Tia's 16th Birthday weekend

Good afternoon peeps...

Well Ive had a busy weekend and I dont know about you, but Im completely tired and worn out. From all of last week with every single card Ive made , this last week has all been worth it. It was also my youngest daughters 16th birthday on Monday so the celebrations began on Saturday as it was the only day my eldest daughter and her family, could visit. They only live 6 miles away but I dont see them as often as I would like to due to my health problems stopping me from driving. The end result of 3 days of work is one very happy teenager who has still gone to school every day, with birthday cake going in to her best friends and the lovely lollipop lady who, as a family, have known for the last 15 years through the girls going to the same high school.
As I wanted Tia to have a nice birthday cake, I checked with a few cake makers before choosing a very local one, it was only 1/2 mile away lol, called Little Cake Boutique. I fully recommend this company, run by a lovely lady called Helen. After a few private messsages & emails via Facebook we finally decided on The Twilight Saga (about vampires) if anyone doesnt know. Helen worked her fabulous magic and produced a tripled layered red velvet cake sandwiched and coated with chocolate buttercream and then covered with fondant.  The finished result was so schrumsious, yummiest cake that both Tia & I have ever tasted.....I also forgot the most fabulous, wonderful, lifelike cake, well see for yourself in these photos............ (even the cake board was covered in fondant to represent the chessboard in one of the books & films of the Saga). The apple is actually a proper apple covered in fondant.

You can find all about the The Twilight Saga/Series here. Its written by the very talented  Stephanie Myer

Thats it for todays post peeps., and thank you to every single person who has said/visited/wished/given Tia, my youngest daughter, birthday greetings and/or presents.
Bye for now
Love Marg, Tia & Reggie (my staffy/bll mastiff dog, whos currently sitting right behind me on this armchair!!) x

Crafters Companion Inspiration vol 2; Ballerina stamp

This beautiful image is made using a new stamp issued with volume 2 of Crafters Companion's project magazine called Inspiration.

Its a good name too as I enjoy reading through all the projects that are so detailed in instructions and photos to help even the beginner.

 

I used background papers that I had printed off from another love of mine, a Polkadoodles cdrom called Cherry Blossom Lane. I wanted to use the pinks, greens and light browns as they complimented the pink tutu so much. The pink daisies & bejazzled centerpiece are from my own stock, as is the doily, green grosgrain ribbon & the glitter stickers.

 

I used an A4 piece of white linen effect card from www.papermilldirect.co.uk & scored it on a DL fold line to create the card base. Everything was stuck down with either Colall glue gel or double sided tape all from my own stock.

 

I hope you like the finished card as much as I do. This card along with a lot of my other makes in my stock now, will be forwarded on to the troops of Afghanistan via a Facebook page Ive found today.

Operation Blue Witch Squadron which can be found here:  

https://www.facebook.com/?ref=home#!/pages/Operation-Blue-Witch-Squadron/213556551995563

or if you dont have/use Facebook then click here:

http://www.obws.webs.com/

Such a wonderful cause for a load of even more fabulous troops serving for our Queen and Country.

 

 

Thats all for tonight ladies....Im going to play some games on Facebook then go bed. Have a great evening and a fabulous Friday tomorrow! ;)

 

Elisabeth Bells stamp called "SISTERS"

 

Hiya peeps,

 

The theme is Pink & Green, I stamped an Elisabeth Bells World stamp called "Sisters" onto a piece of supersmooth 200gsm paper, I coloured them in using my Promarkers, Flexmarkers and my Sakura glitter pens that I had won on a Facebook giveaway shortly after the new year! A very welcome gift of a boxed set of pens that are Gelly Roll pens so are really easy to use.  This was used on the polkadots on the elder girls blouse, the belt and the stripes on her bandana.

I die cut the image using a Nellie Snellen die to give an added interest.

I added mulberry paper flowers topped with larger size faux pearls as the flower centers, a lovely dotty satin ribbon that was also a prize in a giveaway, its an Emerald green base ribbon with a darker green shiney dots on. Finally the last piece to go on is the Stampin Up sentiment.

I love this card and the sentiment is very apt for sisterly love.

 

 

Elisabeth Bells World Animal Antics entry number 2

Hiya peeps, coming up to the end of a weekend again, where does time go???

I decided to enter another card into the Elisabeth Bells World Challenge... this time using an image called "Playing with Lucky" from the new cdrom called "Simpler Times". This new cdrom is a joint effort between Katy Sue Designs and Elisabeth Bell to bring this cdrom, the first time Elisabeths images have been available on a cdrom!! I highly recommend it for any EB fan as its so easy to use and print off as many prints ready to colouring as & when needed. A cdrom takes up a lot less storage space than the same amount of stamps....
The yellow & green pieces of card are from my Brazzill basics bling stash., and the patterned papers are from a Polkadoodles cdrom called Cherry Blossom Lane. This is available here:  http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=5711
Ive coloured this image with my faithful Promarkers and the finishing touches were a wide piece of organza white ribbon which has crushed silk edges, as is the large bow. I added a strip of white scalloped edged lace to the top of the organza ribbon to add texture but I know you cant really see that. I topped this off with a large button/ribbon & thread flower and the last piece to go on was the single button to the top right hand corner.

I am entering the above card into the following challenge as my 2nd entry:

http://elisabethbellsworldchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/ebworld-marchapril-2013-challenge.html

Polkadoodles/Studio12 Blog challenge 15 "April Showers"

Yes you heard right April Showers!! Very apt dont you think?? Even though its sunny outside.

The image I chose, I think along with a lot of other entries, is "Rainy Days" by Emma Canning whos digi images can be found at http://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/index.php?cPath=689_720.

Ive coloured her with my Promarkers, using putty, blush and ivory for the skin/ Prussian, true blue and royal blue for the umbrella with a twist of a glitter pen for the handle and I added a trio of lighter blues for where the light has caught the umbrella. Browns, consisting of Umber, burnt umber and raw umber for the boots & finally pale blossom (Flexmarker), blossom for the over dress, lobster pink and shocking pink (Flexmarkers) for the underlying dress. The main card base is a lime green card from Brazzil Basics 12x12 Bling (Darks) range.
The underlying papers are all from a couple of Polkadoodles cdroms (Im sorry, I printed a load of different papers off last night so the cdroms are either: Cherry Blossom Lane or Sugar Plum Daisy).
The white cut out is a lattice effect die cut that I brought off ebay as I dont want to buy the die itself, the lace is out of my stash as are the mulberry paper flowers with plastic flower shaped coloured button in the center. The final embellishment which adds the overall Rainy effect are the clear Dew Drops, (also available from polkadoodles) which to me (and I hope you) looks like rather large rain drops!!

I am entering this card into the following blog challenges:

http://polkadoodle.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/week-15-challenge-april-showers.html

A "Beastie" Girl.............for Sherri Baldy's Beasties Blog

A "Beastie" girl is todays card...the image is from the Beastie range by Sherri Baldy and is available by clicking on the following link:
http://scrapbookstampsociety.com/categories.php?category=1-Artist-Sherri-Baldy&parent_id=1994

The image I used is part of an image called "My Kids" which is a design incorporating 3 children, brother and 2 younger sisters by the looks of things. I decided I only wanted the younger childs image for this card so I coloured it with my Promarkers and stuck it to the scalloped circle die cut.
I have usde 2 different types of mulberry paper flowers on this card and an embellished butterfly.
I dont know why I used this image or anything else on this card but I think that it comes together pretty well....

I am entering this card into the following challenge on Sherri Baldys Beasties challenge blog:

http://bestieschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/challenge-14-plus-our-winners.html

Little Claire's Designs stamped image

Its a "Spring & Sketch" blog challenge this month and my card above is my entry into it. Ive found out my only Little Claire's Designs stamp, and quickly stuck him to an acrylic block, stamped him out. Then coloured with my promarkers.. The cream card scalloped circle was then edged with a Distress ink, Victorian Velvet colour to give it definition. I cut a piece of crushed white satin edged ribbon to fit across the width & tied a seperate piece into a large bow.

The finishing touches were the flower shaped large faux pearls and the mulberry paper magnolia type flowers . Over all, the theme of Spring and Sketch is featured well but all depends on the Little Claire's Design Challenge Blog. You can find the link below to take you to the challenge and Little Claire's blog. Hope you like the card, and I would appreciate a comment left please, if you have time.

I would like to enter this card into the following blog challenge:

http://www.littleclairesdesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/little-claire-monthly-challenge-32.html