My Mum's Craft Shop DT for the September Challenge - Die cuts and Punches

Hello Everyone! I am back! I have had a bit of a break from blogging over the Summer and am back now with my DT card for this month's My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge. Our theme this month is a nice easy one. It is dies and punches. My Cuttlebug is my most used piece of craft equipment so this was a perfect theme for me to return with. Apologies for the photos, they have come out a bit dark...I am out of practice!

I used a Hobby House die cut as the topper for my card and used some gorgeous Marianne Design papers which were donated to me by my lovely Friend Petra. I used Dienamics dies to cut the tags for the rub on sentiments. I added lots of gorgeous Ribbon Girl goodies including pearl stems, denim ribbon, hessian ribbon, tiny ric rac and lots of paper flowers.

Here is a close up of the gorgeous topper. I love using these images for my cards when I am not in the mood for colouring. There are lots of new Hobby House toppers and some gorgeous new flowers in stock too, check out the new arrivals here! 
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win a voucher for My Mum's Craft Shop.Have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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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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MMCSDT - A Strawberry Tea Hobby House card.

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I am sharing a card I made with one of the lovely new toppers from The Hobby House. As you know, I do love my colouring but I also enjoy to use pre-coloured toppers sometimes to make quicker cards.

I have used a topper from the 'Strawberry tea' set which is available here from My Mum's Craft shop. The colours match really nicely with the new BoBunny 'Modern Miss' papers which I also used on my card. I inked around the edges of all the layers and the image before sewing around the edges and putting the card together.

I added a My Favourite Things sentiment onto a little die cut tag and added tape measure ribbon, hessian ribbon, a doily die cut and lots of paper flowers, a strawberry charm and little embellishments to tie in with the sewing theme.

Here is a close up of the lovely topper. She is simply adorable and I love the colour combination that was used to colour her in. I am really looking forward to using the rest of the toppers from this set. I am entering my card in to this month's Hobby House challenge.
I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Beautiful Buttons

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well. I have been suffering with a nasty cold this week which my Son gave me. It has been hanging around for a few days now and I am hoping I can get rid of it this weekend! I have a little card to share with you which I made to enter the Hobby House March Challenge. I have been doing a lot of blog hopping and spending a lot of time on Pinterest to get some imspiration lately and I was inspired to make this card when I saw the Hobby House Challenge theme which is buttons.

I received this hexagon die a couple of years ago as a Christmas present and I had never used it. I decided to use it to die cut a panel of kraft card which I added to a kraft card base using foam pads.
I stamped a My Favourite Things sentiment onto another strip of card and stitched along the long edges before adding it to the card. I added some Hobby House roses to the left of the sentiment and some striped Ribbon Girl Buttons which I threaded with twine. I loved making this card and I will be experimenting more with card without coloured images while I get my colouring back up to standard!
I hope you have a lovely Weekend and I will be back on Sunday with another card.
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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MMCS DT - Chistmas is coming and some Candy!

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today. Our theme this week is 'Christmas is coming', it is still a little way away but I know some of you have been making Christmas cards for a while already! If you are a last minute Christmas crafter, you will be pleased to know that My Mum's Craft shop have a fabulous range of precoloured toppers which are great for those cards that have to be made in a hurry. I have used an image from the Hobby House 'Holly time' topper sheet on my card. It is available here.

I used some old Carta Bella papers on my card and a rub on sentiment from my stash as well as some ribbon and gorgeous flowers from the Ribbon Girl. The snowflake was die cut using a Joy Crafts die.

Here is a close up of my flowers and the topper. The image is really adorable! I wish my colouring was that good! I found an extra pack of these toppers in my stash so I am offering one as candy. If you would like to be in with the chance of winning it, please leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner on Tuesday. There are also some special offers this weekend at My Mum's Craft Shop. 

FREE UK P&P (£5 order minimum)

20% OFF BARKLEY STAMPS & CDS

20% OFF WILD ROSE STUDIO STAMPS

20% OFF A LA MODES STAMPS

20% OFF PURE INNOCENCE STAMPS

15% OFF ECHO PARK PAPER PADS

15% OFF MY MINDS EYE PAPER PADS

OFFERS END TUES 27TH AUGUST 9AM!

Have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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My Mums Craft Shop DT - Baking with Grandma

Hello Everyone!  I have a couple of cards to share with you which I made using some of the beautiful new Hobby House toppers. These are great for making quick cards or when you just don't have time to colour an image. I have used the 'Baking with Grandma' set which is available here from My Mum's Craft shop.

I used some older Carta Bella papers on my cards as they were a perfect match and also added some heart pins tucked behind the flowers I added to my first card. The small cream flowers are new in at My Mum's Craft shop and you can get them here. The gorgeous lace I used is available here from The Ribbon Girl.

I used a Go create die to cut the base card for my second card and added more Carta Bella papers. The sentiments I used on both my cards are from Craftwork cards. Make sure you check out all the other lovely toppers from The Hobby House they are a great addition to your stash to have on standby when you are in a rush! Have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers DT - Distressing

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge over on the Passion for Promarkers blog and this week our theme is...Distressing! I love using my Distressing tool so had lots of fun with this theme roughing up the edges of my Basic Grey papers and my image panel. The papers were left over from a Magazine commission and I love them! As well as distressing the edges with the tool, I also added some old paper distress ink.

The gorgeous image I have used is from Pink Gem who are sponsoring us this week. This little cutie is 'Angel Jodie'. I love her little wings and halo and couldn't resist blinging them up with some glitter. The image was coloured in with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I added lots of pretty flowers from my stash and a gorgeous ribbon from The Ribbon Girl which I topped with a Lili of the Valley sentiment tag and a Hobby House button. The die cut holly leaves are cut with a Cheery Lyn die.

Here is a close up of my image. I added a little gem to Jodie's halo for another little touch of sparkle! I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. As I mentioned, we are sponsored by Pink Gem Designs and the prize is 4 digi images of winners choice!

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of lovely inspiration from the DT! Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - A card for a special Son

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a lovely day. I have changed my posting day for My Mum's Craft shop to a Sunday from this week so I will be popping in every Sunday on the My Mum's Craft shop blog from now on to show you which My Mum's Craft Shop products I have been playing with during the week.
My Son celebrated his 13th Birthday a few days ago so I am sharing one of the cards I made him to celebrate. I didn't do any stamping or colouring on this card as the image is a precut and coloured Hobby House topper.

The papers I have used are from the Echo Park 'So Happy Together' pad. I love this pad as it has so many verstatile papers in it. I layered my papers into kraft card and then stitched around the edges. I also inked around the edge of the image panel. The sentiment was created on my laptop and the cute little banner is available here and is from Memory box. I added a couple of little black pearls and a spotty button as a finishing touch. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Pretty Spring Pastels

Good Morning Everyone! It's an exciting day for me today as I am sharing my first card today as a new member of the My Mum's Craft shop DT on the shop blog. I have made a card using some gorgeous My Mind's Eye papers and a gorgeous Wee pre-coloured topper from the Spring Bringer set which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop

Please take a look at my post on the shop blog for details of all the papers and gorgeous Hobby House embellishments and why not stop a while to soak up some inspiration from my very talented Design Team buddies.

I hope you have a lovely Thursday! Please come back tomorrow for a preview of Whiff of Joys next stamp release.
Jane
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