Cosy Tilda

Good evening, crafty blogger's.

I hope you are well?

The big day is nearly here! Yippee!!! Lol!

Today I  have made another Christmas card. This one is for my husband's work colleague Aana..

Aana is the lady who asked me to make lots of Christmas cards for her friends and family this year.I am very grateful to her because for at least two years I have struggled to sell my handmade cards. I tried Etsy, Ebay and Facebook but, I never had any real success. Now Aana's friends and workcolleagues are wanting one of my hand made cards which is great as my passion is making cards.

So this Christmas card is a little thank you too.

I couldn't resist colouring this little beauty so I have used Cosy Christmas Tilda from the Waiting For Christmas 2014 Collection.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a CartUs oval and matted onto a Joy Crafts Noor Design oval.

I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design A Gift For You papers.

Other dies used are La - La - Land heart doily border, Sizzix on the edge snow flurries, Marianne Design Ivy circle, Christmas tree 1 and lamp. Joy Crafts Billes flourishes, Cheery Lynn pine branches and Doohickey bloomy tag. I put the bloomy tag into a canvas corp mini bag and tied a couple of bells to it with a piece of hemp twine from The Ribbon Girl. The bag and bells are from Live & Love Crafts.

I lightly sanded the papers and inked all the die cuts with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.

The lace across the bottom of the card is from Live & Love Crafts.

I finally got around to using the beautiful ivory & gold lush poinsettia from The Ribbon Girl I coated the poinsettia with a little Snow - Tex.

The Marianne Design Christmas tree is also coated with Snow - Tex and I decorated it with a string of 2mm white pearls. The lamp has been coated with Twinklets Diamond Dust and a little Snow - Tex.

The sentiment is computer generated in MS Word using a vintage digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs

Here is a close up of Cosy Tilda.

I added glamour dust to her collar, cuffs and pom pom and used white liquid pearls to dot around the image.

I have dotted Tilda's cheeks with a Inkssentials opaque white pen.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Joy Crafts Noor Design oval.

I hope you like it?

I am entering the design team call at The Ribbon Girl and entering my card into the following super challenges;

Tilda's Town Challenge #134......................Happy Holidays

MDUC Challenge #251..............Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge #93 .....................Christmas Is All Around

Stamp & Create With Magnolia Challenge #51..................Anything Goes

Time For Magnolia Challenge #77....................Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by to visit today and big thanks for all the lovely comments.

Festive crafty hugs.

Donna xx

Tilda In Evening Dress And Our Final Challenge Of 2014 At Simply Magnolia.

Good evening, crafty blogger's.

Sorry! I'm very late with my DT post for Simply Magnolia I have been busy making commissioned Christmas cards for hubby's work colleagues. I finally finished the last one today. 

 Our new challenge is Anything Goes and runs for a whole month through until the new year.
We have three wonderful sponsors for this challenge;
Stamp & Create
The ribbon Girl
The Rubber Buggy

I have another commissioned card to share!
I used Tilda In Evening Dress from the Little Circus Moscow Collection 2013.
The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out and matted using a Joy Crafts Noor Design oval.
I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics papers.

Other dies used are La - La - land heart doily border and filigree corner. Doohickey bloomy tag, Marianne Designs medium bow stars, Joy Crafts Billes flourishes and Cheery Lynn pine branches.

I lightly sanded the papers and inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.

I used shabby white ruffle trim from Live & Love Crafts across the bottom of the card and adhered 6mm white flat backed pearl string along the centre.

I used a selection of flowers from Wild Orchid crafts, The Ribbon Girl and Live & Love Crafts for the arrangement.

I placed a blue brad through the centre of the bow and painted a small amount of modelling paste around the edges.

I used a bronze vintage frame from The Ribbon Girl. Painted it with white Gesso and adhered 3mm and 5mm pearls onto it.

I used Pion studio of memories letters for the name

Here is a close up of Tilda.

I added glamour dust to the stars and used white liquid pearls for the bubbles and around the image.

I dotted Tilda's cheeks with a Inkssentials opaque white pen.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Joy Crafts Noor Design oval.

We would love you to come and join in with our challenge.

My teamies have designed some gorgeous creations. Why not pop over for a peek?

Thank you for stopping by to visit and big thanks for all the lovely comments.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Little Santa And Christmas Tree

Hello, crafty blogger's.

I hope you are well? Not long before the festive season is upon us and still so much to do. I have been busy making Christmas card orders and I still haven't got around to putting up the tree.

Anyway. I am here to share a card that I have made for a special friend.

I used Waiting For Christmas Tree and Little Santa from the new Waiting For Christmas 2014 Collection.

I stamped and masked the images with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using  CartUs oval and matted it onto a Joy Crafts Noor Design oval.

I have coloured the images with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design A Gift For You papers.

Other dies used are La - La - Land heart doily border Sizzix on the edge snow flurries, Marianne Design ivy circle  Christmas tree 1. Joy Crafts Billes flourishes and Cheery Lynn pine branches.I inked the edges of all the die cuts with Tim Holtz frayed burlock distress ink and painted lots of Snow - Tex onto the snow flurries.

The pretty lace, bark heart and jingle bells that I tied together with a piece of hemp twine are from Live & Love Crafts.

I have coated the tree with Twinklets diamond dust and used a string of white pearls to decorate it.

The Vintage digi Christmas sentiment is from Pink Gems Designs

For the arrangement I used a selection of roses, frosted berries, flower spray, lilac roses, an apple and decorative pins all from Live & Love Crafts.

 I coated the arrangement with Snow - Tex.

Here is a close up of Little Santa and Christmas tree.

I have added glamour dust to Santa's cuffs, hat trim, he star and bells on the tree. I  adhered a gold jingle bell to the end of Santa's hat.

I dotted Santa;s cheeks with a Inksentials opaque white pen and used white liquid pearls around the image.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Spellbinders stately circle.

I am still struggling to get the lamps angled correctly when taking a photo of my cards inside my soft photo cube.

It's driving me mad! Lol!!! Any tips?

I hope you like my card?

I am entering my card into the following super challenges;

Magnolia Mania Challenge #102.....................Anything Goes

Noor Design UK Challenge N0 1.......................Merry Christmas

Time For Magnolia Challenge #75..................Anything But Square

Magnolia-licious Tuesday Challenge...................Anything Goes

Midweek Magnolia's Challenge # 104..........................Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog today and big thanks for all the lovely comments.

I'll be back on Sunday with my DT creation for Simply Magnolia.

Crafty hugs

Donna x

It's Cold Outside Tilda And A New Challenge At Lovely Hanglar Or Sweet Magnolia

Good afternoon, crafty bloggers.

I hope you are well and getting into the festive mood?

Today we have our final challenge of 2014 at Lovely Hanglar Or Sweet Magnolia and this time our challenge theme is CHRISTMAS.

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is The Ribbon Girl with a £10 voucher for one lucky winner!

Here is the sixth commissioned card for hubby's work colleague. I made her seven altogether. The final card is a remembrance at Christmas card . I will share it with you all next week sometime as the orders for more Christmas cards are coming in fast and furious and I am a real busy bee!

I used It's Cold Outside Tilda from the new Waiting For Christmas 2014 Collection.
The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a Spellbinders stately circle.
I have coloured the image with Primacolor and Polychromos pencils.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics papers.

Other dies used are La - La - Land heart doily border, Sizzix on the edge snow flurries, Marianne Designs ivy circle and Christmas tree 1. Snow flake from Magnolia Doohickey club all I want for Christmas Vol #2 and Doohickey bloomy tag. Joy Crafts Billes flourishes and Cheery Lynn pine branches.I inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz spun sugar distress ink.

The pretty lace across the bottom of the card is from Live & Love Crafts.

For the flower arrangement I used a selection of flowers, pine cone and berries from The Ribbon Girl, Live & Love Crafts and Wild Orchid Crafts.The sweet cherub is from Live & Love Crafts.

I coated the arrangement with Snow - Tex.

The 5mm pink pearls on the Christmas tree are from The Ribbon Girl The bark star and jingle bells are from Live & Love Crafts. I have coated the tree, bark star and jingle bells with Snow - Tex.

The sentiment is computer generated in MS Word using a vintage digi stamp from Pink Gem Designs

Here is a close up of It's Cold Outside Tilda.

I added glamour dust to  the heart pom pom on Tilda's hat and fur on her coat.

I used lots of Snow - Tex surrounding Tilda's feet and for the snowy background.

I dotted Tilda's cheeks with a Inkssentials opaque white pen

We would love you to come and join in with our Christmas challenge.

My teamies have designed some gorgeous creations. Why not pop on over for a peek?

We will be back in January for the start of our next challenge.

I am entering my card into the following super challenges;

Tilda's Town Challenge #133....................Celebrate Christmas

The Ribbon Girl December Card Challenge...................Anything Goes

A Creative Romance.....................Anything Gos

Thank you for stopping by to visit today and big thanks for all the lovely comments.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx