Friday 27 January 2012

Tilda in Edwins Village

I started off stamping up Edwins Village which was a recent purchase & coloured with Promarkers. I then used a Nestie to cut out the scalloped square to make a frame around the village scene & edged it with Pumice Stone Distress Ink. The ribbon is from stash & can you see the Happy Birthday on the top one? Tilda is Shopping Tilda & is again coloured with Promarkers.
I added a Cuttlebug border which has been distressed using Spiced Marmalade Distress Ink, as has the Magnolia tag die. The sentiment is by Cuddly Buddly. Flowers & pearls also from stash.
All flowers from stash, mostly part of the lorry load that my friend brought back from Thailand..lol.
Entering into the following challenges
Moving Along With The Times Blooming Marvellous
Paper Crafting Journey Floral
My Mums Craft Shop Flowers
Critter Challenge 3 Embellishments
Craft A Scene Scene
Lets Ink It Up Anything Goes

Sunday 22 January 2012

Dream Valley Animals

The next challenge over at Dream Valley is Animal, so we want to see your creations using animals, domesticated or otherwise. This week is sponsored by Mel herself who is putting together a surprise package.
On my card I have used papers from Bo Bunny Zoology collection & created a frame, underneath is a silhouette cut on my Craft Robo from a CD I bought years ago (2007) called Just Cutters. I love this scene as elephants are simply my favourite animal. I added Elephant from Pets & Animals Collection 2009 & coloured him with Promarkers. The sentiment is Magnolia Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012.
You can see the adorable little elephant charm added to the sentiment.
This corner is also made by myself. I used a template over at UK Scrappers & coloured it with a Promarker & covered it with Glossy Accents. Flowers from stash.
Entering this card into Three Muses Animal Kingdom
Crafty Sentiments Anything Goes
Shopping Our Stash Across the Border (create a border)
Craft A Scene Create a Scene

Saturday 21 January 2012

Tilda with Hellebores

Another Tilda I am afraid. I just love these images & between me & my 2 friends who also love them, we are building up quite a collection.
On Thursday, 2 of us went to Sir Stamp A Lot & once again, did not come out empty handed. Here's one of our new purchases Tilda with Hellebores from Sweet Christmas 2011 collection. Coloured with Promarkers. BP used are Crafty Individuals Book 1 & a Magnolia paper called Something Old. I also used Papermania Portobello Road. All edges are distressed.
I bought a Marianne Designs birdtable & picket fence, don't you think that is so cute? I have been after the Magnolia fence die for ages, but this one was much cheaper. I distressed it with Pumice Stone distress ink.
Ribbon from stash & gauze from my First Aid kit (thanks Rebekah for the idea). The flourish is a Sissix die run through the Cuttlebug.
Lastly flowers from my recently grown stash..lol.
I will enter this into TOMIC which is a sketch & fabric (ribbon & gauze)
Cropstop A Bit Old You Said (shabby/vintage)
Delightful Challenges Distressed/Vintage
I Love Promarkers Anything Goes

Wednesday 18 January 2012

Its a Jungle out there!

I have been collecting Magnolia stamps for a while now & when I see a bargain, I snap it up, so I have a collection of the animals now, as they are part of the Pet & Animals Collection 2009.
I started off with a side stepper card. I used Jungle Edwin & Colibri on the upright. Both coloured with Promarkers & highlighted with Prismas. I made my own grass for Edwin to stand in & a MS punch to make the jungle vine.
On the back step is Elephant, once again coloured with Promarkers. He is placed in front of a hill (sort of lol) that I cut out & I made more grass & placed a few little flowers behind it.
Once again, I added another jungle vine.
The next step has Lion, coloured with Promarkers & highlighted with Prismas. I cut out a rock & coloured it, again placing some hand made grass & flowers on top.
Finally in front is Jungle Leaves, & I added several flowers.
Sentiment is Papermania.
Entered into
Cheerful Stamp Pad Birds of a Feather
Robyns Fetish Animals
The Squirrel & Fox Critters
I Love Promarkers Anything Goes

Saturday 14 January 2012

Happy Spring Tilda

This is such a girlie card!
Papers from stash & are edged with chalk. I mounted Happy Spring Tilda (Butterfly Dreams) onto a Nestie and used another Nestie in white, but ran it through the Cuttlebug with Swiss Dots folder & stuck that behind. It almost makes a circle.
Image is coloured with Promarkers & Prisma pencils. A friend lent me her SU punch to make the flags & I threaded them onto embroidery thread & used an old Gel Pen to write the letters. I let the thread hang on the card & stuck it at the bottom of the card.
Used from lace from stash & added an organza ribbon & a few dew drops.
I added quite a few of my new flowers to complete the card. Very, very girly!
Entering into TOMIC Pink monochromatic & a bow.
Art Impressions Pink, pink & more Pink
Stampin For The Weekend Out With The Old (Old stamp, papers & lace)
Do You Stack Up Pink

UPDATE I won over at Art Impressions for this card.

Friday 13 January 2012

Can you have enough flowers??

My friend has just come back from New Zealand & Thailand & look what she brought back!!! This is my share, she had hand luggage weighing 20 odd kilos....lol
Aren't I a lucky girl?

Wednesday 11 January 2012

Divas 1st challenge of 2012

Its time for our first challenge over at Divas today & it is themes '' New Beginnings/Thanks''. You can use new stash, New Year, babies or indeed Thank You's
I have chosen a New Year card & used my new Hougie Board, so that also counts as new stash.
This challenge we are sponsored by Crafty Emmas Store.

The image is from Priscilla Styles & I have coloured it with both Prisma pencils & Promarkers. I have also used Glossy Accents on the champagne to make it look like liquid.
Mounted onto a Nestie. Paper from stash. Sentiment computer generated & flowers & pins & jewels from stash. Ooh & almost forgot the lace running across the middle.
Dew drops in the corners & there you have my card.
Don't forget to pop over to the Divas blog & see what my fellow teamies have made this week for you all to see.
Entered into the following challenges
Passion for Promarkers Inspired by Song (Happy New Year-Abba)
Crafty Boots New Beginnings
Daisy Doodles New Beginnings
Ooh La La New Beginnings
Crazy Challenge Lace/Pearls
Corrosive Challenges New Year (new digi image & Hougie Board to score with )

Sunday 8 January 2012

Dream Valley Challenge 23

So thats Christmas & New Year over for another year & we welcome in 2012. Mind you so far I have had 2 people pass away so not a great start to the year.

Its time for another Dream Valley Challenge & its an Anything Goes, so plenty of scope to get creating.
We are sponsored by One Stop Cards this time.
I needed a Thank You card, so thats my DT entry this time. I made a Criss Cross card using my new Hougie Board that Santa gave me for Christmas. The papers are K & Co Hopscotch & I covered all corners & edges with Broken China Distress Ink.
A Magnolia die was used to make a frilly edge & again distressed with Broken China. Ribbon from stash as are the flowers.
The image was coloured with Promarkers & is Tilda with lace jeans from the Butterfly Dreams collection 2011.
The inside has the same papers & Distress Ink with a Magnolia Tag slipped inside. The sentiment is a Stamping Up stamp. Attached ribbon to the tag with a brad from stash.
Entering into the following challenges
C.R.A.F.T  Thank You
Inky Impressions Anything Goes
Clear It Out Thank You
Passion for Promarkers Thank You
Fashionable Challenges Anything Goes (using new stash which was my Hougie Board)