A Gorgeous Bear Hug

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the Sugar Nellie blog today and I am sharing a card I have made using one of the lovely Gorgeous girls stamps from Funky Kits. This adorable image is called 'Bear Hug' and you can get her here. I coloured her in with Promarkers and paper pieced her dress to give her a lovely spotty outfit.

The papers I have used are Christmas ones from Carta Bella. I love the pretty colours so I thought I would have a go at using them for a non Christmassy card and I think they have worked pretty well. The lace was bought in a beautiful Haberdashery store in New York a little while ago and the flowers are from the Ribbon Girl and my stash. The little sentiment is a rub on. I finished off with a few little stick on gems and pearls. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!

Jane

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Peaches and cream giveaway on the Ribbon Girl blog

Hello again! I'm back to share some details of a giveaway on the Ribbon Girl blog! The Ribbon Girls have put together a beautiful selection of goodies for one lucky winner. You can read the details below but make sure you pop over to the Ribbon Girl blog for a chance to win.

The Ribbon Girl doesn't have a challenge this week so to take our minds off the current wintry weather, we are looking forward to Summer and the warmer weather with our Peaches and Cream Giveaway made up of products from the Ribbon Girl online store including 32mm ivory fine cluny lace, cream cotton lace, peach cherry blossom, some peach and and some cream daisy flowers, peach berries, Kort & Godt peach rolled roses, pink and silver glitter ribbon, ivory concertina pleated ribbon,  a gorgeous golden butterfly encrusted with rhinestones, a pale gold diamante circle, a large heart and a large round diamante buckle slide, small diamante heart charm, peach satin ribbon and 25 ivory pearl flower  flatbacks - that's enough to embellish lots of cards

Jane

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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Echo Park week

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog and we have another great theme  for you this week. We will be showcasing Echo Park papers! Unfortunately the papers I have used on my card are no longer available in the shop but we still have lots of yummy pads in stock. You can find them all here.

I layered my patterned papers on to a red paper from the pad and then added stitching around the edges. The lovely stamp I have used and sentiment are from Wild Rose Studio and is called 'Bunny with cake' . I coloured the image with Promarkers and added some glitter to the icing. I added some gorgeous gingham ribbon from the Ribbon Girl and lots of lovely flowers and finished with a wooden button and butterfly.
Have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT for the Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Easter

Good Morning Everyone! It's Thursday again already and it's time for a brand new Little Miss Muffet Challenge! Our theme this Fortnight is Easter so now is the perfect time to get ahead with your Easter makes. I have altered a little coffee tin for my DT project, covering it in Echo Park papers and pink Bazzill card. It all came together very quickly! 

I used the adorable Celeste Egg Hunt and coloured her in with my Promarkers to match the papers. I love the little Easter chick hiding behind her foot! I stuck Celeste to the tin hiding the join in the papers.

I made a little label using a Lili of the Valley sentiment stamp which I stamped onto yellow spotty card before mounting it on to a flower die cut from pink card. I then set it with an eyelet and threaded it with twine before adding it to the handle which was made from two strips of card. I decorated the tin with embellishments I found lying around on my desk and some lovely flowers from The Ribbon Girl.

Here is a little close up of Celeste. Isn't she adorable with her bunny ears and look at that basket full of eggs! I filled my little tin with tissue paper and my favourite Creme Eggs (they are all gone now! I am surprised they lasted long enough for the photo!) I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge. Make sure you check out the blog for all the details and some inspiration from the DT.
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Fifi goes Walkies

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 the adorable Sugar Nellie stamp called 'Fifi goes walkies' which is available here from Funky Kits. She is so lovely to colour in and I gave her gorgeous glittery wings ! I coloured her to match the Glitz Designs 'Love you Madly' papers I used on my card.

I added some pretty pink satin ribbon and lots of paper flowers from my stash as well as a resin rose I bought from Katy's Deco Den. I cut my image panel using a Spellbinders die and added a Lili of the Valley stamped sentiment to the top right corner. I finished with some stick on pearls and gems.

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

Hello Everyone! I am back again with my DT card for this Month's Ribbon Girl colour Challenge. We have a very appropriate colour theme for St Patrick's day as the colours we would like to see this month are 'Green and White'. I used various green papers from my scraps box for my card and inked all the edges before layering them up and stitching them together. I used the lovely Little Miss Muffet  'Swings and Slides Good luck' on my card and coloured her in with Promarkers. The sentiment I have used is by Paper Smooches.

I have used loads of gorgeous goodies from the Ribbon Girl on my card, including hunter green small check gingham, hunter green microdot, apple green velvet ribbon, parrot green polka dot organza ribbon, 22mm green and cream checked ribbon, green woolfelt, small polka dot button, wooden heart button, ivory button twine, WOC paper flowers and The Greens self adhesive pearls....phew!! That's a lot of goodies on one card!

Here is a close up of my coloured image. She is a little cutie! I die cut a four leaf clover from felt to match the one she is holding. I hope you will be able to join us for the latest Challenge. We have two prizes - a £10 voucher kindly donated by the generous ladies at Lili of the Valley to spend in their store

and a £10 voucher to spend in the Ribbon Girl online store

Enoy the rest of your weekend!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - A JoFy canvas

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft shop blog and I have something a little different for me to share today. I have embellished a little canvas using one of the new funky JoFy stamps which recently arrived at My Mum's Craft shop. I used Luminarte radiant rain paints to colour the canvas and stamped the corners with the fab stamp.

I wrapped some beautiful ribbon around the canvas and then stamped the image onto kraft card before cutting it out. I distressed the edges of my image panel with my distressing tool and ink before adding it to the card with foam pads. I added stickles glitter glue to two of the flowers on the image and a button tied with twine to the largest one and then decorated my canvas with wooden embellishments and punched butterflies, The little chit chat sticker sentiment is by Tim Holtz. This canvas is really tiny and I had so much fun making it, I have lots of canvasses lined up for future projects and I can't wait to get started on them! I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet release day - Lavender

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well. I seem to be recovering quite well from all the germs I picked up recently and have got my crafting mojo back! Just in time to play with one of the lovely new releases which are available to buy from Little Miss Muffet from today. There are 3 new rubber stamps in the 'What's New' section of the shop. I have used the adorable Lavender on my card.

I coloured Lavender in using my Promarkers and then cut her out leaving a small border before adding her to my card. I used some very old Echo Park papers and a gorgeous ribbon from the Ribbon Girl which I topped with a Ribbon Girl button. I followed the sketch from this week's Sketch Saturday and finished with some lovely Ribbon Girl flowers.
Make sure you check out the Little Miss Muffet blog for lots of inspiration using the new images!
Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Bags of Fashion Mia

 Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the Sugar Nellie blog. I have been playing with my gorgeous new 'Bags of Fashion' stamps this week. It's so lovely to have new rubber to play with and I love all the Bags of Fashion girls. I have used Mia on my card and coloured her in with my Promarkers before cutting her out leaving a small border.

I used Spellbinders dies to cut a card base and to cut the layers for my card using Glitz Design papers from the Uncharted waters pad.  I distressed the edges of all the layers and tucked a die cut doily behind my sentiment strip which I topped with a pearl swirl.

Here is a close up of my image. I love her outfit and her cool boots! I added her to card using foam pads and finished with a wooden butterfly and a paper flower. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane

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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - My Favourite Things Stamps and Dies week

Hello Everyone! I am so excited about this week's theme week on the My Mum's Craft shop blog as we will be sharing cards made with products from one of my Favourite craft brands...My Favourite Things! I just love all the MFT stamps, Pure Innocence in particular and my collection of Dienamics dies are always in my 'most used dies' basket on my desk.

I have used the adorable 'Cute as a Button' stamp for my card and coloured her in with my Promarkers and paper pieced her using some papers from the My Mind's Eye ' Collectable Remarkable' pad which I also used for my card.

I used lots of Dienamics dies on my card. The sentiment was stamped on a mini tag from the 'Notched tag' set, I covered the join between my two backing papers using the 'Looped Border' and my image panel was cut using the 'Jumbo Fishtail Stax' 

Here is a close up of my image with her cute little button jar. I found a lovely green button in my stash which I added to the sentiment tag. I finished the card with some flowers both paper and a metal one and a fun miniature cotton reel. Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Boys Only

 Hello Everyone! I'm a little late with my Little Miss Muffet Challenge post. I'm still feeling awful and am behind with everything now! We have a great Challenge for you this fortnight at Little Miss Muffet which is 'Boys Only'! I know a lot of people struggle with cards for Boys and Men but I actually really enjoy making them. I used the Van Family Dad on my card and coloured him in with my Promarkers.

The papers I used are from Echo Park and I added a printed twill ribbon that I bought at Ally Pally ages ago. The sentiment is by SRM stickers and I set it with an eyelet which I tied with twine.

I cut out my image leaving a small border and then added it to my card with foam pads and finished with a couple of stick on pearls. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. The DT have made some gorgeous cards to inspire you and we are joined for this Challenge by my lovely and very talented Friend Petra who is our Guest Designer. Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Bookmark This!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and having a good week. I am not. I have a nasty cough and cold and had been plodding along but, after another night with very little sleep due to my blocked nose and coughing, I have given in and am resting up today in bed to fight off these germs! I have made something a little bit different for my Sugar Nellie post this week. I dug out my unused Dienamics bookmark die and matching stamps and die cut a bookmark using some scraps of paper. 

I added a little bit of stitching to the tartan paper and then stamped and coloured the lovely Simply Sassy High School Student stamp which is available here from Funky Kits. I stuck her on to the bookmark with glue after I had cut her out leaving a small border.

I die cut some flowers using another dienamics die and inked the edges before layering it up and topped it with a wooden button I bought in Farnborough. I sandwiched a length of velvet ribbon between the flower and the bookmark as a finishing touch. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Teddy with Present

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today and I am showing a card I made using one of the gorgeous new Wild Rose Studio stamps which have recently arrived at My Mum's Craft shop. I have used 'Teddy with Present' on my card and coloured him in using my Promarkers before I die cut hin into a circle. 

I used Prima papers from the 'Sunny Days' pad and stamped the Melissa Frances sentiment straight onto one of the papers. I added stitching around all the edges and some gorgeous flowers from my stash. I finished with a wooden button and some stick on gems and pearls.

Here is a close up of my image. I used a mixture of reds and pinks to colour the flowers to tone in with the papers. I do love this little bear, he is so cute! I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie Bags of Fashion Blog Hop

Hello Everyone! Welcome to your next stop on the Sugar Nellie Bags of Fashion blog hop! If you are following the hop, you should have arrived here from the lovely Alyce's blog. If you are lost or would like to see the full hop list, pop on over to the Sugar Nellie blog. I am very excited to be sharing my card made with the gorgeous Tabitha today who is being released with some her Fashionable Friends at Funky Kits today! There are 4 stamps being released today and they are available at a special price if you get all 4 of them! I made my card using My Mind's Eye papers and a Dienamics Postage stamp die. I added lots of my usual stitching and some gorgeous seam binding topped with a resin flower.

The sentiment I stamped on to the backing paper is from a Penny Black set and I added a beautiful Jenni Bowlin Butterfly and some other butterflies punched from gingham paper and topped with gems.

Here is a close up of my image which I coloured with Promarkers and then cut out leaving a small border. Isn't she gorgeous! I loved colouring her in and giving her a gorgeous outfit to go with the beautiful papers! Thanks so much for stopping by today, your next stop on the hop is Shannon! Make sure you leave comments along the way for the chance to win some sweet Candy! Have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop Challenges - Spring has Sprung

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week, mine has been hectic but lots of fun with a trip to the West End last night to see 'A Chorus Line'. The show was great, lots of singing and dancing and great performances! We have a brand new Challenge for you today on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog. We are celebrating Spring and our theme is: 'Spring has Sprung' so we would like to see all your Spring Inspired projects this month. I have used a CC Designs Laugh Lines Garden image on my card and papers from the My Mind's Eye Collectable Memorable pad.

I layered the papers up and stitched around the edges and used a Martha Stewart punch for the grass. The sentiment is an old one from Elzybells. I used Ribbon and flowers from The Ribbon girl and a resin flower cluster which has been in my stash for a while.

Here is a little close up of my image coloured with Promarkers. She is a little cutie! I love her boots and watering can! I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge.  We will be giving away a £20 voucher to the lucky winner! I have another busy evening today with a trip to Ikea to look for a new kitchen and some craft storage then am off to the Make it Show in Farnborough on Saturday and I hope to be able to sit down and craft Sunday! Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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