A distressed angel

Hello lovely people,

I hope you have all had a wonderful weekend whatever you have been getting up to.

I did a few bits around the house, a little crafting including a last minute card for my Dad's birthday, which I forgot was on Monday - oops!

Last night I popped over to a friend's house for a girly evening and to design the table plan display for her wedding in 2 weeks time - we are both very excited!

After all that excitement, I am here to showcase some LOTV products as part of the Design Team and it's a little 'Something for the Weekend' so hop over to LOTV HERE for the PDF with step-by-step instructions on how to make this card, and tips on distressing and how to make the cute ruffled seam binding.

I showed a card (HERE) with one of the returning Christmas angels a few weeks ago and made this one at the same time but gave it a more distressed look.

Isn't she a little darling?  So serene...butter wouldn't melt!

My MISTI was a great help for stamping the details onto the corners of the DP as it enabled me to line up exactly the sections of the stamps I wanted to add.

It's not easy to see all of them in the photos but I added a scattering of pearls around the flowers and little clusters of them under the rolled edges.

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

Card recipe;

Image: Christmas angel, praying - LOTV
Extra stamps: Grunge corners (discontinued) - LOTV

DP: A Gift for you - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers and stamens: Wild Orchid Crafts

Seam binding: White - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Christmas circular sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Holly vine - Memory Box
Pearls: from stash

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E41/43/47
Dress: R27/46/89
Wings: W00/1/3
Holly: BG93/96 & R59/89

Mistletoe kisses

Hello lovely people,

That's another couple of study days at Bath completed so my next challenge is to complete my Christmas cards! 

While I am drowning in Christmas images and glitter it's time for a new challenge at As You Like It and our theme is...

YOUR FAVOURITE...traditional or non-traditional Christmas colours
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

We are sponsored by Crafty Ribbons for this challenge

I often favour non-traditional colours (well, you know how much I love pink!) but this year I found some really lovely papers in reds/greens/creams so it's traditional all the way for me!

How adorable are this couple?!
A great image for a first Christmas as Mr & Mrs.

I think these colours look especially lovely teamed with Kraft card for a really cosy feel and I am glad I bought a few more red roses in my last flower order!

Card recipe;

Image: Happy Kissmas - LOTV

DP: Glad Tidings - Dovecraft

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl
Dies: Tilda lace - Magnolia Doohickeys, Holly vine - Memory Box

Sentiment: generated on computer (font - Parisienne)

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair (girl): E51/55/57
Hair (boy): E55/57/59
All red bits: R27/29/46/59
All green bits: YG93/95/97
Shirt: W00/1/3
Trousers: E41/42/43/44
Shoes: E43/44/47
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

I hope you are all feeling festive and ready for the big day...not long to go now!

Do pop over to As You Like It and check out the gorgeous Christmas projects from the rest of the team :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;