April Showers

 

Another neglected Tilda - bought and never stamped up:(.  I colourd her with my pens and paper peiced her umbrella (never again!!).  I used digi papers and simply die cut the flowers and clouds and added some gems.

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia Tilda

Sentiment: 

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: umber, walnut, cocoa, cinnamon, tan

Clothes: Azure, sky blue, arctic blue

Papers: Bearly Mine

 Embellishments: Dienamics layered rose die, gems,

Tools: Dienamics layered rose die, Memory box puffy clouds

Challenges: 

Sweet Stampin' - girly

Creative Stamp friends - punches

Stamp with Fun - spring

Whoopsi Daisy - bling

Creative Card Crew - clouds

Creative Creations - Spring/Easter

Glitter n Sparkle - cute

Sketch Saturday - sketch

 Totally Gorguss- something blue

 Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge - add flowers

 Stamp and Create - use at least one die cut

Without Words - April Showers (a little blue)
Paper Pretties - April showers to may flowers
I love Promarkers - favourite colours 
Fab n Funky - April showers

 

Daffodils

I confess to having had this cutie for a while and not having stamped her up - how bad am I!!!  I coloured her using my pens and then matted her onto yellow cardstock.  I love the freshness of blue and yellow so the blue gingham papers and yellow gingham ribbon are perfect together.  I added some lace, a layered flower with a button centre and charm, and a doilly and pearls - quite fussy for me!!

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia Tilda

Sentiment: Craftwork cards

Colouring medium: promarkers 

Skin: sunkissed pink, blush, ivory, pastel pink 

Hair: warm grey 1-5

Clothes: Azure, sky blue, arctic blue

Papers: Bearly Mine

 Embellishments: ribbon, lace, doilly, button, pearls

Tools: Joy flower die

Challenges: 

Sweet Stampin' - girly

Creative Stamp friends - punches

Stamp with Fun - spring

Whoopsi Daisy - bling

Partytime Tuesday - ribbons and blooms

Glitter n Sparkle - cute

Bearly mine - sketch

 Crazy - add a charm

Totally Gorguss- something blue

My Mum's Craft Shop - Easter/Easter colours
The Little Ribbon Shop - Spring is in the Air
Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge - add flowers
Stamp and Create - use at least one die cut
Alphabet challenge - Daffodils
I love Promarkers - favourite colours
Paper Pretties - April showers to may flowers
Midweek Magnolias - how charming
Crafts and me - spring flowers
The Paper Shelter - use a doily
Crafting for all seasons - floral delight

Little Tilda

I do like a bit of colouring on kraft, just don't do it as much as i would like, but I stamped a few images up the other day so I slowly getting through them!!  I confess to having had this cutie for a while, but she has only just been inked up!  Having coloured her in using my pens I added stickles nad glamour dust.  I love this wide ribbon, but it was difficult getting a neat bow!!  I added some flat backed pearls and the flowers from WOC and That Craft Place before finishing off with the sentiment.

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia Little Tilda

 Sentiment: LOTV Christmas Grungy messages

Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: BAsic Grey Aspen Frost

 Embellishments: ribbon, pearls, flowers

 Tools: 

Challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - colouring on kraft

I love promarkers - singing/dancing (she looks like she is dancing)

Papertake Weekly - ribbon and pearls

Everybody Art - angels

Paper Play - sweet angel

Divas by Design - more than 2 dp

Creative Inspirations - CASE it

Creative Card Crew - anything goes

Cute Card Thursday - girls only

 

Dreaming of a white Christmas

I coloured this fab wintery Tilda in using promarkers on kraft cardstock and then added stickles and embossing enamel.  For the tulle I folded it in half and riffled and stitched it.  I stitched the seam binding over the top and then added pearl string.  The kraft trees were treated to some chunky embossing enamel and the white ones were stickled.
The light here today is awful, I can't get a decent picture, even with lots of fiddling on the computer.

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia Tilda with Scarf

Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: SU crumb cake, linen white

Embellishments: tulle, seam binding, pearl string, stickles, 

Stampendous chunky white embossing enamel

Tools: Marianne Creatible tree die

Challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - colouring on kraft

 Bearly Mine - snowflakes

Papertake Weekly - pearls and ribbon

My Mum's Craft Shop - inspired by a song 

(dreaming of a White Christmas)

Midweek Magnolia - Dreaming of a White Christmas

 

Traditional Christmas Colours

I coloured this gorgeous Crafty Sentiments image from the November release using my pens and then added some stickles to the hat, shawl and ground.  I cut the banners using my Dynamic Fishtail stax and added a sentiment and layered up diecut flower.

Supplies: 

Image: Crafty Sentiments Christmas Dress

 Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: Authentique

Embellishments: stickles, pearls from stash

Tools: Fishtail Stax, Mairanne Creatible Poinsettia dies, Cuttlebug

Challenges:

 Sketch Saturday - sketch

Dutchdare - diamonds and pearls

Challenges for everybody - anything goes

Dream Valley - anything goes

The Crafty Pad - Christmas

After a little break from my love of Magnolias I am getting back into Tilda, and love these winter ones.  I coloured her in using my pens and then added stickles to her.  I cut the trees out of white linen cardstock and added stickles to them to make them look all wintery.  I added some gingham ribbon, love red gingham on Christmas cards and that was it really.

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia Tilda with heart scarf

 Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: copics

Papers: Authentique

Embellishments: ribbon, stickles

Tools: Marianne Creatible tree die, cuttlebug

Challenges: 

 Marvellous Magnolia - traditonal Christmas colours

Tilda's Town - Anything goes

Midweek Magnolia - Christmas tree

Chocolate, coffee and cards - sketch

Just add ink - music (paper)

Crafty Sentiments are having a Christmas sale, with lots of gorgeous stamps on offer - so why don't you pop along and grab a bargain or two!!

Winter Wonderland

I coloured this cutie using my promarkers and then stickled the ground and her hat.  Having layered up the card I added diecut tree, that I cut from Coredinations kraft core cardstock, and sanded the edges, before adding some stickles for frost.  I added some raffia lace, a sentiment, pearls and some paper flowers with card candi centres.

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia Tilda with little rudolph

Sentiment: Whimsy Holiday ticket sentiments

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Bo Bunny

 Embellishments: raffia lace, mulberry poinsetta flowers, pearls, card candi, stickles

 Tools: Marianne Creatible tree die

 Challenges:

I love Promarkers - Christmas trees

My Mum's Craft Shop- winter wonderland

Crafts and Me - untraditional Christmas colours

Colour Throwdown - early expresso, tempting turquoise, soft suede,cool caribbean

Everybody Art - oval

Stampavie and more - pearls and swirls

Ladybugs Craft ink - office supplies

Creative Inspirations - sketch

Divas by Design - anything goes

 

Jingle Bells

This card has been sitting half finished for days, so I thought I had better get a shifty on and finish it!!   I love these chippy snowflakes, just whitened them up with some picket fence distress stain

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia Winter Skating Tilda

Sentiment: Kraftin Kimmie Holiday Trinkets

 Colouring medium: copics

Papers: Echo Park Very Merry Christmas

 Embellishments: Tando snowflakes, lace, ribbon. flat backed gems, stickles

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Stamp and Create - lace

Creative Inspirations - red

Paperplay - snowflakes

Allsorts - young at heart

2 Sisters - favourite Christmas stamp

Songbird - Diamonds are a girl's best friend

Stamps and fun=creativity - anything goes

Dream Valley - anything goes

Sweet Stampin' anything goes

 I popped over to the LOTV shop with the girls and my best friend Jo on Saturday and picked up some of these Christmas diecuts - thought they might be good for the quickie Christmas cards I need to be getting on with LOL!!  I simply popped it onto 3d pads and added ribbon and a sentiment

Supplies: 

Image: LOTV Diecuts Traditional Christmas

Sentiment: Clearly Besotted Stamps - Merry Little Christmas

 Colouring medium: 

Papers: 

 Embellishments: organza ribbon

Tools: 

Challenges:

 Wild Orchid Crafts - traditional Christmas

Craft Your Passion - CAS

Forever Friends - ribbon and twine

 

Two makes ...

 

I stamped the butterfly in tumbled glass in kand cut it out, before popping it on to foam pads directly on to the dp. I added a pearl to the butterfly, and stamped the sentiment straight onto the dp and that was that!

Supplies:

 Image: Clearly Besotted Stamps Butterfly Wishes

 Sentiment: SU

 Colouring medium: tumbled glass distress ink

 Papers: Basic Grey Whats Up

 Embellishments: flat backed pearl

 Tools: 

Challenges:

 Kreative Stamp friends - CAS

Flutterby Wednesday- open challenge

Crafty Creations - just 1

Tilda is coloired in using my pens, and I simply matted her onto cardstock.  I added some twine and twill ribbon, and flowers and berries from my stash.

Supplies:

 Image: Magnolia Tida with tag gifts

 Sentiment: Magnolia

 Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: Echo Park Very merry Chrismas,

 Embellishments:berries, flowers, ribbon, twine

 Tools: 

Challenges:

 Creative Inspirations - lets Celebrate

 Divas by Design - feeling festive

Crafts and Me - bling it up

Papertake Weekly - sketch

Midweek Magnolias - anything goes

 

Skating Tilda

 Having coloured the image in using my pens, I liberally stickled the ice round her.  I matted the dp onto SU red card stock, and then added some gingham ribbon, lace, and some flowers.  I added pearls to the layered flowers' centres, a hat pin and some red flat backed gems.  Finally a quick and easy (cheat!) sentiment.

Supplies:

 Image: Magnolia Winter skating Tilda

 Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: promarkers

 Papers: Basic Grey Aspen Frost

 Embellishments: gingham ribbon, lace, prima flowers, pearls, stickles, flat backed gems, hat pin

 Tools:

 Challenges:

 Stamp with Fun - lace and pins

Dream Valley - Glitter and bling
Paper Playtime - anything Goes
Anything Goes - Anything Goes
Hotshot Craft - bling it on
Deep Ocean - sporty, outdoors
Everybody Art - Bingo (ribbon, lace, flowers)
Tuesday Throwdown - Team Spirit
Creative Craft - special occasion, not a birthday
Twisted Tuesday - anything goes + no twist

 

Tilda and her bunny

 

I can't believe how dull it is today, not got any lighter as the day has gone on.  So I apologise for the rubbish photo.  I coloured this sweeet Tilda in using my pens, love the limited edition promarkers.  The dp has been stitched and I simply added some lace, organza ribbon, fussy bow with a button centre and a pearl heart.

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia

Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium promarkers

Papers: MME Caroline

Embellishments: ribbon, lace, button and pearl heart from stash

Tools: 

Challenges:

Stamp with Fun - sketch

Passion for Promarkers - pets

Midweek Magnolias - animal friends

Fab n Funky - animals

Stampavie and More - stitches

 Dutchdare - ribbons and lace
My Heart Pieces - use ribbon

 

Skating Tilda

 It is so dark here today, I really can't get a good photo of her :(.  I coloured Tilda in using my pens and then cut her out using my oval nesties, before inking and stickling up the edge of the oval.  I glamour dusted and stickled around her to create a frsoty feel.  The dp has been stitched, and I added the die cuts and some little gems.  Finally some ribbon and a fussy bow.

Supplies: 

Image: Magnolia Skating Tilda

 Sentiment: Craftwork Cards

Colouring medium: promarkers

Papers: Bo Bunny

Embellishments: Memory box frostyville border and corner dies, glamour dust, 

stickles, ribbon, flat backed gems

Tools: oval nestabilities, cuttlebug

Challenges:

 Stamp with Fun - sketch

Stampavie and More - stitches 

Deep Ocean - Sporty/outdoors

Papertake Weekly - fireworks (glitter and sparkle)

Totally Gorguss - bling

Crafty Ribbons - Christmas
My Heart Pieces - use ribbon

Basic Grey Challenge

The theme for the Basic Grey Challenge this time is

Sparkle.

We are sponsored by

I coloured Tilda in using my pens before cutting her out using my nesties.  The image, dp and cardstock were liberally distressed using my TH paper distresser, and then inked up with brilliance white ink.  Having embossed a panel of the dp I stitched all the papers.  I diecut the flowers and added stcikles to them before layering up.  The ribbon is layered white and blue organza, and I tied a fussy bow, adding a button to its centre.  Finally the pearl swirl and sentiments were added.

Supplies: 

Image:Magnolia Winter Skatig Tilda, LOTV Christmas Sentiments

Colouring medium: promarkers and flex pens

Papers: Basic Grey Blitzen, SU Crumb cake

Embellishments: organza ribbon, stickles, pearls , button

Tools: Cuttlebug, Whiff of Joy ticket die, Marianne Creatible Poinsetta die
Tim Holtz paper distresser, Spellbinders oval nestibilities

 Challenges:

Passion for promarkers - shabby pink/blue

Fab n Funky - vintage

My Mum's Craft Shop - tickets

Bearly mine - pearls and swirls

Pile it on - vintage/shabby chic

LadyBugs Craft Inc - flowers and embossing
Simon Says Stamp - punches and dies
Divas by design - anything goes
PaperPlay - too cute
Songbird - girls just wanna have fun
Tilda's Town - walkin' in a winter wonderland

 

Make your own flowers

 It's Cathy(Kraftykoolkat) turn to set the Totally Papercrafts challenge and her theme is Make your own flowers.
Our sponsors this week are ...

Redonkulous Designs

Prize:
24000 Redonkulous reward points for the winner of the challenge.  It's the equivalent of 3 digis, or can be used for clipart, or papers.  

Delicious Doodles

The prize is Four Digi's of the winner's Choice

I coloured Tilda in using my pens and then cut her out, and added stickles round her feet.  The dp and cardstock are distressed and have been inked with white ink.  Imade the flowers and added pearls to the centre.  The ribbon is white and pink organza ribbon layered up and a fussy bow ties, and I added some lace too.  Finally a doily, diecuts and pearls to finish it off.

Supplies:

Image:Magnolia Tilda with Ugg Boots,
Whimsy Ticket sentiments

Colouring medium: promarkers and flex pens

Papers: Simple Stories, SU crumb cake

Embellishments: organza ribbon, stickles, pearls ,lace

Tools: Cuttlebug, Whiff of Joy ticket die, 

Marianne Creatible chinese rose die, Joy corner die, Memory box flourish die
Tim Holtz paper distresser, Spellbinders oval nestibilities 

 Challenges:

Passion for promarkers - shabby pink/blue

Creative Inspirations - anything goes

Just Keep Creating - anything goes

Fab n Funky - vintage

My Mum's Craft Shop - tickets

Bearly mine - pearls and swirls

Pile it on - vintage/shabby chic
Simon Says Stamp - punches and dies
PaperPlay - too cute
Bunny Zoe - Pink, pearls and lace

 

Totally Papercrafts challenge

This week's challenge theme has been chosen by my lovely friend, Susan, and she has chosen a nice and easy theme -

For A Child

(this can be anything from a birthday card for a child to a congratulations on the birth of your child... as long as the papercrafted item is to be sent to a child I don't mind!)

And we are sponsored this time by ..

Meljen's Designs

Meljen's are offering 4 digis of the winners choice to the winner!

It will be my neice's birthday soon ... can't believe she is going to be 8!!! I have used this  cute Magnolia image, that bear is adorable!  I only bought it recently, and this is its first inking - how bad is that!!  Having coloured the image in using my copics I die cut it out and added stickles to the edge and around her feet.  The dp is Basic Grey Eva, I so love these papers, and am sadly running out of them :(.  I liberally distressed and stitched them, even tearing some of it  *GASP*.  I added some muslim, flowers, lace and ribbon, and a button heart to finish.  The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

Challenges:
Pile it on - stitching
Craft your passion - bingo (distressing, flowers, buttons)
Crafty Cardmakers - stitching and lace
Oldie but a Goodie - show us your ribbon
Addicted to Stamps - bingo (circle, free, birthday)
Stampavie - sparkling
Crafts and me - roses
Divas by Design - layers
My Mum's Craft shop- hearts and flowers
Moving along with the times - girly girly and prim and proper
Inspire me Friday 
Fat pages and Cards with Attitude - anything goes
Just add ink - children's card
Just Magnolia - What's new
Delightful - distressing
Stampin for the weekend - feeling floral
Crafty Catz - buttons

A bit of yellow

 

 I love the crisp clean-ness of WOW cards, and they are really quick to make, especially if you have forgotten to do that card you promised!!  I coloured this cute Maggie in using my promarkers and glamour dusted her wings.  I embossed the layers of white cardstock before distressing it, added some white ruffly organza ribbon, and tied a double bow.  Final details are the punched butterflies, pearls and button centre to the bow.  The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

 Challenges:
Passion for Promarkers - yellow and green
Sketch Saturday - sketch
Just Magnolia - Anything goes +bling and butterflies
Colour me Creative - yellow

Divas by Design - for a child

My Mum's Craft Shop - buttons 

The Paper Shelter - punched or die cut

Papertake Weekly - things that make you go awww
Sweet Stampin  - WOW
One Stop Craft- no floral embellishments
Bunny Zoe - distressing

Fairy birthday

Just a quick post before we go out for the day as the sun is shining.  I made this girly birthday card with my little raptor, Beth in mind.  For such a little tomboy she does love her pink and fairies!!Tilda is coloured using my copics and she has been glamour dusted and stickled within an inch of her life!!  The dp is DCWV Nana's Nursery and i added some ribbon, plenty of WOC flowers, a bow and a sentiment.

Challenges:
Just Magnolia - Lets make a birthday card
Wild Orchid - circles
Stampin for the weekend - photo inspiration

 

A couple of cards

I had a bit of a colouring fest yesterday ... and these are 2 of the cards I made up ...

 

I used this gorgeous Kathy Hare image from Sugar Nellie, Worried,  and coloured him with my promarkers.  The dp is Simply Stories, Happy Birthday I think.  I added buttons made using a very neglected Marianne Creatible's die, and a stamped tag and chippy brackets, coloured using my umber promarker.

Challenges:
Sugar Bowl - sketch
Creative Monday - for Men

 

This gorgeous Magnolia, Ballerina, hasn't seen ink in absolutely AGES!!  She is coloured using copics, and I added glamour dust and frosted lace stickles to the image.  The dp is Stampin Up Blueberry Crisp, another neglected item from my stash!!!  I added some Memory Box die cut flowers, pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts, lace, gingham ribbon and a doilly to finish.

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away - doillies and lace
Just Magnolia - bingo (flowers, glitter, blue)
Oldie But a Goodie - flower power
Craft your Passion - kraft and lace/ribbon
Color me Creative - Navy/dark blue
Crafty Boots - Bingo (blue, ribbon, lace)
Incy Wincy - dust off
Love to Create - 3 of something (types of embellishment, 3 ickle flowers)
Make it Monday

Fit for a Princess

I love Basic Grey papers and these are no exception - even if they are a bit on the pink side!!

I coloured this sweet Magnolia image using my promarkers and cut her out.  I added a doilly and matted the BG papers onto lilac cardstock.  I added some ribbon and a double bow, and some paper flowers, tulle and a sparkly brad.  Finally some stickles to her tiara and the edge of her dress, a TH swirl and some pearls.

Challenges:
Passion for promarkers - sketch (rotated and sentiment omited)
Creative Card Crew - Swirls and Pearls
DutchDare - for a child
PaperPlay - happy birthday

Lost Mojo ...

Hubby and the girls have gone camping for the weekend, leaving me in peace and quiet to craft ... great ... except I have misplaced/lost my mojo!! Typical!!

Anyway here are my efforts ...

First up one of my favourite Magnolias ...

I just love her hair blowing in the wind.  I used my pens to colour her and then paper pieced the dressed.  The dp is Basic Grey Euphoria, and I added ribbon, buttons and bling from my stash.  Finally I stickled her wings.  Not totally happy with this card ...

Challenges:
Sketch Saturday - sketch (rotated)
Everybody-Art-Challenge - fairy
Just Magnolia - Buttons, bows and bling
Totally Tilda - paper peicing
Totally papercrafts Challenge - glitter
Stamp Something - something with wings

OK my next card ...

 I used a lavinia stamp, Cherry Blossom, and matted it onto red and black cardstock.  I stamped the PB sentiment onto the white cardstock and layered it onto red and black cardstock.  I punched the flowers from the cardstock and added contrasting ickle gems.
This is attempt number 3 ... I tried to include gold embossing in the first couple with disastrous outcomes ... I have been really defeated by that gold embossing powder today!!
Also I can't make my mind up whether it should be this way up or rotated so the thank you reads along the bottom ... see what I mean, really not my crafting day!!!!

 Challenges:
Less is More - thank you/Congratulations
Allsorts Challenge - oriental
Totally Gorguss - recipe - 1,2,3 (1 image, 2 stamps, 3 colours, flowers and gems)

 I am off to potter in the garden, and hopefully find my mojo!!  Catch up with you all this evening .. .Dr Who and blogging :)

Wedding

Wedding fever is upon us .. we have friends marrying on a pig farm in a teepee later in the year (I know, don't ask!!!) so here is a possible card for them ...

 I coloured the image using my promarkers.  The cardstock panel and velum panel are embossed using my D'vine swirls folder, and the lace, flowers and pearls are from my stash.  It ia really hard trying to get a pic of WOW cards with the sun shining ... loadsa glare!!!

We are at my parents for Easter Sunday, and the barbeque has just been lit, and  I am looking at lambs gambolling around in the fields ... hope you are all having a fabulous Easter too.
Challenges:
Just Magnolia - sketch
Totally papercrafts - Wedding
Stampin for the Weekend - wedding
Craft - flowers
Everybody-Art-Challenge - pearls
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Celebration
Passion for Promarkers - White on White
Simon Says Stamp - Embossing
I love Promarkers - Anything Goes