A Gorjuss decoupage card

Something a bit different from me today...a card with no stamping! A bit of ink creeped in to distress the edges of the card and papers and to tone down the bright white on the ribbon but the rest is all decoupage.
I received some fabulous new products from The Crafthouse Press to have a play with this week, this card is made using the Love pack of the new Gorjuss girls decoupage. Each pack contains two sheets of a 3D die cut decoupage featuring delightful Gorjuss images, plus two coordinating backing sheets, enough to make 4 cards with some leftovers.

The die cut shapes are great and perfect to make a quick but stunning card. To make my card, I cut a card blank with my Nesties and covered the front with some gorgeous coordinations card to match the girls dress.
I then cut a label shape from the turquoise backing paper and layered it with some rafia lace from Quixotic paperie and some of the stripy paper from the kit. I sewed the layers together with my machine before sticking to the card base.
I then got to work adding the decoupage which I embellished with gems. I toned down some white striped ribbon from Paperchase with some Antique linen distress inks and tied it into a box embellishing with a black popper and some black gems. I tied a charm with string to stick behind the ribbon.
As a finishing touch, I added the sentiment and a couple of little Martha stewart butterflies embellished with gems.
It was great fun to do something different for a change. I will be back soon with the other card I made from the pack.
Have a lovely Tuesday.
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge DT card - a colour combo

It's Monday Challenge time on the Pollycraft Challenge blog and this week we have a colour combo for you.

You must use Pink and Brown plus yellow or green.

I used the super cute 'Cogcake' image to make my card. He is available from Pollycraft for only 99p! What a bargain. I teamed him with papers from the Creative Cottage which are also available from Pollycraft and fit the colour theme for this week perfectly. I used lots of stitching, some lovely organza ribbon and a sentiment from a cupcake stamp set from Sugar and Spice crafts. The adorable little Robot charm is from Quixotic Paperie.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge, there will be a £10.00 Pollycraft voucher for the winner.
Have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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We're off to Ally Pally!

We're off to Alexandra Palace today for the Big Stamp and Scrapbooking show. I have been looking forward to today for ages! Hopefully we will be there by the time you read this.

I don't have a list but I am looking foward to having a browse through all the lovely goodies on offer and seeing some demos. It is the 4th Show I have attended so far this year, I have been to the NEC, Farnborough and to the Stitch and Craft show at Olympia already. I have been to Ally Pally twice before and it is by far my favourite show.
Petra and I are taking some ATCs to swap on the day. We swapped ATCs when we went last September.
I have made some little flyers with our swap details on too to see if we can get some more people to take part.
I will hopefully be back later with some photos of my new stash!
Have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
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A mini Willow designs card

I love mini cards, Basic grey, Promarkers, Paper flowers, Nestabilities, Kraft card and Willow Designs images! Not necessarily in that order...I decided to combine a few of my crafty loves to make this card.

I printed the Willow designs image onto textured card and coloured it with Promarkers. I covered a card blank with a scrap of Basic Grey backing paper, added a paper flower, an Elzybells sentiment and some stick on gems to create a very simple card. It doesn't need much else as the paper and image really make this card.
I am off to Ally Pally tomorrow and am so excited! Are any of you going?
Have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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Easy Craft Projects Challenge 10 - My sketch!

Another fortnight has flown by and we are already at Challenge no 10 on the Easy Craft Projects Challenge blog. We had loads of entries for our Easter Challenge! Thanks so much to all of you who took part.

This fortnight we are using my sketch! I am always making square cards so I decided to go for a tall card shape instead. I used papers from the DCWV sweet stack combined with some pink gingham card and blue ribbon.
Our sponsor this month is the Stamping Boutique so we were very lucky to be given the choice of some images from their lovely online shop.

The little chick is so cute and you can use him all year round, not just Easter! I think he would be lovely for New Baby cards too.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance of winning some lovely images, make sure you also check out the Challenge Blog for some more inspiration from the DT.

New Willow Sketchie Challenge

Here is my card for this week's Willow Sketchie Challenge. Sharon gave us a very bright and cheerful image to work with and two gorgeous bright coloured papers to match.

I just adore the blue checked paper, the colours are amazing and the stripy paper is lots of fun too. The image is of Alfie running to the Park so I thought it would be ideal to make a Good Luck card. I know a lot of people that are in to their running and who will be taking part in big races this year and now I have the perfect card for them!


We followed a sketch by Sharon and she also had a little recipe for us to follow. She wants to see: something shiny, some texture and something punched.
I added bling to the top of the card for my something shiny, I embossed some stars for my texture and I punched a border on the bottom of the card.
Make sure you check out the rest of the DT's cards on the Challenge blog for more bright and cheerful inspiration, if you take part in the Challenge, you may win some of Sharon's gorgeous images too!
Hope to see you there!
Jane
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My DT card for the last ever Susie's Sasy Challenge

It's the last ever Susie's Sassy Challenge and before I go on to tell you about this last Challenge, I wanted to Thank Susie for doing such a fab job running the Challenges and also for giving me the opportunity of working with such a talented, fun and lovely group of ladies. It has been a fun 6 months and I am going to miss the laughs we all had together.
The theme for this Challenge is 'Me and my pets.

This our last challenge will only run for one week ending next Wednesday at noon

The Prize for the new challenge #12
This week we are very lucky to be sponsored by the lovely Di over at Di's Digidownloads

Di is offering the winner of this challenge their choice of 2 gorgeous digital stamps from her shop.

Hop over to Di's Digital downloads website where you will find a gorgeous selection of digital stamps for all occasions at very affordable prices .

Di was also kind enough to let the design team use some of her wonderful digi's for this weeks challenge samples.

I chose this adorable image of a girl with her cute little cat. I was inspired by the shaped Easel cards in the latest issue of Craft Stamper magazine. I made an easel base from bright green card and embossed the front panel. I inked all the edges and decorated the panels with DCWV papers from the Pets stack.

I coloured the image with Promarkers to match the papers and added a sentiment from Elzybells mounted on Nestabilities label shapes.
The little charm is from Quixotic paperie. I loved making this card and will definitely be making more of these and I think Di's images are just adorable! I hope you will be able to join us for this last Challenge.
Make sure you check out the blog for more inspiration from the very talented DT.
Have a lovely Thursday.
Jane
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WOYWW, the corner of shame and lots of ATCs

It's Wednesday already and time for What's on your Workdesk Wednesday ...even though it only feels like Tuesday...but I'm not complaining! It means we are getting closer to Sunday which is when I am going to Alexandra Palace with Petra!! Wooohoooo!
Can't wait!!
Here is my desk today, all tidy. I had lots and lots of Crafting time this Easter Weekend and made lots of my DT projects and have decided to have a break from crafting for a couple of days. I spent some time rearranging some of my stash, my shelves look very tidy. There are some of the lovely ATCs on my desk I received as part of my Addicted to ATCs swap yesterday.
I thought I would give you a lovely close up of my very untidy corner. This is where I shove everything when I tidy up that I don't know where to put away. There are allsorts in there, scraps, printed papers, die cut shapes and it's a mess! I hope you have enjoyed looking around my desk today and will forgive me my untidy corner! If you want to see more desks, hop on over to Julia's and why not share a picture of yours too?
I thought I would share the ATC's I made for my monthly Addicted to ATCs swap. I did lots of die cutting and punching with Funky Hand papers scraps. I love all these papers and I love the Butterfly punch too!

These are the ATCs I received as swaps, aren't they just gorgeous! The theme was Springtime colours and I love the images and Butterflies on these cards. I always look forward to receiving my ATCs every month, if you like ATCs, why not pop on over to the blog of the swap I run with Petra, we always welcome new members so why not come and join in the fun :-)
Have a lovely Wednesday.
Jane
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Jane's Doodles Mini stripey cards

I had a play with my Nestabilities a few days ago and made some mini cards using some of Jane's Doodles cute images.

I love this little Lion and he looks so sweet on this simple Thank You card. The sentiment is by Hero Arts and the paper is Making Memories. I replaced the orange stripe with some orange ribbon.
More stripes on this card made with a scrap of American Crafts paper. I coloured the little Monster in bright colours to match the lovely stripes. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.
The last card has a bee image printed on smooth card for a change. I used another scrap of the Making Memories paper to cover the front of the card. I layered the image on yellow card and stamped an Elzybells sentiment. I added glitter glue to the bee's wings and a flower with a K+Co gem for the centre.
I love making these mini cards and they are a great way of using up my scraps. I always end up printing lots of digi images at a time to save card so it is also a great way of using these up too :-)
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Challenge #38 and release day!!!

It's Pollycraft Challenge day and release day for the Critters and Cogs digi stamps. It is my first Challenge as part of the DT and after having lots of fun playing with the new releases, I decided to use the latest Friday freebie to make a little notebook. The theme is 'Anything goes', the perfect opportunity to let your imagination run wild with Paula's images.

Ethan the pirate is really cute and was a perfect match for the papers in the DCWV boys stack. I used some Paperchase ribbon , an Elzybells button and some black pearls to decorate the front of the notebook and added some doodled stitching. I coloured Ethan with Promarkers after I had printed him onto linen cardstock and added glitter glue to his sword.
The ladies of the Design Team have created some amazing cards and Projects, make sure you take a look at the blog and check them out.

As I mentioned at the start of my post, it is also release day for the Critters and Cogs collection of digis at Pollycraft.
To celebrate the release Paula will be giving away a set of the images to 3 winners and we are also have 3 fabulous sponsors offering prizes to 3 winners.

I wish I could enter myself! Hop on over to the blog now for all the details!
Have a lovely Monday!
Jane
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A 'Bon Voyage' card for Digital Two for Tuesday

My very talented Friend Petra is Guest Designer this week on the Digital Two for Tuesday blog so I wanted to take part and make a card with one of the two images that Cora put up last Tuesday.

My Mum and Dad are going on a Cruise at the end of the month so I thought this image would be perfect to make them a 'Bon Voyage' card. I don't normally do Vintage so this was a bit of a challenge for me.
I decided that the trim on the skirt in the image looked a lot like this vintage ribbon I bought ages ago.
The ribbon was all screwed up in my ribbon pot but ironed out nicely with my hair straighteners!
I printed some black polka dot paper from the Funky Hand Papercraft Factory cd and covered an East of India tag in red card before setting it with an eyelet. The little metal charm tag was from Hobbycraft and I had to change the gem that was on it from a blue one to a red one. As a finishing touch and as these images are taken from a vintage fashion magazine I decided to add a few bits from my sewing box. I saw poppers used on a card in Craft Stamper yesterday and I really like the effect.
I hope you are having a lovely Easter Sunday, we had a lovely meal at my Parent's house with my Nanny and Grandma and I have eaten far too many cakes and goodies!
Jane
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Pollycraft Critters and Cogs Preview Day 4

It's day 4 today of the Critters and Cogs Previews for Pollycraft . Today we are previewing 3 adorable digis, Star, Lovebot and Fluffy and I have chosen to make a card with the super cute and cuddly Fluffy.

I am not sure where the stripy paper comes from but the spotty paper is from Making memories.
The sentiment I used is from Paper Makeup but there will be a set of clear stamp sentiments available which match the images perfectly on release day tomorrow.

The previews started on the 1st of April and there is a chance to win the 3 new images each day by leaving a comment.

Please pop over to the blog to see all the amazing samples. The Design Team have been having so much fun with these new images and have made some fabulous and fun cards.

Have a lovely Easter Sunday.
Jane
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Little Things that make me happy...

My paper flowers, arranged by colour.....

...stored neatly in little boxes...
...makes me happy :-) Been having a bit of a tidy:-)

Jane
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Easy last minute Easter Basket

My April Project has been published on the Easy Craft Projects Website. I have made one of these each for my two boys and filled it with lots of yummy eggs for tomorrow.

If you are looking for a last minute Easy Basket that can be made with very few basic supplies, click here for full instructions.
Have a lovely Easter!
Jane
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My First Pollycraft DT card!!! Day 2 of the Previews!

I am SO excited to be able to share my first ever card today as part of the Pollycraft Design Team.

We are all hyped up at Pollycraft and the very talented ladies of the Design team have been working their socks off creating some fabulous cards to give you all sneaky peeks of Paula's exciting new designs.
The previews started yesterday and today for day 2 I have made a card using the cutest robot ever: 'Made with Love'. Isn't he just adorable? I used some Coordinations card to mount my image panel onto and made a simple card base using my Nesties, covering the front with some DCWV card. I used a heart shaped button to echo the heart in the image.

The sentiment I used is from Hero Arts but there will be a set of clear stamp sentiments available which match the images perfectly on the release day.

Please pop over to the blog to see all the amazing samples and leave a comment for a chance to win the three images released today.

Paula will be previewing the stamps over the next 3 days before the release on Monday so make

sure you pop back regularly to the blog for more teasers of these fun stamps I will have another Pollycraft card to share with you for the 4th day, I made it last night and I can't wait to show it off!

Have a lovely Good Friday.

Jane
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My DT card for the next Willow sketchie Challenge

It's time for another Willow Sketchie Challenge and this time Heidi has given us a lovely sketch to work with and a Recipe theme: 3 buttons, 2 papers and 1 ribbon.

I used some lovely papers from the Walter Owl download and this week we got to have a play with the Grace digi stamp. She is so lovely to colour in and I coloured her with my Promarkers using lovely pastelly shades. The Butterfly button was bought in France and the mini buttons are from a little shop in Cornwall.
The ribbon is from Craftwork cards.

Heidi's sketch was very chic and classic and lovely to follow, I will definitely be using it again.
I hope you will have time to join us for this Challenge to have the chance to win some of Sharon's gorgeous digi stamps.
Have a lovely Thursday, the sun is shining here and I have the afternoon off. I am having lunch with my best Friend and her adorable Son and then I am off out this evening for a Craft session with my lovely Crafty Friends. I will be stamping and colouring and die cutting all night! Bliss!
Jane
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I love Digi Challenge 4: A recipe

It's time for another Challenge at I love Digi Challenge blog. We had loads of entries last fortnight and it was so much fun looking at all your Easter Projects and cards, Thanks so much to all of you who took part. This fortnight we are sponsored by Bee Crafty and the DT were given images to work and we have a recipe to follow: 3 Papers, 2 Brads, 1 Embellishment.

I had this lovely image of a little flower girl to play with, her flowers really reminded me of this Funky Hand paper from the Papercraft Factory CD. I teamed it with 2 more papers from the collection and used one of them to paper piece the dress.
I added a Stampin Up brad to the centre of the flower in her hair and to set off my Hero Arts sentiment. My embellishment is my flower.
Make sure you check out the rest of the DT's blogs as we all had different images to work with. You can see a small sample of the images above. The Bee Crafty images are so lovely to colour and also to paper piece. Simply adorable!
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win some of the Bee Crafty images.
Have a lovely Thursday, I will be back later with my latest Willow Sketchie card.
Jane
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WOYWW - Easter!!!

Quick post today for What's on your Workdesk Wednesday, it was a mess but I tidied. I crafted until midnight last night trying to get finished for Easter and here are the fruits of my labour.

Here is a close up of the boxes, I used a Wild Rose Studio stamp and some Nesties to make a simple topper.
The sentiment stamp is by Elzybells.
Make sure you pop over to Julia's to see her desk and many more and if you feel like it why not share a piccie of your Workspace too.
Have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Stamped buttons and some VERY exciting news!!

My very talented Friend Petra made some fabric covered buttons a while ago using Graphics Fairy images which she had printed onto fabric and I have been wanting to try something similar for ages. I bought some cheap plastic buttons that can be covered and a cheap handkerchief and set to work.

I used Hero Arts stamps stamped with Stampin Up ink and added little gems. I stamped the sentiment first and then covered the button. I stuck the little flower and heart stamps onto my thumb to pick up the ink and stamp it on to the buttons. Using your thumb rather than a block allows you to curve the stamp around the edges of the button. I added a gem as a finishing touch.
I found out some very exciting news last night, I have made the DT on the Pollycraft blog!
I love Paula's images and I am so excited to have been chosen! I can't wait to get started working with her fabulous images :-)
Have a lovely Tuesday!
Jane
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NEC stash shopping and a Funky Mini card

As promised, here is a photo of the new stash I bought yesterday at the NEC. I went up there first thing on Sunday morning. My Hubby and I discussed it on the Saturday night as one of us had to stay at home on Sunday to look after Charlie our puppy as he had 'the operation' on Friday. I wasn't sure I fancied the drive on my own but got up Sunday early and just went for it!


I just tidied my desk so I could unpack my bags, I actually bought more than I thought I had. I bought the £5 Create and Craft goody bag and got some free DL card blanks and envelopes from them too, they were really heavy to carry around! I got lots of stash from the £1 craft stand, brads, card blanks etc. My first stop was at the Magnolia stand where I bought 3 stamps, I can't wait to ink these up. I bought various other bits and bobs from all over. I really like the Hobbyhouse stand and I stocked up on Envelopes from 'A touch of craft'. It was great fun seeing all the people from the telly, they all look really different in real life.
My tickets for Ally Pally arrived today, I am going on the Sunday, can't wait! Ally Pally is still my favourite of all the shows I have been to so far.
I had a day's holiday from work today to look after Charlie, I took him back for a post op check and he has a temperature so is feeling a bit sorry for himself. We have to take him back Wednesday to check it again. I have been sat downstairs with him and had a play with my Funky Hand CD and used some of the papers to make a DT card, I used the leftovers to make this mini card.

The image is from the Stamping Boutique and was perfect to make a card to Thank my Friend Madeleine who gave me a box of eggs from her 4 Chickens on Friday. We had them for dinner on Friday night and they were delicious!
Jane
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Bugaboo Crabby Cathy card

A quick post today to share a card I made for a colleague who returned to work with us this month.

I just love these Bugaboo images and they are so much fun to colour in. I used a Making Memories ledger paper to print the sentiment onto. I then printed the image and coloured it in with my Promarkers. I added glossy accents to the clock. The little stars are stick on earrings from Claire's accessories.
I snuck off to the NEC yesterday for a couple of hours and bought a few new bits of stash. I have a day off today so I may be back later if I have a chance to take a photo of my new goodies :-)
Have a lovely Monday.
Jane
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Mini Greeting Farm cards

I had a burst of creativity on Friday night and ended up making lots of mini cards. I love making these small
cards and I have received an order for some more so it was the perfect excuse to get playing.
Here are a few of them made using The Greeting Farm stamps.

The first card was made with a scrap of Crate Paper backing paper, I used a scrap of Bobunny double dots to mat the image onto. The ribbon was a scrap lurking in a pot on my desk. I coloured the image with Promarkers and the sentiment is Hero Arts. The button is one of the ones I bought last Sunday.
My next card is an underwater scene with Mer Ian. I printed him onto textured card and coloured him with Promarkers adding stickles to highlight the image. I pieced together scraps of Bazzil and American crafts card and matted them on to a scalloped square cut from DCWV card. The little flower is from Prima as are the pearls. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

I used Ebony to make a funky little card. I used a precut white blank and added Nesties shapes cut from Inspire me and DCWV papers. The little sentiment is from Elzybells and the button was bought from a local shop. I coloured Ebony with Promarkers and added a little glitter to the skull on her T-shirt.
My last card is very cute and girly with Princess Anya coloured with my Promarkers. The backing papers were printed from the Funky Hand Papercraft Factory CD. The sentiment is by Elzybells.
Have a lovely Sunday.
Jane
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