Introducing....Sherman and Gus

Saturday is release day on Squigglefly and Jane from has two cute new Jane's Doodle Designs images and a sentiment digi-stamp for you to play with.
I was lucky enough to have play with these this week and here are 2 cards I made with the new images.

The first card uses Sherman the Sheep. I used 2 of him on this card to make a Valentine's day card.
I flipped one of the images so they are facing and then paper-pieced the images using Funky Hand papers.
The theme on the Let's Get Funky Challenge blog this month is Spots and Stripes and I am entering this card. I used some papers from the Funky Daze CD to cover the base card, to frame the image and to paper piece the cute sheep. I used a heart shape gem between the sheep and small bright pink gems in the corners of the card. The felt heart is from Making Memories.


The second card was made with Gus the Seagull. You may recognise Gus as he was perched on the top of Noah's Ark in Jane's last release. He has been embellished with some grass and flowers and is perfect to make an alternative Valentine's day card for a Friend.

I made this card very simply using Making Memories striped paper and I then sewed the image on to the base card. Gus was coloured with Promarkers and I added some heart embellishments. The clip is from Making memories and the little resin hearts were a gift from my DT boss and Friend Susie and they match the papers perfectly. The sentiment stamp is Hero Arts
I like how colourful and bright both these cards are. We certainly need some cheering up around here! The snow has not really melted and my Hubby hurt his leg when he slipped walking to work yesterday. We spent a good couple of hours trying to dig our cars out of the snow yesterday too so my arms, neck and back are really aching today :-(
We are told there is more snow on the way on Sunday, looks like this weather is here to stay for a while.
I hope you are all safe and managing to stay warm wherever you are.
Remember to check out the rest of the DT's cards using Jane's new images by following the link on my sidebar, they are such talented ladies, you are certain to be inspired.
Jane
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Passion for Promarkers Challenge 33 - Sketch and theme

This is the first time I am entering the Passion for Promarkers challenge. The theme for Challenge 33 is 'Love' and there is a lovely sketch to follow. I have often wanted to enter the Passion for Promarkers challenge but never seem to get around to it, I want to enter more Challenges in 2010 so I am starting as I mean to go on.

I used a Magnolia stamped image and sentiment I got from my Friend PetraB before Christmas as a starting point for my card. I coloured it in in red and aqua green colours, I hope it doesn't look too Christmassy!
I used a mixture of papers, DCVW, My Mind's eye and Bo-bunny and the flowery backing paper is from Crate Paper to which I added some Papermania gems.
Here is a close up of my coloured image. I am so pleased with how it turned out! I am really going to concentrate on improving my shading and colouring this year and I am still searching for the best card to work with so any tips are very welcome. The card I used this time is linen texture from my local craft shop and I find it works quite well. I added some glitter glue and some glossy accents to the image after mounting it on the Nesties circle.
Here is a close up of the circle sentiment. I am probably going to give this card to my Hubby for Valentine's day. He is so supportive of my Crafting and has to put up with sleeping in our room with my Craft area in which is normally a total mess (see previous post!!).
Here is the sketch I followed. I decided to use a label shape instead of the diagonally placed rectangle.
Am off to have another look at the snow and to think about tidying my desk!
Have a good evening.
Jane
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A bit late but still in time for WOYWW!

My desk is a mess. I made a card on it last night and also made one this evening and now the desk mess is totally out of control. It has been a funny day. I couldn't go to work today as our road is in a terrible state with the snow and the roads around here are very dangerous. The kids are both off school so I went up to the shops with them and the Puppy to stock up on bread and milk and to buy them some soup for lunch.
I walked back from the shops with Charlie on my own and ended up falling over when Charlie lurched off to
try and chase a tiny bird. Was very embarrassing but luckily I was not hurt and managed to keep hold of Charlie's lead! Our road is even worse tonight after loads more snow today and my car is boxed in by the snow. I dread to think what tomorrow will bring!
I will leave you now to have a nosey at my desk, amongst all the rubbish there is the card I made for the Passion for Promarkers sketch Challenge. I will be posting this in a minute. I am really pleased with the colouring on this card but I am a bit worried that the colour scheme has turned out a bit Christmassy, I must be under the influence of all this snow!
I know it is a bit late in the day but there is still time to pop over to Stamping Ground, Julia's blog and share a photo of your desk by leaving a comment on the WOYDW post.
I hope you have a lovely evening and stay safe in the snow!
Jane
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My first try at 'vintage' with a special gift.

My Friend PetraB is an expert at all things vintage. I usually do cute and colourful and normally steer away from 'altered' and vintage style cards and Projects as I never usually know where to start and often do not really feel inspired by vintage images. Petra came into work today with some gorgeous buttons she had covered with vintage images which she had cleverly transferred onto fabric and I fell in love with this one.
Petra very kindly gave it to me and I was itching to get home to make something with it!
While the snow fell outside and still keeps falling, I started work. It took me a long time to get a card I was happy with. About 3 hours altogether! I started by surrounding the button with a rosette made from ribbons from Crafty ribbons. I matted and layered Making memories and a Nesties label shape cut from Papercellar paper and sewed around the edges. I added a strip of vintage lace from my stash and then stuck on my button embellishment.
I added some Cuttlebug swirly rose vines, some letter stickers from Making memories and some tiny gold gems which I bought in Claire's.
Here is a close up of the button. Isn't it just amazing! I hope you like my attempt at 'vintage'. I am not quite hooked yet but I may give it another try one day when I have a spare 3 hours!
I hope you are staying safe in all this snow and ice.
Jane
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Cook up a Card January Recipe Challenge DT card

It's time for a new Recipe on the Cook up a card Challenge blog!
The recipe for January is:

• 3 brads.
• 2 flowers
• & 1 Big thank you!!

Here is my DT card. I used an image and die cut layer I received in a RAK from Susie from Susie's Sassy designs and coloured her in with Promarkers. I then added some glitter glue and gems.
I used 3 brads on the corners of the image topper with 2 flowers in the top left corner. The flowers were from Ashridge farm Craft shop and I stuck them on with my new Glue Gun :-)


I used Kraft paper from Paperchase to cover my card base ad edged in black ink. The sentiment is from Stampin Up and the spotty paper is by American Crafts.

Make sure you check out the Cook up a Card Challenge blog to see the other DT cards or follow the links below to individual DT blogs :

Susie
Svit
Dwita

We hope you will be able to join us for this fun Challenge this month, there will be a prize for the winner which will be announced in the next couple of days.
I hope you are having a good Monday.
Jane
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New Jane's Doodles image on Squigglefly - Noah's Ark

While I was having a break from crafting over Christmas Jane has been working her socks off creating more of her adorable images. Her latest release is available to buy now on Squigglefly and is this gorgeous Noah's Ark image. I loved it so much when I downloaded it I couldn't resist colouring it in lots of times so I made 2 cards straightaway. I have one more image coloured and ready to make into a card so I may put it together tonight :-)
For the first card, I took inspiration from the colours in this gorgeous DCWV paper from the Citrus stack and coordinated it with Making memories ribbon and felt star. The button is from John Lewis and the rub-ons are Doodlebug. I decoupaged some of the animal's heads and the seagull and added glossy accents to some of their 'noses' as a final detail.

For the second card, I decided to go a bit more girly. I used cardstock from the DCWV Nana's Nursery stack and took my lead from these for the colouring. The sentiment is from Elzybells and the flower is K+Co with an extra layer of pale green added to tie the scheme together.

I wasn't too sure about this card when I first made it as I preferred the first one, but I think it is growing on me :-)

Make sure you go and see what my fellow DT member Alice made with the new image, her card is so clever and I know you are going to love it and be massively inspired. There will be more inspiration from Sanne, Lysa and Kelly in the next few days so make sure you also check out their blogs!
I hope you are having a good Sunday. My hubby and I took a walk with the dog this morning through 3 miles of freezing but beautiful countryside and ended up climbing over lots of fallen trees from the recent snow.
A few people have asked for one so.... here is a recent photo of Charlie in his 'bedroom'.

He is sitting on his favourite toy, his 'Fat Ted'. I am off to do a bit of tidying up now, my dining table AND craft desk are a complete mess at the moment and I need to clear some space to do some more crafting!
Jane
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My DT card for Easy Craft Projects Challenge no3.

Happy New Year!!!
The 3rd Easy Craft Projects Challenge launched today and our sponsor for January is Willow Designs. They have the most wonderful digi stamps and papers for sale , some are pre-coloured so if you are nervous about stamping and colouring but want the look of coloured stamps on your cards, they are perfect.
The theme this month is a sketch by Katie. I used a pre-coloured image and the matching backing paper to make my card and some My Mind's Eye spotty paper.




Here is the sketch by Katie, I followed it quite faithfully but it can be flipped or rotated to suit your Project.
Please come on over to the blog and see all the lovely Projects from the Design Team. You have 2 weeks to take part so I hope you can find time to join in.
The winner for January will receive some some Willow Designs printable sets.
It was lovely to have the day off today but I only had a little time for Crafting. I am planning an excursion to my local craft shop tomorrow to get some more goodies to kick start my Mojo. I am always inspired by new stash :-)
Jane
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Susie's Sassy Challenge no5 - Friends Old and New

Another 2 weeks have flown by so it is now time for another Challenge from Sassy Susie. The theme this fortnight is 'Friends, old and new'. For my DT card I used one of the first Elzybells stamps I ever bought. I have been digging out my old favourites recently and it is a bit like meeting up with an old Friend!


I used DCWV and K+Co papers for this card with lots of paper piecing. I am really into the pink/sepia colour combo at the moment and have used it on quite a few of my cards recently.
I used a Nesties shape to create the card base. This is another favourite trick of mine at the moment too!
I kept the rest of the card quite simple as didn't want to detract from the image and the sentiment. The flower is from K+Co but I did swap around some of the layers to get the combo I wanted.
I hope you can come over to Susie's and join in with this Challenge. The Prize is a GDT spot for challenge #7 that starts on the 28th of January, if you are picked as the winner you will be asked to make a GDT project/card for the challenge after the next which we will need you to email us by the 25th of January.
I hope you have a safe and enjoyable New Year's Eve and see you in 2010!
Jane
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Sketchy colors sketch challenge - Rock star!

I had to make a card for a Friend's husband so decided to have a play with some of my new stash and take part in the Sketchy colors blog challenge for the first time. I bought the Inkadinkadoo Rock star stamps to make a card for my Son's birthday in February so I thought I would give them a trial run.

I used some blue card from my stash to make a DL card base and then matted and layered green Paper Crate card with some DCWV Rock Star patterned paper. I then made a topped with the guitar stamp and added some stitching detail. I made a sentiment strip by stamping the 'You Rock' on some white textured card, a bit more matting and layering some stitching and some American Crafts star brads and a felt star button finished the card off.
I hope I have followed the sketch ok! Why not pop over to Sketchy colors and take a look at the fab inspiration from the DT. There is still time to take part as this Challenge runs until the 2nd of January.
Jane
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WO(and under...)YWW - new storage!!

The desk is quite boring today, no work on it to show. I have had another major tidy up though and managed to clear out 2 rather large bags of bits I no longer need so I have made a bit of space. The 2 new units under the desk are to keep things safe from my Puppy as I am hoping I will soon be organised enough to let him sit in my room when I am working without him being able to get to everything and chew it!

I used to have 2 baskets under there and it was just too tempting for him. Looking at the photo, I apologise for the state of the floor! No time to hoover yet! I am hoping to mess up my desk tonight and knowing me it will probably still be messy next Wednesday!
Why not join in the fun and show us piccies of your desk. Take a piccie, upload to your blog and then link it up on Julia's blog.
Am off to get ready for work now, it's still very early but the other half is at work, youngest son is at a sleepover, oldest and dog asleep so all is quiet, I should be able to sneak out without the dreaded 'Muuuuuuuum'! calls delaying me!
Hope to see what's on your desk later!
Jane
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Elzybells Bear door hanger

I started crafting again yesterday having taken a little break for Christmas. I made my DT projects that are due at the end of the month and then had a little time to have a play with some of my Christmas presents.

I received a lovely little package from my DT buddy at Susie's Sassy designs full of lovely blue goodies including this door hanger. On Christmas Eve I went to see my Friend and her little boy Patric had just moved into his first bedroom so I thought this door hanger would be perfect for him.
I used an Elzybells Teddy Surprise stamp to make the topper and coloured him in with Promarkers.

I used some American Crafts backing paper to cut scalloped rectangles which I added to the back and the front of the hanger. I had inked the edges of the chipboard shape with an orange promarker and then inked the edges of the blue paper with orange ink. I added Patric's name to the back of the hanger with American Crafts stickers. To finish off, I sewed little buttons on to Paperchase felt stars which I then stuck on with my new hot glue gun (such fun to use!) abd added a little ribbon.
I apologise for the quality of the photos but I got a new camera for Christmas and I still need to get used to it!
Am off out for the day now with my Friend for a bit of retail therapy. I never seem to buy anything apart from Craft goodies these days so it will be strange to spend a whole day shopping with no Craft chat!
Jane
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Merry Christmas Everyone!

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Thanks so much to all of you who have visited my blog this year and left me such lovely and encouraging comments you are all fabulous!

I will be back again after Christmas!

Jane
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Pick up a penguin!

A quick share today of some Elzybells penguin cards I made a week ago. I realised I was running out of cards so whipped up 20 of these is just over an hour.

Thanks to my Nesties and my Xyron machine I was able to layer them up really quickly.

I love these cute little penguins and all they needed was a little colour from my Promarkers and some gems and glitter to bring them to life.

I am practically all ready for Christmas to begin. A few loads of washing to get out of the way and a bit of cleaning and Christmas can begin!
Hope you all have a lovely Christmas!
Jane
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An altered heart Christmas decoration

I made this little Chrismas tree decoration using an Wooden heart which Julia had kindly sent me as she had some leftovers from a Project.

This is to celebrate Patric's 1st Christmas! The ornament does look better in real life than on the photos and it is missing something but am not sure what!

The back of the heart was already painted all silver and glittery so I didn't rally have to do much.
Thanks Julia! I hope you like the 'alterations' I made to your original :-)
Jane
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Penguin Gift Box from Paul

Paul sent a lovely gift to all the participants from his monthly ATC swappers blog last month.
We received all the components to make this lovely box. All we had to do was make up the box and stamp an image on the white panel.

I decided to use an Elzybells penguin stamp and also used a snowflake stamp to decorate the edges of the image panel and the pink side panels.


I added pink ribbon to the front of the box and as a tab to open the box and then added a flower held together with a brad.
I filled the box with sweeties and gave it to my Friend Madeleine as a little Christmas gift last Friday.
I can't believe it is only 4 days until Christmas. I am still on a crafting break but cannot stay away from blogger!
Have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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Welcome Isabelle!

This card is for one of my Good Friend's who had a baby just over a week ago. I used some backing paper donated to me by Petra and took my lead from this to create the card.


The stamped image is from Elzybells and is one of my favourites! This is actually one of the 1st Elzybells stamps I bought...the start of an addiction! The flower is by K+Co bought from Die cut dreams but I did swop some of the petals around with another one to fit with the colour scheme.
The little letters are from K+CO and I love using these. I thought the card had a bit of vintage feel to it so I aged the edges of the stamped image with Tim Holtz ink to go with the Kraft card I used in my layering.
A bit of organza ribbon and a few pearls and the card was ready to go!
Hope you are having a good weekend!
Jane
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Feel Better Soon

This is another card from my Marathon card making session last Wednesday.

A little get well soon card for a Friend who is poorly at the moment. The stamp I used is from Elzybells and the sepia backing paper was bought in France earlier this year. The card is from the Papermill shop and is a much more vibrant pink in real life. The image is coloured with Promarkers and paperpieced. The gorgeous flower is K+CO bought from Sassy Susie's Die Cut dreams shop and I took my inspiration from this to make the whole card.
Hope you are having a nice weekend.
Jane
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Christmas come early!

Hi there! It's me again! Third post in one day and I am supposed to be having a break from blogging!! I just can't keep away!
The postman came knocking this morning to deliver me a pack of goodies! I had won a prize in a Competition in Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine where you had to make a card using One Four Zero stamps. This is my massive prize! I can't believe I received so many goodies! I got stacks of decoupage sheets, 8 packs of stamps, 1 A4 sheet of single stamps, embossing pens and ink pads! Loads of goodies for me to play with.

I haven't even touched my prizes from Papercellar for winning their category in the Cardmaker of the year competition I have so much new stash and will definitely be sharing some in the form of candy next year.

Here is the card I won the prize with. I love this little House stamp and I always did it out for New Home cards. Red and green is also one of my favourite colour combos and I don't think it should be restricted to Christmas cards. This has loads of polka dots on too which are also my favourites!
Right, I am off now and I promise not to be back again today!
Jane
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Dad's Jolly Nation Christmas card

I am having a little break now until after Christmas but there are a few cards I have not blogged yet. One of the cards I made was this one for my boys to give to their Dad. I used a Jolly Nation die cut decoupage from the Christmas value pack and some free papers from a magazine.

I used Bazzill card to die cut the Sizzix letters and the frame around the dressed up Dad. I embossed the backing papers behind the decoupage to give it a bit more texture and pierced holes in the scallops of the Papermania card blank.
I inked around the edges of the card as I seem to be addicted to doing this at the moment!
The snowflake brad is from Papermania and the red felt star is from Paperchase.
I hope you are having a good Friday.
Jane
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Easy Craft projects Challenge no2 DT Project

The second Easy Craft Projects Challenge was launched yesterday but I could not post about it as I was on my Christmas do. I had a lovely time thanks to great company, a few glasses of wine and food. The perfect way to celebrate Christmas with my work friends! I also came home to some more very exciting news but I can't tell you any more about that until the 24th so 'watch this space' as they say!

Now on with the second ECP challenge...


The theme this fortnight is to create something based on one of the following projects from ECP...


Christmas Bag - http://www.easycraftprojects.net/Projec ... as_bag.pdf
Stockings - http://www.easycraftprojects.net/Projec ... ocking.pdf
Calender - http://www.easycraftprojects.net/Projec ... lendar.pdf
Recycled Glass Jars - http://www.easycraftprojects.net/Projec ... ecycle.pdf
Picture Frame - http://www.easycraftprojects.net/Projec ... erfect.pdf

You can create anything you like - a card, scrapbook LO, altered projects, ATC...whatever. You can also interpret the projects to suit you.

This challenge is also being sponsored by The Cutting Cafe. Every entry will be put into the draw with those from challenge one to receive any three sets of your choice from The Cutting Cafe.

I chose to make a project inspired by the Christmas bag. I constructed a box from corrugated red card and a lid from patterned card then fixed a handle to the lid with some glue and my Crop-o-dile.


I inked the edges of the lid and then added patterned paper squares to the box base.
I added die cut snowflakes to decorate the box with gems added to the centres and glitter glue to make the snowflakes sparkle.
To finish the box off I added a tag made from the Cutting Cafe printables which I coloured red and decorated the stars with gems.
Make sure you check the ECP Challenge blog for the other stunning DT projects and make sure you take part to be in a chance of winning some free printables.
Have a lovely weekend!
Jane
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Dreaming of a white Christmas - Elzybells Challenge 34

This is a special card I made for a very special little boy. My Best Friend's son was born in February so will be enjoying his first Christmas this year. I had this card in my mind for ages so was glad to see that it would fit in with the latest Elzybells challenge which is white, blue and silver.

All the stamps I used are Elzybells but I altered the baby stamp slightly. It normally had stars around the little baby sleeping in the moon but I did not ink these up and instead added tiny Elzybells Snowflakes from the Seasonal sentiments set.
I paper pieced the blanket from some K+Co backing paper and made a frame to match.
The image was stamped on to some white embossed Bazzill card which reminds me of snowballs and this was also used matted on to some DCWV blue textured card for the card base. To finish I stamped the Elzybells sentiment in the bottom right of the card and added some tiny silver gems and some glitter glue to the moon.
I really love how this card turned out but I think Patric may be a bit young to appreciate it. I hope his Mummy and Daddy like it though!
Make sure you pop over to the Elzybells blog to take part in the Challenge. It is the last Challenge for the current Design Team and they are going to be greatly missed having produced such inspirational projects since I have been following the blog.
Jane
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Susie's Sassy Challenge no 4 - A touch of gold

Susie's Sassy Challenge no 4 launches today. Thank you to all of you who took part in the last Buttons and Bows Challenge. It was lovely looking at all your cards.

The Challenge for this fortnight is 'A touch of gold'. Something a bit different for me as I don't normally use gold. I am more of a silver person but I found this lovely gold Papercellar card and took my lead from this to create my card. Some American Crafts snowflake paper gave me my inspiration for the colour. I love this paper and have used it on quite a few of my cards this year. I have a tiny bit left now and am trying to think of a way to use it!


I used a Kraftin Kimmie stamp and a Stampendous sentiment on a DL card base I had covered in the gold card. The image was cut with Labels 8 Nesties and coloured with promarkers, Sakura pens and stickles. I am really trying hard with my colouring now but still need a lot of practise on my shading techniques. I finished the card off with some bling, a diecut snowflake and gold organza ribbon. I love organza ribbon!

Now for the interesting bit about the Challenge!

The prize this fortnight has been donated by the lovely Dulcie Jackson
The winner will receive the 3 items in the above photo.

There are not too many rules to this challenge as you know by now but you do have to stick to the theme or you will have your entry removed from the linky to be fair to everyone
And please link back to the challenge in your post .
Anyone can enter anywhere in the world all you have to do is make a card or project.
Closing date is Wednesday 30th December at noon GMT


I hope to see you there!

Jane
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WOYWW? I've got piles....of stash!

This is what my desk looks like today. I had to throw away some of the debris to pile up all the supplies which were strewn over my desk to take stock of what I still have left to do.

There are a few new things on my desk. On the left at the back is a box I have made as a DT project for the next Easy Craft projects Challenge, next to that is a bag full of scrummy glittery wooden hearts courtesy of Julia of WOYWW fame. One has already been altered and if I had thought about it I would have put it somewhere on my desk before taking this photo...duh!
There is a Sizzix box from Paul which I will be filling with sweeties before giving to my Friend Pauline for Christmas as she loves dogs. On the right hanging from my pinboard is an ornament I made for the latest Funky hand Challenge...what else....um......the blue box lid has my written Christmas cards in that have to be hand delivered. I posted all the others today. The box also has various bits of stash and ribbon in which I bunged in there while having a mad tidying frenzy. The pile on the right is lots of bits I had pulled out to use but ended up not using and am yet to put them away.
I am on target for finishing all my outstanding bits and pieces tomorrow night. I have 2 baby cards to make, one baby tag and 2 other cards. I know what I want to do with the cards so it should be quite straightforward...well it would have been but I bet I have put the mockers on it now!
I did say to my Hubby that I would do no crafting and no blogging after tomorrow but in all honesty I think am still going to have to blog as I will have lots of photos to share with you from all these last minute projects.
Right, enough rambling from me...make sure you check out Julia's blog and link up a photo of your desk too for this week's What's on your Workdesk Wednesday.
Hope to see you there!
Jane
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My First Project on Easy Craft Projects website

My first Project has been published on the Easy Craft Projects website today. I decided to make a Christmassy Candle.

You can find full instructions for making the Candle here but make sure you check out the Easy Craft Projects website for more inspiration and brilliant Crafty ideas.

I have had a busy evening, I made 19 cards tonight! They are all on the dinner table drying as I used my favourite glitter glue again!

Off to tidy my bedroom/craft room now as Hubby wants to go to bed!

See you tomorrow for WOYWW (that's if I manage to find my desk before then!)

Jane
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Lily of the Valley teddy cards

I had a very industrious evening writing and making a few cards last night. I have just a few more cards to make and am hoping I can get these finished on Wednesday. I then intend to hang up my Crafty boots until after Christmas to concentrate on wrapping and the family and have a bit of a break from Mr Blogger too.

These cards were made with Lili of the Valley Teddy stamps and My Minds Eye Christmassy papers.
I bought some of these from Ebay earlier this year but keep forgetting I have them!

I hope your Christmas preparations are going well. I have my 1st Christmas lunch tomorrow and my second Friday. I am looking forward to things slowing down at work in the next week as all our callers go for their own lunches and dos and gradually go off on their Christmas holidays.
Have a lovely Tuesday and I will be back tomorrow for WOYWW, desk is TOTAL mess at the moment!
Jane
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Daring Cardmakers - Going dotty!

I needed a card to Thank my very clever and helpful colleague who fixed my Netbook last week.
I decided to use one of Jane's little monsters and combine it with the Daring Cardmakers 'Going Dotty' challenge. It is a Christmas free zone this week too!

I used a dotty Funky Hand paper from the Funky Daze CD which I won last month. I printed the monster twice, once onto the dotty paper and twice onto white card. I then paper pieced the little monster and coloured in his little spikes.
I cut a card blank using a Nesties Labels 8 and covered it with Dotty paper. I cut out the little monster with a Nesties square and added Quickcutz photo corners cut from dotty red Bo Bunny paper. I then mounted the topper onto the card with Foam pads. I added a Paperchase star to which I had sewed a button to the top right hand corner and a sentiment from Making memories stickers finished the card off.
Must go now and sort out School things for tomorrow, we had a lovely day at the Vyne, it was decorated for Christmas and I am starting to feel a bit Christmassy now, I have 2 Christmas dos next week which should also help me along the way to feeling even more festive!
Jane
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To a special Friend

I made this card yesterday using a photo which I 'altered' by adding a stamped image of a Christmas hat taken from a Daisy and Dandelion stamp.


I used papers from Lidl and some more Die cut snowflakes. I love these snowflakes with gems in the centre and lashings of glitter glue. The sentiment is made up with a variety of stamped words, stickers and die cuts.

Here is a close up of the little doggy in her Christmas hat. She looks so cute! Makes me want to buy one for my Charlie but it would just end up a chewed soggy mess!
Hope you are having a nice Sunday. We are off to the Vyne today to see the rooms decorated for Christmas and have lunch. I love the Vyne, what a treat it would be to wake up in a house like this on Christmas morning!
Have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
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Jane's new images released today - Rustic snowman

Jane's new images are available from today at Squigglefly. You already met Mia and Bosko last week so today I want to share with you a card I made with the Rustic Snowman and some of my Basic Grey papers.

I really loved colouring in all the little birdhouses on the stamp, they are so detailed and bring a real vintage look to the image. I coloured the image with Promarkers and used some of my distressing ink around the edge of the image and finished off with some stick on gems.

Make sure you check out Jane's blog and play along with the Challenge, there is a lovely prize on offer including 100 of Jane's handmade Fimo buttons. The Challenge is open until the end of the months and the only rule is that you have to use one of Jane's images to take part.

Hope to see you there and remember to check out the rest of the Jane's Doodles designs team members blogs for some gorgeous cards using Jane's digi stamps by following the links on my sidebar.

Hope you are having a good weekend.

Jane
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Too cold for Pole dancing???

I received an unusual card commission this week...Pauline who organises the Pilates classes at work asked me to make a card for the teacher Anna.


Anna is not your regular Pilates teacher, she is a massive keep fit enthusiast and also teaches Pole dancing.
She is amazingly fit and very in demand for her Pole dancing. She has danced at the Britney Spears first night party in London and also at Glastonbury, she also teaches Pole dancing for those wanting to learn!
I decided to make a card with a 'Pole' on it and what better for this time of year than the North Pole!
I hope she likes the card, I used K+Co and Basic Grey papers and an image I found on the web. The stickers are Papermania and the Snowflakes are Sizzix and a punch.
I can't believe it is Friday already. I have nothing planned for Saturday bar a bit of cleaning, present wrapping and a LOT of crafting! Christmas shopping is all done now so I can relax.
Have a good Friday.
Jane
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