More Dolls!

Hello lovely people,

Today is a wonderful day for 2 reasons;

1)  I am off for a catch up with two lovely crafting blogging friends and I am soooooo looking forward to the coffee, cake and most of all, the company :-)

2)  I am delighted to tell you that Christine of The Paper Nest Dolls asked me to do a few more cards as a guest DT member...cue happy dance!

Today sees the release of a brand new set of images from The Paper Nest Dolls and I have the super cute Lemon Ellie to show you...but all the new images are very yummy!

Everything got a little bit distressed in the making of this card with lots of inking, tearing, rolled corners, and bits of lace peeking through!

Here's the star of the card...so adorable!

I had to dig out some sunny papers to go with this image.  It's not often I use yellow but it seemed to be called for in this case and I even found the perfect little sentiment cut from one of the papers :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Lemon Ellie - The Paper Nest Dolls

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

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Lace: Laila - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Heart swirl - Magnolia Doohickeys
Stamped edge detail: Goblin branch - Magnolia Rubberstamps

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/57/59
Dress: B32/34/37
Frills: W00/1/3
Lemon: Y21/35
Leaf: YG61/63/67
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

Wishing you all a great day!

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

Bikinis and cocktails

Hello lovely people,

I have had a delightful a weekend and it has flown by as usual.

I had a lovely catch up with friends and very much enjoyed seeing their new house and pilfering plants, specifically some very pretty aquilegias, from their new garden!

I also got several hours of gardening done and had two lovely walks in semi-sunshine :-)

Ok, onto the crafty stuff...

I really have nothing against yellow but it's not a colour I would usually choose for my cards, however I thought it was perfect with this image to create a sunny feel.

I had lots of pretty flowers and lace out to go on this card and really couldn't get them arranged to my liking so decided it just didn't need any of them and left it all CAS instead.

In the end I did add a couple of pearls to 2 corners of the flowered layer...and forgot to re-take the photo...you'll have to use your imagination...lol!

My new word die was the perfect match though!

I bought this stamp about 3 months ago with a special friend in mind...so of course I didn't want to use it before her birthday...which was today!

It was lovely to finally ink it up!

Card recipe;

Image: Uptown girl Sandy and her sombrero

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

Dies: Birthday words - Paper Smooches

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E50/53/55
Hat: YR30/Y21/Y23/YR23
Bikini / flip flops: R81/83/85 & B91/95/97
Bag: R81/83/85 & YR30/Y21/Y23
Drink: R0000/000/81
Sunglasses: T6/8/10 & B97
Sand: YR30/31/E50/51/53

Now, roll on summer so we can all lounge around in bikinis with a cocktail in hand...I wish!

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Without words (pink, yellow, blue)
2.  Sweet Stampin' (CAS)