Jar of Hearts

Hello lovely people,

I know I don't often share more than once a week on here but last week I had a whole day playing with my new Stamping Bellas so I have a sneaky extra Dies to Die For DT card for you :-)

I can't tell you how many fabulous cards I have seen using vellum strips for the sentiment and I always think 'I'm going to try that'...and FINALLY I have tried it :-)

Oh, and I LOVE it...so yes, you'll probably see more like this from now on - lol!

This image was good practice for skirt pleats and I totally copied the idea of the faded bit of the dress behind the glass jar from the lovely Elaine's colouring of the image on the packet - thanks Elaine!

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 links below or just pop over to Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

Thanks for popping in and have a gorgeous day!

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;
Curvy girl with a jar of hearts - Stamping Bella
BB Greetings galore - My Favorite Things
A2 stitched rectangle STAX 1 - My Favorite Things
Sweet stack 6x6 paper pad - My Favorite Things
Vellum - Lawn Fawn

Copic colours;
Skin: E50, E51, E21, E11
Hair: E53, E35, E37 (plus tiny bit E47)
Dress / flowers: R81, R83, R85
Tag: E40, E41, E42
Leaves: G43, G46
Hearts: R27, BG53, BV02, R83
Shoes: C4, C6
Jar: B0000, B000
Jar lid: C00, C1, C3 (plus tiny bit C4_
Ground: C00, C0, C1, C2, C3

Love potion No.9

Hello lovely people,

I have a confession to make...I had a little splurge on the most recent Stamping Bella release and I treated myself to a whole day of playing with some of the stamps I bought :-)

So, I have my first one to share with you for my Dies to Die For DT card this week...

I am now very much a 'less is more' kind of girl when it comes to card design, but especially so when it comes to large images with lots of detail such as this one.

BTW the Label Maker Love stamps and dies I used for the cute sentiment are on sale with 30% off right now...just sayin'!

This is the first of the Oddballs that I have bought and I just know I'll have to get some more because I simply adore this one...so quirky and a bit gothic but still cute!

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 links below or just pop over to Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

Thanks for popping in and I hope you have a fabulous day!

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;
Love potion Oddball - Stamping Bella
Sweet stack 6x6 pad - My Favorite Things
Black and white basics 6x6 pad - My Favorite Things
Stitched rectangle scallop edge frames - My Favorite Things
Label Maker Love - My Favorite Things

Copic colours;
Skin: E000, E51, E21
Hair: T2, T4, T6
Skulls / bottle / tights: T0, T2
Eyes: B0000
Eyeshadow: T0, T1, T3
Dress: T4, T6
Dress skirt: T0, T1, T2, T3, T4
Tights (red stripes) / Potion: R35, R37, R39
Shoes: T4, T6, T7
Ground: T0, T1, T2, T3

Just swinging by...

Hello lovely people,

I have a Dies to Die For DT card for you today and I've gone bananas for the new Sunny Studio release!

I decided to stamp and colour the monkey then mask him off and stencil clouds over the top, but another way to get a similar look would be to die cut the monkey and place him over a cloud stencilled background.

The new frame dies are just amazing; they are so pretty and cut beautifully.  Having just got the square frames to try them out I think I might just *need* the other shapes too - lol!

I really like how you get an 'inny' and 'outy' which I think look great when mixed and matched together.

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 links below or just pop over to Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

Thanks for popping in and I hope you have a wonderful day!

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;
Love monkey - Sunny Studio
Fancy frames squares - Sunny Studio
Flirty flowers 6x6 paper pad - Sunny Studio
Cloud stencil - My Favorite Things

Other supplies;
Distress Oxide in Salty Ocean

Copic colours;
Monkey: E42, E43, E44
Paler bits of monkey: E40, E41. E42
Monkey feet / ears: R00, R01
Vine: YG25, YG17
Leaves: YG01, YG03
Heart: RV55, RV17

Wing-flapping happy!

Hello lovely people,

So, it's 2019 and I am super excited for a lovely new year of crafting!

I've already placed several orders for new crafting stash (!) but my Dies to Die For DT card this week is using some stamps from the December MFT release, which I thought maybe I should use before I move on to the January release - lol!

Just for something a little bit different I thought I'd colour the owls in pastel shades and I think they look pretty cute!

For once I didn't pick out the papers before I coloured the owls, but I found just the right shades to match - yay!

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 links below or just pop over to Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

Thanks for popping in and I hope you have a wing-flapping happy day!

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;
Forever and owlways - My Favorite Things
Fresh squeezed chevrons 6x6 paper pad - My Favorite Things
Inside and out stitched circle STAX - My Favorite Things
Blueprints 31 - My Favorite Things (for the sentiment strip)

Other ingredients;
Nuvo crystal drops in Carnation pink and Caribbean ocean
Glamour Dust in Crystal

Copic colours;
Blue owl: B00, B01, B02
Blue owl tummy / face: B0000, B000, B00
Pink owl: RV10, RV11, R83
Pink owl tummy / face: RV0000, RV00, RV10
Beaks / feet: YR20, YR21
Branch: E41, E42, E43, E44
Leaves: YG00, YG01, YG03