Candle Ellie

Hello lovely people,

Woohooo! It's the weekend again and I hope you all have lovely things planned.
I will be crafting and catching up with friends :-)

Today I am sharing another card for The Paper Nest Dolls and no surprises I have gone for a pretty girly design!

I have used a fairly new image that I instantly fell in love with when I saw it.

Just don't get me started on the health and safety issues here...candle...hair...just saying - lol!

On a positive note, if that's the size of the candle, how big must the cake be?!

Card recipe;

Image: Ellie with candle - Paper Nest Dolls

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

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Tilda lace - Magnolia Doohickeys

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E11/15/18
Dress: R20/21/22/24
Dress sash & frill: R0000/00/20
Candle: B52/BG72/75 & R0000/00/20 & YR20/21

Enjoy your weekend!

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

Christmas angel

Hello lovely people,

It's December!  I have no decorations up, a grand total of 18 Christmas cards made and 2 presents bought - eek!
Ok, that last one is not really a problem as this year we decided not to do Christmas presents other than a small token gift if desired and that could be handmade.

Today, I am sharing one of the few Christmas cards that I have made and I have used lots of lovely LOTV products.

I recently got some larger size circle dies and knew they would pair well with my favourite fancy shaped base.



I think this little cutie is now discontinued...so sad as she is beautiful and really lovely to colour...I do love rich red against Kraft.

I kept the flower detail sweet and simple to complement the design.  I had a little restock of 'essentials' from Wild Orchid Crafts last week and popped a few new items in my basket too...the teeny little white flowers on here are my new favourites :-)

Card recipe;

Image: LOTV (discontinued)

DP: Krafty Christmas - LOTV

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Family sentiment tags - LOTV

Tag: Christmas sentiment tags - LOTV
Lace: Sylvie Chantilly cotton lace - Crafty Ribbons

Dies: Circle layering die set - Tonic Studios, Large frilly frames #10 - Go Kreate

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: ??? (probably E51/55/57)
Cape / headband: R27/29/46/59
Wings / dress / candle holder / ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4
Candle: YR30/31/Y35/YR18
Stars: YR33/Y35

I know some of you will already have seen this on facebook but I am over the moon that I passed part 1 (of 3) of my prescribing course :-D
Now for part 2!

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

Tilda in red

Hello lovely people,

I hope you all had a lovely weekend.  I certainly did although it involved more drinking and dancing with friends than crafting!

I said I had lots of cards to share with you and it will be no surprise that a lot of them are Christmas cards!
This one is using the absolutely stunning new DP collction from Maja Design; I think the red/grey/white colour scheme is so elegant; I have used mainly the white and pale grey papers here.

Yes, that is a new Tilda!  I managed to keep to my resolution of just buying one stamp from the latest collection and this was a stand out favourite for me.

I opted for something a little different to my usual 3D paper flowers to embellish and cut these poinsettias with my Cricut from the lovely red DP.

Card recipe;

Image: Christmas Candle Tilda, from Waiting for Christmas collection

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

Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Anja's vintage swirls - Marianne Design

Sentiment: cut from DP, plus free alphabet stamps for names

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E50/43/44
Coat - hat: R27/46/39/89
Fur on hat: W00/0/1/2
Glove / boots: W3/4/5/6
Candle: YR30/31 & Y21/23/38
Foliage: YG93/95/97 & R46/39
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

I hope you are all starting to feel festive - has anyone got their tree up yet?!

Challenges I am playing along with;

1. Marvellous Magnolia (anything goes Christmas)

2.  Sweet Magnolia (use a die cut)

3.  Tilda's Town (it's winter)

4.   The Ribbon Girl (Magnolia only - Christmas)

5.  As You Like It (fave Christmas style - I tend to go for a traditional feel as it suits the images I like to use but do enjoy using non-traditional colours to give it my own twist)

6.  Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)