Sugar Nellie DT - Hugs

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and having a good Weekend so far. I can't believe it is December today! I have been Christmas Shopping today and tidying up my house and I have a bit of crafting to do later on and tomorrow but at the moment I have my feet up watching Robbie on the TV at last week's concert. I can't believe this time last week I was at the O2! I have a card to share with you today which I made using a gorgeous Sugar Nellie image by Kathy Hare which is called 'Worried' and is available here from Funky Kits.

I love the little boy's face, he is so cute and I really enjoyed colouring the bear with my Promarkers. I have been experimenting with different blends recently and I am really pleased with my colouring on this image! I used some very old My Mind's Eye papers on my card and the sentiment is by Hero Arts.
I kept my layout simple with a little stitching and some pleated ribbon and some flowers from my stash.

Here is a little close up of my coloured image. I just love the bear, he is so adorable and looks so cuddly. I hope you have a lovely evening. I will be back tomorrow with 2 cards!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet DT for the LMMS Challenge - Gifts of Tags

Hello Everyone! I hope you are having a good week so far, it's been a busy one for me and I have a busy weekend ahead too. I am hoping to get some more Christmas shopping done and to get ahead with some Commissions and DT duties. It's time for a brand new Challenge today on the Little Miss Muffet blog and our theme this fortnight is 'Gifts or Tags'. I have used the lovely Sonny Honeycloud Mistletoe on my card and coloured her in with my Promarkers to match the gorgeous Echo Park 'Winter Wishes' papers. 

I layered some more papers onto a Paperchase luggage tag and added lots of stitching around the edges. I tied a bow and added it to the top of the tag and topped it with a button. The sentiment I used is from Lili of the Valley and I dotted some die cut snowflakes around the card and topped them with stick on gems.

Here is a close up of the lovely Sonny. I coloured her in with my Promarkers and then cut her out leaving a small border before adding her to the card with foam pads. I hope you will be able to join us for this fortnight's Challenge, there is lots of inspiration from the DT on the Challenge blog and you may win some Little Miss Muffet digi images! Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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The Winner of my Chester stamp is...

Hello Everyone! I have drawn the winner of my Little Miss Muffet Chester stamp. I used random org to pick a winner and the winning comment was no 13 which is SaraJ! 

Congratulations! Please send me an email to milliesmarvels@gmail.com with your address and I will pop Chester in the post to you. Have a lovely evening!
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers DT - Distressing

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge over on the Passion for Promarkers blog and this week our theme is...Distressing! I love using my Distressing tool so had lots of fun with this theme roughing up the edges of my Basic Grey papers and my image panel. The papers were left over from a Magazine commission and I love them! As well as distressing the edges with the tool, I also added some old paper distress ink.

The gorgeous image I have used is from Pink Gem who are sponsoring us this week. This little cutie is 'Angel Jodie'. I love her little wings and halo and couldn't resist blinging them up with some glitter. The image was coloured in with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. I added lots of pretty flowers from my stash and a gorgeous ribbon from The Ribbon Girl which I topped with a Lili of the Valley sentiment tag and a Hobby House button. The die cut holly leaves are cut with a Cheery Lyn die.

Here is a close up of my image. I added a little gem to Jodie's halo for another little touch of sparkle! I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. As I mentioned, we are sponsored by Pink Gem Designs and the prize is 4 digi images of winners choice!

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of lovely inspiration from the DT! Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Themed week 'Tags'

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's Craft shop blog todya  and I am kicking off another themed week.. Our theme this week is 'Tags' so I have a selection of tags to show you which I have embellished with Little Claire Peel Offs.

I used the shed from the Lazy Days sheet on my first tag which I had cut out using a Dienamics tag die. The papers I used are from the Gnome Sweet Gnome My Mind's Eye pad. I stuck the peel off onto white card and then coloured it in with Promarkers. I added some ribbon and a charm and finished with some flowers and gems.

I used some left over scraps of papers to decorate some luggage tags and added some peel off images from the 'Oh Man' sheet. These were all coloured with Promarkers and die cut into circles before I added the to the tags. The sentiments are also all on the sheets. Make sure you pop back tomorrow for another Tag themed project! Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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The winner of my Magazine giveaway is....

Sorry about the delay in announcing the winner of the giveaway. I used random.org to pick a winner and the winner was comment no 5 which was Faye!

Congratulations! Please send me an email to milliesmarvels@gmail.com with your address and I will pop the Magazine in the post to you.
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet release day and some candy!

Hello Everyone! It is release day at Little Miss Muffet today and we have lots of new goodies to tempt you with today. There is a rubber release of five Rubber Stamps from Pollycraft Paula, and six cute Digis from Barbara! It's Christmas come early! I have been in love with Chester the cheeky monkey since my Pollycraft days so I was very excited to see him included in the rubber release. I treated myself to one and have bought an extra one to give away as Candy. So please leave a comment on this post if you would like to win him! Now, onto my card. I have used some gorgeous Christmassy Echo Park papers which I think are from the This and That Christmas pad.

I kept my layout simple and coloured Chester with my Promarkers before cutting him out leaving a small border and then added him to the card with foam pads. I added a little wooden snowflake topped with a gem and a little scrap of denim ribbon I found on my desk topped with a Spotty button. I cannot remember where the sentiment I stamped onto the letter came from.

Here is the little Chester stamp you win by leaving a comment on this post. I will pick a winner on the 28th using Random.org. Make sure you check out the blog for lots of beautiful projects made using the new releases and you can see all the new goodies on offer at Little Miss Muffet here. I realised today I forgot to pick a winner of my Magazine giveaway so I will be back later with the winner. Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Wish Upon a Star

Good Morning Everyone! It's my day for posting on the Sugar Nellie blog today and I am sharing a little card I made following the gorgeous sketch from the latest Sugar Bowl Challenge. I have used the adorable 'Wish Upon a Star' stamp which is available here from Funky Kits. I coloured her in with my Promarkers and added lots of glitter to her wings as the optional Challenge theme is to add sparkle. 

I used Bazzil Basics papers from the beautiful Believe stack and layered them onto kraft before sewing around the edges. The ribbon I used to tie my bow is from the Ribbon girl and matches the vintage feel of the papers really well.

Here is a close up of my coloured image, she has such s sweet little face. I love her little box of stars, she looks like she is ready to decorate the Christmas Tree! I added a couple of little sentiment tags and some paper flowers and then finished with some pearls and little gems for extra sparkle!
I hope you have a lovely Wednesday.
Jane
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The Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge - Lavender Shades

Hello again! As promised I am back with my card for this month's Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge. We have a great set of colours for you to work with this month and they inspired me to make something other than a card for a change. I recently bought some 'distressed' curtain finials in a Charity sale and I thought they would be perfect to use as a base for a mannequin. To make the mannequin, I started by glueing some kebab sticks into the curtain finial and packed them in tight with some crumpled newspaper and glue. I cut the sticks to size and then wrapped them with button twine. I used a Tim Holtz die to cut some felt for the body of the mannequin and sewed around the edges leaving the bottom open, I stuffed the felt shape then stuck it on top of the covered sticks and sewed up the bottom edge.

I then set about decorating with lots of lovely goodies from the Ribbon Girl. I used lilac velvet ribbon lace at the bottom of the body and some velvet ribbon around the waist and I hid the join with a resin flower.

I decorated the base with lots of gorgeous flowers including the Kordt and Godt Beaded Ivory Roses which are just stunning and I added lots of lilac paper flowers after I had wrapped the base with lilac lace . You can just about see that I used a Kordt and Godt beaded white swirl branch to fill the gap between the base and the covered kebab sticks.

As a finishing touch I added a purple hat pin to the top of the mannequin. I am so pleased with the way this turned out, it took me a while to make but was really worth it and the finished piece now has pride of place on my windowsill above my craft desk. I hope you will be able to join us for this month's Challenge. We have a fabulous inspirational photo for you and my teamies have made some wonderful creations as usual.

We also have some fabulous prizes! A Lilac Mini Makes Kit from The Ribbon Girl

and a £10 voucher from Lili of the Valley

Enjoy the rest of your Sunday! I am off to London very soon to the Apollo to see Twelfth NIght! I can't wait!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Playing with Peel Offs

Good Morning Everyone! I have something a little bit different for you today for my weekly post on the My Mum's Craft shop blog. I have 2 cards which I have made without any stamps at all! I have been playing with some of the lovely Little Claire's Peel Offs which have just arrived at My Mum' Craft Shop.

I used some of the garden tools images from the Lazy Days peel off sheet for my first card. The spotty paper is by Echo Park and I layered the peel off onto white card before colouring it in with my Promarkers. The sentiment is also from the peel off sheet and I added a little bow tied from gingham ribbon.

I used peel offs from the 'Oh Man' sheet for my second card. The paper I used are from the My Mind's Eye 'Gnome Sweet Gnome' pad and I added my sentiment onto a tag cut with the die from the 'Notched die and tag set'. I really enjoyed playing with the peel offs and they were great for making quick cards and so easy to colour in as it was very easy to keep within the lines! I will be back with my Ribbon Girl DT post a bit later on this morning.
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Annie with Present

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a good week. I am going to be crafting for the rest of the day in the warm. The perfect day! I have a Clean and Simple Sugar Nellie card to share with you today. I recently picked up these pre-embossed Papermania cards and thought that they would be lovely for CAS Christmas cards and a great way to use up my scraps.

I used some scraps of Echo Park 'This and that Christmas' papers which I cut with a Dienamics Fishtails die and layered them up at the bottom of the card. I coloured the Leanne Ellis 'Annie with Present' image with my Promarkers and then cut her out before adding her to the card with foam pads. I added some glitter to her hat as a finishing touch. I added a little wooden snowflake to the top right of the card to fill a bit of the white space and finished with a little gem. Have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet Challenge - Textiles

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Challenge at Little Miss Muffet today and our challenge theme this fortnight is 'Textiles', we would like to see fabric, ribbon, twine or felt on your cards.

I have made a card using some gorgeous My Mind's Eye papers and the adorable Swings and Slides Cheeky Monkey. 

I added a gorgeous ribbon from my stash topped with a bow and wrapped my topper with twine before adding my image which was coloured with Promarkers.

Here is a close up of my image, he is so adorable! I love his little Monkey hat! Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from my teamies!
I also have a special offer which is going on at the moment at Little Miss Muffet to tell you about. Barbara will be heading out of town for several days. Therefore:
1. As Digi orders will be slightly delayed, all digi orders will receive a new, unrevealed, winter themed digi image
2. Rubber and Diecut orders will be shipped out on 27th November, and will receive a free sentiment stamp. Choose from Royal Decree or Sugar & Spice Sentiment. Please e-mail Barbara with your choice of free stamp at the time of ordering
This offer applies to any order placed between 15 and 26 November, Central Time.
Have a lovely Thursday!

Jane

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The Winner of the Leanne Ellis stamp!

Hi Everyone! I have drawn the winner of my Leanne Ellis stamp giveaway.

The winner was drawn by Random.org and was comment no 4 which is .....Marianne's Craftroom!

Marianne's Craftroom said...

Beautiful card, don't see this image much and don't know why as she is gorgeous so would love to win her. Love the colour combo too.

7 NOVEMBER 2012 19:22 

Congratulations! Please send me an email to milliesmarvels@gmail.com with your address and I will pop it in the post for you.
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers DT - Moon and Stars

Hello Everyone! Sorry I am a bit late, I am a bit disorganised this week! It's time for a brand new Challenge on the Passion for Promarkers blog and the theme this week is.....“moon and stars”!
We would ideally like to see both moons and stars on your projects this week but we are happy for you to enter projects with either moons or stars! It's up to you!
Our sponsor this week is DigiStamp Boutique and Sally-Ann is generously offering one lucky winner a prize of 6 digi images of their choice from her store.

I have used the very sweet Dan image from the Dan and Rosie Christmas frames on my card which is available here from the Digistamp Boutique. I coloured him in using my Promarkers and then added glitter to his hat and cut him out. I then added a pom pom to his hat. The papers I have used are by Echo Park and are from the 'This and That Christmas' pad. I love the starry paper. It was perfect for this Challenge!

Here is a close up of my image, he is so cute! I added a Hero Arts sentiment and a gorgeous denim ribbon from The Ribbon Girl. I also dotted around lots of stars cut with the Dienamics Stacking stars die. I finished with a little wooden button and some gems. I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win some gorgeous images from the Digistamp Boutique!

Make sure you check out the blog for all the details and some fabulous inspiration from the DT!
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Christmas Time!

Hello Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the My Mum's Craft shop blog today and we are starting another themed week at My Mum's Craft Shop. We are turning our attention to Christmas this week as it is fast approaching and our theme is 'Christmas Time'. Kitty has been ordering lots of gorgeous Christmas goodies and they have started to arrive, they are lots of gorgeous papers, stamps and dies, one of my favourite pads is the Carta Bella 'Merry and Bright' pad which is available here. I love the bright colours and the fabulous fun patterns, they are a nice change from the traditional Christmas colours.

I used one of the pink papers in the pad to layer my papers onto and to cut a frame for my Cat's Pajamas 'Define Good' image. I coloured my image with Promarkers and then added some sewing around the edges and some glitter to his hat. The sentiment was cut with a Dienamics sentiment strip.
I added lots of gorgeous snowflakes cut with the Cheery Lyn snowflakes die and finished with some little stick on gems. Make sure you pop back tomorrow for more Christmas Inspiration!
Have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Some Exciting News and a Magazine Giveaway

Hello Everyone! I have some exciting news to share with you and another little giveaway to share with one of my followers! Many months ago, I received an email inviting me to submit some projects for possible publication in a Craft Book. I was very excited by the prospect of being published in a real book so sent off three submissions which were selected and the book has now been published! The book is called 101 Ways to Stitch, Craft,  Create and is packed full of gorgeous crafty projects.

I was also contacted by the lovely Editor of Stitch Craft Create Magazine, the Magazine is published by the same company and there is a little section about me in the Holiday Edition of their Magazine and a little taste of what to expect from the book including one of my Projects. The Editor very kindly sent me two copies of the Magazine so I would like to give one away to one of my lovely followers!

The Magazine is gorgeous! Is is full of lovely Inspiration and fabulous photos! If you would like to win a copy of the Magazine, please leave a comment on this post and I will pick a winner on the 16th of November. 

I know this will probably sound a bit soppy but I would also like to take this opportunity to Thank You all for your lovely supportive comments when you visit my blog, knowing that people appreciate my cards is what gives me the confidence to do things like this so a massive Thank You to all of you! It means more to me than you could ever know :-) Good luck and have a lovely Friday!

Jane

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Little Miss Muffet DT - Introducing the Van Family!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well! It's new release day at Little Miss Muffet today and I have not one but three cards to show you using some of the adorable new digis which are available to buy from today. I have used 3 images from The Van Family, they are all so much fun to colour I couldn't resist making 3 cards!

My first card features one of  the Van Family Brothers, I used patterned Bazzill papers and a lovely glittery star from The Ribbon girl and other bits and bobs from my stash. I coloured my image with Promarkers before adding it to the card with foam pads.

My second card was made using one of the very sweet Van Family Sisters. The papers on my card are from the Basic Grey Soleil pad and I used lots of flowers from my stash.

My third and last card has the cute baby boy on it, the ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl and I used an Elzybells Sentiment stamp and some doodlebug stickers for my sentiment. Make sure you check out all the fabulous new releases in the 'What's New' section over at Little Miss Muffet and there are lots of lovely samples from the DT on the Little Miss Muffet Blog. Have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Dreamer by Leanne Ellis and some candy!

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the Sugar Nellie blog today and I have a card to share with you which I made with the gorgeous 'Dreamer' stamp by Leanne Ellis which is available here from Funky Kits. I love all the Leanne Ellis stamps and this image is one of my all time favourites. I used Fancy Pants 'Country Boutique' papers on my card and coloured my image to match them using Promarkers.

I used 3 different papers from the pad and sewed around the edges of two of the layers and stamped a Penny Black sentiment onto the last layer. I added a gorgeous denim pale blue ribbon from the Ribbon Girl to the last layer and then popped my image on top with foam pads.

 I had lots of fun adding loads of flowers from my stash and some punched Butterflies and then finished with some pearls and glitter to the wings. I hope you love this stamp as much as I do.

I have a brand new 'Dreamer' stamp to giveaway to one of my followers so if you would like to be in with a chance of winning it and are one of my lovely followers, please leave me a comment on this post and I will pick a random winner next Tuesday. Have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Birthday Bunny

Good Morning Everyone! I am sharing my regular dose of Sunday Inspiration using some of the lovely goodies from My Mum's Craft Shop on the shop blog. I have used the fabulous Cat's Pajamas 'Birthday Bunny' stamp which is available here from My Mum's Craft Shop.

I coloured the presents in lovely bright and juicy colours to match in with these gorgeous For the Record Echo Park papers. I added a gorgeous orange ribbon from the Ribbon Girl and some lovely flowers and a sentiment by Paper Smooches. The image was cut out leaving a small border and I added it to my card with foam pads and added a little glitter to some of the presents. I finished with a little stick on pearl. I hope you have a lovely Sunday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Letter to Santa

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and have had a good week. I have just returned from a few days away in the Peak District, we stayed in a beautiful B+B and had a very relaxing time and I am now raring to go and ready to do some crafting! I have a card to share with you today which I made using one of the new digital releases from Sugar Nellie. This image is called 'Letter to Santa' and is available to buy here from Funky Kits. 

I used Echo Park papers from the 'A very Merry Christmas' pad on my card and coloured my image to match with Promarkers and added glitter to the snow. I love the little dog, he is very cute! I added various embellishments from my stash and stamped the corner of the image with a Kaisercraft postmark stamp.

Here is a little close up of my coloured image. Now, I'd better unpack and do some washing! Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Fireworks

Hello Everyone! It's time for a brand new Little Miss Muffet Challenge and our theme this fortnight is....

'Firework Inspiration'

There are 2 great photos on the Challenge blog to kick start your inspiration. I have used the very cute Lil Spook on my card and coloured him in to match the very old My Mind's Eye papers I used. 

The stars reminded me of a sky full of fireworks and I added more die cut stars which I cut using a Dienamics die. The sentiment is by Melissa Frances and I added some green stick on pearls as a finishing touch. The little star charm is from Whiff of Joy.

Here is a close up of my Lil Spook, I think he is much too cute to scare anyone! I hope you will be able to join in with our Challenge. The winner will receive 2 Digital Images of their choice from the Little Miss Muffet Stamps Store. Additionally, if the winner chooses to join us for the next Challenge as our Guest, then they get to choose a third image! I hope you have a lovely Thursday!
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers DT - Fright night

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a good start to the week. It's time for a new Challenge at Passion for Promarkers. The theme chosen by the lovely Julie is 'Fright Night' so this is the perfect opportunity to share your last minute Halloween creations. I have made a card using the fabulous 'Agent Cupcake at Halloween' from Little Miss Muffet. I coloured her in to match the very old My Mind's Eye papers I found in my stash.

Agent Cupcake was coloured with my Promarkers and then cut out leaving a small border.  I layered the papers I used onto pink paper from the pad and then added some stitching around the edges. The sentiment is by Melissa Frances and the pink bats were cut using a Memory box die.

Here is a little close up, I messed up my colouring on the mask and had to reprint it and colour it in again and cut it out and stuck it over the image. I added glitter onto the wings and finished my card off with a couple of pearls. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. We are sponsored by Michele R Designs and the winner will receive 3 digi paper packs.

I hope you have a lovely Tuesday!

Jane

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My Mum's Craft Shop DT - Claudia has a Candy

Hello Everyone! It's my day for posting on the My Mum's craft Shop blog today and I am starting off another Inspiration week. We will all be showing you Projects with a 'Sweet treats' theme. I have used the very pretty 'Claudia has a Candy' Stamping Bella stamp on my card. I coloured her in with my Promarkers and used papers from the very aptly named My Mind's Eye The sweetest thing - Lavender pad.

I used lots of flowers on my card and a couple of very pretty wooden buttons and used the sentiment that came with Claudia. The gorgeous bow was cut using the new Dienamics Beautiful bows die. 

Here is a close up of the very lovely Claudia, I cut her out leaving a small border and then added her to my card with foam pads. I hope you have enjoyed my little Sweet treat today, make sure you join us next week for some more Sweet inspiration from the Design Team Have a lovely Sunday!

Jane

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Sugar Nellie Sparkle and Shine Blog Hop - Christmas Puppets

Hello Everyone! Welcome to my blog for the Sugar Nellie Sparkle and Shine digi release Blog Hop. If you are following the hop, you should have come here from the lovely Anita's blog.  If you get lost at any time, there is a full list of the hop on the Sugar Nellie blog.  I have used an image called 'Christmas Puppets' on my card. He is such a little sweetie and was great to colour in with my Promarkers. 

I used papers from the My Mind's Eye Winter Wonderland pad on my card and layered them onto a red paper from the pad and sewed around the edges. The turquoise twill stripe ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl. I added a Memory box snowflake tucked behind the Lili of the Valley sentiment and lots of smaller snowflakes cut with a .Cheery Lyn die.

Here is a close up of my image. There are 3 new images in total being released today. Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. Your next stop on the hop is the lovely and talented Lisa. Make sure you leave comments along the way for the chance to win some sweet Sugar Nellie Candy and you can buy any of the new digi stamps here. Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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