Just bursting with excitement...............

Evening everyone! 

I received the most exciting news yesterday to find out that I had been chosen as part of Crafter's Companion Design Team!!! Woop! Woop! Woop!

To say that I'm pleased would be an understatement! To say that I'm a like a fizzling, bubbling, bursting fountain of excitement would be more accurate :-). 

I'm really looking forward to working as part of the team and I feel so thrilled to have been chosen amongst a wonderful selection of fellow crafters! And to be working with such fantastic, quality products what more can a girl ask for? :-) 

Excited just a little! 

Toodle pips for  now!

Donna.x

Sunset Magnolia Tilda

Evening everyone! 

I'm so glad it's Friday and the weekend......crafting time yippeee!! This is what I've been up to this week. I haven't inked up my Magnolias in a while, although of course I've still been adding to me collection, so thought I'd try this image out. I've had enough of winter now, so role on the summer! 

I really wanted to try and have a play with the sunset, but I found it difficult to know when to stop! I stamped the image with Versafine and coloured it with distress ink pens.

I embellished the card with flowers, butterflies and a rose button from my local market. I think I could perhaps find a new obsession with buying buttons! 

The inside of the card I finished with patterned papers, but have left blank for it to be personalised with a message. 

Ingredients for the card

Sunset Beach Tilda (Magnolia Tilda Summer Breeze Collection)

Chair in the Sunset (Magnolia Tilda Summer Breeze Collection)

Distress Inks

La La Land - Heart Banner

Cheery Lyn - Mini Dimensional Butterflies

Leaf punch

Desert Blooms Paper 8 x 8 pack

Flowers (WOC)

Rose Button (local market)

Stickles and Glitter Glue

Ribbon

Brown Card Stock

Cosmic Shimmer - Bronze

Challenges

Midweek Magnolias - Beautiful Buttons

Magnolia Down Under Challenge - Butterflies

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. 

Toodle pips! 

Donna.x

I think I've cracked it........

Evening everyone!

So I am one of those people who have been having trouble with the new "unsupported" version of Internet Explorer and couldn't get it to upload my pictures. I am now using Google Chrome (after uninstalling, reinstalling and then signing in) what a malarkey!

So here goes another recent card I made for a friend who moved house. Fingers crossed.....

Yey it worked. Go me! Go me! Go me! (sang in silly chant with a victory jig around the room lol!)

So back to the crafting! I wanted to make a clean and simple card, so used my La La Land heart banner, the bows from the Memory Box heart die and added some shimmer pearls. I stamped "new home" and then cut out the individual letters. 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. Now that I'm up and running again (only in the literate sense, as I'm definitely not built to run lol!) hopefully will be able to be back soon with another creation.

Toodle pips!

Donna.x

A recent project

Morning,

Although I've been crafting I've not been blogging much lately, so just thought I'd pop along with one of my latest creations. Fancied making something different and with Mother's Day approaching thought I'd make this box to put some handmade chocolates in for my Nan.

 

This has been using the Sweet Treats embossing board from Crafters Companion. I cut out the sides using Spellbinders Medallion Five and then embellished with Memory Box Hearts, bows and diamantes.

Thanks for stopping by.

Toddle pips!

Donna.x

My first Christmas Card

Evening everyone!

 

With Autumn in the air I thought it about time that I get started on some Christmas cards! I bought this Spellbinders die a while ago (although I've not been crafting much I've still been buying loads!) and have finally got round to making this white on white Christmas card.

 

 

Ingredients for the card:

 

Spellbinders - M-Bossibilities - Winter Wishes

Spellbinders - 2013 Snowflake Pendant

Spellbinders - Fancy Framed Tags Two

Silver Ribbon

Diamantes

Centura Pearl Card Stock

Rub On (from my Snowman card pack)

 

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. Toodle pips!

 

Donna.x

 

 



Missing crafting...........

 

Afternoon everyone!

 

Finally I have managed to make a card and upload it to blogger! Yey! I have been so busy and not had much time for crafting, but my cousin got married at the weekend, so I dusted off my GC and made him a card. Sorry about the poor picture quality, but I was determined to get it uploaded!

 

 

Ingredients for the card:

 

Spellbinders - Parisian Accents

Spellbinders - Opulent Ovals

Memory Box - Meadow Bird

Memory Box - Precious Hearts

Centura White Card

Lace

White Ribbon

White Pearls

Flower Embossing Folder

 

Thanks for looking. Here's to more crafting!

 

Toodle pips!

 

Donna.x



It's Been A While.....

Morning everyone!

 

I've been very naughty and have been a bad blogger :-(. I've not had chance to make any cards over the past few weeks, as I've been on holiday and then just had loads of things going on at the weekends. However, yesterday I made some "me time" and went on a Saturated Canary Class at Sir Stampalot that was run by Louise. We had an absolutely fantastic day, although it all went too quick and I'm already looking forward to the next one!

 

I thought I'd post the three cards that we made yesterday and all credit for the designs/layouts has to go to Louise :-).

 

 

 

 

I chose to colour my images using my distress markers, which seems to be my medium of choice at the minute. However, after seeing everyone colouring with their copics yesterday I feel the need to increase my collection!

 

Hopefully will not be as long for my next post. Want to get back into my challenges. Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

 

Toodle pips!

 

Donna.x