My Mum's Craft Shop DT - A Gorjuss Girl for Toppers and Pre-coloured images week

Hello Everyone!  I am kicking off another themed week on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog. Our theme is 'Toppers and pre-coloured images' and I have chosen to use a Gorjuss Girls Decoupage topper on my card.

This decoupage set is called 'We can all Shine' and is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. I also used Gorjuss girl papers from the 6x6 stack. The little sentiment label which I stamped with a Penny Black sentiment and the little spotty heart are also from the decoupage pack.

I added some purple lace and pins from my stash and some lovely purple flowers. I also punched some butterflies from the waste paper with the decoupage and finished off with some stick on gems. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Pollycraft DT - For a Robotastic Dad

Hello Everyone! I hope you are all well and looking for ward to the weekend. I am very much! I have had a very busy week and I am going to London this weekend with my Best Friend to see Robbie Williams at Wembley! I can't wait! I realised today that I had forgotten to share the card I made for my kids to give their Dad for Father's Day so here it is!

I made the card using Echo Park papers and a sentiment from an old Pollycraft set. The fabulous Rusty the Robot image is from Pollycraft and is available here. I added some Spellbinders cogs and some stick on pearls to finish.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I coloured Rusty in with my Graph'it markers. I hope you have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Follow your Heart

Hello Everyone! I have a card to share with you today which I made a little while ago for a Dear Friend's Birthday using a fun Diane Duda stamp called 'Follow your Heart' which is available here from Funky Kits.

 I used papers from a My Mind's Eye pad and stamped a sentiment by My Favourite Things straight on to the papers. I added my usual stitching and some lovely paper flowers and a funky big button.

Here is a close up of the image. I stamped it straight on to the spotty backing paper and then again onto white card which I coloured and paper pieced on to the card. I used some of the spotty papers to paper piece her crown. I finished with a couple of stick on pearls. I hope you have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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An Ali-Craft Workshop and some Book news!

Hello Everyone! I don't have any cards to show you today, but I do have some news to share.
Two bits of news in fact! First of all, I have to let you know I will be helping out at an Ali-Craft Workshop in Crawley on the 31st of August.

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Here are the details for the Workshop (which I copied from the Ali-Craft blog):



TRIPLE WHAMMY CRAFT DAY SATURDAY 31ST AUGUST
Come along and join us at this fab All Day Workshop £45

You will spending time with three different designers
2 hours with Alison from Ali-craft
2 hours with Heidi thecraftygoatgirl.blogspot.co.uk
2 hours with Jane milliesmarvels.blogspot.co.uk
We all have a different design technique, so we will be having a fab day of crafting

HEIDI AND JANE ARE BOTH DT MEMBERS FOR ALI-CRAFT
They both also design for other companies, and have had card projects published in some of the top craft magazines, pop over to their blogs to see some great projects

Maidenbower School Hall,
Maidenbower Junior School, Festival Court, Harvest Rd, Crawley,
West Sussex RH10 7RA.
(off A23 motorway)

Time 9am - 4pm
Tea/coffee will be provided during the day, but you will need to bring a packed lunch with you

All main materials for the workshop will be provided, but you will need to bring along your basic tool kit
To book a place either phone us on 07860186695, email ali on alison.iain43@yahoo.co.uk, or book through our website www.ali-craft.co.uk

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 I am so excited! I can't wait! I have been to Ali-Craft Workshops before and they are lots of fun!

 The second bit of exciting news is that some more of my Projects have been published in a fabulous David and Charles book!I have several Projects in the book including a Halloween Treat box and bag and cards for various occasions.

The book is available here at a great price. I managed to get a copy last weekend and it is full of gorgeous inspiring goodies to make with superb photos.
I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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A Doo Lally Pip Tag and some exciting DT news!

Hello Everyone! I am very excited today as I have some fabulous news to share with you! I have joined  the Ali-Craft Design Team! I met Ali a few years ago at a Craft Show and have been very lucky to have demonstrated for Ali-craft at the Farnborough show in the past, so I was thrilled when Ali asked me to join the team. I have been getting all inky for my first Project which is featuring on the Ali-craft blog today.. 

 I have been playing with my Distress inks to create a tag using the fabulous Doo Lally Pip Gwendoline. I had so much fun creating this tag, you can read all about how I created it on the Ali-craft blog. Have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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A cute Baby Elephant

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I am showing a New Baby card which I have made with some of the new stamps and papers which have recently arrived. I have used the 'Woodware Baby Patch Elephant' and paper pieced it using some of the gorgeous Echo Park 'Here and Now' papers.

I added some stick on gems to the little flowers on the elephant and stamped the letters to form the sentiment onto some patterned papers from the pad and added them to the card with foam pads. I stamped the hearts onto patterned paper and added one to the top left of the card and added a button on top. I added the smaller heart overlapping the ribbon and finished with stick on gems. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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LIttle Miss Muffet DT - Circus release

Hello Everyone! Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my card yesterday, it made my day reading them. It's release day today at Little Miss Muffet and we have some brand new Swings and Slides images for you this fortnight! You are going to adore these! The images are all based around a Circus theme so are perfect for all your Summer cards and Scrapbooking projects. This is my last post as a Little Miss Muffet DT member. I am stepping down to concentrate on a few other things but would like to thank Barbara and Faye for having me as part of such a fabulous team. I have loved every minute!

I have used the adorable 'Pinwheel' on my card, she is available here with all the other new releases. I coloured her in with a mix of Graph'it pens and Promarkers and cut her out before adding her to the card. The papers I have used are by Simple Stories and I added a beautiful big bow using a pink ribbon from The Ribbon Girl.

Here is a little close up of my image. She is so cute! The sentiment which I die cut into a banner and tucked under the ribbon is by My Favourite Things. I finished with some stick on gems, an enamel dot, a big button and some paper flowers. Make sure you check out all the inspiration from the DT on the Little Miss Muffet blog, we all had so much fun playing with this release! Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - No Shell like home

Hello again! It's my day for sharing a card on the Sugar Nellie blog today and I am showing a card made using one of the adorable new Fairies which were released this weekend at Funky Kits. The image I have used is called 'No Shell like home' and is available here. I coloured my image in with Promarkers and Graph'it pens and die cut her into a rectangle leaving the tips of her wings 'out of the box' 

I inked lightly around the edges of the image when it was still in the die and stamped a little Hero Arts sentiment in the top right hand corner. The papers I have used are from an old Bobunny pad and I found a ribbon in my stash which coordinated with them perfectly and I topped this with a matching resin heart. I added lots of flowers from my stash and a button and finished with some stick on pearls and gems.

Here is a close up of the adorable Fairy. I added tons of glitter to her wings to make them sparkle! I think she is so adorable! I haven't been able to pick a favourite so far from the new releases and I can't wait to colour them all in! I hope you enjoy the rest of your Wednesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft DT for the Pollycraft Challenge - Anything goes

Hello Everyone! Today is a a very exciting day as it is the first day for our brand new Pollycraft Challenge! We have a very easy theme for you this time, it is 'Anything goes!' I have made a card using the fabulous 'Mr Fix it' who is available here from Pollycraft.

I coloured him in with my Promarkers and cut him out before adding him to my card. The papers I have used are from the My Mind's Eye pad 'Boy Crazy' pad and I added a sentiment from Penny Black which matched my theme perfectly. I gave this card to my Dad for Father's day as he is a dab hand with any tools! I also added some little tool charms from Whiff of Joy which I tied on with some twine and topped with a little button from my stash.

Here is a close up of my image coloured in with Promarkers. I love his little tool belt! I think I need one of these for my crafting tools! I finished my card off by adding some little My Minds Eye enamel dots. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. You can find some fabulous inspiration from the DT and all the details you need to enter on the Challenge blog. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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The Ribbon Girl and My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Pink with lots of bling

Hello Everyone! I have a joint post for you today. It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog but we are also starting a brand new Challenge on the Ribbon Girl blog today so I have combined both themes for my card. Our theme on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog is 'Add some bling' and the Ribbon Girl colour theme is 'Pinks'. I have used some gorgeous papers from My Mind's Eye on my card. These are from the 'Collectable Memorable' pad which has some fabulous designs in it. The sweet little girl stamp is My Favourite things - Doodle Garden 'Fluttering by' .

I have added lots of gorgeous flowers from The Ribbon Girl as well as some stick on gems and pearls and a beautiful saddle stitch ribbon which I tied in a large bow and topped with a beautiful daisy.

I coloured my image with a mix of Promarkers and Graph'it pens. I love these pens now and need lots more of them! I cut the image out leaving a small border before I added her to the card. I hope you will be able to join us for our Ribbon Girl Challenge. We have a great inspiration photo to get you started and there is lots of fabulous inspiration on the blog from the DT!

 

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

Enjoy the rest of your Weekend!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie Fairy Glen Blog Hop

Hello Everyone! And welcome to my blog for the Return to Fairy Glen blog hop! If you are following the hop You should have arrived here from Pam's blog.If you get lost at any time during the hop, you can find the full hop list on the Sugar Nellie blog.

I was so excited when I found out there was going to be a new Fairy Glen release! I love the adorable Fairies, they are so much fun to colour in! The little sweetie I have used on my card is called 'Golden Nectar'and she is available to buy from today at Funky Kits alongside her equally adorable Fairy Friends.

I used My Mind's Eye papers for my card and a doily die to layer my image onto. I love the pink and yellow combo! I coloured my image to match with Promarkers and added it her to my card with foam pads. I then glittered her wings with stickles.  I added a beautiful ribbon and tons of gorgeous flowers from the Ribbon girl and popped a tiny sentiment tag from Lili of the Valley under the ribbon. I tied a checked button with twine and added it to the left of the image.

I punched Butterflies from pink spotty paper and dotted them around the image and finished with some stick on pearls and gems. I hope you love all the new Fairies as much as we do! If you can't decide which ones to buy, why not treat yourself...we have a special price for launch weekend All 6 stamps for £28 (individual stamps will be £5.95) but, that's only for launch weekend. Thank you so much for stopping by today! Your next stop on the hop is the lovely  Wendy.  I hope you have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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A Doolally Pip for the Ali Craft Challenge

Hello Everyone! I have something a little bit different for you today....I was very lucky earlier in the year to be able to take a class taught by Lindsay Mason at the Birmingham Trade Craft Show where we made a tag using some of her Doolally Pip stamps. I fell in love with them instantly and treated myself to 'Moochin' as he reminded me of my boys. This is the first time I have inked him up and I used him to decorate a large chipboard tag I bought from Ali Craft at the Bracknell Craft Show.

I inked around the edges of the tag with black distress ink before covering the tag with Graphic 45 papers. I coloured the image with promarkers and then cut it out, adding a paper pieced crown which I had stamped on to some of the text papers. I added some jute mesh behind my sentiment and a Prima button on top.

I set eyelets in the top of the tag and threaded them with printed twill ribbon and another in the bottom from which I hung a rusty bell. I added a wooden star and cog from my stash and finished with some black stick on gems. I am entering my tag in to the Alicraft Challenge.
I hope you have a great Friday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT for the LMMS Challenge - Happy Families

Good Morning Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge today on the Little Miss Muffet blog. Our theme this fortnight is 'Happy Families' and I have chosen to make a card for my Son's Birthday using of the Van Family Brothers. I used Echo Park Happy Camper papers on my card and a sentiment from Elzybells which I added to a die cut tag.

I added some funky red twill  striped ribbon from The Ribbon Girl and a couple of brads from my stash. I also added some stick on pearls.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image, I coloured him in with Promarkers to match the papers. He actually looks a  bit like my Jack with his mop of messy hair! I hope you will be able to join us for our latest Challenge. You can find all the details you need here as well as lots of Inspiration from the DT! Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Pollycraft DT - Party Monster

Hello Everyone! I am very excited to be sharing my first official Pollycraft DT card with you today. I love all the new images and have been having fun colouring them up. I have used the Party Monster image on this card which I made for my Father-In-Law's birthday which was yesterday.

I used some My Mind's Eye and Crate paper scraps from my scraps drawer on the card and a Paper Smooches sentiment. The little letter stickers are by October Afternoon.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I used a mix of Promarkers and Graph'it markers to colour it in. I kept the layout of my card simple and added a ribbon tab topped with a button and a couple of little stick on pearls to finish. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday.
Jane
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Love Birds

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I am showing   a little card I made using one of the lovely brand new mini JoFy stamps which arrived this week at My Mum's Craft Shop. I have used the Lovebirds image to make a topper for my card by stamping it onto some Gorjuss papers from the 6x6 pack and then stamping the birds again onto white card. I then coloured them in and cut out their bodies before paper piecing them on to my stamped image. I also paper pieced the little heart.

I used a Dienamics die to cut the postage stamp rectangle which I layered my birds onto. I layered up more papers to cover my card base and added some jute mesh and cotton ribbon before the layers were added to the card. I also added a gorgeous crocheted flower topped with a wooden button,

Here is a close up of my coloured image. I coloured the little birds in with Promarkers. I added a little purple paper flower to the top right of the image and finished with some stick on gems. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Polka Dot Pals release day

Hello Everyone! It's release day at Little Miss Muffet today and there are some lovely new goodies for you to play with this week. We have a brand new range of images called the Polka Dot Pals which the Design team fell in love with at first sight! I have used the adorable Lydie on my card. You can find her and all the new images in the 'What's New' section of the Little Miss Muffet website. 

I used My Mind's Eye papers and coloured Lydie in using Graph'it Markers (still practising my blending with those) and my Promarkers. I added lots of stitching to the papers and kept the layout quite simple. I love the beautiful rose and polka dots paper and was very lucky to find a wooden button in my stash to match them. The sentiment I used is from a Kirsty Wiseman set I bought at the weekend.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I am not too happy with the blending on the hair but I have limited colours to play with until I build up my collection. I used very few embellishments on this card as I didn't want to cover up the gorgeous papers so simply added a paper flower and a resin flower next to the wooden heart and a couple of little stick on gems. I hope you have a lovely Thursday and make sure you visit the Little Miss Muffet blog for lots of inspiration from the DT using the new releases.
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - A little Cotton Rabbit

Hello Everyone!It's my day for posting on the Sugar Nellie blog and I am sharing a new baby card made using the adorable Albie the little Cotton Rabbit who is available here from Sugar Nellie. I adore all the Little Cotton Rabbit stamps, they are perfect for new baby cards and cards for little ones!

I coloured Albie in using my new Graph'it pens for his jumper and Promarkers for the rest and cut him out leaving a small border. I used Echo Park Bundle of Joy Boy papers on my card and the stamped sentiment is from Paper Smooches. The gingham ribbon is from my stash and the blue twill ribbon was bought at the Bracknell craft show. I added a gorgeous wooden button from Prima on top of the ribbon sentiment.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I am really happy with my new Graph'it pens! The colours are so intense and the blending is really easy. I need to collect a few more to get a good range of colours. I hope you have a lovely sunny Wednesday where you are .
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - A Cupcake Cutie for Ribbons and Bows week

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog and I am starting off 'Ribbons and Bows' week with a card made using the adorable Cupcake Cutie which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. 

I stamped and coloured my image using Promarkers and die cut her into a circle which I added to a scalloped circle die cut from pink card. I used papers from the My Mind's Eye 'My Girl' pad onto which I stamped the sentiment. I added a pink grosgrain ribbon which I tied into a big bow and topped it with a lovely big button from my stash.

I finished with some flowers from my stash and some My Mind's Eye enamel dots. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Dies Dies Dies

Hello Everyone! I'm late again....I am here with my card for this month's Challenge on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog. Our theme this month is 'Dies Dies Dies' so we would like dies to feature prominently on your projects this month. I have used the Die-namics Accent it Cute Cameras to cut a little camera to put in the centre of the Instaframe die shape I cut from ribbed white card.

I stamped a Lili of the Valley sentiment and a little Hero Arts heart on the frame and added some little heart gems and a little paper flower to finish off All the papers I have used are from Kaisercraft. I hope you will be able to join us for this month's challenge. You can see all the DT cards on the blog here and with all the details you will need to enter.
Jane
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