MMCSDT - Just because

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and having a lovely Weekend so far. I went to the horse racing at Ascot yesterday. We were lucky with the weather and not very lucky with the horses but it was a great day out. I am back with my regular Sunday post for the My Mum's Craft shop blog and I have been playing with some of the new Technique Tuesday stamps which arrived this week. I used the 'You did it' set on this card with some distress inks to create the central panel.

I cut out a panel of white card using a Spellbinders die and then blended Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet and Vintage photo  Distress inks. I stamped some of the flowers using Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet and the sentiment using brown Archival ink. I added a couple of little pearls and a little wooden button from my stash and layered everything on to some paper from a Bazzill Basics pack.
I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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MMCSDT - A Tiddlinks boy card for Character's week

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a lovely Weekend. It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today. Our theme this week is 'Characters' so we will be sharing projects featuring some of our favourite Character stamps. I have always had a soft spot for Tiddlyinks stamps and have a lot of them in my stamps collection but don't ink them up enough! I have used the stamps from the 'My Boys' set on my card today and coloured the image in with my Promarkers to match the Bazzill basics from the Adventures pack.

My new sewing machine arrived this week so I used it for the first time to sew on this card. My sewing was a bit wonky so I went round the image frame twice. I got the hang of it better when I sewed along the edges of the sentiment strip.

Here is a close up of my coloured image. I used a mix of alcohol markers and then cut out the image leaving a small border before adding it to my card. I used the sketch from yesterday's Sketch Saturday Challenge.

 I am still trying to join in with more Challenges and Sketch Saturday is one of my favourites! Have a lovely Sunday!
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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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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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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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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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
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Love you a latte!

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today and I am sharing the card I made for my Hubby's Birthday last Sunday. I used the adorable 'Latte Monkey' stamp by CC designs which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. I coloured him in with my Promarkers and then cut him out leaving a small border.

I used papers from the Bazzil Basics Believe pad which is on special offer at My Mum's Craft shop. They are Christmas papers but love fabulous with Kraft and I thought these ones are great for Men's cards. I used various Dienamics dies to cut tags and stamped them with sentiments from my stash and finished with some stick on gems and some funky red twine. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Wish Upon a Star

Good Morning Everyone! It's my day for posting on the Sugar Nellie blog today and I am sharing a little card I made following the gorgeous sketch from the latest Sugar Bowl Challenge. I have used the adorable 'Wish Upon a Star' stamp which is available here from Funky Kits. I coloured her in with my Promarkers and added lots of glitter to her wings as the optional Challenge theme is to add sparkle. 

I used Bazzil Basics papers from the beautiful Believe stack and layered them onto kraft before sewing around the edges. The ribbon I used to tie my bow is from the Ribbon girl and matches the vintage feel of the papers really well.

Here is a close up of my coloured image, she has such s sweet little face. I love her little box of stars, she looks like she is ready to decorate the Christmas Tree! I added a couple of little sentiment tags and some paper flowers and then finished with some pearls and little gems for extra sparkle!
I hope you have a lovely Wednesday.
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Introducing the Van Family!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well! It's new release day at Little Miss Muffet today and I have not one but three cards to show you using some of the adorable new digis which are available to buy from today. I have used 3 images from The Van Family, they are all so much fun to colour I couldn't resist making 3 cards!

My first card features one of  the Van Family Brothers, I used patterned Bazzill papers and a lovely glittery star from The Ribbon girl and other bits and bobs from my stash. I coloured my image with Promarkers before adding it to the card with foam pads.

My second card was made using one of the very sweet Van Family Sisters. The papers on my card are from the Basic Grey Soleil pad and I used lots of flowers from my stash.

My third and last card has the cute baby boy on it, the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and I used an Elzybells Sentiment stamp and some doodlebug stickers for my sentiment. Make sure you check out all the fabulous new releases in the 'What's New' section over at Little Miss Muffet and there are lots of lovely samples from the DT on the Little Miss Muffet Blog. Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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A cute little pumpkin

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today and I am kicking off our Halloween inspiration week at My Mum's craft shop with a little shaped card which I have decorated with lots of gorgeous Halloween goodies! I cut my card with a Spellbinders die and layered a doily die cut on top I then stuck strips of Bazzill 'All Hallows Eve' papers together and die cut them into a circle which I sewed onto a black circle leaving a small border.

I wrapped the finished circle with twine and added it to my card base and then stamped and coloured the adorable Pumpkin Beatrice and cut her out leaving a small border before adding glitter to her little stalk hat and adding her to my card with foam pads. The sentiment is from the 'Halloween Sentiments' set and I added some flowers above it, and a little bat die cut and then added a little bow topped with a little wooden button. Make sure you drop by My Mum's Craft shop blog tomorrow for some more Halloween themed inspiration! I am also entering my card into the I love Promarkers Challenge as the theme is Halloween. Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge - Shabby Chic

Hello Everyone, I hope you had a good Weekend. Did you enjoy seeing all the new Whiff of Joy images this weekend during the blog hop? Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my cards, they helped to cheer me up as I spent the whole weekend in bed! I have another card to share with you today made with an image from the latest release. This image featuring the lovely Maya is called 'Cosy Reading' and is available here from Whiff of Joy. I have coloured her in to match these gorgeous 'Shabby Chic' style Vintage Market papers to fit the 'Shabby Chic' challenge theme for this fortnight's Whiff of Joy challenge. There is still a little bit of time to take part so make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday for my card layout and added a tiny sentiment and lots of flowers as well as some Whiff of Joy Twine. I finished with some little pearls. I hope you have a great Monday.
Jane
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Halloween treats

As promised, I am back again to share my regular Sunday post which will be published on the My Mum's Craft shop blog. I have been having lots more fun with the lovely Halloween goodies Kitty has in stock at My Mum's Craft Shop this week, I got a bit carried away using the adorable CC Designs Meoples Witches and Goblins set and I have used them to decorate a couple of little treat boxes and a card. 

The images are quite small so they were just the right size to decorate these boxes I cut with a Sizzix die. The perfect size to stuff with some little Halloween treats. The sentiments I have used are from the
CC designs Halloween sentiments set and I die cut them with a label die and inked around the edges.

The little die cut bats  have used were cut using a Memory Box Swooping bats die. I added some gems to the larger ones to look like beady eyes!

I'm not sure which one is my favourite, they were so quick to colour in and are just perfect for adding to tags and to personalise your treats this Halloween.

Here is the full set with some yummy sweeties! All the paper are from the Bazzill Basics All Hallows Eve pack.  I hope you are having a good weekend. I will be back soon with the Brand New Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge.
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers DT - Lace and Swirls

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good start to the week. I promised you some more Halloween inspiration on Sunday and here it is! Our theme this week at Passion for Promarkers is 'Lace and Swirls' and I initially thought I would make a wedding card but couldn't resist colouring in another Halloween image which is a perfect match to the fabulous Bazzill Basics All Hallows Eve papers which are available here at My Mum's Craft Shop.

I used a Marianne Designs die for the swirl which I cut from black card and tucked behind the sentiment from the  Halloween sentiments set. The lace I have used is available here from The Ribbon Girl and I layered onto some jute mesh ribbon.

I coloured my image with Promarkers and then cut it out leaving a small border and added it to my card with foam pads. I finished with a some little green gems. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We have some great inspiration from the DT on the Challenge blog and our sponsor this week is Letraset who are offering a New Promarker collector set to our winner.

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I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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Boo! Happy Halloween!

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are having a good Weekend. It's my day for sharing a card on the   My Mum's Craft shop blog today. I have been making a lot of Christmas cards recently so was delighted when Kitty starting receiving lots of lovely Halloween goodies! I have been playing with some of the new CC Designs stamps and had a great time colouring the Sweet November Hazel and Lucy image to coordinate with the fabulous Bazzill Basics All Hallows Eve papers which are available here at My Mum's Craft Shop.

 I added a sentiment from the Halloween sentiments set which I love and is full of so many fabulous sentiments for all your Halloween projects. I added some die cut bats which I cut from black card using the Memory Box Swooping bats die.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image, I coloured her in with my Promarkers and then cut her out leaving a small border before adding her to the card with foam pads. I have lots more Halloween goodies to play with so watch this space! Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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