Another Chester card for the Little Miss Muffet Challenge

Good Morning Everyone! I am back again with another Chester card. This time I have followed the 'Distressing' theme set on the latest Little Miss Muffet Challenge and have distressed the edges of my coloured image panel with distress inks. I have used 'DIY Chester' on my card and coloured him in with alcohol markers before cutting him out with a Dienamics pierced square die.

I used Echo Park papers from an old pad and added a couple of wooden stars, some brads, letter stickers and stapled on some ribbon from The Ribbon Girl. I added a couple of little blue pearls as a finishing touch. I have been busy lately making little Easter cards and I will be back tomorrow to share some with you. Have a lovely Tuesday!
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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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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Little Miss Muffet Release day - I 'heart' Chester

Hello Everyone! It's release day at Little Miss Muffet  and you are going to 'LOVE' the new stamps! All the new rubber stamps are love themed so are perfect for your Valentine's day or 'Just because I love you' cards. I have made a card using a digi version of 'I heart' Chester which is quite fitting because I do love him!

I used My Mind's Eye papers from the 'Lucky in Love' pad. I love these colours! I made a shaped card with some a Spellbinders die and then added some stiching around the edges of my layers. I cut a fishtail banner using a Dienamics die and stamped it with a Paper Smooches sentiment and then added a wooden heart button and some flowers and finished with a tiny little stick on gem. I coloured Chester in with my Promarkers and cut him out leaving a small border. I think he looks so cute. Make sure you check out all the new releases in store here and check our the blog for some inspiration from the fabulous Little Miss Muffet DT!
Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Cazza's sketch

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend. I have been struggling with my mojo lately and didn't get as much crafting done as I would have liked but I have had a massive clear up and tidy of my craft stash so things are a bit easier to find now. I didn't make it to the NEC but I do hope to go there next March.

Monday is Pollycraft Challenge day of course and we have a great sketch by Cazza for you this week. I have used the cheeky Chester for my card and some My Mind's Eye Christmas papers with a Pink Petticoat sentiment.

I added some flowers as an extra and some gems and tied the card with twine topping the bow with a tiny brown button.
Here is Cazza's lovely Sketch:

Make sure you pop over to the Challenge blog to check out all the lovely cards from the DT and I hope you will be able to join in with this week's Challenge, if you do, you could win a whopping ten Digital Images from Pollycraft:

Have a great Monday!
Jane
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New Pollycraft Christmas images!

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good start to the week. I have a card to share with you today which I made using one of the new images which were released yesterday at Pollycraft.

I adore all the Cheeky Chester images and this one is no exception He looks adorable all dressed up in his Christmas outfit. I used more Making Memories papers and a Whimsy stamp sentiment and Christmas list.
The ribbon and vintage buttons are from my stash. You can check out all the new Pollycraft images here.
Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Summer Fun

Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend. We had lots of rain here and I spent a lot of time watching the golf with my Hubby and trying to keep warm! I am looking forward to seeing more sunshine soon! We have a great theme for you this week. Marit has chosen Summer Fun as our theme this week on the Pollycraft Challenge blog and I have chosen to use Barbeque Chester for my card which I teamed with some fab paper I discovered in my stash!

I added some stitching, lots of gingham ribbon and a Pink Petticoat sentiment and coloured Chester with my Promarkers before cutting him out and adding him to my card with foam pads.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We are sponsored this week by Quixotic Paperie which is one of my favourite shops!

If you take part this week, you may win 2 packs of Make it crafty chipboard embellishments. Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and some fab inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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CES Challenge - Anything but a square

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good week. I have been busy this week so I am glad the weekend is finally here. I have a day of crafting lined up today catching up on DT work and Magazine commissions then I am going out for a drink tonight with my lovely Hubby.
Saturday is CES Challenge day and the theme this week is ....'Anything but a square'. I love square cards but also love making shaped cards with my Nesties so I have used one of my new Spellbinders Grand Nesties to cut a large scalloped circle card.

I used Echo Park Metropolitan and Candy Shoppe papers to cover the card and then coloured in Poorly Chester from Pollycraft to match with my Promarkers. I stamped a Hero Arts Sentiment and cut it out with a Spellbinders labek die and added Chester and the sentiment to the card with foam pads before adding glossy accents to Chester's eyes. The finishing touch was a stripy bow made from ribbon from my stash.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a £10 voucher (not incl P&P) from Crafty Emma's Store:

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Boyz to Men

Morning Everyone! I hope you are all well and had a lovely weekend. Mine was very relaxing, I saw my Family, did a bit of shopping and had a lovely lunch with my Hubby :-) It's Monday already which means we have brand new Challenge theme on the Pollycraft Challenge blog. This week the lovely Joanne has chosen the theme 'Boyz to Men' so I have made another Father's Day card using the adorable little Chester.

I made an easel card using some of the fabulous new My Mind's Eye papers. I LOVE them! This star paper is just perfect for Men's cards.

I coloured Chester in with my Promarkers and cut him out before adding him to my card with foam pads. I used a Hero Arts sentiment and letter stickers, one of my favourite buttons and some Prima letter stickers to spell out 'Daddy'.
The finishing touch was some glitter glue on the heart.

I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We are sponsored by the Secret Crafter this week and if you take part in the Challenge you will have the chance to win 3 digis.
Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and some wonderful inspiration from the DT.
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Anything goes!

Morning everyone! I hope you are having a good Bank Holiday Weekend, it's Monday and time for a new Pollycraft Challenge. This week we have a nice and easy 'Anything Goes' theme! I decided to use Chester as I haven't made many cards with him yet and had lots of fun colouring him in lovely bright colours to match my Echo Park paper.

I used my Spellbinder Grand Nesties to make a card base and added lots of stitching and a sentiment stamped onto a label shape. I added a couple off little screw top brads and one of my favourite buttons.

I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a fabulous prize from Bunny Zoe's Crafts. Make sure you check out the Challenge blog too for lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Introducing Chester!

I have a brand new Cheeky little Chimp to introduce to you all today! Please meet Chester the new addition to the Pollycraft family. Chester is a very busy tiny little Monkey and gets up to all kinds of mischief as you will see here in the fabulous new images released yesterday at Pollycraft.

I have used Chester sat on a vintage phone for my card and teamed him with some Basic Grey and Echo Park papers. The sentiment I used is from Hero Arts
and I used a spring for the telephone cord as I really wanted to cut out the image. The ribbon is from my stash and I have no idea where it is from and it is hiding some stitching that went terribly wrong! The pearl is from Prima.
Make sure you check out all the new images here!
Have a good Tuesday!
Jane
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