The Best Day Ever

Helloooooo there are you all.........did you all have a fabby weekend?

Today I'm here to show you my boys card. I have to say it took me ages to makes this.....I sat on the floor of my craft room with papers everywhere around me as I couldnt decided.... For those that dont know me that well its extremely rare I choose papers then colour....nope I sit c& colour & then they go in little plastic bags til they are used lol.

Now when it comes to boy images my 2 favourite companies are Mo Manning & LOTV, they do the best boy images.........ok they do a LOT of awesome images lol.

Now hubster had been moaning & moaning & even brought me morenew ones as I got rid of all of mine & told me I had to start using Copics again.........still a lot out of practice but I will get there.... I'm still using DI's as well though especially for maggies ;-)

Now I have to say I think some images just look better when coloured in Copics compared to DI's & this is definately one of them.........

I used one of my favourtie dies which is Little Darlings Fancy Rectangles..........love these & think they are fabulous for foofy cards but awesome for CAS or male kinda cards.

This little happy chappy is called 'Celebrating 1'....yes I know I put 3 but I think he could be used for any age up to......yeah 3 maybe lol. Also I had printed him out a long time ago & I couldnt even remember what he was called lol. He is coloured with copics & I'm sure I wrote the colours down.......2 secs will be back with the list....I hope!!! Yayyy check me out I wrote the colours down..

Skin - E04, 11, 21, 00, 000

Hair - E29, 25, 23, 21

Dungarees -  B99, 97, 95, 93, 91

Top & Shoes - E55, 53, 51

Balloon - YG17, 25, 03, 21

Ground - W5, 3, 1, 0

Background - B00, B000, BG01, C1

I cut out the speech bubble from some 6x6 paper....cant remember which one & used it like a balloon form his hand.

The number die I think is MB but not certain & have no idea about the balloon dies lol. The banner that the 3 is on & also used at the side come with the Little Darlings Fancy Rectangles set which is from Noor Design UK.

Buttons from my stash & the paper is an old Basic Grey pad I've had forever & as always I stiched around the edge.

I have to say I love the look copics give as its so much brighter & I will be using them more now although I will stick to DI's with my Magnolia & some others too as I still lurve distress inks, especially for my foofy cards lol. Although after I did this happy little guy I did colour a Tilda.........just because she was already stamped lol.

Ok I'm going now as my washer is playing its tune to let me know the cycle has ended.

I will be back tomorrow with my Noor Design creation.........yes its not a card ;-)

Tatty bye lovelies & thank you for stopping by.

Big squishy hugs

Vicky xxx

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

Mo's Digital Challenge - 271 Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Week 2 Anything Goes

 {ATG with a CREATE WITH TLC Element} - Anything GOes

Lovely Hanglar & Sweet Magnolia - Anything Goes

Hello all you lovely jubbly people out there, how are you all? Hope you are all having a fabby weekend, I lurve weekends as its family time the whole 2 days......love it!! This weekend though I also got a new kettle yayyyyy I have a thing for kettles & this one is gorgeous & red & kinda like old meets new.....if you know what I mean ;-)

Ok you didnt come here to her about kettles did you.........or did you ;-) No you have come to hear about the midway reminder over at Lovely Hanglar & Sweet Magnolia & oh boy are they sweet & lovely.....especially when you see what all my teamies do with these gorgeous characters.......

Anyhoo its a ANYTHING GOES challenge yayyyy & we are sponsored byyyyyy

yep Wild Orchid Crafts.........but you gotta be in it to win it as they say. So come on peeps dont be shy & do you know what........you can enter as many times as you like......how cool!!!

Ok do you wanna see mine.........wey I will show you anyhoo's lol.

How cute is this image......I was after it for soooo long, then I found her on Ebay yayyyy. I colo;-ured her immediately....this was over 6 months ago & she has sat in a box until now....poor baby :-(

This can be either a baby card for  new baby girl or a little girl who is turning 1....thats what I love about this image I hin it would suit either of them occasions.

Ok can you guess what papers I've used..........of course you can the best papers ever, best baby papers ever Maja Design Vintage Baby.......I have LOTS left lol. I tend to buy lots of the papers in both sizes when Maja do releases lol. Here is a mixture of 6x6 & 12x12.

As always I did the inside & even added a little pram in there using scraps. The pram was made using the 'One Of A Kind Baby Set' dies from Noor Design Uk.

Here is a close up of the stamp & she is called.....ok Im not sure what she is called as the older stamps dont have their names on the packets :-(

She is stamped onto Fabriano watercolour & coloured with distress inks & I added glossy accents to the bubbles & glitter to her wings & parts of the tin bath.

The balloons in the top right corner are cut from another piece of Maja Deign paper from the same collection. I added corrugated card under the image. I've also added 2 tags made with Magnolia dies but not stamped anything on yet as it depends what the card will be used for.

The Rocking Horse die is La La Land Crafts. Leave & swirly doo dah are Magnolia & flowers of course are all WOC.

Stitching is from my sewing machine lol.

Well thats it from me lovelies, hope the rest of your day is super duper & thank you sooooooo much for stopping by & your ovely comments.

I will be back tomorrow with a Boy Card........yes a boy card & thats not the only thing different ;-)

Come back tomorrow to find out. We are off not to spend the day with my eldest & his lovely family & my grandbairns of course ;-)

Tatty bye lovelies mmwah

Lota hugs Vicky xxx

Challenges I'm Entering.........
Midweek Magnolia's - Anything Goes with a Magnolia Image
Magnolia-Licious - Anything Goes

Maja Design January Mood Board

Hello everyone how are you all?

I've not been posting much just lately except my DT work of course & thats because I have a poorly laptop.....a pinT of coca-cola got spilled onto it.. I dont even drink the disgusting stuff :-(

Anyhoo's I'm lending my youngest son's lappy as he mainly uses his PC....thank you Jake son mmwah, getting used to it is taking time lol.

Now as most of you or all of you know I lurve........I mean LURVE Maja Design paper except before crimbo time always ran outto enter their mood boards. Now crimbo is over though I was determined to enter January.......problem is I got carried away & ended up making 2 projects for the Mood Board lol. Its ok I think you can enter more than once but in all honesty who cares as long as I play with such pretty paper.......

Here is the mood board......

.....here are the details & where to enter.

Ok less of my babbling......I will show you my simpler one first which is a card.

My new years resolutions......or my crafty ones are to go outside my comfort zone a lot more....use my brain more & be more creative........or at least try lol.

Now I had 2 projects on the go....this one & a 3D kind of project for my daughter, which I will show you another time.

Papers used are Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics, I've useda mixture of 12x12 & 6x6......I cannot say which collection is my favourite but I really love this one, the colours are so so beautiful!! What is best is you can use for any occasion & male or female.

Okso the centre part is a page from the 6x6 pad & I just started folding it.....it was actually for the other project I was also doing at the same time.....yeah I often have more than 1 project going at the same time lol........funnyactually as one side of my craft room I was doing this & the other side I was doing my 3D project lol.

Ok I'm babbling yet again......someone stop me!!

This ended up not looking right on the other project but I turned around & thought oohhh if I keep I tie the middle to keep t together I could make a centre piece on my card with it.....by then the base & lace was done or I would have positioned them differently...........never mind....can try again lol.

I added 2 bits of metal doo dah's......technical term from the Victionary ;-) to either end but opposite sides.....I was going to add gesso but I decided I like the contrast of the shabby chic & the bronze...I think it bring out the browny earthy tones dont you.......or am I just talking jibberish lol.

I tied some white organza ribbon in a bow then shrank it with my heat gun a bit to make it shrivel....I then attached it on the card & the Bronze Butterfly on top.....its like its drifting behind the butterfly.

Of course no shabby chic card is complete without flowers so I added flowers either side. The centre of the folded page was tied with string & then waxed cord tied in a bow with a bit of bling from my stash in the centre. There is also another organza bow in amongst the flowers.

The leaves I made using a Rosy Owl die & Maja Design paper & after I cut it out I then bent it to give it dimension......the greens in Maja Design are perfect for leaves & there always seems to be the perfect green to somewhere in their collections to what I'm looking for..........yeah ok you get I love & adore Maja Design......ok I will hushmy buttons ;-)

Ok my lovelies thats it from me, you can of course get most of these yummy items I've used on my card from Noor Design UK..Tracy haslots of yummy things in & new things are on the way so keep your eyes peeled ;-) Superb service as well!!!

Thanks for stopping by, big squishy hugs to you all

Vicky xxx

Noor Design UK DT Card - Magazine

Hellooooo everyone, how are you all?
I'm here today with my DT post for the Noor Design UK Blog.

The DT girls at Noor Design were asked to do some cards using Little Darling Rubber Stamps.....well of course we were not going to say no!!! We got very excited about it & said yessss lol.

I have to say I am so excited to be in a magazine & in a fabulous craft magazine as well......this was actually the first craft magazine I ever brought & then subscribed to for 12 months.

Anyway here is the magazine all us Noor Design UK girls are in......

.....we are showcasing the fabulous stamps from Little Darlings. The lovely Eulanda is on the front cover & then I'm on the front cover of the pull out & keep part in the magazine yayyyy.

I'm also on the Papercraft Blog here with one of my cards.

Ok so here are my 2 cards I made.......in all honesty this card I wasn't very happy with, it was the 2nd card & I did rush it a bit.....yes I'm showing you the 2nd card first lol.

Isn't the image fabulous though.......of course I thought as I'm using Little Darlings stamps then I should use the dies as well.....not that I have to be forced into that as I lurve the dies....especially the square & rectangle frames!!

I added 2 lots of gorgeous lace up the side, 1 of them I cut in half as its a wide lace so you have the option of using it full width or cut in half length ways......you get double the amount for your money then ;-)

Marth Stewart PATP set for the edge.

My next card I really enjoyed making, although I would like to colour these in copics next time.

Again I've used Little Darlings dies & I've used my favourite ones on this one, Fancy Rectangle die, Lovely View die & I've also used a button die from the Fancy Squares die set.

I love this image I really do, I love animals especially dogs....she is gonna share that cupcake with her doggy as well you know.......its ok there is no choccy or anything else to harm her buddy ;-)

I also used my favourite papers for this one.........Maja Design...oh I had to use them for at least one card ;-)

I did keep things more on the simpler.......ok not simple....come on its me you know I love my foofiness ;-) However I did limit myself but in all honesty this pretty girl & her dog dont need that much foofiness do they ;-)

Here is the pull out & keep section that we are all featured in.....look there's me on the cover.

I have to say I love my teamies & love how they are all so talented & they did fantastic creations for the magazine as they always do.

Tatty bye & thanks for stopping by lovelies & your lovely comments.

Lotsa hugs Vicky xxx

Maja Design Vintage Romance 6 x 6 paper stack	Craft & You Lavender Garden 6x6 Pad	Little Darlings All Dressed Up Show Stopper Rubber Stamp	Little Darlings All Dressed Up Love The Weekend Rubber Stamp
Little Darlings Fancy Rectangle & Layers Die	Little Darlings Fancy Squares & Little Things Dies	Little Darlings Lovely View	Little Darlings Gilded Doily Die
Whimsy Bold Banner Die Set	Whimsy Bold Banner Rubber Stamp	Petite Ruffled Trim WHITE	Lace Grace
Lace Claire	Marianne Design Tassel Fringe Die	Berry Sweet Strawberry	Vintage Flourish Leaf 0047
Fabriano Artistico Extra White Smooth 140lb (300gsm) Watercolour Paper	Distress Inks	Wild Orchid Crafts BABY PINK Open Roses	Wild Orchid Crafts Open Roses IVORY
Wild Orchid Crafts PURPLE Open Roses	Wild Orchid Crafts LILAC Open Roses	Pomegranate Apples	Berries
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