Sugar Nellie DT - Candy Heart

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and are managing to keep dry, I really wish this horrible rain would stop! It is my day for sharing a card on the Sugar Nellie blog today and I have a lovely summery card to show you today. I have used one of the new images which were released a few days ago. This little cutie is called 'Candy Heart' and is available here from Funky Kits. I used DCWV papers and coloured my image to match in bright colours and added glitter accents to the adorable little fairie's wings.

I layered the patterned papers onto a green paper from the pad and then stitched around the edges. I used some beautiful bias binding and a gorgeous spotty button from The Ribbon Girl. The sentiment is by Tina Wenke and I did cut it with a ticket die. I added lots of flowers from my stash and finished with some little gems. I have not managed to get started on tackling my craft room yet and I have a few busy days ahead, I am going to the Newbury Stamp show at the Weekend, I can't wait!
I hope you have a lovely Wednesday.
Jane
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Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge DT - Pink/Purple/Green

Good Morning Everyone! I have been looking forward to today for ages! Today is my first official Challenge as part of the Ribbon Girl DT! The colour combination we have for you to play with this month is fabulous! It is....

PINK/PURPLE/GREEN

I have made a card using an adorable digi from By Lori Designs and coloured her in to match the colour scheme and the papers I used from the DCWV Baby Mat Stack. I have used lots of goodies from The Ribbon Girl. After I had stitched my layers of card together, I wrapped them with bias binding and then with ric rac before adding the layers to the card. I added a cluster of flowers including the beautiful little blossoms and some purple rosebuds, I curled the stems of the tiny ones to make little springs. I added a small spotty button to the top left corner and finished with a sentiment by Hero Arts and some little gems.

I hope you will be able to join us for this month's colour Challenge. The DT have made some wonderful things to kick start your inspiration! The Prize will be a lavender mini ribbon kit from the Ribbon Girls

and the very generous ladies over at Lili of the Valley have given a £10 voucher to spend in their online store (http://www.liliofthevalley.co.uk/)

You can see all the fabulous DT and our wonderfully talented Guest Designer Mandi Projects here

Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - A sketch by Paula

Hi Everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend. Mine was very relaxing! It's Monday which means it's time for a new Pollycraft Challenge and we have a lovely sketch by Paula for you this week. I loved working with this sketch and I know the rest of the DT did as well.

I made a card using some old DCWV papers from my stash and this adorable Spencer loves cake image. I cut some shapes with Grand Spellbinder Nestabilities labels and sewed around the edges before adding to some layered squares to fit the card base and ran my machine through all the layers. I wrapped the card with gingham bias binding from The Ribbon Girl and then added my image on top. The sentiment I used is also by Pollycraft. I added some flowerd from my stash and some stick on pearls as a finishing touch.

Here's the fab sketch! You are going to love working with this one! I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win 10 Pollycraft digis. Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - A tribute to the King of Pop...

Hi again! I'm back already to quickly share a card I made with a digi stamp Katharina is releasing today as tribute to Michael Jackson.

I made a card using DCWV papers from my stash and red card with scrap of Music themed ribbon and some die cut stars. The tab punch is by Stampin Up and the letter stickers are by Making memories.

Click on the image above to take you straight to the shop where you can buy the digi image. Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - Happy Father's Day!

Morning Everyone! As promised, here is the card I made for my kids to give to my Hubby on Father's Day.
I actually gave him two cards, he had already seen the other one but I really wanted him to have it so I made this one as a surprise!

I made him a card using 'Henry to the Rescue' which is digital image which is available here from Whiff of Joy. I coloured him in with Promarkers and cut him out with a small border. I layered up some DCWV papers and some yellow paper from my stash. I added some red fancy ribbon to the layers before popping Henry on top with some foam pads. I finished with a Hero Arts sentiment on a punched tag, a chipboard star topped with a button and some photo corners and a row of gems under the sentiment.
Have a super Tuesday!
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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By Lori Designs Challenge 9

We are going green this week on the By Lori Designs Challenge blog just in time for St Patrick's Day! We have three lovely shades of green for you to create with this week along with a dash of white.


I have used the cute little Gavin for my card with some DCWV papers. The layout is very simple and I used a little stitching, a Cat's life Press stamp and a resin shape from my stash. The cotton tape I used for the tab is from The Ribbon Girl.I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a By Lori Designs Digi. Make sure you check out the blog for lots of inspiration from the DT!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Teens

It's Monday already and time for a new Pollycraft Challenge. The theme this week is 'Teens'. I have made a card using Jerry Kisses Drummer as he reminds me of my lovely Teenage Son! He has hair just like Jerry!

I used a Spellbinders Grand label die to cut a card blank from DCWV paper and then cut and embossed a square onto which I layered the coloured image.
I added a Crafter's Companion stamped sentiment with some Ribbon Girl tape tucked behind and finished with a layered die cut star. I loved making this card, the Jerry Kisses images are some of my favourites.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a £10.00 voucher from The Creative Cottage

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the DT, if you love Jerry Kisses as much as I do, you won't be dissapointed!
Have a good Monday.
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Special Birthdays

I can't believe it's Monday already! I had a very busy weekend. My youngest son's bedroom looks lovely and bright and fresh after it's makeover. It was hard work but worth the effort!
We have a great theme for you this week for the Pollycraft Monday Challenge.
Emma has chosen...

''Special Birthdays''

She would like to see creations for milestone birthdays or for someone special rather than just a general birthday card.

I chose (as did many of the other DT girls) to use Delphine for my card. I love her, unlike me, she is so sophisticated and trendy !

Emma is also sponsoring the challenge with a prize from....Crafty Emma's Store.

The prize for one lucky winner is a beautiful pack of designer trims by Websters Pages.

I hope you will be able to join us this Challenge. Make sure you check out the blog for lots of fabulous card from the DT and our Guest Designers.
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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A birthday card for my Dad.

I promised yesterday that I would share the card I made for my Dad's birthday with you so here it is!

I made a card blank using a Sizzix label die which I topped with some lovely DCWV tartan paper. I added a cute image by The Greeting Farm which I coloured with Promarkers, some twine and a Wild Rose Studio sentiment and finished off with some of my favourite Prima letters.
Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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A Wedding card

Here is a Wedding card I made for a colleague who is tying the knot at then end of the month. Some of you may have seen this on my desk on Wednesday. I used two grooms from Lori Boyd and all the papers are from the DCWV 'Be Mine' stack. I am not really pleased with the card, I think maybe I shouldn't have added the bow and the grooms should have been coloured to match...not sure...I just know something is wrong with it!

I am so glad it is Friday, I am absolutely exhausted and cannot wait for the weekend to have a bit of a lie in. Travelling to London every day has not been fun and I am relieved that today is my last day. I will not be staying on to do any shopping after my course finishes although I did treat myself to some blank Kraft cards from the Paperchase at the station in my lunch break yesterday and I will be going back for more today :-)
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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A card for my Best Friend !

I have a quick share for you today! This is the card I made for my Best Friend's Birthday. I have know Fiona for as long as I have known my Hubby and we have so much fun together. In our younger days we got up to allsorts of silly things and have been on allsorts of adventures...

I made the card using some Hanglar and Stanglar images which my friend Petra gave me. They are adorable and so lovely to colour in. I couldn't resist using lovely bright colours and chose this DCWV paper as I loved the reds, blues and greens contrasting with the crisp white.

As the image was quite large for the card, I kept the layout simple. I matted the backing paper on to red textured card and cut out the bench using Nesties and layering it on a red scalloped panel. After colouring the images with my Promarkers I cut them out and then added them to the bench with foam pads.
There are no inked edges on this card and no glossy accents! The letters I used are Prima and Making memories and the flowers and gems are from my stash.
Have a lovely Thurssday!
Jane
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Surf's Up! A Pollycraft sneaky peek!

A quick post to share a card made with some new Pollycraft images which will be available soon. These are a bit different to Paula's usual characters but I know you are going to love them!

The papers I used are DCWV and the ribbon was from my stash as were the buttons.
Have a great Sunday!
Jane
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Happy 60th Birthday Mum!

It's a very special day today! My lovely Mum is 60! Happy Birthday Mum! The two of us had a girly day out in London last Friday and I took her out for a meal and to see Mamma Mia, it was the perfect girly day out and we laughed and cried and ate lovely food and even managed to go around the National Portrait Gallery and do a bit of shopping. I will treasure memories of that day forever, it could not have been more perfect!

I can finally share the card I made for my Mum, my Mum loves cats and is very glam so this 'Party time' image from Di's Digis was just right for her card. I used DCWV papers and American crafts thickers in shocking pink to make the card really pretty and girly, The flowers are from Prima and Hobbycraft


To go with Mum's card, I made her a circle album in matching papers. I added masses of pretty pink flowers to the cover of the book.


I added black and white photos of my Mum, my Nan and Grandad and my Dad and flowers and other pretty things I found in my stash. I love the photos of my Mum in her dress and bonnet, she looks like a little doll.

My Mum and Dad went on a Cruise recently and my Dad sent me some photos of them so I could add them to the album.

My Mum and Dad have gone away to Stratford-on-Avon for her birthday and she has taken this with her to open, I will be speaking to her later...I hope she likes it as much as I enjoyed making it!
Thanks for stopping by and sorry this post was so long!
Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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A card for my Brother

Just a quick post to share this card I made for my Brother who is celebrating his birthday this week.
I followed the lovely sketch from CPS as it was nice and simple and I needed to make the card in quite a hurry...

I used a Martha Stewart punch for the loops and the papers are from DCWV, the Citrus Stack...I think...

The cute little robot is a digi stamp which is available from Pollycraft. I coloured him in with Promarkers.
Once I had matted and layered everything, I sewed round the edges of each layer with my machine.
I had a busy day yesterday rearranging all my stash with some cheap storage solutions I bought over the weekend...all will be revealed tomorrow in WOYWW!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Ribbons and Bling

It's for a new Pollycraft Monday Challenge! For Challenge #47, Kylie wants to see Ribbons and Bling. AS you know, Ribbons and Bling are some of my favourite things so I loved this Challenge.
I used the adorable image of Kiki with Cupcakes to make my card and gave the top cupcake a bling cherry!


The papers are from the DCWV Sweet stack and the ribbon is by Making Memories. I used a very simple layout on the card and decided not to add a sentiment.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and it was printed on to my favourite textured card. As a finishing touch I added lots of bling around the image and on the patterned paper panel.
Make sure you check out the blog for the rest of the DT's cards and I hope you will be able to join us for the chance of winning a £10.00 Pollycraft voucher.

I hope you have a great Monday, I have the day off today so I hope to be able to get some crafting done :-)
Jane
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A 'super' card for Moving Along with the times Challenge #49

I have a card to share with you today which I made using a super cute free little mouse digi download from Whiff of joy stamps. I followed a sketch from Moving along with times and all the papers are from the DCWV Boys stack. I love these papers!

In order to define the layers , I inked the edges of each piece of card. The little letter stickers are from My little Shoebox.


I coloured my image with Promarkers and then cut him out before adding him to the card with foam pads.
I added stars instead of the flowers on the sketch as they fit in better with my scheme. The net ribbon was a gift from my friend Petra and I thought it looked perfect on this card.

Please click on the image above to get your own copy of this cute digi. Below is the lovely MAWTT sketch I followed for the card.

I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Cuthbert at the beach!

Paula at Pollycraft will be releasing some new Cuthbert and Kiki images next week and we lucky Design Team members have been having a play with them. This card was made as a commission from a Friend and she specifically asked for a bear flying a kite. Paula very kindly drew this image for me a few weeks ago and let me have it early to make the card for my Friend. Thanks so much Paula! You are a star!

I used DCWV textured card and American crafts paper to create a simple layout as I wanted the image to take centre stage. I printed the sentiment onto the backing paper and cut it out with Spellbinders label dies.
As a finishing touch, I added some gems, ribbons and some paper flowers.
Thanks so much to all of you who visited my workdesk yesterday and left lovely comments about my altered tissue box. I am so glad you all liked it.
Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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A new Willow Sketchie Challenge

I can't believe it is Thursday already and time for another Willow Sketchie Challenge. This week we have a lovely sketch by Rosie and a recipe. Rosie wants to see some embossing, some holes and some leaves on your projects this week.
I embossed some pink card from the Papermill shop and covered my base card with it. The butterfly paper is from the DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies stack. I die cut a scalloped square and punched holes through the scallops to mat my gorgeous Ballet fairy image onto. I finished the card with a gingham ribbon, the sentiment backed with leaves and a couple of gems.
Here is Rosie's lovely sketch. Make sure you pop over to the blog to see the rest of the DTs cards and to join in with the Challenge for the chance of winning some of Sharon's gorgeous images.
Have a lovely Thursday.
Jane
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A ballet fairy for the new Willow sketchie Challenge

It's Thursday already so time for another Willow Sketchie Challenge. This week, the DT got to play with another cute Ballet Fairy download available from Willow Designs. The lovely Sketch by Sharon is teamed with a new Recipe. Sharon would like to see a scrap of fabric, some checks and something green on your cards.

I used papers from the Nana's kitchen DCWV stack on my card, I love the bright summery colours. The ribbon is from Tesco's.

I struggled a bit with incorporating fabric into my scheme and in the end I stamped on a piece of white fabric to cover a button for the sentiment which I used as a centre for my green flower.


I decoupaged the image after coloring with my Promarkers to make it look like the fairy is flying and I glittered her wings. Here is a sneaky peek at Sharon's lovely sketch.

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win a Willow Designs download. Make sure you check out the blog for lots more inspiration from the DT,
Jane
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