Lovely lilac

Hello lovely people,

Last week I enjoyed a day of drinking tea/coffee, chatting and colouring with my buddies Sue and Debs :-)

There was more of the first 2 and less of the 3rd to be honest (lol!) but I did get this little lady coloured up and thought I'd share her for my Dies to Die For DT card this week.

I didn't originally buy many of the garden girls but I have recently been falling in love with them so had to expand my collection.  This lilac girl is going to be a favourite, I can tell, because I really love colouring all the teeny flowers!

I don't use my purple Copics very often but it was the classic choice for this image and I also added Nuvo drops to the centres of some of the larger flowers.

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!

Happy FRiday everyone and I hope you have a wonderful weekend whatever you are up to :-)

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

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Flowers / top of dress / shoes: V20/V22/V25
Leaves: YG61/G82/YG63
Sash: C0/B60/C2
Ground: C0/C1/C2/C3/C4

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

Tiny Townie Garden Girl Lilac - Stamping Bella	Tiny hearts pastels - My Favorite Things	Dots & Stripes (Confection) - My Favorite Things	More essential sentiments - My Favorite Things
Blueprints 29 - My Favorite Things	Tag builder blueprints 6 - My Favorite Things

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Other ingredients;
Gloss white Nuvo Drops - Tonic Studios

Beautiful ballerina

Hello lovely people,

I promised I'd have a few more projects for you this week and today's is a card using some gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl.

I've used this paper pad quite a lot because it has the prettiest softest shades of blue and pink which are perfect for girly cards.  Also, I often find that the patterns on 12x12 inch papers are a bit big for cards but this one is perfect.

The image is a fairly recently released one from LOTV and I think she is simply adorable; doesn't every little girl want to be a ballerina or a fairy...or both?!

This was a fairly classic design for me with the flower clusters but I did add a couple of sequins, which is something a bit new for me!

Thank you to the fabulous friend who gave me a little gift of sparkly brads, which were so perfectly matching in colour for this project :-)

If you find yourself tempted by any of the pretty 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 The Ribbon Girl and have a little browse around!

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

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/E00/E21/E11/E04
Hair: E31/E55/E37
Dress / shoes: B0000/B000/B00/B02
Wings / socks: R000/R30/R32/R43
Ground: T0/T1/T2/T3

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

Game of Colours by Galeria Papieru	15mm pale pink satin edge sheer ribbon	Pale pink carnations	15mm pale pink asters
white sweetheart blossom	10mm pale pink open roses	miniature white blossoms	Tiny white rosebuds
Lucy's princess sparkly shaker selection	Lucy's lagoon sparkly shaker selection

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Other card ingredients;
Fairy wings digi stamp - LOTV
Sentiment tags - LOTV
Deco Trellis base die set - Tonic Studios
Doily lattice edge'ables die - Crafters Companion
Stitched oval scallop frame dies - My Favorite Things
Heart swirl die - Magnolia Doohickeys

Elephant engagement

Hello lovely people,

It's been a while!  I've been soooo busy lately that I have been neglecting my blog again, but I do have a few posts to share this week.

First up I have an engagement card that a work colleague commissioned and I was requested to put elephants on it so...

I did already have some elephant stamps I could have used but after a quick peek online I fell in love with this image and just had to get it.  It's a digi stamp and as a bonus it comes with 3 other equally gorgeous images!

What a simply adorable couple of ellies :-)

I really wanted to go for a different colour than the more traditional pinks and reds, but of course, I still wanted a pretty, floral, romantic look so out came the flowers!

The sentiment was computer generated and I also added the name of the couple after I took these photos.

I hope life is treating you all well at the moment :-)

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

Copic colours;
Elephant bodies: W1/W2/W3/W4/W5
Elephant ears / toes: R000/R00/R30/R20
Heart / flowers: B41/B23/B45
Grass: YG61/G82/G94

Lovely things I've used;

Edwin and Hetty set - Digi Stamp Boutique	Summertime - Maja Design	Renaissance edge'able - Crafter's Companion	Antique blue 2-tone cherry blossom
miniature ivory cream blossoms	Ivory button twine	Circle STAX set 1 - My Favourite Things	Circle STAX set 2 - My Favourite Things

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A-maze-ing Dad

Hello lovely people,

Happy Friday to you all and today I am sharing a Dies to Die For DT card, which is also the card I made for my Dad for Fathers' Day.

He loves puzzles so this was such a perfect collection to use for his card, although I think he'll find the maze pretty easy to solve - lol!

The stamp set includes a stamp of the maze, but I also got the additional plastic mazes which fit inside the shaker pouches and you can get the cutest teeny metal balls to pop inside the maze!

I added 1mm foam sheet under the star paper layer for dimension and actually cut a circular aperture into the foam and star paper so that the shaker pouch was also slightly recessed into it.

I had so much fun making this and have lots of other ideas for ways to use the stamp set so I think you will be seeing it some more!

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;

You're a-maze-ing - My Favorite Things	Maze shapes (white) - My Favorite Things	Circle shaker window and frame - My Favorite Things	2" circle shaker pouches - My Favorite Things
Maze spheres - My Favorite Things	Blueprints 31 - My Favorite Things	Stitched basic edges - my Favorite Things	Stitched alphabet - My Favorite Things

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Other things I used;
Celebrate 6x6 paper pad - Authentique

Sunny flower fairy

Hello lovely people,

We have a new 'Use any image' challenge starting over on The Ribbon Girl blog, so you can enter with any type of project as long as you include an image.
There are loads of fab prizes up for grabs too :-)

I have, of course, popped a few gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl on here and you can find all the product links at the end of this post.

This card seems really appropriate for the beautiful sunny weather we are having in the UK right now!

I cannot tell you the last time I used a Tiddly Inks image and I sooooo enjoyed colouring this cute fairy; I knew she would look lovely in sunny colours :-)

I've used a pretty flower border but only wanted a little bit showing for detail, and then I added foliage with a new leafy die cut into small sections; this will be another well-used die I think!

If you find yourself tempted by any of the pretty 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 The Ribbon Girl and have a little browse around!

I hope you all have a beautiful day and can enjoy the sunshine :-)

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

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04
Hair: E53/35/59
Dress / shoes: BG13/15/49
Band on dress / wand glow: Y13/08/19
Flower petals: Y15/17/38/YR16
Flower centres: E37/39/18
Leaves: YG23/25
Wings: BG0000/000/10/11/13
Wand: E43/44

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

Summer Bliss - Echo Park	15mm gold yellow no.37 Berisford satin ribbon	White cherry blossom	12-15mm yellow gold roses
white sweetheart blossom	Miniature pale mint blossom flowers	8mm white pearl flowers (self adhesive)	Ivory button twine
Daisy flower charm

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Other card ingredients;
Fairy sunny day - Tiddly Inks
For you circular sentiments - Lili of the Valley
Floral dance Die-sire Edge'ables - Crafter's Companion
Leafy branch die 5 - Moda Scrap for Elizabeth Craft
Other flowers - from stash