Birthday Ballerina ...

I'm the Guest Designer over at Sketch Saturday again this week and had a great sketch to play with.

 

 

 

I used:

Beautiful digital papers from Nitwit Collections (Sunshine & Laughter Collection)

Lili of the Valley pre-coloured mini masterpiece - I love these, they're releasing some more next week that will be going straight on my shopping list! I added a little Stickles sparkliness to her tutu

Spellbinders scallop and circle dies

Pale aqua satin ribbon, white Liquid Pearls, Stickles, diamante spacer and a pearl that I coloured with a Copic pen all from the Ribbon Girl

I used half of a sentiment stamp from LOTV to make the little greeting tag

 

Pink and green ...

It's the start of a new colour challenge over at the Ribbon Girl blog and this month it's one of my favourite colour combinations pink and green

 

 

 

I used:

Magnolia image coloured with Copics

Nitwit Collections paper from LOTV

Go Kreate, Spellbinders and Joy Craft dies

Pink concertiner pleat, green saddlestitch and white looped organza ribbons from Ribbon Girl

Pink and white liquid pearls, crystal stems, baby's breath flowers and beady swirly embellishments also from Ribbon Girl

Sentiment stamp from LOTV and paper flowers from stash

 

It's Sketch Saturday ...

Hello, I'm a guest designer this week over at the Sketch Saturday blog and this is the card I've made for them. They have a fab sketch that I loved using

 

 

My card:

 

 

I used:

Beautiful digital papers from Nitwit Collections (Sunshine & Laughter Collection)

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics and Distress Markers and with extra sparkly bits on her crown and wand with Stickles

Corrugated card

Making Memories alphabet stickers tinted with a Copic pen

Church window guipure lace, medium pompom trim, Stickles glitter glue and Zva crystal lines all from the Ribbon Girl

 

 

 

Things that make you go aww ...

The challenge this week over at Papertake Weekly is 'things that make you go aww' and this is my card.

 

 

I used the cutsey little Magnolia bumble bee girl coloured with Copics

I cut the scalloped heart from felt and added cream grosgrain ribbon and a daisy flower from Ribbon Girl. Also cluny lace and satin pleat ribbon, liquid pearls and stickles on her wings to make them super sparkly.

Spellbinders heart and scallop heart dies, Martha Stewart doilie punch and the gorgeous papers are from Nitwit Collections

 

 

 

Anything Goes ...

This weeks challenge at Papertake Weekly is an anything goes challenge with the option of  'not a square'. We're sponsored by Lili Of The Valley once again so there is a fabulous prize up for grabs.

 

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Paper from Lili Of The Valley

Spellbinders dies and a Papertrey Ink border die

Velvet lace, pearl string, white carnations, metal butterfly embellishment (painted white), liquid pearls and beaded spiral embellishments (my current fave!!)

The little tag is a Papertrey Ink sentiment and a woodware tag punch

 

 

 

Flutter ...

The latest challenge at the Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia challenge blog is to 'flutter' so butterflies, angels, fairies, bees etc.

I used:

Magnolia image coloured with Copics

Digital papers from Nitwit Collections

Cluny lace, pearl lace, swirly bead embellishments, metal butterfly embellishment (painted with white paint) and self adhesive pearl hearts all from Ribbon Girl

Sentiment stamp - Lili Of The Valley

Spellbinders dies, white paint, feather, distress ink, doilie and mulberry flowers

Pearls ...

There is a new challenge up over at the Ribbon Girl blog and it's an easy one - just add pearls.

 

I used:

Pretty digital papers by Kristin Cronin Barrow at Sweet Shoppe Designs

 

Wool felt, ivory rose organza ribbon, pearly hat pins, floral cluny lace, pink silky crush ribbon that I ruffled up, pearl swirl, liquid pearls, large butterfly embellishment and pin end protector all from Ribbon Girl

 

Heart and stars dies from Sizzix

 

Corrugated card that I've had for forever and some white paint

 

 

 

The design team have made some lovely cards, why not pop over to have a look and enter, you might win the prizes from Ribbon Girl and Lili Of The Valley

 

A Christmas Card ...

Well it had to happen soon I guess, Christmas! Last year I made hardly any Christmas cards for myself, ended up buying them to send out then feeling like a fraud because they weren't made by me so this year I thought I would start a little earlier and make the most of being off work for a little while.  I've made my card for the Lili's Little Fairies challenge which this week is 'anything but a square'

 

 

To make life easier I used one of the LOTV Mini Masterpieces - these are the best idea for when you haven't got a lot of time or like me you are making your card at midnight and the light is too bad to colour in! Anyway, I bought up a stack of them last week when we called in to the LOTV shop.

 

I used: LOTV Mini Masterpiece and LOTV Christmas papers

Spellbinders and Doo Hickeys dies

Velvet lace ribbon, crysanthemum flowers, liquid pearls and stickles glitter glue from Ribbon Girl

Red mulberry rose and white paint

 

 

Pick Your Own Sketch challenge ...

This week at Papertake Weekly we are asking you to 'Pick Your Own Sketch' from the past sketches (you can find them all here)

 

I used sketch number 52 and this is the card that I made

 

 

I used: Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics, Apple Butter Charm digital papers from Nitwit Collections, scrunched organza ribbon and organza rose ribbon, pearl pins, stickles and liquid pearls from Ribbon Girl, Spellbinders dies and Bazzil cardstock

 

 

Using up the scraps ...

My friends won't believe me because I have a reputation for not ever using up scraps, infact they make me come out in a cold sweat just thinking of a 'scrap box' but these scraps were just sitting on my work table looking at me ... I almost threw out the paper that I'd used to make another card ... but I wanted to make a little card for a friend who just got engaged and they all just kind of looked like they would work together for what I wanted to do. So ... I used up those scraps! to make this card (just pretend that I had enough paper to cover the box too but I didn't quite have enough so don't tell anyone)

 

 

I used:

Petal Fresh papers by Nitwit Collections at LiliOf The Valley 

Carnation and daisy flowers, beaded spiral embellishments, heart charm, pins, pearls, lace and ribbons all from Ribbon Girl

Papertrey Ink sentiment

Heart die - sizzix

Corrugated white card

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rainbows and Sunshine ...

I made this card for the colour challenge at the Ribbon Girl blog, it's a card with a twist - the little felt cloud and rainbow is a brooch!

 

I used: wool felt, tiny ricrac and sequins from the Ribbon Girl, the sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the embossing folder is Quickcutz. The brooch has a little brooch back pin and this is attached to the card to keep it in place

 

 

Pink ...

The latest challenge over at Papertake Weekly is Pins and Needles. I've used a lovely pink hatpin on my card and I also sewed the lace to ruffle it up between the layers of my rosettes.

Hatpin, bakers twine, felt, crown charm and lace - Ribbon Girl

Papers - Andrea Budjack (Creative Paper Trail)

Butterfly die and sentiment stamp - Papertrey Ink

Lovely Hanglar challenge ...

The new challenge at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia is up and it's so easy - just use your favourite image!  It's been a while since I used my little Hanglar stamps (I wish they would bring some new stamps out) but of all the stamps sitting on my shelves this one is my favourite.

I used:

Hanglar stamp coloured with Distress Markers and Copics for the skin

October Afternoon paper

Ribbon, sparkly crystal swirl, lace and heart pin from Ribbon Girl

Spellbinders and Magnolia Doo Hickeys dies

The sentiment was just printed from my computer

Spots and Stripes ...

That's the latest challenge over at papertake weekly and this is the card I made for the challenge.

I used:

Checks and spots papers from Andreas Budjack (Creative Paper Trail)

Sripe ribbon, organza rose ribbon, pompom trim and pins from Ribbon Girl

Martha Stewart border punch and Stampin Up tag punches

Papertrey Ink sentiment

May All Your Dreams Come True ...

Today I had some time to play in my workshop which doesn't seem to be happening very much at the moment.  The latest challenge at CAS-ual Friday challenge is to make a clean and simple square card which is what I love to do and Let's Make It Crafty wants pretty. Apologies for the naff photograph but my camera broke :( I am so sad because it was a great camera that took excellent photographs, so today I have had to use my phone to take the photograph of my cards and whilst it is okay it's not fabulous.

I used:

Gorgeous polka dot digital papers by Andrea Budjack (Creative Paper Trail)

Satin ribbon, heart pin, pin protector and crystal lines from Ribbon Girl

Corrugated card, sizzix heart die and corner rounder

I am entering this card into CASual Friday - square card

Let's Craft and Create - Make it Pretty