i love books

Hello!

I hope all is well.

Wanted to share a card I created uisng Stripes and Dots and Read All About It.

I coloured using Graph'it markers.

xo

woof

Hello!

I made a card!!! :)

I used Double Trouble, Dogs, Smile and Read All About It.

Used my Graph'it markers to colour.

xo

smile

Hello!

I'm sharing a card I created using Read All About It, Smile and Winter Wishes (the little birdie) stamp sets. I coloured with Graph'it markers.

Pop on over to the JD blog and check out Neha's stunning card!

xo

school is out!

YEEHAW! School is out! :)

I am proud to say that I was packing away orders all day yesterday and they are ready to be shipped! I also got my very first order from Japan! :)

Now to restock my shop!! lol! I'm putting my first order in so hopefully in 2-3 weeks I'll be adding some old and new sets to the shop.

I had to make a quick card for Mia's teacher. Mia finished grade 4 which means saying goodbye to her teacher (they have the same teacher grade 1 to grade 4 and then grade 5 and on it's a different teacher for each subject).

I used my Read All About It stamp set (which I will be re ordering this week) and coloured with my Graph'it markers. 

I can't believe how quickly this school year passed....crazy! I'll have Marko in grade 7, Mia in grade 5 and Jakov in grade 2.......snif, snif...they grow up to fast! 

xo

instagram inspiration

Hello!

It's been a while! I am working on lots of things that I can't share right now. :)

I was looking through instagram (find loads of inspiration there) the other day and came across an adorable bunny pillow and checkered pillow and thought what a cute and simple card it would make!

I found this sweet pillow duo on @felicityjanestudio 's instagram.

So to re create the pillows I used my Spring and Stripes and Dots stamp sets.  For the stripes I inked the stamp up, stamped it on a scrap paper and then onto my cardstock (I didn't want it to be too bold and dark).

I decided to add a pop of colour and stamped my speech bubble from my Read All About It stamp set.

xo

hello

Hello!

I hope all is well! :)

I've got a cute little card to share today using my Boris the Bunny and Read All About It stamp set.

20% off all clear stamps is still going on (until the end of the month!).

I coloured with Graph'it markers, did some masking and paper piecing.

Take care!

xo

you are amazing

Hello!

I hope all is well!

I'm sharing a card I made using my Read All About It, Double Trouble and Wise Owl stamp sets. I will be ordering some new JD stamps this week and will be restocking too! 20% OFF all clear stamps is still going on (until the end of the month).

I coloured with my Graph'it markers. I did a little wash of watercolour for my background and used some scrap pattern paper strips! 

xo

sale alert

Hey! :)

Giving ya'll a heads up on my weekend sale! It's Valentine's weekend so why no 20% off all clear stamps!

For my cute little announcement I used my Read All About It and Suzi stamp sets. Coloured with Graph'it markers.

xo

you make me smile

Hello!

I hope you had a lovely weekend! It flew y for me...I worked.

I wanted to share this card I created using my Read All About It stamp set and some SRM stickers. The little froggy is from one of my 2x3 stamp sets I did for Efco (and he's part of my Garden Friends stamp set). I have quite a few 2x3 stamp sets I did for Efco and instead of adding them to my shop I decided to give them away to my customers. A little freebie with your purchase! :)

I used my Graph'it markers to colour.

Pop on over to the JD blog and check out Aga's card! :)

xo

favourites - FOTD

Hello!

I wanted to share some favourites of 2014 and I'll start with my face! :)

This is pretty much what I wear on my face on a daily basis....my FOTD which means face of the day (took me such a long time to figure out that one!). I don't like to wear lots of make up, hate wearing foundation, powder...pretty much never wear it.

Andalou SPF 30 serum (love) I MUST wear minimum of SPF 30 (hyperpigmentation) - Vitacost.

If I'm going to be running errands then I'll top Andalou with Nuxe's BB cream (it only has a SPF of 8?? That is the only bad thing I have to say about this BB cream...and the fact that it only has two shade of which I wear the lightest and if you're very fair skinned I think it will be too dark).

For under eye circles, around the ol' schonz I use RMS Beauty's Un Cover Up - Naturissimo.

I use Bourjois's Ultra Care mascara. I have sensitive eyes and this doesn't irritate them. I want to try Lavera's mascara once I'm done with this one.

I go back and for and sometimes blend Ilia's In My Room (love the colour, lasts on the lips but it takes a bit of work to get it on the lips) and Logona's Double Lip Pencil in 01. I LOVE the Logona Double Lip Pencil and want to get other shades - Love Lula.

When my cousin came to visit from Canada her brought me Tarte's blush in Exposed and it's pretty much all I've been wearing. 

Lush's Vanillary solid perfum is my FAVOURITE! 

All the Christmas 'stuff' is coming down. With all the deadlines I had and sick kids, hubby in the hospital Christmas slipped past me. I didn't even got the Christmas mass because I was home with Jakov (who was sick...and then the next day Mia got sick...then Marko...).

I'm saying goodbye to this Christmas tree. I bought it the first Christmas after my father passed away...so I was 21 (I'm 40 now). I lived in a one bedroom apartment and this tree looked HUGE in it! lol! It looks tiny in our home now.  It's been falling apart the last few Christmas's and looks a tad shabby...looking forward to buying a new tree...or maybe we'll go with real tree's.

Pop on over to the JD blog and check out Alice's FAB card.

 and join me here tomorrow for a Spotlight Blog Hop featuring my stamp set Seamus! :)

xo

Spotlight Blog Hop

Update: Angeline can't make it for the hop (her stamps arrived late) so please skip Angeline and go straight to Ange. 

Hello!

I've been so busy working with a German manufacturer that I don't know whether I'm coming or going!! More on that soon! :) I forgot to send Jennifer one of the stamp sets in this spotlight blog hop!! (It's in the mail girl!)

Anyways...so glad you're joining us for this Spotlight Blog Hop!

We're spotlighting our newest stamp sets.

And let me just get out of the way my photos....serves me right for waiting last minute to photograph my projects...it has been raining all day and NOW as I type this the sun came out! :)

Read All About It

I just LOVE colouring!! And this set is so fun and easy to colour...it really is! I used my Graph'it markers to colour and did a little masking so that the books are behind her. For the books on her left I covered the top book with a post-it before inking in up. And for some reason books and apples make sense to me!! :)

I had this hair cut most of my childhood life! :)

Doodle Flowers II 

Who doesn't like flowers??!! This set is perfect for so many stamping techniques don't you think?!

I like fussy cutting...it relaxes me....I have issues! :) I have been asked if JD will have JD dies....hmmmm....

Wise Owl 

Wise Owl is another set that's perfect for lots of different techniques. I coloured the feathers with Graph'it markers (water colours would have been gorgeous too). I then add a little glitter with a glitter pen...it's not in your face glitter...just a touch! :)

Like all my stamp sets they are hand drawn by me (pencil/pen and paper).

We've got a very special guest designer (the wonderfully talented Jennifer McGuire) and two new JD design team members who are brilliant AND of coarse I'm giving away all three sets to one lucky winner (so make sure and comment)!! 

Hop away!! :)

Jane (me) http://janeb-myblog.blogspot.com

Jennifer (Guest Designer) http://www.jennifermcguireink.com/

Marion (new DT member) http://mademarion.vagg.org/

Miriam (new DT member) http://mprantner.blogspot.com/

Aga http://justmadefrompaper.blogspot.com/

Angeline http://thecreationofcreativity.blogspot.com/ 

Ange http://www.angeliquekelly.blogspot.com/

Evgenia http://evgeniapetzer.blogspot.com/

Mariana http://marianagrigsby.wordpress.com/

Jane's Doodles http://janesdoodles.blogspot.com

xoxo

Happy 4th of July SALE

Hello!

Hope all is well! :)

It's Friday....yay!....and it's the 4th of July which means the majority of my customers are celebrating independence...yay!

Now that I am managing the shop I have noticed that the majority of my customers are from the USA so I figured a sale on the 4th of July was in order. Now this sale is for everyone (not only the US) because I do appreciate ALL my customers.

So...you don't necessarily need a 4th of July stamp set to make a card. I used my Jungle Baby,  Suzi and Read All About It stamp sets to create this card (the sentiment is a SRM sticker).

I stamped and coloured Suzi onto my white cardstock and I also stamped the strings from the balloons (I just put a post it on the balloons when I inked up the string). I stamped the balloons and cat on a scrap white cardstock, coloured and cut them out. I adhered them in place...I also drew with a black marker pen string around the balloon string around the cats tail and up to the balloon.

I then randomly stamped stars around Suzi and heat embossed with clear heat embossing powder.

So pop on over to the shop and take a look around...sale ends Sunday! :)

Have a great weekend!

xo