A Simply Sassy Christmas card

Morning Everyone! I hope you are having a good week. Thank you for all the lovely comments you have been leaving me recently. I have been really busy this week but finally had some time to do some crafting last night. I ordered this Secret Santa Simply Sassy stamp a few weeks ago and was itching to get her inked up and made into a card and I thought she would be perfect to use for the sketch which is this week's theme on the Passion for Promarkers Challenge blog.

I used Basic Grey papers from last year and a scrap of digi paper leftover from another Project. I used a Chipboard sticker which I bought in a sale in Hobbycraft and some label font letter stickers for my sentiment and some adorable pom pom trim and a Jillibean soup die cut to which I added some stick on gems.

I loved using the fab sketch by Michele, it was so easy to follow and I will be digging this one out again soon for more cards. I am hoping to have some more crafting time tonight, I really miss it if I don't do anything for a few days! Have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge

Hi there! It is Wednesday already and time for a new Whiff of Joy Challenge. I have made a card using the fabulous sketch and an image from last month's release called On time for class.

I coloured the image in with my Promarkers and cut it out before layering onto Echo park papers which have been layered onto kraft card. I have used gingham (again....I am a bit addicted to gingham at the moment) ribbon and paper and some raffia ribbon from my stash and a printed sentiment. The corner sticker is also from Echo park.
Here is the fab sketch by the very talented Kylie for you to play with this fortnight.

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for some fabulous inspiration from the Whiff of Joy Challenge DT and all the details of this fortnight's prize. Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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Simply Sassy GDT call

Hi Everyone! I hope you are well. I don't have any new cards to show you today but I thought I would try out again for the latest GDT call for the Simply Sassy blog. I am a huge fan of the Simply Sassy images and am eagerly awaiting the next release on the 23rd to be able to buy some more!!
For the GDT call, Maria has asked for us to share 3 of our favourite Simply Sassy cards which show our style the most and I think these 3 do just that.

My first card features my favourite Simply Sassy image (so far!!) I just love colouring this gorgeous Hippie Chick image and she looks perfect with these papers. I actually made this card for a Sugar Bowl sketch and missed the deadline!
I made my second card for my Son when he got his paper round. I love making cards for boys (lucky as I have 2!) and this Lost in Thought image really reminds me of my Ryan.

My third card uses another of my favourite images, Missing you and lots of distressing with inks and my paper distresser. There is lots of sewing on this one which, if you are a regular visitor to my blog, you will know I love adding to my cards. I often feel my cards don't look finished if I don't add sewing!
So that's it! These are my three! Wish me luck and if you fancy trying out too you can find all the details by clicking on the logo below.

Have a good evening and I will be back in the Morning with my Whiff of Joy DT card for this week.
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - Summer Fun

Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely weekend. We had lots of rain here and I spent a lot of time watching the golf with my Hubby and trying to keep warm! I am looking forward to seeing more sunshine soon! We have a great theme for you this week. Marit has chosen Summer Fun as our theme this week on the Pollycraft Challenge blog and I have chosen to use Barbeque Chester for my card which I teamed with some fab paper I discovered in my stash!

I added some stitching, lots of gingham ribbon and a Pink Petticoat sentiment and coloured Chester with my Promarkers before cutting him out and adding him to my card with foam pads.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We are sponsored this week by Quixotic Paperie which is one of my favourite shops!

If you take part this week, you may win 2 packs of Make it crafty chipboard embellishments. Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and some fab inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie GDT for the Sugar Bowl Challenge

Good Morning Everyone. I hope you are having a good weekend. I had a lovely day yesterday. I had my hair cut and coloured, crafted in the afternoon and then went to the cinema with my Hubby in the evening.
I made this card yesterday using one of the fabulous new stamps called 'The best gift is you' from Sugar Nellie which I received in my Guest Design Team package a few days ago. I have followed the sketch fron the current Sugar Bowl Challenge.

I coloured the image with Promarkers and then cut it out and distressed and inked the edges. I used various papers from my scraps layerd up with stitching and added lace to follow the set Challenge theme. I layered up some flowers which I topped with a button to make an embellishment and finished with a tag cut from a printed Pink Petticoat sentiment.

You have until Wednesday 10th August to take part in this Challenge as the Challenge sweeties are going on their Summer Holiday! You can find all the details here.
Have a great Sunday!
Jane
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CES Challenge meets Whiff of Joy DT for a Christmas themed challenge...

Good Morning Everyone! I cannot believe it is the weekend already, I am so glad it has arrived although I am not feeling very well today. I am still in bed which is very unusual for me at this time!
Saturday is CES Challenge day and the theme this week chosen by Emma is Christmas. It does seem strange making Christmas cards before I have even been on my Summer holiday but I always struggle making enough cards so I guess this may push me to be a bit more organised!

I used non Christmas themed papers to make my card. They are all by Echo Park and the kraft paper is from my stash and I embossed it with a snowflake folder which is still one of my favourites in my stash.
The adorable image stamp is by Whiff of Joy and can be found here and the sentiment is from this set.
I punched a strip of green card and wrapped it with gingham bias binding and twine from the Ribbon girl and then tied on a sentiment cut into a banner shape before adding a line of gems and my little image on top.
The snowflake is a Spellbinders shape cut from acetate and glittered with glitter glue after I had added it to the card with a pearl in the centre. I also added some glitter to the candy cane.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a £10 voucher (exc P&P) to spend over at Crafty Emma's Store.

**Check out all the pre-order's....20% of RRP and also new Candi and Sentiments now in stock**

Have a great Saturday and a fab weekend!
Jane
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Wedding day wishes

Hello Everyone! I hope you are all well, I am so happy it is Friday! I am being pampered tomorrow morning at my Hairdressers and I hope to do some crafting this weekend after I have tidied up my desk.

I have a card to share with you today which I made using BoBunny papers which you can buy from Crafty Emma's store here and a Pollycraft cake image from the Mini Doodle set which is available here. I used various punches and Nesties to layer up the papers and added seam binding and lots of pearls too. I finished with some paper flowers which I coloured with Promarkers and a pearl button.
Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Gingham for Passion for Promarkers

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far. I have two more baby cards to share with you today. The images I used on these cards are from Squigglefly and the sentiment is from Whiff of Joy.

I used Funky Hand papers and a ribbon from stash on this card along with a tiny flower from Crafty Emma's store.


This card also uses Funky Hand gingham and I used a button from The Funky Farm Scrapbook Barn. I am entering these cards into this week's Passion for Promarkers Challenge, the theme is to use gingham. I was very excited to see this morning that I had been picked as one of the top 5 Passionistas for last week with another baby card! Thank you ladies!

I had a lovely evening out crafting yesterday with my Friend Petra and new Friend Lucy who are both exceptionally talented crafters. We chatted, ate good food and I even managed to make good progress on a Commission I am working on! I hope you have a great Thursday!
Jane
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Moon Lullaby

Hi Everyone! I hope you are all well. A quick post from me today to share a card made with one of the new images from Pollycraft. This little cutie is called 'Moon Lullaby' and is available here from Pollycraft.
I used some old papers from my stash layered onto pink card and sewed around the edges before adding to my card base. I coloured my image with Promarkers and cut it our before adding it to the card with foam pads and added glitter glue to the stars. The sentiment is an SRM sticker and I finished with a flower topped with a button and some yellow stick on pearls. I had a busy evening yesterday working on a Magazine Commission and am popping out tonight for an evening of Crafting with some friends. It's been a long time since I went out to craft in a group, I am really looking forward to it although deciding what to pack was hard! I have loaded up my little car with lots of bags and am only planning on making 4 cards!
Have a great day!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - The Great Outdoors + digi winner!

Hello again! I am back with my DT card for this week's Pollycraft Monday Challenge. This week, the lovely Emma has chosen our theme and it is 'The Great Outdoors'. I have made a card using the gorgeous Sonny Honeycloud Rainy Days image.

I used some leftover Pink Paislee papers from a magazine commission and some raindrop paper by Echo Park which was layered up with Die cut kraft which I cut with a Whiff of Joy border die. The gingham was a present from a crafty friend and I die cut the Pink Petticoat sentiment with a My Favourite things Die-namics die. The netting was from my local craft shop and the flowers from my stash, oh and one last thing...the charm and button are from The Ribbon girl! I certainly piled it all on for this card but I love the finished result!
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We are sponsored this week by Crafty Emma's store which stock so many lovely goodies including ALL my favourite paper collections, it's no surprise I never have any money with all tempting goodies Emma has in store!

On last week's Challenge, I offered the chance to win the Little Stars digi I used on my card to be drawn from one of the commenters on the post. Random org picked no7 from the 21 comments which is Carly!
Can you please send me an email to milliesmarvels@gmail.com and I will arrange for your image to be sent to you. Have a great Day!
Jane
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My Mini Santa Shrink Plastic Earrings tutorial on the WOJ Inspirations blog

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good weekend. I have a day off work today and am going shopping with my Mum. I have something a bit different to show you this morning.

I made some little Christmas earrings from the Mini Whiff of Joy Quiet Santa stamp and you can see the full tutorial with all the instructions here.

Tie a yellow ribbon for Passion for Promarkers

Morning Everyone! I hope you are having a good weekend. I had a very productive day yesterday finishing off 5 DT cards which I had been putting together in stages over the past few days. I went to babysit my friend's gorgeous little Son and he obviously wore me out as I fell asleep at my In-laws in the afternoon!

I have a card to share with you today which I made using one of the lovely recently released Little Stars images from Pollycraft. I love these little cuties and they are so much fun to colour in. I used some of my favourite ginghams in a lovely powder blue and teamed it with yellow ribbon, twine and kraft. The sentiment is by SRM stickerss and the little charm is from The Ribbon girl. I am entering this card into this week's Passion for Promarkers challenge, the theme is 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
Have a great Sunday!
Jane
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CES Challenge - A Recipe and some special prizes

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a lovely week. It's CES Challenge day and we have a great Challenge theme for you this week. The lovely Jenny has set a Recipe Challenge, she would like you to use

1 image, 2 ribbon, lace or twine, 3 DP's

I have used some of the gorgeous new Basic Grey Sweet threads papers on my card with one of the gorgeous new Sugar Nellie images from the latest release.

The flowers are from my stash as is the button and the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl. I tied the button on with some button twine. The sentiment was cut using a Spellbinders die from the banner set. It's a special week for us on CES Challenges as we are celebrating...it's Crafty Emma's Store 1st Birthday and the prize on offer for one lucky winner this week is a £20.00 voucher to spend in Crafty Emma's store.

There is also some gorgeous Candy up for grabs on the CES inspirational blog.

If you fancy winning all the gorgeous goodies above, click here to hop over to the Inspirational blog for all the details on how to enter. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge, make sure pop over to the blog for all the details and some fabulous inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Helloooooo Gorgeous!!!

Morning Everyone! Thank you for all your messages of Congratulations on my post yesterday, I am still smiling! It's Pollycraft freebie day today and Paula has added to the fabulous Critter and Cogs with the one and only Gorgeous!

I think I love him nearly as much as my all time favourite Fluffy! You can find all the details on how to get hold of him on the Pollycraft blog. I coloured Gorgeous in with Promarkers to match my checked DCWV paper and then added him to a square of kraft card which I had stamped with a Cat's Life Press stamp. I sewed around the edges with red thread and then finished with a button tied with string.
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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My Profile on the Letraset Website!

Morning Everyone! I hope you are well. I sent an artist profile in ages ago toLetraset and didn't think I stood a chance of it being published on the website. But I had a wonderful surprise when I received the latest copy of the Letraset Newsletter.

My profile has been published! You can read the rest of the article here. How exciting!! Hope you have a great day. Friday tomorrow! Woohoo!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT for the Whiff of Joy Challenge

Good Evening Everyone! I hope you have had a good day! I don't normally post at this time but I have been really busy today! I had a day off work today to wait in for our new oven to arrive. I managed to get 5 DT cards made and am planning a shorter Crafting session this evening to make a card for the Q+A page for Quick Cards Magazine.
A new Whiff of Joy Challenge was set today and the theme is Lace and Pearls. I was going to do pastels and creams for my card but came accross this fab gingham purple card and yellow heart paper in my stash and I just had to use it!

I use some distress inks spritzed with water on my non stick craft sheet to die some lace to match the yellow paper. The image I used is one of the new Mini Stamps which were released this month at Whiff of Joy.
You can find the mini Henry Mouse Hugging heart stamp here. I love making shaped cards with my Spellbinders Grand Nesties and used the large scalloped circle to cut a base for this card. I cut more Nesties shapes and I layered them up with a tag cut using a Whiff of Joy tag die.
The sentiment was made up using some little stickers and the stamp which comes with the cute Henry image.
I finished with some flowers from my stash, a small resin flower, a button and some pearls.
I hope you enjoy the rest of your evening.
Jane
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Daddy cool!

Morning Everyone! I have a very bright card to share with you today which I made using my favourite Maurice from Pollycraft. Maurice is celebrating his birthday so I coloured him in to match the lovely bright colours in these My Mind's Eye papers.

I kept the layout simple and layered up some papers and sewed around the edges before adding them to a kraft card base before popping Maurice on top with some foam pads. The sentiment I used is by Pink Petticoat and I added a Prima pearl as a finishing touch.
Have a great Tuesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft 100th Challenge - Release day - Win a digi!

Good Morning! I hope you had a lovely weekend! I had a great day yesterday at the Newbury Stamp Show and bought lots of new goodies. It's a very exciting day for us today at Pollycraft as we are celebrating our 100th Challenge! The theme for this week's Challenge is Celebrations with an optional 'Stars and Stripes' theme.

I have made a card with one of the new Little Stars images following the theme using some striped Echo Park paper which I layered on to some Kraft card. The sentiment was created using an SRM sticker layered onto kraft and topped with a button, The image was coloured with Promarkers and then cut out. I added glitter glue to the outline of the star. I love this little image, I think she is adorable and you can find 3 other images in this set available from today at Pollycraft. Paula has very generously given each member of the DT some images to give away in addition to this week's prize so if you would like to win a digi image of the cute baby I have used this week, please leave a comment on this post.

If you are able to join us for this week's Challenge you will have a chance of winning the fabulous prize above AND a disc of 100 Pollycraft digis! A great prize to mark our 100th Challenge!
Make sure you check out the Pollycraft Challenge blog for all the details and some fabulous DT cards!
I will announce the winner of my digi giveaway on next Monday's Pollycraft post.
Have a great Monday!
Jane
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The winner of my Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine is...

No 7 which was Jenny!

Please can you send me an email to milliesmarvels@gmail.come and I will send it out to you!

Jane
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Pollycraft new release preview - Little Stars

Morning Everyone! Thank you so much for al the lovely comments you left on my blog yesterday! In a complete contrast to the Christmas cards I have been showing you the past couple of days I have a lovely summery New Baby card which I made using one of the adorable Little Star images which will be available from tomorrow at Pollycraft.

I used some cloud paper from my scraps box and layered it on to Kraft and yellow card and coloured my image with Promarkers before carefully cutting it out and adding it to the layers with foam pads. I added some glitter to the stars and a sentiment sticker from SRM stickers. I added a couple of little yellow pearls as a finishing touch. I am off to the Artstamps UK show at Newbury today. I did no crafting at all yesterday and Friday so I am really looking forward to having a good old shop and buying lots of new goodies! There is still time to enter my Quick Cards Made Easy Magazine giveaway. I will be picking a winner after 6pm local time tonight. Please click here to enter.
I hope you have a good Sunday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie Carnival of Colour Blog Hop day 2

Hello again everyone! Before I show you my Sugar Nellie card for today I wanted to Thank you for all the wonderful comments you left on my blog yesterday, I was overwhelmed by the amount of people who visited! My blog has never been so busy!
We have another day of hopping for you today at Sugar Nellie and I have another Christmas Card to share with you today using a stamp from the new release . If you have come here from the talented Pat's blog you are in the right place, if not you can go back to the start on the Sugar Nellie blog for the full hop order.
The adorable image I have used on my card today is called Snow Buddies and is available here from Sugar Nellie.

I kept the layout of my card simple as I wanted to give the stamped image centre stage. The papers I used are from My Mind's Eye and I the gingham ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl. I coloured my image with Promarkers and added glitter highlights before adding it to a scalloped circle and adding it to the card with foam pads.
Thank you so much for dropping by today, your next stop on the hop is the Sugar Nellie blog.
Have a great weekend!
Jane
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CES Challenge - Woodland creatures

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good week. I have been busy this week so am looking forward to having a bit of a break this weekend. I am going to the Artstamps UK show in Newbury tomorrow with my crafty Friend Petra, am looking forward to spending some pennies!
Saturday is CES Challenge day and this week the lovely Shell has picked our theme and she has chosen

''WOODLAND CREATURES''

This gave me the perfect opportunity to ink up my new Gorjuss girls 'Little foxes' stamp which I have had for a little while but not had a chance to play with yet. I also used some of the Echo Park Walk in the Park park papers which are available here from Crafty Emma's Store.

I used my Nesties to cut a card base and then cut a strip from green paper and punched it with a grass border punch which I layered onto blue paper and then cut again with another Nesties shape. I wrapped it with twine and layered onto a shape cut from tree paper before adding to the card base. I stamped and coloured my images before cutting them out and adding them to my card with foam pads. I added a sentiment stamped onto a Mc Gill Word tag punch and tied it with twine before adding it to my card with a foam pad. The finishing touch was a bow tied from black gingham topped with a white flower button.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a £10 voucher to spend at Crafty Emma's store (P&P not included)

Emma has just added lots of new stock to the preorder section of the shop, feast your eyes on these goodies which are available to preorder now with 20% off the RRP!

There are Christmas Collections from Dovecraft and Fizzy Moon...including papers, stamps, blossoms, buttons, brads etc.

Two new First Edition Pads...

And look at these beauties...

I have a huge addiction to gorgeous patterned papers so I will be adding some of these to my basket on my next visit to Crafty Emma's Store!
Have a great Saturday and I will be back shortly with my card for day 2 of the Sugar Nellie blog hop!
Jane
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Whiff of Joy DT - Mini stamps release

Hello again! I'm back with news of the new releases today at Whiff of Joy. I have a tag to share with you today which I have made for a small Champagne bottle, the perfect gift to Celebrate moving into a new home.

I have used one of the gorgeous new mini stamps which are being released today. This image is a mini version of the I miss you Gnome stamp which is available here from Whiff of Joy. To make the tag, I cut a strip of Kraft card and scored it to make a square in which I punched a hole to drop over the neck of the bottle. I then die cut clouds into the bottom of the tag using the Whiff of Joy Clouds border die. I backed this with blue patterned paper.

I layered up some scraps of patterned papers from my scraps box then die cut a circle topped with more paper scraps to add my coloured image to. I then created a banner tag to which I added letter stickers and finished the tag off with a selection of flowers from my stash. You can see all the new mini stamps released today by clicking on the image below.

Enjoy the rest of your Friday and make sure you check out the rest of the DTs projects on their blogs. The links are in my sidebar.
Jane
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Sugar Nellie Carnival of Colour Blog Hop!!!

Good Morning Everyone! The day I have been waiting for has finally arrived! I am so chuffed to be part of the Carnical of Colour Blog Hop as a Guest Designer for this Sugar Nellie release day. If you have come here from the talented Pat's blog you are in the right place, if not you can go back to the start on the Sugar Nellie blog for the full hop order.


The card I have to share with you today is made with the adorable 'Festive Friends' image which you can buy from today at Sugar Nellie. The papers I have used are not Christmas papers but I think they work really well for this card, it was fun mixing up the different styles of checks and I love the way they look against the Kraft card. The image was coloured with Promarkers and I added a touch of glitter glue to some of the details on the image and the beautiful die cut snowflake. Thanks so much for dropping by! Your next stop is the Sugar Nellie blog which you can find here!
Have a great Friday!
Jane
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