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

Polar friends in pink

Hello lovely people,

I'm a little late with my DT post but this was sadly down to me being rather poorly with a vomiting bug on Wednesday.  I am not 100% yet but feeling a lot better so I was able to do a little gentle crafting today.

It's time for another exciting new challenge at In The Pink and our theme is...

LOTS OF LAYERS
Don't forget we want to see more pink than any other colour!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is Polkadoodles with a £6.75 voucher

I was itching to grab all my pretty embellies for this design but I really must try to keep my Christmas cards flat for posting so I resisted!

All the layers add plenty of interest anyway and a few die cut details and a smattering of Nuvo drops did the rest :-)

This is such a lovely detailed image that maybe adding embellies would have detracted from it anyway.

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,

Card recipe;

Image: Winnie Winterland Polar Friends - Polkadoodles

DP: from stash

Dies: Stitched scallop edges - MFT Die-namics, Tiny snowflake set - Impression Obsession, Mini snowflakes - Xcut

Sentiment: Christmas circular sentiments - LOTV
Gloss white Nuvo Crystal drops - Tonic Studios

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: Y21/YR23/E35
All pink bits: R81/83/85
Green clothing: YG61/63
Tree: YG61/63/67
Polar bear: W00/0/1/2
Basket / saddle: E42/43/44
Penguins: W00/1 & W 4/5/7 & YR23
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3

Pretty Jasmine

Hello lovely people,

Happy Monday everyone and the countdowns continue;

8 sleeps until the final exams for my prescribing course - eek!

10 sleeps until my next coffee and cake date with my lovely friends Sue and Debs

11 sleeps until beer festival

14 sleeps until holibobs

21 sleeps until my birthday

My countdown list seems to have grown a little bit and all of it apart from the first one is terribly exciting :-)
I promise I won't share that huge long list on every blog post - lol!

Back to the crafting, and today I have another of the gorgeous new Jasmine images from LOTV to share with you.

This card is to support the LOTV April card challenge which is running on facebook, where we want to see your creations using any 3 or more colours as inspired by the month of April, so that's Aqua, Pink, Red, Ivory and Lilac.

There are 5 absolutely amazing prizes on offer from LOTV plus a fabulous £10 gift voucher prize from The Ribbon Girl so plenty of incentive to join in with us!

Apart from red, these are some of my fave colours and I have gone for aqua, pink and ivory on my card.

I can't tell you how much I love this fab image and I know she's really aimed at the teenage girl market but honestly, this could just as easily be me!

I have used one of the new LOTV sentiments and popped it on a sweet little memo pin tucked in with the flowers.

Card recipe;

Image: Jasmine phone - LOTV

DP: Paris flea market and For Mother - Pion Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Dies: 0357 border die - Joy!Crafts - Noor! Design
Ribbon: 7mm bridal white ivory satin ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Teenage girl sentiments - LOTV
Memo pin: Mixed memo pins - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/35/59
Hoodie / skirt: BG10/11/72
Skirt / shoes: R81/83/85
Phone: W0/2 & W5/7
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

Don't forget to come and join in our LOTV April facebook challenge and you have until 6 p.m. on Sunday 17th to enter.

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

Vintage layered wedding card

Hello lovely people,

Yes, I am still here!
Some of you may be forgiven for wondering where I have been and I'm sorry I haven't been visiting your blogs much of late but things are so hectic right now.
I have decided to stop beating myself up over it, get on track with everything else and hopefully I'll soon be able to get back to checking out all your lovely creations :-)

For now, it's time for a new challenge at As You Like It and our theme is...

YOUR FAVOURITE...LINE (from the bingo board)
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

This is the board and I have chosen fussy & fancy, lace and pearls, which is probably no surprise because you know how much I love to layer up pretty papers and details :-)

Our sponsor this time is Wild Orchid Crafts with a £12 voucher

I chose a vintage style layered design which enabled me to use a few new bits of stash, starting with the gorgeous DP and one of my new scallop dies.
I really like the combination of shaped layers on this design.

The flowers are also new and are a fab (and flatter!) alternative to my beloved 3D flowers.

Card recipe;
Sentiment: Statements (congratulations) - LOTV

DP: Vintage wedding - Pion Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Lace: Faye - The Ribbon Girl (unavailable but Astrid is the same design in cream)

Dies: Large frilly frames #10 - Go Kreate, circle stax - MFT Die-namics, Large scalloped circles - Presscut, flowers (no name) - Joy! Crafts, Lavish branch - Memory Box, Beaded swirl flourish - Sue Wilson for Creative Expressions

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

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

New LOTV - Jasmine coffee

Hello lovely people,

I don't know about you, but I always find teenage cards tricky to make.

So I was delighted to find that LOTV have come to the rescue with an amazing new range of teenage images featuring Jasmine and Oliver - hurrah!

The images are out at the end of March but you can pre-order them right now and here's a card I made using one of the Jasmine images.

Oooooh, I do love reading a book or magazine with a cup of coffee...never mind teenagers, this could definitely be me!

I have also used one of the new sentiment stamps...there are so many gorgeous sets to choose from and this one's from the Teenage Girl set, which I think co-ordinates perfectly with the image :-)

I am really excited by the new sentiment stamp sets and think they are going to be really popular.  You are certainly going to be seeing them pop up on quite a few of my cards in the near future!

Card recipe;

Image: Jasmine - coffee - LOTV
Sentiment: Teenage girl - LOTV

DP: from stash

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl
White dots: Nuvo crystal drops (gloss white) - Tonic Studios

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/57/59
Dress: RV11/R83/R56 & W7/9
Cup: RV11/R83
Tablecloth / magazine: W00/0/2
Chair: W6/7/9

I have had a great weekend and enjoyed all my catching up with friends.  Our walk on Saturday morning was really lovely, we watched a film in our cinema room, and I've done lots of crafting.
So pretty much a perfect weekend for me :-)

I hope you all had a fab weekend too!

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

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;

That's a lot of hair

Hello lovely people,

A big thank you for the lovely comments on my last blog post and it's nice to know people are interested in what I'm up to!

A few people commented on how tidy my crafting space was, so let me tell you that it only looks like that when I have just finished a project and tidied everything away ready to start the next one.  When work is in progress the desk is barely visible because I like to surround myself with all the bits and pieces I might use!

Today I do have a card to share with you, and it's a 'just for fun' card because I really wanted to use this fab image and yes, it's *those* papers again...I love these so much!

I thought I'd do a bit of hair colouring practice...ha ha, I'm not one to go for the easy option...
...several hours later I was pretty chuffed with the results :-)

Even if I did accidentally colour bits that weren't actually hair on the left hand side - ooops!  It looks ok, so I'm not too worried.

I didn't feel like 3D flowers would really work on this design so I had a dig around in my box of dies and found these cute cloud dies which I hadn't used yet, and then the word die which just looked so sweet layered on top - ahhhh, so nice when it all comes together :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Chasing Nova - Make it Crafty

DP: Summer crush - Maja Designs (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Dies: Hellow words - Paper Smooches, Puffy clouds - Memory Box, Old Swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickeys

Ribbon: from stash

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/57/59
Dress: B52/BG72/75 & B0000/000/52
Butterflies: R20/32/22 & W10
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3

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

Challenges I am entering;
Papertake Weekly (animal magic - mine are butterflies)
The Ribbon Girl (anything goes with an image)

A lovely duo

Hello lovely people,

The days are running away with me again and I almost forgot to post this....because it's Tuesday again peeps so it must be time for a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday and our theme is...

DUO

We are sponsored by All Dressed Up with a prize of 2 free digis of the winner's choice

There are lots of possibilities for this theme and I have chosen a stamp with a cute duo of mice and also my favourite duo of colours - pink and green.

These little cuties would work for lots of romantic occasions; this card is for a couple renewing their wedding vows.

I think this was the last of my pink roses so I guess I'll have to do some shopping - lol!
Oh, and I'm going to need some more of those heart charms because they are just so gorgeous...

Card recipe;

Image & sentiment: Hugs and Kisses (Everyday in Moonbeam meadow) - Crafter's Companion

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

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Lace: from Crafty Ribbons at Hobbycrafts show (not available online)
Charm: Heart with side loop - The Ribbon Girl

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl
Dies: Tea label tags - Magnolia Doohickey

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Mice: E40/41/42/43
Mouse feet / tails: R000/00/02
Waistcoat / bow: B91/95/97
Flowers: R81/83/85
Leaves: YG61/63
Mushroom top: T0/2/3/4
Mushroom stalk: T4/6/7/8
Grass: YG61/63/G85/99

I hope you will pop over to Top Tip Tuesday and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team including a brilliant easel notepad holder tutorial :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Live and Love Crafts (signs of Spring)
2.  Fussy and Fancy (Springtime flowers)
3.  Addicted to stamps (flowers)
4.  The Pink Elephant (anything goes)

Spring colours

Hello lovely people,

It's been a lovely weekend and I was even in my shorts for a walk in the sunshine on Saturday afternoon!

Now I have some fab news to share...

I was delighted to be picked as guest designer for Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge and this month the theme is...

SPRING COLOURS

To me this means fresh green and pretty soft pastels, and you know, I think Spring is really here now :-)

I have been admiring the Whimsy stamps Sylvia Zet images for quite a while now so I chose one to use for this card and I think it's safe to say I have a new stamp addiction!

Heres' another peek at the pretties I popped on here...yes, it's those butterflies again!

Card recipe;

Image: Dyanne - Whimsy stamps (from Bunny Zoe's Crafts but currently unavailable)

DP: Vintage Spring Basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: heart flower lace - Magnolia Doohickey

Sentiment: clear mini sentiments - Kaisercraft
Charm: small butterfly charm - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E41/43/47
Dress / hairband / shoes: BV00/02/04 & R81/83/85
Wings / flowers / socks: BV0000/000/00/01 & RV0000/000/R81/83
Flower stems: YG61/63/67
Ground: YG61/63/67/G99

I wish you all some Spring sunshine and hope you have a great week!

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

Cute ballerina

Hello lovely people,

I'm still all over the shop with what day it is this week but I really think I could get used to working just 2 days a week!

So, having figured out it's Thursday that must mean it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme for you is...

CUTE

We are very kindly sponsored for this challenge by The Ribbon Girl with a £10 voucher :-)

I think pink and cute are just made for each other!

I know lots of you will agree with me that LOTV images are some of the cutest around and they don't come much cuter than this gorgeous little ballerina.

I did have to do a teeny little bit of clever cutting with the star wand to use the size of circle die that I wanted, as there was already plenty of white space around the image so I didn't want to use a bigger circle.

Of course, I just had to add some girly details with a layered bow and some flowers :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Wish upon a star - LOTV

DP: Pion Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Seam binding/twine: The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV
Dies: leaf and swirl - Magnolia doohickey, Circle stax - Die-namics

Letter stamps: magazine freebie

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
complete list to follow

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the super cute creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies and our guest designer :)

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

Challenges I am playing along with;
1.  A Gem of a Challenge (children's playtime)
2.  ABC Challenge (D is for die cuts)

Dreaming of summer

Hello lovely people,

Time has flown by yet again and it's time for a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday.  This time our theme is...

FAVOURITE COLOUR COMBO

We are sponsored by
The East Wind

with a prize of 3 digital images of the winner's choice

So, what's my fave colour combo?

Pink, of course!

Ok, I know that's just one colour, not a combo!  I have a few colours I like to team up with pink but at the moment I am really loving pink and blue.

And you can tell how sick I am of cold winter weather as I have gone for as summery an image and card as possible!

I had the idea to pop the fence die cut up on foam pads to add some dimension and it worked so beautifully; I do love it when a plan comes together :-)

I brushed some Wink of Stella over all the flowers but can you see it in the photos?  Nope!

Card recipe;

Image: Pink lemonade Tilda

DP: Vintage Spring basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV
Dies: leaf and swirl, and lovely fence - Magnolia Doohickey, mini butterfly set - Impression Obsession

Circular sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E55/57/59
Top / glasses / trousers: R81/83/85
Trousers: E40/41/42/43
Shoes / bow / straw: B0000/000/41
Drink: YR30/31 & T0/1/2
Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

I hope you will pop over to Top Tip Tuesday and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team and there are some great tips for you too :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  As You Like It (matt or shiny? - matt all the way for me because it gives a 'softer' look to my cards, even the Wink of Stella is a really soft subtle sparkle!)
2.  Fussy and Fancy (things with wings - butterflies)
3.  Winter Wonderland (lots of layers)
4.  Simply Magnolia (anything goes)