Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia challenge ...

We have a new challenge over at the Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia challenge blog and this week the challenge is to create a card using ribbon or lace. I've dug deep into my box of older Hanglar stamps for this card

I used:

satin ribbon, pearl button, cluny lace, pompom trim and pearl bead trim all from Ribbon Girl

October Afternoon papers

Hanglar stamp coloured with Copics

Spellbinders, Doo Hickey and Go Kreate dies

Baby it's cold outside ...

... that's the challenge over at Papertake Weekly this week and it certainly was a challenge for me. I didn't want to make a Christmas card and all the wintry supplies I had looked too much like Christmas ... until I had a brainwave that if it was that cold outside then it would be frosty ... and sparkly! So today's card is a super sparkly card for a friends winter birthday

 

Faux diamante mesh and stardust stickles from Ribbon Girl

German glass glitter from 3D Jean

Digital papers from Lilly Bimble

 

 

 

A 'new' challenge at PTW ...

There is a 'new' challenge at Papertake Weekly this week - new baby, new job, new products or supplies etc.  I chose to make my card using new supplies - new dies, new lace and a new to me Magnolia stamp (I was going to use it to make Christmas cards but never used it). My card is to say thank you to a work colleague who picked my name out of the bran tub pot for the Christmas presents and she bought me a lovely Cath Kidston bag - lucky me!!

 

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Velvet ribbon, lace, bead trim, stickles and flower all from Ribbon Girl

Silver glass glitter from 3D Jean

Go Kreate, Spellbinders and Sizzix dies

 

 

Birthday Wishes ...

I love the new Magnolia stamps, especially this one with Tilda wrapped up in a big bow. I've used it here for a birthday card for a friend and used lots of my favourite products from the Ribbon Girl store - well there has to be a perk of owning a ribbon shop huh?

 

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured witrh Copics

My Minds Eye papers

Lace, pompom, pearl bead trim, organza rose ribbon, diamante swirl, heart pins, top stitch thread and stardust stickles from Ribbon Girl

Walnut distress ink

PSX alphabet stamps - these are so old they are practically antiques but I still love them :)

 

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges

CLP - following the sketch

Magnolia Down Under - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

 

 

 

 

 

Anything Goes at PTW ...

It's an Anything Goes challenge over at Papertake Weekly this week

 

I used:

Box pleated satin ribbon, pompom trim and white paint from Ribbon Girl

Digital papers from Lilly Bimble

 

 

Snowmen, Gingerbread Men and more ...

Just catching up on some of my Chrsitmas cards that never made it to my blog. I had no time before Christmas, just managed to scrape through with the important hand made cards and everyone else had shop bought cards - oh the shame! I'll be making Christmas cards every month in 2013 to make sure I don't have the same lack of time problem next Christmas :)

 

Nitwit digital kit

Ribbon, twine and button from Ribbon Girl

Nitwit digital kit

Ribbon, twine, button and charm from Ribbon Girl

Nitwit Digital kits

Felt and ribbon from Ribbon Girl

Mari Koeglenburg digital kit

Ribbon and bells from Ribbon Girl

Mari Koeglenburg digital kit

Ribbon, twine and bell from Ribbon Girl

Mari Koeglenburg digital kit

Ribbon, lace, bells and twine from Ribbon Girl

 

 

 

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to all my friends in blogland and to anyone else who pops in to see what I've been making.  This is our family Christmas card this year, featuring our lovely little westie Haggis, there have been dozens of little westies scamping through the postal service to our friends and family

 

 

Presents ...

Happy Christmas Eve!

 

I tried hard this year to make quite a lot of my smaller gifts and these little gingerbread men were what I made for the children in my class to hang on their tree

 

 

Fabric from the Fat Quarters shop, ribbon, twine and felt from Ribbon Girl

 

 I have been a lousy blogger recently, just too much going on at the day job and then having this horrid cold which put me out of action for a couple of weeks. Hopefully over the next few days though I can share some of the cards I've made recently, there aren't many as I've not felt crafty whilst being poorly

 

A Christmas Pocket Card ...

I'm sharing the last few of my Christmas cards now, getting to the bottom of the pile. This card is for the Anything Goes challenge at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia challenge blog, another pocket card, this time featuring Edwin

 

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Ribbons, twine, jingle bells, polka dot button and snowflake charm from Ribbon Girl

Spellbinders dies

 

 

Winter Wonderland ...

The new challenge over at the Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia challenge is 'Winter Wonderland'

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Spellbinders dies

LOTV papers

Silver glitter mesh ribbon, Loopy organza ribbon, white glitter organza ribbon, Zva crystal lines, snowflake charm, adhesive pearls, liquid pearls, stickles and white paint all from Ribbon Girl

 

 

 

Ribbons and Pearls ...

It's a ribbon and pearls challenge at Papertake Weekly this week sponsored by the Ribbon Girl

 

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Spellbinders and Marianne dies

Nitwit Collections papers

Pink pearl trim, pearl organza rose ribbon, velvet ribbon, pink mermaid ribbon, sparkly button and white paint all from Ribbon Girl

 

Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge ...

There is a new challenge over at the Ribbon Girl blog today and it's lavender shades

 

 

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Spellbinders and DooHickey dies and the base is a GoKreate die

LOTV/Nitwit papers

Pearl and diamante embellishment, lilac babies breath flower, crystal stems, liquid pearls and stickles all from Ribbon Girl

The alphabet stickers are Making memories and have been coloured with a Copic to coordinate

 

 

 

I would also like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Totally Tilda - Anything goes

Magnolia-Licious - Glitter or Stickles

 

 

A Non-Christmas Card

For this weeks Papertake Weekly card I've gone with a non-Christmas card for the Flower Power challenge - I may have over indulged on the flowers :)

 

Image - Magnolia

Papers - LOTV

Flowers, ribbon, lace, pearl embellishments and liquid pearls from Ribbon Girl

 

 

 

Jingle Bells ...

Another pocket card! I seem to have a slight addiction to these at the moment :)

 

I used some gorgeous new papers from Pink Petticoat - the lovely Jingle Bells script - as well as the Signature Christmas sentiments that I turned into a tag

 

Gingham ribbon, woolfelt, twine, ricrac and rusty bells from Ribbon Girl

Papers and sentiment from Pink Petticoat

Distress Ink

Stampin Up metal clip, tag and tab punches

Spellbinders label die

 

 

 

 

Christmas card ...

I made a lovely little pocket card using one of my newest Magnolia stamps and a few new bits and bobs from the Ribbon Girl shop

 

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics (and touches of Stickles on her wings)

Rusty bells, red square check ribbon, natural button twine, Stickles and woolfelt all from Ribbon Girl

Spellbinders oval dies

Holly leaf die from Lil Inker designers

Martha Stewart holly leaf punch

Stampin Up tab punch

Papers were free from a magazine

Distress ink and Distress marker

 

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Fairies and Angels

Midweek Magnolias - Anything Goes

Marvelous Magnolia - Anything goes