Sugar Nellie Fairy Glen Blog Hop - Delia

Hello! Welcome to another stop on the Sugar Nellie Blog Hop! If you are following the hop from the beginning on the Sugar Nellie blog you will have come here from the very talented Marianne's blog. I am very excited as this is my first Sugar Nellie blog hop since joining the Design Team! The card I am sharing with you today was made using the adorable Delia who is available to buy here from Funky Kits along with all the other new stamps.

Delia was so much fun to colour in, I couldn't resist using lovely bright colours to match these gorgeous Echo Park papers. I die cut the image into an oval and mounted it onto a scalloped oval before adding it to the stitched layers on my card. The sentiment I used is by Hero Arts and the gorgeous vibrant ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl. The little wooden button is available here from Crafty Emma's Store.
I hope you love Delia as much as I do and have enjoyed seeing my card. Your next stop on the hop is the very talented Elaine. If you get lost along the way, hop back to the start at the Sugar Nellie blog. Make sure you leave comments along the way for the chance to win some sweet candy!




Thanks for dropping by and please come back tomorrow for another card made with another one of the new images!
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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CES Challenge - Make it Magical or Spooky

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are well, I have been very busy already this morning and am going to watch some Rugby while crafting away this morning. I have lots of work in progress to finish and lots of new goodies to play with too so it is going to be a fun packed day!
It is Saturday which means it is CES Challenge day of course and we have a great theme for you this week....

''Make It Magical or Spooky''

This was the perfect opportunity for me to have a play with another one of the new images which were released this week at Pollycraft. I love the Cherry Kisses images and this one has become one of my favourites! She is so much fun to colour and I loved choosing the papers to base my colour scheme on.

The orange dotty paper and the spider web paper are from the Echo Park Apothecary paper pad which is available here . The green striped paper is from The Dots and Stripes Metropolitan Echo Park pad which is available here and the purple paper is from an older My Mind's Eye pad. I layered my papers onto black card and added lots of sewing with a lilac thread. The sentiment is an 'SRM' sticker and I accented it with a pearl. The twine is also from Crafty Emma's store and the charm was from my stash. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. There is some fabulous inspiration on the Challenge blog and this week's prize is

a £10 voucher (exc p&p) to spend over at Crafty Emma's Store.

Have a great Saturday!
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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CES Challenge - Anything but a square

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you had a good week. I have been busy this week so I am glad the weekend is finally here. I have a day of crafting lined up today catching up on DT work and Magazine commissions then I am going out for a drink tonight with my lovely Hubby.
Saturday is CES Challenge day and the theme this week is ....'Anything but a square'. I love square cards but also love making shaped cards with my Nesties so I have used one of my new Spellbinders Grand Nesties to cut a large scalloped circle card.

I used Echo Park Metropolitan and Candy Shoppe papers to cover the card and then coloured in Poorly Chester from Pollycraft to match with my Promarkers. I stamped a Hero Arts Sentiment and cut it out with a Spellbinders labek die and added Chester and the sentiment to the card with foam pads before adding glossy accents to Chester's eyes. The finishing touch was a stripy bow made from ribbon from my stash.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a £10 voucher (not incl P&P) from Crafty Emma's Store:

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Pink for a Girl and Blue for a Boy

Morning Everyone! I have a quick share for you today of two New Baby cards I made recently. I love this little Hero Arts fox stamp, it's very sweet and so versatile!

The cards were made using shaped card bases from Crafty Emma's Store and the blue patterned paper is by Hero Arts. I stamped the fox onto the blue paper and cut him out adding a little black pearl for the nose.

I added an embossed panel of white card to a panel of Kraft and sewed around the edges. The sentiment was created using a Whiff of Joy stamp and Making Memories cork letters I have had in my stash for ages.
I added the little fox above the sentiment with foam pads and finished with a couple of stick on gems.
Have a great Friday! I can't wait for the weekend to start! It has been a long week!
Jane
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CES Challenge - Saturday night at the movies!

Good Morning Everyone and welcome to my new followers! Thank you so much for all the lovely comments you have left me this week, I am trying hard to get around as many of your blogs as possible but I have been so busy lately! There are not enough hours in the day!

The lovely Carrie has chosen our theme this week on the CES Challenge blog and she has chosen...

Inspired by a movie!
Now this can be your favourite movie or one that you have seen ..just make sure you tell us what movie it is!

I have inked up one of my new Sassy Girls to make a card inspired by Sex and the City. I thought this gorgeous 5th Avenue Sassy girlie is a bit like Carrie with her fab shoes and slinky dress. I loved watching SATC when it was on TV and I loved the films too, even though the 2nd one was a bit silly!

I used Echo Park papers from the Be mine and Dots and stripes papes and some black tulle which was given to me by a Friend to make a fab bow topped with a sparkly shoe. The sentiment is by Whiff of Joy. I layered up my panels with black card, added lots of stitching and stuck them on to a shaped card base.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge for the chance to win a fab £10 gift voucher from Crafty Emma's Store

Make sure you check out the Challenge blog for all the details and lots of inspiration from the DT!
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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CES Challenge - Photo inspiration

Morning everyone? Did you enjoy the Wedding yesterday? I ended up watching it with one eye while I was crafting and it all looked very lovely. I really made the most of my day off and got all my demo pieces ready for the 14th. I will share them with you over the next couple of weeks. We have something a little bit different for you today at CES Challenges, the lovely Vicky has chosen a photo inspiration theme for us this week.
I have made a card using Whiff of Joy and Wild Rose Studio papers which are available from Emma's Shop.

It was my first time inking up my Molly Bloom stamp. I will be using it on my demo day but on a different card. I coloured him in using my Promarkers and layered all the paper pieces onto Kraft card.

Here is the photo you have to be inspired by to make your project. The gingham is lovely isn't it? I would love to have a bedroom like this.

Here's a little close up of George all coloured in, I love his little hooodie, He looks very cosy. I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge. For the chance to win a £10.00 voucher for Crafty Emma's Store. Make sure you check out all the details and some lovely cards from the DT on the blog.
Have a lovely weekend!
Jane
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CES Challenge #32 - Sue's Sketch

Morning everyone, I hope you have had a good week. We have been away on holiday this week in Devon and have had a lovely time. The weather was not perfect but we went to lots of lovely places and had lots of fun. I haven't made any cards for two weeks now and am starting to get withdrawal symptoms! I am hoping to fit in some crafting time this weekend!


We have a lovely sketch for you this week at CES Challenges which has been put together by the very talented Sue. I have used some of the new Crate Paper Toybox 6x6 papers and one of the adorable new Swings and Slides images from Pollycraft.

The sketch is lovely to work with and I added some polka dot buttons and a sentiment and Cat's Life Press sentiment as a finishing touch.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a voucher for Crafty Emma's Store, make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the wonderful DT.
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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Pollycraft Monday Challenge - White Christmas

It's my turn to set the next Challenge on the Pollycraft Challenge blog and as we are approaching Christmas and I love snow, the theme I have chosen is...

WHITE CHRISTMAS
all white card(colour only on images) OR snowy/winter scenes..

I have had so much fun creating Wintery scenes with all of Paula's fabulous images this year and couldn't resist paper piecing a wintery white scene for one of the new Cherry Kisses images to skate around in.

The papers I used are by American Crafts and October Afternoon and the lovely ruffled ribbon trim is by The Ribbon Girl.

This Challenge is a little bit different from our usual weekly Challenge as we we will be running it for 1 month to give everyone a little break over Christmas and we would like to use this Challenge as an invitation to apply for a Guest Design Position, if you would like to be considered, please add GD to your name on inlinkz.

The next Challenge will be on the 10th of January.

As this is a special Challenge, we have some very special prizes for you as well as the GDT spots!

A Memory Box: Tinsel paperpack
from the lovely Emma at Crafty Emma's Store

And...

10 Pollycraft Digis!

As usual we have some fabulous cards from the Design team to inspire you so make sure you check out the Challenge blog!

Have a great Monday!
Jane
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A Pollycraft Friday Freebie and some bargains!

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


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


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

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

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

SELECT THE FREE POSTAGE OPTION

(ie over £30)

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

but that's not all...

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

I have been trying to be a bit more active the past couple of days and have made a gentle and gradual return to a bit of cardmaking in between rests. I had my physio appointment Friday and am all strapped up with tape. I promised myself I would make some card with some of Di's lovely images as soon as I could. I have been watching them all being added to her site over the past couple of weeks making a note of my favourites.

This 'Shopping Spree' image is so cute, I couldn't resist using her to make a card using the sketch from Sketch Saturday, I used Kraft paper recycled from a hanging file. I bought a big pile of them in a charity shop ages ago and they are a great colour and were a great find.


I cut strips from the Kraft card to follow the strips on the design. I embossed them with a Cuttlebug folder so they stood out bit more. The paper I used is from a beautiful Pink Paislee Father Christmas Stack I bought from Crafty Emma's Store. The papers in this stack have a lovely beautiful feel to them. They are all stunning colours too.


Here is a little close up of the image coloured with Promarkers. I had to cut the image out to stick over the oval shape as I didn't leave enough room around it when I was printing to cut it out...
I hope you have a great Sunday.
Jane
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A Pollycraft Neverending card

Sorry about the long post and all the photos but I wanted to show you this 'never ending' card I made yesterday as my boys need a birthday card for a party they are going to and I just couldn't let them give a yukky shop bought one so I got up and made them one!

I was really inspired to try the never ending card tutorial in the latest issue of Quick cards. I used one of my favourite Pollycraft images Jack - In the Game, which is available here. I printed him quite large and then used my Nesties to cut out part of the image. This is a great way to use images to make them look a bit different, it was really quick and easy to colour this way too so I wasn't leaning over the desk too long which helped my back.


I always thought these would be really hard but they are so easy and the boys were really impressed with it. It's quite hard to impress my 13 year old these days so it must be good! The stamp I used inside is one of my favourites at the moment and it is available here from Crafty Emma's Store. The felt star was bought last year from Paperchase.


I used papers I downloaded a while ago, not sure from where and plain silver black and royal blue card.

The letters are old Papermania ones from my stash, the ribbon is from Hobbycraft, the button was from a wool shop in Swindon and the QPR badge was cut from the envelope the invitation was in. I used a Cuttlebug folder on the plain card and a couple of stick on pearls.
I had so much fun making this card yesterday and it came together in about 30 mins, including the printing!
My back is feeling a bit better today than it did yesterday after my Physio, I have got another session booked Friday...not looking forward to that!
Sorry about the long post and all the photos!
Have a great Wednesday!
Jane
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Pick up a Pollycraft Friday Freebie!

Paula has the cutest freebie for you all today on the Tales from Pollycraft blog. These adorable penguins!

I coloured them with my Promarkers and added them to a card made with a gorgeous Pink Paislee paper available from Crafty Emma's store. The sentiment was last week's freebie and it goes so well with the Penguin image.
When you go and pick up your freebie make sure you enter the Secret stamps candy!

Paula has some amazing prizes on offer if you enter before the 20th of November. Click on the picture above for more details on how to take part.
I hope you have a great Friday!
Jane
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CES Challenges card - Get ahead...get a hat!

It's Saturday and time for another Challenge on the CES Challenges blog. The theme this week is Get ahead, get a hat! I used fabulous Wild Rose Studio stamps to make this card for my Mother in Law who is celebrating her Birthday next week.

I used one of my new punches on the card and some ribbon and flowers from my stash as well as some Echo Park papers.
I hope you will be able to join us for this Challenge. Emma has a fabulous prize for you this week...a Memory Box Glitterati Paper Pad -cool!!!

Have a great Saturday and a fab weekend!
Jane
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Back with some exciting news!

I have no cards to show you today. I have been on holiday in Dorset for the past two weeks staying in a lovely Caravan with superb views of the Dorset countryside and the Jurassic coast.
I had scheduled lots of posts to appear when I was away, thank you to all of you who left comments over the past two weeks, it has been lovely reading them all.
The kids, my Hubby and I had a wonderful two weeks and did lots of fun things, we went to Monkey World, Jersey, Crealy where I made friends with lots of lovely goats. I only wish I had taken a larger bag with me to smuggle one out!
I haven't got many photos as I took the wrong lead to charge up my camera and the battery ran out.

We spent time by the sea looking at the waves and gorgeous scenery while the kids made sandcastles and we took a pedalo out for a sail along the coastline. It was the perfect break. We came back a day early as Jack and I came down with a nasty cold on Wednesday and the weather was not very promising on Friday. My cold has got worse and has gone down on to my chest since I got back and I am laid up in bed today so I will have to wait a bit longer to play with the new stash I bought when I was away.

This is a piccie of the boys on our first trip to the beach in Weymouth. It is our dream to move down to Dorset one day and be close to all the places we love. You can't fail to be inspired by all the lovely villages and coastline and we have come back even more determined than ever to make our dream a reality.

When I was away, whilst checking my emails on my Hubby's Iphone, I found out I had been picked to be part of the DT of a brand new Challenge blog. I am so happy to have been chosen, the other DT girls are such amazingly talented crafters!

Emma has recently opened the most magnificent Craft Store which is an Aladdin's cave of beautiful crafty stash and she is starting weekly Challenges. The first Challenge starts next Saturday and Emma has some lovely Candy on the blog that you all have a chance to win. Make sure you go over and take a look now and also check out Emma's fabulous store, she has lots of lovely new Prima papers just in! I am off to place another order now before I go back to sleep :-)
Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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