MMCS DT - A Hobby House cutie for Birthdays week

Hello Everyone! I can't believe it's been a week since I posted on my blog. I have been very busy lately and have not had much time for crafting or blogging. It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today and our theme this week is 'Birthdays'. I have made a birthday card for a little boy using one of the adorable 'It's a boy' Hobby House toppers available here from My Mum's Craft shop.

I used papers from the Carta Bella 'Baby Mine' pad and from the Echo Park 'Getaway' pad. I added a sentiment from a Tiddlyinks set and some candy dots embellishments . I also added a bow topped with a button, some wooden stars and finished with some stick on pearls.

Here is a close up of the lovely image which I layered on to a doily die cut from blue paper before adding it to the card. I will be back very soon with my Ribbon Girl DT card.
Jane
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Ribbon Girl DT for the Ribbon Girl April Challenge - Yellow

Hello Everyone! As promised I am back with my DT card for this month's Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge. Our very appropriate for today colour theme is 'Yellow/Lemon' which took me right out of my comfort zone but I did enjoy the Challenge! I used a little sweetie called Puddle Jumper Fancy Girl from 'By Lori Designs' on my card. She is available here.

The papers I have used on my card are from the Echo Park 'Good Morning Sunshine' pad. I layered them on to kraft and also used a background chicken wire die for my image to sit on.
I used the following Ribbon Girl goodies on my card: Velvet Yellow Berisford ribbon, Sweetheart blossoms, linen button twine, Yellow twill stripe ribbon, bronze star charm, paper daisy, stick on pearls and a Polka dot button.

Here is a close up of my coloured image. I thought she would look really cute with a flower in her hair and little pearl earrings. I hope you will be able to join in with our Challenge and maybe show us your Easter creations. We are sponsored by Lisa and Laila at LOTV and also The Ribbon Girl who are offering one randomly chosen winner two prizes of:

Enjoy the rest of your Weekend!

Jane

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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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A Clearly Besotted Happy Birthday

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far. I am starting to feel a lot better now, I think the last course of antibiotics have worked and my chest is finally clearing so I am very happy! I have a little card to share with you today which I made using some of my new Clearly Besotted stamps and dies.

The Bicycle, basket, butterflies and 'happy' sentiment are from the 'Good Times' set and I also used the matching dies. 

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the grass. The papers are all from different Echo Park pads. The cloud is a die from my stash and I used the Clearly Besotted 'Birthday' die to finish off the sentiment. I added a little pearl and a paper flower as a finishing touch. There is no stitching or colouring on this card which is unusual for me! I am really enjoying exploring new crafting styles and need to expand my ink collection now! Have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Spring colours

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today. Our theme this week is Spring Colours so I used papers from the Echo Park Splendid Sunshine pad as the colours are so bright and zingy and they match the theme of the Pure Innocence image I have used so perfectly!

The stamp set  I have used is 'I'm all ears' and it available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. I coloured the image with my Markers and then paper pieced her dress and ears with some papers from the pad.

I die cut the central panel using a Spellbinders die and sewed a strip of blue paper through the middle. I stamped my sentiment on to a Sentiment strip and added it to the right of my image with foam pads. I also added an eyelet and tied it with some neutral twine.

Here is a close up of my image. I am really enjoying paper piecing at the moment, it's such a fun way to add patterns to the characters dresses.

I made a little carrot embellishment as a finishing touch for my card. I made it by rolling a strip of orange card with a quilling tool and shaping it with a wooden skewer before gluing it. I then added some strips of green card inside that had been fringed with my scissors. I glittered the finished carrot with stickles glitter glue before I added it to the card.

I am entering my card into the My Favourite Things Color Pallette Challenge as I have used the colours below on my card

Have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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A Glamorous 18th Birthday

Hello Everyone and a Happy Mother's Day to all the lovely Mums out there! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I am sharing the card I made for lovely niece Shannon who turned 18 last week. I used the very glamorous 'Posh has a Present' image from Stamping Bella as the image on my card and coloured it in with Promarkers and paper pieced her dress and bag.

The papers I have used are by Echo Park and are from the 'Splendid Sunshine' Pad. I layered them all onto bright pink card and added stitching around the edges. The skinny pink ribbon is a very old one from my stash I bought from Create and Craft when I first started cardmaking. I used 'A La Modes Big Birthday numbers for the 18, cutting them out when I had stamped them onto pink paper. The sentiment is a matching one from the set.

Here is a close up of the image. I love paper piecing the Stamping Bella images and giving them pretty patterned dresses. I finished the card with some flowers from my stash and some stick on gems.
I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Celebrate!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and having a good week so far. I am still suffering with a nasty cough and the remnants of my cold and not getting enough sleep at the moment so I am looking forward to the Weekend already! I have a Clean and Simple card to share with you today which I made using a selection of Echo Park papers from a variety of pads. I love mixing and matching patterns and Echo Park papers lend themselves to this very well.

I used a fabulous My Favourite Things sentiment as the focal point on my card from this very versatile set which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. I used some Fishtail banners to stamp the sentiment onto and then added some of my usual stitching to the layers. The Chipboard embellishments were leftovers from a Magazine Commission.

I will leave you with a liitle arty shot of the card. The wooden stars which are the perfect finishing touch are from Artcuts. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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MMCSDT - Spring Flowers

Hello Everyone! I am kicking off a 'Flowers' themed week on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today. We have been lucky to have some lovely sunshine here this weekend, the daffodils are blooming and Spring is definitely on it's way. To celebrate the lovely weather, I have made a card using some of the lovely new goodies which have arrived recently at My Mum's Craft Shop.

The papers I have used are from the Echo Park 'Splendid Sunshine' pad which is available here. They match the Hobby House 'Summertime' pre-coloured topper so well! I added a sentiment from Paper Smooches 'Scripty Sayings' set which I stamped straight on to the backing papers.

I added a beautiful saddlestitched edge ribbon and lots of paper flowers from the Ribbon Girl around the image and finished with a lovely big button tied with twine and a couple of stick on pearls. I hope you have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
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I'm back! A new card for the Graph'it Markers Challenge - Denim

Hello Everyone! I am back! That was a very long couple of weeks...I can't believe I haven't posted on my blog since the 10th of January. Needless to say, it took me a lot longer than expected to recover from my hand operation. I am truly on the mend now and am slowly getting back into crafting again. My card today is my first attempt at colouring again so please be gentle with me. I am not 100% happy with my card today but I have to start somewhere. The card I am sharing below if for the Graph'it Marker Colouring Challenge. Our theme this fortnight is 'Denim'.

I have used a fabulous image from the Dollie Daydream Polkadoodles CD on my card. I love her outfit and her hair is amazing! I used Echo Park papers from an older pad and a Paper Smooches sentiment from the 'Scripty Sayings' set.

I added some Dutch Doobadoo die cut embellishments, including the Laser Art A5 Butterflies, Laser Art A5 Swirls and a Kraft Star which I topped with a vintage button.I also added some Ribbon Girl flowers and ribbon and some stick on pearls.

Here are the pens I used for my colouring. I used the Glitter Shake it pen to give her some fun glittery trainers. I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge for the chance to win a Graph'it colouring DVD. Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Thanks

Hello Everyone!It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I have a Thank You card to share. Now the huge task of making Christmas cards is over I always find myself making a lot of Thank you cards for the lovely presents I received over Christmas.

I love the Pure Innocence 'It's a sign' set which is available here from My Mum's Craft shop as she comes with lots of messages for all occasions. I used papers from the Echo Park Bundle of Joy Girl pad for my card and cut a stiched circle and Fishtail banner using Dienamics to build up my card layout. All that was needed to finish the card was to pop my image coloured with Graph'its on top. I added a little bow tied from twine to the coloured frame and some little flowers as a finishing touch. I hope you have a lovely Sunday.

Jane

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Ali Craft DT for the Ali Craft Challenge - A Daahling Doo Lally Pip!

Hello Everyone! Apologies for the late post but I am finally here with my card for this month's Ali-Craft Challenge. Our 1st Challenge of the year has an 'Anything Goes' theme so I created a card using one of the fabulous Lindsay Mason Doo Lally Pip stamps. This one is called 'Daahling' and is available here from Ali-Craft.

 

 

I coloured my image using Graph'it pens and paper pieced the coat using papers from the pad I used for my card which come from the Echo Park pad 'Beautiful Life'.  I distressed the edges of each layer and sewed around the edges and added a pom pom trim from The Ribbon Girl. I added flowers and wooden hearts from my stash and some punched butterflies and gems. I hope you will be able to join us for this month's Challenge. Make sure you check out the blog for all the details and some inspiration from the DT. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!

Jane

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MMCSDT - Bags and boxes week on the My Mum's Cratt shop blog

Hello Everyone!  I am kicking off another themed week this week on the My Mum's Craft shop blog. We will be showing you bags and boxes this week, ideal as a last minute Christmas present when filled with yummy chocolates!

I used a Sizzix die to cut my box shape from Kraft and then added papers from the Echo Park Keepin' Cozy pad which I had layered onto red card before stitching around the edges. I added a layered snowflake cut using Joy Crafts dies . I added a large sparkly embellishment on top and tucked a Paper Smooches sentiment underneath.

Here is a side view of the finished box. I covered all the sides of hte box using different patterned papers and added a couple of little stick on pearls and a gem to finish. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Non traditional Christmas colours

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and had a good week. It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I am kicking off a 'Non traditional Christmas colours' week. I used pink and aqua papers from the Echo Park Bundle of Joy girl pad for my card and a gorgeous Pure Innocence Snowman stamp.

I coloured the image using Promarkers and then die cut it into a circle and added it to another cut from kraft card before adding it to my card. I sewed around the edges of all my papers and added some die cut snowflakes and a lovely big button.

Here is a close up of my image, he is so adorable and is very quick to colour in so is perfect for those quick last minute cards! I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Graph'it Colour Challenge - Lucky 7/ Anything goes

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge today on the Graph'it Marker Challenge and our theme this week is

Lucky 7/ Anything goes

Nikky challenged the Design Team to use all 7 new colours which were released recently. You can see all the new colours here.  thought the new colours were perfect for a Boy's card so I made a card using the lovely Caroling Luka stamp on my card and kept my layout very simple using Echo Park papers.

I added a Paper Smooches sentiment and a wooden snowflake topped with a button and some of my favourite denim ribbon from the Ribbon Girl.

Here is a close up of my coloured image. I used the following colours:

Holly leaves: 8190, 8260, 8270

Skin: 4175, 4115, 4120, 4155

Trousers: 7119, 7109, 7125,

Jacket: 5245, 5215, 5220

Jumper: 6290, 8290

Book: 3245, 3255, 4120, 6290, 6175

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win some Graph'it goodies!

Have a lovely Friday!
Jane

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MMCSDT for the November Challenge - Autumn Colours

Hello again! I am back with my DT card for this month's My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge. Our theme this month is Autumn colours. I have used one of the lovely new Tiddlyinks images for my card and coloured it in using some of my favourite Promarker colours.

 I used Echo Park papers from the Reflections pad which I edged with my sewing machine. I added lots of gorgeous flowers from The Ribbon Girl and a few other bits and bobs from my stash.

Here is a close of my image. She is so adorable and was so lovely to colour in. I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge for the chance to win a voucher for My Mum's Craft Shop. Enjoy the rest of your Friday!
Jane
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Playing with Paper and Glue

Hello Everyone! It's the Weekend! I have a fun day of shopping ahead with my Mum and then not much else planned apart from a lot of crafting. I am popping on quickly today to share a couple of cards I made recently using papers from the Echo Park Paper and Glue pad. This has been one of my favourite pads of the year. The papers are perfect for boy's cards and have come in handy for some cards I made to celebrate important milestones for some of the boys in my life.

I made the first card for my Son to congratulate him on his exam results in August. He has now completed his first full week at Sixth Form College and I am so proud of him I could burst! The card has a simple layout and I used Whiff of Joy stamps and a Paper Smooches sentiment.

I made this card for my Best Friend's Son who started Primary School last week. I cannot believe how grown up he is now, it only seems like yesterday I was holding him in my arms when he was a tiny baby, he has grown into such a lovely little boy and seeing him all smart in his School Uniform really made me well up! The image I have used is Lil' Dumplings Brains from Pollycraft and is available here and the sentiment is another Paper Smooches one. I hope you have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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Pollycraft DT - Pixie Holly freebie

Hello Everyone! It's freebie time! Paula is very generously offering a fabulous freebie today. You can read all about it on her blog. The adorable Pixie Holly with a matching sentiment! She is totally adorable and I have used her to make a little Christmas tag. You will need to go to the shop to get her and she will be available until the 11th of September.

I used a Dienamics die to cut the tag and added some Echo Park snowflake paper and some stitching using red thread for a change. I coloured Holly in with Graph'it pens and Promarkers in shades of red and green, added some glitter to her wings and then added her to the tag with foam pads after I had cut her out leaving a small border. I added some ribbon, lace and a charm from the Ribbon girl and a resin rose and finished with a little wooden button and a stick on pearl. I am entering my tag in the latest Graph'it blog Challenge which is to make something Christmas themed in red and green. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT for the Monthly Challenge - Boys Only

Hello Everyone! I'm really sorry, I forgot to post my card for this Month's Challenge which started today on the My Mum's Craft shop blog. Our theme this month is 'Boys Only' and I have used the adorable Pure Innocence 'Pirate Boy' on my card.

I used the Sketch from this week's Sketch Saturday and papers from the Echo Park 'Paper and Glue' pad. I coloured my image using Promarkers and Graph'it markers and paper pieced his trousers using some of the stripey paper I used on the card. I added a little Pirate flag charm and some twine and finished with a button from my stash and a stick on gem. I hope you have a lovely Evening!
Jane
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Pollycraft DT for the Pollycraft Challenge - For the Kids

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the Pollycraft blog and our theme this fortnight is 'For the Kids'. I absolutely love all the Pollycraft Lil' Dumplings so I just had to use one on my card.
I have used Rory on my card, he is available here from Pollycraft.

I coloured Rory in using Graph'it pens and Promarkers to match some Echo Park papers which are from an older pad. I added some buttons and a brad from my stash and a little sentiment I stamped on a tiny punched tag.

Here is a close up of the adorable Rory. I have some great news for you if you are a Lil' Dumplings fan! Look what is brand new in the Pollycraft Shop today!

Aren't they adorable! I can't wait to have a play with them! I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge this fortnight for the chance to win a £10 gift voucher to spend in the Pollycraft Store:

Make sure you check out the blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft DT for the Pollycraft Challenge - Buttons and Bows

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the Pollycraft blog. Our theme this week was an easy one for me...it's Buttons and Bows! I love adding buttons to my cards and have lots of buttons in my stash which I love using or just looking at! I used 3 of them on my card and threaded them with some gorgeous hemp twine from The Ribbon Girl which I also tied in a bow on my tag which I popped between the layers on my card.

The cute little Monster I have used on my card is called 'Spike' and he is a classic from the Pollycraft cave. You can find him here. I coloured him in with Promarkers, Flexmarkers and Graph'it pens and cut him out leaving a small border before adding him to my card. The papers I have used are from the Echo Park 'For the Record Documented' pad and I layered them on to kraft before adding them to my card. The sentiment is by Paper Smooches. I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge. The DT have made some fabulous cards to inspire and if you take part, you may win a  £10 shopping spree at Pollycraft!

Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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