My Crafty Heart DT Card - Jingles Jangles

Good morning my lovelies how are you all? Well I finally got to sit at my new craft cupboard & make a card, yayyyaaayyyy lol. I've still not transferred everything yet but I was really missing not crafting & I had coloured a few images up. 

Anyhoos' I'm here with a card made with gorgeous products from My Crafty Heart but I mixed it with a maggie stamp. Now I know I said I wasnt going to buy anymore from this collection but...........but well they are too gorgeous not to ;0)

See isn't she adorable, this one is one of my faves ;0) I have also NOT used any christmas paper on this crimbo card.....

Instead I have used 'Hello Friend' papers & then stamped snowflakes randomly & heat embossed them with silver & white embossing powder. This is the inside before I added anything else just so you can see it better.

I have used Spellbinder 'Snowflakes', Marianne 'Holly', Melissa Frances Pearls & a Prima flower all inked with added sparkle.

The sentiment is Whimsy & cut out with a Whimsy Notable die.

This little Tilda is from the Christmas Story range & is called 'Jingle Jangle' & she is coloured with copics & a touch of french grey prisma & some stickles to give her bells sparkle ;0)

Colours used........

E13, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R22, R20

E29, E25, E21

R81, RV10, RV000

C5, C3, C1, COO

Y26, YR24, Y21

I also added icicles & pom pom trimming.

The scallop was made using the Spellbinder 'Classic Scallop'. I added pearl dots using a cream & a silver Pearl Pen. I love that I have used non-christmas paper for this & it looks like I have ;0)

Ingredients used............

'Jingle Jangle' Magnolia stamp - Crafts U Love

Whimsy sentiment stamp & die

Glitz 'Hello Friend' papers - MCH

Spellbinder 'Create A Flake' die - MCH

Marianne Creatables 'Holly' die - MCH

Stardust Stickles - MCH

Viva Pearl Pens - MCH

Melissa Frances Pearls - MCH

Prima Serenade 'White' flower - MCH

Everything else from my stash ;0)

I also want to let you know that Teresa now has the new Spellbinder 'D-Lites' in her store, they are sooooooooooo yummy so you might wanna be quick & pop on over......thats where I'm going next lol. Go do some shopping at My Crafty Heart, go on treat yourself ;0)

Thats all from me folks, thank you soooooooo much for stopping by it means the world. I'm off to come see you all now & look at your scrummy creations.

Tatty bye see yas soon mmwah xxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I'm Entering.................

Marvelous Magnolia Challenge - Anything Goes

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge - Use 3 Different Patterned papers

Quick & Simples.....

Good morning my lovelies how are you all? I cant believe its end of half term, how fast has this week gone :0( Got wait til christmas for another school hol now :0(

Anyway sorry I've not been round we had a full on family day yesterday as my eldest works half day on a friday so we treated everyone to pizza hut including Jake's girlfriend, we laughed sooooooo hard it made my pains worse but god was it worth it..........laughter is the medicine for EVERYTHING!!! 

Anyway I made some quickie cards (altho not quick for me lol), nearly a week ago & thought I would pop them on, not sure what I think of them tbh but.........well will let you see lol.

This is going along the lines of flat crimbo cards & for this card I got inspired by my fabby talented blogging buddy Debby when she made these cards here........she does gorgeous simple cards & hers are soooooooooooo much better than mine!!!

For the baubles I used the fabby MB 'Snowflake Ornament' die & I drew lines up to the embossed lettering. The embossing folder is from my stash.

Paper is MME 'All Is Bright' & I ripped it & inked it with Walnut DI.

I have used a Penny Black stamp for this one & heat embossed it with copper embossing powder. I then inked the background using distress ink. The sentiment stamp didnt stamp out too well.

I used Spellbinders 'Edgeabilities - Classic Scallop' for the bottom edge, I wanted it to look like a shadow was being cast by the top scallops. The reason for this card is the Joanna Sheen challenge this time is 'Silhouettes', I'm hoping this counts.

The paper is Prima 'Tea Thyme' & I've added faux stitching around the edge. Not sure tbh what I think of this one but its a first for me, its good to try new things tho, thats the whole point of crafting aint it lol ;0) 

Ingredients used...........

MME 'All is bright' paper - MCH

MB 'Snowflake ornament' - MCH

Cream Pearl Pen - MCH

Bakers twine

Poinsettia

Penny Black stamp

Prima 'Tea Thyme' papers - MCH

Glitter Ribbon - Crafts & Me

Distress Inks

Spellbinders Edgeabilities - MCH

Well thats all from me will be catching up with you all at some point today, we go over to Ben & Megans today but will try my best come visit you all.

Thank you sooooooooooo much for stopping by it means the world mmwah

Tatty bye xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I'm Entering..............

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Silhouettes - bottom card

Candy Winner

Hello my lovelies how are you all? Hope everyone had a fabby halloween. We decorated the bungalow outside & had lots of cute kiddies at the door, we went through 4 tins of chocs lol 2 tins of roses, 1 quality street & 1 celebrations. The weather was rubbish for the kiddies but it didnt stop them getting excited, they were all just lush. It was worth all the hard work yesterday, I never stopped all day lol.

Anyway I'm here to announce my little candy winner so I will get on with it.

The winner is.......drum roll ;0)

15. Mags

Congratulations sweetie if you email me with your address I will post your candy asap shug.

Thank you to everyone who entered I will have more candy soon my lovelies ;0)

Right I'm coming to catch up with you all now, I'm such a bad blogging buddy, sorry peeps :0(

Loves ya all mmwah xxxxxxxxxxxx

Midweek Magnolia's DT Card

Good morning my lovelies & happy halloween!!!!!! Happy Birthday to all my bloggy buddie swhose birthday it is today & a big Happy Birthday to Teej, my lovely pal Pops son is 16 today.

Ok onto my post which is my DT card for Midweek Magnolia's & this week it is my turn to set the theme & I chose I super easy one..........

ANYTHING GOES........

....see I told ya!! So no excuses peeps bring along your Maggie creations to us girlies.

I have inked up another uninked stamp, yay me.........

The paper is Magnolia, the top one is 'Vintage Red' & I cant remember what the bottom one is called.

Spotty ribbon is from my stash. I have put Magnolia Fence both sides but my flowers hide the other side lol.

Image is 'Tilda with Wedding Presents' but I think this really is such a versatile image & suitable for most occasions.

I've coloured her with copics & paper pieced her presents with scrap papers. I cant remember the colours as I coloured this a couple of weeks ago.

Flowers are a mixture from WOC. I've also added Magnolia's 'Scroll & Leaf' doo-hickey. The heart is punched out using my MS punch.

I've used spellbinder dies under Tilda. Muslin & doily are from my stash. I've added pearl & pearl dots to the presents, pearl dots I used Viva pen from My Crafty Heart. 

Please pop on over to see what my talented teamies have made, they really are such talented girlies.

I am very VERY slowly trying to get round to you, bare with me my lovelies as its halloween & I've have lots of cupcakes to make & a bungalow to decorate lol. I am extremely excited, Ben, Megan & Payton are coming over for tea & we dressing Payton up as a witch & she is coming to the door with me to give out the treats to all the kiddies.....ooooh cant wait.

Thanks for stopping by mmwah. Toodles xxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I'm Entering.............

MDUC - Birthstone ( July - Ruby)

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Spots & Dots

Also Teresa at 'My Crafty Heart' is having a STAMPCULAR SALE this week, thats right she is offering 10% off ALL rubber stamps. You have to hurry tho as this offer ends Friday 2nd November.

LASTLY................HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE

Inspire Beauty In All That Surrounds You

Good morning lovelies how are you all? The lovely Tracy from Make It Crafty DT asked me if I would like to be a guest on their Inspiration Blog..........of course it took me all of 2 nano seconds to say a big fat YES!!!!!!! Now the fabulous talented Zoe has sooooooooo many fab images in her store, it really did take me FOREVER to pick my images, I already have quite a few, but this was hard!!!

Anyway I decided it had to be a girl, with long flowing hair & lots of pleats or folds in her clothing :0)

So I went with 2 images & merged them together............

............these are 'Girl With Glass Slipper' & 'Courtyard' digi's. I've kept the card pretty simple so the image is the focal point..............well simple for me.......I'm missing my foofiness tho ;0)

The chipboard frame is also from Make It Crafty & I painted it with white gesso.

I was colouring my piccy & my beautiful cat decided to jump up on my shoulders making me jump thus creating this mess!!!! Was not happy & in a huff put it on the table then starting thinking about printing another one out or choosing diff image................ However..........

............I then decided I would try to fix it as time was against me. It worked :0) So dont always throw those images away that you have made mistakes on.........some can be saved ;0)

The image of course was coloured with Copics..........

E13, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R20

E29, E27, E23, E21

R85, R83, R81, RV10

C5, C3, C1, C00

E59, E57, E55, G05, YG06

G99, YG65, G21

I've just realised I've forgot to do the sky..............ooopps :0(

Ingredients used..............

Digi images merged - Make It Crafty

Chipboard Frame - Make It Crafty

Prima 'Tea Thyme' papers - My Crafty Heart

Pearls - My Crafty Heart

Sentiment - Whimsy

So there is my wee creation for Make It Crafty, thank you soooooooooo much to Tracy & Zoe for having me as their guest I really am truly honoured sweeties, mmwah xxxxx

Oh before I go tho pop on over to Make It Crafty as Zoe has a sale on, yes thats right A SALE!!!

Don't miss it peeps. 

Take care lovelies, cheerio xxxxxxxxx

Thank you all sooooooooo much for your lovely comments I am EXTREMELY lucky to have my cupboard..........altho I do miss my truck & a teeny bit of that money paid for this cupboard. I am really surprised about the amount of storage it can hold I really am. Here is the link to this cupboard for those wanting to know. Now its the older version of The Workbox but its also cheaper than the newer ones. The newer ones have plastic boxes instead of canvas drawers, however I prefer the canvas drawers. If at any time you wanted to change the drawers around or even take them out & use the shelves then these drawers unzip underneath & fold flat, so would take up no room if you wanted to store them when they were not in use.

I would say the only downside to this cupboard is I have to be a tidier crafter lol......mmmmm I'm saying nothing lol.....

Saturated Canary DT Card - Not Square

Hello my lovelies how are you all? Well its that time again for another new challenge over at Saturated Canary.............the creations you keep bringing to us are amazing, you always knock our socks & its awesome to see what you do with Krista's gorgeous images.

So onto the challenge..........this time around we would like to see............

SHAPED CARDS - NO SQUARES ALLOWED

Yep shapely cards, whether it be circle, oval, star etc............just dont bring no square cards, cus this fortnight 'We aint Square'!!!

I have cropped one of Krista's lush images..........this is one of the reasons I lurve digi images.

I have cropped 'Bubbles' I will put copics colours at the bottom.

I have added 'Anja Leaf' & some gorgeous fabric & paper Prima Flowers. Lace is from my stash.

The image I have also added 'Glossy Accents' to her eyes & bubbles, I've cut the bubbles out to place elsewhere. I also added Pearls to her spots on her dress. I've also added a beautiful fabric Prima Flower & Marianne's 'Tiny's Flower 3' which I have to say is lush & I will be buying the rest for sure ;0)

I so love these 'Cabaletta' flowers, they are gorgeous!! I've used used Prima 'Madeline' A4 papers & inked the edges with Walnut DI. I used my Grand Calibur to cut out the card shape.

Also decorated inside to compliment the front. I inked parts of the frame with Tattered Rose DI. I added Hessian Scrim under the frame & with a few loose strands tied some together at the bottom of the frame

Ingredients used.............

'Bubbles' digi image - Saturated Canary

Prima Flowers - My Crafty Heart

Marianne Anja Leaf die - My Crafty Heart

Viva Pearl Pen - My Crafty Heart

Pearl Hearts - My Crafty Heart

Glossy Accents - My Crafty Heart

Marianne Tinys Flower 3 - My Crafty Heart

Prima Madeline A4 paper 

Loose Hessian Scrim

White Lace

Copics used - E13, E21, E00, E000, E0000, R22, R20

E29, E27 E23 E21

R85, R83, R81, RV10

Please pop on over to see my uber talented teamies creations, they will knocks your socks off.

Well my Workbox has arrived woopeeeee, so hubster & me are putting it together now, well I'm multi tasking & cooking tea as well good job I put something in the slow cooker this morning lol.

Right off to play with my nuts ;0)

Wish us luck lol.

Thank you soooooooooo much for stopping by you all totally rock mmwah!!!!!!!

Quick & Simple Tutorial, Fab for Halloween

Howdi doody my lovelies, well I'm back with my tutorial. I've had a few people to email asking me how I make the Sweety Bags for Halloween..........they are so simple & so quick to make, which is ideal if like me you plan on making lots lol. 'Photo Heavy'

These are the main items you will need...............

Re-Sealable Bags, your choice of size(re-sealable is better so they can be closed)

A4 or A5 coloured card, your choice of colour

Halloween paper

Stamped image coloured or a Pre-Coloured Image

Dies

Glue or Tape

Distress Ink (optional)

Get your re-sealable bag & choose your die slightly smaller than the bag. I think mine are about 5x5 inches, I actually use them to put my coloured images in before they go in the box, they help protect them. You can get these bags on Ebay & they are quite cheap.

Using your die cut out your shape, if like me you are making a few (lots lol) then with this size you can get 2 to every piece of A4 card. Save the excess bit at the bottom.

Put your cut out shapes to one side & with the scraps at the bottom cut out what you want going along the bottom of the bag, i.e Fence, grass etc. Place a line of good strong glue (or strong double-sided tape) along the bottom of each bag.

Place your die-cuts along the bottom & keep in place using paper-clips or mini pegs. Set these aside so they can dry while you make the tops.

Ok so you have your card cut out next you will need to cut out your paper to mat on top. I dont like a big size difference so with the same die as used on the card I draw around the inside & then cut it out using scissors.

Ink the edges of the paper to give it a distressed look. I've used Black Soot distress ink.

Using glue(or use tape) attach your paper to the die-cutted card

Turn it over & score about 1/4 way down, I've marked the score with a pencil so you can see it easier.

Fold bacl along the scored line.

Now you can decorate the tops. I've cropped 'Zombie Niamh' by Saturated Canary & coloured her with copics. I've also used a pre-coloured image, 'Franky Pastry' from The Paper Shelter. Images from there you get a digi image & a pre-coloured image, how fab is that!! As I have so many to do I decided that pre-coloured images were the way to go lol.

I've cut out some die-cut trees, my sentiments & some buttons from my stash.

I've added the sentiments to the bottom & got everything glued to my tops & added sweets to the bag.

Place the top over the bag so the fold is at the edge of the bag & then staple each side.

This is how it looks at the back.

Here is a few of them, I only have 12 done up to now, the rest will be done by Sunday tho. I've still got get sweeties to put in them as well, so its a trip to Asda & Tesco me thinks lol.

I have used a mixture of pre-coloured images & of course 1 of my own coloured images. I also need to add sentiments to them all.

Ingredients used..............

Grassland Border - My Crafty Heart

'Happy Halloween' sentiment - Delicious Doodles

'Too Cute To Spook' sentiment - Tiddly Inks

Leafy Branch - My Crafty Heart

'Niamh Zombie' digi image - Saturated Canary

Pre-Coloured images - The Paper Shelter & Digital Delights

Well thats it, I hope you like my Sweety Bag tutorial, if you have any problems please feel free to email me at anytime.

Right I have sooooooooo much bloggy catching up to do now so am gonna get going. Will be back tomorrow afternoon with my Saturated Canary DT Card.

Thank you for stopping by, it means the world, mmwah.

Toodles xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Challenges I'm Entering..........

No Matter Which - Halloween Creations

Corrosive Challenge Blog - Treacherous Treats

The Paper Shelter - Halloween

Crafts & Me DT Card - Marna Fairy

Good morning my lovelies how are you all? I saw my first red robin yesterday sitting on my fence when I was at the kitchen sink..........yea thats when you know the big guy is coming soon ;0)

Anyhoos onto the task in hand, today sees a new challenge over at Crafts & Me & this weeks the lovely Karina has chosen the theme of............

FANTASY CREATURES

So bring your fairies, angels, goblins, mermaids, wizards etc along to join in the fun..........come on they will love it!!!!!!!!!

Okay for mine I decided to ink up a stamp that was still sat in its packet since last year :0(

I think my mojo stayed in the conservatory cuddled up to Craig while I went into the hobbit :0(

I do like to keep my cards looking different...........well this certainly is lol.

The lush paper is Prima's 'Doodle Deux', I matted onto black card & inked edges with black soot.

The image is 'Marna Fairy' by Hannah Lynn & I coloured her with my trusty copics. I wanted a more porcelain look for her face so was careful with shading. I did her hair black & blue (greys) & her wings I cant remember the colours as I wanted a few blended in there to go with papers.

Yes for once I actually picked my papers first.........go me lol.  Also added glimmer dust & pearl dots to her wings with the pen.

I added scrim with a splashing of White Gesso on parts & I tied some black lace from my stash into a bow. The sentiment I did with my Dymo & added to a Joy Crafts die, I so love these ;0) Also added a Joy Crafts corner die & a Prima flower.

Ingredients used.............

Marna Fairy rubber stamp - Crafts & Me

Prima 'Doodle Deux' papers - My Crafty Heart

White Gesso - Crafts & Me

Prima Flower - My Crafty Heart

Viva Pearl Pen - My Crafty Heart

Thats it from me but please pop on over to see the gorgeous work of my teamies.

Thank you sooooo much for stopping by I'm off for a quick bloggy hop.

Tatty bye for now mmwah xxxxxxxx