Crafty Emma's store Challenge -Think Pink

It's Saturday and time for another Challenge on the CES Challenge blog. This week we want you to Think Pink for our Challenge.
For my card this week, I used some gorgeous card Craftwork Cards shaped card blanks and a charm which are available in Emma's shop along with an image from our sponsor.

The gingham paper is a Funky Hand paper from the Colour me Happy CD. I love gingham and it is available in so many lovely colours on this CD! The sentiment I used is from Elzybells and the twine and button are from one of my favourite shops ...apart from Crafty Emma's store of course...The Ribbon Girl. The bow was in my stash and I think it might be from Papermania.

We have a BRAND NEW & totally fabulous sponsor this week....Stamp Fairy

There are some adorable images to choose from in this new shop, I love the Gingerbread man I used and he matches the sentiment so well.
I hope you will be able to join us this week. Make sure you check out the CES blog for more cards from the DT and all the details you need to take part.
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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A mini Christmas card

Here is another little card I have not shared with you yet. The image on this card is a stamp from a Christmas label set by Elzybells.

It's a really simple little card and I think it works really well. I love the embossing on Kraft card with the red and green. I did another one of those jobs you never have time to do yesterday, I cleaned my scissors and removed all the sticky stuff from them so they will be lovely to use now.
I have another Physio appointment today. Wish me luck!
Have a good Friday.
Jane
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Telly addict

One of the advantages of not being able to be very active is that I have more time to do the things that have been on my to do list for ever.
I have updated my netbook browser to the latest version of Firefox successfully. I had convinced myself that this was impossible after a number of rushed failed atttempts but after a good few hours browsing for solutions (Google Is My Friend!) I managed it.

I have also installed GIMP and had a good tidy of my files. When I was tidying I found a couple of cards I hadn't shared with you yet. The card above is quite fitting for my current situation as I have watched hours of telly the past two weeks. I have watched hours of Create and Craft, QVC craft day and lots of other rubbish my Hubby watches but I don't usually have to suffer.
The card was made with a Tiffany Doodles freebie image, which is available here. I coloured it with Promarkers, I love the way the screen turned out kind of ghostly after I added glossy accents. The sentiment was computer printed, the Kraft paper is from Paperchase and the dots are American Crafts.
I hope you have a great Thursday.
Jane
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A Pollycraft Neverending card

Sorry about the long post and all the photos but I wanted to show you this 'never ending' card I made yesterday as my boys need a birthday card for a party they are going to and I just couldn't let them give a yukky shop bought one so I got up and made them one!

I was really inspired to try the never ending card tutorial in the latest issue of Quick cards. I used one of my favourite Pollycraft images Jack - In the Game, which is available here. I printed him quite large and then used my Nesties to cut out part of the image. This is a great way to use images to make them look a bit different, it was really quick and easy to colour this way too so I wasn't leaning over the desk too long which helped my back.


I always thought these would be really hard but they are so easy and the boys were really impressed with it. It's quite hard to impress my 13 year old these days so it must be good! The stamp I used inside is one of my favourites at the moment and it is available here from Crafty Emma's Store. The felt star was bought last year from Paperchase.


I used papers I downloaded a while ago, not sure from where and plain silver black and royal blue card.

The letters are old Papermania ones from my stash, the ribbon is from Hobbycraft, the button was from a wool shop in Swindon and the QPR badge was cut from the envelope the invitation was in. I used a Cuttlebug folder on the plain card and a couple of stick on pearls.
I had so much fun making this card yesterday and it came together in about 30 mins, including the printing!
My back is feeling a bit better today than it did yesterday after my Physio, I have got another session booked Friday...not looking forward to that!
Sorry about the long post and all the photos!
Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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Introducing....Sonny Honeycloud!

Paula gave you all some sneak peeks at her new range of Clear stamps yesterday featuring the adorable brand new Sonny Honeycloud. I have a card to share with you today I made quite a few weeks ago when the DT got to play with the stamps. I couldn't wait to get my hands on them after a few teasers from Paula!


Sonny is all dressed up for Christmas and I coloured her in to match these Funky Smirk Christmas papers, added some lovely ribbon a punched scallop strip and a die cut snowflake to make a fun Christmas card.
If you check out the Pollycraft Challenge blog you can see a few more examples of cards made using Sonny. Don't forget to enter Paula's fabulous candy to mark the release of the new stamps.
Click on the image below for all the details.

I had my first appointment with the Physio yesterday so am quite uncomfortable and not moving around as well today after being prodded about but she seems confident she will be able to sort me out. Am on the sofa again today with heat pads on my back and all wrapped up as it is freezing today!
Have a good Tuesday.
Jane
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My Funky Hand cards in Papercraft Essentials

Sorry I have not been around for a while, I am still suffering with my back so haven't been able to sit at my desk and do any crafting for over a week now, there won't have any DT cards to share with you this week either but as I am improving a little every day, I am hoping I will be back at my sorkdesk soon.


This is just a quick post to let you know that this month's Papercraft Essentials has a fab freebie. There is a lovely collection of Funky Hand Winter Skating Papers. Anice was looking for someone to make cards to show the readers what they could do with the papers so I volunteered and made 5 cards which are published in the Magazine (you can see 2 of them in the top right hand corner of the cover too). It's so exciting to see my work published! Thanks Anice and Papercraft Essentials!
I hope you are having a good weekend.
Jane
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Get Funky November Challenge- Tag it!

Hi there everyone. I apologise for my absence over the pas t few days. We went to Eurodisney for a few days over half term then developed a bad back the day after we came back. After a long visit to A+E it turns out I have Sacroilitis. I have never know pain like this before! I am gutted as I missed the Christmas Cardmaking Marathon I was supposed to be attending Saturday and cannot sit, lie down or stand without any pain. I am going back to the doctors today and I hope to be referred to a physio.
Luckily, I had made my Project for the Get Funky Challenge a few weeks ago...I used papers from theAll I want for xmas download, and the gorgeous little sentiment digi that is included in the download too!!.



The Challenge theme this month is 'Tag it'. All you need to do is have fun creating a TAG using your favourite funky hand papers. You can create any kind of tag or project including a tag for this challenge!!

The other thing to remember is that your project will only be eligible for the prize if you use at least one Funky Hand product - there are LOADS of papers and extras to choose from so that bit won't be difficult! Click HERE for a quick link to the Funky Hand website ;-).
Here's how to be in with a chance of winning this month's £20.00 voucher to spend in the Funky Hand on-line shop:
1. Add your 'TAG IT' project to your blog,
2. Don't forget to say which Funky Hand product(s) you've used,
3. Go back to the Challenge blog before midnight on Tuesday 30th November (UK time) and add your challenge entry to our little inlinkz gadget at the bottom of the post!!

I hope you will be able to join us. I am not sure when I will be back as I am unable to make anything at the moment.
Take care and have a great Monday.
Jane
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Funky Hand on Create and Craft tomorrow!

Anice will be on Create and Craft tomorrow at 11am with her Papercraft Factory CDs. Make sure you look out for some of my cards...

I have sent 6 in to be used as samples for the show, it is the first time my cards will have been on TV!
I am so excited but won't be watching live as I will be at an all day Christmas Cardmaking Marathon.
I will be recording it though and will be watching it while I eat my Dinner :-) Tune in to channel 671 on Sky or Channel 36 Freeview if you can!
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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Felicity and Friends at Christmas time...

I have a couple of simple Christmas cards to share with you today which I made using a couple of the Felicity and Friends images which were recently released by Paula at Pollycraft. They will go towards my stock for my stall at the Christmas Fayre in November.

The first one was made with leftover papers from last year by K+Co and a scrap of Crate paper.
All papers on this card are by Crate paper. The twine is by The Ribbon Girl and so is the cute little button.
Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Another Christmassy card...

I have another card with Father Christmas on to share with you today. This one was also made with Crate paper backing papers and a very simple layout.


This fabulous Santa image is available here from Pollycraft. I love all of Paula's new realeases for Christmas! There are some special offers at the Pollycraft shop at the moment....

Save over £5 by purchasing all 17 felicity and friends images, and get a FREE not yet seen image of Felicity herself!

offer ends 7th November

Buy the full set of Lilybean Fairies... which is already a FAB price!! and get the 2 new Snowfairies FREE

offer ends 31st October

Ideal to treat yourself as a very early Christmas present!
Have a fab Wednesday!
Jane
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Santa's Delivery

It's been a little while since I have shared a card made with Di's wonderful digis. I absolutely adore this image. I think he is the perfect Santa!


He is available to buy here from Di's Digi Downloads along with so many other wonderful images.
The paper I used is from Crate paper and I teamed it with some of my favourite Bobunny Double dot card.
The buttons and ribbon are from my stash.
Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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Squigglefly Challenge - Colours of the season

The theme for this week's Squigglefly Challenge is to use the 'Colours of the Season'. I have chosen to make a card using one of Jane's adorable little Monsters and some of the fabulous Spooky Dookie Funky Hand papers.

I made a round card using my Nestabilities and then added two of the papers which I cut with pinking scissors and then my Nestabilities. I added faux stitching with a pen and some American Crafts Thickers letters. The flowers and button were from my stash and the twine is by The Ribbon Girl.
Make sure you check out the Squigglefly blog for more fabulous seasonal cards!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - a fab sketch Challenge!

It's Monday already so it's time for a new Pollycraft Challenge and this week we have as fabulous sketch for you to follow. I made a card using some papers I have had in my stash for ages and I have finally used them all up now! You may have seen the other cards I made with them last week.

I used the adorable Mimi and Marley on my card and the freebie sentiment from a couple of weeks ago which I split in half so I could put it over both sides of my gatefold card.
I loved making this card! I added a little closure made with a couple of punched circles and some twine fixed on with some eyelets. Mimi and Marley look so cute in these bright colours!

Here is the fabulous sketch. I hope you will be able to join us
for this Challenge!

Make sure you check out the blog for loads of fabulous cards
from the rest of the Design Team and I look forward to seeing
all your cards.

Have a great Monday!

Jane
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Squigglefly release day

It's Squigglefly release day and I have a card to share with you today which I made using a sentiment by Jess Holland.

I printed the sentiment and then cut it out into a tag shape with a Spellbinders die. I then layered it on to red card also cut into a tag shape. I covered the card base with green Papermania patterned paper and topped this with a red cardstock square which had been punched with a scallop punch along one edge. I added more patterned paper on top of this and sewed around the edges. I added the tag and embellished it with ribbons, buttons and gems and finished the card with a lovely little Santa which is available from Squigglefly here.
Make sure you check out Squigglefly today for lots of new images, including some fab designs by new artist Abz Hakim.
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Pick up a Pollycraft Friday Freebie!

Paula has the cutest freebie for you all today on the Tales from Pollycraft blog. These adorable penguins!

I coloured them with my Promarkers and added them to a card made with a gorgeous Pink Paislee paper available from Crafty Emma's store. The sentiment was last week's freebie and it goes so well with the Penguin image.
When you go and pick up your freebie make sure you enter the Secret stamps candy!

Paula has some amazing prizes on offer if you enter before the 20th of November. Click on the picture above for more details on how to take part.
I hope you have a great Friday!
Jane
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Codi - Christmas Candy

I have a card to share with you today which I made using a Codi image from the latest Pollycraft release.
I cut a card base using my Nestabilities topped it with red card, used some lovely Christmas tree card to layer on the top and I sewed around the edges with red thread.


I wrapped the card with twine and then added my coloured in Codi on top with foam pads. I tied a bow with American crafts ribbon which I stuck over the twine and then topped this with a tag, charm and a lovely spotty button from The Ribbon Girl.
It's been a while since I made a little shaped card and I loved making this one so you expect to see a few more from me soon!
Have as great Thursday!
Jane
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WOYWW - I've moved!!

I haven't moved house but I have moved my Craft area within my house. I have moved my craft desk and all my stash to my hallway downstairs and my desk is tucked nice and neatly under the stairs.

I have some work in progress on my desk. Some cards made with Pollycraft images and images from Di's Digi downloads. The cards all have sewing on them and are laid out on the desk with glitter glue drying on them. It is much nicer having my desk downstairs rather than in my room as I feel much more part of everything else going on...
...and I get to spend much more time with Charley too :-)
I hope you enjoy having a look at my very tidy desk, if you would like to see more workdesks, please pop over to Julia's for loads more!
Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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A Red and Green card for The Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge

I had a crafting session last night to get up to date with my DT work and when I had finished, I treated myself to a little play time. I made this quick card using an image which was sent to me by the lovely Becky as part of my birthday present.

I coloured the image using my Promarkers and cut it out with my Nestabilities. I used a lovely paper from my scraps box and layered it on to red and green paper and ran my sewing machine around the edges. I added some lovely gingham ribbon, an Elzybells sentiment and a lovely little button from The Ribbon girl.
I am entering this card in the 2nd Ribbon Girl Colour Challlenge, the theme this month is Red and Green.
Jane
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Some more Funky Halloween cards

I had a little play yesterday with some more of the papers and toppers from the Spooky Dookie paper download available here from Funky Hand.

You get lots of toppers in the download so it is great to make quick an easy cards. For the first one, I cut some of the orange spotty paper to fit my base card, I then wrapped it with stripey twine which I tied in a knot. I cut out one of the toppers and another moon from another topper and covered this in glitter before adding it with foam pads. I cut 3 bats out from one of the backing papers and added them to the moon before sticking the finished topper to the card. I added a little button and a couple of stick on pearls to finish the card.
My second card was very quick to make. I cut a piece of stripey paper and added it to the base card. I then cut out the topper and added it to the base with foam pads. I added a couple of little ghosts cut from one of the backing papers and added them to the card with foam pads, I added a bit of sparkle to them with glitter glue. As a finishing touch, I added a little bow topped with a ghost brad and a little gem.
My last card uses the letters included on the topper sheet. I cut these out with my craft knife and added them with foam pads to a circle which I had cut with my pinking circle Nestabilities. I layered up some of the patterned papers with black card, wrapping the orange dotty paper with stripey twine. I added eyes to my 'Boo' and then stuck my topper on to the base card. As a finishing touch, I added glossy accents to the letters and a little spotty button.
I have been experimenting with different backgrounds for my photos, I think this Kraft card makes the photos look a bit dull...I will try something else next time but will probably end up going back to the white!
I have a fun day planned today. This morning, I will be showing my Mum how to make a few simple Christmas cards, I am taking some card making supplies so she can have a little play and then hopefully I can convert her to crafting too!
Have a great Sunday!
Jane
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CES Challenge #8 - Make a male Birthday card

It's Saturday and it's an exciting day for me as it is my turn to pick the theme for this week's CES Challenge!
I have chosen 'Male Birthday card' as my theme this week in honour of my dear Dad who celebrated his birthday on Monday. I decided to try something a bit different this week and coloured the fabulous Ronnie in sepia tones to create a vintage look card.

I used Paris Nights GCD papers to make my card. They are just gorgeous and have a lovely vintage feel to them so the card I made is a bit different to my usual style.
The sentiment I used is by Cat's Life Press.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win...a selection of flowers, leaves, buttons & springs

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for some inspiration from the fabulous DT and our very talented Guest Designers.
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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A birthday card for my Dad.

I promised yesterday that I would share the card I made for my Dad's birthday with you so here it is!

I made a card blank using a Sizzix label die which I topped with some lovely DCWV tartan paper. I added a cute image by The Greeting Farm which I coloured with Promarkers, some twine and a Wild Rose Studio sentiment and finished off with some of my favourite Prima letters.
Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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A celebration for the Squigglefly Challenge.

The theme for the Squigglefly Challenge this week is 'Celebration' and there is no better celebration than a Birthday .Two People who are very special to me are celebrating their Birthdays today...my dear Dad (I will share his card with you tomorrow...) and my good Friend Petra.
Petra is an immensely talented lady, she makes the most wonderful cakes, cards and altered projects. She is such an inspiration to me as she approaches every Project she undertakes with such dedication and a unbeatable sense of perfectionism which shows in everything she does.

I just had to make a card with a cake on to celebrate her Birthday and these images by Jane Beljo available here from Squigglefly were perfect! The backing paper I used is from the Funky Hand Colour me Happy CD, the sentiment is Hero Arts and the twine and button are from The Ribbon Girl.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge, please check out the other DT cards on the blog for more inspiration!
Enjoy the rest of your Monday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - It's a Fairytale!

I's Monday already so it's time for another Pollycraft Challenge. The theme this week is 'It's a Fairytale' I decided to make something other than a card. I used some Cosmo Cricket Togetherness papers with Cuthbert and Kiki images.

Cuthbert is coming to rescue little Princess Kiki from her tower :-) The numbers I used on the Clock are by Prima as are the flowers.
I bought the clock face and the mechanism from one of the Craft Pound shop stalls at on the craft shows recently. Making the clock was really simple as the points in between the scallops was where the numbers needed to go.
Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of fabulous Projects from the DT. I hope you will be able to join us this week, we are being sponsored this week by the Craft Garden and there is a £10 voucher for the winner.

Have a lovely Monday! I will be back later with another card for the Squigglefly Challenge.
Jane
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Something Spooky Dookie is going on at Funky Hand!!

Anice has released a fun Spooky Dookie collection of fabulously colourful papers which incudes toppers, alphas...all you need to make wonderful Halloween cards!

I made a quick card using the ghost backing paper and one of the toppers. The orange is just so yummy and bright and those ghosts are so cute! The ribbon and button I used are from The Ribbon Girl.

You can see a few more of the papers and toppers in the little sneaky peek above, if you click on the image it will take you straight to the new collection.
Have a Spooky Dookie day!
Jane
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Squigglefly release day and a new artist

It's Squigglefly release day and this week I have made card using a fun sentiment by new artist Jess Holland.

I used the card blanks I bought in Paperchase last week and the papers are from the Togetherness collection by Cosmo Cricket. The Owl I used is a digi stamp by Jane Beljo which is also available from Squigglefly.
The funky button is by The Ribbon Girl and the Flowers are from my stash.
I hope you have a great Saturday!
Jane
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A Wedding card

Here is a Wedding card I made for a colleague who is tying the knot at then end of the month. Some of you may have seen this on my desk on Wednesday. I used two grooms from Lori Boyd and all the papers are from the DCWV 'Be Mine' stack. I am not really pleased with the card, I think maybe I shouldn't have added the bow and the grooms should have been coloured to match...not sure...I just know something is wrong with it!

I am so glad it is Friday, I am absolutely exhausted and cannot wait for the weekend to have a bit of a lie in. Travelling to London every day has not been fun and I am relieved that today is my last day. I will not be staying on to do any shopping after my course finishes although I did treat myself to some blank Kraft cards from the Paperchase at the station in my lunch break yesterday and I will be going back for more today :-)
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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The Sweetest Birthday ever!

I don't often do very pink and girly but I have a card to share with you today which most definitely is. I didn't even sit at my Craft desk yesterday as I was exhausted when I got home. We had takeaway Pizza and I just collapsed on the sofa! At this rate, I am not going to make it to any of my planned crafty places in London!

I made this card a little while ago and I don't think I have shown it yet. I used a fabulous image from Squiggle Stamps, Daisy with her Balloon which is available here.
I combined her in a simple layout with a sentiment stamp from a set I bought last year at Alexandra Palace. The papers were from my scrap box and the button is ancient! I just adore little Daisy and I loved matching all the patterns and papers to make this card!
I hope you are all having a good week...
Jane
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WOYWW - mess from a finished card

My first day of commuting to London for my course went well even though the train journey home was a bit long and boring. The course content started to make sense in the afternoon so I am not too worried about going back tomorrow.

I decided to make a card when I came home for a Wedding with two grooms so I got to work with some Lori Boyd images. I had decided to craft to relax but this did not happen as everything that could go wrong with this card did and I am not 100% happy with the card. I didn't feel like tidying up when I finished so my desk is messy, it actually looks a lot worse in real life! If you would like to see more desks and maybe share a photo of yours, please pop over to Julia's for some WOYWW fun!
Jane
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A couple of Funky Christmas cards

Anice asked the Funky Hand DT a few days to come up with some Christmassy cards using some of her Papercraft Factory CDs to show that the papers can be used all year round.

I really enjoyed the Challenge and chose to use the Merry Berry collection from the Colour Me Happy CD.

I printed off my favourite papers in the collection and added in a couple of digi images from the All I want for Christmas paper download and set to work. It didn't take me long to make these cards, I love these colours and mixed in with a little red stitching, they are perfect for Christmas!
I won't have much time for crafting the rest of this week as I will be commuting to London every day for a course, I hope I will be able to fit in a little trip to Blade Rubber stamps and the Paperchase flagship store and it will make all the travelling worthwile!
Jane
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