Sugar Nellie DT - Special Day

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far and are looking forward to the Weekend. I know I am! I will be doing some crafting and also some Craft shopping as the Sincerely Yours Craft Show will be coming to Bracknell on Sunday. Unfortunately, the Gorgeous Girl image I have used on my card is no longer available but there are lots more to choose from at Funky Kits here. 

I used My Mind's Eye papers and a Martha Stewart punch for the scalloped borders. The sentiment is from a Penny Black set. I coloured my image with Promarkers and paper pieced her dress.

I finished with some ribbon and a button from the Ribbon Girl, some stick on gems and pearls and some paper flowers. I hope you have a lovely Friday!
Jane
x

Little Miss Muffet DT - A fabulous sketch Challenge and some DT news!

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the Little Miss Muffet Blog and we have a great sketch for you to follow this fortnight. I love working with sketches and I have a few favourites I turn to when in need of inspiration and I will be adding this one to that list! I used some gorgeous October Afternoon papers on my card and the adorable 'Swings and Slides - Nice Weather for ducks' image. 

I used a fishtail die to cut the sentiment strip  which was stamped with a Paper Smooches sentiment and then added paper flowers, buttons and a resin flower. I finished with a few little stick on pearls.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I cut her out leaving a small border and added her to the card using foam pads. I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge, there is lots of inspiration and all the details you need to take part on the Little Miss Muffet Blog. I mentioned in my blog post title that I had some DT news, you may have noticed I have a new badge in my sidebar....I am very excited to share with you all that I am part of the new Pollycraft DT!! I was part of the team when Paula had a break and am so thrilled to be part of the team again. If you are a regular visitor to my blog you will already know how much I love Pollycraft so this was the best news ever!! I hope you all have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
x

Lili of the Valley Guest DT - Bathtime!

Hello Everyone! I'm a little late with my last Guest DT post for Lili of the Valley...this should have gone up on my blog this morning..anyway....better late than never! I have had so much fun sharing my cards on the Lili of the Valley blog this month and have really enjoyed reading all the lovely comments on my cards.left by the lovely LOTV followers. I have used the adorable Bathtime which is available here and coloured him in using my Promarkers. 

I die cut the image into an oval and added it to a scalloped oval die cut from some of the Echo Park patterned papers I used on my card. I added a sentiment which was stamped using the Lili of the Valley tag stamps and layered two of them up before topping them with a tiny twine bow.

The ribbon I used to wrap around my card is from The Ribbon Girl as is the spotty button. The little wooden hearts are from my stash and I finished with some My Mind's Eye enamel dots and a brad.
Have a lovely evening.
Jane
x

My Mum's Craft Shop DT - I gave you my heart

Hello Everyone! I am sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today and am showing another card made using some of the beautiful Gorjuss products from My Mum's Craft Shop. I absolutely love this range from Docrafts and am addicted to playing with them! I have used the beautful 'I gave you my heart' image on this card and coloured her in with my Promarkers. The red paper is from my stash and the striped and grid papers are from an 8x8 pack.

I added a Paper Smooches sentiment and a small piece of ribbon and flowers from my stash and finished with some tiny pearls and a button.

Here is a close up of my image. These stamps are slightly larger than most and are so easy to colour in. I love her stripey socks so much...I want some! I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
x

Little Miss Muffet DT - Sunbonnet release blog hop

Hello Everyone and Welcome to my blog for the very exciting Sunbonnet release blog hop! It's a very exciting day for all of us at Little Miss Muffet! The lovely Jodie, from Bugaboo Stamps, has designed some exclusive Sunbonnet Rubber Stamps for Little Miss Muffet Stamps and we are celebrating with a massive blog hop. If you are following the hop, you should have come here from  Jackie's blog.  I have used the adorable Fancy Sunbonnet flowers image and coloured her in using my Promarkers tomatch the Country Drive Echo park papers I have used on my card.

I used layered up my papers and sewed around the edges of the layers and stamped a Paper Smooches sentiment on the bottom left. I wrapped some of the layers with ribbon and added some paper flowers and little wooden buttons and finished with some stick on pearls.

Here is a close up of my image. She is rather cute with her big bonnet and lovely little dress! Here is a little sneaky peek of all the other images that are being released today as well as a fabulous Birds on a wire die.

You can get hold of all these goodies, right now from the What's New! Section at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and there are some great special offers avaialble too! And if that wasn't enough there are special prizes to be won if you leave comments along the way while you are hopping on our blog hop. The full hop list is on the Little Miss Muffet blog if you get lost, but, for now your next stop on the hop is Jen, You can click on the image below to go straight there!

Have lots of fun!
Jane
x

Sugar Nellie DT - Spotlight on Leanne Ellis - Patience

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the Sugar Nellie blog and we are shining a Spotlight on Leanne Ellis for the coming week and the DT will be making cards using Leanne Ellis images all week. The image I have used on my card is called Patience and is available here from Funky Kits. I used some very old My Mind's Eye papers to create my card and added my usual stitching around the edges of all the layers.

I coloured my image using Promarkers and then cut it out and mounted it on a scalloped rectangle frame. I set an eyelet into the card and added a little apple charm. The sentiment is a rub on.

I finished the card with some flowers from my stash and some buttons and added some pretty little pink pearls to pick out some of the colours from my image. Make sure you join us on the blog for more of our Spotlight on Leanne Ellis throughout the week. 

Have a lovely Wednesday!

Jane

x

Lili of the Valley Guest DT - Love Balloon

Hello Everyone, I am a bit late with my guest DT post for Lili of the Valley today.  I was ill last night and went to bed when I got in from work and only just remembered my post was going on the LOTV  blog today! Anyway...the card I am showing on the blog today is made using the adorable 'Love Balloon' which is available here from Lili of the Valley. I coloured the image with Promarkers to match the gorgeous Sweet Little Girl Echo Park papers and also matted the papers on to bright pink card before sewing around the edges.

 I used a doily die to cut a shape to pop behind the circle onto which I added my image and then added this to the card with foam pads. The sentiment is from the Greetings Postmarks sentiments set and I added a tiny wooden button to the centre.

Here is a close up of my coloured image. I cut it out leaving a small border before adding it to the card and finished with some spotty ribbon and some papers flowers from my stash. I hope you enjoy the rest of your Evening.
Jane
x

The Ribbon Girl May Colour Challenge - Lilac and Lavender

Hello again! I am back with my DT card for this month's colour Challenge on the Ribbon Girl blog. Our colour theme this month is 'Lilac and Lavender'. I don't have many papers in these colours but managed to dig out some very old DCWV baby papers which matched the theme perfectly. I used the adorable Pure Innocence Make a Wish and coloured her in with Promarkers and paper pieced her dress. I die cut the image into a circle and added some distress ink around the image with the die still in place to retain the white frame.

I was a bit concerned I over embellished this card but couldn't resist adding lots of gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl. I used some satin ribbon to wrap around the card which I then topped with some bias binding. I popped my image on top and tucked a crystal heart stem behind it and secured it on to the side of the image with my hot glue gun. I added a spotty button and some buttons from the lilac button mixture. The larger buttons are tied with twine. 

I added lots of beautiful flowers around the image and some punched butterflies and finished with soms stick on gems. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. We have lots of inspiration from the DT on the blog and a great photo to get you started.

We have two fabulous prizes for our lucky winner from Lili Of The Valley and Ribbon Girl

Enjoy the rest of your Weekend!
Jane
x

My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Something new

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are having a good weekend so far. I am here today with a tag I have made for our 'Something New' themed week which is starting today on the My Mum's Craft shop blog. I cut the tag using a Dienamics die and Gorjuss Girl papers and added a fishtail cut from striped paper using another die. The beautiful house stamp is from the Art houses set from Creative Expressions and I stamped it on to kraft and added it to the tag over some jute mesh.

I used a Dienamics heart die to cut a small tag which I stamped with a Lili of the Valley stamp before setting it with an eyelet and tying it on with some Docrafts string.

I then added some flowers a wooden butterfly, some key charms and buttons to finish off. I hope you have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
x

Sugar Nellie DT - Butterfly Girl

Hello Everyone! Phew! The Weekend has finally arrived! I have a busy day lined up and a good old crafting session planned this evening in front of the telly. I have a quick post for you today to share a card I made using the Saturated Canary digi 'Butterfly Girl' who is available here from Funky Kits.

 I coloured in very bright colours to match my papers which are from an American Crafts pad. I added a sentiment from Lili of the Valley and a few bits and bobs from my stash dotted around. The butterflies were punched with a Martha Stewart punch and I topped one of them with a tiny resin flower from Katy's Decoden which is a fabulous shop with so many lovely treats!

Here is a close up of my coloured image which was coloured with Promarkers as usual. I used Umber, Cocoa and Cinnamon on her hair which seems to be a new favourite combo of mine at the moment. I hope you have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
x

Little Miss Muffet DT for the LMMS Challenge - Red, White and Kraft

Hello Everyone! It's time for brand new Challenge on the Little Miss Muffet Blog and we have a great theme for you! We would like to see Red, White and Kraft on your creations this fortnight. I love a colour Challenge so had lots of fun with this one!

I used my favourite Cheeky Chester the Monkey on my card and coloured him in with Promarkers to match my colour scheme. All the papers I have used are from Bazzill and the sentiment is by Paper Smooches. I added a dienamics die cut heart, ribbon and a button from the Ribbon Girl and several other bits and pieces from my stash.

After I had coloured Chester in, I cut him out and then added him to my card with foam pads and added some paper flowers at the bottom of the topper. I am entering my card into the DT call Paula is running for Pollycraft. I was very lucky to be a part of the DT when the shop closed and would love to be part of the new team so wish me luck! If you fancy applying too, you can see all the details here. I hope you have a lovely Thursday! Friday tomorrow!! Yay!!!
Jane
x

Gorjuss Decoupage!

Hello Everyone! I have been playing with some of the new Docrafts products which have just arrived at My Mum's Craft Shop. I have made a card using the beautiful Gorjuss mini decoupage set called 'You Brought me love' which is available here and the stunning coordinating papers from the 6x6 pack.

The decoupage is die cut and was very easy to put together and made a nice change from stamping and colouring. I layered up my papers and added some stiching and then wrapped my layers with lace and tiny ric rac from the Ribbon Girl before adding them to the card base. I used a Lili of the Valley sentiment and decorated the card with lots of flowers and other bits and bobs including some gorgeous Hobby House Rhinestone buttons.

Here is a close up  of the decoupage. I added some little punched butterflies to the frame and the image as a finishing touch. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
x

Lili of the Valley Guest Design post - A little Message

Hello Everyone! I'm back with my second card as this month's Guest Designer for Lili of the Valley and it is featured on the Lili of the Valley blog today. I used the adorable stamp 'A little Message' with the matching sentiment on my card and Simple Stories Summer Fresh papers.

I love all the colours in these papers, they are so lovely and Summery and I thought they went really well with this image. The flowers I used are from Wild Orchid Crafts and I added a vintage pearl button and a charm from my stash which I tied with twine.

Here is a close up of my image which was coloured with Promarkers. I cut the image out and then mounted it onto a postage stamp edged die cut square which I mounted onto the card with foam pads.

The little letter which I stamped with tiny hearts is from the paper pad and I finished with a couple of little stick on pearls. I hope you have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
x

Little Miss Muffet DT - Forest Friends release day

Hello Everyone! It's Forest Friends release day over at Little Miss Muffet today I have a card to share with you which I have made using the adorable Fawn image. This was so much fun to colour in and the little Fawn is so cute! He is so versatile! I have used him on a card to say 'Hello' and coloured him in with my Promarkers to match my selection of papers from my scraps box which are mostly My Mind's Eye. I used a new Memory box die to cut the sentiment from the Woodgrain papers and added my usual stitching too.

I kept my layout simple and added a couple of little paper flowers from the Ribbon Girl and one of my favourite wooden Butterflies (I am starting to run out of these!) I finished with a couple of stick on pearls.

Here is a close up of my coloured image, isn't it just adorable! Love the little spots on his back. I was so tempted to add some stickles to his tail! Make sure you check out the blog for lots of inspiration from the DT using the new stamps and you can see all the new releases here!
Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
x

Sugar Nellie DT - A sweet Celebration!

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the Sugar Nellie blog today I have a card to share with you which I made using the adorable 'Fizz' by Leanne Ellis. She is perfect for Congratulations cards with her huge bottle of bubbly!

I used some Crate Paper papers on my card and a sentiment from a Bobunny set and added lots of flowers from my stash as well as a little wooden star and resin flower. The Jute mesh and the ribbon are from The Ribbon Girl.

I coloured my image with Promarkers and added some distress inks to the paper around the image while it was still in the die. I also added lots of glitter to the Champagne bottle and finished with some stick on gems and pearls. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
x

Pollycraft is back!!

Hi Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend. Have you heard the very exciting news? Paula has re-opened Pollycraft and has some lovely brand new digis for sale which I know you are going to love.

 Paula asked the old Pollycraft DT to help out with some sample and I made a couple of cards using my favourites from the new digis. The first card was made using 'What's the buzz' who is a cute little bee but I coloured her in using greens to make her into a caterpillar. I used Echo Park papers from the Echo Park 'Bundle of Joy - Boy' pad and a Paper Smooches sentiment. The resin flower is from My Mum's Craft shop and the Ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl.

I used 'Out of this World' for my second card and I think the papers are old Echo Park but I am not 100% sure. The sentiment is also from Paper Smooches and the button and Ribbon are from The Ribbon Girl. I have always loved Pollycraft images and am so happy the shop is open again and can't wait to see what Paula comes up with next! Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
x

A Beautiful Butterfly for Dies week at My Mum's Craft Shop.

Hello Everyone!  I am starting off a new themed week on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog and I have a card to share with you today which I have made using one of my favourite recent purchases from My Mum's Craft Shop...the beautiful Marianne Designs Butterfly die. I saw this at the trade show earlier this year made up using felt and it was truly stunning.

I have used mine to cut some of the beautiful new My Mind's Eye Find your Wings and Fly Away papers and made an anniversary card for my Parents. I used a Paper smooches sentiment from the Good Gab set.

I kept my layout quite simple, adding a little stitching and some paper flowers and used flower stamens for the butterfly antennae. I added some buttons from my stash to the butterfly, some gorgeous pleated ribbon from the Ribbon Girl and finished with some stick on pearls and gems. I hope you have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
x