Celebrate In Style......CAS Style

Hello everyone how are you all? I'm here with a simple card I made, yes another simple card. I thought I would make myself some more simple cards for flatter posting for friends/bloggy friends birthdays & for peeps who dont like lots of foofiness. Try get them built up on stand-by in between doing my foofy & fancy ones lol.

For todays card I have used another of digi image from All Dressed Up & again lurved colouring this lady up. I've got a blue thing going on for some reason lol..........blue & brown is one of my fave colours in crafting........though I dont like blue in the home!!

Anyhoo's here is my card...............

The papers are the gorgeous Maja Design 'Vintage Spring Basics' 6x6 pad. The beige-y coloured paper is from 12x12 sheet but cant remember which one except I know it was from LLC :0(

All papers were inked with walnut & machine sewn.

Inside is decorated to compliment the front.

This image is 'Love To Shop' & you get 3 images together, I've just used one of them here.

I coloured her with Copics & added pearls to her top, waistband, bag & shoes. This young lady has style ;0)

Colours I will add soon as I've got my grandson today til tomorrow & he's getting grumpy. Will pop them on in a bit.

The sentiment is Whimsy & I also used the co-ordinating die both from Bunny Zoes. For the corner around part of the image I used my MS PATP. Ribbon is East Of India from my stash.

Well thats it from me I'm off to see to my gorgeous grandson. Thankyou so much for stopping by it means a lot.

Big hugs to you all

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

All Dressed Up - Anything Goes (2nd Entry)

Cute Card Thursday - Something New (New Image)

Midweek Magnolia Midweek Reminder DT Creation - Winter Blues

Hello everyone how are you all? Things have been busy here, I've got my cupboards getting delivered today for my new craft room...........can only do bits at the mo with hubsters hand still in plaster.

Anyway I'm here today with the midweek reminder for the Midweek Magnolia Challenge & the theme this fortnight is..........

WINTER BLUES

...........which doesn't mean it has to be winter, we just want to see 'BLUE' as your prominent colour. I used this challenge to make my creation for the Live & Love Crafts challenge which is 'Perfume'.

WARNING PICTURE HEAVY

My favourite perfume comes in a blue box, so this was the inspiration for this...............

I made a box for the perfume & matching body lotion...............

Yep my favourite perfume is Dolce & Gabbana 'Light Blue'. The lotion is from a gift set hubster got me last year but the bottle is a new one that hubster got me this last christmas, its tradition loL, even if I still have some left :0) 

The inside of the box is decorated to compliment the top. I have used a 'Doily' & Tim Holtz 'Weathered Clock'. Doily was from Live & Love Crafts.

I have used uber gorgeous Maja Design 'Vintage Autumn Basics' 6x6 pad. I have inked all the edges with Pumice Stone distress ink & machine stitched all layers.

I have made a bow out of this gorgeous Silky Crush ribbon & added the beautiful 'Rhinestone Pendant' & a small bottle from my stash which I filled with German Glass glitter & tied some 'Pearl String' around the top.

The edging is all with my Martha Stewart Around The Page punch.

I have finally inked up one of my new Magnolia's, this one is 'Tilda Rose Scent' from the Lost & Found Collection 2014 at Bunny Zoes. She has been coloured with Copics, colours used are..........

E11, E21, E00, E000, R32 - Skin

E29, E27, E25, E23, E21 - Hair

B97, B95, B93, B91, C3, C1, C00 - Gown, Slippers & Bottle

W5, W3, W2, W1 - Ground

I have added WOC flowers & a rolled flower made with a MB die. Magnolia Doo-Hickey 'Swirl' die & Tim Holtz 'Weathered Clock' die. 'Metal Corner' & 'Love Heart Clip'. The Shabby Pearl Rose trim, lace & Cheesecloth are all from Live & Love Crafts. 

Well thats it from me, you have a week left to play along with our challenge & if you need any inspiration then pop on over to see the uber gorgeous creations my talented DT buddies have made.........they always inspire me!!!

Thank you for stopping by it means a lot.

Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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

Live & Love Crafts Challenge - Perfume

Ribbon Girl Challenge - Anything Goes

Time For Magnolia Challenge - Something In Her Hair

Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia - Ribbon or Trim

Crafty Little Fairies DT Card

Hello everyone how are you all? Well I'm running extremely late with my DT card this week :0( Had a few poorly days so didnt get into my craft room. The papers were sorted, sort of lol & my image was all coloured...........but thats as far as it got!!

However better late than never & I'm not here with the new challenge for Craft Little Fairies & this week its the blue fairies & we want to see.................

SPORT

...........no dont go running away screaming, its good trust me ;0) I was originally gonna do a male card, however I saw this in my image bow waiting to be coloured up & thought she would be perfect. Yes it doesn't have to be a male card just because its sport.

Look I've even kept it simple-ish..............hey its simple for me lol. I followed a sketch which I hadnt seen as I had not been in blogland. However my lovely teamie Elizabeth made a super gorgeous card & when I saw she followed a sketch............well I quickly drew it then went to my craft room.

The lace & dark brown card used for matting are from my stash.

The flower I made with MB 'Fabulous Phlox' die & added a brown pearl to the centre.

The fabbylicious image is of course a Saturated Canary digi 'Jamie Workout' & I coloured her with Copics.

Colours used are........

E11, E21, E00, E000, R32 - Skin

E59, E55, E53, E51 - Hair

W7, W5, W3, W1 - Dumbell

N3, N1, NO - Background

I paper pieced her clothes with the same papers I've used for the card, I did her bands on the bra top & trousers with the striped paper.

The uber gorgeous papers are MME Lost & Found 'Madison Avenue' which I have also machine stitched. The sentiment reads 'Girls can do anything we put our minds to because we put our hearts in it' & its from Little Darlings 'Girls Rock'. You dont want to know how long I've had this stamp set for but I only finally cut into it today :0( 

Well thats it from me but please go over & see my teamies uber fabulous creations, they have done wonders..........they like their sports ;0)

Thank you soooooooo much for stopping by it means a lot.

Squishy hugs to all mmwah

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

Sketchy Colors - Sketch

Sweet Friend

Hello everyone how are we all? 

Well I've actually made a card purposely for 2 challenges & I've used a new stamp.

I've followed a fabby sketch that my lovely DT friend Becky did, its soooooooo easy. Its not very often I do sketches as I cant be bothered take my laptop out to my craft room & I forget to draw them. Well this one I actually remembered, so didnt need my lappy.........its really that easy.

So here is my card............

I've used one of the uber cute Candibean stamps, I really enjoyed colouring this one & I cant wait til I colour the others I got. 

The card shape I made with a Go-Kreate die.

All the flowers are WOC from LLC & I added white gesso as well. The butterfly is from Etsy.

I have added gorgeous lace from LLC, I also added 'Organza Pearl Rose Trim' above the image.

This Candibean stamp is called 'Friends Together' & I coloured it with Copics, colours used are listed below............

E11, E21, E00, E000, R32, R20 - Skin on both girls

E49, E47, E44, E43, E40 - Hair (standing girl) E59, E55, E53, E51, E50 - Hair (sitting girl)

V95, V93, V91, V000 - Dress & Hair Bobble (Standing girl)

C3, C1, C00 - Socks & Bands on Dress - C5, C3, C1 - Shoes (standing girl)

C3, C1, C00 - Cardigan & Shoes (sitting girl)

RV93, RV91, RV10 - Dress, Tights & Hair Bow (sitting girl)

W3, W1, W00 - Ground

I also added a bit of shabby white fran-tage.

Dies used are Magnolia Doo-Hickey 'Swirl & Leaf'. The uber gorgeous papers are both Maja Design Sofiero  'Magnificent Flower Street' & 'Exuberance of Flowers in Bloom' & they were inked with Pumice Stone, lightly distressed with my Tim Holtz tool & machine stitched as always.

I made 2 bows with my seam binding which I distressed & added a 'Shabby Bark Heart' to them. The sentiments are Little Darlings 'Tag Alongs' which were also inked around the edge with pumice stone.

Well thats it from me we are off to PC World & Maplins today to get hubster a new wireless mouse, may just pop into Dunelm...........nudge nudge wink wink, well I need new bedding for Natalie ;0)

Take care lovelies & enjoy the rest of your weekend.

mmwah

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

A Creative Romance - Sketch by Becky

Bunny Zoes - Stitching (machine stitching)

Little Party Girl With Love

Well helloa everyone how are you all? Guess what its the weekend.................yayyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!! You gotta love weekends havn't ya!!

I have been colouring with my copics lately & brought a few new digi images & stamps. I am showing you a new digi today.........well new to me lol. I've even gone for a clean, simple style.............yes dont worry its still me...........Thicky Vicky ;0)

Ok here is the card......................

This is a digi image from All Dressed Up, I brought a few of them & I sooooooooo enjoyed colouring her.

I kept it simple to let the image stand out........yea not very often I go for that style lol. The uber gorgeous papers are Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basic 'NO. XXII' & Vintage Autumn Basics 6x6 pad. I inked the edges with Walnut ink & machine stitched all the papers.

This image is called '3 Little Party Girls', yep there is only 1 here but you get 3 images merged as one but also get the 3 images separately as well........which is fab!!! She is of course coloured with Copics, colours used are listed below............

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

E49, E47, E44, E43, E40 - Hair

B97, B95, B93, B91 - Dress & Hair Bows

C5, C3, C1, C00 - Bow on Dress

C5, C3, C1 - Shoes

W5, W3, W2, W1, W0 - Ground

The scalloped Pearls are from WOC. I made rolled flowers with a Memory Box die & added flat pearls inside. The leaves are Magnolia Doo-Hickey. The sentiment was cut from some East Of India ribbon from my stash, & the Blue Bulldog clip I've had forever lol.

The image you can get with lots of others at All Dressed Up Etsy shop, they also do digi papers as well. I could possibly get addicted to these............

Well that's all from me its Saturday so that means I get to spend the day with all my family & lots os squishy hugs with my grandchildren.............woo hoo.

Thank you so so much for all your lovely comments & for your continued support, it means a lot.

Will be back tomorrow with a new stamp (for me lol) & my usual foofy style will also be back tomorrow lol.

Enjoy your weekend, take care.

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

All Dressed Up - Anything Goes (only using ADU product)

Saturated Canary DT Inspiration Post

Well howdy doody my lovelies how are you all? 

I'm here today with an inspiration post for the Saturated Canary Challenge Blog. The challenges have now stopped over there but instead there will be daily inspiration using Krista's fab images from the DT & inspiration from other various crafters that may turn our eye. However there will be fabulous give aways on the Saturated Canary Facebook page.

My image today is the very reason why I love digi images.............of course I lurve getting inky with rubber too. However I love the versatility of digi images, resizing, cropping ect ect..........

This image I coloured up months ago & this is the card I made last week that I didnt know if I liked it or not.............

This image I have mirrored so she faces the other way & also cropped as this image I thought would pass as an easter image.

The lace is from my stash. The flowers are from LLC.

The die is a Joy Crafts die which I cut in half.

The gorgeous image is 'Lily, Bo & Peep' I have cropped the image so Bo & Peep are not on here, they are being looked after though ;0)

I love digi images cus even when an image is more inclined for a certain occasion by cropping it it makes it suitable for any occasion like this one.

I have coloured her with copics but as it was months ago when I coloured it, I dont have the colour list I'm afraid :0(

The gorgeous papers are Vintage Autumn Basics 6x6 pad, I've inked the edges with walnut & machine stitched them. The 'Metal Corner' I covered with white fran-tage. The rolled flowers I made with a MB Die with the same papers & the leaves are Joy Crafts die.

Pop on over to the challenge blog for some daily inspiration from my talented teamies.

Thank you soooooo much for stopping by I am getting around to you all slowly. I'm taking my grandson & Megan to the RVI today but I will catch up with you later.

Take care lovelies, toodles.

mmwah

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

Crafty Sentiments - Anything Goes

Midweek Magnolia's Mid-Way Reminder

Hello I'm here today with my DT card for the Midweek Magnolia's Midway Reminder & the challenge this fortnight is............

NEW STASH

..................I've used the other coloured up Tilda I did in lilac, so she is new as I stamped them both the same time ;0) My other new stash are, the papers, flowers, lace & sentiments.

I have used the new Pion Flower Frames that was in my crimbo stash, this one is called 'Viola' OMG its sooooooooo darn pretty, I need to get ALL of them now!!!

I used a Go-Kreate die for the 2nd layer, all papers were inked with Pumice Stone, lightly distressed & machine stitched. 

The sentiments are from my new LOTV stamps hubster got me for christmas, these are 'Sentiment Tags' & I placed them in a Tim Holtz clip with added fran-tage ;0)

This is the inside to compliment the front. I've used the frame on the upper side to attach a verse to at a later date. The gorgeous lace is 'Madeline' & the Lilac Seam Binding is from my stash & I distressed it myself.

I added a Magnolia 'Swirl' die, 'Bark Star', 'Metal Corner' which I covered in Sahbby White 

Fran-Tage.

I have used the uber cute Magnolia 'Prima Ballerina' from the Little Circus Moscow collection. She is coloured with my Distress Markers.

The WOC flowers are all from LLC & I added Magnolia 'Leaf' die-cuts. I have added a doily from my stash & made a double bow with the seam binding, the Cabochon was from LLC & the 'Believe' charm was from Crafts & Me. The die behind the image is a Joy Crafts die.

Well thats it from me this is a scheduled post so I'm hoping its posted on time ;0/

Thank you so much for stopping by it really means a lot.

Take care, toodles mmwah.

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

Totally Tilda - Anything Goes

Marvelous Magnolia - Lovely Lace

My Photo Booth

Hi everyone how are you all?

Well things are changing some what at the Pass household with some building work soon. At the moment our bungalow is quite big, especially for a bungalow, we have 2 bathrooms, 1 is classed as a wet room & has a walk in shower, sink & toilet. The bathroom is at the bottom of the bungalow but can also be reached from Natalie's bedroom as well as the passage way, that consists of toilet, sink, bath & shower above bath. The problem is that only 1 person at any given time can bathe Natalie using the shower & a large bath aid that goes over the bath........we dont have the equipment for her to actually have a bath & she is way too heavy to lift out ourselves. Anyway Natalie does require at all times at least 2 adults caring for her & when bathing her 1 either side of the bath. Unfortunately 1 side of our bath is against a wall & as the bathroom is a good size its not big enough to turn the bath around & allow a wheelchair all around both sides. If ever we fall ill a carer will refuse to care for Natalie because there is no room for 2 people. So they are going to build Natalie her own bathroom, an extension on her bedroom, she will have complete privacy as it will just be hers. We have told them leave the toilet out as she is in nappies & that way we can add a lot of storage..........believe me she needs it just for her medical stuff. 

Luckily we have a large/ish garden but the problem is one of the sheds we have at the side needs to be removed as it will block light from Natalie's new windows. The extension will lead off her large window, so her window has to be re-sited. So I am giving up my hobbit as a craft room so hubster can use it as a shed & instead hubster is converting the conservatory into a craft room. It's the only option we have, it has disadvantages & advantages, the biggest advantage is I wont be at the bottom of the garden & will still be with my family as the living room is right next to it. The other advantage is its bigger although with windows all around I dont have upper wall space.

Anyway I will stop rambling on & show you my photo booth that my hubster made me. Now I have had loads of emails asking about where I take my photo's of the cards ect & if I take them daytime or night-time. So I thought I would show you while I remember & before I move out of my hobbit (although wont be a bit yet as hubsters hand has to heal) 

Excuse the shelf underneath its got old photo's of my kids on (Ben is just 15 here, he's just turned 23 lol) & some sentiment stamps that have still got be opened & stored properly.

Anyway as some of you remember we brought old tatty kitchen units for my craft room, I painted them all up & added new handles as they were not nice at all.

The little cupboard was the one above the cooker & I think it had an extractor fan below it. As I've got enough storage in my craft room I could afford to lose this cupboard...............

.............. & use this as my photo booth. It was hubsters suggestion & he covered the entire inside of the cupboard with Matt Self Adhesive Vinyl, it might work the same with gloss not sure. We brought 2 light strips with bright daylight bulbs in them & attached 2 inside the cupboard, 1 either side. We placed them diagonally to distribute the light all over (this was my idea lol)

This picture was took without the flash on on my camera so you could see how dark the cupboard truly is.

P.S. Excuse the little candle, I placed small vanilla candles in all the cupboards to keep them smelling nice lol.

This photo is with no flash & with the lights on, I placed a can in there to show you the brightness.

For those that ask what I spray my flowers with when I want to soften the colour, this is what I use.

This is a wooden sign my hubster brought me, he saw it in a shop when he was out one day & thought of me & got it for my craft room, fab isn't it & so true, I love it!!

Basically you could make anything as a photo booth as long as you use daylight bulbs as they are the best true light there is. If you dont have the room to keep to do this then I highly recommend the light tents, they are mega cheap, come with different colour backgrounds & most importantly fold into a small square. Before this cupboard thats what I used, again though make sure you have the right lights & use daylight bulbs...........your lights will make or break it. Also if your camera has Macro on it.........use it, its meant for close ups & instead of taking your camera towards the object, zoom in, you get a much better picture by zooming instead of taking your camera closer.........its why we have that feature ;0)

Well I hope thats answered some of your questions. It doesnt really matter where you take your photo's but good lighting & the right settings on your camera DO matter, they make all the difference.

Will be back tomorrow with a DT card.

Tatty bye lovelies will be round soon to see you all mmwah

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