Wednesday 26 February 2014

New Year Sakura Tilda.

Hello, crafty bloggers.
I hope you are well? A big welcome to my new followers. Thank you.
I am here today to share a commissioned 18th Birthday card featuring New Year Sakura Tilda from the Winter Wonderland Collection 2013.


I have cut a Spellbinders opulent oval with Neenah cardstock and stamped New Year Sakura Tilda onto it with Memento rich cocoa ink.
I have coloured Tilda with Prismacolor and Poiychromos pencils.
I have inked around the opulent oval with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink and surrounded the image with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel from Live & Love Crafts. 

I have made the card base with 300gsm white Conqueror card.
The pretty papers are Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics from Live & Love Crafts. 
I have inked the edge of the papers with tea dye distress ink.
The white doily and pretty lace are from Ebay. You can find the lace HERE. 
The white rose organza trim along the bottom of the card is from The Ribbon Girl. 
I have placed some cheese cloth to the centre of the card and adhered the image to it with double sided sticky pads.
The resin frame is from The ribbon Girl and I have sprayed it with some Plasti-kote 
white spray gloss and adhered a piece of Maja Design paper to the back. I die cut the numbers with Memory Box classic numbers and inked the edges with tea dye distress ink.
The dragonflies are Magnolia Doohickey. I have Frantaged them with shabby white embossing enamel and placed 5mm white pearls along their centres.
I tied a bow through the wooden heart button with hemp twine.
The wooden heart button and hemp twine are from The Ribbon Girl. 
The grungy sentiment is from Lili Of The Valley. I have inked the edges of the sentiment with tea dye distress ink.


For the flower arrangement I have used a 30mm wild rose and brown 15mm roses from 
Wild Orchid Crafts and Kort & Godt rolled roses, white chrysanthemums and beaded berries from 
Live & Love Crafts. I have adhered a white 5mm pearl to the centre of each of the rolled roses.
For the foliage I have used Cheery Lynn pine branches and Martha Stewart woodland branches.
I inked the edges of the branches with tea dye distress ink.
I tied a bow with a piece of white shabby seam binding from Live & Love Crafts through the top of the silver key charm. The key charm is from The Ribbon Girl. 


Here is a closer look at New Year Sakura Tilda.
I have dotted Tilda's cheeks with a Inkssentials opaque white pen.



Inside the card is decorated with Maja Design paper and a Spellbinders opulent oval.


I hope the recipient likes her card and I hope you do too?


I am entering my creation into the following super challenges;






Thanks for stopping by to visit today and big thanks for all your lovely comments.

Crafty hugs
Donna xx














Thursday 20 February 2014

New Challenge Marvelous Magnolia - Anything Goes.

Good afternoon, crafty bloggers.
I hope you are well?
We have a new challenge starting today at Marvelous Magnolia and this time our theme is 
Anything Goes.
Our wonderful sponsors for this challenge are...............
Tilda's Town. 
Stamp and Create. 

I have made a shaped easel Mother's day card.



I have used Neenah cardstock to cut a Spellbinders opulent oval and stamped Tilda Rose Scent from the "New" Lost & Found Collection 2013 onto it with Memento rich cocoa ink.
I have coloured Tilda with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils.
I inked around the edge of the frame with Tim Holtz spun sugar distress ink and surrounded Tilda with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel from Live & Love Crafts. 

I have used 300gsm white Conqueror card and GoKreate large frames frilly #2 to make the easel card and base.
The pretty papers are Maja Design Vintage Summer Basics from Live & Love Crafts. 
The pretty lace and doily are from Ebay. You can find the lace HERE 
The rose organza trim along the bottom of the card is from The Ribbon Girl. 
The Pippi butterfly is Memory Box. I have Frantaged the butterfly with shabby white embossing enamel and coloured the centre with a pink Polychromos pencil.
The peacock is Magnolia Doohickey. I cut white card with it and inked around the edge with spun sugar distress ink.
The filigree corner die is La-La-Land. I have also inked  around the corner with 
spun sugar distress ink.
I computer generated the sentiment, Cut it out with a CartUs circle die and inked the entire circle with spun sugar distress ink. I sprinkled shabby white embossing enamel around the sentiment and adhered it to the inner part of a Cheery Lynn nautical doily.
The 5mm pink pearls in the corner are from The Ribbon Girl. 
I have die cut a Magnolia Doohickey bloomy tag and inked around the edges with spun sugar
 distress ink. I have tied a bow through the eyelet with white shabby seam binding from 
Live & Love Crafts and used sticky pads to adhere it to the base card .


I have used a variety of flowers for the arrangement. They are a 30mm wild rose and 20mm pink roses from Wild Orchid Crafts Kort & Godt white chrysanthemums and pink poppies from
In between the arrangement I have placed Cheery Lynn pine branches and Martha Stewart woodland branches. I have inked the edges of the branches with spun sugar distress ink.



Here is a close up of Rose Scent Tilda.
I have added ArtDeco glamour dust to Tildas fur on her slippers and spray from the perfume bottle.
I have dotted Tilda's cheeks with a Inkssentials opaque white pen.


The challenges are now two weekly and we would love you to come and join in with us.
My teamies have designed some gorgeous creations, so why not pop over to have a peek?




I am entering my shaped easel card into the following super challenges;


Thanks for stopping by to visit my blog today and big thanks for all the lovely comments.

Crafty hugs
Donna xx














































Thursday 13 February 2014

Tilda With Wrapped Heart.

Hello, Crafty bloggers.
I hope you are all well?
It's been a really tough couple of weeks for my hubby and I. Our gorgeous little Pug named George sadly passed away on the 5th of February. His passing has left our home empty and our hearts broken. We loved him very much and miss him enormously.
We are finding comfort from all our happy memories of him.
I have been keeping busy in my craft room and have made a shaped card featuring Tilda With Wrapped Heart from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection 2012. I have coloured her in sepia which I have to admit I thoroughly enjoyed .



I have die cut a Spellbinders floral oval with Neenah cardstock and stamped Tilda With Wrapped Heart onto it with Memento rich cocoa ink. I have coloured Tilda with Prismacolor and 
Polychromos pencils.
I inked around the edges of the floral oval with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink and sprinkled Frantage shabby white embossing enamel around the image. The Frantage is from Live & Love Crafts. 

I have made the shaped card with 300gsm white Conqueror card and GoKreate large frames frilly #2.
The large frames frilly #2 are from Cuttingedgecrafts. 
The pretty papers are Maja Design Vintage Summer Basics from Live & Love Crafts. 
The heart shaped doily is from Live & Love crafts and the pretty lace is from Ebay. You can find the pretty lace HERE. 
I placed a piece of cheese cloth behind the image.
The filigree corner die cuts are La-La-Land. I have inked the edges with tea dye distress ink.
The large bark heart is what my super bloggy friend sent me. I have adhered the Lilibet wooden love sentiment from Hobbycraft onto the bark heart.
The vintage wood bird cage is from Live & Love Crafts. I have tied a bow through the top of the bird cage with white shabby seam binding also from Live & Love crafts. 


For the flower arrangement I have used a 25mm ivory wild rose and 25mm deep red roses both from 
White Kort & Godt chrysanthemums and white poppies both from Live & Love Crafts. 
For the foliage I have used Cheery Lynn pine branches and Martha Stewart woodland branches.
I have inked the edges of the branches with tea dye distress ink.
I have tied a bow with a piece of hemp twine through a wooden heart button and adhered it onto the flower arrangement. The twine and button are from The Ribbon Girl. 


Here is a close up of Tilda With Wrapped Heart.
I have adhered a 3mm red pearl to the centre of the bow on the heart and added a few dots randomly around the image with Ranger white liquid pearls.


Inside the card is decorated with Maja Design paper and a Spellbinders floral oval.


I hope you like what you see?



I am entering my card into the following super challenges;




Here is a picture of George which was taken shortly before he passed away.





Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog today and big thanks for all your lovely comments.

Have a great weekend.
Crafty hugs.
Donna xx

























Thursday 6 February 2014

New Challenge Marvelous Magnolia - Seeing Red.

Good afternoon, crafty bloggers.
I am so thrilled to have been selected as new DT member at Marvelous Magnolia. 
Thank you Rina!
Our challenge this time is Seeing Red. We want to see red on your cards/projects.
Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is...............

Here is my first DT card.



I have made the shaped card with 300gsm white Conqueror card and GoKreate large frames frilly #2 .The frames are from Cuttingedgecrafts. 
The pretty papers are Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics from Live & Love Crafts. 
The white doily and lovely lace is from Ebay. You can find the lace HERE. 
I have cut a Cheery Lynn nautical wheeler doily, inked around the edges and adhered it to the centre of the card.
I have used Neenah cardstock to cut a Spellbinders opulent oval and stamped Tilda In Evening Dress from the Little Circus Moscow Collection 2013 onto it with Memento rich cocoa ink.
I have inked the edges of the opulent oval with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.
I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils and adhered it to the centre of the card with sticky pads.
The butterflies are Memory Box Pippi. I have frantaged them with shabby white embossing enamel from Live & Love Crafts and coloured their centres with a red Promarker.
I placed 3mm red pearls along the centres too.
The resin dove is from Hobbycraft and the filigree corner is La-La-Land. I have inked the edges of the corner and placed a 3mm red pearl onto it.
The Doohickey bloomy tag was a surprise Christmas gift from my super bloggy friend

 

Here is the card with the tag removed.
I have inked around the edges of the tag with tea dye distress ink and frantaged around the sentiment with shabby white embossing enamel. I have tied the bow with white shabby seam binding from
The sentiment is from Lili Of The Valley. 
I have placed another filigree corner behind the tag.


A close of of the flower arrangement.
I have used  white Kort & Godt chrysanthemums, rolled roses and frosted berries all from
A 25mm wild ivory rose from Wild Orchid Crafts. 
For the foliage I have used Cheery Lynn pine branches and Martha Stewart woodland branches.
I have inked the edges of the branches with tea dye distress ink.


A close up of Tilda In Evening Dress.
I have surrounded the image with shabby white embossing enamel and 2mm white pearls.
I have dotted Tilda's cheeks with a Inkssentials opaque white pen.


Inside the card is decorated with Maja Design paper and a opulent oval.




The challenges are now two weekly and we would love you to come and join in with us.
My teamies have designed some gorgeous creations, so why not pop on over to have a look?


I am entering my card into the following super challenges;




Thanks for stopping by to visit today and thanks for all the lovely comments.
Have a great weekend.
Crafty hugs.
Donna xx