Happy Birthday!!

 Hello everyone! It's been a while! I am back and hopefully will be back sharing cards with you a bit more often from now. I have had a very busy year working on my house and was without a craft area and proper storage for my craft goodies until a couple of weeks ago. I now have a craft desk in my dining room and lots of lovely storage which I will share with you another day. I have still been designing for Quick Cards Made Easy and Creative Stamping during the past year and am going to try to make all my Family and Friend's cards this year which I hope to share with you over the coming weeks and months. The first card I have to share with you was made using a Birdie Brown digi which is unfortunately no longer available but is one of my old time favourites!

I coloured the image using my Promarkers and die cut him using a stitched edge die and used a Paper Smooches sentiment which I die cut into a fishtail banner shape. The papers were all left overs from my scraps baskets and I kept the embellishments simple as the card was for my boyfriend's Brother In Law.

Here is a little close up of the image. Love the cute little dog's hat and crazy eyes! Have a lovely Saturday night! I am going to watch Eurovision with a glass of wine.
Jane
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Pollycraft Friday Freebie Flo

It's Friday!! Paula has a lovely Friday Freebie for you this week. Please meet cute little Flo!

I used some of my scraps to make this card, the backing paper is from Crate Paper, I love it and I have another sheet of it I can't bring myself to cut into yet! I have treasured every scrap :-)


The ribbon is from my stash and the flowers are from John Lewis. The little gems are very old and are from Papermania. The sentiment is Hero Arts and I cut it out with a Nesties label shape.
Make sure you pop over to the Tales from Pollycraft Blog to pick up your own little Flo, the DT have made some lovely cards to inspire you all too.
I hope you have a lovely Friday and a good weekend. I have some crafting lined up and some deadlines to meet!

For a special Dad

A quick post to share another Men's card made with the adorable Cogs and Critters fron Pollycraft. I still adore these images and they are perfect for those hard to make cards for boys and Men.

I printed the image onto ribbed card as an experiment...not as good as the linen for blending with Promarkers but it was well worth a try!
The papers I used are from Making memories and the lime green is Bobunny Double dot. I cut the circle the little robot is sitting on from my new Pinking circles Nestabilities and the little spanner charm was a lucky find from the pound shop. The letters are from American Crafts.
I hope you have a lovely Sunday, rumour is we are going to see some sunshine...let's hope so!
Jane
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A present from Kitty

I have the cutest little Kitty card to share with you today. I used the 'Present from Kitty' image which is available here from Di's Digi Downloads. Di has such a talent for creating cute little Characters and I absolutely adore this little cat.

I used bits and pieces from my scaps box (my halo is shining!) to make this card so I am not too sure who the patterned papers is from. I coloured the image with Promarkers and then followed a very simple layout to put the card together.
I layered the image on 2 lots of Nestie shapes to create an interesting frame for it. The ribbon is from my stash as are the flowers and gems and the sentiment is by Hero Arts.
I hope you have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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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.

Alice

Sanne

Kelly

Lucy

Lysa

Mariana

This month we are joined by Guest Designer

Courtney kelley

Have a lovely Saturday!
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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Mini Greeting Farm cards

I had a burst of creativity on Friday night and ended up making lots of mini cards. I love making these small
cards and I have received an order for some more so it was the perfect excuse to get playing.
Here are a few of them made using The Greeting Farm stamps.

The first card was made with a scrap of Crate Paper backing paper, I used a scrap of Bobunny double dots to mat the image onto. The ribbon was a scrap lurking in a pot on my desk. I coloured the image with Promarkers and the sentiment is Hero Arts. The button is one of the ones I bought last Sunday.
My next card is an underwater scene with Mer Ian. I printed him onto textured card and coloured him with Promarkers adding stickles to highlight the image. I pieced together scraps of Bazzil and American crafts card and matted them on to a scalloped square cut from DCWV card. The little flower is from Prima as are the pearls. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

I used Ebony to make a funky little card. I used a precut white blank and added Nesties shapes cut from Inspire me and DCWV papers. The little sentiment is from Elzybells and the button was bought from a local shop. I coloured Ebony with Promarkers and added a little glitter to the skull on her T-shirt.
My last card is very cute and girly with Princess Anya coloured with my Promarkers. The backing papers were printed from the Funky Hand Papercraft Factory CD. The sentiment is by Elzybells.
Have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
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An Easter basket for Easy Craft Projects

Our new Easy Craft Projects Challenge launched last night and the theme this fortnight is Easter. I created another woven basket following the tutorial on the Magnolia Challenge blog.

Our sponsor this month is the Stamping Boutique so we were very lucky to be given the choice of some images from their lovely online shop.

I chose the super cute Audrey holding a basket of eggs to make a label to decorate the basket. I cut some Nestabilities shapes, inked the edges and added an eyelet to thread with ribbon.

I used Papermania patterned paper to make the basket teamed with yellow card and added Gingham ribbon and lots of flowers and cute little butterflies with gems. The sentiment on the label is from Elzybells.

I coloured Audrey using my Promarkers using Pastel colours. I just love this image, I think Audrey is adorable and the little chick is really cute too!
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge, the winner this month will receive 5 images of their choice from the Stamping Boutique.
I will be back later with Jane's Doodles new image release.
Jane
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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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What's on your Workdesk Wednesday

Can you believe it is Wednesday already and time for WOYWW again? I had a very pleasant evening yesterday. The stamps I had bought from Heidi were waiting for me when I got home so after all the things I had to do had been done I sat down to play.
My eldest Son and Hubby went to Football and my youngest begged me to take him to Tesco, he has cabin fever as he has been ill for a week and has not been anywhere apart from his Nanny and Grandad's house. He is going back to school tomorrow. He had 2 weeks pocket money to spend as well and it was burning a hole in his piggy bank.
This is a picture of my desk taken last night, it still looks the same this morning. There are a couple of things on my desk which I bought at Tesco. I just had to buy the little notebook with Cherries on as it matches my blog! I bought 2 really useful boxes to put my stick on gems in and lots of choccie goodies to put in Easter treats.
My new Anya stamps are all over the desk too and some Magnolia stamps I also bought from Heidi.
There is a new butterfly punch on my desk too which I am totally in love with. I could spend hours just making Butterflies!

I bought some new photo paper at Tesco to try with my Promarkers and got mixed results. The memento ink bled a bit on it so I am going to have to try it with my printer and some digi images. I am so used to colouring on textured card, I am not really sure if these look ok. I added some glitter glue to them for a bit of added texture.
So, there you go, I've showed you mine so why not show us yours! If you want to see more desks and fancy showing yours off too, please pop on over to the lovely Julia's blog and join in the fun, be warned though, it's addictive!
Jane
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You Rock!! Pollycraft Friday Freebie

There were two freebie images this Friday on the Tales from Pollycraft blog, a very cute duck and the super funky Codi Stylin' image.
The image was perfect to use with my DCWV Rockstar paper which I teamed with some Elzybells cardstock.

I printed Codi on to linen cardstock and coloured her with my Promarkers. I added faux stitching around both the layers and wrapped black string around the top layer before putting them together.

The little flower is by Making Memories and the button is from my stash. The sentiment was printed on my PC using a font I downloaded from Two Peas.
Paula is looking for new DT members so I am submitting my application with this card. Wish me luck!
Make sure you also check out the freebies for yourself, I know you are going to love them!
Jane
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Too cold for Pole dancing???

I received an unusual card commission this week...Pauline who organises the Pilates classes at work asked me to make a card for the teacher Anna.


Anna is not your regular Pilates teacher, she is a massive keep fit enthusiast and also teaches Pole dancing.
She is amazingly fit and very in demand for her Pole dancing. She has danced at the Britney Spears first night party in London and also at Glastonbury, she also teaches Pole dancing for those wanting to learn!
I decided to make a card with a 'Pole' on it and what better for this time of year than the North Pole!
I hope she likes the card, I used K+Co and Basic Grey papers and an image I found on the web. The stickers are Papermania and the Snowflakes are Sizzix and a punch.
I can't believe it is Friday already. I have nothing planned for Saturday bar a bit of cleaning, present wrapping and a LOT of crafting! Christmas shopping is all done now so I can relax.
Have a good Friday.
Jane
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Kraftin Kimmie dog card

I finally got around to making this card up tonight after having coloured in this image over a week ago.
I am entering this into the Kraftin Kimmie blog challenge with is 'Buttons, buttons....whose got some buttons?'. I used Imaginisce Button brads on my card.

I stamped the image on Canson Card and coloured it in with my Promarkers. I then glazed the dog tag with glossy accents. The Backing papers used are all Basic Grey as is the ribbon. I layered up Nesties shapes on foam pads to mount the image on to.
I finished the card off with a layered Prima flower. The sentiment used is from Elzybells. I really love this cute little dog stamp. It was lovely to stamp with and lovely to colour in. I can't wait to use my other Kraftin Kimmie stamp to make more cards.
I hope you are having a good week and I would like to Thank all of you for the lovely comments you have been leaving me recently when you have been visiting. It is lovely to get positive feedback on the things I make. It really means a lot! Thanks so much!
Jane
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Congratulations Card

I made this little card to include with the Blog Candy which I sent out this week. I used the lovely Elzybells Scrap and Stamp image and an Elzybells sentiment stamp. The layout has been kept quite simple.

The image was coloured with Promarkers and the backing paper is K+Co. The ribbon is an old belt I kept from a shirt which was thrown away ages ago and I finished of the card with some stick on gems.
Jane
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Whiff of Joy Thank you card

I made this Thank you card to give to one of my Friends to Thank her for my lovely Birthday presents last week. The image is Whiff of Joy and was received in an image swap with a blog Friend. The backing paper was won in a blog candy recently.


I cut the image out with a labeks Nestabilities and layered onto a brown scalloped square, this was then layered onto a lime green square.
The image was coloured with Letraset promarkers and was layered onto the matted and layered backing paper. I chalked the paper to give it a distressed feel.
I layered some paper flower and punched an oval to stamp the Elzybells sentiment onto.
The lace was coloured with Promarkers and was stuck to the backing paper before adding the stamped topper.
I scheduled this post today as I will be at Ally Pally all day but will hopefully be back later with news about my day!
Jane
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My First Whiff of Joy card

I received some gorgeous Whiff of Joy images in a stamped images swap (Thank you Claire !) and this is my favourite. I think the girl looks so cosy and the image is really peaceful.



I am going to see my Mum this weekend, she has been quite ill and had a stay in hospital this week. It was bad timing as my Mum and Dad moved house yesterday! I am going to see them for the Weekend so I wanted to take a card for my Mum. She still has to rest so that she can get completely better so I thought the Take it easy sentiment from Elzybells would fit well with this image.
I coloured the image with Promarkers and layered it onto K+Co papers and corrugated Kraft card. The scalloped border was cut with a Fiskars punch. The ribbon was a bargain buy from Hobbycraft and the flowers are Prima mixed with a Sizzix flower diecut from lacy ribbon.
I really liked combining the orange blue and brown on this card and I can't wait to colour the rest of my stamped images and make them in to cards!
Jane
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Stamping is my Therapy!

I sent a collection of stamped images to my very talented blog and ATC swap Friend Claire this week and wanted to make something pretty to put them in.


I made a little card using on of the Elzybells new release stamp sets. This set is perfect for an addicted Crafter as all the stamps in the set are to do with Cardmaking or Scrapbooking. I used the girl stamping for this card some Basic Grey Cardstock and Kraft card and my Nestabilities and Promarkers for the image.
The Mulberry flowers are from Papermania finished with stick on Gems.

To make the folder to put the images in, I folded an A4 sheet of pearlescent card and added ribbon. I then covered the front and back panels with more Kraft card and Basic Grey cardstock. I stamped and coloured the same image and added a sentiment in a Nestabilities scallop. I decorated with more flowers and tied the bow.

The finished gift looked really effective. I will definitely be making more of these to give away as they are so pretty and a great way to store stamped images waiting to be coloured.
I have another afternoon of stamping lined up today, we are going to watch Jack in his first football Match today then off to town to get some ribbons and buttons from the market!
Jane
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ATCs for September's Addicted to ATCs swap

I put together these ATCs today for the Addicted to ATCs September swap. This will be our 3rd swap, the theme is Cupcakes, I can't believe how fast this Summer is going!

The image is by Little Claire designs. I coloured the image with Promarkers and Sakura pens. Some of the presents were paper pieced. I stamped the cat image twice so I could layer it up to make it stand out and used Glossy Accents on the cute little cupcake.
The border around the ATC was done with a Promarker.
Please take a look at our blog if you would like to join in with the swap, we have received some lovely ATCs over the past two months and we have new people joining us all the time!
I hope you are having a good weekend. I am looking forward to some bonus crafting time on Bank Holiday Monday tomorrow!
Jane
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August ATCs for ATC swappers

I made these ATCs this evening for Paul's Monthly swap. The theme is Water and I wanted to do something a bit different so borrowed this really cute stamp from my Friend Petra. The images are coloured with Promarkers and the papers on the back are Daisy and Dandelion.


I used my new ATC stamp for the label on the back of the cards. I had a bit of a spending spree today. I was lucky enough to receive some vouchers from my Mum and Dad for HobbyCraft so I went to treat myself to some new papers, stamps and some more Promarkers. They have packs of 5 for under £5 at the moment, bargain!
Am hoping to make a card for a Challenge tonight and also the 3 ATCs I need for my own swap. Charlie the Puppy is fast asleep next to me at the moment. He is a bit more lively today, here is a cute little picture of him with his Ted.
What a cutie! I think I am going to get a lot less crafting time from now on!
Jane
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A few more ATCs......

I discovered another ATC swap on 'Monthly ATC Swap' when I was blog hopping yesterday and contacted Becky to join in. The theme is 'One for the boys' so I decided to use my Baby Elzybells stamp and make it a Baby boy. The Papers are by K+Co and I coloured the stamp with Promarkers. You can make between 3 and 8 cards for the swap so I will see if I have time to make more this week to send in.

I am going to a Craft group tomorrow night in Winnersh for the first time called Carann Crafts. It is run by a lady who works at the Ashridge Farm Craft shop near Wokingham. I have packed up my wheelable bag and it is very heavy! It was hard to decide what to pack as I have no idea what I want to make tomorrow night.
Hopefully I will have everything I need!

Jane
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