Purple Mimi Hearts

Stampfairy are sponsoring Critter Challenges today and I've made a card for their challenge.  The theme is all about red and purple, but I've focused on the purple and my red is some accents on the hearts and hair bands.  I've chosen Mimi Love for my image, and I've paper pieced her dress & shoes to match the backing papers, but I added some shading to her dress with my copics.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Mimi Love from Stampfairy
• Sentiment typed (Font = You won't bring me down)
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Nitwits Digi Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Pearl Brad
• Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
• Heart Charm
• Pearls
• Sewing machine

I've been inspired by:

• Penny's Paper Crafty - Ribbons & Bows
• Simon Says Stamp - Have a Heart
• MAWTT - Only Girls Allowed

Happy crafting.

Chloe

I'm sharing Chloe from The Stamp Basket today.  I've also got a new die, Lavish Branch, and it's lovely. The leaves are really detailed and it makes a lovely spray of leaves underneath some flowers.  I can see I'm going to be using this one quite a bit!

Don't forget the Guest Design Team call at The Stamp Basket being held at the moment. Pop over to The Stamp Basket blog to take a peek at the details.

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Items are from The Stamp Basket where linked below:

• Image - Chloe from Elizabeth Bell
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Wild Rose Studio Always and Forever
• Memory Box - Lavish Branch
• Memory Box - Cosmo Border
• Lace
• Liquid Pearls
• Glossy Accents
• Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts
• Sentiment Font - "You Won't Bring Me Down"
• Sewing machine
• Glass pearls

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

I've been inspired by:

• MAWTT - Only Girls Allowed
• Love to Create - Let's Celebrate

Happy crafting

Rebecca

Another pink day today and another Saturated Canary image, this time it's the beautiful Rebecca.  I've kept the layout quite simple as I've used a border punch to create some interest and didn't want too much fuss to detract from the image and pretty papers.  I've just added a couple of simple pearls, a charm from my stash and of course some gorgeous satin ribbon.

The Stamp Basket are also having a Guest Design Team call, so pop over if you want to check out the details and how to enter.  

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Saturated Canary Rebecca
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Wild Rose Studio Always and Forever papers
• Martha Stewart Lacy Doily Border Punch
• Memory box Bistro Label Die
• Pink satin ribbon
• Liquid Pearls
• 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Hobby House 8mm Pearl Brad
• Heart charm

I've been inspired by:

• Saturated Canary - Colour Challenge
  I managed to include all the colours including the green (eyes & eyeshadow!)
• Stampin' for the Weekend - Something Metal (brad, charm, chain)
• Penny's - Ribbons & Bows
• Simon Says Stamp - Have a Heart
• Cute Card Thursday - Love Struck

Happy crafting

A Touch of Romance

The theme today at Lili's Little Fairies is A Touch of Romance.  I've opted for a C&S style today with some wired ribbon and glassy pearls.  The papers are glittered and embossed so they give out a shimmer too.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - The Little Things by LOTV
• Colouring - Distress Inks
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• First Edition Papers
• Wired Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
• Glass pearls
• Sewing Machine

I've been inspired by:

• Sweet Stampin' - Love is all around
• The Ribbon Girl - Love & Marriage
• Crafty Calender - Love & Marriage
• Penny Black & More - Pink, Swirly & Pearly
• Inky Chicks - Valentine / Anniversary
• Fab n Funky - Valentines
• Penny's - Ribbons & Bows
• Without Words - Love

Happy crafting.

Copy Cat

The theme today at ABC Christmas Challenge is to CASE (Copy And Selectively Edit) one of our ABC Christmas cards from 2012.  I got a bit mixed up and thought I had to CASE one of my own, but actually you can CASE any ABC Christmas DT member's card from last year.  It's a great excuse to pick one that took your fancy and make it your own.

We're sponsored this week by Saturated Canary, and my Snow White image seemed to need a 'fairytale' sentiment, so I chose one of my LOTV cards from 2012 which had the sentiment 'believe'.  But this time I've reversed the colours of my character's dress and accessories.  Originally my LOTV girlie had a green dress and yellow accessories, and this time my Snow White girlie, had got a yellow dress and green accessories.

Although the papers and layout are the same, I've missed off the ivy die cut, and added some pearls, clouds and stitching.

And here's a reminder of the original card that I CASE'd :

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Snow White from Saturated Canary
• Typed Sentiment (Scrappy Looking)
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Clouds - Dovecraft Shimmer chalks
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Nitwits Digi Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• My Favourite Things Snowflake Dies
• Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
• Glossy Accents
• Pearls

I've been inspired by:

• Bunny Zoe - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp & Show - Fairytale (Snow White)
• Papertake - Anything Goes with Yellow

Happy crafting.

String of Hearts

The theme today at Top Tip Tuesday is Valentines, and we're sponsored by Stampfairy.  I've been painting with my DIs again, and it's safe to say that I'm definitely getting lots of practice in colouring grey bears!  I've also been using my new Precious Heart dies which are lovely.  The papers are embossed and glittered so I didn't clutter the card up with lots of embellishments this time, just some pretty cream ribbon and some coffee coloured pearls.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Barry Angel in Love from Stampfairy
• Colouring - Sakura Stardust Gel pens, Distress Inks
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Grand Nesties Labels 1
• Memory Box Precious Hearts die
• Vintage Cream Ribbon
• First Edition Isabel Embossed Glittered Papers
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Pearls
• Sewing Machine

I've been inspired by:

• Sweet Stampin' - Love is all around
• The Ribbon Girl - Love / Valentine
• Crafty Calendar - Love
• Stamping Sensations - Fur

Happy crafting.

Dragon Nap

I've got a 'Just For Fun' card to share today.   It's also been a while since I used purple, and since I love it so much, it was a perfect excuse to use it with this fantasy type image.

I've painted the image with my DI re-inkers.  I admit that it took me about 3 hours to paint him.  I'm not sure you can tell that it took so long from the finished image, but it was very relaxing.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Sylvia Zet Dreamy Dragon Digi
• One of my own Freebie Sentiments
• Colouring - Distress Inks
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papermania Lucy Cromwell
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Lacey Circle Spellbinder Nesties
• Memory Box Honeyblossom Sprig
• Plum coloured Satin Ribbon
• Pearls
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Doily
• Sewing machine

I've been inspired by:

• Wild Orchid Crafts - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• Allsorts - Let's get Cute

Happy crafting.

Bella Bella

Happy Sunday everyone.  Today's card again showcases some gorgeous items from The Stamp Basket, and again, there is a small bit of pink on display.

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Saturated Canary's Bella
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Wild Rose Studio Always and Forever papers
• Berisfords Super Sheer Ribbon
• Memory Box Hollyhock Stem die
• Lacey Circles Nesties
• Glossy Accents
• Sentiment is one of my own freebies
• Pearls

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

I've been inspired by:

• Saturated Canary - Colour challenge (think I got them all!)
• Forever Friends - Ribbon or Lace
• Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Happy crafting

Addicted to Pink

Thank goodness it's Saturday.  I've not had a good week as I've had a couple of days off work sick and am only just starting to feel human again.  I've been alternating between overheating and shivery cold sweats along with a swollen sore throat and a thick head.  But I hope that it's on the way out now.  (famous last words!)

Anyway, onto more exciting news, it's my day to showcase for The Stamp Basket today, so here's a card I've made using some gorgeous new Wild Rose Studio papers and a pretty Elizabeth Bell image.

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Elizabeth Bell Apple Blossom
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Always and Forever Wild Rose Studio papers
• Memory Box Hollyhock Stem die
• Pink satin ribbon
• White Lace
• Pink Buttons
• Burlap Twine
• 5mm, 4mm & 3mm Snow White pearls
• Flowers from Wild Rose Studio

Pop over to The Stamp Basket to see the lovely array of products on offer.  The sale has been extended until the end of this weekend, so pop over while there are still some bargains.

I've been inspired by:

• Forever Friends - Ribbon or Lace (I've used both)
• Wild Orchid Crafts - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Happy crafting

Barry Spring

It's freebie Friday at StampFairy and there's a new release.  It's a springtime set so I've used spring colours.

I've been practising more with my DI painting.  I think I've got grey sorted!  I also put some blue around the image to give him some depth.

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Card Recipe: 

• Image - Barry Springtime from Stamp Fairy
• Typed Sentiment (Font = You Won't Bring Me Down)
• Colouring - Distress Inks
• First Edition Hideaway Papers
• Memory Box Macarena Corner Die
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Pearls
• Sewing machine

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:

• Bunny Zoe - Anything Goes
• Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
• Totally Gorjuss - Flowers

Happy Crafting

Heart to Heart

The theme today at Lili's Little Fairies is anything but a square card, so I've made a fancy shaped card using a craftwork cards base.  The colouring is with DI re-inkers.  I'm still persevering  and have got most of the colours that I think I need now after one arrived today.  However, I'm sure there will be 'just one more' that I find I need.  I've also just got some lovely heart dies and this is my first card using them.  I thought they matched the image well.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Love Grows from LOTV
• Colouring - Distress Inks
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• My Mind's Eye and Fancy Pants papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Memory Box Corner Bow Die
• Memory Box Precious Hearts Die Duo
• Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
• Liquid Pearls 
• Pearls

I've been inspired by:

• Inky Chicks - Bingo (either diagonal)
• Sweet Stampin' - Ribbon
• Totally Gorjuss - Flowers

Happy crafting.

Little Meeces

There's another week left of the Boys & Bows challenge at ABC Christmas Challenge and I've got a card to share.  This is actually a card that I made for a Christmas order but I didn't get chance to post it before now.  It was for a customer's husband and my bow is from twine, which I thought was a bit more masculine than a full-on ribbon bow.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Penny Black
• Sentiment - Typed
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Summertime Design Digi Papers
• Memory Box Bistro Label Die
• My Favourite Things Snowflake Dies
• Berisfords Red Satin Ribbon
• Liquid Pearls
• Cheery Lynn Holly Corner die
• Pearls
• Twine

I've been inspired by:

• Here Come the Boys - Bingo (middle row)
• Simon Says Stamp & Show - Seeing Stars
• Passion for Promarkers - Add Sparkle
• Creative Inspirations - One for the Guys

Happy crafting.

Birthday Wings

It's the half way point of the layers challenge at Top Tip Tuesday so I've got a card with lots of lovely layers. I've got a base card, doily, matted panel, matted image, ribbon, butterfly, and of course some pearls and a bow to top it off.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Wryn Birthday Girl from Tiddly Inks
• Typed Sentiment (Font = You won't bring me down)
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• First Edition Papers
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Memory Box Vivienne Butterfly Die
• Memory Box Bistro Label Die
• Berisfords Satin Ribbon
• Pearls
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Doily
• Sewing machine

I've been inspired by:

• Tiddly Inks Challenge - Wings (butterfly die and owl papers - check out the one peeking just above the sentiment!!  That one made me smile!)
• Bunny Zoe - Anything Goes
• Sweet Stampin' - Ribbon

Happy crafting.

Hand Me Downs

I'm a guest designer over at Incy Wincy Challenges today and the theme is Pearls and Lace.  These are two of my favourite things (along with pink, ribbons, dies, pretty papers, bows, nesties, flowers, gems ... )

OK I admit I have a lot of favourite things

But it was impossible not to join in when the lovely Chris invited me.

Incy Wincy are also sponsored by Saturated Canary this week, which gave me the perfect opportunity to use one of the images that I got recently.

I spent ages on her hair, and am quite pleased with the result. I've got my favourite papers out again, and some lovely satin ribbon.

Overall, as well as the lace and pearls, this card contains quite a few of my favourite things.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Hand me Downs by Saturated Canary
• Typed Sentiment (font = Praying Angel)
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papermania Lucy Cromwell Paper pad
• First Edition papers (bunting)
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Memory Box Bistro Label Die
• Memory Box Simple Banner
• Glossy Accents
• From my stash -  Papermania spotty mini button, Embroidery thread, Lace

I've been inspired by:

• Saturated Canary - Movie Inspired (Freaky Friday - daughter in mother's clothes)
• Bunny Zoe - Anything Goes
• Forever Friends - Use Ribbon or Lace (I've used both!)

Happy crafting.

Tinkerbell

I'm really loving these new Saturated Canary Rubber Stamps and this is the second time I've used this sweetie. Last time she was red, but this time I've coloured her in green, like Tinkerbell the fairy from Peter Pan.  I thought is was safer to use Copics for this image so that I could cope better with her hair.  I just can't seem to get hair right with the DI, and this girl needs to have good hair.

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All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Image - Little Lady Bug
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papers - Prima Sun Kiss
• Memory Box Honeyblossom Sprig
• Glossy Accents
• Vintage Style Limoges
• Hobby House 8mm Pearl Brad
• From my stash - Wild Orchid Flowers, Pearls, Bakers twine

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

I've been inspired by:

• Craft Your Passion - Totally Teal
• Wild Orchid Crafts - Coming Up Roses
• Saturated Canary - Movie Inspired (Peter Pan or Tinkerbell!)

Happy crafting

Memoirs of a Geisha (& another FREEBIE)

I really adore this new Saturated Canary stamp called Cherry Blossom from The Stamp Basket.

Last time I coloured her in purple, and this time I've used yellow and green.  Green isn't a colour which I'm usually keen on, but I love these yellow and green papers so I've coloured her to match them.

I've stitched all the panels onto kraft coloured shimmer card and chalked some clouds behind the image.

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Freebie:
As promised above, here is my Sentiment freebie for today.  It was suggested by Suze after I posted my birthday version freebie last weekend.  Thanks honey!

You're free to download it if you like it; click on the image for a larger version, then right click and 'save picture as' to save to your own computer. 

My conditions are as follows:

1. Please become a follower, then you will see more freebies as they are posted,
2. Please leave a comment on this post to let me know you've downloaded it, and
3. Please don't share my freebies directly with other people, but please send them over to collect it themselves.
4. Please give me credit when you use them and post your finished creations on your blog.

I also adore seeing your creations using my digi sentiments, so I'd really love you to send me an email with links to your creations so I can pop over for a peek!

All items are from The Stamp Basket as follows:

• Cherry Blossom Saturated Canary Rubber Stamp
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Prima Sun Kiss Papers
• Memory Box Macarena Corner Die
• Glossy Accents
• Berisfords Satin Ribbon Aqua
• Hobby House 8mm Pearl Brad
• From my stash - Wild Orchid Craft Flowers, aqua pearls, shimmer chalks

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

I've been inspired by:

• Saturated Canary Challenge - Movie inspired (Memoirs of a Geisha)
• Wild Orchid Craft - Coming Up Roses
• Inky Chicks - Bingo (either diagonal)

Happy crafting 

Barry's Exercise Journal

"Barry diet" is the new release today at StampFairy and I've decorated a little notebook to create a diet and exercise journal using one of the images from the new set.

I've painted my image with my Distress re-inkers again and I'm really starting to like using them.  It's quite therapeutic!

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Project Recipe:

• Image - Barry Diet from Stamp Fairy
• Sentiment - Typed and traced onto the notebook base
• Colouring - Distress Inks
• Craft Concepts Budding Vine Embossing Folder
• Aqua Satin Ribbon
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls 
• From my stash -  Pearls, Spotty button, Embroidery thread, Notebook

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:

• Anything Goes - Buttons & Bows
• Totally Gorjuss - KISS

Happy Crafting

Spring Blossom

It's Anything Goes at Lili's Little Fairies this week and I've got a simple personalised birthday card to share.  The photo does not do justice to these gorgeous Papermania papers which are embossed and glittered. This set really is my all-time favourite (to date!).

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Blossom from LOTV
• One of my own bespoke creations
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• Cardworks Shaped Card base
• Papertake Lucy Cromwell
• Wild Orchid Craft Flowers
• Lacey Circle Spellbinder Nesties
• Labels 18 Spellbinders Nesties
• Memory Box Macarena Corner Die
• Ribbon - Fantastic Ribbons
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Heart gems

I've been inspired by:

• Wild Orchid Crafts - Coming up Roses
• Inky Chicks - Bingo (top row : Ribbon, Sentiment, Flowers. Middle column : Sentiment, Image, Bow.  Diagonal: Flowers, Image, Die Cuts. Bottom row : Die cuts, Bow, Pearls!!!)
• Bunny Zoe - Anything Goes

Happy crafting.

Boys & Bows

The theme today at ABC Christmas Challenge is B for Boys and/or Bows so I've made a little card with both!!!

The J-Fold card that I made last week reminded me how much I like these as C&S folds so I've made another one. I'm not as keen on this one though. I think it looks a bit empty.  There are some clear glass gems on the bottom left corner, but they're not really clear, and there are no flowers or die cuts.  It feels a bit unfinished to me, but the image was quite large, and the papers were quite busy, so I stopped!

I've used 2 images that are layered on top of each other to create a little Christmas scene.

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Card Recipe:

• Image - Christmas Brat Boy Elf and Tree Bench from Bugaboo
• Colouring - Promarkers, Copics, Sakura Stardust Gel pens
• First Edition Hideaway Papers
• Glossy Accents
• Liquid Pearls
• Stickles
• From my stash - Glass gems, Ribbon, Bakers Twine in green

I've been inspired by:

• Totally Gorjuss - KISS (my cards don't get more simple than this!)
• Bunny Zoe - Anything Goes
• Without Words - C&S and Baby, It's Cold Outside

Happy crafting.