Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia

Hello there everyone & Happy Bank Holiday..........well to those who have Bank Holiday today. I'm happy to say that here by the sea its a lovely day..........now that's a rarity on Bank Holiday Monday lol.

Ok so I'm here with my DT card for Lovely Hanglar Or Sweet Magnolia Challenge, yes it should have been on yesterday but I forgot & we were at my eldest son's for BBQ......we had a fab day. I tried last night but have had a nightmare with photo's.......got quite stressed with it & felt like putting the lappy on the end of my shoe with lots of force lol.

Anyway the challenge this time is sooooooooo easy peasy, it really really is, do you wanna know.........of course you do, psst come here...

DIE-CUTS

.............see easy peasy. Just add die-cuts to your creation & enter, please remember though that the image has to be either a Hanglar or Magnolia stamp.

Now with being away on holiday its completely thrown me since I've come back to the point I could never remember the day or date lol. So I forgot about my DT card........luckily I still have quite a few cards I've not shown.

This card I made about 2 months ago I think, I brought the stamp off the fabulous Donna. However you can now get this stamp from Swedish House Crafts here.

The fabulous stamp is from the Pink Lemonade collection & is called 'Tilda In The Garden', I was after this stamp for sooooo long, then finally get it & finally make a card then forget to show it lol.

Tilda was coloured using distress ink refills but cannot remember the colours I'm afraid.

I made the bottom of her shovel look dirty as though she has been doing some work not just standing around looking pretty lol.

I used a Magnolia die for the shape of the card, yes it finally got its first use lol. Papers are Maja Design from the Nyhavn collection & were machine stitched. Dies are a mixture of Spellbinders, Marianne & Magnolia & Magnolia Doohickey collection. 

Doilies & 3 lots of lace are from my stash. The little tag is Magnolia as is the sentiment on it, they come together.

Thats it from me but we hope you will join us in our challenge of Die-Cuts, remember you can enter as many times as you like.........more chances to win ;-)

We are off to The Range now...........hubster may regret this one as I love The Range, such pretty stuff for the the home in there :-)

Thanks for stopping by.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Noor Design UK DT Card

Hello everyone how are you all?

I was hoping you to show you a project this week with in depth photo's or maybe even a video of the making or part of. However my daughter got took into hospital & although she is home now she is still very poorly. Also my eldest son & family moved at the weekend so I was looking after my grandchildren as well as my poorly Natalie & well there are not enough hours in the day.

So I will show you that next week as I'm really looking forward to doing it. Today though I have some shabby chic for you......oh my I love shabby chic........I would have it everywhere........even hubster would get the shabby chic treatment if I could get away with it lol.

I used the oh so pretty Pion Design 'My Dearest Sofia' papers, I went with blues for this one with just hints of pink in the background.

I have also used bits from the Crafteezee Collection No.9 which I think was March Elegant collection......but I'm not certain :-(

The 2 hearts in this photo are from the Crafteezee collection, the lace heart is lace & you get a long length of it but I just cut 1 heart off.....you may end up seeing these lots lol

The small metal heart I added Ivory Fran-Tage embossing powder to it but before I heated it with my heat gun I rubbed off little bits here & there so a bit of bronze would still peek through.

I also cut out 2 doilies, 1 in white card using a Fantasy die & the other from Pion paper with a Marianne die...........these are 2 of my favourite dies........amongst many others lol.

This little wooden peg with a heart on was also from the crafteezee collection....I added white gesso to the wooden peg & then stamped a postage stamp on the half of the heart.......its not showing up very good in this picture. I stamped onto paper first to get a lot of the ink off as I wanted it light.

I love the metal leaves but sometimes I think they dont really go with my card..........so I added Fran-tage embossing powder to both sides & heated them with my heat gun.........be careful & use tweezers as they get very hot with being metal.

Now I absolutely LOVE them & will be buying lots & giveing them the fran-tage treatment lol.

For these I used Ivory Fran-Tage to match the smaller metal heart in the previous photo.

I used some gorgeous flowers & I used quite a few different leaves. I used the metal ones & I used 2 different Rosy Owl Leaf dies & I also used Tim Holtz Holiday Greens.......I think a couple of the dies in this set you can get away with all year round. The Tim Holtz ones I cut with the blue 12x12 Pion Sheet, Rosy Owl was cut with the green 12x12 pion sheet & the maja design sheet & also white cardstock..... I also added some heat treated organza ribbon in there as well.

I added cheesecloth between the first & second layer & I also added 2 different laces. I distressed all my edges with a Tim Holtz tool.

Well thats it from me dont forget about our current challenge which is 'Add Lace' here.

Thanks so so much for stopping by it means a lot to us.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

The products used can be ordered in the Noor! Design U.K. webshop:

Maja Design SOFIERO - The Elegant Wine House	Rose Patch - Pion Design Where The Roses Grow	Pion Design Lovely Things 6x6 - My Dearest Sofia	Pion Design Loving - My Dearest Sofia
Pion Design Images from the Past My Dear Sofia	MARCH Elegant Ladies Crafteezee Collection	Lace Camille	Lace Irene
Fantasy Helianthus Die	Marianne Design Doily Star Die	Sizzix Thinlets - Holiday Greens by Tim Holtz	Rosy Owl Varigated Leaves
Rosy Owl Elegant Leaves	Dutch Doobadoo Gesso White	Wild Orchid Crafts Open Roses IVORY	Wild Orchid Crafts BABY BLUE Open Roses
Wild Orchid Crafts Magnolias WHITE	Wild Orchid Crafts Miniature Sweetheart Blossom BLUES	Cheesecloth

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For You Happy Birthday & DT Call

Hellooooo there all you lovely people around the world, how are you? Hope you are having a fabberooney weekend.

I'm here today with a card I made as soon as I got the new Sofiero papers by Maja Design.........oh I'm soooooooo unbelieveably happy these are not limited edition anymore & they also come in 6x6 & images.....wow how much more excitement can this girl take....ok get a grip Vicky ;-)

When the papers arrived after much MUCH stroking & smelling....yes smelling come on girls we all have to have a smell of our papers..........especially good quality ones....oh my.....

Anyhoo I had this image in my coloured up box (with many more lol) thatwent perfectly & I still hadnt used a certain die since I brought it........problem rectfied ;-)

Pretty pastel shabby chic card with Maja & Maggie today........AKA 'In My Element' thats what cards like this mean ;-)

Do you see the flowers down the bottom, well the leaf die is also a new die........ok not new I brought it last year from Noor Design UK & then totally forgot about it.....I found it in a tub with some other new dies still unopened......ooops. 

As always I've decorated inside to compliment the front, I thought I would show you properly as I've covered up a LOT so you cant see lol. The only difference is instead of using half pearls on the doily like I did at the front, I've used a pearl pen....this way the pearl dots dont protrude am much as what half pearls would.

The die is a Magnolia die & the doily is form my stash.

Paper is the Sofiero 6x6 pad which you can get from Noor Design UK along with ALL the 12x12 collection & the co-ordinating Monochromes which go so so beautifully with these papers.....they are double sided but the other side is a slightly different colour..........also let me tell you they are sooooo much more beautiful in real life they really are.

Click here to view the collection.

I've made 2 bows with seam binding I dyed myself, love how well they blend with the colours on the card especially the pink with the rose.....they were not dyed for these papers I dyed them a while ago but luckily they go perfectly lol.

Lace is from my stash & all flowers are WOC from Noor Design UK.

The image is called Magnolia & is called 'Tilda Working In The Garden' & she is from the Spring Fever 2016 collection.

She was stamped onto Fabriano & coloured with distress ink refills & maybe markers but cant remember. Dont remember what colours I used as she was coloured up a while ago.

I cut her out with CC Design Layering Tags die & then added her onto corrugated card painted with gesso.

The little tools, plant pot etc came with the Seed Packet die, as did the little plaque.....its one of those plant labels & I thought it would be perfect for adding a sentiment to.

The wording was cut from a Pion Design sheet, I also inked all around the edge.

I used Maja Design Monochrome 'White/Sand' for the plant &label stake & garden tools & added inking with pumice stone.

So the other new die I had & had still not opened til making this card was the Marianne 'Seed Pocket & Garden Tools' die.........this is fabulous, I love it!! The pocket you can use with a side opening or a top opening, depending what you want use it for. I also want it to use on mini albums ;-)

For the pocket I used Sofiero 'The Magnificient Flower Street' & then cut an image from the 6x6 pad to go on the top, slightly distressing it beforehand. I then used Maja Design Monochrome 'Blush/Rouge' to cut the inside ticket/tag & made a tab to it for making it easier to pull out & I think it adds a nice look to it. The tab part I used Little Darlings Fancy Rectangle & Layers die.....this has to be one of my most favourite dies.I cut it out twice & glued together.

The sentiment is from Stempelglede stamp, there is also another on the back onf the tag saying Made With Love from the same stamp set.

I also want to remind about the Lovely Hanglar Or Sweet Magnolia challenge which has 2 weeks left & a fabby prize on offer.

They are also having a DT Call, here are the deets...

we are having a DT call. We are looking for 4 crafters to join us. The team are very friendly, helpful and lovely and are always there for each other.

The requirements are:

One card per month

Leave comments on our entries with the number you are assigned.

You must have an active blog and a Facebook account would be desirable.

Be reliable and on time with your creations.

 If you would like to join us just add DT after your name or you can email Gina at the following address: gina@badhouse.co.uk
put DT call in the subject and please include a link to your blog.  

Well thats it from me I having family coming soon & staying for tea.

Thanks for stopping by, huge hugs to you all.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm Entering.......
Craft Heaven - Keep Calm & Love Spring
Midweek Magnolia's - Anything Goes

Noor Design March Challenge

Hello there, how are you all?

Well its the 1st March........where are these weeks going.....think they need to slow down.

Anyway its time for a new challenge over at Noor Design UK & this month we have a lovely challenge...........

SPRING

.........just what we need right now, spring & summer are my favourite times of year.

I've gone for a more shabby chic kinda card using that fabulous new Fantasy die I told you about yesterday in my post here. Also the perfect Pion papers Spring Garden thrown in with some flowers......what could say more spring that ;-)

This time I've used as my focal point along with the Marianne Doily star die.......well when I cut it out for my test I had to use it lol.

Lots of layering on this card & lots of dimension.

This piccy is to try show you the dimension on this card.

You can also see the 2 laces I've used, there are also pieces of lace peeking out at the edge on both sides.....one bit is just under the green gem on the left side.

As you can see the 3rd layer I edged with a Marianne Border Wave die & tucked a bark star in there. There is also more lace tucked under the 2nd layer.

The little clay butterfly is from my stash, extremely lightweight that is.

I made a cabochon from the same paper as whats in the centre of the scrapiniec. You can also see the brick wall scrapiniec peeking out here too.

The large white flower in the centre I made myself with Foamiran, the leaf attached to the underside of the flower I made with foamiran & a rosy owl die.

Tracy at Noor Design UK stocks the widest selection of Foamiran as well as lots of fabulous dies & moulds & stamens.........a huge choice.

The foacl point comprises of a Marianne doily star die, the new Fantasy die cut out of Pion Design Palette Green l & then a scrapiniec frame on top of that with Pion paper in the centre & some flat backed pearls.

Now I could not find my half pearls so I used my fat backed pearl string & cut off what pearls I needed.

I also cut some border from the Borders sheet & then added a sentiment cut from the same sheet on top. The butterflies were also cut from that sheet (love these) crackle accents added then thin pearl string.

All papers were distressed using scissors so I could get the right distressing I needed.....I find scissors are better when I'm needing a more distressed look in places. Of course as always I machine stitched around every layer.....even following the border line on the top layer.

I added wax cord & seam binding in amongst the flowers, as well as another bark star & some tiny gypsophila.

I really enjoyed enjoyed making this card & everything just fell into place.......it went together like strawberries & cream......but in shades of green lol.

Please pop on over to see my teamies creations & we hope to see all your wonderful spring themed cards in the challenge this month. Bring us some spring ;-)

Thanks for stopping by.

Squishy Hugs Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm Entering......
Classic Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes (march 1st)
Fussy & Fancy Challenge - Ribbons & Lace
Crafty Gals Corner - Add Ribbon
Crafty Cardmakers - Go Green
Double 'D ' Challenges - Think Spring

Products used from Noor Design UK

NEW Pion Design Palette Green I	Apple Blossom - Pion Design The Songbird's Secret	Apple Orchard - Pion Design The Songbird's Secret	Borders - Pion Design The Songbird's Secret
Lace Grace	Lace Claire	Fantasy Helianthus Die	Marianne Design Doily Star Die
Marianne Design Wave Border Die Set	Flatbacked Pearl String 6mm	Pearl String 1.5 mm	Silver Birch Bark Stars Mix
Wild Orchid Crafts Magnolias Mixed Pastel	Tiny Gypsophila	Foamiran Olive Green	Foamiran White
Rosy Owl Varigated Leaves	Rosy Owl Rose Leaf	Wax Cotton Cord - white	Vintage Seam Binding
Scrapiniec Brick Wall	Scrapiniec Park Avenue Round Frames	Ranger Crackle Accents

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