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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Little Miss Muffet DT - Blue and Yellow

Hello Everyone! We have a brand new Challenge for you today on the Little Miss Muffet blog. Our theme this fortnight is 'Blue and Yellow'. I love having a colour theme to work with as a base for my card and I found the perfect papers in my new ' All about a boy' Echo Park paper pad. 

I used the adorable 'Call me Chester' on my card and coloured him in using my Promarkers and added some shading around the edge of the image using Distress inks. I die cut the image and added it to a shape cut with one of the brand new Spellbinders Dodecagon dies I received at the Workshop at Stitches. The sentiment I used is from a Paper Smooches set. I used a punch to create a notepad page which I stamped with a little Hero Arts telephone stamp and distressed the edges before adding it to my card. The gorgeous Ribbon is from the Ribbon girl as is the little paper flower and stick on pearls.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge, please check out the blog for all the details and some inspiration from the DT. Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Be my Valentine....

Hello again everyone! As promised yesterday, here is the card I made for my Hubby for Valentine's Day. I used more of the lovely Echo Park papers from the Love Story pad and the beautiful Cupid Mae. I coloured her with Promarkers and cut her out carefully before adding her to the card with foam pads.

I added a sentiment from Hero Arts and lots of lovely little wooden hearts from my stash. All the papers were layered onto black card and I stitched around the edge of each layer.

I hope you had a lovely Valentine's day. Mine was great and I had a lovely meal with my Hubby.
Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Hugs

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and having a good Weekend so far. I can't believe it is December today! I have been Christmas Shopping today and tidying up my house and I have a bit of crafting to do later on and tomorrow but at the moment I have my feet up watching Robbie on the TV at last week's concert. I can't believe this time last week I was at the O2! I have a card to share with you today which I made using a gorgeous Sugar Nellie image by Kathy Hare which is called 'Worried' and is available here from Funky Kits.

I love the little boy's face, he is so cute and I really enjoyed colouring the bear with my Promarkers. I have been experimenting with different blends recently and I am really pleased with my colouring on this image! I used some very old My Mind's Eye papers on my card and the sentiment is by Hero Arts.
I kept my layout simple with a little stitching and some pleated ribbon and some flowers from my stash.

Here is a little close up of my coloured image. I just love the bear, he is so adorable and looks so cuddly. I hope you have a lovely evening. I will be back tomorrow with 2 cards!
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers DT - Moon and Stars

Hello Everyone! Sorry I am a bit late, I am a bit disorganised this week! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the Passion for Promarkers blog and the theme this week is.....“moon and stars”!
We would ideally like to see both moons and stars on your projects this week but we are happy for you to enter projects with either moons or stars! It's up to you!
Our sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and Sally-Ann is generously offering one lucky winner a prize of 6 digi images of their choice from her store.

I have used the very sweet Dan image from the Dan and Rosie Christmas frames on my card which is available here from the Digistamp Boutique. I coloured him in using my Promarkers and then added glitter to his hat and cut him out. I then added a pom pom to his hat. The papers I have used are by Echo Park and are from the 'This and That Christmas' pad. I love the starry paper. It was perfect for this Challenge!

Here is a close up of my image, he is so cute! I added a Hero Arts sentiment and a gorgeous denim ribbon from The Ribbon Girl. I also dotted around lots of stars cut with the Dienamics Stacking stars die. I finished with a little wooden button and some gems. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win some gorgeous images from the Digistamp Boutique!

Make sure you check out the blog for all the details and some fabulous inspiration from the DT!
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Hills of Moordale release day

Hello Everyone! It's release day at Little Miss Muffet today and today's release is simply fabulous! There are seven Hills of Moordale images being released today and they feature beautiful whimsical creatures which are so much fun to colour in. All the stamps are available to buy at Little Miss Muffet today. 

I have used the lovely Nightwind on my card and coloured him to match the  My Mind's Eye papers I have used. I coloured my image with Promarkers and then cut it out leaving a small border adding it to my card with foam pads. The sentiment is by Hero Arts and I added some Martha Stewart butterflies, some flowers from my stash and an eyelet which I tied with a twine bow. Make sure you check out all the lovely samples from the DT on the Little Miss Muffet blog. Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Cora Agnes Hatter

Good Morning Everyone! I'm a day late with my Little Miss Muffet DT post this week. I haven't been feeling very well this week but am off to the Doctor's today so hopefully I will be on the mend soon.  This week the DT are sharing a mixed bag of cards on the DT blog and I have a card to share with you today made with the lovely Cora Agnes Hatter image which was recently released at Little Miss Muffet Stamps and is available to buy here. I coloured her in to match these lovely girly papers from the My Mind's Eye 'The Sweetest Thing Honey' pad.

I used a Spellbinders label die to frame my image and a doily die to cut the plain cardstock onto which I sewed a circle of checked card. The gorgeous ribbon and pins are from The Ribbon Girl as are a couple of the little flowers. The sentiment I have used is from Hero Arts.

Here is a close up of the lovely Cora Agnes. I love her dress! I wouldn't mind a dress like that! I coloured her in with my Promarkers. I love the Hatters, it is my first time playing with them and I have a few more lined up ready to colour! I hope you have a lovely Friday and a good Weekend!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Casper Silvermist Crush

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far. I have a card to share with you today which I made using one of the new digi images that were released a couple of weeks ago at Little Miss Muffet. This image featuring Casper Silvermist is called 'Crush' and is available to buy here. I think I may just have little crush on Casper myself as it is the second time he has appeared on my blog this month! 

I used my Promarkers to colour Casper in to match the Authentique papers I used on my card. I love the bright orange and navy blue together. I stitched around the edges of all the layers and die cut my sentiment tab using a Whimsy die. The sentiment was stamped using a Hero Arts stamp. I added some twill tape from The Ribbon Girl and an assortment of buttons tied with twine to finish my card. Make sure you check out the Little Miss Muffet blog today for lots of inspiration from the DT and some ne releases! Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT for the Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Scallops

Good Morning Everyone! It's Challenge day on the Little Miss Muffet blog today and we have a great theme for you this week. Our Challenge theme is 'Scallops' so we would like to see scallops in any shape or form on your entries unless you are using a Little Miss Muffet image. as for you...anything goes! I have used one of the new images released last week on my card. This image I have used is 'Luna Bitterfrost Fallen Angel' and is available to buy here from Little Miss Muffet.

I coloured my image with Promarkers to match these gorgeous Echo Park papers which are from an older love themed pad and then cut it out leaving a small border. I made a scalloped circle card base using my Spellbinders Grand nesties and layered up patterned papers and black card and added more scallops on a strip of card going through the centre. I stitched all the layers and then embellished with lots of flowers, a Hero Arts sentiment, a bow, buttons and some punched butterflies embellished with gems. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. Make sure you check out the blog for lots of inspiration from the DT! Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge DT - Pink/Purple/Green

Good Morning Everyone! I have been looking forward to today for ages! Today is my first official Challenge as part of the Ribbon Girl DT! The colour combination we have for you to play with this month is fabulous! It is....

PINK/PURPLE/GREEN

I have made a card using an adorable digi from By Lori Designs and coloured her in to match the colour scheme and the papers I used from the DCWV Baby Mat Stack. I have used lots of goodies from The Ribbon Girl. After I had stitched my layers of card together, I wrapped them with bias binding and then with ric rac before adding the layers to the card. I added a cluster of flowers including the beautiful little blossoms and some purple rosebuds, I curled the stems of the tiny ones to make little springs. I added a small spotty button to the top left corner and finished with a sentiment by Hero Arts and some little gems.

I hope you will be able to join us for this month's colour Challenge. The DT have made some wonderful things to kick start your inspiration! The Prize will be a lavender mini ribbon kit from the Ribbon Girls

and the very generous ladies over at Lili of the Valley have given a £10 voucher to spend in their online store (http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/)

You can see all the fabulous DT and our wonderfully talented Guest Designer Mandi Projects here

Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Cheeky Monkey!

Good Morning! I hope you are all well and managing to stay out of the rain! I can't believe how wet it has been this week, it is definitely perfect crafting weather! I have a card to share with you today for my weekly post on the My Mum's Craft Shop Blog which I made with the adorable Lala Land Cheeky Monkey Marci which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. 

I coloured her in to match the beautiful Alora papers from Bo Bunny. I love the bright colours! The papers were all layered onto kraft and I the sentiment I used is by Hero Arts. I added some white lace, some flowers from my stash and then finished with s funky spotty button ad some little gems!
I hope you have a lovely Thursday, only a few days now until my big move, I took delivery of some lovely paper trays for my new Craft Room yesterday :-)
Jane
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A card for the Anyone for Anya Challenge

Hello Everyone! I had lots of extra crafting time this weekend and couldn't resist making a card to take part in this week's Anyone for Anya Challenge. I have lots of The Greeting Farm stamps that hardly ever get inked up! Too many stamps and too little time! The theme for this week's Challenge is a photo inspiration an the photo is of some bees on honeycomb. I am pretty sure I have some honeycomb paper, but couldn't find it, I think I may have packed it already. Instead, I used various scraps from my stash in yellow, white and black to create my background and added sewing to link each piece and around the edges.

I used the adorable Twirl Anya and coloured her in black and yellow to look like a cute little bee. I added ribbon to my background and then popped Anya on top with foam pads. The sentiment I used is by Hero Arts. As a finishing touch, I added a resin flower to my bow and some butterflies punched with a Fiskars punch. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie Ribonita and Friends Blog hop - Day 2

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to my blog for Day 2 of the Ribonita and Friends Blog Hop. If you are following the hop you should have arrived her from the lovely Astrid's blog. If you are lost you can always go back to the Sugar Nellie Blog to find your way again. I have used one of the beautiful new Ribonita images by our new artist on my card today. This gorgeous doll is called Belle and she is available to buy at Funky Kits. She is absolutely adorable and was lovely to colour with my Promarkers!
I used some Stampin' Up papers on my card which were a gift from Karen in my Sugar Nellie DT pack. I love the colour combination and the patterns are simply beautiful!

I create a layout using 4 different patterns which were all matted onto blue card and then stitched around the edges with green thread. I added a gorgeous open weave ribbon from The Ribbon Girl and a handful of flowers from various sources.

The sentiment is by Hero Arts and I die cut it using a Spellbinders label die. I added some little stick on gems as a finishing touch . I hope you are enjoying the hop so far and thank you so much for dropping by! Your next stop on the hop is the fabuous Mina with another gorgeous stamp from the new release.

Enjoy the rest of the hop and remember to leave comments along the way for the chance of winning some candy! Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Ribbon Girl Guest DT - Colour challenge - Pink, cream and brown

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Saturday, it's a bit chilly here today!! I am very excited today as I am off to Birmingham for the trade show, I can't wait to see all the lovely new crafty goodies retailers are going to tempt us with this year! I am also very thrilled today as Mary and Andrea from the Ribbon Girl asked me back as a guest DT for this month's Ribbon Girl Challenge. The challenge is a colour theme and the colours are pink, cream and brown, a gorgeous colour comination!

I have made a card using the adorable Wryn Howdy Cowboy.  She is so sweet and I loved colouring her to match these gorgeous My Mind's Eye Love me papers.

I used lots of gorgeous bits and bobs from The Ribbon Girl to embellish my card. Some gorgeous pink satin ribbon , some lovely pink twine  and lots of gorgeous flowers !

I coloured Wryn with my Promarkers and then cut her out leaving a small border and used a sentiment by Hero Arts die cut into a circle with a Spellbinders shape.

I hope you will be able to join in with this month's Challenge. The lovely girls at Lili Of The Valley are offering a £10 voucher to spend in the LOTV online store ...

... and there is a gorgeous prize of ribbons, lace, trim, flowers and buttons from the Ribbon Girl

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and some wonderful inspiration from the Ribbon Girls! Have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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Sugar Nellie DT - LOVE you!

Good Morning Everyone! It's my day for posting on the Sugar Nellie blog and this fortnight I am sharing another card made with the fabulous My Mind's Eye Love me papers. I have used the beautiful Gorjuss girl 'Sent with love' stamp which is available here from Funky Kits and have followed the sketch from the Sugar Bowl.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and then added a sentiment stamp by Hero Arts and lots of bits and bobs from my stash to embellish the card.

Please pop over to the Sugar Nellie blog for lots more details and why not make a cuppa and stop over for a while and soak up the inspiration from the fabulous Sugar Nellie DT!
Have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Best Day Ever

Hello Everyone! Woohoo it's Wednesday! Only a few more days until the weekend! I had a bit of a crafty session last night making cards I can't show you as they are for a Magazine Commission. They are in a totally new style for me so I have really been enjoying the Challenge!

 I have a a little sweetie from the latest release from Sugar Nellie today. This stamp is called 'Best Day Ever' and is available to buy here from Funkykits. I coloured her in to match these lovely papers from American Crafts and this scrap of gingham I found in my scraps basket and sewed though all the layers with bright pink thread. I added some lovely lace from The Ribbon Girl and some flowers from my vast collection. The image was coloured with Promarkers,  I used a colour combo that I don't normally use and I think I will use it again as I love the Springtime feel. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!

Jane

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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge - Love is in the air

Good Morning Everyone! The girls on the Whiff of Joy Challenge blog are getting ready for Valentine's Day with this fortnight's theme which is 'Love is in the air' and I have taken this quite literally for the card I have made for the Challenge. I have used the fun 'Penguin Trio' from the latest release at Whiff of Joy who are floating through the air clutching their heart shaped balloons.

I have used Fancy Pants 'Love Story' papers and matted the heart paper onto black card. The cloud paper is an old scrap from my scraps basket and I think it is from American Crafts. The sentiment I have used is by Hero Arts.

I stamped the Penguins onto white card and coloured them in with my Promarkers before cutting them out. I wrapped some twine around the layers before adding them to my card and then hung a little tag on a bow and added a small kraft die cut heart. I added a small tab of black gingham ribbon topped with a red heart button to the top right of the image and some small gems as a finishing touch.

Please take a look at the Challenge blog for all the fab DT cards and all the details on what you need to do to be in with the chance of winning the prize which is a voucher for 15%  off your next order from Whiff of Joy.

I hope you have a lovely Thursday.

Jane

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Whiff of Joy DT - another preview!

TGood Morning Everyone! I hope you are all well today, it's lovely having an extra day off work this weekend, more time to craft! I have made lots of cards over the Christmas break and have been so inspired by all the new stamps from Whiff of Joy which will be released on the 5th of January.

Love is definitely in the air at Whiff of Joy for the next release of Love and Valentine themed stamps. I have used the adorable Henry who is sporting a gorgeous bow on this card and coloured him to match the beautiful My Mind's Eye Love me papers. The sentiment is from an old Hero Arts set and I added a touch of red glitter glue to the hearts before die cutting it and stitching it to a scalloped circle so I could pop it on foam pads behind Henry's head. The gorgeous cotton ribbon is bias binding from The Ribbon Girl, I 'ironed' it flat with my hair straighteners, I love the slightly distressed feel this gives and then tied it in a gorgeous full bow which I topped with a grey spotty button which matches the grey in the papers perfectly! I added a couple of gems as a finishing touch.
I hope you have a great Bank Holiday Monday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - A little hug

Good Morning Everyone! Happy New Year! I hope you had a good New Year's Eve, ours was quiet apart from the Fireworks! I thought I would celebrate the New Year with an older Sugar Nellie image. I have made a card using a Leanne Ellis stamp called 'A little hug' which is available here on special offer from Funky kits.

I really love the Leanne Ellis stamps and they make lovely 'just beacuse' cards. I have used Echo Park brown spotty paper and layered some gorgeous Bobunny paper on top before stitching around the edges. I distressed a rectangle of the brown paper before adding the image on top which had been coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. My Flexmarkers are slowly creeping into my colouring these days, it took me a while to get used to the colours but I am getting there!
I added a bow from Organza ribbon I found in my stash and a swirl cut from a die I borrowed from Petra. The little brown flowers are from Michaels in New York, I want to go back!!! I finished with a sentiment by Hero Arts, a button and some flowers from my stash. I was very naughty this morning and treated myself to some new flowers from Wild Orchid crafts, can't wait for them to arrive!
Have a lovely New Year's day!
Jane
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Lucky Stars....

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are having a good week. It's my day for posting on the Sugar Nellie Blog today and I have made a card using the beautiful Leanne Ellis 'Catch a Falling Star' image which is available here from Sugar Nellie.

I used Fancy Pants papers and the sentiment and star stamp are from Hero Arts.


You can read all about my card and how I made it here.
I hope you have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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