Sugar Nellie DT - Bookmark This!

Hello Everyone! I hope you are well and having a good week. I am not. I have a nasty cough and cold and had been plodding along but, after another night with very little sleep due to my blocked nose and coughing, I have given in and am resting up today in bed to fight off these germs! I have made something a little bit different for my Sugar Nellie post this week. I dug out my unused Dienamics bookmark die and matching stamps and die cut a bookmark using some scraps of paper. 

I added a little bit of stitching to the tartan paper and then stamped and coloured the lovely Simply Sassy High School Student stamp which is available here from Funky Kits. I stuck her on to the bookmark with glue after I had cut her out leaving a small border.

I die cut some flowers using another dienamics die and inked the edges before layering it up and topped it with a wooden button I bought in Farnborough. I sandwiched a length of velvet ribbon between the flower and the bookmark as a finishing touch. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Hippie Chick

Hello Everyone! I have chosen one of my all time favourite Sugar Nellie stamps for my Sugar Nellie DT card this week. This gorgeous Simply Sassy stamp is called Hippie Chick and is available here from Funky Kits.

I coloured my image with Promarkers to match these gorgeous papers from My Mind's Eye from the Collectable Memorable pad and then cut her out leaving a small border. I created a simple layout and added stitching around the edges of each layer and a stamped Some Odd Girl sentiment on a die cut banner shape.

I added a bow tied from a pretty cream and pink ribbon and topped it with a wooden button and added lots of flowers from my stash. I finished with some pretty pink stick on gems. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - A sweet Sassy girl

Good Morning Everyone! It's my day for sharing a card on the Sugar Nellie blog today. I have been playing with my Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy girls recently. I love colouring them in and they look so different if you colour them in pastel colours instead of my usual brights! I have coloured the beautiful 'Fairy Tale' with my Promarkers to match these beautiful 'Dear Lizzy' Neapolitan papers and then cut her out leaving a small border. I created a simple layout layering the papers onto a polka dot design paper from the pack and stamped an old Elzybells sentiment directly onto the papers.

I added some pleated ribbon from The Ribbon Girl and a little spotty button below my image panel and some beautiful flowers I bought in Michaels in New York last year amd finished with some punched butterflies and some stick on pearls and gems. I hope you have a lovely Wednesday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - A Sassy Saturday...

Good Morning Everyone! It's finally the weekend and right now the Sun is shining so things are looking up! My thoughts always turn to holidays at this time of the year so I thought I would ink up my 'Travel Lite' Simply Sassy stamp and create a card using some holiday and travel themed Crate paper backing papers.

I kept the layout pretty simple and distressed the edges of my papers before sewing around them. I added brads and a few embellishments and some Jenni Bowlin tickets I had stamped with a sentiment.

I coloured my image with Promarkers and then cut her out leaving a small border and added her to the card with foam pads. I really love colouring my Sassy stamps and love this one's hair in particular!
I hope you have a lovely Saturday!
Jane
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Sugar Nellie DT - Coffee amongst the chaos!

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are well and had a good week. It is chaos here as we will be moving house a week on Monday. I have been packing for a while so we are already surrounded by boxes and mess and the next week is going to be busy. I am supposed to be crafting today. I have some Magazine work to complete and lots of DT work but have only managed to do washing and a bit of sorting so far and buy some new digi stamps! I know what I am going to do but just need a push to get started!

At the moment, I am sat down with a cuppa and the TV on and I will get started when I have finished this post! The card I have to share with you today was made with the adorable 'Luv a latte' Simply Sassy stamp who is available here from Funky Kits. She is one of my most favourite Sassy stamps and I love colouring her in. I used some papers from the Fancy Pants 'Be You' pad. I love the rich pinks in this pad! I added a touch of aqua after I coloured my beautiful Sassy's eyes as I thought the card was missing something. I used flat flowers from my stash and topped them with gems and finished with a bow and a gorgeous sparkly swirl.
Right, I am off now to get some work done! Have a great Saturday!
Jane
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My favourite cards from 2011

Hello Everyone! I hope you had a lovely Christmas and are looking forward to the New Year.
I don't have any cards to show you today, I am working on some new bits and pieces I hope to bring you in the next few days but have been taking things easy and had a bit of a break from blogging to recharge my batteries ready for a New Year.
I have been looking through my talented blog Friends blogs and they have been sharing their favourite cards from 2011 so I thought I would join in the fun too, here goes!

January
using an adorable Pollycraft Robot

February
using Skater Ben from Whiff of Joy


March
using a By Lori Designs image


April
using a beautiful Whiff of Joy stamp


May
using a Swings and Slides cutie from Pollycraft


June
using my favourite Simply Sassy image

July
using some gorgeous papers and a Sugar Nellie image

August

using a Pollycraft Luna image


September
using a beautiful Gorjuss girl stamp from Sugar Nellie

October
using one of my favourite Whiff of Joy gnomes


November
using an older Sugar Nellie Leanne Ellis image

December
using a Sugar Nellie Gorjuss girl image

As you can see I still love my bright colours! I have really enjoyed sharing my cards with you all this year and I will be back soon with something new!
Have a Happy New Year!
Jane
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A Sassy Hello!

Good Morning Everyone! I hope you are having a good week. I have a card to share with you today which I made using one of the gorgeous Simply Sassy girls which are available from Sugar Nellie.

I love this image called 'Luv a Latte', she is lovely to colour and has beautiful eyes! I coloured her with my Promarkers to match these My Mind's Eye papers and added a Hero Arts sentiment which I framed with a metal tag. I added a wooden button and a couple of flowers as a finishing touch.
Have a lovely Friday!
Jane
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CES Challenge - mix and match

Hi Everyone, I am so late with my card for this week's CES challenge! I suppose it is better late than never! This week's Challenge theme has been chosen by the lovely Julie and the theme this week is Mix and Match. We want to see your creations using papers from at least two different manufacturers. I have chosen 2 of my new paper pads to use which arrived while I was away on my holidays and a new stamp I ordered before I went.

The yellow spotty paper I used is from the My Mind's Eye Rosy pad which is available here from Crafty Emma's store, the grey and yellow papers are from the Authentique Blissful pad which is available here.

I layered the paper up onto a scalloped edge card blank and added stitching and then stamped one of the new Simply Sassy images called Team Spirit and coloured her in in shades to match the papers. I made some pom poms from Baker's twine and stuck them on the image with my glue gun. I cut the image out with some of the new Xcut dies. I love them as the ovals and rectangles are a great size for stamped images, I find my nesties are sometimes a bit small. I added a die cut label stamped with a mini sentiment and 2 crochet flowers I bought on holiday.
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 DT. Have a fab weekend!
Jane
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CES Challenge - Feeling the blues

Hello Everyone! It's finally Saturday and time for a new CES Challenge. The lovely Vicky has chosen our theme this week and it is 'Feeling the Blues' so we would like to see your cards and Projects featuring Blue as your main colour. I have used papers from the fabulous Baby Mine pad by Fancy Pants which is available here from Crafty Emma's store for my card with a gorgeous Simply Sassy image from Sugar Nellie.

I die cut and punched my paper and added sewing before wrapping the layers with Baker's twine and tying on a sentiment tag. I finished with a lovely gingham bow topped with a button and lots of flowers including some of the gorgeous Mini Blossoms which you can find here.
I hope you will be able to join us for this week's Challenge for the chance to win a voucher to spend over at Crafty Emma's Store.

Have a great Saturday and make sure you check out the Challenge blog for lots of inspiration from the DT!
Jane
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A Simply Sassy Christmas card

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

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

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

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

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

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

Have a good evening and I will be back in the Morning with my Whiff of Joy DT card for this week.
Jane
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A summery Sassy for the Sugar Bowl Challenge

Hi Everyone, I am still trying to enter a few more Challenges than usual and I do love a sketch Challenge so I couldn't resist using my favourite Sassy Hippie Chick with the sketch from the latest Challenge in the Sugar Bowl. The theme is Summer and I think my Sassy looks pretty Summery here.


The sketch was lovely to work with and I used Kraft card with Emma's Shoppe Crate paper papers and lots of distressing and sewing. The sentiment is by Cat's life press and is one of my favourites, I love the font with the brackets. Here is the lovely sketch by Marlene.

I coloured my image with Promarkers and then added Prima flowers with Whiff of Joy brad centres, a resin flower and a gorgeous crochet flower which was generously donated to me by my lovely blog buddy Emma. I finished with a couple of small pink gems.
Edit!! Just realised I missed the deadline for the Challenge by an hour, duh! Nevermind, at least I am trying!! :-)
Have a good evening!
Jane
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A Simply Sassy Bookmark

Hi Everyone! I hope you had a good day. I was exhausted when I came hone from work and then had a sudden burst of energy and made this bookmark following a fab tutorial on the SimplySassy blog.

I used the beautiful Fairytale Sassy image for my bookmark and scraps from my scrapbox and some lace and flowers and a beautiful button from The Ribbon Girl.
I am entering this into the special Challenge Maria set on the Simply Sassy blog to make something using a tutorial from the blog and also into the Moving Along with the times 'Anything but a card' Challenge.
I'll be back in the morning with another card!
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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A Simply Sassy Student!

Morning Everyone! I have a card to show you today which I made using this fun Simply Sassy image. I don't have this stamp but found this Simply Sassy High School student stamped image in my stash and I love her, not sure how I got her though! I am definitely going to have to invest in an actual rubber version of her!

I made my card using Emma's Shoppe Crate paper papers and the fab Simply Sassy image compliments the book paper so well! I coloured my image with Promarkers and added a Pink Petticoat sentiment which I cut with a Spellbinders die. The fabulous ribbon and button are from The Ribbon Girl and the flowers are from my stash.
Have a fab Sunday!
Jane
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A Simply Sassy for the Sugar Nellie Challenge

I hope you are having a good Sunday. I have been playing with my new Simply Sassy Stamps and I have decided to try and enter a few more challenges so I thought I would start with this week's Sugar Bowl Challenge which has an optional theme of Birthdays and has a lovely sketch by Maria Therese to follow.

I have used the beautiful 'Missing You' Simply Sassy image and coloured her in to match these gorgeous papers I got free with a Magazine. I distressed the papers and added stitching around the edges after I had mounted them on to kraft card. I added Ribbon and lace from my stash and some pretty flowers and some pearls as a finishing touch.

Here is the sketch, it's really lovely and I am sure I will be digging this one out again to use on another card. I am also entering my card into this week's I love Promarkers Challenge as the theme is 'pearls'.
Enjoy the rest of your Weekend.
Jane
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A Sassy Good Luck card

My Son was given his first ever paper round yesterday. We had put him on the waiting list a few weeks ago and he was very lucky that one came up a few streets down from us. We went yesterday to have a chat with the Manager at the Newsagents yesterday and he set off just before 7 to do his first round with one of the current paperboys to learn the ropes. I am sat here nervously waiting his return!

I made him a card last night for him to open this morning to wish him good luck on his first day. I recently treated myself to lots of the Simply Sassy images and I love this one as it looks a bit like my Ryan. I used Echo Park papers, the text one is actually called 'Newsprint', how handy! The letters were from the 12x12 paper pack too.

Here is a close up of my coloured image. I used my Promarkers to colour him in to match the papers. I did lots of crafting yesterday afternoon and made 2 more cards with my Simply Sassy images which I will share with you next week. I am entering this card into the Creative Card Crew Challenge, the theme is 'Anything Goes'.
Have a good Sunday, I am off to Twickenham today for the Rugby.
Jane
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A Simply Sassy Sunday...

I was recently introduced to the wonderfully quirky Simply Sassy stamps from the wonderful creations of my hugely talented fellow Pollycraft teamie Maria. I fell in love with these images and treated myself before I went away on my holidays.


The image I have used on my card which I made following the sketch for the Simply Sassy GDT call is called Hippie Chick and she is one of my favourites.


I used Prima Madeleine papers and a My Mind's Eye paper and coloured my image using Promarkers. I just love her big eyes and she was an absolute dream to colour in. The sentiment I used is from Whiff of Joy and the ribbons and twine are from The Ribbon Girl.

I really enjoyed playing with my new stamp today, I have lots of things I should be doing instead but I can never resist new stash!
Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.