The More You Read & CANDY!!!!!!!!!!!

Hello everyone I'm here with my DT Project for the Noor Design UK blog using the uber fabulous Shape Art Book by Dutch Doobadoo.

First though we have just reached over 40,000 visitors on the Noor Design UK blog, so why not pop on over there & check out the candy you can win. It will run for a week.

Ok I have to say I love, no I mean I LURVE this Book Art template, its fabulous & something that will be used a lot.........

I have used black card as my base as I thought it added a bit more pop especially against the gorgeous colours that are in this Botanical Paper pad I've used.

I've inked & distressed all the edges & on one side I curled the tops over, just to make it look oldish & well read ;-) This is I'm keeping for myself so I did a test, I used 2 different methods to add a bend to the page & a gap between each page. This side I used 3D glue & the other side I used large Foam Pads & I have to say the foam pads are so much easier but use larger ones, that's only my opinion of course.

The 3D glue was good but you have to hold it in place until it sets..........ok if you are a telly watcher whilst crafting but I'm impatient & not a tv watcher lol.

Ok so my quote is a Dr Seuss quote & this one came with a Sylvia Zet image a long long time ago but I love this quote & thought it perfect. I used the Cutting & Embossing Parchment die to layer the quote on which I also inked & curled the corners.

I've used my favourite Swirld die under the flowers & one of the many gorgeous leaf dies.......eventually I would love them all........its hard to choose a favourite. I added flowers from my stash & calmed the colours down a bit with gesso.

I added seam binding & a fine pearl string to the centre, also made a bow with the seam binding to tie it all in.

I just added an image to this side, its a digi image so was able to make her larger & then fussy cut her out.

The image I found a long time ago & its from Jess College Fund but cannnot find the link ot it, sorry.

I've coloured her with copics......colours used are......

E11, E21, E00, E000, RV21 - Skin

B95, B91, B00 - Eyes & R39, R37, R35 - Lips

E59, E55, E53, E50 - Hair

YR27, YR24, YR21, YR00, - Top & YG97 Trim on sleeve.

W5, W2, W1, W00 - Book & E43, E40 - Pages

Hope you like my make today, dont forget about the lovely candy on offer over on Noor Design UK Blog. Links to products used are below.

Also Tracy has some awesome new goodies in her store including items if you like mixed media.

Take care & enjoy your day.

The link to the Parchment Roll die used is here.

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

Botanitcal Paper pad	Shape Art Book	Dutch Doobadoo Gesso White	Swirl Leaf Die
Vintage Flourishes Leaf 1

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Papertake Weekly GDT Card - Tie Up Your Loose Ends

Good morning my lovelies how are you all? Sorry I've been missing in action for few days I've had severe withdrawal from a certain pill I'm on as the prescription didnt get done last week, so I had to go 4 days without, so its been a weekend of suffering. I tried go down Ben & Megans on sat as I dont like letting the kids down but ended up back at home an hour later & in bed for the afternoon.

Anyhoo's I did manage to finally make my GDT last night for the new challenge over at

 Papertake Weekly, this week its.............

TIE UP YOUR LOOSE ENDS - add a bow

A fab challenge & come on who doesnt like bows ;0)

Now you know when you have an idea in your head, yeah well this didnt turn out the way I wanted it to, but its starting to grow on me...........I think lol.....

No image cus its hard to colour with the shakes, funny though lol. This is a 'Thank you' card for Ben & Megan give to their nanna (my step-mum) as she has helped them out with moving. I'm putting a thankyou verse on the inside.

I just went with dies, flowers & of course a bow.

The die underneath the flowers is a new die MB 'Lavish Branch' & I added 2 cus I loved it so much ;0)

Also added Marianne 'Corner', love this corner die I think its my fave corner die ;0)

Papers are MME & the key charm is from.............no idea lol, I think maybe Ebay... Also added

 'Cheese cloth' & some 'Jute fabric' for a bit of texture.

I used Cheery Lynn 'Birdcage' die & then drew around the die on some music backing paper to put behind it, raised it up a bit & added a MME brad to the top. I also cut out Marianne 'Bird On Branch' die. The button & ribbon are from my stash. Inside of course was decorated as always.

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

MME papers - MCH

Cheese Cloth fabric - Live & Love Crafts

Marianne CReatables 'Corner' die - MCH

All Flowers - WOC

Jute fabric - Live & Love Crafts

Cheery Lynn 'Birdcage' die - MCH

MB 'Lavish Branch' - MCH

Melissa Frances 'Pearls' - MCH

Marianne 'Bird On A Branch' die, ribbon, button, charm & card from my stash.

Teresa at My Crafty Heart has some fabulous new MB dies now in stock, also the next new release of Saturated Canary rubber stamps is due about the first week in Feb, pop on over & have a peekskie around ;0)

Hope you will join us all for this fab challenge.

I'm off to do a bit of catching up before I start the housework, but will catch up with the rest of you later.

Thank you sooooooooo much for your continued support, it means the world to me mmwah.

Tatty bye my lovelies xxxxxxxxxxxx