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

La La Land Crafts DT Card

Helloooooo everyone well its friday yayyyyyyy time for the weekend. Though dont think we will be doing much this weekend as my youngest son & my daughter are not well........think sunday may be a jammie (pyjama) day lol.

Ok so here I am with my DT card for La La Land Crafts & this week the challenge is Anything Goes with Glitter.......this challenge made me sooooo happy lol.

When I got my doohickey club kit volume 11 the lovely Camilla made a tutorial to make a Lollipop card.........so here is my first Lollipop Card & I soooooooo enjoyed it.

Thank you Camilla <3 p="">

I used Maja Design papers from the Nyhavn collection.  The heart by the larger flowers I made myself using light clay....

I used the LLLC Stitched Circles & used one here to place the sentiment from which is also from LLLC. Behind there I cut out 2 LLLC Heart Doily Border dies & behind those is a paper doily.

Added 2 flowers & used some leaves & a bit of bling for extra sparkle. I laced the flowers & leaves with stardust stickles. The sentiment corners also got the stickles treatment.

You should be able to see the sparkly bits on this piccy :-)

I wanted some larger handmade flowers on this but dont have any LLLC Flowers dies so I used my imagination & made 2 different type of flowers using the Stitched Circle dies & then added Heart shaped pearls to the inside.....I'm really pleased with how they turned out & add to the shabby chic feel. So you dont need flower dies to make flowers ;-)

The seam binding & Button are from Noor Design UK.

On the back I decided to change the design. Usually the back you would write the message but I thought the front might get a bit squished when you write your message. So I made a pocket ;-)

So the pocket is made up with Stitched Circle dies, 1 for the bottom & half for the bottom pocket. The stamping is with a Stempelglede stamp & the little sentiment under the tags is from Little Darlings older sentiment stamp. I also stamped a bit of the stamp onto the tags & added pink waxed cord. So it has somewhere to write a message without squashing the front ;-)

La La Land Crafts products used ....

Rubber Stamp

Beautiful Day Sentiment stamp

Dies used

Stitched Tag dies

Heart Doily Border die

Two Leaves die

Stitched Nested Circles (set of 7) dies

Well thats it from me hope you like my Lollipop card, I certainly enjoyed making it & will definitely be making more ;-)

Thanks for stopping by, take care & enjoy your day & weekend.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx