A little Sweetie pie for the All Dressed up Challenge

Hello Everyone! I discovered a new Challenge at the Weekend and a new to me digital stamps shop! I love the stamps by Wendy Burns that were released by 'My Favourite Things' so I was delighted to find some of her images in digital format in the 'All Dressed Up' Etsy shop. I treated myself to an image called 'Sweetie Pie' which is available here and coloured her in with my Graph'it Markers and Promarkers to match the gorgeous (but very old) Basic Grey papers I used on my card.

I matted all my layers onto Kraft card and added stitching around the edges of the layers. I added some beautiful lace from my stash and lots of beautiful flowers. The crochet flower is from Docrafts and I added a vintage button on top. I dotted on a few stick on pearls and a few more buttons to finish.

Here is a close up of the gorgeous image, She was so lovely to colour in. I added a background around her by drawing little dots with lots of different pens and my blender. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
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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Little Miss Muffet DT - Introducing the Van Family!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well! It's new release day at Little Miss Muffet today and I have not one but three cards to show you using some of the adorable new digis which are available to buy from today. I have used 3 images from The Van Family, they are all so much fun to colour I couldn't resist making 3 cards!

My first card features one of  the Van Family Brothers, I used patterned Bazzill papers and a lovely glittery star from The Ribbon girl and other bits and bobs from my stash. I coloured my image with Promarkers before adding it to the card with foam pads.

My second card was made using one of the very sweet Van Family Sisters. The papers on my card are from the Basic Grey Soleil pad and I used lots of flowers from my stash.

My third and last card has the cute baby boy on it, the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and I used an Elzybells Sentiment stamp and some doodlebug stickers for my sentiment. Make sure you check out all the fabulous new releases in the 'What's New' section over at Little Miss Muffet and there are lots of lovely samples from the DT on the Little Miss Muffet Blog. Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT Challenge - Writing/Add a book page

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the Little Miss Muffet blog today and we have a great theme for you this fortnight, we want to see some Writing on your cards and project, you can do this either using text papers, stamps or book pages. It's up to you! I often pick up old books in Charity shops ready to be altered or to use on my cards so I have decided to use a page from an old story book as backing paper on my image topper and also to punch out a tiny Butterfly.

I have used Luna Bitterfrost - Stars Rock on my card and she is available here from Little Miss Muffet. She has always been one of my most favourite all time images so I chose her for my watermark too. I coloured her in with my Promarkers to match the Basic Grey papers I used which are from the What's Up pad.They are a really unusual mix of colours for me to use so I was a bit worried putting my card together but hopefully it all works. I added lots of paper flowers from various places, some pins, some punched Butterflies and a sentiment by Lili of the Valley and finished with some little gems. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. We have some great inspiration for you from the DT! Make sure you check out the blog for all the details! Have a lovely Thursday!

Jane

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Passion for Promarkers DT - Olympics

Good Morning Everyone! I apologise for my absence over the past few days, I had a busy weekend and didn't have much time for crafting! However, I am back today with a card I did squeeze in on Saturday. Thank you so much to all of you who took part in last week's Passion for Promarkers Anniversary celebration. It was lovely seeing all your wonderful Birthday cards. We have a great theme this week which is......

Olympics!!

We would like to see cards featuring sports, rings or even inspired by the Olympics colours in the rings on the photo on the blog. I have made a card using traditional red white and blue and the Olympics Saturated Canary image 'Olympics' as she was just perfect for the theme.

I used PB and J Basic Grey papers to cover my card base and to paper piece a Union Jack which was layered onto kraft before I added a stitched border. I coloured the image with my Promarkers and cut it out leaving a small border before adding it to the card with foam pads. The stamp image and sentiment are from a Portobello road collection as is the button and I added a little gingham bow from my stash. I finished with a cluster of flowers and some little gems. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We have
a great prize for you as we are sponsored by the fabulous Joanna Sheen and she is generously offering a £10.00 voucher to our winner.

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

Jane

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Whiff of Joy blog hop - Baby Henry

Welcome to my blog for the Whiff of Joy Blog Hop! If you didn't come here from Sonja B's blog, then head on over to the start of the hop at Katharina's blog. I don't want you to miss a single stop on this hop!
Be sure to leave a comment on each of the DT's blogs because each one will be giving away a stamp! At the end of the hop, at the Whiff of Joy Tutorial & Inspiration Blog, let us know that you have left a comment on each stop of the hop and you will have the chance to win a Grand Prize Stamp Package! To do this, you will enter using the linking tool that you will find at the end of that post.
The hop will remain open until midnight CEST (Central European Summer Time) Sunday April 1st. Winners will be announced at the Whiff of Joy Tutorial & Inspiration Blog the next day.
Feel like chatting? Then swing by our forum at Splitcoaststampers. We'll be popping in throughout the next few days and will be happy to chat or answer questions!
Now all the important information is out of the way...here is my card made with the adorable Baby Henry stamp from the 'We are Family' release which is available here from Whiff of Joy. I love this stamp so much :-) I have already made a Baby boy card with it so I thought I would share a Baby Girl one for the hop.

The card was made using a scalloped base onto which I layered up Basic Grey papers and plain cardstock and kraft from my stash. I added my usual stitching and some Butterflies cut with this gorgeous die from Whiff of Joy which is available here. The sentiment was stamped onto the smaller die from the tag die set which you can find here at Whiff of Joy. I added some gems from my stash and a little wooden button as a finishing touch. Thank you so much for stopping by today, your next stop is Lori.

I hope you enjoy the hop!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Teenage Dream

Good Morning Everyone! It's Monday already! I had a fun packed weekend and have a busy week ahead too! Monday is Pollycraft Challenge day and this week our theme has been chosen by the lovely Sheena and she has chosen....'Teenage Dream'. I have used the gorgeous Luna Bitterfrost 'Guitars Rock' who looks like the perfect teen in her fabulous boots and funky top. I have coloured her in to match these lovely Basic Grey papers which were a gift from the lovely Karen at Sugar Nellie this Christmas.

I used a sentiment which was a freebie from Pollycraft a little while ago but is still available here and matches this Luna inage so well.

I matted all the papers onto a black sheet which was in the stack and sewed around the edges with beige thread. The stars were die cut using Spellbinders Nestabilities and I added a star charm from my stash tied with twine. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We are sponsored by Letraset this week who are offering a pack of 5 Promarkers for the winner.

Make sure you check out the Pollycraft blog for lots of inspiration from the DT! Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Ribbon Girl Guest DT - Colour challenge - Pink, cream and brown

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Saturday, it's a bit chilly here today!! I am very excited today as I am off to Birmingham for the trade show, I can't wait to see all the lovely new crafty goodies retailers are going to tempt us with this year! I am also very thrilled today as Mary and Andrea from the Ribbon Girl asked me back as a guest DT for this month's Ribbon Girl Challenge. The challenge is a colour theme and the colours are pink, cream and brown, a gorgeous colour comination!

I have made a card using the adorable Wryn Howdy Cowboy.  She is so sweet and I loved colouring her to match these gorgeous My Mind's Eye Love me papers.

I used lots of gorgeous bits and bobs from The Ribbon Girl to embellish my card. Some gorgeous pink satin ribbon , some lovely pink twine  and lots of gorgeous flowers !

I coloured Wryn with my Promarkers and then cut her out leaving a small border and used a sentiment by Hero Arts die cut into a circle with a Spellbinders shape.

I hope you will be able to join in with this month's Challenge. The lovely girls at Lili Of The Valley are offering a £10 voucher to spend in the LOTV online store ...

... and there is a gorgeous prize of ribbons, lace, trim, flowers and buttons from the Ribbon Girl

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and some wonderful inspiration from the Ribbon Girls! Have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Reds, Pinks and Creams

Good morning everyone! It's Monday and I am glad to see the back of last week, far to eventful for my liking and I am glad to be getting back to the normal routine. Monday is Pollycraft Challenge day and this week, the lovely Arabella has chosen our theme which  is:

Reds, Pinks and Creams

I did find this colour combination a bit Challenging but I was pleased eventually with how my card turned out. I used the adorable Pixie on a Toadstool from the 4 digi set which is available here from Pollycraft.

I used some gorgeous Basic Grey papers from the Kissing Booth pad and teamed them with some pink cardstock and a gorgeous charm from the Ribbon Girl which I think may be out of stock.

I coloured my image with Promarkers and used a sentiment from Elybells. The flowers are from various different craft shops. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. Our fabulous sponsor this week is Sew Sweet who are offering a £10.00 voucher to the winner! Do check out the wonderful things on offer in the Sew Sweet store. 

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for some wonderful inspiration from the DT. Have a lovely Monday!

Jane

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Whiff of Joy February release preview

Good Morning Everyone! It's nearly release day at Whiff of Joy and the Whiff of Joy DT will be sharing some cards made with the new images until release day on the 15th of February.

I love this adorable Henry watering the garden and it makes me long for Spring and warmer days!

I have made a card using some gorgeous Basic Grey papers from the Kissing booth pad. The colours are beautiful and this flowery paper looks great with the image.

The ribbon and yellow flowers are also available from  Whiff of Joy .

Make sure you check out rest of the Design Team's blogs from more previews of the new stamps!
Jane
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More Fairy Glen!

Morning Everyone! I hope you are well, I am sooooooo ready for the weekend! Just one more day! I have another card to share with you today using a Fairy Glen image from the latest Sugar Nellie release. I can't get enough of these adorable stamps!


This card features the super cool Pippi Longsocks, I love her socks and trainers! I also admire her composure at standing next to a frog! I would have run a mile by now! I used Basic Grey papers for my card mixed with some gingham and notebook style paper from my stash and added a hint of dark pink with stitching and papers for matting and layering. The sentiment is a new purchase from a Whimsy stamps set and the flowers are from my stash.
Hope you have a lovely Friday.
Jane
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CES Challenge - Raise your glasses

Hi Everyone! Apologies for my late post, for some reason my post didn't publish today! Saturday is CES Challenge day and this week's theme chosen by our lovely Donna is....

''Raise Your Glasses''

I racked my brains for ages trying to decide what image to use and then, luckily, remembered I had this image from Wild Rose Studio which fits the theme perfectly! I have used Basic Grey Oxford Papers, the colours are great for Men's cards!

The lovely little wooden star is available here from Crafty Emma's Store and I used gingham bias binding from The Ribbon Girl. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge.
The prize for one lucky winner is a £10 voucher (ex p&p) to spend over at Crafty Emma's Store.

The Design team have made some fab Projects to inspire you this week, please pop over to the blog to check them all out.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
Jane
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CES Challenge - A Recipe and some special prizes

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely week. It's CES Challenge day and we have a great Challenge theme for you this week. The lovely Jenny has set a Recipe Challenge, she would like you to use

1 image, 2 ribbon, lace or twine, 3 DP's

I have used some of the gorgeous new Basic Grey Sweet threads papers on my card with one of the gorgeous new Sugar Nellie images from the latest release.

The flowers are from my stash as is the button and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl. I tied the button on with some button twine. The sentiment was cut using a Spellbinders die from the banner set. It's a special week for us on CES Challenges as we are celebrating...it's Crafty Emma's Store 1st Birthday and the prize on offer for one lucky winner this week is a £20.00 voucher to spend in Crafty Emma's store.

There is also some gorgeous Candy up for grabs on the CES inspirational blog.

If you fancy winning all the gorgeous goodies above, click here to hop over to the Inspirational blog for all the details on how to enter. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge, make sure pop over to the blog for all the details and some fabulous inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Introducing Chester!

I have a brand new Cheeky little Chimp to introduce to you all today! Please meet Chester the new addition to the Pollycraft family. Chester is a very busy tiny little Monkey and gets up to all kinds of mischief as you will see here in the fabulous new images released yesterday at Pollycraft.

I have used Chester sat on a vintage phone for my card and teamed him with some Basic Grey and Echo Park papers. The sentiment I used is from Hero Arts
and I used a spring for the telephone cord as I really wanted to cut out the image. The ribbon is from my stash and I have no idea where it is from and it is hiding some stitching that went terribly wrong! The pearl is from Prima.
Make sure you check out all the new images here!
Have a good Tuesday!
Jane
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By Lori Designs Challenge 7

It's time for a brand new colour Challenge on the By Lori Designs Challenge blog and we have a beautiful colour combo for you this week!
I love preparing for the colour Challenges as I spend ages rooting through my stash looking for papers to match the theme and rediscovering so many forgotten treasures.

These papers come from a very old Basic Grey pad which had hardly been used and the colours are just gorgeous! The text paper is a scrap of Bobunny paper from my leftovers box. I used the very cool Puddle Jumper Ainsley for my card, the sentiment and the little heart come with the image.

The Design Team have now been split into 2 teams and we will be taking it in turns each week to show our designs on the Challenge blog . This week it's my team's turn so make sure you pop over to the blog to see all the lovely things we have created for you this week. I hope you will be able to join us for the Challenge too for your chance to win one of Lori's adorable images.
Jane
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Introducing Mimi and Marley

I have not one but three Christmassy cards to share with you today which I made using Mimi and Marley, these little mice are part of the latest release of Christmas images at Pollycraft.
The first card was made with Marley and scraps of Bobuny paper along with a Paper Makeup sentiment stamp.

The second was made with the cute little Mimi. I love her little hat! The papers I used are by Basic Grey.

The third was made with the image of Mimi and Marley together singing in front of the tree. I also used Basic Grey papers, an Elzybells sentiment and added a touch of glitter to the tree.

Make sure you take a look at Paula's latest releases for more great images!
Have a great Tuesday.
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Add a little nature.

I hope you are all well enjoying his bank holiday Monday!It's time for another Pollycraft Challenge! Lynsey has set this week's and the theme and she would like you to 'Add a little nature to your card', so that means lots of flowers, leaves, trees, animals or anything that is nature themed.
Here is my DT card, I used Basic Grey papers and added a little wooden ladybird and a dragonfly for my bit of nature!

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. We have another fantastic prize of 3 digi stamps for you this week from the Secret Crafter.

Enjoy the rest of your Bank Holiday Monday!
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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Little Forest Friends

I was inspired by this post by my very talented Blog buddy Jane to make a card with my new Forest Friends 'My cute stamps' set which is available now from Make the Day Special. I love the little characters that are in this set and there are so many little extras like flowers, branches and leaves, you can create some lovely little scenes.

I chose to use the little snail and to make a mini card. I cut a scalloped base using my Nestabilities and then cut some new Basic Grey Green at heart paper to cover the base. I layered this with some green patterned paper and some pale blue and sewed around the edges using a variety of stitches.

I stamped the snail directly onto the background with the greeting. I then stamped the snail on to a piece of white card and coloured him in. I cut him out and stuck him to the card using foam pads and added glossy accents to his shell and eyes. I added a couple of flowers and a gorgeous Fimo button handmade by Jane.
I finished the card off with some bright pink stick on pearls.
Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Make your own Flowers

It's Monday already which means it is time for a new Pollycraft Monday

Challenge. The theme this week chosen by Michele is 'Make your own flowers'. I chose to use this adorable image of Felicity on a swing. I have made a card in a similar style to this a while back using a Monkey swinging from a tree and was inspired by this card by Emma to have another go.

I used an old Hobbycraft punch for the leaves and the string is by East of India. One of my crafting staples at the moment.
I coloured the image with Promarkers and cut her out making a slit at the bottom of her hands to thread the string through. I mounted the image with foam pads.

I made a flower from Kraft paper loosely following the tutorial in the Magnolia mag. I don't have a large flower punch so I used a Nesties flower shape. The smaller roses are from my local Craft shop and all papers used are Basic Grey Wisteria.

We have a sponsor for this Challenge. The winner will receive this gorgeous Baby Ellie download from The Creative Cottage

How gorgeous is this? I just love all the polka dot papers!
As well as the overall winner of the Challenge, we will be picking favourites from the entries using a Pollycraft image and these will be able to display the following badge on their blogs.

Each month all the 'Favourites' will be entered into a draw to win a £10 Pollycraft voucher...

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge and I look forward to seeing all your cards.
I am also entering this card in the Die Cut Dreams Challenge which is to 'Make your own flowers'.
Have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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