Edna takes a nap

Hello lovely people,

I intend to spend some quality time with Dr. Hubby on my day off today, so am just quickly popping in with my Dies to Die For DT card.

My last few DtDF cards have been pretty CAS but I felt that Edna deserved something a little fancier!

These papers are truly gorgeous; it's a real treat when you find a pad where you can see yourself using every single design :-)

That's actually why this card didn't end up properly fancy with flowers etc. because I couldn't bear to cover the gorgeous papers - lol!

I loved using my Inktense pencils for this card but am also quite excited to colour Edna with Copics too, just for comparison.

I planned for the teacup to be white, but wanted to keep it really vintage looking, so tried out a very pale shade of brown rather than grey and I think it really worked :-)

You wouldn't believe how long I faffed around trying to find the perfect sentiment for this card...and then I ended up using one of my most-used sentiment sets...ho hum, I am so predictable!

I also made some tiny fishtail banners because I wanted to make use of the even the tiny scraps of pretty papers and they added a cute detail since I wasn't using any other embellishments.

If I've tempted you with any of the lovely supplies I've used then you can go straight to the individual products via the thumbnails at the end of my post or just pop over to Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Inktense colours;
Skin: Baked earth, Madder brown, Saddle brown
Hair: Tan, Willow, Oak
Feather boa / flowers: Crimson
Leaves: Leaf green
Wings / tag: Mallard green
Teacup: Sepia ink
Ground: Ink black

Lovely things I've used;

Edna's cup of tea - Stamping Bella

Flourish - Authentique

Mini messages by Mama Elephant

Mini tags by Mama Elephant

InLinkz.com

Other card ingredients;
Filigree corner - La La Land

Sparkly Tilda

Hello lovely people,

Well, I had a really nice day yesterday having my coffee date with Dr. Hubby, a little bit of baking, a lot of crafting, and dinner and a catch up with a wonderful friend :-)

It's back to coursework for me today but there is a cake sale in work so I'm sure that will motivate me a little ;-)

But now it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

BLING IT ON!

So show us all those gorgeous sparkly cards and don't forget we want to see more pink than any other colour!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is Dies to Die For with a £10 voucher

For some reason I struggle with bling but I was really happy with this card until it came to photograph it as I couldn't get the sparkle to show properly...we've all been there!

I really enjoy paper piecing the dress on this image but I always add some shading to it with Copics otherwise it looks too flat.
I added Glamour Dust to the feather in her hair and to the stars and dots round the image; I think you can see a hint of it in the photo!

I also added some Glamour Dust to all the flowers and tiny gems to the ends of the die cut swirls, so this card is really sparkly IRL I promise!

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda in Evening Dress - Magnolia Rubberstamps

DP: Crea Diem - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies: Fancy flourish - MFT Die-namics

Sentiment: A little sentimental - Clearly Besotted

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E50/53/57
Dress shading: RV91/93/95
Champagne: YR30/31

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;

Big hugs

Hello lovely people,

Yay, it's new release time again at All Dressed Up and once again we have a fabulous selection of images for you.  If you don't believe me, take a look for yourselves...

A Cuddle Makes it all Better

Country Girl

Hop It

Hop to It

Summer Swing

I have gone for the girly option today but with only a splash of pink against  the soft blues of what I think is my fave collection of Maja paper EVER :-)
I cut the fishtail bunting by hand and added a little dusting of Frantage to pretty up the corners of the card.

I didn't use the wording that comes with the image but I did think it would make a nice card for someone in need of a hug hence the tags I chose to add.

Card recipe;
Image: A Hug Makes it All Better - All Dressed Up
DP: Coffee in the Arbour - Maja Design
Tags: Sentiment tags - LOTV
Edge: Martha Stewart edge punch
Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Chunky white frantage - available from Live and Love Crafts

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E21/25/29
Dress: R81/83/85
Dog: E30/31/33/34
Bow: B91/93/95/97
Ground: W0/1/2/3/4

To see what the rest of the Dressy Girls have done with these cute images head over to All Dressed Up. While you're there, check our our current 'Anything Goes' challenge and we'd love to see you join in for a chance of winning 3 images of your choice!
Don't forget to swing by our Facebook Group to share your creations and chat to fellow All Dressed Up lovers :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

 

Challenges I am entering;
1.  As You Like It (which is your fave - animal or people?  Can I have both? Lol!  It is actually people but if there happens to be a cute animal too then it's a bonus!)

Flower fairy

Hello lovely people,

It's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this month is...

FLOWER GARDEN

 So we want to see all those beautiful floral creations...in PINK of course!

Apologies for the wonkiest photo ever, it was just one of those days!  I have crammed in the flowers though, on the image, the DP and some lovely 3D flowers too :-)
I have had some hessian ribbon for a little while now and decided it was time to use it, and I do love it teamed with the seam binding and twine - both rustic and pretty.

I have just started the skin and hair colouring class at Kit and Clowder and whilst I have a long way to go I feel I have made some improvements already...like the hair on this little lady...what do you reckon?
This is just one of the many gorgeous new fairy stamps at LOTV; I could so have bought them all but had to resist!

Card recipe;
Image: Petal - LOTV
DP: Yours truly - Pebbles
Hessian / twine: The Ribbon Girl
Seam binding (pink tulip) / flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E21/25/29
Dress: RV32/81/83/85
Wings / stockings: RV000/00/32
Shoes: T0/2/4
Flower: E40/RV000/00/32 and R32/81/83
Leaf: G16/19/28

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.
Please also go and leave some love for our very special Pink Lady Christine C who is very sadly leaving the Pink Palace this week; you will be much missed Christine.
However, we do have a new Pink Lady as well so please go and give a warm welcome to Stacey, and check out her gorgeous first creation :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  The Ribbon Girl (lovely Lili - girlie)
2.  A Gem of a Challenge (use gingham ribbon/DP)
3.  A Creative Romance (anything goes +/- birthday)