MMCSDT: A cute family of Penguins and a very exciting nomination!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well. It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today but before I show you my card, I have some very exciting news to share with you. I found out yesterday that I have been nominated for Favourite Card Designer for the British Craft Awards 2016 which take place during the Craft Trade show at the NEC in February. I am so delighted and still very surprised and happy to have been nominated. My Mum's Craft Shop is also nominated so I am thrilled about that too! If you would like to vote you can do so by clicking on the logo below and it will take you to the website.

So exciting!!! Now on to my card. I am trying to get organised and make some more Christmas cards as Christmas is fast approaching! I have nearly finished my shopping but have not made many cards at all. I used the Avery Elle Penguin Greetings stamp set on my DT card for My Mum's Craft shop. I love this set and I think I will be using it for a lot of my cards for Friends and Family this year as I love the way you can use the little penguins together to represent Family groups. 

I used the fabulous Doodlebug Sugar Plums papers and an older Paper Smooches sentiment.  I am trying to wean myself off using my sewing machine so much on my cards at the moment so didn't stitch this one and kept the layout quite simple.

I had lots of fun paper piecing the penguin's clothes using matching papers from the pad and coloured the images using my Promarkers. These were very quick to colour in and I then finished the card with some stick on gems and a wooden snowflake. I hope you have a lovely Friday and a lovely weekend.
Jane
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MMCSDT: All I want for Christmas is Ewe...

Hello Everyone! I am back today with another Christmas card! I am really loving all the new Christmassy stock which has recently arrived at My Mum's Craft shop and I fell in love with the Baaah Humbug Lawn Fawn stamps. It seems you all did too as these are unfortunately sold out at the moment but there are plenty other Lawn Fawn stamps in stock here.

To make my card, I created some snowy hills using textured card and a My Favourite Things die. I stamped the sentiment on to the bottom snowy hill and some holly using tiny stamps from the set. I pieced the hills on to some snowy paper from the Doodlebug SugarPlums pad and used more papers from the pad to cover my card base.

Here is a close up of the little sheep which I coloured in with Promarkers. They are adorable and I love the tiny little heart. I kept my card very simple and added a small die cut snowflake with a pearl heart as a finishing touch. I hope you have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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MMCS DT: Fall Friends Thank you card

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and are looking forward to the Weekend. I will be decorating this weekend. I am really enjoying doing up my new home and putting my stamp on it. The sun is shining here today so hopefully we will also be able to enjoy a bit of sun while the paint is drying. I am here with my Design Team card for My Mum's Craft Shop today.

I have used the adorable 'Fall Friends' collection from Doodlebug for my little Thank you card.I created a little scene using papers and some punches  and added a little sewing before sticking the papers to my card. I used a cloud die to add the sentiment and accented it with a little flower.

This little cutie is a cardstock sticker. I added him to the card with foam pads and added an acorn sticker on the grass with a wooden heart button. I love the autumnal colour tones of this pad, they really inspired me. I have been crafting a little more lately and feel I am getting my mojo back so I am hoping I will be updating my blog at little more often! Have a lovely Weekend.
Jane
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MMCSDT - My Superhero!

Hello Everyone, sorry it has been a while! Life has been rather busy lately and has got in the way of my Crafting. Hopefully things will settle down soon. I am here today with some Good Friday inspiration for you using some gorgeous Mama Elephant stamps. The set I have used is called Tiny Heroes and is available here from My Mum's Craft shop. I have a few Mama Elephant sets and always find them very inspiring and I love making Clean and Simple cards with them.

 I used papers from the Doodlebug Hello Sunshine pad to create a little scene for my Superhero to fly around in stamped the sentiment on to one of the hills and then sewed around the edges before adding the layers to my card. I also added some matching Doodlebug enamel dots.

My image was coloured with alcohol markers and cut out before adding it to the card with foam pads. I added some little stars from the set to finish. I hope you have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend!

Jane

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Basik and Fishes

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and having a good week so far.This week, I have been playing with some of the new Scrapberry stamps which have recently arrived at My Mum's Craft Shop.

The stamp I have used on my card is from the Basik and Fishes set which is available here from My Mum's Craft shop. I coloured Basik in with my Promarkers and used papers from the Doodlebug Hello Sunshine pad. I kept my layout simple and added a little fishbone charm and some of my favourite wooden stars and a very bright pink paper little paper flower..

Here is a close up of Basik. I stamped the sentiment onto a notepaper topper from the paper pad. The sentiment is by Paper Smooches. I hope you have a lovely Friday.
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Jeepers Creepers!!

Hello Everyone! I am back again today on the My Mum's Craft shop blog with something very bright and colourful for you! I have been playing with some of the new Woodware stamps which arrived this month at My Mum's Craft Shop.
The set I have used on this card is called 'Sneakers' and is available here. I teamed it with some gorgeous Doodlebug papers from the 'Lovebugs' pad and coloured it in with my Promarkers.

I added lots of stitching to the layers and some gorgeous Ribbons from The Ribbon Girl and die cut the sentiment with a Dienamics die before adding it to the card with foam pads. I accessorised with some wooden hearts and tiny buttons and stick on pearls and lots of paper flowers.

Here is a little close up of the shoes. I would love to own a pair like this! I have quite a collection of Converse trainers but don't really wear them that much anymore. I might treat myself to a pink pair this Summer! The pair below are one of my favourites, you can never go wrong with classic white...

I am entering my card in to the latest Ribbon Girl colour Challenge as this month's colour is pink! I hope you have a lovely Friday and stay nice and warm this Weekend.

Jane

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Are you feeling Christmassy yet?

Good Morning! I hope you are all well. Are you feeling Christmassy yet? I have finished buying all the presents I need to buy and have wrapped quite a few but I have only written and sent one card so far. A chore for this weekend I think. I love making the cards but writing in them and sending them off is just not part of the fun!

My Christmas tree is still in the box under the bed but I have made good progress this year with making handmade decorations I actually like so some will be finding their way on the tree hopefully over the weekend. The card I am sharing with you today was made using one of the adorable new Swings and Slides images from Pollycraft. This image reminds me of my Son Jack playing in the Snow for the 1st time nearly 10 years ago now! He is still this cute now with a hint of teenager creeping in every now and again! I used My Mind's Eye papers and white embossed card for a Clean and Simple layout, added a bit of stitching and a Doodlebug sticker for the sentiment and finished it all off with a funky button that was screaming 'pick me!! pick me!!! at me from my button box.
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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Another Boy's card!

I have another boy's card to show you today made with one of the adorable Swings and Slides munchkins. I am on a mission to use all of these! This little cutie is called 'My Ride' and he reminds me of my Jack (minus the glasses).

I used Doodlebug papers from my scraps folder to make the card with a sentiment from Craftwork cards. The rosette was made with the new smaller Tim Holtz die, I love it and have lots of rosettes made up in a box now ready to use.
I hope you have a good Sunday.
Jane
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No1 bear

I have another Men's card to share with you today, the colours of the Doodlebug papers I used for yesterday's card really inspired me so I decided to make another card with them. For this card I used the 'No1 bear' digi stamp available here from Di's Digi downloads.

I printed the image onto textured cardstock and coloured it with Promarkers before cutting it out. I added glossy accents to the centre of the rosette and the bear's nose. The layout is vey simple and I used up some of the scraps left from my previous card. The letters I used are by Papermania as is the button and the pearl is by Prima. I have really enjoyed using these Doodlebug papers and I have lots left so expect to see more of this colour combo soon!
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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A card for Dad

I made this card last night using a pack of Doodlebug papers I picked up in TKMaxx on Sunday.
I used an A6 card for a change and it was quite fun to work with a different shape of card for a change.
The letters I used are from Prima and the button was from my stash.

I used the special Ronnie digi which was designed by Paula to help Emma raise funds in memory of her Dad. He is perfect for Father's Day cards and all those hard to make Men's cards.
"Ronnie'' is available to buy for only £1.50 directly from Emma and also from the Pollycraft shop. ALL proceeds from the sales will go to the YAA.
I hope you had a lovely weekend and have a lovely Monday.
Jane
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