Tilda With Heart Phone And A New Challenge At Simply Magnolia

Good afternoon, crafty blogger's.

I hope you are well?

I can't believe we are nearly in July. Where is the year going?

Today sees the start of a new challenge at Simply Magnolia and this time our challenge theme is;
ANYTHING GOES

Instead of a sponsor for this fortnight, the prize will be a Guest DT spot for Simply Magnolia.

I have made another 21st Birthday card.

If you missed the first 21st Birthday card that I made last week you can find it HERE 

I used Tilda With Heart Phone from the WWW15 Collection.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a CartUs oval. I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils and matted the image onto a Spellbinders opulent oval.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate XXL frilly frame #5 and Maja Design Coffee In The Arbour/ Vintage Spring Basics papers from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Cheery Lynn French pastry doily,Marianne Design clock, Magnolia Doohickey bride bow and bloomy tag. Spellbinders shapeabilities butterfly, La La Land cherry blossom branches, Joy Crafts Billes flourishes and Memory Box classic numbers.

I have inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.

The pretty lace is called "Marie Therese" and is from Live & Love Crafts

The flower arrangement consists of a 30mm dusky blue wild rose, Ivory Kort & Godt rolled roses and 5mm pink s/a pearls from The Ribbon Girl 25mm Vintage pink open roses, 15mm baby pink open roses and 10mm white open roses from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I have adhered 3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string from The Ribbon Girl along the centre of the butterfly.

I have painted a Vintage bronze frame with white Gesso and rubbed it over with Tim Holtz chipped sapphire distress ink .

I adhered a 5mm pink s/a pearl, 3mm white s/a pearls and tiny pink rhinestones into various recesses around the frame. 

The bronze colour Vintage style small key is from The Ribbon Girl and the butterfly is one that I made using a Martha Stewart mould and white Fimo.

A close look at chic Tilda With Heart Phone.

I surrounded the image with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel and adhered a string of 3mm white pearls from The Ribbon Girl around the image.

I added glamour dust to the heart phone and dotted Tilda's cheeks with a Inkssentials opaque white pen.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Spellbinders floral oval.

I hope you like my card?

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

I am entering my card into the following super challenge's;

Dream Valley Challenge #109..............Girly

Midweek Magnolia's Challenge # 116.................Anything Goes

Tilda's Town Challenge #161......................Any Shape

Magnolia-licious Tuesday Challenge..............Things With Wings

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

Summery crafty hugs

Donna xx

Sakura Tilda And A New Challenge At LHOSM

Hello, crafty blogger's.

I hope you are well?

I'm here with my DT creation for Lovely Haenglar Or Sweet Magnolia

Our challenge theme for the next fortnight is...............Pearls or Gems.

Our wonderful sponsor are 2 lovely ladies Mary and Andrea from The Ribbon Girl with a £10 voucher for one lucky winner!

I have used Sakura Tilda from the latest Sakura 2015 Collection.

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

I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils and matted the image onto a Spellbinders opulent oval.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate XXL frilly frame #5 and Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics papers from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Marianne Design clock, Cheery Lynn French pastry doily, Magnolia Doohickey bride bow and bloomy tag. Spellbinders shapeabilities butterfly, Joy Crafts Billes flourishes and Memory Box classic numbers.

I have inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz frayed burlap distress ink.

The pretty lace's across the bottom of the card are called "Marie Therese" and Lace valerie from Live & Love Crafts

The flower arrangement consists of a 30mm light Ivory wild rose, 25mm Vintage roses and 15mm olive green roses from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The rolled roses are from Live & Love Crafts

I used 3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string from The Ribbon Girl along the centre of the butterfly.

I have painted a Vintage bronze frame with white Gesso and rubbed over it with frayed burlap distress ink. The 5mm and 3mm white s/a pearls from my craft stash.

The bronze colour vintage style small key is from The Ribbon Girl

The oval bronze frame I bought from The Ribbon Girl too, but unfortunately it has been discontinued.

A close look at Sakura Tilda.

I adhered 3mm round pearl string around the image and surrounded the image with Ranger white liquid pearls and those gorgeous pearl and rhinestone self adhesive butterflies from The Ribbon Girl I used glamour dust on the flower in Tilda's hair and dotted her cheeks with a Inkssentials opaque white pen.

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

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

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

I am entering my card into the following super challenges;

Magnolia Mania Challenge #114.....................Bling Bling

Inky Chicks Challenge #52........................Butterflies

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

Have a great week.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

May The Winds Of Heaven Blow Softly....................

Hello, crafty blogger's'

I hope you are well?

I am here to share a remembrance card that my husband's work colleague Aana asked me to make  for her Father to place on his grave for the anniversary of his passing.

I made a Christmas remembrance card for the same lady last year.

 At first I felt a little nervous as to whether I would be able to create such a precious piece, but I did and felt very overwhelmed to be asked to make another for her.

Here is the card

The verse is one I found on Pinterest.

I have computer generated the verse using MS Word and printed it onto Neenah cardstock. I cut it out using a CartUs oval and matted it onto a Joy Crafts Noor! oval.

For the shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design Vintage Autumn basics from LIve & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Marianne Design Anja's vintage decoration and clock. La - La - Land cherry blossom branches and steampunk heart cogs. Joy Crafts Billes flourishes.

The beautiful lace is 85mm "Marie Therese" from Live & Love Crafts

I inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink.

The resin cherub is from Wild Orchid Crafts.

For the arrangement I used a dusky blue 30mm wild rose, blue 20mm open rose, mocha 20mm open rose, Ivory 20mm open roses, Kort & Godt white chrysanthemums and small white lilies all from The Ribbon Girl

15mm mocha open roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and white flower spray from Live & Love Crafts

I used Frantage shabby white embossing enamel around the verse and adhered 3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string from The Ribbon Girl around the outside of the verse.

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

Aana loved the card.

I have just finished making a remembrance Father's Day card which Aana is placing on her Father's grave on Sunday. I even wrote the verse myself.

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

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Tulip Wheelbarrow And A New Challenge At Simply Magnolia

Good afternoon, Crafty blogger's.

I back again! This time with my second post which is for Simply Magnolia.

Today we are starting a new fortnightly challenge at Simply Magnolia and this time our challenge theme is............. Dies or Punches.

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge are 2 lovely ladies Mary & Andrea from 

The Ribbon Girl with a £10 voucher for one lucky winner!

I have made a 70th Birthday card for a lady who loves being in the garden.

I used Tulip Wheelbarrow from the Butterfly Dreams 2011 Collection.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a Lifestyle nesting frame #10.

I have coloured the image with Polycromos pencils.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design Coffee In The Arbour papers from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Cheery Lynn French pastry doily, La - La - Land heart doily border and hot air balloon. Marianne Design clock, Magnolia Doohickey bride bow and Spellbinders shapeabilites butterfly. I have inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz frayed burlap distress ink.

The pretty lace is from EBAY.

For the flower arrangement I used a 30mm light Ivory wild rose, 25mm Vintage roses and 15mm olive green roses from WOC. The Kort & Godt chrysanthemums, small white lilies and white beaded stamens are from The Ribbon Girl

The vintage bronze frame and 3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string are also from The Ribbon Girl

The 3mm and 5mm s/a pearls are from my statsh.

I painted the frame with white Gesso and rubbed over it with frayed burlap distress ink.

The clock charm is from my statsh.

The large dove is from The Works. At the moment they are selling some gorgeous wooden shapes at really reasonable prices.

I painted the dove with white Gesso and sprinkled a little Frantage shabby white embossing enamel onto it.

A close up of the Tulip wheelbarrow.

I sprinkled shabby white embossing enamel around the image and coated the tulips with glamour dust.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Spellbinders labels 1.

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

If your looking for some inspiration then why not pop on over and take a peek at my teamies gorgeous creations.

I am entering my card into the following super challenges;

Tilda's Town Challenge #159........................Anything Goes

Time For Magnolia Challenge #95...............A Special Ocassion

Live & Love Crafts Challenge #36......................In The Garden

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

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

The Ribbon Girl June Everything Goes With An Image Challenge..................Masculine

Good morning, crafty blogger's.

I am here today to tell you about our June everything goes with an image challenge over on 

The Ribbon Girl challenge blog. This is my first creation as new DT member.

Our challenge theme is Masculine so we would love to see your cards/projects featuring a 

masculine image.

I decided to create something different so I have decorated a Papier Mache box.

I used Bang The Drum from Lili Of The Valley
The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a CartUs circle and matted onto a Spellbinders stately circle.
I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils.

The papers I used to decorate my box are Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics from LLC

Other dies used are La - La - Land heart doily border and cherry blossom branches. Marianne Design clock, Cheery Lynn French pastry doily and choo choo train. Memory Box baby carriage.

I inked the papers and die cuts with Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink

Here is a list of all the yummy embellishments that I used on my box from The Ribbon Girl

38mm Charlotte Elizabeth Vintage Style White Lace, 20mm Baby Blue Cotton Lace,5mm Flatback Ivory Flower String, White Tiny Pom Pom Bobble Trim, Dusky Blue 30mm Wild Rose, Blue 20mm Open roses, Ivory 20mm Open Roses, Lily Flowers Small White, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt,beaded Stamen Blue/White, Princess Pin Blue, Wooden Heart Buttons and 5m Bundle Of Natural Hemp Twine.

Lots of pictures to share!

Here is a side angled view of the box

Here is the front of the box

Here is the box with the lid off

A close up of Bang The Drum.

I surrounded the image with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel and added Ranger glossy accents to the end of the drum sticks.

The flower arrangement and bow

The choo choo and baby carriage.I die cut the train with Vintage Spring Basics paper and spinkled shabby white embossing enamel onto the baby carriage.

The 5mm blue pearls on the carriage's wheels are from my statsh.

I hope I have inspired you to come and join in with our challenge!?

There are 2 fabulous prizes up for grabs

The first is a £10 voucher to spend at The Ribbon Girl online store

The second prize is a rubber stamp of your choice kindly donated by Lili Of The Valley

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

I am entering my baby box into the following super challenge:

Allsorts Challenge #315...............Flower Power

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

Have a great day!

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Christmas Eve Edwin And A New Challenge At LHOSM

Good afternoon, Crafty blogger's.

I hope you are well?

Today see's the start of a new challenge at Lovely Haenglar Or Sweet Magnolia and our challenge theme for the next fortnight is Use A Die Cut.

This has to be my favourite theme as you probably know by now that I never make a card without using a die cut or few.

We have a new sponsor for this challenge Jules House Of Ribbons

I have made a Christmas card. This is my fifth one of 2015.

I used Christmas Eve Edwin from the Winter Wonderland 2013 Collection.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out freehand then matted onto a Joy Crafts Noor! 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 Frost Basics from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are La - La - Land heart doily border, Noor Christmas ice crystal border, Marianne Design Ivy circle, clock and Christmas tree 1, Joy Crafts Billes flourishes and Magnolia Doohickey lovely fence.

I inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.

The pretty lace across the bottom of the card is from Ebay.

A couple of close up's.

For my flower arrangement I used  a 30mm light Ivory wild rose, 25mm olive green rose and 15mm olive green rose from Wild Orchid Crafts. A pine cone, white flower spray and 25mm apple from

 Live & Love Crafts and Kort & Godt white chrysanthemums from The Ribbon Girl 

The white beaded berries are Magnolia.

I have coated the arrangement with Snow - Tex.

I used cinnamon sticks tied with hemp twine and tiny jingle bells from Live & Love Crafts above the flower arrangement.

I coated the Christmas tree with Twinklets Diamond dust and tied a couple of jingle bells with hemp twine to the lovely fence. The hemp twine is from The Ribbon Girl 

A close look at Edwin.

I have adhered 3mm white pearl string from The Ribbon Girl around the image.

I surrounded the image with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel and 3mm white s/a pearls.

I used glossy accents on the pocket and buttons of Edwins Dungarees and coated the star with ArtDeco glamour dust.

The metal Joy charm is from my craft stash. I painted it with white Gesso and used glamour dust on the O.

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

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Spellbinders floral oval.

I hope you like my Christmas card?

We would love you to come and join in with our Use A Die Cut challenge.

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

I am entering my card into the following super challenges;

Time For Magnolia Christmas Challenge #94....................Anything Goes In Christmas Scene

Tilda's Town Challenge #158.....................Use Dies Or Punches.............

All About Magnolia Challenge #3...............Lace & Pearls

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

Have a lovely week.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

The Ribbon Girl Giveaway

Hello, crafty blogger's.

I'm popping by to let you know that as there are 5 Sunday's In May we don't have a challenge this week, but one lucky reader can win a £10 voucher towards a spending spree in The Ribbon Girl online store. Just leave a comment HERE and one lucky winner will be picked at random on Saturday 6th June!

Good Luck!

Crafty hugs

Donna xx