. Here is the fab sketch!

 

 

The DT have made some fabulous cards to inspire you. You can see them and find out about the Challenge here.  Have a lovely Thursday!

Jane

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Sugar Nellie DT - Alicia

Hello Everyone! I had an urge to play along with a Sketch Challenge on Saturday so picked my favourite which is Sketch Saturday! I used the lovely digi image Alicia from Sugar Nellie  and coloured her in sepia tones to match my Simple Stories papers.

I loved this week's sketch! I added some stitching and some flowers and a Lili of the Valley sentiment which I stamped on a tag cut with a Tim Holtz die.

Here is a close up for of the lovely Alicia. I added some little stick on gems to her hair and finished the card off with some stick on pearls. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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My Mums's Craft Shop DT - Happy Birthday Ryan!

Hello Everyone! My eldest Son turned 16 today and I wanted to make him a funky birthday card he would actually like! I struggled to find a stamp which was suitable for a Teenage boy and then stumbled upon this fab digi image from Saturated Canary which looks like a lot like my Ryan. I used Echo Park papers from the Echo Park Scoot pad and a sentiment from the Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler set.

I used the Dienamics Mini Double dot border to cut a fancy border to hide the join between the two papers and then sewed around the edges. The banner was cut using the Dienamics fishtail dies and I stamped some Whiff of Joy numbers on it and added die cut letters. I tied some twine around the banner before adding it to the card and popped a little spotty button on top.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I coloured him in with Promarkers and then cut him out leaving a small border before adding him to the card with foam pads. I finished off with a couple of little stick on pearls. I hope you have a lovely Sunday! We are going to a Christening today and then will be taking Ryan out for dinner this evening to celebrate.

I will leave you with a picture of the Birthday boy 16 years ago!
Jane

Happy Birthday Patric!

Hello Everyone! It's a special day today as my Best Friend's gorgeous little boy is turning 4. I don't know where the time has gone! He is mad about Cars so I wanted to add some to his Birthday card and thought this little image from Lili of the Valley was perfect.

This little cutie is called 'Little Lorry Bear' and is available here from Lili of the Valley. I coloured him in with my Promarkers to match these lovely Echo Park Papers from the 'Boy's Life' pad which is an older pad I still love. The sentiment is from the Paper Smooches 'Salutations' set and I added some letter stickers from my stash.

The number stamp is from Whiff of Joy and I added a couple of little buttons from my stash and a funky ribbon from the Ribbon Girl before finishing with a couple of pearls. I hope you have a lovely evening!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - Valentine's/Love

Hello Everyone! Just a quick post from me today to let you know our new Challenge has started on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog.

Our new challenge is....

VALENTINES / LOVE

and we will be giving away a £20 voucher to the lucky winner!

 

 

I have made a little card  using Echo Park papers,a Dienamics die,  Paper Smooches stamps 

and some Tim Holtz Film strip Ribbon. 

I hope you will be able to join us for this month's Challenge. Make sure you check out the blog for lots of inspiration from the DT!

Jane

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