Up in the air

Hello lovely people,

Gosh, Friday has rolled around again and so I am here as usual with a Dies to Die For DT card using one of my newest MFT acquisitions, from the April release.

Yep, I couldn't resist another stamp set featuring cute animals, this time combined with hot air balloons!

My little framed scene was coming along nicely until I realised I needed something as a sky background, which was a problem because I am not very confident at creating sky/clouds as a background.

After faffing around with some DP which didn't feel quite right, I finally conceded that I was just going to have to put on my big girl pants and colour a cloudy backdrop with my Copics - eeeeeek!!

I used some cloud dies as a template and after all that worry, I am actually pretty pleased with how it turned out :-)

As you can see, I added the foreground balloon with foam pads and I also stacked up the letters apart from the very bottom section which rests on the frame...yep, that was quite fiddly to do!

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,

Copic colours;
Pink: RV83/85/19
Purple: BV01/04/08
Turquoise: BG53/57/49
Cat: W0/1/2/3/4

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;

Up in the Air - My Favorite Things	Up in the Air Die-namics - My Favorite Things	Dots & Stripes (Confection) - My Favorite Things	Blueprints 29 - My Favorite Things
Stitched alphabet - My Favorite Things

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Sweet little bridesmaids

Hello lovely people,

My blog posts seem to have been very few and far between in the last month but on the more positive side I have found a wee bit of time here and there to pop in and see some of the creations on your blogs, which has been lovely :-)

I also haven't been colouring as much as I would like but I got some time at the weekend, so decided to colour up one of the new LOTV images being released on 20th May.

I've used the digi image for my card but printed it exactly the same size as the rubber stamp will be, so you can see how it fits on a 6" square card.

I have left quite a lot of white space around my image because I wanted to use the stitched panel out of one of my new MFT Blueprints die sets!

I didn't feel it needed a lot of embellishments so kept it to 2 small clusters and a sentiment tag.  Once it was all finished I did go back and add some sparkle to the bows though with a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen, which is a 'use your imagination' job as usual!

I am planning some more colouring today because there is a HUGE release coming up from LOTV and there are so many images I want to use!

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

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair (littlest bridesmaid): Y21/YR23/E35
Hair (middle bridesmaid): E53/57/59
Hair (tallest bridesmaid): E53/35/37
Dresses: E40/YR30/blender
Pink bits: RV000/10/11
Leaves: YG93/G99
Bear: E41/42/43
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

My Wedding - Craft & You	16mm pink ruffle edge sheer ribbon	Ivory button twine	White cherry blossom
20mm pale pink open roses	10mm pale pink open roses	10mm ivory open roses	Tiny white rosebuds
miniature ivory cream blossoms	heart charm

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Other card ingredients;
Sentiment tags - LOTV
Blueprints 29 - My Favorite Things

Feel better soon

Hello lovely people,

Hmmm, this was supposed to go live on Friday but apparently it didn't so just pretend it's Friday, ok?!

I realise it seems like ages ago now but I hope you all had a super bank holiday and maybe squeezed in a little extra crafting time?!
I know I did :-)

However, I was working on projects I can't share yet and so I found myself making my Dies to Die For DT card very lastminute.com on Thursday night - eek!

It's good to know that when I am faced with the need to pull a quick card out of the bag, I can always rely on my ever increasing stash of MFT goodies to create something cute and colourful :-)

I have been waiting for an opportunity to make something with these fab plaster dies and it's always handy to have a get well card in your stash too.

I even found enough time to add some real stitching!

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,

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;

Dots & Stripes (Confection) - My Favorite Things	Band Aids - My Favorite Things	Mini stitched circle scallop STAX - My Favourite Things	Essential sentiments - My Favorite Things
Blueprints 31 - My Favorite Things

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Bear-thday surprise!

Hello lovely people,

Happy Friday everyone and I'm here with my Dies to Die For DT card.

I decided it was time to try a twist and pop card.  I love paper engineering and fancy fold designs so I checked out a few templates and tutorials and then made my own version.

I kept the front fairly plain as the inside is hopefully going to add the wow factor!  I did get to use my fab new label sentiment strip die though ;-)

I made my version with square panels in the centre (because I just prefer to design on squares!) and I've decorated them with birthday themed bits and pieces.

Here's a closer shot of the centre panels;

Now, cute bears and cake was always going to be a winning combination for me so I just had to add these little MFT bears to my collection!

Here's the other little cutie...I think he may have had too much cake - lol!

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,

Copic colours;
Bears: E41/42/43/44 & R81/000/0000 for ears
Cake: YR30/E50/E30
Pink icing: R81/83/85
Aqua icing: BG10/11/32/34
Plates: W1/3

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;

Beary special birthday - My Favorite Things	Beary special birthday - My Favorite Things	Hearts and stripes - My Favorite Things	Hugs and kisses - Your Next Stamp
Big birthday sentiments - My Favorite Things	Birthday candles - My Favorite Things	Sentiment label strip - My Favorite Things

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Other ingredients;
Banner - from stash

Garden Girl Carnation

Hello lovely people,

It's Friday so it must be time for me to share my latest Dies to Die For DT card!

Today's temptation comes in the shape of one of the new Stamping Bella images.  I treated myself to a few, having spent ages whittling down my wish list to a size that my credit card could handle!

This is my first purchase of one of the gorgeous little garden girls and although I was tempted to use pink, I decided to go with red.

I know red markers can be a bit 'bleedy' but I love colouring in red, although I had to do this image in several sittings to stop me going cross eyed concentrating on all the teeny petal details!

I also coloured this before picking papers which is not like me at all, but I found some lovely bold papers to match and decided on a clean layered design...but with LOTS of stitching!

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,

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04
Hair / sash / shoes: T5/7/100
Flowers / dress: R35/37/39
Stem / leaves: YG61/63/67
Ground: W00/W0/T1/T2

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;

Tiny Townie Garden Girl Carnation - Stamping Bella	Black and white basics - My Favorite Things	Birthday blowout - My Favorite Things	Mini messages by Mama Elephant
Mini tags by Mama Elephant

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Other ingredients;
Twine - from stash