A Whiff of joy 'girly' card

The Whiff of Joy Challenge this week is to follow a Recipe. There were 2 to follow and I chose:

#2 3 patterned papers, 2 bling , 1 flower.

I used the gorgeous stamp I received in my Christmas package from my lovely blog friend Claire to make a card.
I coloured the image before I chose the papers and it was a bit of a Challenge rummaging through my stash to acheive colour matches but I think I got there in the end. The papers are Basic Grey (spotty), Bobunny (blue damask) and a pad I bought in France last year for the Butterflies. I coloured Willow with my Promarkers and added lots of distressing ink to the edges of the image and the sentiment. I added stitching to the layers before assembling the card. The flower is a mixture of blooms from my stash and the bling is Kanban.
I am also entering this card in the Passion for Promarkers challenge as the theme this week is 'girls, girls,girls' and this very girly stamp fits the bill.
I will be back tomorrow evening with my blog candy winners!
Jane
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***CLOSED***New Year 6x6 Backing Paper Candy - ends 20th of January!

******************BLOG CANDY CLOSED**************************
***********Winners to be announced on 21st in the evening.****************

To celebrate the New Year, I am offering Candy for 5 lucky winners! I have 5 packs of 50 6x6 patterned papers to give away.Each pack has a mixed selection of backing papers including florals, Christmas designs and lots of other lovely patterns to get your Crafting going in 2010.

To be in with a chance of winning one of the packs, please leave a comment on this post. If you are a follower you will be entered twice and if you are a winner and have posted about my Candy in your sidebar I will add another small gift to your prize before I send it out.
The Candy will remain open until the 20th at midnight UK time and I will draw the winners on the 21st. I will ship worldwide.
Good Luck!
Jane
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What's on your Workdesk Wednesday?

It's Wednesday, show off your mess day! My desk is a bit of a mess today, I made a DT card last night and finished late so no time to tidy. This is what the desk looked like first thing but it has been slightly tidied since then to allow me to find all the things I needed to take to work with me.

I am going to finish getting ready for work now so I will leave you to have a rummage if you wish to. Make sure you check out Julia's blog for more selfless desk sharing and why not take a photo of yours too? Go on...be brave!
Have a lovely day and fingers crossed the snow leaves us alone today!
Jane
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Memory box - my latest DT project on Easy Craft Projects

My latest project is on the Easy Craft Projects Website with full instructions for you to download and print off.
If one of your New Year's resolutions is to organise your photos before you have a chance to pop them in a scrapbook, this box has all you need to keep everything in order until you are ready


Click here to download the Project sheet.
Jane
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Shabby Chic and a Sketch

I have been trying to get started making this card for a few days now and always seemed to get sidetracked into making something else or started off 'shabby' but ended up 'retro' or 'bright and cheery'...
Finally tonight, I managed to put a card together to fit the 'Shabby chic' theme for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge. There is a DT call on the blog for two new members so I am entering this card for it.


To aid me in making my card, I used the lovely sketch on the Cupcake Craft Challenge blog.
I used mostly papers from a K+Co Mat stack, I think it is a wedding themed stack but I love the muted colours. The backing paper which is the last layer at the back is from my stash and the Kraft card is an ancient folder which I retrieved from a recycling bin at work!

The sketch is absolutely gorgeous and was a dream to use. I loved the intricacy of the layers and decided to use a different backing paper for each one, inking the edges and then sewing around each one in faded pink cotton in various stiches to add to the patchwork effect.

Here is an 'arty' close up of the layers and the main flower. The sentiment I used is from Hero Arts and the gorgeous image of the girl with the dog on the swing is from Lili of the Valley. This is only the second time I have inked her up! I love her dress and pinafore and she was lovely to colour in to match my choice of papers with all my pale and interesting Promarkers. The flowers are a mix of various bits and bobs from my stash, including a canvas bloom from Making Memories. To finish the card off, I added some carefully placed gems.
I hope you had a lovely Monday, it was lovely driving to work today under 'normal' weather conditions. It makes such a difference to start the day without having to negotiate slippery roads or snow!
Jane
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A couple of comissioned cards

No time for any 'creative' cardmaking yesterday. I received a couple of card comissions and I was tied in to two quite defined requests.
The first was to make a card for a Friend to give to the vets who had treated her dog who was really poorly after Christmas. Ruby is fully recovered now (she is the doggy on the left) but she was a very sick dog so we are all so relieved she is better!

The second is a card for my Hubby's Auntie Lindy who is Bingo mad. I used a Flippin women decoupage by Lapashe. I didn't need to add much more. A couple of flowers, a sentiment and some gems.

I even added gems to her bracelet inside the card. Darren says this is a very true representation of his Auntie...
I hope they both like their cards! Not much planned for today except food shopping, a visit from the In-laws and a walk in the woods with the dog. Might be able to sneak in a bit of crafting later....
Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Owl be thinking of you!

I had lots of fun last night playing with some of my new stash! Jane sent me a template for her gorgeous little owl too so I thought he would be perfect to use with my new papers.
I bought quite a few Sizzix XL dies in the sale after Christmas, including this scalloped card blank. After working out the best way to cut it with my Cuttlebug, I set to work cutting 2 Kraft card blanks. I run them back through the 'bug' with some embossing folders. I love this effect on Kraft. I then inked the edges.

I printed the template for the owl on to 2 different backing papers from the new Docrafts goody bag. Docrafts have outdone themselves with this month's bag. I love all the contents and have used most of them for these cards. I inked the edges of the pieces before assembling them and added buttons from my stash and gems from the kit for eyes. I added a touch of glossy accents to the beak.

The sentiment is frim Hero arts and was stamped on to a Nesties label shape. I added brads or tiny buttons from the kit to either end and inked the edges before mounting with foam pads. The branch is a Sizzlits shape from a set.
I stapled ribbon from the kit to the tops of the cards and added a couple of flowers (also from the goody bag!).
I really like these cards, they are a bit different from my usual style but I will definitely using the template again. I think he is so cute, there seems to be no ends to Jane's talents and I am so grateful to her for sharing the template.
As these cards are made with mostly new stash which I had to open to make them, I am entering them into the new blog Challenge 'Raise the bar' as the 1st challenge launched yesterday and the theme is 'Debut day' where you have to to use something in your stash that hasn't been opened yet.
I am off to tidy up the mess I made last night as I crafted at the dinner table while watching 'The Reader' with my Hubby.
Before I go, Susie has asked me to remind you that there is still loads of time to take part in this month's Cook up a card Challenge, you can see more details here.
Have a lovely weekend!
Jane
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Easy Craft Projects challenge no 4 : Lavender

It is time for a new Easy Crafts Project Challenge already!

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in our challenges so far, it has been great seeing all your wonderful projects and I have really enjoyed creating my DT cards for the themes.

For the next Challenge, you will need to create a card, LO, altered item etc using the colour...

Lavender!

Here is my DT card. I covered a scalloped card base with spotty paper and layered up some Nestie shapes and more spotty paper. I used a Willow designs bird digi-stamp which I coloured with Promarkers and some gems and a flower from my stash.


Our sponsor for this challenge is Willow Designs. They are kindly giving away some of their printable sets to one lucky winner who will be chosen at random from all those who take part in the challenges.

Make sure you take a look at the blog to see all the wonderful DT creations, we hope you will be able to take part as we love seeing all the wonderful things you make!

Have a lovely Saturday.

Jane
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Susie's Sassy Challenge no6 - Something for a boy

It's time for Susie's 6th Challenge! The theme is 'A card for a boy' with an option to include an animal.
Tracy chose this theme because her little boys Birthday is coming up and he loves animals.

I used some recycled Kraft card to cover my base card and layered on a square of Camouflage Making Memories paper. The circle mounted on to a Kraft scalloped circle is also from Making memories and the paper string was bought in John Lewis.
The Lion image is from Jane's Doodles Designs and he was printed on to some handmade coffee paper and coloured in with Promarkers and Sakura pens with a touch of glaze for his nose.
The 'brad' is just a brass paper fastener and the letters are a mix of Papermania and Making memories.

The Prize for the new challenge is a heart shape chipboard mini album Challenge Rules
Only a few small rules to our challenge,
1.You must stick to the theme or you will be disqualified to be fair to everyone.
2. Your work must be new please do not back link to work that has been previously blogged.
3.You must link back to the challenge in your post or your entry will not be included in the prize draw.
Anyone can enter anywhere in the world all you have to do is make a card or project;

Closing date is Tuesday 26th Jan at noon GMT
(entries posted after this time will not be entered so don't be late)
The winner and the next new challenge will be announced the following day.

Make sure you pop on over to the Challenge blog to take a look at the rest of the DTs cards, they are all amazing as usual, such talented ladies!
I hope you will feel inspired by their cards and the theme and will be able to join us for this Challenge.
Jane
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Raining kisses and WOYWW

Carol's sketch fun is back! I loved playing along with Carol's sketches last year and she is back now with a new Challenge after a well earned break. Every fortnight, Carol releases a sketch to follow and this fortnight she has a wonderful prize for the lucky winner.


I had ordered these stamps from Elzybells a while back but this is the first time I have used them. I decided to make a bright a cheerful card as an antidote to all this horrible snow we keep having. I have definetely had enough of the snow now!


I used Cosmo Cricket Umbrella papers (which I bought yesterday) to cover my base card and the paper strips are from the DCWV Citrus stack (a firm favourite of mine at the moment!) I used some lovely textured card to stamp my image onto. I actually bought this at my local hardware store when we were snowed in! What a find!
The sentiment is also from Elzybells. The felt circle is from Making memories and the button is from my stash.
Unbelievably....it is also already Wednesday! So time for WOYWW. I forgot to take a piccie of my desk this morning, it was very tidy anyway so was a bit boring.


This is what it looks like now.....not tidy! Nothing very exciting on there really, a whole lot of Promarkers, my favourite linen string which I bought at a Carboot sale so is irreplacable! My silver jars have my buttons in sorted by colours. There is a lovely Whiff of Joy stamp on the desk which I received from my blog buddy Claire for Christmas which I intend to mount on klingon and use for my next Card. Why not head on over to Julia's blog and check out all the other desks, you could even upload a link to a photo of your desk...we would love to have a nosey at it :-)
Am off now to tidy my desk! I hope you all had a good day and managed to avoid any snow dramas!
Jane
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Hugs and kisses

This is a card I made earlier in the week with the Pollycraft Friday Freebie, this image is just adorable and was so lovely to colour in. I am amassing quite a collection of Valentine's cards now with only one Valentine (my Hubby) to give them to!

I printed the image on to canvas texture card and coloured it in with Promarkers. I used a scalloped base card from Papermania and built up simple layers of dotty card from my scraps folder. The sentiment is by Hero Arts and the button was from Fabric land. I added some glossy accents to the heart dots and the eyes and finished off with some stick on gems.
I am really pleased with this card and I will definitely be looking out for more new images from Pollycraft. They are simply fabulous! You have until Friday to download the Freebie from here.
Jane
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Yet another label shaped card - Hot Chocolate!

I went shopping today with my Hubby at the Galleria in Hatfield and bought lots of new crafty stash and came home full of inspiration! I sat down to make a card for the Simon says Stamp Challenge and Quixotic cards Challenge which both have the theme of 'Hot Chocolate'. I didn't use any of my new stash for this card though...


I received these stamps from Elzybells yesterday and was dying to have a play with them. When I chose my papers and had made the card, I discovered... quite spookily...that the colours I had used to colour my image, cool aqua and cocoa, are the colours to use in this week's Passion for Promarkers challenge! I am entering this card in to all 3 Challenges.
I used papers from Making memories and the plain cardstock is from DCWV. The ribbon is from my stash.
The felt heart is also from Making memories, the button and gems are from my stash. I added glossy accents to the heart on the mug and also added some glitter glue to the marshmallows.
This card is quite representative of how things are at my house at the moment, my kids have never had so much hot chocolate! It is the perfect way for them to warm up after their walk home from school.
I am off to have a root through my new stash now and try to put it away tidily.
Jane
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A Mia and Bosko card for a couple of Challenges

Another card from me today, probably the last but who knows...I seem to be on a bit of a roll today!
I am entering this card into 2 Challenges. It is my first time taking part in both of them.
The first is Cupcake Craft Challenge and the theme for Challenge 73 is 'Going Girly'. I just had to use Mia and Bosko from Jane's Doodles Designs for my image as she is just so cute and definitely very girly.
I coloured her in with Promarkers to match this Papermania backing paper which was lurking in my scraps folder. I have been trying to use only scraps for my cards recently. To be honest, it makes the whole choosing process much quicker as there is a lot less stash to look through and I have some lovely scraps that I had completely forgotten about!

I used the sketch from CPS for the card layout. I really like the sketches for this Challenge as they are really nice and easy to follow. I think the simplicity of this sketch really suits the image.


I used strips of Inspire me papers which I embossed to layer the image on and stamped a Hero Arts sentiment on the bottomm strip. The flower was from Lewis and I sewed a button from my stash onto it.
I have made a couple more cards today which I will share with you over the coming days.
I am planning on doing a bit of colouring in tonight so I will have lots of images to play with next time I sit down to craft :-)
Jane
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Coffee and cream for Die Cut dreams Challenge

The Challenge theme this week for Die Cut dreams is Coffee and cream. I made another label shaped card. I think I have become addicted to these shaped cards!
I used a My Favourite things image which I bought last September and I am ashamed to say this is the first time I have inked it up!

The backing paper is from the Making Memories ledger stack. I love this stack, it is so versatile! The ribbon was a scrap from my stash and the felt flower is Making Memories topped with a button from my stash tied on with linen string. The sentiment is from Elzybells.
I stamped the image on to canvas textured cardstock with Sepia ink and coloured it with Promarkers.
I think I have just about enough time to fit in another Challenge card before I go and pick up my Hubby. His leg is still sore and we still couldn't get his car out yesterday.
Jane
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Leo the lion and experimenting with glitter

I had another play with some of Jane's images yesterday and printed some images onto Kraft card. I then used some glitter to decorate Leo's mane, nose and tail. I don't often use glitter so decided to experiment with 2 different techniques. First I made 2 base cards from Kraft card using a Nesties die and covered it with My Mind's eye backing paper.


On the first card, I used fine glitter in a pot tipped on to glue which I had used to fill in the areas I wanted to add colour to. The finished effect is quite matt and flat looking but the colour is really intense.

For the second image, I first coloured the areas I was going to add glitter to with a Sakura pen. I then added brown glitter glue . When the glue was dry, the effect was very dull and a bit patchy so I added Glossy accents to cover the glittered areas. This gives a lovely raised effect and really makes the image pop.
I don't normally use glitter but I think I have been converted! The kids are back at school today even though they are starting later than usual. I have holiday from work booked today and tomorrow so I am going to make the most of some very welcome time on my own. Our house has been a mad house since last week with all our lives disrupted because of the snow. Let's hope we can somehow start getting back to normal now!
Jane
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My ATCs for the December Addicted to ATCs swap

The theme for last month's ATC swap at Addicted to ATCs was 'Waiting for Christmas'. Each month we make 3 ATCs to swap within our small and friendly group of very talented crafters. I used Basic grey papers and Elzybells stamps to make my ATCs. The little tab punch is from Stampin up and is one of my favourite punches at the moment.

The burgundy card is from the Papermill shop and the little gem is from my stash. I coloured the image with Promarkers.
The theme for January's swap is 'New Beginnings'. You can read more about the theme here.
If you are interested in taking part, please send an email to addictedtoatcs@gmail.com. The swap is open to all UK based crafters and we do not set any restrictions on the medium you use to make your ATCs.
I hope you had a good weekend. I hope that my boys will be back at school tomorrow. We have had any more snow yet so I hope that we will escape it this time.
Jane
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Snowed in with my Promarkers!

We haven't been able to go out very far today or do very much due to the Snow, just a bit of food shopping so I spent the day practising my colouring and tidying up my stash.
I made 2 quick cards using Jane's Doodles Designs images I had printed out before Christmas.

I know it's a bit late...or a bit early to make more Christmas cards but I couldn't resist making a card with this Rudolph.
I am very proud of myself as I only used scraps for these cards too!
Make sure you check out Jane's new releases on Squigglefly today and the rest of the Design Team's blogs as they have all been busy with Jane's stamps!
Jane
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A bright and cheerful Thank you card

I made it in to work today but came home earlier than usual as it started snowing and I didn't want to get caught out and stuck on any roads for hours. This gave me some time to play with some of my Christmas presents. I received some gorgeous Magnolia goodies from my Friend PetraB and I hadn't inked them up yet so today I finally had a good play with them.
I decided to make a Thank you card as I need to send out a few to Thank family and Friends for my Christmas pressies.

I followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday for the card and used DCWV Citrus stack papers and textured card. I coloured the image with Promarkers and added Sakura pen accents to the hat and Butterflies. I then added Glossy accents to the shoes and Butterflies. Red shoes HAVE to be shiny!
The paper ribbon was part of my Papercellar prize and the sentiment is Hero Arts.

Here is a close up of the image. I am still practising my colouring and shading it is not perfect yet but I think I am getting better.
I am entering this card in this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge and also into the Lili of the Valley Challenge for which you have to make a Thank you card.
I am hoping to have lots more time for Crafting this weekend. We have nothing planned except trying to keep warm and the weekly food shop to stock up before more snow hits us.
Jane
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Introducing....Sherman and Gus

Saturday is release day on Squigglefly and Jane from has two cute new Jane's Doodle Designs images and a sentiment digi-stamp for you to play with.
I was lucky enough to have play with these this week and here are 2 cards I made with the new images.

The first card uses Sherman the Sheep. I used 2 of him on this card to make a Valentine's day card.
I flipped one of the images so they are facing and then paper-pieced the images using Funky Hand papers.
The theme on the Let's Get Funky Challenge blog this month is Spots and Stripes and I am entering this card. I used some papers from the Funky Daze CD to cover the base card, to frame the image and to paper piece the cute sheep. I used a heart shape gem between the sheep and small bright pink gems in the corners of the card. The felt heart is from Making Memories.


The second card was made with Gus the Seagull. You may recognise Gus as he was perched on the top of Noah's Ark in Jane's last release. He has been embellished with some grass and flowers and is perfect to make an alternative Valentine's day card for a Friend.

I made this card very simply using Making Memories striped paper and I then sewed the image on to the base card. Gus was coloured with Promarkers and I added some heart embellishments. The clip is from Making memories and the little resin hearts were a gift from my DT boss and Friend Susie and they match the papers perfectly. The sentiment stamp is Hero Arts
I like how colourful and bright both these cards are. We certainly need some cheering up around here! The snow has not really melted and my Hubby hurt his leg when he slipped walking to work yesterday. We spent a good couple of hours trying to dig our cars out of the snow yesterday too so my arms, neck and back are really aching today :-(
We are told there is more snow on the way on Sunday, looks like this weather is here to stay for a while.
I hope you are all safe and managing to stay warm wherever you are.
Remember to check out the rest of the DT's cards using Jane's new images by following the link on my sidebar, they are such talented ladies, you are certain to be inspired.
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers Challenge 33 - Sketch and theme

This is the first time I am entering the Passion for Promarkers challenge. The theme for Challenge 33 is 'Love' and there is a lovely sketch to follow. I have often wanted to enter the Passion for Promarkers challenge but never seem to get around to it, I want to enter more Challenges in 2010 so I am starting as I mean to go on.

I used a Magnolia stamped image and sentiment I got from my Friend PetraB before Christmas as a starting point for my card. I coloured it in in red and aqua green colours, I hope it doesn't look too Christmassy!
I used a mixture of papers, DCVW, My Mind's eye and Bo-bunny and the flowery backing paper is from Crate Paper to which I added some Papermania gems.
Here is a close up of my coloured image. I am so pleased with how it turned out! I am really going to concentrate on improving my shading and colouring this year and I am still searching for the best card to work with so any tips are very welcome. The card I used this time is linen texture from my local craft shop and I find it works quite well. I added some glitter glue and some glossy accents to the image after mounting it on the Nesties circle.
Here is a close up of the circle sentiment. I am probably going to give this card to my Hubby for Valentine's day. He is so supportive of my Crafting and has to put up with sleeping in our room with my Craft area in which is normally a total mess (see previous post!!).
Here is the sketch I followed. I decided to use a label shape instead of the diagonally placed rectangle.
Am off to have another look at the snow and to think about tidying my desk!
Have a good evening.
Jane
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A bit late but still in time for WOYWW!

My desk is a mess. I made a card on it last night and also made one this evening and now the desk mess is totally out of control. It has been a funny day. I couldn't go to work today as our road is in a terrible state with the snow and the roads around here are very dangerous. The kids are both off school so I went up to the shops with them and the Puppy to stock up on bread and milk and to buy them some soup for lunch.
I walked back from the shops with Charlie on my own and ended up falling over when Charlie lurched off to
try and chase a tiny bird. Was very embarrassing but luckily I was not hurt and managed to keep hold of Charlie's lead! Our road is even worse tonight after loads more snow today and my car is boxed in by the snow. I dread to think what tomorrow will bring!
I will leave you now to have a nosey at my desk, amongst all the rubbish there is the card I made for the Passion for Promarkers sketch Challenge. I will be posting this in a minute. I am really pleased with the colouring on this card but I am a bit worried that the colour scheme has turned out a bit Christmassy, I must be under the influence of all this snow!
I know it is a bit late in the day but there is still time to pop over to Stamping Ground, Julia's blog and share a photo of your desk by leaving a comment on the WOYDW post.
I hope you have a lovely evening and stay safe in the snow!
Jane
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My first try at 'vintage' with a special gift.

My Friend PetraB is an expert at all things vintage. I usually do cute and colourful and normally steer away from 'altered' and vintage style cards and Projects as I never usually know where to start and often do not really feel inspired by vintage images. Petra came into work today with some gorgeous buttons she had covered with vintage images which she had cleverly transferred onto fabric and I fell in love with this one.
Petra very kindly gave it to me and I was itching to get home to make something with it!
While the snow fell outside and still keeps falling, I started work. It took me a long time to get a card I was happy with. About 3 hours altogether! I started by surrounding the button with a rosette made from ribbons from Crafty ribbons. I matted and layered Making memories and a Nesties label shape cut from Papercellar paper and sewed around the edges. I added a strip of vintage lace from my stash and then stuck on my button embellishment.
I added some Cuttlebug swirly rose vines, some letter stickers from Making memories and some tiny gold gems which I bought in Claire's.
Here is a close up of the button. Isn't it just amazing! I hope you like my attempt at 'vintage'. I am not quite hooked yet but I may give it another try one day when I have a spare 3 hours!
I hope you are staying safe in all this snow and ice.
Jane
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Cook up a Card January Recipe Challenge DT card

It's time for a new Recipe on the Cook up a card Challenge blog!
The recipe for January is:

• 3 brads.
• 2 flowers
• & 1 Big thank you!!

Here is my DT card. I used an image and die cut layer I received in a RAK from Susie from Susie's Sassy designs and coloured her in with Promarkers. I then added some glitter glue and gems.
I used 3 brads on the corners of the image topper with 2 flowers in the top left corner. The flowers were from Ashridge farm Craft shop and I stuck them on with my new Glue Gun :-)


I used Kraft paper from Paperchase to cover my card base ad edged in black ink. The sentiment is from Stampin Up and the spotty paper is by American Crafts.

Make sure you check out the Cook up a Card Challenge blog to see the other DT cards or follow the links below to individual DT blogs :

Susie
Svit
Dwita

We hope you will be able to join us for this fun Challenge this month, there will be a prize for the winner which will be announced in the next couple of days.
I hope you are having a good Monday.
Jane
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New Jane's Doodles image on Squigglefly - Noah's Ark

While I was having a break from crafting over Christmas Jane has been working her socks off creating more of her adorable images. Her latest release is available to buy now on Squigglefly and is this gorgeous Noah's Ark image. I loved it so much when I downloaded it I couldn't resist colouring it in lots of times so I made 2 cards straightaway. I have one more image coloured and ready to make into a card so I may put it together tonight :-)
For the first card, I took inspiration from the colours in this gorgeous DCWV paper from the Citrus stack and coordinated it with Making memories ribbon and felt star. The button is from John Lewis and the rub-ons are Doodlebug. I decoupaged some of the animal's heads and the seagull and added glossy accents to some of their 'noses' as a final detail.

For the second card, I decided to go a bit more girly. I used cardstock from the DCWV Nana's Nursery stack and took my lead from these for the colouring. The sentiment is from Elzybells and the flower is K+Co with an extra layer of pale green added to tie the scheme together.

I wasn't too sure about this card when I first made it as I preferred the first one, but I think it is growing on me :-)

Make sure you go and see what my fellow DT member Alice made with the new image, her card is so clever and I know you are going to love it and be massively inspired. There will be more inspiration from Sanne, Lysa and Kelly in the next few days so make sure you also check out their blogs!
I hope you are having a good Sunday. My hubby and I took a walk with the dog this morning through 3 miles of freezing but beautiful countryside and ended up climbing over lots of fallen trees from the recent snow.
A few people have asked for one so.... here is a recent photo of Charlie in his 'bedroom'.

He is sitting on his favourite toy, his 'Fat Ted'. I am off to do a bit of tidying up now, my dining table AND craft desk are a complete mess at the moment and I need to clear some space to do some more crafting!
Jane
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My DT card for Easy Craft Projects Challenge no3.

Happy New Year!!!
The 3rd Easy Craft Projects Challenge launched today and our sponsor for January is Willow Designs. They have the most wonderful digi stamps and papers for sale , some are pre-coloured so if you are nervous about stamping and colouring but want the look of coloured stamps on your cards, they are perfect.
The theme this month is a sketch by Katie. I used a pre-coloured image and the matching backing paper to make my card and some My Mind's Eye spotty paper.




Here is the sketch by Katie, I followed it quite faithfully but it can be flipped or rotated to suit your Project.
Please come on over to the blog and see all the lovely Projects from the Design Team. You have 2 weeks to take part so I hope you can find time to join in.
The winner for January will receive some some Willow Designs printable sets.
It was lovely to have the day off today but I only had a little time for Crafting. I am planning an excursion to my local craft shop tomorrow to get some more goodies to kick start my Mojo. I am always inspired by new stash :-)
Jane
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