A card for Lori's Colour Challenge.

It's my eldest Son's birthday next week, he is going to be 14 so I wanted to make a cool card for him. These days he is either glued to his laptop or his Ipod so this Dylan image by Lori Boyd was just perfect for his card.

I couldn't resist taking part in Lori's new colour Challenge, the colour combination is just gorgeous and perfect for boy's cards, makes a bit of a change from blue and green!
I used various papers from my stash and embossed kraft for the central panel. I bought the cotton tape in Winchester at the weekend and it is a perfect match to the Kraft card!
The stars are die cut or punched and I topped them with some scrummy polka dot buttons. The red one is from The Ribbon Girl. The letters are by Prima and Making Memories.
Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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A card for Lori's first Challenge.

I am a huge fan of Lori Boyd's drawings and I was delighted when she started her own Challenges on her blog and even more delighted when I found out it was a colour Challenge!

Lori has chosen 4 gorgeous colours for us to use for this 1st Challenge, aqua, an olive green and 2 gorgeous pinks. The combination is perfect and it was a real treat to use for my card. I used various papers I found in my scrap box and added lots of stitching. I coloured Puddle Jumper Ella with my Promarkers and then added lots of scrummy Ribbon Girl goodies, I used my new seam binding to make a bow which I had wrapped with twine and topped a felt flower with a gorgeous spotty button!
I have had a great evening crafting so am off to bed now as it's late!
Jane
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A cute Puddle Jumper

I simply adore Lori Boyd's cute little images of kids and own quite a few of her digital images which are such fun to colour in.
Before Christmas, I treated myself to a Puddle Jumper rubber stamp and only inked it up for the first time yesterday. I chose him as he reminds me of my boys when they were little, I love his little mischievous face.


I used up more of my scraps (these are Cosmo Cricket from two different collections and the diamond pattern is by My Mind's Eye) and added lots of layers to some fab kraft card bases (I love these, you will be seeing a lot of these on here!). The sentiment is by Hero Arts, the felt star was from Paperchase 2 years ago and one of my favourite buttons from The Ribbon Girl finish the card off perfectly.
Lori released two new images yesterday in digi format, you are going to love them, take a look here to see them.
Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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A card for Isabelle

One of my lovely Friends beautiful little Daughter celebrated her 1st Birthday yesterday and it was lovely to be able to make a pink and girly card after all the Christmas cards I have been making lately.

I used the Funky Hand Colour me Happy CD to print the letters which I cut out with Nestabilities and to print the paper and the big number 1.
I matted the paper on to some textured card and then sewed around the edges with pale pink thread.
I mounted the letters and the number on to foam pads and then added them to the card and then got to work colouring the adorable Kaylee digi image by Lori Boyd.
When she was all coloured in, I cut her out with little border and added her to the card with foam pads. A little bow, a button and a few little gems finished the card off.
I had a lovely afternoon yesterday with my Best Friend Fiona and her gorgeous little boy, it is so lovely to be back in the swing of things a bit more!
Have a great Sunday!
Jane
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My Guest DT Project for the RIbbon Girl Colour Challenge.

I was delighted and very honoured a few weeks ago to be asked to be a Guest Designer for The Ribbon Girl, my favourite shop for gorgeous ribbons, buttons and lots of other beautiful goodies for my cards. Today, the new Colour Challenge was launched and the colour theme is lilac, pink and white.
I made a gift card holder using a Sizzix die from lilac card and really went to town decorating it with scrummy goodies from The Ribbon Girl.

To decorate the gift card holder, I matted some Cosmo Cricket card onto kraft card and sewed around the edges.I used the super cute Winter Dana and Penny digi stamp by Lori Boyd and coloured them in pinks and lilacs to suit the them.
I made an embellishment by cutting a snowflake from acetate and covering in two coats of stickles. When it was dry, I layered it up with another snowflake cut from Kraft, a lace snowflake made from the 15mm wide Guipure Lace Diamond Pattern. This was then topped with a lovely lavender button.

I punched through the closing flap and set it with eyelets so I could tie it with organza spot ribbon to attach a tag and added a punched snowflake with a gem in the centre.

I printed a label for the inside of the pocket on my PC and cut it out with a Nesties label shape before adding a couple more snowflakes to the inside.

Click on the logo below to take you to the Challenge blog for some inspiration from the DT.

The Challenge will close on Sunday December 12th (Midnight UK time), and Mary and Andrea will randomly select one project to win this gorgeous prize from the Ribbon Girl

I would like to Thank Mary and Andrea for allowing me to join them for this Challenge, it was loads of fun creating this gift card holder and using all the lovely Ribbon girl goodies to embellish it. I am in a bad way again with my back today so it will be a very quiet day for me today with no crafting and just trying to keep warm.
Enjoy your Sunday!
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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Schooldays ATCS

I have some ATCs to share with you today I made for the Addicted to ATCs monthly swap. The theme this month is Schooldays so I made some ATCs using some papers I recently bought from Sarah's Cards along with some ledger paper which I punched with an EK success punch.

I used an adorable digi stamp by Lori Boyd which I bought from Die Cuts R Us. I coloured Lacie with my Promarkers in colours to match the papers and added glossy accents to her little apple. As a finishing touch, I added a lovely little spotty button from The Ribbon Girl. I adore this little digi image, Lori Boyd is so talented and I will definitely be treating myself to more of her lovely designs.
Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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