Happy Birthday Fiona!

Hello Everyone! It's was my lovely Best Friend's Birthday yesterday and I made her a card using the fabulous Stamping Bella 'Beatrice and Barbara' stamp which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. I coloured the image to match the Wild Rose Studio papers I used using a mix of different markers and paper pieced the sofa and cushions.

I added lots of lovely flowers and bits and bobs from my stash and a Pink Petticoat sentiment. I also decorated the inside but I forgot to take a photo. I used the latest Sketch Saturday Sketch for my layout.

Here is a close up of my image. My colouring is a bit poor on this one, the image has so many details I struggled to stay within the lines! This is a very true representation of Fiona and myself, lots of fun times, giggle and adventures, she is the Sister I never had and I love her to bits. We are setting off on another one soon to Birmingham to see Robbie Williams.

This is us on one of our Adventures last summer to see Robbie at Wembley and is one of my favourite photos of us together. I will be taking a bit of break from regular blogging for a short while as I have a lot on my plate at the moment but I hope to be back here a lot more often when things have settled down. Have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Ribbon Girl DT for the June colour challenge - Ivory

Hello Everyone! I am back again with my Ribbon Girl DT card for this Month's Colour Challenge. Our theme this month is Ivory and I have used a collection of paper from different pads including Craftwork Cards and My Mind's Eye papers for my card. I added a very cute pre-coloured image panel from Lili of the Valley for my focal point to which I added lots of glitter glue for the bubbles.

I added a sentiment from Pink Petticoat and lots of yummy Ribbon Girl goodies including:

An ivory Resin Dove, Ivory Cherry blossom, Ivory Carnations, Ivory pearl flat backs, Ivory satin stripe ribbon, Iris cream vintage style lace, Ivory Baker's twine, tiny ivory rosebuds, and a Bronze bird cage charm.

I hope you will be able to join us this month for the chance to win some gorgeous prizes!
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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Mother's Day cards

Hello Everyone! I can finally share the cards I made for my Mum and Mum in Law for Mother's day. My plans to spend time with my Mum the day before Mother's Day were ruined as I was ill. I only got to see her on Saturday. I made both cards using sentiments and papers from Pink Petticoat.

The flower on the first card is available here from The Ribbon Girl and I added some stick on pearls and a lovely green ribbon too and a button.

I decorated the second card with a button from the Ribbon girl and a ribbon and flower from my stash. I think I am finally starting to feel a little better, My X-Ray has come back clear for Pneumonia so I am keeping my fingers crossed my antibiotics work this time and I can get back to normal soon!
Have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Kraft it theme on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog.

Hello Everyone! I am kicking off a new themed week on the My Mum's Craft shop blog. I have made a card using some printable topper from Pink Petticoat and some of the gorgeous new Chalk Studio paper from My Mind's Eye.

I printed the image and sentiment onto kraft and cut it out into a rectangle. I added it to a Dienamics postage edge rectangle and sewed around the edges. I layered the letters paper onto blue paper from the pad and stitched around the edges and wrapped with ribbon and twine from the Ribbon Girl before adding to the card.

I finished with some buttons, a brad and some tiny stick on pearls. Make sure you join us next week for more Krafty creations! Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT for the LMMS Challenge - Food Glorious Food!

Hello Everyone! It's time for a new Challenge on the Little Miss Muffet blog. Our theme this fortnight is 'Food Glorious Food'. Now I don't know about you but I definitely count sweets and chocolate as being a major food group so I have used the lovely 'Swings and Slides Lollipop' on my card.

I used some very sweet and sugary My Mind's Eye papers from the My Girl pad on my card and coloured my little Lollipop to match with my Promarkers using a new blonde combo for me. I used Raw Sienna, Gold, Mustard and Vanilla and I really like how it turned out so I will try this one again! I added some flowers from The Ribbon Girl and a lovely pink ribbon which I topped with a wooden button and a sentiment from Pink Petticoat. I finished with some lovely enamel dots. 
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and some great inspiration from the DT! Have a lovely Thursday"
Jane
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A card for a Precious Baby Boy

Hello Everyone! I hope you are all well and having a good week so far. I have a little card to share with you today which I made a little while ago and forgot to blog. I made this card for my lovely Friend Luisa's gorgeous little baby Vinnie. I used Echo Park papers from an old pad and layered them onto kraft adding stitching around the edges. 

The image I used is called Tiny Tot from Squigglefly and I coloured it with Promarkers. I used a sentiment from Pink Petticoat and die cut it into a banner shape and set it with an eyelet which I tied with twine. I finished with a bow topped with a button and some stick on pearls.
I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Ribbon Girl DT - September Colour Challenge - Green and Pink

Hello again! This is my last blog post today...I promise! I am back to share my DT card for this month's Colour Challenge on the Ribbon Girl Blog. Our colour theme this month is....

Green and Pink

I knew straight away which image I wanted to use for this Challenge. I have been wanting to colour the lovely 'Lollipop' from Little Miss Muffet in bright sugary colours for a while and I thought she would be perfect with this fun sentiment from Pink Petticoat. However, it took me ages to select my papers and I settled eventually for some American Crafts papers I had left over from a Commission. I nearly had all my paper stash on the floor trying to make a decision!

The cloud paper is a vellum and I mounted it onto white card. I used a Martha Stewart Punch to cut a strip of grass and tucked some Ribbon Girl mesh behind it before die cutting it and sewing it onto a pink circle. I added some clouds cut with a Dienamics die and lots of beautiful flowers from The Ribbon Girl.

I added a tiny bow tied from gingham onto the lollipop stick and a larger gingham bow tied from Bias binding. The red and pink were staples in my craft stash so I was delighted when more colours started to arrive at the Ribbon Girl. I topped this with a flower after I had pulled out the centre and added a button instead. I finished with lots of stick on pearls around the edge of my card scallops.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge.

We have lots of fabulous inspiration from the DT on the Challenge blog and some great prizes as usual..

A £10 gift voucher from the very generous ladies at Lili of the Valley...

...and a Green Mini Makes Kit from Ribbon Girl

Enjoy the rest of your Weekend!
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers and Sugar Nellie DT - Faye Feeling Fruity!

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good Monday. I collapsed in a snoring heap on the sofa early yesterday, I had planned to do some crafting but my sleepy eyes had other ideas! I think all the excitement of the weekend caught up with me! It is my team's week to show cards on the latest Passion for Promarkers Challenge blog and the theme this week is: Feeling Fruity

I have used the adorable Sugar Nellie 'Faye and Freddie' who is available to buy here from Funky Kits. I have coloured her in fruity colours to match the papers I found in my scraps basket.

I wrapped everything in some gorgeous ribbon from The Ribbon Girl topped with a lovely bow and spotty button and added a Pink Petticoat sentiment before finishing with pearls and some pretty flowers from my stash. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We are sponsored by Bugaboo

 and the prize is 7 digi images for the winner!
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good week, mine has been busy but enjoyable. My New House is starting to look really lovely and already feels like home. I haven't done any crafting in my new Craft Room yet, I've been too busy unpacking clothes and finding places for things to live. I have a card to share with you today made using one of the new stamps which were released at Whiff of Joy at the end of last month. I have made my card following the theme from this fortnight's Whiff of Joy Challenge which is Bingo! I have chosen the line which has lace, pins and flowers on it.

The paper I have used is by Echo Park and I found this piece in my scraps box. The stamp is called 'Reading Cherub' and is available here from Whiff of Joy. I used a Pink Petticoat sentiment and I think the lace is from The Ribbon Girl. I added a bow topped with a little pearl button and then put a couple of pins behind it and finished with a couple of little flowers. I hope you have a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend!
Jane
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A Christening card for a Baby Boy

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well. We have been invited to a Christening at the weekend by one of my Hubby's work colleagues so I managed to get a quick card made in between packing on Sunday. 

I am not totally happy with this one but there is no time to make another one. It just feels a little bare, I think there is too much white space around the image, I should have cut it into a rectangle....

The image I used is from Lili of the Valley and was very quick to colour in with my Promarkers. I die cut it and layered it onto some kraft. The gingham paper is by Pink Petticoat and I found it printed already in my scraps box. The sentiment is also by Pink Petticoat. I added a ribbon from my stash and a vintage button and lots of flowers from my stash. I finished with some pearl pins and some stick on pearls.
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - Heartfelt Condolences Preview

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend. I have had a busy week but managed to find some time to play with my DT package from Whiff of Joy. The next release is on the 28th of April and is a collection of stamps by Elisabeth Bell and coordinating sentiments.

Sympathy cards are very hard to make and so important to get right. This little angel stamp is perfect to let someone know you are thinking of them. I made the card by layering various patterned papers from my scraps box onto kraft and sewed around the edges before adding them to my card base. I layered them up and added my angel, which I had cut out, on top with foam pads. The little sentiment is from Pink Petticoat and I tucked a little Whiff of Joy rose behind it after I had curled the stem. I added a Cherry blossom flower from my stash and two pink flowers also from Whiff of Joy. Make sure you take a look at the rest of the Whiff of Joy's DT blog for some more previews of the new stamps! Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Inspired by a photo for the By Lori Designs Challenge

Hello Everyone! I am feeling  a little bit better but not well enough to do any crafting apart from a little knitting. I hope I can get back to making cards soon as I am really bored! have found a card in my album 

that I haven't shared yet which I made last week for the By Lori Designs Challenge. 

I was really chuffed as I won the last Challenge and have my new digis all printed out and ready to use.

The theme this time is a photo inspiration Challenge and as soon as I saw it, I thought of making a new baby card.

I have used the adorable 'Sweet Pea Baby Addy' which is available here from By Lori Designs. I used some Pink Petticoat Gingham paper layered onto green Tim Holz card and added stitching around the edges. The frame is cut from a Spellbinders die.

I coloured Baby Addy using my Promarkers and then cut her out and layered her onto a background coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. The green velvet ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and I added flowers from my stash onto the corners of the image and finished with a couple of gems.

Here is the beautiful photo, I just love the soft colours and gingham has always been a favourite of mine!

I hope you have a lovely weekend, I am off to bed now :-(

Jane

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Some cards for a Blooming great Tea Party!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far. We are going to be holding a Blooming great Tea Party at work this week to raise money for Marie Curie Cancer care. You can find all the details about holding your own tea party here.

I'm not very good at making cakes (I am an expert at eating them however!!) but I can make cards with cakes on so I make a dozen of these cards using Pink Petticoat images and sentiments, the papers are various 6x6 Shabby chic style papers from my stash and I mixed and matched them also using a lacey border punch, As a finishing touch, I added a pearl to each card. They were very quick to put together, I made them while watching Top Gear on a little production line colouring each element of the same colour on each image in a row. I hope they will help to raise some money towards a very worthy cause.
Have a good Friday!
Jane
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Welcome little one!

Good Morning Everyone, I hope you are having a good weekend so far. I haven't done very much crafting this weekend and have been busy gardening, tidying up, taking kids to town etc...Unfortunately the leak in my kitchen has put in another appearance so that will need to be sorted out next week properly this time which is going to involve lots of mess and disruption!


I have a sweet little baby card to share with you today made with DCWV papers and a lovely Magnolia image.
I kept the layout simple with lots of stitching and pastel flowers and pearls and added a sentiment by Pink Petticoat to finish. I am hoping to get a bit of crafting done today, I have a few cards to make for next week. In the meantime, I am hoping to find a car boot sale somewhere today to have a mooch around!
Have a great Sunday!
Jane
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Happy Mother's Day!!

Morning everyone! I have the card to share with you today I made for my lovely Mum for Mother's Day. I used a Pink Petticoat Download for the image and Crate Paper papers.

I printed the image twice and coloured it in with Promarkers and decoupaged some of the yummy cakes. I added some stitching, some gorgeous Ribbon Girl Bias binding a little Baker's twine bow and lots of flowers!
I hope you all have a lovely day today!
Jane
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You're Sew Special!

I really love Pink Petticoat and have been using the Sentiment ribbons download a lot recently on my cards. I was so happy when Liz released a download containing different shades of Kraft Paper. I love using Kraft and Kraft card blanks but it is sometimes really difficult to get hold of so it's a real treat to be able to print it!


The latest digi release from Pink Petticoat is 'Material Girl'. As you know, I love using my Sewing Machine on my card so I fell in love with this as soon as I saw it! I wish my Sewing Machine looked this funky!
To make the card, I used the Kraft download to print a backing paper and then used the blank machine from the download to paper piece using My Mind's Eye paper. I used a button and pearl from my stash to embellish the machine and layered it on to the card base which had been wrapped with a Pom Pom trim. I die cut one of the sentiments from the set and used a Mini Rolled rose die to make a flower and set a pearl in the centre. I love this card and I have lots of items from the set printed out ready to make into cards so you can expect to see more soon!
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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