A Magnolia card for several Challenges

Hello Everyone! I am still off work with a poorly chest. I am on my second lot of antibiotics now and have had a chest X-ray as my Doctor thinks I may have a touch of pneumonia on my lung so I am resting in bed as I am very tired. I have been able to craft a little and have been doing lots of blog hopping and was inspired to dust off an old Magnolia stamp to enter a few Challenges. 

I used papers from the CartaBella Baby Mine Girl pad which are just beautiful! I think I will be using the whole pad of these. The sentiment is also a Magnolia one which has been in my stash for a long time, I added it to a die-cut Dienamics banner. I added lots of Ribbon Girl flowers and some pretty pink Ribbon Girl lace.

As I used a lot of flowers, I kept the other embellishments quite simple. I added a chipboard button by Crate paper and some wooden Butterflies from Artcuts. 

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I originally coloured her dress in dark pink but it just did not look right so I paper pieced it with a spotty paper from the pad. As a finishing touch, I added some glitter to her crown and wand. I think she looks really cute and I will be digging out some of my Magnolias in the future to have another play.
I am entering my card into the following Challenges:
The Ribbon Girl March Magnolia only Challenge - Girly
The Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge - Girls only
Simply Magnolia - Bingo ( I chose Pink/Die-cuts/Flowers)
Sketch Saturday - Sketch #275

 

I hope you have a lovely Thursday!

Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Cute Critters!

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend. I didn't do much crafting this weekend...I wasn't really in the mood for crafting...so I made the most of the sunshine and spent a lovely day in Portsmouth yesterday with my Hubby visiting the Historic Dockyards, I hadn't been for years and I really enjoyed it! Back to reality and back to work today! Monday is Pollycraft Challenge day and this week the theme chosen by the lovely Anita is...

Cute Critters!

so would like to see some cute animals on your cards this week! One of the latest additions to the Pollycraft family is the very cute Barclay. He is a real treat to colour and I had lots of fun colouring him in to match this gorgeous Magnolia paper.

I made a card base using a large circle die and then matted and layered more circles which I sewed together.
I cut a circle from orange paper and stamped it with a Penny Black sentiment before adding it to the card and decorating it with die cut stars and a star charm. I wrapped the layers with twine before adding them to the card base and popping Barclay on top.

I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We are sponsored this week by the Crimson Cloud. Make sure you check out the Pollycraft Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT!

Have a lovely Monday!

Jane

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Whiff of Joy DT - Henry Easter basket

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are well, I can't believe it is Thursday already! This week is going so fast. I went out on Tuesday evening and did some crafting with a lovely group of ladies and made a little Easter Basket following a tutorial which was published last year on the Magnolia blog.

I used papers from The Girl's Paperie which are really beautiful and have such a great mix of colours, they are perfect for all your Spring Projects. I used the gorgeous Henry 'Easter Egg Art' which is available here from Whiff of Joy. I love the little face he is pulling while he is concentrating on his painting!

I decorated the basket using punches and die cut Butterflies which were cut using this gorgeous Butterfly die from Whiff of Joy, this has gone straight to the top of my list of favourite dies! I embellished the Butterflies with some Whiff of Joy gems.

I also added lot of flowers from my stash and a sentiment label created with a Magnolia stamp.
Once I have coloured Henry with my Promarkers, I die cut the image into a circle and added some distress inks while the circle was still in the die. I then added the circle to a scalloped circle which I set with an eyelet before tying to my finished basket with some frayed seam binding. When the basket was finished, I filled it with Raffia and some yummy chocolate eggs!
I wonder how long they will stay in there.....
I hope you have a lovely Thursday and make sure you pop back tomorrow for the first day of the Sugar Nellie blog hop!
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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The first of my demo cards!

My first demo day is a couple of weeks away so I spent Friday crafting my little socks off preparing samples and kits in an effort to be organised on the big day.
I watched the Royal Wedding with one eye on the TV and another on my colouring and the time went by really fast!

My first sample is very girly and pretty and I also did a bit of distressing on the papers and and the image. The papers are from Beryl's Craft Shop and everything else is from my stash.

Here's a close up of the image. I have three more samples to share with you over the next few days. I was very busy yesterday digging my garden in preparation for returfing. We are only covering 10 square metres but it has taken ages to get it ready! Hopefully we will be laying the turf tomorrow and I will finally start getting my garden back ready for the summer and some al fresco crafting!
Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Happy Easter!!

Happy Easter! I hope you all have a lovely Easter Sunday! I will be spending today with my family and hopefully enjoying some of the sunshine. I did a little bit of Crafting yesterday but have still not finished my commissions. I will try and finish them off over the next couple of days.

I have some photos of a couple of the Easter gifts I have made for my family to share with you today. The first is another altered Egg box, this one is a four egg box and I added an image of Fluffy eating an egg and a Magnolia sentiment to the box which had been decorated with scraps from my scrap box.

For the ladies, I painted half of an egg shaped box with pink acrylic paint and then a coat of Tim Holts crackle paint. It's the first time I have used it and it was great fun! It's so addictive to see it crackle under the heat gun. I trimmed the top of the egg box with some ruffled ribbon and then filled the egg with straw and lots of little chocolate eggs.

I wrapped the filled box with cellophane which I tied with ribbon, added a Magnolia sentiment tag and then made a little tag with a Magnolia image which I coloured with my Promarkers.
Both of these gifts were lots of fun to make and came together surprisingly quickly so I will definitely be making more of these next year.
I hope you enjoy your Sunday!
Jane
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A shabby chic Wedding card

I have made lots of wedding cards recently so will be sharing them with you over the coming days and weeks. I bought this stamp at the NEC craft show earlier in the year and this is the first time I used it. I adore this image! The wedding couple are just so cute!

I used a backing paper from a huge K+Co stack I bought ages ago and I love it's Shabby chic feel. I coloured the image with Promarkers in pastelly colours to match the paper and created a simple layout stitching around the edges of the layers with my Sewing machine. The lace was from my stash and I added vintage Mother of pearl buttons to the centres of my Prima flowers. The sentiment is from Elzybells and I added a small heart pearl from Quixotic paperie to highlight it.
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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NEC stash shopping and a Funky Mini card

As promised, here is a photo of the new stash I bought yesterday at the NEC. I went up there first thing on Sunday morning. My Hubby and I discussed it on the Saturday night as one of us had to stay at home on Sunday to look after Charlie our puppy as he had 'the operation' on Friday. I wasn't sure I fancied the drive on my own but got up Sunday early and just went for it!


I just tidied my desk so I could unpack my bags, I actually bought more than I thought I had. I bought the £5 Create and Craft goody bag and got some free DL card blanks and envelopes from them too, they were really heavy to carry around! I got lots of stash from the £1 craft stand, brads, card blanks etc. My first stop was at the Magnolia stand where I bought 3 stamps, I can't wait to ink these up. I bought various other bits and bobs from all over. I really like the Hobbyhouse stand and I stocked up on Envelopes from 'A touch of craft'. It was great fun seeing all the people from the telly, they all look really different in real life.
My tickets for Ally Pally arrived today, I am going on the Sunday, can't wait! Ally Pally is still my favourite of all the shows I have been to so far.
I had a day's holiday from work today to look after Charlie, I took him back for a post op check and he has a temperature so is feeling a bit sorry for himself. We have to take him back Wednesday to check it again. I have been sat downstairs with him and had a play with my Funky Hand CD and used some of the papers to make a DT card, I used the leftovers to make this mini card.

The image is from the Stamping Boutique and was perfect to make a card to Thank my Friend Madeleine who gave me a box of eggs from her 4 Chickens on Friday. We had them for dinner on Friday night and they were delicious!
Jane
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Valentine's Heart Basket and card

My latest Project has been published on the Easy Craft Projects Website. I made a basket and card for Valentine's day using Magnolia stamps.

The basket was constructed using a Mirkwood designs template and decorated with a Magnolia stamps heart greeting circle.
The little card was made to match using a gorgeous Magnolia image of Tilda carrying a heart basket.

For full instructions on creating the project, please take a look here.
Jane
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A bright and cheerful Thank you card

I made it in to work today but came home earlier than usual as it started snowing and I didn't want to get caught out and stuck on any roads for hours. This gave me some time to play with some of my Christmas presents. I received some gorgeous Magnolia goodies from my Friend PetraB and I hadn't inked them up yet so today I finally had a good play with them.
I decided to make a Thank you card as I need to send out a few to Thank family and Friends for my Christmas pressies.

I followed the sketch from Sketch Saturday for the card and used DCWV Citrus stack papers and textured card. I coloured the image with Promarkers and added Sakura pen accents to the hat and Butterflies. I then added Glossy accents to the shoes and Butterflies. Red shoes HAVE to be shiny!
The paper ribbon was part of my Papercellar prize and the sentiment is Hero Arts.

Here is a close up of the image. I am still practising my colouring and shading it is not perfect yet but I think I am getting better.
I am entering this card in this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge and also into the Lili of the Valley Challenge for which you have to make a Thank you card.
I am hoping to have lots more time for Crafting this weekend. We have nothing planned except trying to keep warm and the weekly food shop to stock up before more snow hits us.
Jane
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Magnolia Christmas Card

Just a quick post today to share a card I made for my Hubby a few days ago but had not got around to blogging. I used a Magnolia image I received in an RAK from my blog buddy Claire.

The image is coloured with Promarkers and the papers are Bo-bunny and DCWV. The buttons are from Fabricland.
There will be no WOYWW from me today as my desk looks no different than last week. Apart from a burst of crafting on Sunday, I have not got up to much lately as I am still feeling exhausted and was in bed again last night before 8pm. I hope I will have some energy to have a little Craft session tonight.
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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My Harvest ATCs and a fabulous cake!

We had a busy day today travelling to Swindon and back to see my Parents. They had a family party to celebrate their New Home and my Dad's Retirement earlier this year. When we got home I made my ATCs for the Addicted to ATCs October Swap. The theme is Harvest so I used this lovely stamp I bought recently.

I coloured her in with Promarkers and Copic Spica pens and inked around the image. I then matted the image onto My Minds Eye papers and added some Card Candy to finish.

Here are all 3 finished ATCS. There is still time to take part in the swap this month. Pop on over to the blog to find out all the details, we always welcome new people and are a friendly bunch. The swap is lots of fun!
I thought I would also share some photos with you of the wonderful cake my Friend Petra made for us to take to the Party.
Petra and I run the Addicted to ATCs swap together. She is so multi-talented! She makes the most wonderful cakes as well as cards. The picture above shows the back of the cake with my Dad made from Marzipan relaxing on a chair in his back garden.The cake is modelled on my Parent's new house which is L-shaped too. I just love all the little flower details.
The cake tasted even more delicious than it looks too! A big Thank you to Petra for taking so much time to make a wonderful cake. My Parents were so happy with it!
I hope you are all having a lovely weekend!
Jane
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Fiakarettes Design Team project: An autumn Magnolia card

This is my 3rd Project as a Design Team member on the Fiskarettes website. As autumn is definitely in the air, I decided to make an autumnal card using my Leaves template for the shape cutting system.

To make the card:
1. Fold a piece of A4 card in half to make the card blank then cover with 2 coordinating My Mind's eye backing papers trimming to size with the Fiskars paper trimmer.
2. Cut a strip of orange backing paper and punch using the Fiskars scalloped paper punch and stick to bottom of card front. Weave a piece of narrow green ribbon through some lace and stick over scallop edged strip onto card.
3. Stamp image twice onto white card using the Fiskars stamp press and colour with Promarkers. Ink the edges of the image on the rectangle shape. Lay the Leaves shape template over the second coloured image and when happy with the positioning cut the image out. Ink the edges of the leaf shape with distress inks. Layer up both images using foam pads making sure the edges match up.

4. Stick the completed topper to the card with more foam pads.
5. Stamp the greeting onto a small rectangle, ink the edges and embellish with stick on gems.
6. Add a small green ribbon to the leaf stem and layer up a button tied with string onto a paper flower and add to top right hand of card.

This is the first time I used my Leaves shapecutting template and I loved how easy it was to cut such intricate shapes. I have lots more ideas on how to use the shapes for future projects. I can't believe I am already half way through my time on the Design Team already, I am really enjoying using the products, especially the Stamp press and paper trimmer, they make life so easy and allow you to be so precise when positioning stamps and trimming papers!
Jane
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Magnolia Thank you card

This is another Thank you card for a Friend. The Magnolia image was received in an image swap.

I cut all the shapes with Nestabilities. The papers are from the DCWV Baby Girl stack and I coloured the image with Promarkers. The green flower was also coloured with a Promarker and the sentiment is Elzybells.
This is the first time I have used a Magnolia image and I think she is really cute, I have recently bought a Magnolia stamp of my own which I hope to try out soon.
Jane
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