Guest Designer card for Die Cut Dreams - Teddy Bears Birthday

The very lovely and Sassy Susie asked me to be a Guest Designer for a Die Cut Dreams challenge and I was thrilled when she told me the theme...Teddy Bears Birthday!
I immediately thought of this stamp set by Elzybells as it fits the theme perfectly.
I decided to try something a little different and made a tri shutter card following a tutorial on the web.

I used Papermania card for my base card and American crafts paper from a pack I bought for a Bargain price in TKMaxx.The images were stamped onto smooth card and coloured with Promarkers. I added glossy accents to the spots on the presents
The lovely little spotty buttons were a gift from a crafty Friend. The sentiments were cut out using a Nesties label die. As a finishing touch I added a little bow and some pearls.
I hope you will be able to join the Die Cut dreams team and myself for this Challenge, make sure you pop over to the blog for lots of inspiration.
I'll be back later with another DT card!
Jane
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Pink and Girly for the Die Cut Dreams DT call

I'm back again already! I have decided to enter the Die Cut Dreams DT call with a Pink and Girly card made with one of my favourite Pollycraft images. I had a lovely time as part of one of Susie's other DTs and had lots of laughs and would love the opportunity to be part of the Die Cut Dreams DT.

I used papers from My Mind's Eye. Pink and green is one of my favourite colour combos!

I coloured the image using Promarkers and added some glossy accents to the shoes and shopping bags.
I just had to add some of my favourite gingham ribbon and gems and a lovely pink button as a finishing touch.
I hope you all have a great Sunday.
Jane
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A Celebration number card for the Die Cut Dreams Challenge.

I have a quick share for you today. I had to whip up a quick card on Monday for my Son to give to his Friend as he had an impromptu cinema outing for his Birthday.
I made a card with a number on it which fits the theme for my friend Susie's Die Cut Dreams current Challenge which is to make a Celebration card that must have a number on it.

I used an image which was a freebie from Bugaboo which I had already printed out in my stash and coloured it to match the papers from Papermania's It's a Man's world paper stack. The letters and numbers were cut with Sizzix dies and the little stars were from Accessorize.
The finished card looks a bit wonky but I think it is an optical illusion caused by all the different patterns.
I hope you had a lovely Bank Holiday Weekend.
Am really looking forward to tomorrow as it is the WOYWWAC, can't wait to show what I have made!
Jane
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Back to Nature but no Flowers!

It was a bit of a funny day today....I went to PC world to buy a replacement for the chewed laptop power supply at lunchtime. When we got it home, we managed to fit it to the Laptop but it would not charge. Frustrated, we drove back to Reading this evening to return it and try and buy an alternative. We got to PC World only to discover we needed to turn a little dial on the bottom of the Power Supply to make sure it kicked out the correct voltage!! How silly did we feel!! Anyway...the laptop is charged now, we stopped for tea on the way home and Darren and the boys bought me two tops and some jeans while we were out and about for Mother's Day :-) I have been spoilt!
When I got home I faffed about for a bit looking through my paper scraps and digis and made this card.
It's a bit unusual for me as it's all pale and pastelly, I usually go much brighter but I liked this polka dot paper with the lemon DCWV card so I went with it.

The image is a Heather Ellis Pure Innocence Digi. I have three of these now. They are so cute! The Spotty paper is from Inspire me, the ribbon is Papermania as are the gems and the Die cut shapes are all Spellbinders. As the little cutie on my card is going 'Back to Nature' with her little watering can surrounded by Butterflies I am entering this card in to the Passion for Promarkers Challenge which is 'Back to Nature', I am also entering it into the Die Cut Dreams Challenge which forbids you from using Flowers and last but not least I am entering it into the I love Promarkers Challenge which asks for a Shaped card.
I think this is the first time I have combined so many Challenges on one card.
I hope you had a good Monday.
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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Welcome Isabelle!

This card is for one of my Good Friend's who had a baby just over a week ago. I used some backing paper donated to me by Petra and took my lead from this to create the card.


The stamped image is from Elzybells and is one of my favourites! This is actually one of the 1st Elzybells stamps I bought...the start of an addiction! The flower is by K+Co bought from Die cut dreams but I did swop some of the petals around with another one to fit with the colour scheme.
The little letters are from K+CO and I love using these. I thought the card had a bit of vintage feel to it so I aged the edges of the stamped image with Tim Holtz ink to go with the Kraft card I used in my layering.
A bit of organza ribbon and a few pearls and the card was ready to go!
Hope you are having a good weekend!
Jane
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Susie's Sassy Challenge #2 - Pink and Sparkly

Here is my Design Team card for Susie's second Sassy Challenge. I can't believe the first Challenge is over. The two weeks just flew by. There were so many lovely entries and it was lovely to visit all the blogs of crafters who took part. A winner has been picked so check out Susie's blog now for details.
The theme set this fortnight is Pink and Sparkly. I don't usually use Pink a lot but I do like a bit of bling!
I took my inspiration for this card from some gorgeous die cuts I received from Susie in and a lovely Magnolia stamped image also from Susie.


As you can see , I only used pinks on this card and I really like the overall effect.



I coloured Tilda with my Promarkers and added Glossy accents to her boots, this changed the colour a bit so I am not 100% happy with her boots but I think they tie in quite nicely with the Felt flower.
I added gems to the flowers in the basket and also to the lovely Organza ribbon.
The backing papers I used are Bazzil Bling and DCWV Blossoms and Butterflies and the flowers are from various sources, I think some may have been free with a Magazine a while back. They are held together with an Imaginisce button brad. I love these brads, they look so effective and are so quick instead of sewing the buttons on.
Here is a close up of the flower, you can also see some of the stitching here. I decided to sew around the image and the edge of the card to try and tie all the pinks in together.
I will leave you now with a picture of the prize you could win if you take part in the Challenge, I hope you can join in so I can come and have a nosey around all your lovely blogs!


Look at all those lovely goodies! Hope to see you there!
Jane
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