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

 

 



Cute Tilda On Mattress

Evening everyone! I've had a such a busy week at work and I'm so glad that it's the Bank Holiday weekend! Fingers crossed that the weather's going to be nice, although I really need to spend some time sorting out my craft room......I mean study if my hubby's reading this :-).

 

Here's a card that I made for a couple of challenges that I really wanted to enter.

 



 

I layered a couple of the Tilda stamps to make this image and coloured her in with distress inks. I added stickles to her crown to give her some bling! The challenge over at Midweek Magnolias this week is add Lovely Lace, therefore I framed the picture with some lace from my stash.

 

 

For this week's Magnolia Down Under Challenge it's Button It Up, so I used some button ribbon out of my stash and then added a couple of buttons including one in the middle of the bow.

 

 

I finished the card off with some flowers out of my stash.

 

 

Ingredients

Tilda Mattress

Little Cute Tilda

My Minds Eye 6x6 paper pad - Love Me

Spellbinders - Floral Doily Accent

La La Land - Heart Banner (loving this die)

Flowers

Button Ribbon

Buttons

Stick On Diamantes

Lace for around the image

Leaf punch

 

Challenges
Magnolia Down Under Challenges - Button It Up
Midweek Magnolias - Lovely Lace
The Ribbon Girl - April Magnolia Challenge - Add A Die Cut

Thank you for taking the time to stop by. I'm hopefully off now to win the lottery :-). Fingers crossed!
Toodle pips!
Donna.xxx
 

Challenge Win..

Morning all. Just a quick post to say that I'm so excited to have won the Buttons Beads and Bows challenge over on the Magnolia-licious challenge blog! I'm really starting to get hooked by blogging and it's given my crafting a new dimension!

Hope you all have a nice day. The weather is looking good here today, although I'm stuck indoors working. Hopefully see you all in the next few days with my next challenge creation!

Toodle pips.

Donna.x

Ivory and Cream Card........

Evening everyone! My second post in a day, but I really wanted to get this card done for a couple of challenges that I wanted to enter. I have to say that I'm starting to get hooked and they really focus the mind :-).

 

I was inspired to make this card from Julie's entry over on Midweek Magnolias by using just ivory and cream. I'm a big fan of white on white cards and really enjoyed making this.

 

 

As is my preference at the moment I coloured the image with distress inks and then highlighted with stickles glitter.

 

 

I embellished it with ribbon, lace (piece of recycled net curtain!), flowers and pearls. I also used La La Land Heart Banner, which I've seen on a few cards and just had to get. This is my first card using it.

 

 

The ingredients used for the card:

 

Go Kreate - XXL Square Frame - Frilly #9

Spellbinders - Timeless Rectangle

Die'sire Embossing Folder - Floral frenzy

Magnolia Tilda Stamp - Sleeping Baby Tilda

Magnolia Tilda Paper - Something Old

La La Land Die - Heart Banner

Flowers (WOC and The Ribbon Girl)

Lace(Net!) from my stash

Ribbon

Pearls

Rose Charm (WOC)

Distress Inks

 

Challenges

 

Magnolia Down Under Challenge - #193 - Going Green Baby Recycle (net curtain aka lace)

Midweek Magnolia - week #57 Copycat (inspired by Julie)

The Ribbon Girl - April Colour Challenge - Ivory and Cream

 

Thanks for taking the time to stop by. Toodle pips.

 

Donna.xxx

Saturated Canary Nevaeh

Morning all!

 

Hope you are all well :-). I've been busy this week making a batch of cards for charity, which I've found really enjoyable, but I've also found the opportunity to make this card for the Saturated Canary Anything Goes Challenge.

 



 

Pink and Orange are a favourite colour combination of mine and I have used distress ink markers to colour her in. I really like Saturated Canary images especially the ones with the big frilly dresses!

 

 

I bought a similar dress to this yesterday, although it was navy - a thought for the next time I ink her up :-).

 

 

The ingredients for the card are:

 

Saturated Canary - Nevaeh Stamp

Distress Ink Markers

Spellbinders - Opulent Ovals and A2 Filgree Delight

Ribbon (Pink and Orange)

Flowers (WOC and The Ribbon Girl)

Gems

Paper - First Edition - Desert Blooms

 

Challenges

 

Saturated Canary - Challenge #41 - Anything Goes

 Bunny Zoe's Crafts - April Challenge - Favourite Colour Combo
Addicted to Stamps & More - Anything Goes

 Thanks for taking the time to stop by. Toodle pips!

Donna.xxx

 

Birthday Wishes......

Hi all, it's been a busy, but a fun filled few days for myself, as it was my daughter's 2nd birthday on Thursday. We celebrated with a little party on Thursday with the family and also a trip to Drayton Manor yesterday. Hopefully the fun will go on, as I'm off from work until Tuesday, and if I'm lucky enough I maybe able to sneak a bit of crafting in! Here's a card I made with "Birthday Wishes" on my mind...

 

 

I used a Magnolia Tilda image, although her name escapes me, and I coloured her in using distress inks

 

 

The paper was from Nitwit collections and I used green card to mat and layer. I added embellishments including flowers, paper doily, hat pins, butterflies (Spellbinders die), button and twine, metal corner, flower charm (I made myself using a flower bead and crystals), ribbon, Fanciful Flourish die and Cosmic Shimmer Pearls.

The sentiment was from Creative Expressions and I used a Magnolia Doohickey for the tag.

 

Challenges

 

The Ribbon Girl - April Card Challenge - just add flowers

Magnolia-licious Challenge - Buttons, Bows or Beads (I've added all three)

 

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

 

Donna.x

 

Tilda With Love Potion

Morning all! Hope you are all well. Managed to grab some time before I start work to upload this card I made using the Magnolia Tilda With Love Potion stamp. I think this is such a lovely stamp and I especially like her shoes!

 

I coloured the image in using Distress Ink Markers/Inks and have to say that I'm really favouring them at the minute as a colouring medium. I find it easier to get a nice blend, as well as being able to add more shading.

The flowers are all from a goody bag that I won from The Ribbon Girl. Thank you again :-)

 

The ingredients I used for the card were:

 

Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles

Spellbinders A2 Floral Ribbon Threader

Flowers - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment - Creative Expressions - Everyday Expressions

Paper - Nitwit Collections - Country Lady

Martha Stewart Punch for the edging

Leaf Punch

Ribbon - from Lidl (bargain!)

Pearls

 

Challenges

 

Magnolia-lious Spring Challenge

 

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

 

Donna.x