MMCSDT - Love is in the air!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well. I rediscovered an old Friend today for my DT card for My Mum's Craft Shop. I have always been a big fan of the My Favourite things 'Pure Innocence' range and used the adorable 'I heart you' stamp on my card this week. It is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. I teamed the image with My Favourite things Painted Prints Smitten papers.

 I coloured the image and paper pieced the skirt, then cut it out leaving a small border before adding it to the card. The layout is very simple and I added a sentiment from the stamp set.

The Pure Innocence images are so adorable and I love colouring them in, I gave this one red shoes as everyone should have at least one paiir of red shoes! To finish my card, I added some red heart buttons and a gems and a tiny paper flower. I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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A warm heart on a cold day

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and have had a good week. I was inspired by last Saturday's Sketch Saturday Sketch to have a little play in my Craft Room last night. I made a card using some lovely Dovecraft Krafty Christmas papers.

The image is Pure Innocence Warm Winter by My Favourite Things and is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop.I coloured her in with my Promarkers and paper pieced her scarf with some of the gingham papers.I stamped the sentiment on to a banner and added some die cut snowflakes which I topped with a tiny red heart.

Here is a close up of my coloured image. I haven't coloured much lately and I really enjoyed getting my pens out and having a play. I added a tiny dot of stickles to the little snowball as a finishing touch.
Here is the lovely Sketch I followed.

I hope you have a lovely Friday and a lovely Weekend!
Jane
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Ribbon Girl DT for the Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge - Lilac/Purples

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good weekend and have been able to get out and enjoy some sunshine. It's time for a brand new Colour challenge on the Ribbon Girl blog today and our theme this month is Lilac/Purples. I have used a fun Pure Innocence image from My Favourite Things on my card and coloured her in using alcohol markers and paper pieced her dress with gingham paper. 

I used lost of Ribbon Girl goodies to embellish my card including lilac pearls, Lilac jute mesh ribbon, mini blooms vintage lilac, lilac 10mm open roses, a wooden heart button, polka dot button, Purple violet mini blossoms and lilac/white cherry blossoms.

Here is a close up of my image and all the lovely Ribbon Girl goodies! I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge. We are sponsored by Lisa and Laila at LOTV and also The Ribbon Girl who are offering one randomly chosen winner two prizes of:

Enjoy the rest of your Weekend!
Jane
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MMCSDT - Kraft card week on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog

Hello Everyone! Happy Easter! It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today. Our theme this week is 'Kraft' so I have used lots of it on my card. I have gone all pink and girly to balance out the Black and Kraft and have used the Pure Innocence Sassitude card as my focal image, she reminds me so much of lovely Goddaughter Poppy, and the Cheetah Background stamp to make the animal print background.

The pink paper is by American Crafts and has been in my stash for ages and I used it to paper piece the dress and bow too. The sentiment comes with the image and I added a little heart brad , a paper flower and some stick on gems to finish.

Here is a little close up of the image. I just love her little boots! They are so adorable! I hope you have a lovely Easter Sunday and I will be back later with my Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge card.
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Spring colours

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today. Our theme this week is Spring Colours so I used papers from the Echo Park Splendid Sunshine pad as the colours are so bright and zingy and they match the theme of the Pure Innocence image I have used so perfectly!

The stamp set  I have used is 'I'm all ears' and it available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. I coloured the image with my Markers and then paper pieced her dress and ears with some papers from the pad.

I die cut the central panel using a Spellbinders die and sewed a strip of blue paper through the middle. I stamped my sentiment on to a Sentiment strip and added it to the right of my image with foam pads. I also added an eyelet and tied it with some neutral twine.

Here is a close up of my image. I am really enjoying paper piecing at the moment, it's such a fun way to add patterns to the characters dresses.

I made a little carrot embellishment as a finishing touch for my card. I made it by rolling a strip of orange card with a quilling tool and shaping it with a wooden skewer before gluing it. I then added some strips of green card inside that had been fringed with my scissors. I glittered the finished carrot with stickles glitter glue before I added it to the card.

I am entering my card into the My Favourite Things Color Pallette Challenge as I have used the colours below on my card

Have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Thanks

Hello Everyone!It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I have a Thank You card to share. Now the huge task of making Christmas cards is over I always find myself making a lot of Thank you cards for the lovely presents I received over Christmas.

I love the Pure Innocence 'It's a sign' set which is available here from My Mum's Craft shop as she comes with lots of messages for all occasions. I used papers from the Echo Park Bundle of Joy Girl pad for my card and cut a stiched circle and Fishtail banner using Dienamics to build up my card layout. All that was needed to finish the card was to pop my image coloured with Graph'its on top. I added a little bow tied from twine to the coloured frame and some little flowers as a finishing touch. I hope you have a lovely Sunday.

Jane

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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Non traditional Christmas colours

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and had a good week. It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I am kicking off a 'Non traditional Christmas colours' week. I used pink and aqua papers from the Echo Park Bundle of Joy girl pad for my card and a gorgeous Pure Innocence Snowman stamp.

I coloured the image using Promarkers and then die cut it into a circle and added it to another cut from kraft card before adding it to my card. I sewed around the edges of all my papers and added some die cut snowflakes and a lovely big button.

Here is a close up of my image, he is so adorable and is very quick to colour in so is perfect for those quick last minute cards! I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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MMCS DT for the October Challenge - Halloween!

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the MMCS blog today and our theme this month is Halloween! I have made a card using the adorable Pure Innocence 'Kitty Costume' which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop.

I coloured her in with my Promarkers to match the lovely My Mind's Eye papers and added a Melissa Frances sentiment. I added a little flower, ribbon and a button from The Ribbon Girl and finished with some stick on pearls. I hope you will be able to join us for our Challenge for the chance to win a voucher to spend at My Mum's Craft shop. Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT for the Monthly Challenge - Boys Only

Hello Everyone! I'm really sorry, I forgot to post my card for this Month's Challenge which started today on the My Mum's Craft shop blog. Our theme this month is 'Boys Only' and I have used the adorable Pure Innocence 'Pirate Boy' on my card.

I used the Sketch from this week's Sketch Saturday and papers from the Echo Park 'Paper and Glue' pad. I coloured my image using Promarkers and Graph'it markers and paper pieced his trousers using some of the stripey paper I used on the card. I added a little Pirate flag charm and some twine and finished with a button from my stash and a stick on gem. I hope you have a lovely Evening!
Jane
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The Ribbon Girl May Colour Challenge - Lilac and Lavender

Hello again! I am back with my DT card for this month's colour Challenge on the Ribbon Girl blog. Our colour theme this month is 'Lilac and Lavender'. I don't have many papers in these colours but managed to dig out some very old DCWV baby papers which matched the theme perfectly. I used the adorable Pure Innocence Make a Wish and coloured her in with Promarkers and paper pieced her dress. I die cut the image into a circle and added some distress ink around the image with the die still in place to retain the white frame.

I was a bit concerned I over embellished this card but couldn't resist adding lots of gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl. I used some satin ribbon to wrap around the card which I then topped with some bias binding. I popped my image on top and tucked a crystal heart stem behind it and secured it on to the side of the image with my hot glue gun. I added a spotty button and some buttons from the lilac button mixture. The larger buttons are tied with twine. 

I added lots of beautiful flowers around the image and some punched butterflies and finished with soms stick on gems. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. We have lots of inspiration from the DT on the blog and a great photo to get you started.

We have two fabulous prizes for our lucky winner from Lili Of The Valley and Ribbon Girl

Enjoy the rest of your Weekend!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT for the My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Spots or Stripes

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog and our theme this month is Spots or Stripes. I have made a bright and cheery card using some of the
new My Mind's Eye 'My Girl' papers.  I created a simple layout with a bit of stitching and stamped and coloured in the My Favourite Things 'Feeling Sassy' image and paper pieced her clothes.

I added her to the card with foam pads and stamped the sentiment along the bottom. I added some little image panels cut from paper from the pad and a resin flower , a button and a little paper flower. I finished with some My Mind's Eye enamel dots.

Here is a close up of the image on my card. I love her! She is so adorable! I hope you will be able to join us for this month's Challenge. You can find some more inspiration from the DT and all the Challenge rules here. Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - My Favourite Things Stamps and Dies week

Hello Everyone! I am so excited about this week's theme week on the My Mum's Craft shop blog as we will be sharing cards made with products from one of my Favourite craft brands...My Favourite Things! I just love all the MFT stamps, Pure Innocence in particular and my collection of Dienamics dies are always in my 'most used dies' basket on my desk.

I have used the adorable 'Cute as a Button' stamp for my card and coloured her in with my Promarkers and paper pieced her using some papers from the My Mind's Eye ' Collectable Remarkable' pad which I also used for my card.

I used lots of Dienamics dies on my card. The sentiment was stamped on a mini tag from the 'Notched tag' set, I covered the join between my two backing papers using the 'Looped Border' and my image panel was cut using the 'Jumbo Fishtail Stax' 

Here is a close up of my image with her cute little button jar. I found a lovely green button in my stash which I added to the sentiment tag. I finished the card with some flowers both paper and a metal one and a fun miniature cotton reel. Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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The Ribbon Girl and My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Pure Innocence in Turquoise and Aqua

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are well and having a good Weekend so far. Mine is busy but great fun! We went to see Paloma Faith last night, she was totally amazing! Today I am going to the Craft trade show at the NEC for a mooch about and will be taking part in a couple of workshops and meeting up with some of my lovely craft Friends. My card for today is a dual purpose one, it is my DT card for this week for My Mum's Craft shop and my DT card for this month's Colour Challenge at the Ribbon Girl. Our colour theme this month is Turquoise and Aqua. I used lots of papers from one of the  brand new My Mind's Eye pads, the one I used is called 'Remarkable' and is available here. 

I coloured and paper pieced my Pure Innocence 'Read all about it' image and added her to my card with foam pads after I cut her out leaving a small border. I used lots of goodies from the Ribbon Girl to embellish my card including pleated ribbon, paper flowers, button twine tied in a heart button, satin ribbon and a spotty button.

Here is a little close up of my image. I would love a gingham chair like this one but I don't think it would last long with our dog! I hope you will be able to join in with our Colour Challenge this month. The DT have made some fabulous samples to inspire you. You can check them all out here alongside the gorgeous colour inspiration photo.

The prizes for the colour challenge are:

a £10 voucher to spend in the Lili of the Valley online store where they have fabulous new stamps for Spring

and a £10 voucher to spend in The Ribbon Girl online store which has beautiful ribbons and embellishments for every craft project

Have a great Sunday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Valentne's/Love themes week

Hello Everyone! We are starting another themed week today on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog. Our theme this week is 'Valentine's/Love'. There are lots of gorgeous love themed goodies in the shop at the moment so it was hard for me to pick which ones to use! I eventually settled on an adorable Pure Innocence stamp called 'Bear Hugs' and some Carta Bella papers from the 'Devoted' pad.

I stamped the sentiment from the set on a banner I cut using a Dienamics die and then added a heart cut from spotty paper using one of the dies from the Rustic Hearts set and topped it with a spotty button tied with twine.

Here is a close up of my coloured in image. I coloured her in with Promarkers and then paper pieced her dress using some of the hearts paper. I then cut her out leaving a small border before adding her to the card with foam pads. I finished with a little paper flower and a stick on pearl. Have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - I Believe in Angels...

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I am showing a little card I have made with some of my gorgeous goodies from My Mum's Craft Shop. I have made a card using the adorable Pure Innocence Angel stamp which is available here. I paper pieced and coloured the image with my Promarkers and then added some glitter to her wings and halo.

The papers I have used are from the My Mind's Eye 'The Sweetest Thing Lavender' pad. I added some flowers from the Ribbon Girl and a scalloped velvet ribbon and stamped the sentiment onto a Dienamics fishtail banner.

Here is a close up of the coloured in image. I added some shading to the paper piecing with my Promarkers and then die cut the image with a circle die and then added distress inks before removing the die. I finished with a little wooden button that I also coloured with the distress ink and tied it with some twine. I hope you have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
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Pure Innocence double peephole card

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Weekend, mine was very busy but great fun. I spent yesterday evening making a card one of my Friend's asked me to make for her daughter who has just passed her degree and got her first job. As it was a 2 in 1 card I thought multiple layers and peepholes may be the way to go, it was a bit of a challenge but I am really pleased with the how the card turned out!

I used some older Echo Park 12x12 papers and pink card and made the card base using Nesties and my
Grand Calibur machine. The images are Pure Innocence by Heather Ellis. There are two peepholes in the front of the card.

The first layer inside has another peephole and the 1st image. The sentiment was made using the writer function in a Funky Hand CD.

And this is the last layer. I apologise for the quality of the photos! It looks so much better in real life!
I hope you have a lovely Monday.
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Hello.....Summer?

Good Morning Everyone, I hope you are well and having a good week so far. I am very much looking forward to Friday and the weekend as I am feeling very tired and my mojo has taken a real battering since we moved house. Too many other things to think about at the moment! It is my day to share a Project on the  My Mum's Craft Shop blog today and I have made a mini shaped card using some of the new goodies that recently arrived in the Shop.

I have a lovely growing collection of Pure Innocence stamps and couldn't resist slipping this one in my basket as soon as I saw her.  She is called 'Freckles' and looks lovely coloured in bright colours and paper pieced to match the beautiful Hello Summer papers from Echo Park which are available here. 
To make the card, I cut a card blank from white card using a Spellbinders die and cut another scalloped circle the same size from stripey paper. I punched green patterned paper with a Martha Stewart grass punch and added it to the bottom of some cloud paper before die cutting it into a circle and stitching it to my scalloped circle. The cloud was cut with a Die-namics die and topped with a sentiment that came with the stamp and a button die cut with another Die-namics die. The little flower is from the Hobby House.
Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Something to Brighten your day

Good Morning! It's my day to post on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog  and I have been having lots of fun playing with the gorgeous new Bobunny papers which came into to the shop last week. The papers I have used on my card are from the Ambrosia pad which is available here. I layered some of the papers onto deep pink card from my stash and added some sewing around the edges.

I added some purple gingham ribbon from my stash and some pretty paper flowers. The image I used is by CC Designs and is called Swiss Pixie Birthday Lucy, it is the first time I have used any CC Designs stamps and she was so lovely to colour in with my Promarkers. The sentiment I added is from a Pure Innocence set which is available here. I finished the card with a couple of white pearls. I am entering my card in the Anyone for Anya Challenge as the theme is  Teal and I have some on my card.  I hope you have a lovely Thursday, I have the afternoon off and will be having lunch with my Best Friend and her gorgeous kiddies!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - A cute little artist

Good Morning Everyone! It's an early post from me today as I will be getting the train to Birmngham soon to go to the Craft Show at the NEC, I can't wait! I received a lovely parcel of papers from My Mum's Craft shop this week and had lots of fun playing with them to make this card.

I really like making small shaped cards with my Nestabilities and used kraft card to make this one and then layered up some aqua cardstock with some of the bright Bazzil Basics Avalon papers which are available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. The papers are fabulous and have a great texture to them. I added a little strip of Aqua pom poms from my scraps tin and then added my coloured Pure Innocence 'You colour my world' image on top with foam pads. The sentiment was cut out with a label die and I accented it with a small paper rose. Right! I'd better go off and get ready!
Have a fab Saturday!
Jane
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CES Challenge #25 - Flowers and Flutterbys

Good Morning Everyone! I thought I had scheduled this post so apologies for the delay! I think I am starting to feel a bit better (finally!!) so I am debating whether to take myself off to the Farnborough Make it show. Hubby has offered to take me this afternoon when he finishes work so I don't have to drive.
I have already done a bit of crafting today. I bought the Tim Holtz kit from QVC so have made a few cards with the alcohol inks and stamps. So different to my usual style but so much fun to try something new! I'll show you what I made tomorrow.
The theme this week on the CES Challenge blog chosen by the lovely Emma is...

Flowers and Flutterbys

I immediately thought of this Pure Innocence Image by Heather Ellis. It's so adorable and available for only 50p from here.
I used some of the gorgeous new My Mind's Eye papers and a cherry blossom for my card.

I love all the papers in the new My Mind's Eye pads and these ones are very fresh and remind me of Spring.


I coloured my image with Promarkers and added lots of punched Martha Stewart butterflies. Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of wonderful inspiration from the DT. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win your choice of 5 packs of charms from Crafty Emma's Store.
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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