Gingerbabies Ornaments

There is a new release and freebie today at StampFairy and today sees some more images featuring the Gingerbabies.  I've made a little tag for decorating my MIL's Christmas gifts which I've wrapped already.  I decided this year to wrap my pressies in coloured tissue paper wrapped with ribbons, so I bought quite a few packs of pretty coloured tissues paper and am using some scraps of ribbons.  I also made the two flowers with some spare tissue paper strips, just rolling the strips and twisting the strip every turn which I'd seen on a tutorial somewhere (sorry can't remember where now).

There's also a fantastic special offer on this weekend at

The Stamp Basket ….

…Up to 20% off all Bildmalarna stamps

and

…Up to 20% off all Stampavie stamps

So why not treat yourself or a friend?

Offer ends mid-day GMT Tuesday 4 December

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Project Recipe:

• Image - Gingerbabies Ornaments from Stamp Fairy
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics
• Clouds - Dovecraft Shimmer chalks
• Nesties - Lacey circles
• Crystal Glamour Dust - The Stamp Basket
• Liquid Pearls - The Stamp Basket
• From my stash -  Ribbon, Tissue paper

Please pop on over to StampFairy to see the newly released digi images.

Here's a preview of the set being released today:

I've been inspired by:

• Sweet Stampin' - Flowers (2 handmade flowers)
• Totally Gorgeous - Don't be Square
• Stamptacular Sunday - Winter Bliss
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• Totally Paper crafts - Christmas but not a card

Happy Crafting

Favourites all round

The theme this week at Lili's Little Fairies is Pretty Pastels.  This card was made for a lovely lady, Nicola who wanted a personalised card for her friend Maia.  I've used my favourite colour schemes (pink and aqua), favourite papers and one of my older favourite LOTV images.  What could be better!!!

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Birthday Fairy rom Lili of the Valley
• Sentiment -  Typed (Scrappy Looking Font from DaFont)
• Nesties - Spellbinders Lacey Circles
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Card base - Elegant Edge from The Stamp Basket
• Papers - Summertime Designs
• All flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
• Ribbon - The Stamp Basket
• Pearl Brad - The Stamp Basket
• Crystal Glamour Dust - The Stamp Basket
• Gems - Crafter's Companion
• From my stash - Glossy accents

I've been inspired by:

• Joanna Sheen - Anything Goes but not Christmas
• The Crafty Pad - Add Some Glitter
• Crafter's Companion - Favourite Colour Combination
• Digital Tuesday - Girlie (digital papers)
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Happy crafting.

Polar eXpress

It's the letter 'X' at the ABC Christmas Challenge being 'X marks the spot', which I've done with some crossed over twine.

This was quite a simple card (hence the 'express' in the blog post title, although that was also a pun on the 'X' theme too!).

I've stitched some snowflake embossed card onto some aqua coloured card and stuck that to my card base, then added my cut-out image and a die cut tree, some snowflakes, liquid pearls, and of course my twine.  Finally I've used my glamour dust on the polar bear's nose and paws.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Polar Bear from Bugaboo
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics
• Snowflake Dies - My Favourite Things
• Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Snowflakes
• Crystal Glamour Dust - The Stamp Basket
• Liquid Pearls - The Stamp Basket
• From my stash -  Pearls, Twine, Glossy accents

Please pop on over to the  ABC Christmas challenge blog to see the other creations by the talented design team, and to enter our challenge.  I look forward to seeing your creations this week.

I've been inspired by:

• The Crafty Pad - Add some Glitter
• Bunny Zoe - Winter

Happy crafting.

Hey Baby

We're half way this fortnight's 'kids' challenge at Top Tip Tuesday and I've made a little mid-way reminder card using Baby Dotty from Stampfairy.  I digitally paper-pieced her jumpsuit and bow before printing her out (as I'm hopeless at cutting out the paper piece parts carefully) and used some gorgeous Wild Rose Studio papers (available from The Stamp Basket).  Once again I tried my patience by attempting to stitch a circle around my image.  I really must stop trying to do this as it drives me crazy trying to get it neat.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Baby Dotty and Teddy from Stampfairy
• Sentiment - One of my own Freebies
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics
• Papers - Vintage Rose WRS from The Stamp Basket
• Nesties - Lacey circles from The Stamp Basket
• Memory Box Macarena Corner die - The Stamp Basket
• Ribbons - Fantastic Ribbons
• Pearls - The Stamp Basket
• Liquid Pearls - The Stamp Basket

Please pop on over to the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge Blog to see the other creations by the talented design team, and to enter our challenge.  I look forward to seeing your creations this week.

I've been inspired by:

• Simon Says Stamp - Sketch
• Joanna Sheen - Anything Goes (not Christmas)
• Digital Tuesday - Girlie

Happy crafting.

Bella with Sledge

Today's card uses a sweet Wild Rose image.  I've not used these Bella the Elephant stamps before and this image is just adorable.

The image is quite large so I've not adorned this card with my usual die cuts and embellishments, just few flowers and a gorgeous aqua satin ribbon bow.

Aqua is my favourite Christmas colour this year.  I absolutely adore these Nitwits Joyful Hearts papers but it feels a real shame to cover them up !

The clouds in the background are done with my chalks using a cloud template that I've created myself (see below) and a similar technique to the fab background tutorial posted by my fellow Stamp Basket designer Penni last week (see Penni's tutorial here) where she shows you how to mask your image first too (which is the bit that I shortcut, cos I'm lazy!)

I've included my template below in case you want to download it.  Please do leave me a comment too to let me know how you get on using it too.

Click on the template to see it in its original size, save it down to your computer and then print it out on card or acetate.  Cut out the cloud shape and then use it as a mask.

I use shimmer chalks to colour my clouds (yup, you can see the one I use the most for my clouds!) but you can use inks too.

Before I start applying my chalks, I outline my image with B000, a really pale blue which makes the image pop off the page a bit:

I then lay my cloud template over my image, starting at the top, and just cover the top of the image with my template:

I apply my first row of clouds across the full width of the image panel. I use the little pompoms and work in a circular motion to apply the shimmer chalk:

I apply about 3 to 4 rows working down each side of the image right down to the 'ground'.  To create a random effect with my clouds, I offset the template as I apply each row.

If you want to see the card I made with the image used in my mini-tutorial (Bella with Wand), then pop back here on 5 December when I'll have a new project to share for Top Tip Tuesday.

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Card Materials

• Image - Bella with Sledge from Wild Rose Studio
• Card base - Scalloped Edge
• Papers - Nitwits Joyful Hearts Swirls Blue
• Nesties - Lacey Circles
• Ribbon - Aqua Satin
• Glitter - Glamour Dust Crystal
• Liquid Pearls - White Opal
• From my stash - Fluffy stuff, Aqua pearls Glossy accents, Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

I've been inspired by:

• Papertake - Ribbons & Pearls
• Simon Says Stamp - Sketch
• Stamptacular - Recipe (Ribbon, Pearls, Die Cuts)

Happy crafting.

Jake Winter Circle Step Cards

There is a new release and freebie today at StampFairy and my FAVOURITE bear is back!!!

Jake the bear is just so cute, I adore his innocent expression. He seems to be just begging for a cuddle.  I'm so delighted that Gerda has decided to let him out to play again this winter that I've made not just one, but two matching cards using the newly released images.

I think I'm right in saying this is my first attempt at a Circle Step card, and it did take a fair bit of practising to get the folds right with the size of circle that I used. After ruining my first try, I used that as a template for the others.  There are a couple of tutorials around, but I used the one here.

And once I'd got the card base shape fold right, they were exceptionally quick to make.

My first card is Jake carrying a large snowball.  I hope he's intending to start a snowman with that snowball rather than throw it at someone, cos that one's gonna sting ...

And my second card is Jake with his Christmas tree....

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Jake Wintertime from Stamp Fairy
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Nesties - Grand Nesties Labels 1 (card base)
• Tree dies - Magnolia and Marianne Creatables
• Embossing folder - Cuttlebug Snowflakes
• Pearls - The Stamp Basket
• Crystal Glamour Dust - The Stamp Basket
• Liquid Pearls - The Stamp Basket
• From my stash -  Stickles, Strand glitter, Glossy accents

Please pop on over to StampFairy to see the newly released digi images.

Here's a preview of the set being released today:

I've been inspired by:

• Sparkles - Christmas is Coming
• Bunny Zoe - Winter

Happy Crafting

Winter Bunnies & Stamp Basket SALE !!!

The theme this week at Lili's Little Fairies is an easy peasy Anything Goes, so there's no excuse not to play along with your favourite LOTV images.

I don't think I've inked this image up before as it's one of the ones that hubby got me for my birthday last month.  It's really cute, so I think it's gonna see a fair bit of ink.

There's also a fab special offer for you this weekend over at The Stamp Basket to help along your Christmas preparations! 

** Up to 15% off Nellie Snellen Christmas stamps

 

** 10% off Nellie Snellen Christmas dies

 

**10% off Marianne Design Christmas stamps

 

and

 

**Up to 15% off Marianne Design Christmas dies

and papers

 

Offer ends 9-00a.m. GMT Tuesday 27 November

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Winter Bunnies from Lili of the Valley
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Clouds - Dovecraft Shimmer chalks
• Cardworks Shaped Card base - The Stamp Basket
• Papers - Summertime Designs
• Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
• Nesties - Labels 18
• Memory Box Corner Bow die - The Stamp Basket
• Snowflake Dies - My Favourite Things
• Crystal Glamour Dust - The Stamp Basket
• Liquid Pearls - The Stamp Basket
• From my stash -  Pearls, Glossy accents

I've been inspired by:

• Wild Orchid Crafts - Traditional Christmas
• Bunny Zoe - Winter
• Sparkles - Christmas is Coming

Happy crafting.

Barry Winter Box in a Bag

It's the second week of our Wrap it Up challenge at the ABC Christmas Challenge so I've made a mid-way reminder project.

I've made a little Box in a Bag (tutorial here) using a cute little Stampfairy image of Barry the bear sledging.

The handles are held on with the brads, two on each side, and the ribbon is held by the brads on the inside.  I've put die cut snowflakes behind the brads too to give them some focus.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Barry Winter 3 from Stampfairy
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Papers - Nitwits
• Border Punch - Fiskars snowflakes
• Snowflake Dies - My Favourite Things
• Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
• Crystal Glamour Dust - The Stamp Basket
• Liquid Pearls - The Stamp Basket
• From my stash -  Brads, Glossy accents

Please pop on over to the  ABC Christmas challenge blog to see the other creations by the talented design team, and to enter our challenge.  I look forward to seeing your creations this week.

I've been inspired by:

• Joanna Sheen - Cold & Frosty
• Stamptacular Sunday - Recipe (Ribbon, Pearls, Die & Punch)
• Bunny Zoe - Winter

Happy crafting.

Trinket Box

This fortnight's challenge at Top Tip Tuesday is Kids/Teens so I've made a little trinket box which I think would be great for a teenage girlie.  I made the box using a strip of card stuck down onto a die cut oval and then covered the sides with satin ribbon.  The top is made exactly the same, except slightly larger so that it fits over the base with ease.  Simples !

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We're sponsored this week by :

Kenny K

   

Fred She Said

  

Crimson Cloud

Project Recipe:

• Image - Queens Cutie from Kenny K
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Nesties - Lacey Ovals
• Ribbons - Fantastic Ribbons

Please pop on over to the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge Blog to see the other creations by the talented design team, and to enter our challenge.  I look forward to seeing your creations this week.

I've been inspired by:

• Papertake - Pearls and / or Ribbons (I opted for Ribbons)

Happy crafting.

Hip to Be Square

StampFairy are sponsoring my old teamies at The Incy Wincy Challenge today so I couldn't resist joining in with a sample card to support their challenge.

The theme is 'Hip to be Square' so I've not only made a square card, but I've also adorned it with square panels and a square shaped image.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Barry Throughout the Year from Stamp Fairy
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Papers - Nitwits
• Snowflake Dies - My Favourite Things
• Crystal Glamour Dust - The Stamp Basket
• From my stash -  Pearls, Glossy accents

Please pop on over to StampFairy to see the cute images, and hope to see your square creations over at The Incy Wincy Challenge this week too.

I've been inspired by:

• Charisma - Cool Colours
• Joanna Sheen - Cold & Frosty
• Bunny Zoe - Winter
• Sparkles - Christmas

Happy Crafting

Snowy Nativity Scene

Today's card uses a Wild Rose Studio image from The Stamp Basket called Nativity Play.  I've used a Whimsy Holiday Notables sentiment stamp and matching shaped Notables 1 Die. These are just amazing as they look fabulous in their fancy shapes.  I also am using the Memory Box Poppy Stamps Die Antique Lamp Post for the first time which I think is perfect for a traditional type of card.  I've given it a bit of highlight with a white gel pen.  The gorgeous Red Satin Ribbon really shows up the pretty pearl brad which holds it on the card base and I've sneaked in a red pearl onto the snowflake.  Just one pearl for me is amazing. Usually they're splattered all over my cards so this required real restraint on my part !!  Hope you like my card.

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Wild Rose Studio Nativity Play
• Card base - Elegant Square
• Papers - Kaisercraft Twig & Berry
• Sentiment - Whimsy Holiday Notables & Notables 1 Die
• Border die - Memory Box Frosty Border Die
• Lamp Die - Memory Box Poppy Stamps Die Antique Lamp Post
• Ribbon - Berisfords Satin Ribbon Red
• Brad - Hobby House 8mm Pearl Brad
• Liquid Pearls - White Opal
• Stickles - Diamond
• From my stash - Glossy accents, Flowers are from Wild Orchid Craft

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer.

I've been inspired by:

• Wild Orchid Challenge - Traditional Christmas
• The Ribbon Girl - Add Sparkle (Stickles on snowflake & flowers & Startdust gel pen on star)
• Sketch & Stash - Sketch 1 rotated 180 degrees (old stash = all flowers, snowflake die cuts, new stash = everything else)

Happy crafting.

Mimi Winter, and erm, some pastel red?

There is a new release and freebie today at StampFairy called Mimi Christmas.  And she's a real sweetie decorating her Christmas Tree.

To make a change from all the pink I've been using lately, today's card is ...

... erm ...

... hmm...

... pastel red?

Oh dear, I think I'm addicted to pink.  Do I need therapy? (be nice!)

I've also used my (current) favourite Memory Box Corner Bow die from The Stamp Basket and I've glittered up my flowers using Stickles

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Mimi Christmas from Stamp Fairy
• Sentiment - One of my own Freebies
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Embossing folder - Swiss Dots
• Shaped Card base - The Stamp Basket
• Papers - Nitwits
• Memory Box Corner Bow die - The Stamp Basket
• All flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
• Nesties - Lacey circles
• Pearls - The Stamp Basket
• Liquid pearls - The Stamp Basket
• From my stash -  Stickles, Ribbon, Glossy accents, Snow glitter

Please pop on over to StampFairy to see the newly released digi images.

Here's a preview of the set being released today:

I've been inspired by:

• I Love Promarkers - Xmas Trees
• Sketch Saturday - Sketch
• The Ribbon Girl - Add Sparkle
• In the Pink - Dies & Punches
• Sketch n Stash - Sketch 33 (New Stash = Image & corner bow die, Old Stash = Papers, Flowers, Sentiment)

Happy Crafting

Food Glorious Good

The theme this week at Lili's Little Fairies is Food & Drink.  I've not got any images involving Christmas Pudding so I've made a birthday card instead which makes a change from all the snowflake dies I seem to have been using lately anyway.

But hey, don't fear ... there's still plenty of pink ...

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Hello Cupcake from Lili of the Valley
• Sentiment - One of my own Freebies
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Shaped Card base - The Stamp Basket
• Nesties - Lacey Circles
• Die - Magnolia Leaf (& Swirl)
• Papers - Papermania
• All flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
• Ribbons - Fantastic Ribbons
• Pearls - The Stamp Basket
• Liquid Pearls - The Stamp Basket
• From my stash -  Glossy accents, scalloped scissors (around image)

I've been inspired by:

• Sketch Saturday - Sketch
• Raise the Bar - Birthday
• Totally Papercrafts - Cute & Girlie

Happy crafting.