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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MMCSDT - You're an All Star!!

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Christmas and I wish you all a belated Happy New Year, I hope 2015 will be a good year for you. I had (another) break from crafting over Christmas, December was very busy and I did manage to make some Christmas cards for my family and some CAS ones to send to Friends but didn't manage to blog them. The lovely Kitty from My Mum's Craft Shop very kindly offered me to take my place back on the DT and today is my first post since I rejoined on the My Mum's Craft Shop blog.  I am also designing again for Quick Cards Magazine. It's really good to be back! The card I am sharing with you today was made with one of my favourite new dies, the Dienamics All Star High Tops. I used this one for my Son's Christmas card as he is a big Converse fan.

I used papers from the Carta  Bella Baby Mine pad which is available on special offer here. I used the latest Sketch Saturday sketch for my layout and added a little paper flower and some stick on pearls from The Ribbon Girl.

The sentiment and the star on the shoe were stamped using stamps from the coordinating stamp set which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. I love using this die as it can be made to look so different each time. I used some linen thread for laces and kraft card for the stripe on the sole. Thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Happy Birthday Fiona!

Hello Everyone! It's was my lovely Best Friend's Birthday yesterday and I made her a card using the fabulous Stamping Bella 'Beatrice and Barbara' stamp which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop. I coloured the image to match the Wild Rose Studio papers I used using a mix of different markers and paper pieced the sofa and cushions.

I added lots of lovely flowers and bits and bobs from my stash and a Pink Petticoat sentiment. I also decorated the inside but I forgot to take a photo. I used the latest Sketch Saturday Sketch for my layout.

Here is a close up of my image. My colouring is a bit poor on this one, the image has so many details I struggled to stay within the lines! This is a very true representation of Fiona and myself, lots of fun times, giggle and adventures, she is the Sister I never had and I love her to bits. We are setting off on another one soon to Birmingham to see Robbie Williams.

This is us on one of our Adventures last summer to see Robbie at Wembley and is one of my favourite photos of us together. I will be taking a bit of break from regular blogging for a short while as I have a lot on my plate at the moment but I hope to be back here a lot more often when things have settled down. Have a lovely Wednesday!
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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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy challenge - Brown and White

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week, I am very glad it is Friday, I have been very tired this week and am looking forward to having a lie in tomorrow! I have used another one of the lovely new stamps from the latest release from Whiff of Joy for my DT card this week. This image which I have coloured to match the 'Brown and White' theme from this for this fortnight's Whiff of Joy Challenge is called 'Christmas Star' and is available here from Whiff of Joy.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday for my card and papers from Lili of the Valley I bought at Alexandra Palace. The sentiment is from  a Paper Smooches set. I love these funky fonts and need to get myself some more sets!

Here is a close up of little Henry all coloured in with my Promarkers. I added glitter to his hat and paper pieced the star with kraft card. The little brown gems I used are also from Whiff of Joy. I hope you have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge - Shabby Chic

Hello Everyone, I hope you had a good Weekend. Did you enjoy seeing all the new Whiff of Joy images this weekend during the blog hop? Thank you so much for all your lovely comments on my cards, they helped to cheer me up as I spent the whole weekend in bed! I have another card to share with you today made with an image from the latest release. This image featuring the lovely Maya is called 'Cosy Reading' and is available here from Whiff of Joy. I have coloured her in to match these gorgeous 'Shabby Chic' style Vintage Market papers to fit the 'Shabby Chic' challenge theme for this fortnight's Whiff of Joy challenge. There is still a little bit of time to take part so make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday for my card layout and added a tiny sentiment and lots of flowers as well as some Whiff of Joy Twine. I finished with some little pearls. I hope you have a great Monday.
Jane
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A card for two Challenges

Good Afternoon Everyone! I hope you are having a good day and are getting ready for the weekend. I have a card today for two Challenges using the adorable Tiddly Inks Wryn. I used Wryn on a card a few days ago and couldn't resist colouring her up again in a completely different style. I followed the colour scheme of yellow, orange, green and blue from the Tiddlyinks Challenge and used various papers from my scraps basket mixed in with some kraft card.

The papers are from American Crafts and the apple paper is (I think) by October Afternoon. The Ribbon is from American Crafts and the flowers are from various places. The sentiment is from Hero Arts and I used a Martha Stewart punch fro the border. I followed the lovely Sketch from Sketch Saturday for the layout.

Here is a close of of Wryn, coloured with Promarkers and I added some glitter glue to the wings on the heart to make them sparkle.
I hope you have a lovely Friday afternoon and a great Weekend!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge -Autumn colours

Hi Everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend. I spent most of mine crafting! Heaven! It is Monday which means it is time for another Pollycraft Monday Challenge. This week the lovely Sheenas has chosen our theme and she has gone with AUTUMN COLOURS so we want to see reds, oranges, browns, etc in your creations. Ihave made a card using the adorable Swings and Slides 'Little Sprout'. She is such a little cutie!
I have used papers from a few different manufacturers and pads to get the right mix of Autumn colours.

I followed the great sketch from this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge which was lots of fun with the 'wonky' layers. I added a bow and a couple of little flowers as extras.

I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. This week we are delighted to be sponsored by

who are offering the lucky winner £10 voucher to spend. Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and some wonderful inspiration from the DT.
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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My Hubby's Christmas Card

I made my Hubby's Christmas card from me this morning. I always had in mind that I would use this adorable image from Pollycraft as it is so cute! I used Cosmo Cricket papers and cut some Spellbinders snowflakes to frame the image which I covered in lots and lots of glitter. I embossed the light green strip and added some stitching (of course!)

I followed this fabulous sketch from Sketch Saturday. I love their sketches and am going to make a real effort to join in with this Challenge more often.

I am also entering this card into the Winter Wonderland Challenge as the theme is Penguins and Polar bears.
I hope you have a great Friday, I will be back later with my Pollycraft Friday freebie card.
Jane
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Shopping Spree for Sketch Saturday

I have been trying to be a bit more active the past couple of days and have made a gentle and gradual return to a bit of cardmaking in between rests. I had my physio appointment Friday and am all strapped up with tape. I promised myself I would make some card with some of Di's lovely images as soon as I could. I have been watching them all being added to her site over the past couple of weeks making a note of my favourites.

This 'Shopping Spree' image is so cute, I couldn't resist using her to make a card using the sketch from Sketch Saturday, I used Kraft paper recycled from a hanging file. I bought a big pile of them in a charity shop ages ago and they are a great colour and were a great find.


I cut strips from the Kraft card to follow the strips on the design. I embossed them with a Cuttlebug folder so they stood out bit more. The paper I used is from a beautiful Pink Paislee Father Christmas Stack I bought from Crafty Emma's Store. The papers in this stack have a lovely beautiful feel to them. They are all stunning colours too.


Here is a little close up of the image coloured with Promarkers. I had to cut the image out to stick over the oval shape as I didn't leave enough room around it when I was printing to cut it out...
I hope you have a great Sunday.
Jane
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Pink and girly for Sketch Saturday

My Son asked me to make a card for one of his Friend's yesterday. I was quite surprised he asked me as he had originally said he wanted to buy one. He asked me for a card with a girl shopping on it so we had a look through the Pollycraft digis and he said this one was perfect!

I asked him to pick out 3 papers from the My Mind's Eye stack which came free with a Magazine recently and I added the zingy green Bobunny double dot card.


I followed the fab Sketch Saturday sketch and added a 13 from American Crafts thickers and a Hero Arts sentiment. As a finishing touch I added a few flowers, a button and some gems.

I hope you have a lovely Sunday.
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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