Tic Tac Toe for Lacy Sunshine

Hiya peeps

A small post for a large challenge over at Lacy Sunshine Challenge #59 as its a tic tac toe selection:

For my card I chose the right to left diagonal set of Buttons, Lacy Sunshine Image and  Flowers.

Im hoping Ive done the right thing by choosing those items but I do admit that I love the finished creation.....

The soft blues and purples really do go well together and I will be using that combination again. I have used the Lilac smooth 240gsm card stock from Papermill Direct as a base card. The purple & blue backing papers are from my own stash. The mulberry paper gardenia flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts at a fab price for such a really good selection of assorted flowers, lace and embellishments.  All the buttons and the ivory ribbon are from Crafty Ribbons also where you can find fabulously gorgeous ribbons galore and buttons of all shapes and sizes. The pearls are from my own stash. A gorgeous large almost 8x8 inch card.... 

I am entering this into the following challenges:

Lacy Sunshine Challenge #59

Saturday post on Facebook

Hiya peeps,

Today is to show you a card that I made a few days ago for my Saturday post on the Facebook group page for 2 Cute Ink  featuring a cute little gal or guy (depending on how you colour the digi)
called Owl Doodles.

The base card is from a new kit by Craftworks Cards which I brought from Create and Craft tv.
The Happy Birthday ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons from the Candles set of Birthday ribbons. (The link will take you directly to the whole set showing the different colours that the website has to offer).
The pink topper is die cut using (I think) a Joy die set of 2 dies and I coloured the owl with Spectrum Noir professional Pencils.  I hope you like the small 6x6 card.
I have a few more cards in the pipeline for blogging about asap.... keep your eye on this blog!!!! ;0

I am entering this card in to the following challenges:

Art By Miran, theme is Anything Goes

Fairytale Challenge, # 118, theme is springs & Wings / Feathers and Wings

A little something can make all the difference

Hiya peeps

I thought I would show you a card, make from a kit I brought in a sale, that cost me £1.50. By Papermania, from their Bellisima collection. In soft purples and blues its a beautiful card and I only went slightly off the picture on the front of the kit. What I wanted to show you though, is that a simple White 15mm Sheer Organza Ribbon bow can make such a difference...... If you dont like the White on it then the Crafty Ribbons website category  will show you what is available in 20 other colours, and thats just in the 15mm size!! A simple "rabbit ears" bow is all that is needed but if you
cant make one of those bows then any bow would suffice, even a bow without tails....
What I wouldnt recommend though, is using the 15mm ribbon to make a multiple looped bow for this type of card. It would make it look "too busy",  What I would say, after years of making cards and being a ribbon addict, is that you look at using a thinner ribbon if you want to add a multiple bow to what is already quite a busy card like this. However, if your card doesnt have the "overhangs" of the basic shape of the decoupage then go for it, but consider the layout of the rest of the card, Oh please dont take offence by my ranting or trying to give "advice".

The finished result??? A gorgeous feminine card from a teenager upwards thats what.

Check out my post on the Crafty Ribbons Inspiration blog for the shorter version of this post lol ;0

Life's a beach topper on a die cut card for Crafting Musketeers challenge #25

Morning peeps,

A quick post by me (as Ive got so much to do today) but a quality photo post anyway.

The sponsors of this challenge are The Hobby House and this being the midway reminder post you have probably already seen the main post...
If not then please click HERE


On my card, below, the topper itself is from The Hobby House and the sheet of 6 die cuts are called Life's A Beach Topper Set and the cost is only £1.50!!!

The theme of our challenge though is Die Cut and you can see in my photos that I have die cut the base card and the layers of the card stock right up to the topper!!!

Right....take a look at the main post on our challenge blog for all the information you could wish for plus its our 2nd Birthday!!!

Sketch & Colour Dare for Die-Namites Cutting Dies

Hiya peeps,

An early afternoon post from me as Im having a break today from crafting cards, I might, though,
do some die cutting later for the wedding invites that Ive been working on (for ever it seems) lol.

Today I would like to show you a card that I have made especially for a challenge but I had to order a special die that I needed from a company who's dies I hadnt used before.  Die-Namites dies are made in America and are a high quality steel die that are useable in almost every die cutting machine.  The die I brought is their Daisy Bunch (DN-1012) and its such a lovely cut....

Heres the card I made following the challenge blog for Die-Namites dies, which, for this month,
is a Sketch Challenge and Dare.  The dare is to use the colours as shown in this pic:

Here is the finished result following the sketch almost identically. I used the Daisy Bunch die to cut the bunch 3 times using different coloured scrap pieces of card (within the designated colours that are in the dare. The hot pink piece was already embossed (by myself) using a "Happy Birthday" embossing folder. I then pieced the pieces of daisies together in to the desired effect. The sentiment was made using a ticket die from Whimsy Stamps cutting it in the desired colour of card, cutting 2 butterflies using a patterned card in a variety of pastel colours, some of which are in the "colour dare" of this challenge.  I hope you like the finished result, its lovely in real life, such a fresh look to it which is what I hoped it would do ;0 xx

I am entering this card in to the following challenges: 

April Sketch Challenge, theme: sketch & a colour dare ends last day of the month

A double DT make!!!

Hiya peeps,

Im so sorry for the delay in my posting this, Ive got a lot of different health issues going on at the moment and Ive not been feeling too well for a couple of days.
I dont really want to tell you about it on here but, hopefully, all will be revealed next month.

Back to this post., its all about 2 of the 3 DT's that Im very proud to design & create for.,
Crafting Musketeers and Crafty Ribbons. Luckily for me this month, both challenge blogs have
managed to land on the same "live" posting date, being the 16th April.  Also, both themes suited
the make I had in mind for both challenges too!!!!

The theme for Crafting Musketeers is "It's A Man's World" and for Crafty Ribbons the theme is "Anything But Square, NO straight lines". The image was made using a rubber stamp from Crafters Companion and coloured with Graph It alcohol marker pens and thin areas coloured with fineliner pens from WH Smiths (more or less equivalent to Stabilo fineliners just a bit cheaper and a few different colours which is why I have both makes in my craft stash).
The ribbons I have used are Grosgrain Swiss Dots in Electric Blue & White on the top part of the card and then on the base, which is also the stopper when the full card is open, I used
Sentiment Birthday Ribbon in Island Blue.

Please check out both challenges and please leave the rest of the DT some love

I am entering this card in to the following challenges:

Di's Digi challenges, theme is: Include an ANIMAL

Another challenge from 2 Cute Ink.......

Hiya peeps,

Yes its time for another challenge over at the fabulous 2 Cute Ink Challenge Blog and for this month the theme is Baby!!

Lol Im very happy about this theme as my eldest nephew & his lovely wife have become parents again, for the second time to a beautiful girl called Savannah!! She was born on the 4th April after
a fast labour while her elder sister slept through it all.

Back to my creation for this challenge, the image we were all given was the fabulously cute 

Baby Eli the Elephant from the Etsy shop and obviously, because of the birth of my 2nd great niece. the colour theme has had to be pink....lots and lots of pink.

I have used the following:

Tonic Studios Boudoir Square Base Die Set

Marianne Design Baby Die

Tonic Scalloped Square Die Set

Tonic Square Die Set

White Linen effect 225gsm card stock x 2 from Papermill Direct

40mm wide scalloped edge organza ribbon

14mm Fine French Cotton Lace by Crafty Ribbons

Promarkers and a small coloured part of Cream (1210) from Graph It

A "With Love" label from Helz Cuppleditch River Revels collection

Fabric flower, faux gem flower, backing papers and faux clear gems are all from my own stash

WARNING: THIS IS PHOTO HEAVY