Saturated Canary Challenge DT Card - Paper Piecing

Hello again, wow 2 posts in 1 day..............I think I need lie down, all this typing wears me out lol

Well its time for a new challenge over at Saturated Canary & this fortnight our lovely Jane chose the theme, we want to see your.........

PAPER PIECING

.......I love paper piecing although dont do it that often but its perfect for using scraps of paper. My first attempt the paper didnt show up as patterned on the photo, which is why its a different pic on the challenge blog. So I redid the paper piecing bit............

I've used the gorgeous MME 'Lost & Found - Portabello Road' I lurve the colours in this pad. I inked the edges with Pumice Stone distress ink & machine stitched them.

All the flowers are from WOC & the pearls are form my stash.

The blue lace & the lace with pearls attached are also from my stash.

The image is the fabulous latest release of rubber stamps by Krista, this one is my fave & she is called 'Breeze' & I coloured her with copics & paper pieced her dress with scraps of paper.

Colours used are........

E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 - Skin

E57, E55, E53, E51 - Hair

B97, B95, B93, B91 - Dress

The frame around her is Spellbinders Floral Ovals. Teresa also has the other stamps from this fabulous release, pop on over to here.

Inisde was decorated to compliment the front as always. I added a 'Bark Heart' then added a Whimsy sentiment on top, I cut out the oval centre & just used that. I also used another Whimsy Postage stamp from the same collection up the top left corner directly onto the paper. The half circle is a Marianne die. 

Pop on over & look at my teamies fabulous creations..........they are such a talented bunch of girlies ;0)

I also made Lime & Coconut cake yesterday afternoon...........

............would you believe I made 2 & this is all that is left..........how does it go so fast, Ben & Megan havn't even had any yet. Will have to make one just for them I think lol.

Well I'm off now as its tea time. Thank you soooooooooo much for stopping by, will be round to see you soon.

Also my earlier card here I have now listed the colours used.

Challenges I'm entering.......

The Paper Shelter - Stitching - Mine is real

Shannon In Autumn Colours

Hello everyone how are you all? Well my bread making did not go well..........the machine was not working & wouldn't even mix the mixture. So went up town & brought a new bread machine.........voila freshly baked bread mmmmm. Better than any air freshener lol.

Anyhoo's a little while ago I got chosen as winner & asked to be Guest Designer over at Lilli's Little Fairies which has now changed to Crafty Little Fairies which means we can use ANY image!! How cool is that. So today is my first GD card & the theme is super easy..............

AUTUMN COLOURS

............see easy peasy ;0) 

I have gone with that fabulous paper pad again, Echo Park 'Reflections Fall' it really is full of gorgeous autumn papers. I've inked the edges & machine stitched them.

I've added a Prima 'Butterfly' & made rolled flowers & placed wooden beads inside from my stash.

The image is 'Shannon' from Saturated Canary. I cropped the image then mirrored it so she faced the opposite way. I coloured her with copics.........will add the list of colours later.

Colours used are.........

E11, E21, E00, E000, R32, R20 - Skin

R39, R37, R35, W5 - Dress

W5, Y28, Y26, Y21 - Apron

W9, W7,  W5, W3 - Hair

I added brown seam binding from my stash & also added 'Jute Fabric' & 'Cream Cluny Lace'. The sentiment I made with stickers. Pearls from my stash.

The die on the corner of the image is MB 'Lavish Branch' & I added a Prima Flower to the corner. 

Well thats it from me peeps, I will be back later with my Saturated Canary DT card. My cards were made last week & when I made them I didnt realise they both fell on the same day lol. My confidence in card making has been low lately so I ended up making 2 cards for my GDT & getting the family decide which one lol. So I will show you the other one another time, yes its also an SC image lol.

Thank you for stopping by it really means the world, squishy hugs to all mmwah

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

A Creative Romance - Dies or Punches

Midweek Magnolia's Challenge DT Card - Come & get cozy with us

Hello there my lovelies how are you all? I'm sorry I haven't been around or been anything, my hubster & eldest son fitted me a new oven & hob the other day.  This stupid little voice after said to me 'Clean all the cupboards out & have a good sort out'............damn I hate those voices in my head..........so yep guess what I've been doing ;0(

Anyhoo's what you are really here for is to find out the next challenge at Midweek Magnolia's which starts today (ssshhh yes I know I'm late)............

WARM & COZY

.......we want to see either furry cuddly animals or you can use Tilda's if she has a coat on.

I have gone with furry & snuggly............I loved this stamp as soon as he was released.........

...............then it took me til now to ink him up........yep I'm hanging my head real low!! Isn't he soooooooo darn cute & I love him cus he's suitable for all year round.........shame it took me nearly a year to use him then!!!

The papers are the yummi-licious MME 'Vintage Christmas' which I've inked with walnut & stitched the edges with my machine.

The flower I made using a Marianne die & the paper for the flower & stockings are MME 'Mistletoe Magic'. The pearl & lace are from my stash, I machine stitched the lace in place.

The stamp is Magnolia's 'Coco With Present' sorry I cant link him I can no longer find him in the shop I got him from :0(

I coloured him with my distress markers but I wanted a vintagey look to him so added bits of black prisma pencil & blended using sansador.

I decorated the inside as always but made a pocket for tags to go into, one to write on & the other will be for a sentiment. The red check ribbon is East Of India, its so lush ;0)

The sentiment is LOTV 'Handwritten Phrases'. The doily & pearls are from my stash. The stockings are MB 'Precious Stockings' die. I've also added a gorgeous stocking charm to the bow on the ribbon.

Well I'm off to set some bread away in my brad machine, I found it yesterday tucked away at the back of the cupboard so its now permanently on the bench. I miss the smell of fresh bread. I'm ashamed I had it hidden it the cupboard :0(

Anyhoo's my lovelies thats it for me, hope you will play along with us this fortnight in our 'Warm & Cozy' challenge, we certainly are needing warmer clothes now, although we are still having the ceiling fan on at night in our bedroom & the heating hasn't gone back on yet...........strange!!

Tatty bye & thank you for stopping by, huge hugs to all mmwah

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Challenges I'm entering..........

Bearly Mine - Anything Goes

Vintage Book

Hello everyone how are you all?

I'm showing you something I made earlier this week, its took me until now to blog it lol.

Now when I started to make this I had this whole different picture in my head...........believe the picture was lush!! However it didnt turn out the way I had imagined but I will show you anyway & I will try again on my next one......as I do love the look of them.

Live & Love Crafts have a lush fabby challenge on at the mo & its an inspirational pic which I loved as soon as I saw it..........so I've gone for the colours, the vintagey feel & the books ;0) 

As this is a book............. sorry about this pic it was hard to photo.

Its a book that opens though.............I used this paper on the side as I thought the writing on the paper was perfect for it.

It opens up & I can store all my gorgeous Pion images in there..................its perfect for them.

The gorgeous image is Pion & I distressed it first then tripple embossed it with UTEE, cracked it & added walnut distress ink to give it a old look to it. Isn't she sooooo sweeti, think this is my fave Pion image.

Sorry about the light showing at the top, hubster fitted lights on my 3 units to light them up.

This is it in situ on my dresser in my craft room. The book next to it my hubster brought me about 5 years ago, he saw it in a shop that does handmade things & knew I would like it. I wasn't into crafting or anything like that then lol.

Materials used are as follows............

Maja Design 1891, Pion 'Little Sweeties' image, 'Marie-Antoinette' 50 mm Lace, 'Filigree Key', Copper Metal Rose 11mm, Metal Ornaments, Cameo Lady, all from Live & Love Crafts.

Melissa Frances Resin Keyhole, Prima Flower both from My Crafty Heart.

Flowers are from WOC.

Regency Embossing folder that came with the Ebosser.

Tassle I made myself & the button, chain & key bundle charm are from my stash.

Thank you soooooooo much for stopping by, I will make another & hopefully will be better...........lol

Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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Have a poorly daughter but will be round to as many as I can ;0)

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

Live & Love Crafts - Inspirational pic

My Crafty Heart DT Card

Hello everyone how are we all?

Well I'm here today with my DT card for My Crafty Heart & I've teamed up my card with a gorgeous Hannah Lynn digi image from Crafts & Me.

I've used one of the new pads that Teresa has recently got, this one is MME 'Sky's The Limit' love the different colours & different patterns in this pad, its gorgeous!! I inked the edges with walnut & machine stitched around the edge.

All the flowers are Prima, Prima Serenade 'Turquoise', Prima Serenade 'White', Prima Miss Godiva 'Celadon' & Prima 'Lucerne'.

The lace is Melissa Frances 'Crocheted Lace', its so pretty ;0) I've added seam binding from my stash & also made a bow with it & attached a 'Leaf'' Charm & a Melissa Frances 'Glass Button', I lurve these they really are sooooo pretty!!!

This digi image is called 'April' & I coloured her with Copics, colours used are below.

E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 - Skin

, E57, E55, E53, E51 & a small amount of E59 - Hair

BG09, BG05, BG01 - Straps

BG05, BG01, RV10 - Markings

C3, C1, C00 & Blender pen - Background

The dies I've used are, Marianne 'Corner', MB 'Chloe Stem' & MB 'Gwyneth Flourish'. In the top 2 corners I also added Melissa Frances 'Pearls' & 'Resin Ornate Corner'.

All the items highlighted & much much more you can get from My Crafty Heart.

Teresa also has the fabulous new Saturated Canary rubber stamps in her store & also new dies, go on go on a shopping trip............santa would want you to ;0)

Well thats it from me, we have Payton staying tonight wooo hoooo, so we are having a 'Shrekathon' & a rug picnic............well I dont have a carpet, but I do have a squishy giant rug lol. She watched Shrek 1 at mine the other day & loved it so we watching the others tonight & Natalie loves all Walt Disneys ;0)

Thank you for stopping by it means so much to me. See ya soonies, tatty bye.

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Midweek Magnolia's Mid-Week Reminder

Hello everyone how are you all? The weather is getting cooler isn't it? Will need to think about our winter quilt going on soon...........

Anyways my lovelies I'm here to remind you about the current challenge over at

  Midweek Magnolia's & the theme is............

AUTUMN COLOURS

...........I lurve autumn colours, all those browns........

Anyhoo's as soon as I started thinking about my card I knew instantly what papers to use & based it all then around that.........

I have used the GORGEOUS new Echo Park papers called 'Reflections Fall', oh the colours in there are so yummy :0)

 

I machine stitched the papers & inked the edges with walnut distress ink.

The pearls, lace & hessian are from my stash. The little fence is of course Magnolia's 'Lovely Fence' & I inked it up with a wee bit of walnut.

I've used an older Tilda as they get neglected & this one called out to me to use her, shes only ever been inked up once before bless her. This is 'Tilda In The Wind/Rain' from the Apples & Cherries collection. I coloured her with distress markers & paper pieced her dress & hat.

Of course inside is decorated as always. Most the flowers are from WOC. I've also added Magnolia Doo-Hickey 'Swirl & Leaf' dies. The sentiment tags are Little Darlings 'Tag Alongs'.

There is of course a week left to join in this challenge & we would love to see your fantabulous creations.

Well thats it from me I'm off to come visit you, sorry I've not been round have not been well but never mind will see yous soon.

Thank you for stopping by I sooooooooooo appreciate it.

Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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Crafts & Me Challenges - We Are Back and With A New Artist

Good morning my lovelies how are you all? I would like to say thank you soooooooooo much for the lovely comments on my last card & balloon. Mum & Dad love it so much they are using Hot Air Balloons as a theme for his new nursery ;0)

Ok onto why I'm here, well Crafts & Me Challenges is back.

For the next couple of months TO CELEBRATE OUR NEW BLOG until January we will also be giving aways.

5 SPOT PRIZES EACH MONTH OF ONE STAMP PER PRIZE BY OUR NEW ARTIST JOINING US THIS MONTH BENTE SCHLICK WITH HER BEAUTIFUL FANTASY IMAGES PICKED BY RANDOM.ORG FROM ALL ENTRIES.

1 MYSTERY PRIZE PER WEEK PICKED FROM OUR FOLLOWERS OF THIS NEW CHALLENGE BLOG SO DON'T FORGET TO FOLLOW US.

 Bente Schlick full range of stamps for September will be available to view here shortly and to purchase in the store.

Ok this first challenge is so easy...........its very rare I can even make a card without it........

LOVELY LACE

...........see told you it was easy ;0)

I have to say I think that balloon sucked all my mojo cus I struggled with this :0( I went with grey tones for the image & touches of violet on her lips & nails, her wings & the background was a mixture of greys & violets. The image is 'Shh Now' by Zindy Nielson & she was coloured with Copics.

For the shape I have used one of my Go-Kreate dies & the gorgeous paper is Maja Design Vintage Spring '2nd May' & distressed them & inked them with walnut DI.

The top left corner is a Whimsy sentiment & a Shabby Bark Heart. The 'Ornate Cameo' frame I made with Delight Clay, I also added Shabby White & Aged Wine Fran-Tage to it. The super gorgeous butterfly is a Magnolia Doo-Hickey, its my fave butterfly die. It also got the fran-tage treatment.

I made a bow with lilac seam binding & added this gorgeous charm which Teresa will be adding to her store very soon. The swirl is a Magnolia Doo-Hickey & I've Fran-Taged it ;0)

The image has corrugated card painted with Gesso & 'Cheese Cloth' underneath it. The gorgeous lace is from my stash & the flowers are from WOC. 

Well thats all from me, sorry I'm running late I forgot to schedule it & mornings are busy with Natalie & we've also got our Payton staying ;0)

Hope you will us in our monthly challenges, pop on over to here to see the other delicious creations & see the new challenge blog.

Tatty bye & thanks for stopping by mmwah

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Saturated Canary Challenge - Shabby Chic

Hello my lovelies how are you all?

Well we have a brand new challenge over at Saturated Canary this week, these weeks sure are flying by fast!!

This week it was my turn to set the theme, so I went for my favourite..............

SHABBY CHIC

...........yes its SC at SC.....(shabby chic at saturated canary), I lurve shabby chic so I thought I would try something new.

I have made a card & matching gift type thingy for my new grandchild Arjay ;0) I've seen one of these somewhere on Pinterest, cant remember where & didnt know if there was even a tutorial so had a go at different things & finally worked out how to do it................yay me.....

THIS IS PHOTO HEAVY I'M AFRAID

I've also used my fave SC image, yep def still my fave & is fab for lots of occasions ;0) 

Can you tell whats next to the card yet??????

It was hard to photo so sorry for any bad piccies....

I've made a Hot Air Balloon............ I am quite proud of this tbh & I hope Megan & Ben will like it & hang it in Arjays room..............well when he goes into his own room.

The larger pearl hanging in the middle is a Tim Holtz 'Bauble' I also added a home made 'Angel' to the chain.

I have added 3 'Angels Among Us' by Melissa Frances to the balloon, Arjay is our little miracle so the angels represent that. The bells are kind of like sand bags that you get on the basket as weights lol. I also added MF 'Pleated Ribbon', Flat Pearl String & the little feet I made myself out of plaster.

This is the card to match for our little Arjay, I wanted to wait to give cards & gifts til Arjay came home cus then I was welcoming him home. 

Lace & ribbon are from my stash. Flowers are form WOC & I added gesso to them. The banner I made from La La Land Crafts 'Heart Banner' die. 

The image is the beautiful 'Butterfly Baby' digi image but for all you rubber fans this is also available in rubber as well now ;0) The image has been coloured with Copics, colours used below.

E11, E21, E00, E000, R20 - Skin

E57, E55, E53, E51 - Hair

B97, B95, B93, B91 - Blue part of clothes & wings

C3, C1, C00 - White-ish part of clothes & wings

I also added 'Cheese Cloth' under the image.

The resin image thingy I also made quite a while ago & neglected him, I also have a little girl. I dabbed gesso around the edge of the little boy for a shabbier look to it.

The papers I've had forever & only ever used 2 sheets I think lol but the colours were fab for this project so I used it. The pad is First Edition 'Up Up & Away', not sure where to get it from as I have had this since it was released. I've also inked up the papers with Pumice Stone distress ink & they have been machine stitched. I've also added Melissa Frances Pearls to the corners of the card.

This looks sooooooooo much better in real life, I will try get a better photo of the balloon as it really is quite hard to photo. Alos I will look for the pin on pinterest that gave me the inspiration, it was ages ago but I would like to credit where its due.

Anyway thats it from me, hope you made it to the end lol. As always all highlighted words will take you directly to the products used.

Thanks for stopping by, big squishy hugs to all mmwah

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

Bunny Zoes September Challenge - Something Blue.