Never too old for Cupcake!

Hello again my dears,  Wow!  2 posts in one day, I must be on a roll.  I wanted to show you a few of the items I bought at the SECC Glasgow craft show last week.  What better way of showing you than to make a card.

My image is Lotv and she is called Never too old for Cupcakes.  This is her first outing.  I coloured her with copics and glittered the veins of her wings with glamour dust.  My DP is from Kay & Co it came in a box which contained 80 sheets of 12x12 for £8.00 an absolute bargain. The die I've used around the border is from Memory Box and it's called Honeysuckle Vine.  My little pink cherry blossom flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and my sweet Butterfly's are Marianne Designs Creatable 4 small butterfly's. I've mounted them on top of each other to create a 3d effect.

Thank you so much for popping in to visit,  I would like to welcome my new followers, thank you so much for choosing to become a friend, I hope my cards and creations enthuse you a little.

Wishing everyone a fabulous weekend ahead.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Lili's Little Fairies Challenge:  Would like to see Butterflies and Fairies this week.

Fabulous Friday Challenge:  Would like to see things with Wings this week.

Fussy and Fancy Friday Challenge:  Would like to see some Fairies this week.

Lili of the Valley Best Dress

Hello All,  As you know March is National Craft Month and

Lili of the Valley Ideas to Inspire blog are having a month long competition with some super prizes.  All you need do is create a card/project using one of their girly images with the theme of Pink or Mum and if you use one of the new releases you get double the chance to win.  

I've used Best Dress from the new release, isn't she just the cutest, mind you I say that about all the Lotv images. You will find them all HERE   I've coloured her with copics and derwent water colour pencils.  There is a full recipe of ingredients below my post.

Thank you so much for visiting, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend ahead.

Hugs

Recipe:

DP:  First Edition & Papermania Summer Bloom

Image: Lili of the Valley (Best Dress March release 2012)

Medium:  Copics & Derwent water colour pencils

Oval lace die cut:  Marianne Designs Craftable

White Metal Corners:  Stash

Both Sentiments: Lili of the Valley.

Marianne Design Divas - Spring

Marianne Design Products Used:   Using: Flower Power Paper Bloc   - Marianne Design Cutting Sheet Snoesjes & Kitten  -  Creatable Die Anja Lace LEO201 -  Craftable Die Oval CR1204 - Chinese Rose die LRO163 - English Rose die LRO162 - Branch Garden LRO151

Hello my dears,  It's time for another fab challenge over at

Marianne Design Divas  

This month we would love to see your SPRING into SPRING creations.  I've gone a little out of my comfort zone with this card. I've used one of Marianne's Cutting decoupage sheets, not my usual style at all but I thoroughly enjoyed cutting and layering up this adorable image.  All the ingredients that I've used in this creation are listed above with links to our wonderful sponsor this week.

Cuddly Buddly Crafts 

 

and this is their amazing prize for one of our winners

 

Not just one prize but Marianne herself is giving one lucky winner this amazing prize. 

 

Wonderful prizes again this month and all you need do to be with the chance of winning one of these is enter our Challenge using at least 1 of Marianne Design Products.  Simples!!!!!

Thank you so much for popping in to visit.  I hope you enjoyed your stay and I look forward to visiting you and all your wonderful creations over the coming month.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

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Midweek Magnolias #2 Sketch DT card

Good Morning my dears,   Wow!! we had a wonderful response to our first challenge last week over at

MIDWEEK MAGNOLIAS 

  

It was a real pleasure to visit you all and see so many wonderful Magnolia creations.  Well done everyone!

This week we would like to see you use the Sketch below which has been designed by the lovely Anne

 you can flip it, turn it upside down even, so long as we can see the sketch in your creation along with a Magnolia stamp then you will be in with a chance to win that fabulous prize from Magnolia Sweden.

I've used my newest Magnolia stamp from the Princes & Princesses collection, this is Tilda catching stars.  How cute is she!!  I love the whole collection,  I'm avidly collecting them a few at a time. 

I've coloured Tilda with a mixture of mediums. Copics (skin and hair) & Derwent Water colour pencils for her dress/shoes.  You will find a full recipe of ingredients at the bottom of my post.

Do please remember to pop over and see the fabulous creations our sweet teamies have conjured up for you this week, I promise you won't be disappointed.

Thank you so much for popping in to visit, I look forward to coming along to you and seeing your wonderful Magnolia creations over the coming week.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Wild Orchid Crafts: Would like to see you Get in Shape.  Use at least 3 different shapes on your creation.  I've used oval, square, rectangle, oblong

Stampin' for the Weekend:  Have the most delicious Shabby Chic picture for your  theme this week.  I so want the shelving unit on the wall for my craft room. lol x

Bunny Zoe's Crafts:  Would like to see Shabby Chic/Vintage this month

Have a great week

Hugs

Recipe:

DP:  All K&Co

Image: Magnolia Princes & Princess - Tilda catching Stars

Medium:  Copics 

Skin:E00 E51 E21 RV21  Hair: E35 E33 E53 E00

Nesti's:  Small Oval

Spellbinders Pennants die for Sentiment.

Hearts: Marianne Designs 

Glitter heart: chipboard die cut, painted and glittered by me.

Memory Box corner flourish

Metal corner accent, All flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Pink Webbed Ribbon: Bunny Zoe's Crafts

Pink netting, brad and gems:  Stash

Extras: glamour dust - Tim Holtz old paper distress ink.
Sentiment:  Stash

Catch a Falling Star

Hello everyone,  I wanted to share my newest sweet Tilda catching stars with you today.  I'm loving this Princes and Princesses collection of Magnolia stamps and I'm slowly adding to my collection.  

This is Tilda catching stars and you will see her again tomorrow as I've used her for my DT card for Midweek Magnolias challenge with a totally different colour combo.

I've used my copic ciao markers as my colouring medium, I will put a full ingredients list for you at the bottom of this post.  There are lots of elements used on my card but it would take a long post to go into all the detail.

These are the challenge blogs that helped create my card:

Magnolia Down Under:  Are celebrating their 3rd Birthday this week and would love you to celebrate along with them.  All you need do is create a Birthday Project.

Just Magnolia & Hangler Stangler:  Would love to see your Blue and White creations this week.

Simply Magnolia:  Have an Anything Goes challenge this week.

Thank you so much for popping in to visit me I hope I have managed to enthuse you a little.   

Hugs

Recipe:

DP: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Vintage Shabby

Image: Magnolia Tilda catching stars - Princes & Princesses series

Medium: Copic Ciao Markers

Skin: E00 E52 E21 RV21   Hair: E53 E35 £33 E00

Dress: B02 BG01 Shoes: E31

Nestability: Oval small

Fence: Marianne Designs Creatable

Flower: Tim Holtz alterations die Tattered Florals 

Nellie Sneddon: Edge Die

Both Sentiments:  Lili of the Valley

Chipboard button: painted with white acrylic and TH crackle glaze applied

White netting, brad, lace, metal corner accent: Stash.

Extras used: Memento Rich Cocoa stamp pad, Zig Glue for glamour dust. Gold Stickles for Tildas crown and star wand.

House Mouse & Friends Challenge: Guest Designer

Good Morning my dears,  I am totally thrilled to show you my Guest Designer card today for the wonderful 

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge.   

For this weeks theme there is a yummy picture  for you to feast your eyes on.  Yummy Scrummy Cupcakes. Mmmmm.. of course this doesn't mean you have to use a cupcake, you could choose the colour combo or the number of cupcakes etc.

I chose to use my HM cute Birthday Cupcake stamp colouring  with my Pro/Flex Markers. The cute stamp is available HERE  along with hundred of the most darling little mouse's, bunny hoppers and grufflies you will ever see.

I decided to go down the male route as I needed a card for one of our dear friends.  

I hope you pop on over to the challenge blog to see the wonderful creations the Design Team have conjured up for you, they are stunning.

Thank you for popping in to visit me and I wish you all a lovely week ahead.  Happy Crafting everyone.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Paper Pretties Challenge:  Would like to see a Masculine Card

Anything Goes Challenge:  This time it's Boyz To Men.  Dedicated to the males in our lives.

Polka Doodles Challenge:  Lets hear it for the Boys this week. 

Digi Doodle Shops Best Challenge:  Would like to see Animals this week. 

Crafting when we can Challenge:  Would like to see Animals this week.

Pretty Bouquet

Good Morning my dears,   I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. I wanted to show you one of my newest stamps bought at the Craft show at the SECC (Glasgow) on Thursday.   

This is one of the new releases from Lili of the Valley, I couldn't decide which ones to get so they all fell into my basket while I wasn't looking. lol. along with a few of the older stamps too that were just too cute to leave on the shelf.

I've coloured her with a mixture of copics and derwent pencils.  I will leave a full recipe of ingredients for you below this post if you want to know the items I've used.

In the meantime I'll just say to you all Have a Wonderful day and I may see you all a little later.

I would like to enter the following Challenges:

Lili of the Valley Ideas to Inspire:  To Celebrate March being  National Craft Month are having a special challenge with weekly prizes and a Mega Prize at the end of the month. Click on the link to find out all the details.

Lili's Little Fairies:  Would like to see Lace and Ribbon this week.

Lets Ink it Up:  Would like to see Flowers this month.

Our Creative Corner:  Are having a game of Tic Tac Toe I've chosen Brads/Pink/Flowers

Allsorts Challenge: would love to see Flowers this week.

Hotshot Craft Blog:  Would like to see Ribbon.

Hugs

Recipe:

DP:  K&Co

Image: Lili of the Valley (Pretty Bouquet) 

Medium:  Copics & Derwent water pencils

Nesti:  small oval

Marianne Designs Creatable lacy oval

Corner Flourish: Memory Box Di

Metal corner accent, Vintage Seam Binding and all Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

doily & lace: Stash

Sentiment: Just Right

Prairie Fairy Friday #74 Distress it. DT card

Hello again my dears,  Over at Prairie Fairy Fun Friday we have another super duper challenge for you with the theme of DISTRESSING  from our very own princess Corry .   This can be using distress inks, tearing your papers etc.

For my card I've used one of Roberta's fabulous new digital images, they are gorgeous!!!  It's called First Kiss, you get a black n white image plus a full colour resolution image for scrap booking etc at a great price too.   You can find them HERE.I   I coloured them with Flex/Pro Markers, you can find a full recipe below this post of my ingredients.

I do hope you will pop over and see the other fabulous creations my fellow Dt princesses have conjured up for you.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Make it Monday Challenge:  Anything Goes

I Love Promarkers Challenge:  Ribbon and Bows this week.

Recipe:

DP: K&Co Urban Rhapsody

Image: (Digital) First Kiss from Prairie Fairy Designs

Medium: Flex/Pro Markers

Bunting Die:  Whimsy Stamps

Sentiment: Stash

Ribbon: Stash

Extras: Tim Holtz distress wheel and Old paper distress ink pad

Midweek Magnolias - Launch Day #1 Hello Dt Project

Wohoooo!!! we are off and running with the Launch of  our brand new challenge 

Midweek Magnolias.  

The Design Team have been so very excited behind the scenes for this our 1st challenge.   I have to say that Anne has done a fantastic job of keeping us in the loop and encouraging us with regular updates and wee memo's etc,  She is a wonderful Team Leader.  

We start our 1st challenge with the them of  HELLO!!!!   It's quite an open them but we would like to see some kind of greeting on your card/project. Do remember please that you must use a Magnolia product to be eligible for the prize which is being sent to our Random winner from Magnolia Sweden.  Ooh! I love surprises and I'm sure our winner will love it too.  We don't have many rules but one of them is that you can only combine your entry with 4 other challenge blogs making a total of 5 (including ours) We feel this is fair to our wonderful Sponsor.

This is Sweet Tilda Stamping from the special collection 2012 I've coloured her with Copics and stamped her out onto a spellbinders circular nestability.

I started with a 10" x 10" canvas that needed to be altered

I applied Winter White Acrylic paint ( quite a few layers)

Using my Memento Rich Cocoa ink I used stamping up swirls roller stamp first, then lili of the valley postcard in the corner. Large Celebrate & Friends stamp. Finishing the canvas off using Tim Holtz Tea Dye distress ink on the edges and sides.

I made my 8" x 8"  topper using Stampin up Friends Words roller stamp, adding Gold filigree lace, gold satin ribbon and brown gingham ribbon.  Large doily behind Tilda is a cheery lynn die from Bizzy Becs Store and is called Italian Flourish doily. 

I finished off my creation with a mixture of prima, die cut and punched  flowers which I distressed using Tim Holtz old paper, scattered straw and antique linen distress inks. then stamped with a small words sentiment, adding gold stickles a few pearls and some Marianne Designs flourishes.  The gossamer butterfly is from my stash, the gold filigree corner, stem gems spray and vintage ribbon are from Wild Orchid  Crafts.  the finishing touch is a Doohickey vintage tag.

I'm sorry my post is kinda long and with so many pictures but it was the only way I could explain how this creation came about, I don't think a Recipe of ingredients which is my normal way of listing  would have worked this time.

Anyway thank you so very much for staying with me through my explanation.  I am really looking forward to visiting you and all your lovely Magnolia creations,  please do pop over to the challenge blog and take a peek at the amazing creations my sweet DT friends have made for your inspiration this week.  I promise you won't be disappointed.  Remember to leave them some love as well.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Totally Tilda Challenge: Would like to see Die Cuts and Punches this fortnight.

It's A Magnolia Challenge: Make a card with Two colours and white

Stampin' for the Weekend Challenge:  Have a game of BINGO  this week and I chose Ribbons/bows, Glitter/Sparkle, Flowers

That Craft Place Challenge:  Have the theme of Anything Goes this week.

Lothian Crafts Online Challenge: Would like to see 2 main colours on your project this month, I've chosen Winter white and brown.

Hanna & Friends Challenge:  Would like you to make something to Hang this time. 

Marks Finest Papers Challenge:  Would like to see you recycle something this week.  (I've recycled a canvas from my Kitchen)

Sugar Creek Hollow Challenge The theme this week is Trash to Treasure.

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March Calendar Page - Project ongoing

Hello my dears,  I hope you are all having a lovely Sunday,  as promised I'm here to show you my now finished March page of my Desktop Calendar.  I chose to use sweet Tilda with her little bunny rabbit, coloured her with Copics, I paper pieced her little smock apron with the same papers I used in the background.  A full recipe of my project can be found at the bottom of this post.

I want to remind you all that for all you Magnolia Lovers,  there is a New Midweek Magnolias Challenge starting on Wednesday 7th March you can find us HERE.

I would like to enter these fabulous Challenges:

Magnolia Down Under Challenge:  Are looking for Bows and Buttons this week.

Totally Tilda Challenge:  Have the theme of Die Cuts and Punches this time. You must use both on your creation.

Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge:  Would like to see Punches this time.

Simon Says Stamps Challenge:  Have an Anything Goes theme this week.

Thank you for popping in to visit and Welcome to my lovely New Followers,  I hope I can enthuse and motivate you a little.

Hugs 

Recipe:

DP:  All K&Co Que Sera Sera Double sided paper

Image:  Magnolia Tilda with Bunny 2011 collection

Medium: Copics 

Nesti's:  Spellbinder small oval,  Marianne Designs Lace Oval

Seam Binding Ribbon and some Flowers:  Wild Orchid Crafts

Small roses: Stash

Blue Lace:  Marianne Designs

Large Butterfly's:  Martha Stewart Punch

Small Butterfly's: Unknown punch

Lace Doily:  Sentiments for You 

Tiny Button on lace:  Stash.