My DT cards for Susie's Sassy Challenge - Hearts and Flowers

We are going all soppy and Romantic for the latest Challenge. The theme this fortnight has been picked by me! What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with hearts and flowers!

We are very lucky to have our first sponsors on the Challenge blog, Cards etc.

Jolanda sent us some lovely images to have a play with that are perfect for Valentine's day cards or Friendship cards.

I have made 2 cards using the downloads and decided to use non traditional Valentines colours. The 1st card is made with green Crate paper card and some K+Co textured white cardstock. The gems and flowers are from my stash as is the ribbon.
The second card was made with some backing papers I received in a blog candy win. The heart embellishment is a Nesties heart topped with a felt American Crafts heart tied with twine. The sentiment is from Elzybells.

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. Please check out the other DT girlies blogs for some inspiration and I look forward to visiting you all to see what you make :-)

Jane

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My DT card for the new Willow sketchie challenge

It's time for a new Willow sketchie Challenge and this week we were lucky enough to be able to use Sharon's latest download 'Alfie and the Birdhouse' to make our DT cards.
There is a lovely sketch from Deanne for you to follow this week. I love shaped cards so this was a real treat for me.

I started off with a square card blank onto which I drew around a cereal bowl to get the desired shape.
I then did the same with my backing paper to cover the front of the card. A strip of stripey card was edged with ribbon, the raw edges tucked behind the front. I got my glue gun out and stuck white lace around the card front and then attached this to the base to hide all the workings.
Following the sketch, I added the image which I coloured with Promarkers and accented with gems. The image was matted and layered on to Kraft card and I added a Hero Arts sentiment stamped onto a Nesties tag. I finished the card with lots of Flowers from my stash with gems.
Make sure you check out the blog for lots more inspiration from the Design Team and if you take part you may win a free download from Willow Designs. You don't have to use Willow designs digi stamps to take part but, of course, if you have them...we would love to see them!
Jane
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My Hubby's Valentine's day card

I have made loads of cards that would be suitable to give to my Hubby for Valentine's day but decided it would be nice to give him one that has been made especially for him. I coloured this image in bed this morning and put it together this evening. It was quite a quick card to put together as I knew what I wanted to do having planned in my head all afternoon.
I decided to play along with the latest Passion for Promarkers challenge by using the chosen colours for this week: Agean, Cool Aqua and Sky Blue to colour in my image. I have used this image before but in different colourways, I think she is really cute.

The papers are all from a DCWV paper pad that my Hubby bought me for Christmas so they all coordinate really nicely. The frame that Tilda is sitting on is from one of the pages. I cut it out with my scissors then cut the circle in the middle with my Nesties. The heart was also cut with my Nesties and edged in Mica powder (1st time I have used them ...)I added lace from John Lewis with Tesco Christmas ribbon to the front of the card before layering up the heart, frame and image. The sentiment stamped on the heart is from Elzybells as are the heart buttons. The butterflies are Nestabilities. I added another piece of ribbon tied around the frame and some gems to finish.
You can see on the close up of the image that I added Sakura highlights to the image and added glossy accents to the little Butterfly.
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 sneaky peek of my next Willow Sketchie DT card

No WOYWW from me today, I am still ill. I have Bronchitis but I have some antibiotics now so will hopefully start to feel better soon. I haven't made anything new for days but here is a little sneaky peek of my next DT card for the Willow Sketchie blog. There will be a new sketch for you to follow tomorrow and I know you are going to love it!


Make sure you pop back tomorrow for the reveal and check out the Willow sketchie blog for loads more DT cards and inspiration.
Jane
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A little Monkey for Passion for Promarkers

I have had this little Monkey from Jane's Doodles coloured in for ages sitting on my desk waiting to make a card but never seemed to get around to it. The theme this week on the Passion for Promarkers blog challenge is 'All creatures great and small' so it seemed the perfect opportunity to make a card with him.

This card was a little bit of an experiment and I am not 100% sure it works but I thought I would blog it anyway. I coloured the Monkey with Promarkers and cut him out with his branch. I then cut a label shape from cloudy K+Co paper and matted it on to a green label layer. The whole thing was mounted with foam pads on to a matted and layered wood effect background. The monkey was then stuck on top. I mounted his body on foam pads and glued the branch straight down to give some depth. The experiment was the leaves which is supposed to look like a tree. I cut lots of different sized Sizzix flowers, inked the edges and then layered them up. I added some paper flowers from John Lewis in the gaps and a little dotty butterfly in the top right. The sentiment is Hero Arts and the gems were from Hobbycraft.
I really love this little Monkey, I think he looks really mischievous :-) He is available from Squigglefly along with the rest of Jane's lovely digi stamps.
I hope you had a lovely weekend.
Jane
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I'm back and I love The Greeting Farm!!

I have been out of bed for the whole day today and am feeling better, not quite 100% yet. I still feel very tired and a bit wobbly but I made it out of the house for 2 hours this afternoon and managed to drop off my Son at Football this morning so it is a marked improvement.
I made some cards today for the 1st time in ages. Some are DT projects but the one below was just for fun.

I made this card at the dinner table which is in our living room and when I finished I announced that I was so happy I had made this card as it had been in my head all week! Hubby replied that was probably why I had been feeling so ill as a card in your head was bound to hurt! Ha ha!
Anyway, I have to Thank Susie for this card, we swapped some images and I received a stack of The Greeting Farm images and I love all of them. This cute little munchkin really grabbed my attention when I was flipping through the pile and I instantly thought of these 2 backing papers that have been in my stash for yonks!. The little canvas flower was a bit of an afterthought as it just didn't look right with just the sentiment tag and the star. The string was rescued from a clothing tag when I bought some jeans ages ago.
I inked the edges of the paper layers and added some fake stitching (don't know why as I never do that, but it just seemed right...)
In other exciting news today, I received an award from Julia which I will pass on soon and my email was read out on the Funky hand show on Create and craft and they showed a photo of a card I made with the new CD. My Son was well chuffed and so was I!
I am off now to print some digi stamps and papers and to have a bit more of a play. I have missed Crafting so much this week! It's nice to be back :-)
Jane
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My 1st Willow Sketchie DT card

It's time for a new Willow Sketchie Challenge! This week is my first time taking part as a DT member and here is the full reveal of my card following my sneaky peek yesterday.


All papers and the precoloured digi stamp used are from the new 'Alfie and the Bumble bee' download which is available from Willow Designs and the sentiment is a free digi stamp available from here.
Here is the lovely sketch from Sharon you have to follow to take part in this week's Challenge. I added a bit of stitching around the layers of card and used buttons instead of flowers around the image. A couple of gems finished the card off.

You are not obliged to use Willow Designs products to take part in the Challenge but if you have them, we would love to see them on your projects! You have a week to take part for the chance to win a Willow designs download.
Make sure you check out the blog for more inspiration from the fabulously talented DT and I hope you will be able to join us for a chance to win some of Sharon's fab digi delights!
Jane
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A new DT position!

A quick scheduled post from me just to announce my new DT position on the I LOVE DIGI Challenge blog. I am so excited to have been chosen to be part of Elaine's team. I am quite new to digi stamps and I am already hooked.

The 1st Challenge launches on the 18th of February. I am so looking forward to working with the following Team of talented crafters, why not check out their blogs which are linked below:

Elaine - Leader
Anne
Callie
Bev
Karin
Dee
Poppy
Mel
Paul

We will also be having Guest Designers too:

Jane
Dawn
Ali
Jennifer

I look forward to seeing you all on the 18th for the launch :-)
Jane
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A sneaky peek of my 1st Willow Designs DT card

No What's on your Workdesk Wednesday today from me. I have flu and only just managed to get up for about an hour this morning as it's my eldest's 13th Birthday.
A very quick post today written from my bed to give you a sneak peek of my 1st DT card for the new Willow Sketchie blog Challenge which starts tomorrow.

I made the card at the weekend as soon as I got the gorgeous downloads and I can't wait for the Challenge to start tomorrow.
Make sure you pop back tomorrow and check out the Willow Sketchie blog for the new sketch and a chance to win some downloads.
Jane
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My ATCs for the Addicted to ATCs January swap

Here are my ATCs for the Addicted to ATCs January swap. The theme is 'New Beginnings' so I chose to use one of the One Four Zero stamps I received as part of a prize last year.

I used very bright colours from my scrap box and coloured the image with Promarkers. The little flowers were part of my Christmas present from my DT buddy Tracy. If you are interested in swapping ATCs, please pop over to the blog for more details. We always welcome new people so it would be great if you could join us!
Have a lovely Monday, it is snowy outside and I have a nasty cold which is quickly travelling down to my throat and chest so I am not looking forward to going outside today :-(
Jane
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Winner of Jane's Doodles digi images!

I have drawn a winner for the free digi images from Jane's Doodles. Using a random number generator.
No8 was the winner....

Lauren Hatwell said...

Great card. Love all the buttons Jane. What a gorgeous little Babushka doll. I can think of so many things you could do with that.... She's adorable. Lauren x

30 January 2010 20:20

Congratulations!
Can you please email me to milliesmarvels@gmail.com and I will pass your details on to Jane for your free digi stamps.

Jane
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An award!

Over a week ago, I received this lovely award from my DT buddy and Friend Tracy. Thanks so much Tracy and I am so sorry it has taken me ages to blog this and to pass it on. It is such a lovely award!

The conditions for accepting this are that I tell you 10 things that give me pleasure and pass it on to 10 blogging friends.
So.....10 of the things that bring me pleasure are:
1. Making cards and blogging about them
2. My kids and hearing them laugh
3. Spending Saturday afternoons with my Hubby and going for coffee
4. Spending time with my family and Friends
5. My Puppy Charlie
6. Shopping for new stash
7. Spending crafty evenings with my Friends
8. New boots
9. White wine
10. Chocolate!

I would like to pass this on to:
1. Alice
2. Susie
3. Enfys
4. Dolly
5. Tammy
6. Paul
7. Petra
8. Sally
9. Jane
10. Lauren

Visiting these blogs gives me so much pleasure and these lovely people are all so talented! They are all inspiring in different ways and their Projects always amaze me!

Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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My DT card for Easy Craft Projects Challenge 5 and some exciting news!

It's time for Challenge no5 on the Easy Craft Projects blog and this month I am ove the moon that we are being sponsored by Jane's Doodles! As you know I am on Jane's DT and I adore all her stamps so it is an extra special treat for me to have an excuse to make some more projects with her gorgeous images (not that I really need one!!) There is still time until Sunday night for you to be in with a chance to win one of Jane's new releases (see the previous post for details).

The theme for this month on Easy Craft Projects is to create something for Valentine's for a man.
I decided to make a mini card using one of Jane's adorable little monsters.


I cut a scalloped circle card with my Nesties and matted and layered Kraft card and some American Crafts gridded paper. The sentiment stamp is from Elzybells and the heart was cut with Nestabilities from a scrap of Bobunny double dots paper. I placed it to the right to balance the card and help it stand up ok. The button was a freebie from a Craft magazine a long time ago (I think the magazine is now out of circulation!)
I printed the little monster onto hammered card and coloured him in with my Promarkers. I used lots of shades of green to give him some depth and I love the way he turned out.

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. The winner this month from both Challenges will win their choice of 3 of her digi stamps and some of her gorgous Fimo buttons!

I had a very productive day today and made lots of bits and pieces which I will show you over the coming days. I also had some great news this evening, Sharon has asked me to join the Design Team for her Willow Sketchie Challenge blog! I've admired Sharon's work for a long time and I am really chuffed to be part of her DT!
I hope you enjoy the rest of your Weekend. I am going shopping with my Mum tomorrow :-)
Jane
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A new release and a giveaway!

It's release day today on Squigglefly and Jane has some adorable new stamps available for you to buy!
Here is a card I made with one of the cute little Babushka images. I printed her onto textured cardstock and coloured her in with Promarkers to match my American crafts backing paper and buttons. The image is simply adorable and she is perfect for paper piecing too and lovely to colour as well.


I used a Sizzix XL die to cut the card blank and embossed the card with a Cuttlebug die. The sentiment stamp and buttons are from Elzybells. I have loads more little Babushka's printed out ready to colour and I can't wait to make more cards with her. She is just adorable and I know you are going to love her as much as I do!
Make sure you check out the other Design Team Members blogs for loads of inspiration and some totally gorgeous cards.

• Alice
• Kelly
• Lysa
• Sanne

I mentioned a giveaway in my the title of this post....Jane has kindly given each of the DT members a Babushka image to give away to one lucky person. All you have to do is leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner at random at 19:00 UTC tomorrow (Sunday 31st)! How exciting!! Make sure you spread the word!
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
Jane
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DT card ror Susie's Sassy Challenge - Red White and Blue

It's time for a new Susie's Sassy Challenge! The theme this time is 'Red White and Blue' as chosen by our lovely DT member Denise.
I chose a lovely paper I received a couple of Christmases ago from my in a Cath Kidston stationery pack from my good Fried Petra.
I matted this on to some red card and sewed around the edges. I added a Whiff of Joy image which I coloured with Promarkers and cut out with my Nesties.
The flowers are from various sources and the little silver rings I poked the brads through are from Quixotic Paperie (Elaine has such a lovely range of embellishments and findings). The sentiment is by Hero Arts and I stamped it on Nestabilities labels which I threaded on to Gingham ribbon. This card is quite simple, I didn't want to overdo it due to the strong colours and I never would have thought of using Red, White and Blue in this way before the Challenge.

The Prize for the new challenge #7 is a GDT spot for challenge #9 that starts on the 25th of Febuary
Challenge Rules
Only a few small rules to the challenge,
1.You must stick to the theme or you will be disqualified to be fair to everyone.
2. Your work must be new please do not back link to work that has been previously blogged.
3.You must link back to the challenge in your post or your entry will not be included in the prize draw.
Anyone can enter anywhere in the world all you have to do is make a card or project;
The theme for this challenge is Red, White & Blue
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Closing date is Wednesday 10th Feb at noon GMT
(entries posted after this time will not be entered so don't be late)
The winner and the next new challenge will be announced the following day.

Now all you have to do is pop on over to Susie's and check out all the other lovely DT cards and get inspired before making your card.
Hope to see you there!
Jane
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A card for the Inspirational card sketches Challenge

I made a card this evening for a Friend using the latest sketch from the Inspirational Card Sketches blog.
Dawn always has such lovely sketches to follow and I love making cards using them. I am also entering this card into this week's Die Cut Dreams Challenge as the theme is 'Bears'.

I used lots of new bits of stash to make the card. The backing paper is from a K+Co stack I received from Quixotic Paperie today. The stamp is also a new purchase from Elzybells.

I followed the sketch quite faithfully but added some black pearls to the corners and a button topped star to the top right hand corner.
The teddy was coloured with Promarkers and I inked all the edges of the layers.
I will be back tomorrow with my latest card for Susie's Sassy Challenge.
Jane
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ATC Swappers January ATCs

These are my ATCs for Paul's ATC swappers swap. I got these printed and coloured them in bed yesterday morning and put them together in a jiffy last night and this morning as I panicked they would not get to Paul in time.
The theme is tearing so I tore some My Mind's Eye papers with a ruler for the sea bed. The other paper is from the Funky Hand Dreams come True CD.

The image was a freebie from The Greeting Farm CHA card relay. I missed the deadline to be eligible for the other freebies but this image is so sweet, I will definitely use it again.
I have lots to catch up on after a couple of days out of action, DT projects, Birthday cards, boxes, cards for a sale we will be doing at work to raise funds for Cancer Research. I think I am going to have a busy weekend!
Jane
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What's on your Workdesk Wednesday

WOYWW again already! Not much going on here today. Desk has been abandoned for the past few days in favour of my bed as I wasn't well. I put a card together last night but as it was nearly finished I only needed a bit of tape, foam pads and ink so no mess for once!

This is probably not a bad thing as I nearly made some WOYWWednesdayers faint last week with my absolute hovel of a desk!
If you feel like having a rummage around some more interesting desks, please check out the original WOYWWednesdayer's (Julia) desk and join in the fun by sharing a piccie of yours.
Jane
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A Funky Hand Wordbook

I am starting to feel a bit better . After 3 days of absolutely horrible tummy pains, feeling achey and hot and cold, I think I am on the mend. I had printed and cut out all the components of this card using the new Funky Hand CD 'Dreams come true' before I became ill, so I put it all together this evening.


The card is for my youngest Son to give to my eldest Ryan, who will be 13 at the beginning of February. My baby will be a teenager! How scary!

The new CD is fab as you can create Wordbooks in any paper/letter combination you choose. You can also print the smaller letters individually and in any size you like so they are much easier to cut out with my Nesties. The book was very quick to put together and I love all the new papers. I finished the card off with some little bubble gems and an Electric guitar charm as the boys are both into Guitar Hero at the moment.
I hope he will like it!
Jane
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A willow designs flower card

I am not feeling very well today. I have awful stomach pains and am in no mood to craft. I have been lying on the sofa so far all day while my Hubby went to buy me a new hot water bottle to try and ease the pain.
I did a bit of blog hopping and remembered I hadn't shared this card with you yet.
I made this card on Friday night. My work friends and I had a crafty get together and brought as much of our craft stash as possible with us. We had loads of fun playing with each others die cuts and I cut loads of flower shapes to use on future projects. One of my favourite dies was this large Sizzix flower which I used to cut a mini card. I cut some Quickcutz circles from card scraps and a couple of flowers and coloured in my little Willow designs digi stamp to match. A Hero Arts sentiment, some faux stitching and a gem finished the card off nicely.
I hope you are having a good weekend.
Jane
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Another cupcake card!

Jane's new digi stamps are available from Squigglefly today and I know you are going to love them! The collection is called Jane's bakery and includes sentiments too! I am having so much fun making cards with the yummy cupcake!

I made this card a couple of days ago. I love this pink and green colour combination! I used textured papers from K+Co and a ribbon from Crafty ribbon. The cupcake was coloured with Promarkers and I added some glitter to the cherry and some stick on gems to the frosting. The little clip is from Making memories.
I hope you have a lovely weekend, I will be going to watch my Son play football this morning. This afternoon, I will be visiting my local craft shop to stock up on some basic supplies and maybe a couple of new Promarkers :-)
Jane
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Some sneaky peeks of Jane's new releases

Jane is releasing another batch of her gorgeous digi stamps tomorrow so here is a little look at what I have made with them so far. The stamps include lots of sweet treats and some matching sentiments too.

I made a small card with my Sizzix scallop card die and added the pie which I coloured, cut out and mounted on to foam pads. The backing paper is Basic Grey and the chipboard letters are from We are memory keepers (I think)...



The second card has multiple cupcakes on a stand which I sewed on my machine, I then embellished it with gems. Each tiny cupcake has been coloured differently with my Promarkers and embellished with a gem and some sparkle for he frosting. The yummy backing paper is Basic Grey and the ribbon is from Making Memories.


Make sure you pop back tomorrow for release day when I will have another card to share.
In the meantime, make sure you check out the rest of the DT's blogs for more sweet treats.

Alice

Kelly

Lysa

I have decided to enter these cards into the DT call for the new I Love Digi Challenge blog as well, I am addicted to digi stamps now so would love to be part of a DT dedicated to them!

See you tomorrow!
Jane
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Blog candy winners!!!

The time has finally come to draw my candy winners....I was overwhelmed by the number of entries and the lovely comments you left about my little blog. Thank you so much to all of you who have become followers as well.
It took a while to print, cut and fold all the entrants names and comments with help from my Hubby and my eldest Son Ryan.


All the comments were added to the basket with followers added twice....lots of paper to fold!!

Ryan picked 5 winners....And the winners are........

Christin

Benedicte

Little GTO (Sharon L)

JAN

Annelies

You all mentioned my candy on your blog so I will pop something extra in your parcels with the paper pack (even for Sharon as she couldn't mention it as she has no blog...so that wouldn't be fair!!). Please email me your addresses to milliesmarvels@gmail.com and I will send your parcels out asap.
Thanks once again to all of you who entered and make sure you keep popping back as I'm sure there will be more candy up for grabs soon!

A Whiff of joy 'girly' card

The Whiff of Joy Challenge this week is to follow a Recipe. There were 2 to follow and I chose:

#2 3 patterned papers, 2 bling , 1 flower.

I used the gorgeous stamp I received in my Christmas package from my lovely blog friend Claire to make a card.
I coloured the image before I chose the papers and it was a bit of a Challenge rummaging through my stash to acheive colour matches but I think I got there in the end. The papers are Basic Grey (spotty), Bobunny (blue damask) and a pad I bought in France last year for the Butterflies. I coloured Willow with my Promarkers and added lots of distressing ink to the edges of the image and the sentiment. I added stitching to the layers before assembling the card. The flower is a mixture of blooms from my stash and the bling is Kanban.
I am also entering this card in the Passion for Promarkers challenge as the theme this week is 'girls, girls,girls' and this very girly stamp fits the bill.
I will be back tomorrow evening with my blog candy winners!
Jane
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***CLOSED***New Year 6x6 Backing Paper Candy - ends 20th of January!

******************BLOG CANDY CLOSED**************************
***********Winners to be announced on 21st in the evening.****************

To celebrate the New Year, I am offering Candy for 5 lucky winners! I have 5 packs of 50 6x6 patterned papers to give away.Each pack has a mixed selection of backing papers including florals, Christmas designs and lots of other lovely patterns to get your Crafting going in 2010.

To be in with a chance of winning one of the packs, please leave a comment on this post. If you are a follower you will be entered twice and if you are a winner and have posted about my Candy in your sidebar I will add another small gift to your prize before I send it out.
The Candy will remain open until the 20th at midnight UK time and I will draw the winners on the 21st. I will ship worldwide.
Good Luck!
Jane
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What's on your Workdesk Wednesday?

It's Wednesday, show off your mess day! My desk is a bit of a mess today, I made a DT card last night and finished late so no time to tidy. This is what the desk looked like first thing but it has been slightly tidied since then to allow me to find all the things I needed to take to work with me.

I am going to finish getting ready for work now so I will leave you to have a rummage if you wish to. Make sure you check out Julia's blog for more selfless desk sharing and why not take a photo of yours too? Go on...be brave!
Have a lovely day and fingers crossed the snow leaves us alone today!
Jane
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Memory box - my latest DT project on Easy Craft Projects

My latest project is on the Easy Craft Projects Website with full instructions for you to download and print off.
If one of your New Year's resolutions is to organise your photos before you have a chance to pop them in a scrapbook, this box has all you need to keep everything in order until you are ready


Click here to download the Project sheet.
Jane
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Shabby Chic and a Sketch

I have been trying to get started making this card for a few days now and always seemed to get sidetracked into making something else or started off 'shabby' but ended up 'retro' or 'bright and cheery'...
Finally tonight, I managed to put a card together to fit the 'Shabby chic' theme for this week's Simon Says Stamp Challenge. There is a DT call on the blog for two new members so I am entering this card for it.


To aid me in making my card, I used the lovely sketch on the Cupcake Craft Challenge blog.
I used mostly papers from a K+Co Mat stack, I think it is a wedding themed stack but I love the muted colours. The backing paper which is the last layer at the back is from my stash and the Kraft card is an ancient folder which I retrieved from a recycling bin at work!

The sketch is absolutely gorgeous and was a dream to use. I loved the intricacy of the layers and decided to use a different backing paper for each one, inking the edges and then sewing around each one in faded pink cotton in various stiches to add to the patchwork effect.

Here is an 'arty' close up of the layers and the main flower. The sentiment I used is from Hero Arts and the gorgeous image of the girl with the dog on the swing is from Lili of the Valley. This is only the second time I have inked her up! I love her dress and pinafore and she was lovely to colour in to match my choice of papers with all my pale and interesting Promarkers. The flowers are a mix of various bits and bobs from my stash, including a canvas bloom from Making Memories. To finish the card off, I added some carefully placed gems.
I hope you had a lovely Monday, it was lovely driving to work today under 'normal' weather conditions. It makes such a difference to start the day without having to negotiate slippery roads or snow!
Jane
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A couple of comissioned cards

No time for any 'creative' cardmaking yesterday. I received a couple of card comissions and I was tied in to two quite defined requests.
The first was to make a card for a Friend to give to the vets who had treated her dog who was really poorly after Christmas. Ruby is fully recovered now (she is the doggy on the left) but she was a very sick dog so we are all so relieved she is better!

The second is a card for my Hubby's Auntie Lindy who is Bingo mad. I used a Flippin women decoupage by Lapashe. I didn't need to add much more. A couple of flowers, a sentiment and some gems.

I even added gems to her bracelet inside the card. Darren says this is a very true representation of his Auntie...
I hope they both like their cards! Not much planned for today except food shopping, a visit from the In-laws and a walk in the woods with the dog. Might be able to sneak in a bit of crafting later....
Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Owl be thinking of you!

I had lots of fun last night playing with some of my new stash! Jane sent me a template for her gorgeous little owl too so I thought he would be perfect to use with my new papers.
I bought quite a few Sizzix XL dies in the sale after Christmas, including this scalloped card blank. After working out the best way to cut it with my Cuttlebug, I set to work cutting 2 Kraft card blanks. I run them back through the 'bug' with some embossing folders. I love this effect on Kraft. I then inked the edges.

I printed the template for the owl on to 2 different backing papers from the new Docrafts goody bag. Docrafts have outdone themselves with this month's bag. I love all the contents and have used most of them for these cards. I inked the edges of the pieces before assembling them and added buttons from my stash and gems from the kit for eyes. I added a touch of glossy accents to the beak.

The sentiment is frim Hero arts and was stamped on to a Nesties label shape. I added brads or tiny buttons from the kit to either end and inked the edges before mounting with foam pads. The branch is a Sizzlits shape from a set.
I stapled ribbon from the kit to the tops of the cards and added a couple of flowers (also from the goody bag!).
I really like these cards, they are a bit different from my usual style but I will definitely using the template again. I think he is so cute, there seems to be no ends to Jane's talents and I am so grateful to her for sharing the template.
As these cards are made with mostly new stash which I had to open to make them, I am entering them into the new blog Challenge 'Raise the bar' as the 1st challenge launched yesterday and the theme is 'Debut day' where you have to to use something in your stash that hasn't been opened yet.
I am off to tidy up the mess I made last night as I crafted at the dinner table while watching 'The Reader' with my Hubby.
Before I go, Susie has asked me to remind you that there is still loads of time to take part in this month's Cook up a card Challenge, you can see more details here.
Have a lovely weekend!
Jane
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Easy Craft Projects challenge no 4 : Lavender

It is time for a new Easy Crafts Project Challenge already!

Thank you to everyone who has taken part in our challenges so far, it has been great seeing all your wonderful projects and I have really enjoyed creating my DT cards for the themes.

For the next Challenge, you will need to create a card, LO, altered item etc using the colour...

Lavender!

Here is my DT card. I covered a scalloped card base with spotty paper and layered up some Nestie shapes and more spotty paper. I used a Willow designs bird digi-stamp which I coloured with Promarkers and some gems and a flower from my stash.


Our sponsor for this challenge is Willow Designs. They are kindly giving away some of their printable sets to one lucky winner who will be chosen at random from all those who take part in the challenges.

Make sure you take a look at the blog to see all the wonderful DT creations, we hope you will be able to take part as we love seeing all the wonderful things you make!

Have a lovely Saturday.

Jane
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