Little Miss Muffet DT - A fabulous sketch Challenge and some DT news!

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the Little Miss Muffet Blog and we have a great sketch for you to follow this fortnight. I love working with sketches and I have a few favourites I turn to when in need of inspiration and I will be adding this one to that list! I used some gorgeous October Afternoon papers on my card and the adorable 'Swings and Slides - Nice Weather for ducks' image. 

I used a fishtail die to cut the sentiment strip  which was stamped with a Paper Smooches sentiment and then added paper flowers, buttons and a resin flower. I finished with a few little stick on pearls.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I cut her out leaving a small border and added her to the card using foam pads. I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge, there is lots of inspiration and all the details you need to take part on the Little Miss Muffet Blog. I mentioned in my blog post title that I had some DT news, you may have noticed I have a new badge in my sidebar....I am very excited to share with you all that I am part of the new Pollycraft DT!! I was part of the team when Paula had a break and am so thrilled to be part of the team again. If you are a regular visitor to my blog you will already know how much I love Pollycraft so this was the best news ever!! I hope you all have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Get Well Soon!

Hello Everyone! Just a quick post to share this card I was asked to make for a work colleague who has been seriously ill in hospital. I used an image by Mo Manning called 'Harry's Feeling ill'. It was such great fun to colour in. It took me ages but was very therapeutic.

I used a sentiment by Paper Smooches and the lovely checked paper is from October Afternoon and was layered on coordinating cardstock from K+CO. The ribbon is from Whiff of Joy.

Here is a close up of the coloured image. I had great fun colouring the patchwork quilt. All the colouring was done with Promarkers. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday.
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - What's that coming over the hill?

...is it a Monster? is it a Monster?? Good Morning Everyone! That song has been bugging me ever since I saw the fabulous new 'Build a Monster' release at Little Miss Muffet Stamps. There are new Monster images available from today as well as lots of Monster Body parts to allow you to build your own Monster! I had lots of fun playing and made quite a few but here are two to start.

I used some Echo Park papers 'Boy's Life' on my first card and coloured my image with Promarkers to match. The sentiment is an old Pollycraft Rubber stamp I bent to fit the circle. The die cut stars are Dienamics and the cog shape is a Spellbinders die.

My second card was made using scraps of October Afternoon papers and an old sentiment from my stash. I added some funky stripey buttons to tone in with the papers. Make sure you check out the Little Miss Muffet blog for lots of inspiration from the DT! Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge - Brads or Eyelets

Hello Everyone! It's nearly the weekend! I am planning on doing some crafting this weekend. I have had a bit of a break over the past couple of weeks and am back and raring to go! I have a little card to share with you today which I made following the theme from the latest Whiff of Joy Challenge. The theme this fortnight is 'Brads or Eyelets'. I love using both on my projects and have tons of neglected brads all nicely stored by colour so it was great to have a root around to include one on my card.

My card is a tiny 10x10cm, the perfect size for using with Whiff of Joy mini stamps. I first cut a piece of 'October Afternoon' text paper and stitched around the edges and ten added a Whiff of Joy postcard stamped onto kraft on top. I added a sparkly heart brad to the bottom of the postcard. The bird stamp I have used is the mini 'Birdie with love letter'. I coloured him with Promarkers and coloured the heart pink and glittered it to match my brad. I finished with a couple of gems and paper flowers and a resin flower from The Ribbon Girl, I am a little bit in love with these at the moment, you may have noticed they seem to be finding their way onto a lot of my Projects :-) I hope you have a lovely Friday and a lovely weekend.
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - New Release blog hop 'Sprinkle some Love'

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to my blog for Day 1 of the Sugar Nellie Baby Fairies sneak peek blog hop. If you are following the hop, you should have come from the lovely Vicky's blog. We are all previewing the adorable 'Sprinkle some love' stamp today which will be released on Friday at Funky Kits. This image is my favourite from the new release so I am thrilled to finally be able to show it off today!

I used October Afernoon papers layered onto kraft card to create my layout adding stiching around the edges of all the layers. I coloured the image with Promarkers adding some glitter glue to the wings of the adorable baby Fairies. I added a Tina Wenke sentiment cut out with a ticket die and decorated the card with a wooden button, flowers and finished with some gems. I hope you are enjoying the hop so far, your next stop is the very talented Astrid.

Make sure you leave comments along the way for the change to win some sweet Sugar Nellie candy and stay tuned as I will be back tomorrow with another sneak peek of the new stamps! Have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - A Ribonita in a pocket!

Good Morning Sugar Everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far, it's my day for sharing a project on the Sugar Nellie blog today. I have been very busy and haven't had much time for crafting but I locked myself away in my little Craft Room last night and had a play with one of my Ribonita stamps which had not yet been inked up! This beautiful little doll is called Lolitta and is available here from Funky Kits.

I have used a pocket card blank which has been in my stash for a couple of years, I bought them when I was very new to crafting and found them when I was having a tidy and they are great fun to decorate. I covered the tag and the pocket with Thrift Shop papers by October Afternoon. I love the colours in this pad and the combinations and patterns are some of my favourites ever! I have used some pleated ribbon, lace and flowers from The Ribbon Girl .

The pocket was also decorated with October Afternoon papers and some flowers, buttons and a kraft swirl. I also added a beautiful resin flower from The Ribbon Girl. The little wooden birds have been in my stash for years! I really love them but can never find them when I want to use them!  I think they look great with these papers.

Here is a picture of both the tag and the pocket together, These were so much fun to make and Lolitta was the perfect size to sit on my tag! I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie Country Cousins Release Blog Hop - Skool Days

Good Morning Everyone! Welcome to my blog for the last day of the sneak peaks!! If you are stopping by for the Sugar Nellie Country Cousins Blog Hop you should have come here from the lovely Maria's blog. We are all sharing projects using the beautiful ' Skool Days ' stamp today which will be released today from 10am as part of a set of brand new Country Cousins and will be on sale at Funky Kits.

I used the image to decorate a card which I had covered with October Afternoon Sidewalk papers. After I had coloured the little girl in with my Promarkers, I cut her out leaving a small border. I added a Whiff of Joy sentiment stamp and  some gingham ribbon from my stash. The little apple button was from the NEC. 

Your next stop on the hop is the lovely Mina and she has another beautiful card to share with you! Make sure you leave comments along the way for the chance to win some lovely Candy. I hope you have a lovely Friday!

Jane

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A green fingered Henry card

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good Weekend. I have a card to share with you today which I made for one of my Friends at work this week as she needed a card for a 50 year old gardener. I used the Henry 'You have Green fingers' stamp from the Whiff of Joy February release for my card and some October Afternoon papers.

I had to put the card together in a bit of a hurry so I used a simple layout and kraft die cuts to tie everything together. The fence die cut is also from Whiff of Joy and is available here. I used a Memory Box ticket die cut from kraft to add my Tim Holtz number stickers before setting it with an eyelet and tying it with twine.
I found a spotty star in my stash and also tied this with twine before adding it to my card. I am entering my card into the Daring Cardmakers Challenge as they would like to see Hats on our creations and Henry is sporting a rather fetching straw hat.
I hope you have a lovely evening. Make sure you pop back tomorrow as I have a sneak preview of a stamp from the Whiff of Joy 'Secret Summer Kit' to show you as pre-orders start tomorrow!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Fabric

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Easter Sunday and had lots of yummy treats! I did lots of crafting yesterday and lots of relaxing and I am looking forward to having another day off today and hope to fit in a bit more crafting! Monday is Pollycraft Challenge day and our theme this week has been set by the lovely Lou and she has chosen...

FABRIC!

She would like to see fabric on your cards, either felt, twine, raffia, ribbon, linen...the choice is yours!
I have used the lovely Celeste Amberglow 'Farmin' apples' on my card who is available here from Pollycraft.
I coloured her in with Promarkers to match my gorgeous October Afternoon papers and added a Whiff of Joy sentiment stamped on Kraft.

I added fabric to my card in the form of Bias binding which is available here from the Ribbon Girl. I ironed it out so it looked frayed before adding it to my card. I finished with some lovely flowers, a charm from The Hobby House and a tiny button I bought at the NEC.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. The prize this week is a £10 voucher from Sew Sweet!! Make sure you check out their shop full of yummy ribbon and felt! :)
Make sure you take a look at the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the Pollycraft DT.
Have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy Release day - Dad is the best!

Hello Everyone! I am back with another card today for the latest Whiff of Joy release. The fabulous 'We are Family' stamps and dies are available from today in the Whiff of Joy shop. It has been hard for me to choose a favourite as I am a huge fan of the adorable Henry Mouse so it is a real treat to have so many new Henry stamps to play with.

I am still working my way through my scraps basket so create a simple layout on layered on Kraft using some October Afternoon and Echo Park papers which I wrapped with some green spotty ribbon before adding to the card base. The stamp I have used is called 'Dad is the best' and I coloured it in with my Promarkers before die cutting it into a square and adding it to a Nestabilites postage stamp die which is available here. The sentiment I used is by Hero Arts and I added a little red spotty button from The Ribbon Girl. I have been making exciting plans today for my day at the NEC Saturday, I will be meeting up with Mary and Andrea from The Ribbon Girl, my blog buddy Deirdre who is going along with my WOJ teamie Sandie! I am so excited, I can't wait! Enjoy the rest of your day!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Come fly with me!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week! I made up my mind today that I will be going to the NEC on Saturday so I am really looking forward to the weekend now! I have a card to share with you today which I made using the adorable Hedgehog Aviator which is available here from Funky Kits. I coloured him in with my Promarkers before cutting him out leaving a small border and added him to a paper panel from an October Afternoon pad which was layered onto a scalloped circle cut from Kraft.

The other two patterned papers are also from the same October Afternoon pad and I added a sentiment by SRM stickers mounted onto kraft and a little resin star I found when I was tidying up. I added glossy accents to the plane, goggles and some glitter to the little bee's wings too.

I am entering this card into a few Challenges, Passion for Promarkers, the theme is to use Animals and I love Promarkers which is asking for 3 different papers on your card.
Jane
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P.S. Make sure you check out the Sugar Nellie blog all this week as we are having a Sugar Pip week and there may be candy!!

Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Ribbons and Buttons

Good Morning Everyone! I'm a bit late today with my Pollycraft post as I'm still recovering from my trip to the Stitches Craft Show in Birmingham. I had a fabulous time seeing all the gorgeous new products and met up with some of the girls from Quick Cards for lunch, had a lovely chat with Clare Curd and watched Tim Holtz doing some demos, there was so much gorgeous stash to see, it's lucky I couldn't buy anything! I have a day off work today and lots to do and hopefully I will manage to fit in a bit of crafting too! Today is Pollycraft Challenge day and this week the lovely Lynsey is challenging us to use Ribbons and Buttons on our creations and I have used the newly released Celeste Amberglow on my card and coloured her to match these gorgeous October Afternoon papers.

The ribbon I have used is from The Ribbon Girl as is the spotty button and I have used a crochet flower which has been in my stash for ages! The sentiment is from an old stamp set. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge.

This week we have a fantastic prize from our own lovely Paula from Pollycraft who is offering 10 digis for the winner!

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT!

Have a lovely Monday!

Jane

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