Hi there. Today I am very excited to be announcing that I am joining the Design Team at Jane’s Doodles. I have always been a big fan of Jane and her adorable stamps and I am honoured to be joining such a talented group of ladies.

Today we have a spotlight blog hop to highlight the latest 3 stamp sets that have been recently released into the store. You should have arrived from Jennifer McGuire’s blog who is guest designing with us.

Doodle Flowers II

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Wise Owl

First up I created a colourful cluster of flowers, that were coloured with Copics and then given a coating of Wink of Stella brush glitter pen.

Next I made a fun bookmark for my son, once again colouring with Copics. The apple is coated in Glossy Accents.

And finally I water coloured the Wise Owl with Distress ink and made a tag. On the back it says “This book belongs to…” I couldn’t resist the googly eyes.

Blog Hop Order
Jane
Jennifer (Guest Designer)
Marion <—— You are here
Miriam (New DT member as well – welcome)
Aga
Angeline
Ange
Evgenia
Mariana
Jane’s Doodles

In order to be in the running to win these stamp sets, please leave a comment on all the blogs and one lucky person will be chosen at random. Good luck.

Thanks for stopping by,

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Another month has rolled around and it is my turn at the Muse Card Club.

I simple little owl card for you this time using the Hero Arts Playful Animals stamp set. I had to extend the branch to have my owl centred. Coloured with Copics and Glossy accents added to the eyes.

Here are some of the guidelines if you are unfamiliar with how Muse works.

• Use the Muse card as inspiration, explain your interpretation and link back to Muse.
• Provide supportive comments to at least 3 of your fellow member’s submissions.
• Vote for 3 of your fellow member’s submissions that you find inspiring, once voting opens.

For the full challenge guidelines go here.

 

Hope you can find some time to play along at Muse this week,

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I needed a gift for a friend who recently had a baby boy. I decided to make a personalised picture to hang in his room. I had fun making this project and I love how it turned out.

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Happy Sunday Evening everyone,

I am into owls at the moment – let’s face it, there are so many owl stamps and images out there that are just soooo cute!

Here is my owl offering that I am entering into the current CAS-ual Fridays Challenge CFC#17 (stuck on you) and the current Scrapbook Boutique Challenge (to use ribbon or a bow – look at that yummy inspiration photo!)

These are all stickers from EAD designs. I sponged around a cloud shape repeatedly on the background with blending chalk, it is subtle, but looks better in real life.

I love how the textured card gives the stickers a textured look as well. I added some sprinkles for eyes and a bow to make her look more girly.

There you have it…a card with no stamps or ink – just chalk and stickers!

Supplies:

Stamps: None
Ink: None
Card: Regal Craft Card (White textured DL card)
Other Supplies: EAD Designs “Owl Friends” Stickerz, Annabelle Stamps Sprinkles – 4mm blackcurrant, AnnaBelle Stamps Natural Cotton Twine, Glossy Accents, Creative College blending chalks – blue, sponge dauber

Here ere are another two fabulous owl cards that I have come across recently in blogland that I simply ADORE! Check em out – Amy Wanford and Melania Deasy. Aren’t they just the cutest?

Thanks for stopping by. Oh and don’t forget the Print Candee is having their first Blog Hop this coming Wednesday…with lots of fabby prizes! You won’t want to miss it!

See you then,

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Greetings from North Queensland! I now understand why a lot of Aussies head north during the winter! I am currently sitting in my sister’s lounge room in shorts and t-shirt with the ceiling fan on…and it is winter! It is such a nice change from cold land down south!

Anyway, yesterday my Mum, sister and I had our little craft stall at the Craft Spectacular and it was such a fun day! Lots of people through the door and lots of sales which is always exciting! In addition to selling my cards, I also made a whole heap of little girls hair clips out of grosgrain ribbon and felt…so when I get home I’ll take some decent pictures and share them with you all.

But onto a baby card that I made recently which was one of my sales yesterday. I used the ‘Welcome Baby’ sentiment out of Jane’s Doodles ‘Noah’s Ark’ stamp set and stamped it repeatedly in distress inks to make the background. The giraffe is a Recollections stamp and coloured in with copic markers.

Supplies:

Stamps: Recollections – Zoo-Licious, Jane’s Doodles – Noah’s Ark stamp set (sentiment) , Hero Arts – Playful Animals stamp set (CL155) (little star), Hero Arts – Envelope Pattern woodblock stamp (S5507)
Ink: Versafine Ink – sepia, Memento Ink – Tuxedo Black, Distress inks – dried marigold, scattered straw
Card: X-Press It Blending card, Regal Craft Card (white smooth square fold), green card
Other Supplies: Copic markers, Glossy Accents, Basic Grey button – brights, foam dimensional, spellbinders Nesties – label 4, Cuttlebug, Kaisercraft grosgrain ribbon – brown, DMC Floss – white, Quickutz die – tag, AnnaBelle Stamps pearls – 3mm, blending tool

Thanks for stopping by,

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Hi,
Just popping in quickly with a REALLY simple card that I made on the weekend. CAS to the max, but I like it!

I made the ladybird by cutting some circles out of punches. Ran one circle through the Cuttlebug with the Swiss Dots embossing folder and then added some Glossy Accents. Easy as!

Supplies:

Stamps: Kaisercraft ‘Butterflies’ mini clear stamp set (insect trail), Waltzing Mouse “Half Pint Heroes” stamp set (sentiment)
Ink: Versafine Ink – Onyx Black
Card: Regal Craft Card (white textured square single fold), red and black cardstock
Other Supplies: Karl Craft Circle punches, single hole punch (for spots), Glossy accents, black felt pen, Cuttlebug, Swiss Dots embossing folder, foam dimensionals, Annabelle Stamps 5mm Cherry Sprinkles.

Thanks for stopping by and I’ll be back tomorrow with some super exciting news!

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