Christmas Jumper

I have had a bit of a rest from crafting the past few days getting ready for my return to work but I have a card to share with you today I made last week.

I used the 'Ethan's New Jumper' digital stamp which is available here from Pollycraft and coloured him with Promarkers to match some ancient backing papers I found in my stash. I kept the layout really simple and added one of my favourite Paper Makeup sentiment stamps and a little stick on pearl to finish the card off.
I hope you are having a good week so far.
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Pink, Blue and Brown

We have a colour Challenge for you this week on the Pollycraft Challenge blog. This week the lovely Lynsey has chosen a theme of Pink, Blue and Brown. I don't think I'd ever used those three colours before on a card but I definitely will be again, I loved the result so thanks for the inspiration Lynsey!

I used the lovely Sonny Honeycloud 'Winter' stamp in my card with a sentiment from the clear stamp set. I pulled out my embossing folder again and my sewing machine and stitched a little Winter scene for Sonny to stand in. The pink paper is from Cosmo cricket and the blue was a freebie in a magazine.
I made an embellishment using my favourite snowflake die, some ribbon
which has been in my stash for ages and a Ribbon Girl button. The finishing touch was a couple of brown gems on the sentiment strip. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win a pack of 5 Promarkers.
Make sure you check out the blog for lots of stunning inspiration from the DT.
Jane
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Squigglefly Challenge - Let it snow!

It's Monday and time for a new Squigglefly Challenge. The theme this week is 'Let it Snow' so we want to see lots of snowflakes on your creations.

I chose to use my all time favourite Santa image. He is just so adorable, I have made so many cards using him as he is so quick to colour and looks great every time. This time, I used a simple layout with some stitching and embossing onto some red snowflake paper. I added Ribbon Girl twine and a little stamped tag to finish the card off and a little pom pom on Santa's hat.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. This is my last card as part of the Squigglefly DT as my 6 months on the team are coming to an end. I have had such fun playing with all the images and can't believe how quickly the time has gone!
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Christmas is sweet!

I have a quick share for you today. This is a card I made using one of the new lovely Cherry kisses images. This image is called 'Christmas is sweet' and it is one of my favourites.

I made the card using scraps from my neverending scrap box and pulled them all together with stitching and ribbon, a button and twine from The Ribbon Girl. I coloured the image with my Promarkers, her face does not look quite as pale in real life.
I hope you are having a good weekend. We are having a quiet day today, I am going food shopping and then for a coffee with my Hubby and that's it.
Jane
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Playing with my new stamps!

I was extremely lucky to be picked as the winner of the last Squiggle Stamps blog challenge with my glittery card and was able to choose lots of lovely stamps as my prize. I was so excited as I never win blog challenges! I received my package of lovely rubber stamps very quickly and also chose a couple of digi images too, including the one I have used in this card.

I LOVE this image, it was such a delight to colour and I had lots of fun matching my colours to these gorgeous Basic Grey papers. I am wondering what I am going to do after Christmas as I feel I have been making Christmas cards forever, I think I am addicted. I die cut a snowflake which I doused in lots of glitter to use as a base for my greeting which is tied with Ribbon Girl twine.
I am entering this card into this month's Challenge which is for a guest DT slot.

I have now officially finished my Christmas shopping. Most was completed online this year and I popped to Marks with my Hubby for a couple of hours today to get the last few bits. There are a few bits to wrap and the tree still to put up but it is finally beginning to 'look a bit like Christmas' in the Millard household!
Jane
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Pollycraft Friday Freebie

I had expected to be back a bit earlier than this to share this card. I had Physio on my back this afternoon which has left me in a bit of pain and I fell asleep after my Dinner!
Here is the card I made with the latest Pollycraft Friday Freebie 'Decorations'.
He is available here from Pollycraft and was just so lovely to colour in! I made the card using leftover scraps from my scraps box and a ribbon I have had in my stash for ages.


I added lots of gems, a bit of glitter and one of my favourite Ribbon Girl buttons to finish the card off.
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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A Shaped card for Someone Special...

I have a shaped card to share with you today which I made yesterday for my kids to give my lovely Hubby for Christmas. I used a template from Making cards to make the Star Shaped card. It was really simple to make and I love the finished result.

I cut the base card from Gingham card which I bought from my local craft shop and decorated it with scraps of green and red papers.

The little Santa in the centre is from Squigglefly, the large letter stickers have been in my stash for ages and fitted the space perfectly. All the other bits and bobs have been lurking in my stash for ages so I was really glad to use them on this project.
I am entering this card into the Winter Wonderland Challenge which is to create a shaped card and also into the Moving Along with times Challenge which is to create a card for Someone Special, as my Hubby is :-)
Have a good Thursday! My kids are as they have a day off school because of the snow.
Jane
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Get Funky December Challenge

Can you believe it is already the 1st of December? I can't!! The kids are excited as they have opened the 1st window on their Advent Calendars. We normally put our tree up on the 1st but I don't feel very Christmassy yet.
We have a sketch for you to follow this month on the Get Funky Challenge Blog.
We have joined Kathy and her team on her Sketch Challenge blog and I made this card using Gingham papers from the Colour Me Happy CD.

I used Kraft as my base card which I embossed and then I layered up the Ginghams and lace to follow the sketch. The letters I used are by Prima.

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win a voucher to spend on lovely goodies at Funky Hand.
Enjoy the rest of your Wednesday and keep warm!
Jane
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New Pollycraft images

Paula has been very busy designing some wonderful new images for Christmas. There are more cute Cherry Kisses available and for the first time every she has drawn a Jerry Kisses!

I love the Cherry Kisses images but I couldn't wait to make some cards with Jerry! I have made a couple of cards for my boys. The first one is for my 13 year old. I used Crate paper papers for his card and Echo Park letter stickers.

The second card was made with Cosmo Cricket papers and is for my youngest Son who is 11. I added lots of glitter to the Snowman and lots of stitching on both cards.
Make sure you check out the Tales from Pollycraft blog for lots of fabulous samples from the DT.
I didn't make it back to work Monday, my few hours out and a short drive on Saturday left me in agony so it was back to the Doctor's for more tablets which are completely wiping me out, I just fall asleep an hour after I take them. My brain seems to have gone into meltdown to join my back as I got my Physio appointments all mixed up this week, we went on Monday and waited in the waiting room for 40mins before the Receptionist realised I was waiting for an appointment which was booked for Wednesday! How embarrassing!
Anyway, onwards and upwards, things can only get better...
Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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My Guest DT Project for the RIbbon Girl Colour Challenge.

I was delighted and very honoured a few weeks ago to be asked to be a Guest Designer for The Ribbon Girl, my favourite shop for gorgeous ribbons, buttons and lots of other beautiful goodies for my cards. Today, the new Colour Challenge was launched and the colour theme is lilac, pink and white.
I made a gift card holder using a Sizzix die from lilac card and really went to town decorating it with scrummy goodies from The Ribbon Girl.

To decorate the gift card holder, I matted some Cosmo Cricket card onto kraft card and sewed around the edges.I used the super cute Winter Dana and Penny digi stamp by Lori Boyd and coloured them in pinks and lilacs to suit the them.
I made an embellishment by cutting a snowflake from acetate and covering in two coats of stickles. When it was dry, I layered it up with another snowflake cut from Kraft, a lace snowflake made from the 15mm wide Guipure Lace Diamond Pattern. This was then topped with a lovely lavender button.

I punched through the closing flap and set it with eyelets so I could tie it with organza spot ribbon to attach a tag and added a punched snowflake with a gem in the centre.

I printed a label for the inside of the pocket on my PC and cut it out with a Nesties label shape before adding a couple more snowflakes to the inside.

Click on the logo below to take you to the Challenge blog for some inspiration from the DT.

The Challenge will close on Sunday December 12th (Midnight UK time), and Mary and Andrea will randomly select one project to win this gorgeous prize from the Ribbon Girl

I would like to Thank Mary and Andrea for allowing me to join them for this Challenge, it was loads of fun creating this gift card holder and using all the lovely Ribbon girl goodies to embellish it. I am in a bad way again with my back today so it will be a very quiet day for me today with no crafting and just trying to keep warm.
Enjoy your Sunday!
Jane
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CES Challenge #14 - Vintage Christmas

It's time for another CES Challenge and this time we have a theme of Vintage Christmas.
I don't do much 'vintage' so this was a bit of a Challenge for me but I am delighted with my finished card.


I used Pink Paislee 'Father Christmas' papers to decorate the base card which was made using a scalloped circle Nestie. The ribbon and trim are Websters and they are delicious. I triple embossed a small Santa image from the paper pack to make a mini enamelled picture to add to the card and finished with a pin, snowflake and button and lots of pearls.
Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of Vintage inspiration and take part in the Challenge for the chance to win the Pink Paislee papers I used for my card.
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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A matching set for Dad

It was my Hubby's Birthday yesterday and this is the card I made for the boys to give him. I made a wordbook from the Funky Hand Colour me Happy CD and a matching box for the CD they bought him.

I love the Wordbooks on the Papercraft Factory CDs as you can have the letters and papers in any combination/colour, it's great to have so much choice.
I added a little tag made up with an SRM sticker and tied it with some Bobunny ribbon. The little ball embellishments were an RAK gift from a blogging friend.
I made a matching box using my scoring board and some more papers from the CD. I printed out some letters from the extras section on the CD and cut them into a tag shape which I backed with the leftovers from the Wordbook.
I added another SRM sticker along the bottom of the box.
My Hubby has taken the day off today and we are going out for a couple of hours to do some Christmas shopping in Camberley as part of my 'reintroduction to society' in preparation for my return to work Monday :-)
Have a great Friday and a good weekend.
Jane
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Squiggles and Sparkles

I have made another card for another challenge! I seem to be on a bit of a roll!
I am entering this very sparkly card into this month's Squiggle Stamps Challenge. I used some very old sparkly card I have had for about two years and sewed an embossed piece of white card on to it. I them printed and coloured the gorgeous angel image and glittered it and added it to a scalloped square cut from glittery card.
You can see the way I glittered the image from the close up, I used Diamond Sparkles, it is so glittery, I love it!
I added a sentiment stamped onto a Stampin Up tab punched shape and some gems to the centres of some of the snowflakes for an extra bit of sparkle!
Jane
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A Birthday card for my lovely Hubby

It's my lovely Hubby's birthday tomorrow and I left it a bit late to make him a card and was stuck for inspiration so I decided to follow the Wild Rose Studio sketch and then part in their blog hop. I've never taken part in a blog hop before and it was lovely seeing all the new stamps in the fabulous samples made by the DT.

I used a Wild Rose studio stamp I bought at a show but have never used for my card and some of my lovely new My Mind's Eye papers.
I followed this lovely sketch by Dawny P which was used by all the members of the DT.

I really enjoyed using the bright summery colours after all the Christmassy colours I have been using on my cards. The spotty ribbon and epoxy star were from my stash and I have had them a long time.
I am also entering this card in to this week's Passion for Promarkers challenge.
The theme is old/new and the papers and stamps I have used are my brand new items, the epoxy button and ribbon are my old items.
I am slowly getting back to some sense of normality now after being out of action due to my back, I don't normally have time to take part in many Challenges so this has been a nice change for me! I am now off to link up my card
I hope you enjoy the rest of your day.
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Blue

As promised I am back with my DT card for the Pollycraft Challenge. This weekw we are feeling blue as Ria has left the DT after two years. We will miss you Ria!

For my card, I used one of the lovely new Cherry Kisses Christmas images and coloured her in with Promarkers. I used some of my new Bobunny Christmas papers. They are so beautiful, I love them! I finished the card with some ribbons, brads and flowers. I don't make many blue cards and I wasn't sure about this one but it is growing on me...

Our fabulous sponsor this week is the lovely Wendy from Secret Crafter

And 1 lucky winner will reciver these 2 FABBY Stamps!

I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. Make sure you check out the blog for more inspiration from the DT and our fabulous guest Deirdre.
Enjoy the rest of your day, I am off to the Physio this afternoon for a bit more work on my back.
Jane
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Squigglefly Challenge - Thank You

It's Monday so it's time for another Squigglefly challenge! This week our theme is Thank you/Give Thanks/ Thankful! You can combine our challenge with others! So dig out your Squigglefly images and come and join us!!
I made another mini shaped card which I decorated with scraps from my scrap box and a little stitching. I used Sherman the Sheep who is available here from Squigglefly. I coloured him with Promarkers and some distress ink and cut and added some clouds to which I added a sentiment and a button.
Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for more gorgeous inspiration from the DT.
Have a great Monday, I will be back later with my Pollycraft Challenge DT card.
Jane
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Mini bauble cards and a fabulous freebie!

I have a couple of mini cards to share with you today which I made with the fabulous freebie which is available on the very talented Wendy Colledge's blog.

For the first card, I cut a scalloped circle card and used a red spotty backing paper from the Cosmo Cricket Mitten Weather stack and first printed the bauble on to a piece of printer paper. I then held the paper up to the light with a piece of patterned paper over it so I could see the outlines and make sure the pattern was centered on the bauble. I then stuck this in place and ran it back through the printer. I printed the bauble on card and then paper pieced the bauble on to the image. I finished with a mini stamped tag tied with twine and added a button, both from the Ribbon Girl.
For the second card, I used table scatter I bought from Tesco's to make a flocked pattern on the image of the bauble. I ran them through my Xyron sticker maker to make them sticky and then added them to a bauble which I had coloured with Promarkers. I finished with gems and another mini tag tied with twine.
I hope you have a great Sunday, ours is a quiet one catching up on some chores and watching a bit of TV and reading the papers :-)
Jane
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A sorry cat for Squigglefly release day!

It's release day at Squigglefly today and I have a quick and easy fun little card to
share with you made with 'Soaking Kitty' which is available here from Squigglefly.

I made a very simple card and added the image at an angle before finishing with a bow and some letter stickers.
Have a great weekend, and make sure you check out all the new releases on the Squigglefly website.
Jane
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A Pollycraft Friday Freebie and some bargains!

I {heart} Maurice! If you love him too, make sure you pop over to the Tales from Pollycraft blog to get your own Maurice Friday Freebie.


This image is simply fabulous, I couldn't resist making not one but two cards to share with you today! I used some gorgeous vintagey papers by Making Memories with some Kraft paper.


I printed the sentiment on the computer, added a bit of stitching, some felt star brads and the fabulous image on foam pads for a quick but fun card.

If you fancy doing a bit of shopping today, Emma has a special offer on in her store

***FREE P&P UNTIL 10AM MONDAY***

SELECT THE FREE POSTAGE OPTION

(ie over £30)

OR SPEND OVER £30 AND CHOOSE ANOTHER £3.00 WORTH OF PRODUCTS FOR FREE - USE THE CODE OVER30

but that's not all...

Anice also has some bargains for you on the Funky Hand website...
All Funky Hand Original Collections are permanently reduced in price to make room for all the exciting things which will be arriving next year!
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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Some very exciting news!

If you are a regular visitor to my blog you know how much I love the buttons, twine, ribbon and many more lovely things which Mary and Andrea have for sale at The Ribbon Girl. Words can't describe how thrilled I was when Mary and Andrea asked if I would like to join their Design Team as a Guest Design Team member for November and December!

I accepted straight away and am so honoured to join the very talented ladies of the Design Team for the next couple of months. I have received my DT pack full of gorgeous goodies and will be getting to work soon!
Thanks so much Mary and Andrea!
Jane
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All zipped up for the Moxie Fab World Challenge

I couldn't resist playing along with the latest Moxie Fab World Challenge which is to incorporate zips in your project.




I made a rose from a zip I recycled from a cushion cover which had been chewed by the dog and was going to be thrown away. I added a couple of little felt leaves which I hand stitched. I made a simple card using American Crafts papers and ribbon and a little sentiment by Paper Makeup. The finishing touch was a little gem. I am on the lookout for more zips to recycle now as this was so much fun. Thanks for the inspiration Moxie Fab World!
Jane
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Loving this white stuff

A quick post today to show you a card I made using an adorable digi image from Di's Digi Downloads which is available here.

I used a paper from a new Bobunny stack which is available from The Funky Farm Scrapbook barn, a nesties Snowflake die which I topped with some flowers cut from tulle and a button from The Ribbon Girl.
Have a good Monday.
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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Merry& Bright

I had a huge flash of crafty inspiration last night when I was blog hopping and just had to make a card as soon as I saw this wonderful Freebie digi stamp on the very talented Wendy Colledge's blog.

I made this card 1st. All cards were made using a Sizzix card die. I printed one of the images with the text and one without in the same size and cut out the image with the text using a Nestabilities die.


I printed the bulbs separately and coloured them in using some of my favourite colours then mounted them on to the background with foam pads and added glossy accents to each one and a gem to dot the 'i'.


Then, this morning I tried a pink variation. Not sure about this one. I used twine from The Ribbon Girl on all the cards.

I think this one might be my favourite. I used red card for the base card and greens and reds for the bulbs. When I visualised the cards, I had Kraft in mind as I thought it would work well against the bright white textured card but I do like the red.
Enjoy the rest of your Saturday!
Jane
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