Showing posts with label Jane's Doodles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jane's Doodles. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 January 2011

Lucy's Sketches - Sketch 5

A quick post to share the card I have made for Lucy's 5th sketch. I am running a day behind as I had to finish off writing up the instructions for a commission for Quick cards but I hope to catch up tomorrow!


I used some Making Memories and My Mind's Eye papers and Spellbinders Butterfly dies to decorate the tag. I also run the Butterfly shapes through some embossing folders but I don't think you can tell in the photo. The ribbon is vintage from my stash and I scrunched it up to distress it a little. The sentiment is one of my favourites from Hero Arts. The gorgeous little Fimo rose is handmade by the very talented Jane Beljo. I am off to bed now as it has got late!
Jane
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Monday, 22 November 2010

Squigglefly Challenge - Thank You

It's Monday so it's time for another Squigglefly challenge! This week our theme is Thank you/Give Thanks/ Thankful! You can combine our challenge with others! So dig out your Squigglefly images and come and join us!!
I made another mini shaped card which I decorated with scraps from my scrap box and a little stitching. I used Sherman the Sheep who is available here from Squigglefly. I coloured him with Promarkers and some distress ink and cut and added some clouds to which I added a sentiment and a button.
Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for more gorgeous inspiration from the DT.
Have a great Monday, I will be back later with my Pollycraft Challenge DT card.
Jane
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Monday, 25 October 2010

Squigglefly Challenge - Colours of the season

The theme for this week's Squigglefly Challenge is to use the 'Colours of the Season'. I have chosen to make a card using one of Jane's adorable little Monsters and some of the fabulous Spooky Dookie Funky Hand papers.

I made a round card using my Nestabilities and then added two of the papers which I cut with pinking scissors and then my Nestabilities. I added faux stitching with a pen and some American Crafts Thickers letters. The flowers and button were from my stash and the twine is by The Ribbon Girl.
Make sure you check out the Squigglefly blog for more fabulous seasonal cards!
Jane
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Monday, 11 October 2010

A celebration for the Squigglefly Challenge.

The theme for the Squigglefly Challenge this week is 'Celebration' and there is no better celebration than a Birthday .Two People who are very special to me are celebrating their Birthdays today...my dear Dad (I will share his card with you tomorrow...) and my good Friend Petra.
Petra is an immensely talented lady, she makes the most wonderful cakes, cards and altered projects. She is such an inspiration to me as she approaches every Project she undertakes with such dedication and a unbeatable sense of perfectionism which shows in everything she does.

I just had to make a card with a cake on to celebrate her Birthday and these images by Jane Beljo available here from Squigglefly were perfect! The backing paper I used is from the Funky Hand Colour me Happy CD, the sentiment is Hero Arts and the twine and button are from The Ribbon Girl.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge, please check out the other DT cards on the blog for more inspiration!
Enjoy the rest of your Monday!
Jane
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Saturday, 9 October 2010

Squigglefly release day and a new artist

It's Squigglefly release day and this week I have made card using a fun sentiment by new artist Jess Holland.

I used the card blanks I bought in Paperchase last week and the papers are from the Togetherness collection by Cosmo Cricket. The Owl I used is a digi stamp by Jane Beljo which is also available from Squigglefly.
The funky button is by The Ribbon Girl and the Flowers are from my stash.
I hope you have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Monday, 13 September 2010

Squigglefly Challenge - My favourite Squigglefly image.

The theme this week on the Squigglefly Challenge blog is 'My favourite Squigglefly image'. It took me a while to choose a favourite! There are so many images I love to use available in the shop but there is one which I use more often than others as it is so versatile.....

This cupcake image is part of a set by Jane Beljo and it can be used for so many occasions and can be coloured so it can be given to any recipient and let's face it...who does not love cupcakes?
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge to show us your favourite Squigglefly image.
Jane
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Saturday, 4 September 2010

Jane's Doodles new Poinsettia stamp and a giveaway.

Jane has new digi stamp available for you to buy here from Squigglefly. This lovely Poinsettia image is lovely and looks great layered up.
I made three flowers in different sizes to decorate the front of my card. All the papers used are BoBunny.

I added a touch of glitter to the centre of my flowers and then finished off with a couple of gems and some fabulous American Crafts letters.
Jane has cut down the size of her DT and this is my last Project as part of Jane's Doodles Design Team.
It has been lots of fun and I learnt a lot about digi stamps as using her designs was my first venture into digital crafting.
If you would like to win this image, please leave a comment on this post and I will draw the winner Sunday evening.
Jane
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Monday, 16 August 2010

Squigglefly Challenge DT card! Use Hot colours

It's time for a new Squigglefly Challenge. For my DT card this week I have used a cupcake image by the very talented Jane Beljo which is available here from Squigglefly.
For this week's theme we want to see Hot colours! Think reds, oranges, yellows...use one or all of them!

I went for it with my card and used all 3! The papers are all leftovers from other projects and were in my scraps box. To tie them in together I added some red stitiching through the layers.
I added a button as a cherry and tucked a little Hero Arts sentiment behind. The stripy ribbon is from my stash.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge, make sure you check out the Challenge blog for some fabulous 'Hot' creations from the DT!
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Monday, 2 August 2010

A new Squigglefly Challenge - use Ribbon

The theme for this week's Squigglefly Challenge is 'Ribbon', we want to see ribbon on your creations. My DT card is the Anniversary card I made for my Husband at the end of July. I used one of Jane Beljo's cute little monsters which you can get here from Squigglefly.

I wanted to try and add ribbon in a different way so I created a rosette to place the little monster on. To do this, I cut a pinking edge circle with my Nesties and cut short lengths or ribbon which I attached behind the circle.
I then stuck this on to my backing paper with foam pads. I added another length of ribbon and placed the sentiment circle over the top finishing it off with some letter stickers.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge and make sure you check out the Challenge blog for more ribbony goodness from the DT!
Jane
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Saturday, 5 June 2010

Introducing Harry...

It's release day for Jane's Doodles at Squigglefly today and Jane has created another cute little critter to join her little monster characters. Please meet Harry...

I created a bookmark card inspired by a card I saw featured in Craft Stamper Magazine. To make the card, I cut a rectangle from the top of the front of the card. I lined the card with paper and stamped a sentiment at the top. I added the paper to the front of the card leaving a pocket to slip the bookmark into.

I printed Harry twice. Once onto white card and coloured him in and cut him out and then onto blue and cut a bookmark shape before cutting out Harry. I added the coloured Harry to the plain one with foam pads leaving his legs free to dangle over the front of the card. As a finishing touch I added a strip of ribbon and one of Jane's lovely Fimo buttons.
Make sure you check out the rest of the DT for more Harry cards.





Have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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Monday, 24 May 2010

A card for the CPS challenge

My Hubby and the boys went off to Wembley this evening to watch England vs Mexico so I had a lot of me time. I spent the evening with the dog and tidied some of my scraps and decided to make a quick card.


I noticed this CPS sketch the other day when I was blog hopping and thought it would work really well with this film strip I cut ages ago with Petra's Tim Holtz die.



I printed some Pollycraft Critters and Cogs images and coloured them in and cut them to fit inside the strip.
I cut some American Crafts paper to fit the card front and wrapped it with red cord. The sentiment if by Hero Arts. I mounted the film strip onto the card with foam pads and added a gorgeously perfect Fimo button made by my very talented blog friend Jane.
I added a small gem as a finishing touch. It was great fun taking part in the Challenge, I never seem to have the time normally...
Jane
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Saturday, 15 May 2010

A new Jane's Doodles image and some sweet digi candy!

Jane is releasing a new image today. These retro tulips are truly beautiful and were lovely to colour in.
I made a simple Thank you card with them after cutting the image out with a Nellie Snellen die.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and then added glossy accents to the petals. I cut a piece of Bobunny backing paper to cover the card base and added an American crafts rub on and stick on pearl. I wrapped the cut card with Organza ribbon before sticking to the card base and topping with the coloured image. As a finishing touch, I added an organza bow with an America crafts button.
Jane is kindly offering all the members of the DT one image to give away so please comment on this post for the chance to win and I will announce the winner tomorrow.
Make sure you check out the rest of the DT's blogs for more inspiration and chances to win.






This month we are joined by Guest Designer

Courtney kelley

Have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Jane's Doodles Mini stripey cards

I had a play with my Nestabilities a few days ago and made some mini cards using some of Jane's Doodles cute images.

I love this little Lion and he looks so sweet on this simple Thank You card. The sentiment is by Hero Arts and the paper is Making Memories. I replaced the orange stripe with some orange ribbon.
More stripes on this card made with a scrap of American Crafts paper. I coloured the little Monster in bright colours to match the lovely stripes. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.
The last card has a bee image printed on smooth card for a change. I used another scrap of the Making Memories paper to cover the front of the card. I layered the image on yellow card and stamped an Elzybells sentiment. I added glitter glue to the bee's wings and a flower with a K+Co gem for the centre.
I love making these mini cards and they are a great way of using up my scraps. I always end up printing lots of digi images at a time to save card so it is also a great way of using these up too :-)
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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Saturday, 27 March 2010

Jane's Doodles release day on Squigglefly

It's release day today on Squigglefly and Jane is releasing some gorgeous images which I have been lucky to have a play with this week. The first is a lovely rabbit which Jane drew a long time ago. It is quite different to Jane's usual cutesy style. It was lovely to colour in and I decided to create quite a simple card by cutting the image out with Nellie Snellen dies and threading ribbon through the holes on the oval.
I then added a bow and a sentiment. The backing paper is from DCWV and the image was coloured with my Promarkers.


My second card was made with the Tulips digi stamp which I also printed onto textured card and cut out with my Nellie Snellen die. I followed the sketch from 'I love Promarkers' and they also are asking for dots for this Challenge so this My Minds Eye Paper was perfect.

The strips are cut with a Martha Stewart punch , the sentiment is Hero Arts and the flowers are Prima with kanban pearl centres.Make sure you take a look at the other DT members blogs and see their wonderful creations using these gorgeous stamps.





and guest designer

Jane is running a giveaway on her blog, so make sure you visit her and leave a comment for a chance to win one of her images.
Have a lovely Saturday, I have an afternoon of crafting lined up as everyone is off to watch football leaving me on my own with the dog :-)
Jane
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Friday, 26 March 2010

Princess Mia Birthday digi giveaway!

Do you remember Mia? The cute digi stamp Jane created inpsired by her daughter? She is back and it's her Birthday! She will be available to buy from Squigglefly tomorrow but to celebrate Jane is giving away Mia all day today so pop on over to her blog to get her now!

I coloured Mia in with Promarkers and gave her a sparkly necklace. I added a button for her balloon. I used My Mind's eye paper to cover the card base and cut Mia out with my Nesties before mounting her with foam pads on the card. I added gems as a finishing touch and some glossy accents to her little birthday crown.
I hope you will all join me in wishing Mia a very Happy birthday and don't forget to go over to Jane's blog to get your cute freebie.
I will be back tomorrow with more cards made with Jane's new release images as Saturday is release day at Squigglefly.
Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Tuesday, 23 March 2010

A bright and colourful Easter card

This card was a commission. My Friend needed a large card for a lot of people to sign for Easter. I used Jane's adorable bunny and teamed him with the free carrots digi stamp from her blog. The finished card is 19cmx19cm so it is quite large.

The cheerful stripey backing paper is from Making Memories and I used a Hero Arts Background stamp behind the bunny.
The orange pearlescent card is from Payper box. I coloured my bunny with Promarkers. The linen paper gave a mottly look which I think looks a bit like fur. The little star I topped with a button is from Paperchase. As a finishing touch, I added glossy accents to the carrots and the bunny nose.
Have a lovely Tuesday.
Jane
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Saturday, 20 March 2010

A new Home card and an exciting day!

I had a very exciting day today. My local craft shop is also a gift shop and the lovely lady who runs it asked me to bring in some of my cards to show her when I was last in there (I am there every week!). She looked through my cards today and bought 48 to sell in her shop. I was, and still am gobsmacked! It was so lovely to know that Beryl liked my cards and she has ordered some more from me too!


I wanted to share a New Home card with you I made a few days ago. I used an image from Jane's Doodles and coloured it to match my Ribbon with my Promarkers. I then layered it on to some Elzybells cardstock and added a sentiment which I tucked under an Elzybells button.
I added some glossy accents to the bird and some gems to the image as a finishing touch.
I spent an hour and a half in the pouring rain this morning watching my Son play football, we were absolutely soaked by the time we were able to head home!
I don't mind too much though as we are off to the Stitch and Craft show tomorrow at Olympia. I have never been before so don't really know what to expect. I don't really need anything at the moment apart from some number stamps and there is always room for more paper!
I hope you are having a good weekend.
Jane
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Thursday, 18 March 2010

Some Funky Monsters cards...

This is my 3rd post today! The other cards I posted today were DT projects so I had made them some time ago. I had a play with some of my digi stash today and I thought I would share these two cards with you.

I received a card commission to make a card with some spotty monsters on it and knew these coordinating papers from the Funky Hand, Funky Daze CD would be perfect. I printed the papers onto linen card, then printed the monsters onto the card. I cut a piece to fit the front of the card and inked the edges before sticking it on.
I printed each monster twice onto white card, one copy was used for paper piecing and the other was cut up for the eyes and cute little monster teeth. I cut out the monsters into little squares and inked the edges before layering up my little monsters. I coloured the detail with my Promarkers.
I used Hero Arts sentiments which I stamped on to Nestabilities circles.
All the pieces were then added to the card with foam pads.
I am constantly amazed by the ease of digital crafting, when one of my Crafty Friends first told me she was printing papers I almost discounted it without trying as I loved buying paper and getting all inky with stamps but I love all things digital now, there are so many talented digi designers out there, it is possible to mix digital and traditional methods of stamping too, as I have done on these cards. I am truly spoiled as I am lucky to be on the Willow Designs and Jane's Doodles Design teams so I get to play with all their creations before anyone else!
If you have ever wondered if you would enjoy using digi stamps and papers, I can only highly recommend you give it a try, I guarantee you won't regret it!
Jane
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Saturday, 13 March 2010

Digi blog candy for Jane's Doodles release day!

It's new release day today on Squigglefly for Jane's Doodles and I have lots to show you with a chance for you to win one of these gorgeous images as well.
It's all about Easter today and I am sharing cards and a tag made with Jane's gorgeous Daffodils digi stamp and a card made with the super cute Boris the Bunny!
First up is Boris, I simply adore Jane's images of animals and Boris is no exception. He is sitting on the grass surrounded by tulips and would be perfect for New baby cards as well as Easter. I have teamed him with Bazzill card and a gorgeous pastel backing paper from American crafts to make an Easter card.

I printed Boris 3 times, coloured him in and then decoupaged him. I couldn't resist giving him a glittery pale pink nose. I kept the card simple adding some organza ribbon, a pale pink flower button and some pearls. The sentiment was printed on my PC. All the colouring was done with my Promarkers.
For my second card, I made a 3d Pyramid by covering a precut blank with some gorgeous My little Shoebox cloud paper. I love cloud paper and this one is gorgeous and was very hard for me to cut up! I am treasuring every scrap and I still have one complete sheet to look (don't know if I will be able to bring myself to use it for some time!) I added some 'grass' cut with a Martha stewart punch and tucked the Coloured in Daffodils behind it. I added a strip of ribbon to the bottom edge and some gems, a box and an Elzybells stamped sentiment cut out with a Nesties die.
I made a little box and tag to match with some of the scraps. The pillow box was cut with a Sizzix die. The great thing about digi stamps is that they can be resized and this time I printed the Daffodils quite small to add to the tag.
Last photo, I promise! Card and tag together. I am going to fill the box with something yummy to give to someone this Easter.
At the beginning of this very long post, I promised you some digi blog candy....Jane has very generously given each of the Design Team a digi image to give away. To be in with a chance of winning one of these images, please leave a comment on this post and I will draw a winner on Sunday.
Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs for more inspiration.
Alice
Jane
Kelly
Lucy
Lysa
Mariana
Sanne
We are joined for this release by the very talented Deirdre, I love Deirdre's cards so make sure you go and visit her gorgeous blog too, I know you will love them too.
Have a lovely Saturday, I will be visiting my local Craft shop today, the orders of all the new stash from the Trade show are starting to come in so I am hoping the Magnolia delivery has arrived!
Have a great weekend.
Jane
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Saturday, 6 March 2010

A busy day crafting and some ATCs...

I had a lot of unexpected crafting time today. We had our Saturday all planned out...my Hubby was taking a half day from work and I was taking my Son to play football and my Hubby would get to watch him and bring him home, then my Hubby and I were going to go to town while the kids played out and we would all go together to see Alice in Wonderland in 3d this evening.
None of the above happened. My youngest Son started to feel ill yesterday evening and was sick all through the night :-( He is a lot better this evening but is still running a temperature. He is desperate to get better quickly as he is due to go with my Hubby and eldest son to watch their team play in the FA cup quarter finals tomorrow afternoon.
Whilst I was looking after my poorly boy I caught up with a couple of my DT projects but I can't show you those yet. I also had a play with some of Jane's wonderful digi images to make some ATCs.

Paul is running a double swap this month over at the ATC swappers blog. The themes are colour themes. Red and black and Yellow and black. You can either make 4 or 8 ATCs. I missed the February swap as I was ill for most of February and struggled to keep up with everything so I thought I would make all 8.
For my Red and Black ATCs, I used Spike and coloured him in with Promarkers. The spotty background was made with my Hero Arts polka dot background stamp. The sentiment is by Paper Makeup which I purchased from Quixotic Paperie. The heart is a Nesties shape cut from Bobunny Double dot paper.
I added some glossy accents to Spike's eye to give it some dimension.
I was a bit predictable for the black and yellow and went for a bee image also from Jane's Doodles. I printed the image and then stamped an Elzybells sentiment below the image before cutting it out with my Nesties.
The image was coloured with Promarkers and I added Stickles to the wings. The felt flower was from John Lewis and I added a Kanban black gem to the centre.
I love working with Jane's images and it was good fun making the ATCs with them, I really enjoyed the colour themes too. If you fancy joining in with the swap, please check out Paul's blog for more details.
I hope you are having a good weekend. I have no plans for tomorrow so I am hoping to fit in some more crafting :-)
Jane
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