Ali Craft DT - A Prima Mixed Media Doll tag.

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Weekend and are raring to go for a brand new week! It's my turn for sharing a tutorial on the Ali Craft Blog today. Ali set the Design Team a Challenge and sent us all a Prima Mixed Media Doll stamp to work with this month.

This is what I made. You can see how I made it by following my tutorial on the Ali Craft blog. Have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Polka Dot Pals release day

Hello Everyone! It's release day at Little Miss Muffet today and there are some lovely new goodies for you to play with this week. We have a brand new range of images called the Polka Dot Pals which the Design team fell in love with at first sight! I have used the adorable Lydie on my card. You can find her and all the new images in the 'What's New' section of the Little Miss Muffet website. 

I used My Mind's Eye papers and coloured Lydie in using Graph'it Markers (still practising my blending with those) and my Promarkers. I added lots of stitching to the papers and kept the layout quite simple. I love the beautiful rose and polka dots paper and was very lucky to find a wooden button in my stash to match them. The sentiment I used is from a Kirsty Wiseman set I bought at the weekend.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I am not too happy with the blending on the hair but I have limited colours to play with until I build up my collection. I used very few embellishments on this card as I didn't want to cover up the gorgeous papers so simply added a paper flower and a resin flower next to the wooden heart and a couple of little stick on gems. I hope you have a lovely Thursday and make sure you visit the Little Miss Muffet blog for lots of inspiration from the DT using the new releases.
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - A little Cotton Rabbit

Hello Everyone!It's my day for posting on the Sugar Nellie blog and I am sharing a new baby card made using the adorable Albie the little Cotton Rabbit who is available here from Sugar Nellie. I adore all the Little Cotton Rabbit stamps, they are perfect for new baby cards and cards for little ones!

I coloured Albie in using my new Graph'it pens for his jumper and Promarkers for the rest and cut him out leaving a small border. I used Echo Park Bundle of Joy Boy papers on my card and the stamped sentiment is from Paper Smooches. The gingham ribbon is from my stash and the blue twill ribbon was bought at the Bracknell craft show. I added a gorgeous wooden button from Prima on top of the ribbon sentiment.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I am really happy with my new Graph'it pens! The colours are so intense and the blending is really easy. I need to collect a few more to get a good range of colours. I hope you have a lovely sunny Wednesday where you are .
Jane
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A Prima Mixed Media canvas

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a project on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog and I have something a little bit different for this week. I have finally got around to using my Prima Mixed Media doll stamp and made a canvas.

The canvas is approximately 8x8 and the doll fits on it perfectly. I used radiant rain paints, cosmic shimmer sprays and distress inks with some masks to make the background which I then dried with my heat gun.

I used one of the new Artistic Stamper stamp sets for my sentiment which I stamped in the top right corner. I ripped pieces of Prima paper from the  Sunny Days pad and stuck them on the canvas and distressed them with Distress stains.

When they were in place and added lots of flowers on top including a new resin cabouchon which matched the papers perfectly and some wooden buttons and punched and wooden butterflies.

I stamped the doll onto one of the tags from the Prima Tag Pad and then coloured her in with my Promarkers. The dress was paper pieced using a paper from the Sunny Days Pad. I then cut her out and added her to the canvas using my glue gun. As a finishing touch, I dotted around a few words from the Tim Holtz chit chat stickers pad and some enamel dots and gems and pearls. I have entered my Canvas into the latest Craft Stamper Challenge.
I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Teddy with Present

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today and I am showing a card I made using one of the gorgeous new Wild Rose Studio stamps which have recently arrived at My Mum's Craft shop. I have used 'Teddy with Present' on my card and coloured him in using my Promarkers before I die cut hin into a circle. 

I used Prima papers from the 'Sunny Days' pad and stamped the Melissa Frances sentiment straight onto one of the papers. I added stitching around all the edges and some gorgeous flowers from my stash. I finished with a wooden button and some stick on gems and pearls.

Here is a close up of my image. I used a mixture of reds and pinks to colour the flowers to tone in with the papers. I do love this little bear, he is so cute! I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT - Pink, Pink, Pink!!

Hello Everyone! It's Little Miss Muffet Challenge day today! We have a great theme for you this fortnight. Our theme is...

Pink, Pink, Pink!!

I missed out on making samples for the last release as I was on my holidays so I couldn't wait to colour Rosealba Faerie in lovely shades of pink to fit in with our theme. I used some lovely new Prima Romance novel papers and a clock embellishment to decorate my card and a matching sentiment.

I used a Whiff of Joy Butterfly border die to cut a border in some kraft card which I layered with more Prima paper and then used the little Butterflies to embellish my card adding little gems to the centres.
I added lots of flowers and stick on pearls to finish.

Here is a close up of my Faerie all coloured in with Promarkers and the cute little foxes. I added some glitter to the Faerie's wings and cut out all the images leaving a small border before adding them to the card with foam pads.
I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge. Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT! Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - Sharing in your sorrow

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good Weekend, we didn't go up to London today as it hasn't stopped raining since this morning but I have been watching some of the Pageant on the TV and it looks amazing! So many beautiful colours on show! I have a card to share with you today which I made using one of the lovely new stamps which were released last month at Whiff of Joy. This image is called 'Sharing in your sorrow' and is available in the shop here.

I made my card following this week's sketch at Sketch Saturday and used papers by Prima from the Madeline paper pad. I coloured the image with Promarkers and paper pieced the little girl's dress with a paper from the pad. The sentiment I used is from the Whiff of Joy 'General Sayings II' set.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image, I added some blue around the image and blended it out with my blender pen. I added some punched Butterflies and flowers from my stash along with a little wooden button I bought at the NEC and one of my favourite spotty buttons from the Ribbon Girl.
I have some exciting news to share with you regarding this month's release at Whiff of Joy, we will be
releasing stamps which feature a new Character called Maya by a brand new illustrator!

Maya is adorable! I know you are going to fall in love with her just as I and the rest of the Design Team have! We will also be having Blog hop to celebrate the release day on the 15th.

Have a lovely afternoon and evening!

Jane

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12 days of Whimsy -Day 6 Project

Hello Again! As promised yesterday, I am back with my 6th day of Whimsy Project.
The tutorial was to make Yuletide tin ornaments and I have had to adapt it a bit as I didn't have any tins and I couldn't find any to buy locally either so I used some square Kraft boxes I had at home instead.
I started off with the larger box and made this painting it with Tim Holtz distress ink and adding Prima papers which I distressed and an image from this website with one of Nancy's banners. The lace and tinsel were from my stash.

I used a Snowflake die to cut the shapes above the banner and the image was edged with glossy accents which I covered in chunky glitter (I got very messy!!)

You can just see the crackle paint and lace on this photo, I also added an organza bow and button on the edge of the box to disguise the join in the lace.
I couldn't stop at just one so I also decorated a smaller box, in a similar way with My Mind's Eye papers this time and with glitter glue to edge the image and a small rose added. I painted the box with acrylic paint and distressed it with ink to age it.

The lace is much fuller and longer on this box and I had to stretch it to get it to fit around the box.
I added a bow on the front of this one. I am not sure which one is my favourite...I already have some bits gathered for the project from Day 7 and rather spookily bought some feathers yesterday and they feature in today's project so I may attempt both of them tonight.
Enjoy the rest of your Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Warm Winter wishes

Hello! I am back again with my first card posted on the Sugar Nellie blog since I joined the The Design Team.
I have made a card using the adorable Warm Winter Wishes image which is so much fun to colour.

The papers I have used are by Prima from the North Country pad and go perfectly with my favourite Kraft card and my favourite beige thread for stitching. I die cut some snowflakes from Kraft and dipped them in glitter before topping with some buttons. The sentiment stamp I used is by Paper Make Up.
Enjoy the rest of your day!
Jane
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CES Challenge - Embellish it!

Good Morning Everyone!It's the weekend! Yay! We have gone embellishment crazy this week at CES Challenges and we want you to pile on your embellishments this week using at least three embellishments on your Project.

My Parents In Law are celebrating a special Anniversary this weekend so I have made them an easel card using Prima Reflections papers in shades of red and cream.

I have embellished the card with lots of goodies from my stash, some roses, a Tim Holtz ticket, ribbon, buttons, gems. The image I have used is from Pollycraft from the Mini Doodles Mr and Mrs set and the sentiment is by my Pollycraft teamie Marit and is available free with lots of lovely other sentiments here.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a voucher for Crafty Emma's Store. Make sure you check out the blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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A Simply Sassy Sunday...

I was recently introduced to the wonderfully quirky Simply Sassy stamps from the wonderful creations of my hugely talented fellow Pollycraft teamie Maria. I fell in love with these images and treated myself before I went away on my holidays.


The image I have used on my card which I made following the sketch for the Simply Sassy GDT call is called Hippie Chick and she is one of my favourites.


I used Prima Madeleine papers and a My Mind's Eye paper and coloured my image using Promarkers. I just love her big eyes and she was an absolute dream to colour in. The sentiment I used is from Whiff of Joy and the ribbons and twine are from The Ribbon Girl.

I really enjoyed playing with my new stamp today, I have lots of things I should be doing instead but I can never resist new stash!
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.

CES Challenges - Monochromatic

It's Saturday and I don't know about you but I am good and ready for the weekend to start! Saturday is CES Challenge day and I we have a great theme for you this week! This week we want you to try the 'Monochromatic' look working in the same or shades of the same colour. I decided to go pink and girly and made a card using the adorable Mimi on her bicycle.

I used Prima and My Mind's Eye papers and a Cat's Life Press stamp which are available from Crafty Emma's store with some Ribbon Girl ribbon and Prima flowers.
Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT and I hope you will be able to join us for the chance to win a fabulous prize from Crafty Emma's Store.
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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A vintage wedding card

I have a vintagey wedding card to share with you today. This was a another card I made for the gift shop order. I used K+Co papers and my favourite Elzybells Wedding stamp.

The lace was a find from a Charity shop and has a lovely vintage feel to it. I kept the layout quite simple, adding a couple of Prima flowers and a Tim Holtz adage ticket to complete the card.
Have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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A shabby chic Wedding card

I have made lots of wedding cards recently so will be sharing them with you over the coming days and weeks. I bought this stamp at the NEC craft show earlier in the year and this is the first time I used it. I adore this image! The wedding couple are just so cute!

I used a backing paper from a huge K+Co stack I bought ages ago and I love it's Shabby chic feel. I coloured the image with Promarkers in pastelly colours to match the paper and created a simple layout stitching around the edges of the layers with my Sewing machine. The lace was from my stash and I added vintage Mother of pearl buttons to the centres of my Prima flowers. The sentiment is from Elzybells and I added a small heart pearl from Quixotic paperie to highlight it.
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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A Ruby Anniversary Cuthbert card.

I have been so busy this week and I have loads to do today as well, it seems never ending at the moment! I will be glad when the kids are on holidays in a couple of weeks!
I didn't get a chance to make a card with the Pollycraft Friday freebie, make sure you go over and get your 'On the Ball Maurice', he is great and I will definitely be using him on a card soon.

I made this quick card yesterday morning before going to work for a colleague and his wife who are celebrating their Ruby Anniversary soon. I coloured Cuthbert with Promarkers and added him to the card with foam pads. The papers are Basic Grey and Pink Paislee, the ribbon was bought from Tesco at Christmas, the word stamps are Elzybells and the stickers are Prima. I added a heart button and some red gems as a finishing touch.
I hope you have a good Saturday!
Jane
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A perfect day for a Christening

It's a gloriously beautiful sunny day today and a perfect day for a Christening, my morning has been disrupted slightly by our puppy Charlie ripping up his bed for the 3rd time in 2 days so I have to sort that out again :-(
We are going to a Christening today so I have made a card to give to the lovely little Isabelle.
I used My Minds eye and K+Co papers and lots of pearls and flowers all in lovely pale pink.

I had a bit of trouble finding an image I liked until I fell upon this adorable image by Mo Manning. I printed it on to textured card and coloured it with pale pink and ivory colours.

I printed my sentiment on the computer and cut it out with Nesties label shapes. The cross was from Flutterby Crafts and the flowers are mostly Prima.
I hope you have a lovely Sunday, I am off to sort out Charlie's mess!
Jane
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A brave night

I have another Pollycraft card to share with you today using one of the new Cuthbert and Kiki images which were released on Monday. I made a very simple card which could be used for Father's Day or a Birthday.

The papers I used are by K+CO. The image was coloured with Promarkers, I love this combination of brown with green! The button is from American crafts and the string was a pressie from my friend Petra.
The letters are from Prima, I really love this range of letters, they are my favourite at the moment.
Thanks so all of you who left comments on my WOYWW post yesterday, I will try and get round and visit more desks over the coming week.
Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Another 'boys' card....

I have another 'boys' card to share with you this evening. I made this card yesterday for Jack's Football coach as he is leaving in the summer to start a new teaching job and will be based too far away to keep on coaching the boys. It is such a shame as he is a great coach and the boys really look up to him.

I used papers from the 'It's a man's world' stack from Papermania and coloured the Pollycraft image in the colours of Jack's team. The large black letters are by Prima, I love these! The smaller sticker letters are by My little shoebox and the star is American Crafts.
I hope you all had a good weekend.
Jane

Another Gorjuss decoupage card

I have another Gorjuss girl decoupage card to share with you. No stamping on this one but I did use a bit of ink to tone down the bright white on the ribbon.
The decoupage image and stripy paper I have used are from the Love pack of the new Gorjuss girls decoupage by The Crafthouse Press . Each pack contains two sheets of a 3D die cut decoupage featuring delightful Gorjuss images, plus two coordinating backing sheets, enough to make 4 cards with some leftovers.


The die cut shapes are great and perfect to make a quick but stunning card. To make my card, I cut a piece of the stripy paper to fit my card card blank and layered it with some Papermania V&A Paper. I sewed around the edges and then added my decoupage topper which I embellished with gems.


I toned down some white striped ribbon from Paperchase with some Antique linen distress inks and added to a flower made with Prima flowers with a popper centre.
As a finishing touch, I added the sentiment and a couple of little Martha stewart butterflies embellished with gems.
I loved making this card, the colours of the decoupage are just beautiful. I have 1 more sheet of decoupage left from this pack so keep checking back for more ideas.
Have a lovely Tuesday.
Jane

A mini Willow designs card

I love mini cards, Basic grey, Promarkers, Paper flowers, Nestabilities, Kraft card and Willow Designs images! Not necessarily in that order...I decided to combine a few of my crafty loves to make this card.

I printed the Willow designs image onto textured card and coloured it with Promarkers. I covered a card blank with a scrap of Basic Grey backing paper, added a paper flower, an Elzybells sentiment and some stick on gems to create a very simple card. It doesn't need much else as the paper and image really make this card.
I am off to Ally Pally tomorrow and am so excited! Are any of you going?
Have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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