Devine Tilda

Hi lovely peeps! Hope you're all well and happy on this beautiful, November day!  Okay, so it started off a bit rubbish, but brightened up eventually :)

Today I thought I'd share my first EVER Magnolia stamp .... eeeeep!!

It's taken me a while to getting around to purchasing one, but my mind was truly made up after I kept seeing the most stunning creations around fb and blogland with these cuties as centre stage! 

It's also my first try at the white embossing technique, which was a whole lot of fun!

So, my little one today is called Devine Tilda and you can find her HERE.

I bought a little wooden hanging heart from the range and thought she'd sit perfectly on here!

I used DP's from Maja Design and edged the heart with twine edging.  Behind little Tilda is half of a die-cut heart and more twine edging, which I fiddled about with to mat underneath her. I embossed the beautiful metal butterfly with frantage.  

Tilda is coloured up with my fave medium at the moment .... DI's.  Love them!

A little close up of this adorable girl ...

I ended up having to decoupage her skirt, as my first attempt on my original image wasn't to my liking ..... where there's a will, there's a way right? LOL

Here's a little side view of my little creation:

I hope you like my little version and I hope I've done her justice!

I would like to enter my creation into the following:

613 Avenue Create - #97 Anything Goes with Optional Twist

A Crafty Mess - #1 Anything Goes

Crafty Little Fairies - November - Not A Square

Creative Fingers Challenge - #56 Anything Goes

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge - #126 Cool Colours

Scribble & Scrap - #31 Anything Goes

Tilda's Town Challenge - #129 Anything Goes

Treasured Times Rubber Stamps Challenge - #28 Anything Goes

Thanks so much for popping by today!

Big hugs xx

Tilly Fairy

Hi everyone! Hope you're all well :)

Today I'm sharing a 50th Birthday commissioned card, which I was asked to make using the very beautiful Tilly Fairy from Saturated Canary.  Tilly was originally only available in rubber, however, Krista kindly made her into digital for all us SC lovers and I'm so, so pleased she did :)  

You can find this beauty HERE.

I coloured Tilly up with my DI's and matted and layered her onto the very gorgeous 'Rose Cottage Charms' digital papers from M R Designs.

The twine edging at the top was from The Range, (love that shop LOL), as was the little 'picture frame', which i embossed with Frantage. The flowers are a mixture, which can be found at Wild Orchid Crafts and The Ribbon Girl.  The beautiful lace was a fab find from Ebay and the delicate little butterfly on the left is from my stash :)

Here's a little close up:

I hope you like my card today and thanks so much for stopping by!

I'd like to enter into the following:

Art by MiRan - #18 Anything Goes Top 3

Creative Moments - #55 Anything Goes/Celebration Top 3

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #60 Anything Goes with a twist - Add one butterfly Top 3

Inky Impressions - #184 Creative Corners Top 3

MilkCoffee Challenge - Hand Color Image

Moving Along With The Times - Sparkle and/or Shine

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #202 Creative Corners Top 3
Pile It On Challenge - #45 Special Occasion Top 3 & Winner

Scribble & Scrap - #31 Anything Goes Top 3

Sister Act Card Challenge - #82 Anything Goes

Sparkle and Sprinkle - Nov 2014 - AG with glitter/embossing powder and/or flocking

Big hugs xx

Embrace

Hiya Everyone! Hope you're all keeping well.

You can tell winter's coming ..... stepped outside this morning and it's flipping freezing!! Mind you, anything under 20 degrees is freezing to me LOL.  I'm so NOT a fan of this cold weather malarkey!

Today I'm sharing this adorable little Lillibet stamp called 'Embrace' and you can find it HERE at the Scribble & Scrap Shop.  I'm pretty sure this little pair will warm any heart!

  

Aren't they just the cutest! I coloured this little pair up with DI's.

I think I went a little Die Crazy on this card! I used a Tim Holtz 'Bracket' Die to shape the card, a Lace Edge die for the top of the card and various heart dies.  The design papers are from LOTV.  The lace, ribbon and sentiment were from my stash. The pearl string, pearl gems and hearts are all from The Hobby House.  

I would like to enter this cute duo into the following:

Creative Craft Cottage - #29 Colour/Anything Goes

Digi Sketch Challenge - Lace & Pearls

Scribble & Scrap - #30 Anything Goes

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Shaped Cards

Thanks so much for popping by today!

Big hugs xx

That Craft Place - New Release

Hiya lovely peeps!

There's a brand new release happening today over at That Craft Place Ltd and I'm thrilled to be a part of it!  Lots of fabulous images have been added to the store and I've had the pleasure of colouring a couple of them up :)

Firstly, I'd like to introduce 

ROSE BETTY

How fabulous is she?  She's part of the Betty Boots series and, boy, how those boots rock! 

My next introduction is Spice and this super cute image is called 

BALLOON HIGH

How adorable is this little girly?  She's part of the Sugar & Spice series and I absolutely love her quirkiness!

I have coloured both images up with Distress Inks!

As I said earlier, Lisa has released a whole new batch of images and will be showcasing them all at That Craft Place Ltd Challenge Blog! 

The DT girls have done an amazing job with the new releases and I hope you'll head on over to take a closer look!

You can get a massive 50% discount this weekend on these fabulous images using discount code KITNCLOWDER50 

TCP Links:

TCP Challenge Blog

TCP Etsy

TCP Facebook

TCP Natter & Chatter

TCP Shop

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Big hugs x

Saturated Canary - Reader

Good Morning Everyone! 

Today I'd like to share with you all another adorable image from Saturated Canary called Reader.

She is just so beautiful and I had a lot of fun colouring her up and creating a little background for her!  I'm still getting to know my Distress Inks and so, I know the colouring isn't perfect, but I'm pretty pleased with the overall effect :)

I just love the soft feel these DI's achieve and used embellishments to compliment both the image and colours.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the little rolled flower is from The Ribbon Girl and the beautiful Shabby Pearl Rose Organza Trim if from Live & Love Crafts.  The lace was a bargain from Ebay any the little pom pom trim I bought from my local craft shop.  

I decided to create a little book shelf to complete the look - a little fiddly to be honest, but I wasn't going to be beaten!  I folded papers here and there to make the 'books' and 'pages', then added a little 'shelf' made from paper to which i added metal embellishments to the edges.

I typed the sentiment onto Kraft cardstock and distressed the edges.  Thought it was quite apt for the overall theme :)

I would like to enter into the following challenges:

A Random Fan - #16 Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Use a Sentiment

Fan-Tastic Tuesday - #58 AG with a Twist - Add some flowers Top 3

Kit and Clowder - October Challenge - Anything Goes

Pile It On - Cheerful/Uplifting Message

Scribble and Scrap - #29 Anything Goes

Through The Craft Room Door - Oct 21 - 27 - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for popping by today!

Take Care and Big Hugs xx

Violet Vintage

Hey lovely peeps!! I hope you are all keeping well and happy!

I can't believe it's been almost two months since I created a blog post!! I've taken some time out from DT work for now as, apart from working and spending quality time with my beautiful family, I'm in the process of planning a wedding!! Yep!! MY WEDDING!!  Eeeek!! Oh, and obviously it's my fiance's wedding too LOL.  

A couple of weeks back, I got an amazing bargain on some Distress Re-Inkers!  I didn't want to let this bargain slip by and so went in, full throttle, and bought them.  Bear in mind I've never used them in my entire life, but was desperate to have a play.  I'm so pleased I took the plunge as I'm absolutely loving them!  I have so much to learn, but, I'm being extremely patient with myself and having a little go every now and then when I get the chance.

The card I'm showing today is the very first one I created using an image coloured up with my new inks!  My previous attempts of colouring ended up in the bin!!! Heehee!  I played it safe and made this one for my eldest daughter's 28th birthday. Yep!!  She's 28 but she'll always be my 'little princess' .....

Here's my little version of the very beautiful Violet Vintage

I absolutely love Saturated Canary images and this beauty is no exception!

I decided to go with the Shabby Chic effect and am hoping that's how this card comes across ...... and not just plain Shabby LOL!

My papers are from Lili of the Valley called Country Lady, which I distressed.  The flowers are a mixture from Wild Orchid Crafts, The Ribbon Girl and Live & Love Crafts.  The pearls are from The Hobby House and the little rolled flowers I made myself.  The twine borders are from The Range - another little bargain I got :), and the little charm was from my stash, which I coloured up with a Copic pen.

  And there you have it ..... lots of practice is still needed to get to where I want to be with these inks, but I'm pretty pleased with the overall outcome at the moment.

I'd like to enter into the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - #216 Happy Birthday
Crafting Musketeers - #18 Autumn Colours
Divas by Design - Texture
MilkCoffee Challenge - Lots of Layers
Ppinkydolls Challenge - Anything Goes or Fall Colours Top 3
Scribble and Scrap - #29 Anything Goes

Thanks so much for popping by today!
Big hugs xx

Sugar, Spice and Betty Boots have arrived!! NEW Digi Release

Hiya lovely peeps! I hope you're all keeping well and ship-shape! 

I have a couple of fabby, brand new, shiny, digi images to share with you all today!! Woohooo!!!

I was so excited to be asked to join in on this gorgeous new release of 

SUGAR & SPICE 

and, of course, I jumped at the chance!  I absolutely adore these fab, fun images!!  

The two creations I'm about to share with you all feature the very cute, Sugar ..... however, there are more digis available, which feature both Sugar AND Spice, along with the gorgeous new release of 

BETTY BOOTS!!  

You can find the whole array of these brand spanking new digis at That Craft Place Ltd's Etsy Store HERE

  

Firstly I'd like to introduce 'Sugar Frosted' ........

Isn't she just AMAZING!!!  I love the fact that these images allow you to be as creative and adventurous as you dare to be!  I coloured Sugar Frosted up with Prismacolor Pencils and went for non-traditional Christmas colours (as you can tell lol).  The sentiment can also be found from That Craft Place Ltd and, of course, I coloured it up to match Sugar Frosted :)

Now to introduce 'Love from Sugar'......

Also coloured up with Prismacolors :)

Don't forget to head on over to That Craft Place Ltd to see ALL of the new releases!  You can also grab yourself a discount by joining in on That Craft Place Natter & Chatter page on fb!

Hope to see you there and thanks for popping by here today!

Big hugs xx

Cupid's Little Helper

Hi Everyone! Happy Friday to you all!

I'm here today to share with you my LAST project as a DT member for the fabulous Mi Ran of Artbymiran!  With so much going on in my personal life at the moment, I took the really difficult decision to step down from her fabulous DT! I feel her beautiful images should be showcased to the fullest but, alas, for the time being anyway, I just simply don't have the time to be able to do them justice and feel it's only right to step away for a little while.  

So, a massive THANK YOU goes out to Mi Ran for being so brilliant to work for and to the fabulous Artbymiran DT girls! You Rock!!

So, for Challenge 13, which, as always, is ANYTHING GOES using a hand coloured image, I have created with the very sassy Cupid's Little Helper who takes centre stage in this cute little shadow box!

I coloured this little cutie in Prismacolors and thought the cute little sentiment from Create with TLC was perfect for her!

I bought the wooden shadow box from Wilkinsons, painted it black and adhered patterned paper from my stash onto the inside 'walls' of the box, along with adding a couple of gorgeous flowers from WOC on the inside.  The little bead heart was 'painted' black with a Copic pen.

A little side view just to show the dimension on this cute box.

I attached the gorgeous pearl string from the Hobby House around the edge and popped the little white hearts to each corner.  Added a couple more flowers to the edge and the cute little diecut banner from Joanna Sheen and voila!! All done :)

I hope you will join Mi Ran and her fabulous DT girls in the Challenge this time!

Good Luck and Big Hugs to you all!

I would like to enter into the following:

Divas by Design - Pretty Pearls

Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge - Anything Goes

Little Miss Muffet Challenge - #92 - Anything Goes

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - #23 - Die Cuts and Flowers

Paper Pretties - #324 - White/Black/+1

Day 3 - Whimsy Stamps GRAND BLOG HOP

Hi everyone & a huge welcome to the ...
Whimsy Stamps August release BLOG HOP!

The Whimsy Stamps DT and GDT have been sharing some amazing creations made with the new August release stamps and dies over the last couple of days, and today we are celebrating their release with a GRAND BLOG HOP! 

The hop starts today (Wednesday August 6th at 12.00PM noon ET) and ends on Friday August 8th at 12.00pm noon ET. If you would like to hop along with us today, please CLICK HERE to start the hop at Iris's blog. Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Iris Wiechmann
Hellen Pearce (GDT)
  Tracey Murphy (GDT)
  Shelby Thomas
Debbie Eastman
Tabbatha Sandoval (GDT)
  Ann-Marie Sinfield
Sheri Willshire (GDT)
  Ellie Stover Shannah Bartle

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! To enter the draw, simply leave a comment HERE and at EVERY stop along the hop by 12.00pm noon on Friday August 8th. 

 For today's project, I have inked up this beautiful image by Crissy Armstrong called 

' A Girl and Her Pumpkin'.

I coloured this gorgeous girl in Prismacolor Pencils and chalked the background.  The beautiful papers are Emerald Isle by M R Designs.  I added cheesecloth between the layers and some twine to my little flower buttons.  The acorns and acorn shell came from a little nature walk with my little boy - left over from a school project he had to complete last year.  I know they're not from the sycamore tree .... but they do add more texture :)

Here's a little close up of this beautiful stamp

I feel very honoured and have thoroughly enjoyed participating as a GDT in this fabulous hop! 

So now it's time for you to continue today's hop! Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a $25 gift certificate. 

 Thanks so much for visiting today. 

Happy hopping!

Day 1 - Whimsy Stamps Blog Hop

Hiya Everyone and Welcome to Day 1 of the ...
Whimsy Stamps August rubber stamp and die release!

Over the next 3 days we will reveal the new August 2014 Whimsy Stamps products. Whimsy is releasing 11 new red rubber stamps/stamp sets and 3 coordinating die/die sets this week, and they will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday. 

I am so thrilled to be a Guest Designer for this release alongside Hellen Pearce, Sheri Willshire and Tabbatha Sandoval.  

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! The lucky winner will be drawn from the comments left on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw. Today we are excited to show you the brand new Elisabeth Bell, Time for Tea Designs and SC Design stamps being released this month. For a full reveal of these stamps, check out the Whimsy blog! 

 For today's project, I have inked up this fabulous image called 'Cupcake' from Time for Tea Designs

 Isn't she just so super cute?

I coloured Cupcake up with a mixture of Copics and Prismacolor pencils.

I decided to dress up an MDF tag using papers, lace and ribbon from my stash. The beautiful flowers and flat backed acrylic flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts.

So now it's time for you to continue today's hop! Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a $15 gift certificate:

Bev Rochester
Tracey Murphy (GDT)
  Jacque Beddingfield
Shannah Bartle
Sheri Willshire (GDT)
  Debbie Eastman
Iris Wiechmann
Danni Bindel

Be sure to visit the Whimsy blog again tomorrow for the second day of sneak peeks. Thanks so much for visiting today. Happy hopping!

Champagne Lucy

Hi everyone and a Happy Friday to you all!

I hope you are all keeping well and still happily crafting!  I've had a bit of a lapse with my craftiness of late!  My mojo seems to have decided to play 'hide and seek' and, for the life of me, I can't seem to seek it out!  Don't you just hate it when that happens LOL.

Anyway, enough of my lack of creativeness ....... I'm hoping your creative juices are flowing at full speed as it's time for CHALLENGE 11 over on the Artbymiran Challenge Blog.  

As always, it's ANYTHING GOES using a hand coloured image!

I apologise in advance, but this is a VERY HEAVY picture post!!!  I have had the absolute pleasure of colouring up this little beauty from Mi Ran's new range of stamps in rubber, which can be found at the Whimsy Stamps store HERE.  This particular image is called

CHAMPAGNE LUCY and you can find her HERE.

I made another tissue box for a very good friend of mine and I just had to colour up Champagne Lucy as she has a huge resemble to my lovely friend!

I coloured this darling image with Prismacolor Pencils to compliment my beautiful new digital papers from M R Design - called 'Autumn Shabby Blue'.

I attached lace, ribbon and pearls (from my stash) all along the top side of the box and a length of pearl string from the Hobby House, along the bottom side.

The butterflies and birthday quotes are from a kit I bought from Kanban many moons ago and of which I was thrilled to bits that they matched up perfectly with the colourway.  I added a few more pearls to the butterfly and sentiment.

As I did with my other tissue box, which you can find HERE, I added a mini 'feather boa' around the top!  I know, a feathery nose could be the outcome but, hey, it looks pretty heehee!!

Lastly, a little close up of the adorable Champagne Lucy in all her finery!

Well, I hope you managed to stay with me this far down and that you'll have a wander over to the Whimsy Store and check out these beautiful images!  You can also find a huge array of adorable digital images, also by Mi Ran, on her Etsy site HERE.

I really hope you can join us again over this next two weeks in our Challenge.  My DTeamies and our GDT have created some beautiful works of art to inspire you all and we look forward to seeing yours there too!

I would like to enter into the following:

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Alphabet Challenge - L for Lace

The Ribbon Girl - Colour Challenge - Aqua/Turquoise

ABC Challenge - P is for Pearls

Oddball Art Stamps - Show us your coloring skills

Thanks so much for popping along here today!

Big hugs xx

Art by Miran/Whimsy Stamps Blog Hop!

Hi everyone and welcome to day 2 of our Art by Mi Ran Collection release!  This is such an exciting time for our extremely talented and gorgeous Mi Ran and I'm so happy to be able to share in this wonderful part of her journey!

In case you missed it, yesterday, we started our debut release with a blog hop sharing DT creations using the 7 new rubber stamps, illustrated by Mi Ran, exclusively for Whimsy Stamps. Today and tomorrow we will host more blog hops full of inspiration and chances to win more prizes too!

All of the new rubber stamps will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday, July 16th. For this release, we are excited to be joined by guest designers Alyce Keegan and Mariska van der Veer as well as the Art by MiRan digital design team.

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment to be entered into the draw.

Now, it’s time to check out what the amazing designers have created with these new stamps. Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a $15 gift certificate.

My share with you today is of the very beautiful Coventina!

I coloured this gorgeous girl with Prismacolor pencils and thoroughly enjoyed bringing this little beauty to life! I created a little wall hanger using the backing board of one of my 6" x 6" paper packs and covered with 'plain & simple' digital papers from Bearly Mine Designs.  The beautiful flowers are a mixture from Wild Orchid Crafts, the pearl string is from the Hobby House and the little shells are from my stash.

 I hope you like my little piece of inspiration today and that you have a whole lot of fun checking out the awesome creations on the Hop!

Shelby

Amanda
Joey
Vicky
Debbie
Angelique
Tammy
Tracey (you are here)
Jacque

Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see you again tomorrow for our final release day hop!

Big hugs xx