Sparkling Tilda And The Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge - Anything Goes

Hello, Lovely blogger friend's.

I hope you are well.

It's the last Sunday of the month which means it's time for the Magnolia October challenge over on The Ribbon Girl challenge blog, and this time the theme is ANYTHING GOES

We want to see any type of card/project as long as it has a Magnolia image or Magnolia Doohickey die/s on it.

I have made another Christmas card.

I used Sparkling Tilda from the So Jolly Under The Mistletoe Collection 2009.

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 & Polychromos pencils.

For the shape of the card I usedGoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design Vintage Frost basics papers from LLC

Other dies used are Marianne Design Anja's Vintage Decoration, Christmas tree 1 and Ivy Circle. Sizzix On The Edge Snow flurries. Magnolia Doohickey lovely fence. La La Land cherry blossom branches and heart doily border, Joy Crafts Christmas Winter sentiment.

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

I used lots of gorgeous products from The Ribbon Girl online store.

Here is a list. Just click on the link to take you to the product.

55mm 'Monique' White Guipure Lace, Rose Organza White, Ivory White magnolia Flowers, Rolled paper Flowers - Aqua Kort & Godt, Lily Flowers Med/Large Pale Pink, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt, Apples, Green, Bunch Of 3, 1mm Pearlised Stamens Pk Of 144, Cones Frosted Brown, 10mm Irridescent Twinkle Tinsel, Pine Cones Charm Bronze Tiny Pk Of 5, Christmas Stocking 2 Charm, Snowflake 28mm Diamante Embellishment, 3mm White Pearl Bead String, 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks & 5mt Bundle Of Natural Hemp Twine

Here you can see a close up of the flower arrangement.

I coated everything with Snow - Tex.

Here is another close up.

I wrapped the irridescent twinkle tinsel around the tree and adhered the gorgeous sparkly 28mm snowflake diamante embellishment to the top.

The bronze pine cones are tied with natural hemp twine to the fence and I tied a bow with the natural hemp twine through the eyelet on the Christmas stocking  charm.

Again, I coated everything with Snow - Tex.

A close look at Sparkling Tilda. She is an oldie, but adorable image.

I surrounded the image with frantage shabby white embossing enamel and 3mm white s/a pearl flatbacks.

I used glamour dust on Tilda's wings, halo and frill on her sleeves.

I adhered a length of 3mm white pearl bead string around the image and dotted Tilda's cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.

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

I loved making this Christmas card.

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

There are 2 fabulous prizes up for grabs!

The first is a £10 voucher to spend in The Ribbon Girl online store and the second prize is a Magnolia stamp kindly donated by Magnolia Stamps Sweden.

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;

The ABC Challenge......................T Is For 2 (2 pine cone charms on the fence)

Magnolia Mania Challenge #120......................Lace & Pearls (2nd entry)

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

Crafty hugs

Donna x

Christmas Candle Tilda And A New Challenge At Simply Magnoila

Hello, Lovely blogger friend's.

I hope you are well.

Today see's our new fortnightly challenge at Simply Magnolia and this time our challenge theme is.............FAVOURITE COLOUR COMBO

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is Crafty Ribbons with a £10 voucher for one lucky winner!

I have made another Christmas card with my favourite colour combo blue & brown.

I used Christmas Candle 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 die.

I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils and matted the finished image onto a Joy Crafts Noor Design oval.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate XXL frilly frame #5 and Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors papers from LLC

Other dies used are Joy Crafts edge border 5, Christmas Winter, Vintage flourishes holly leaves and Ice crystal circle. Marianne Design Ivy circle. Sizzix On The Edge snow flurries and Cheery Lynn French pastry doily.

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

The Marie 'Therese' white lace is from LLC and the white pearl trim is from WOC.

A couple of close up's.

I bought the wooden reindeer from HobbyCraft and embellished it with liberty bells & twine from LLC

I have given the reindeer an eye with a 3mm white s/a pearl.

The bow is tied with 25mm baby blue satin ribbon which was a gift from my very special bloggy friend.

The rusty jingle bells and hemp twine are from The Ribbon Girl

The flower arrangement consists of a larch cone, white flower spray and Vintage crystal star pin all from LLC

The 30mm 2 tone brown wild rose, Kort & Godt white chrysanthemum, 20mm baby blue open rose and blue beaded stamens are from The Ribbon Girl

The 30mm light Ivory wild rose and 15mm tan rose is from WOC.

I have coated the arrangement with Snow - Tex

A close look at Tilda.

(Sorry this picture is not very clear)

I surrounded the image with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel and adhered 3mm white pearl bead string from The Ribbon Girl around the outside.

The buttons on Tilda's coat, pom pom and the candle flame have had a sprinkling of glamour dust.

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

I hope you like my card?

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

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;

Magnolia Mania Challenge #120................Lace & Pearls

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #205....................Anything Goes

Midweek Magnolia's Challenge #124................Cas or Overloaded

Time For Magnolia Christmas Challenge #104..................Stars (A Vintage crystal star pin in the flower arrangement)

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

Have a great week.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

A Little Prayer

Hello. lovely blogger friends.

I hope you are well.

I starting making my Christmas cards earlier in the  year as last year I was so overwhelmed with the amount of people who work with my husband asking me to make them one of my hand made cards. This made me so happy as previous years I struggled to sell any of my cards on Etsy or Ebay.

This year has been a great year as so many of my husbands work colleagues have placed orders for me to make cards for various occasions. For this I am very grateful.

I have received an order for 15 Christmas cards. This one that I am sharing today is the 9th one on my list. Only 6 more to make plus I have another 2 Birthday cards to make before Hubby and I depart for our first ever Mediterranean cruise in just over 2 weeks time. Yippee! Lol!!! It has been 6 years since we last had a holiday which is why I'm so excited. Can you tell? Okay,that's enough waffling!
Now on to my card.

I used A Little Prayer from LOTV
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 finished image onto a Joy Crafts Noor Design oval.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design Enjoying Outdoors papers from LLC

Other dies used are Joy Crafts edge border 5,Christmas Winter, Vintage flourishes holly leaves and ice crystals circle. Marianne Design Ivy circle, On The Edge snow flurries and Cheery Lynn French pastry doily.

I have inked the die cuts with SSS lavender ink pad.

The Marie Therese lace and 10mm double row white pearl trim are from LLC

A couple of close ups of the cherub and small embellishment arrangement.

I made the cherub with a silicone mould and Martha Stewart crafter's clay.

The Lilac Vintage paper straws, liberty bells, Lilac 20mm open rose and white flower spray are from LLC The hemp twine that I used to tie the liberty bells is from The Ribbon Girl

I have coated the bells and flowers with Snow - Tex

The flower arrangement consists of  a 30mm Lilac wild rose, Lilac 20mm open roses, white flower spray and larch cone are from LLC

The white beaded stamens and  Lilac 15mm open rose are from WOC.

The white Kort & Godt Chrysanthemum is from The Ribbon Girl

The arrangement has been coated with Snow - Tex

I surrounded the image with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel and 3mm lilac s/a earl flatbacks. The 3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string around the outside of the image is from

 The Ribbon Girl

I coated the angel's wings, stars in her hair and snow on the ground with ArtDeco glamour dust.

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

I am entering my Christmas card into the following super challenges;

The ABC Challenge.................S Is For Sprinkles

Deep Ocean Challenge #114................Fairies & Angels

Bunny Zoe's Crafts October Challenge.................Shabby Chic Christmas

Thank you for stopping by to visit today and huge thanks for all the lovely comments I receive which make me smile.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Vintage Rose

Hello, lovely blogger friends.

I hope you are well.

I'm here today to share a commissioned card. A 100th Birthday card. Wow!!! I was so honoured to be asked to make this card. I searched high and low through my stamp collection to find something suitable to colour for the occasion.

I have many cling stamps that were freebies in Simply Cards & Papercraft and the one that I found is a beautiful rose from issue 133.

I chose browns & whites for this card.

I hope you like it?

The rose is from Clearly Besotted Stamps.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a CartUs oval. I have coloured the rose with Polychromos pencil Col: Nougat and matted the image onto a Joy Crafts Noor oval.

For the shape of the card I used GoKreate XXL frilly frame #5 and Maja Design Vintage Summer Basics papers.

Other dies used are Marianne Design Anja's Vintage decoration and clock. La La Land cherry blossom branches, Magnolia Doohickey bloomy tag, Memory Box classic numbers and Cheery Lynn French pastry doily.

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

Here is a list of all the gorgeous embellishments from The Ribbon Girl online store that I used on my card. Just click on the links below to take you to the products.

32mm 'Clementine' Ivory Embroidered Tulle Lace, 10mm Double Row Ivory Pearl Trim, Rose Organza White, Brown 2 Tone 30mm Wild Roses, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt, Colour Yourself Floribunda Roses White, Lily Flowers Small White Pk Of 5, 3mm x 5mm Oval White Pearl String, 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks, Pk Of 5 White Hat Pins & 5mt Bundle Of Natural hemp Twine

 The bronze rose and swallow charm are no longer available from the store, but there are some other beautiful charms available to purchase.

Here is a couple of close up's of my arrangements.

The gorgeous cherub is one I have made using a silicone mould and Martha Stewart crafter's clay.

The oval frame is from The Works. I painted it with white Gesso and adhered 3mm white s/a pearls around the outside.

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

I adhered a length of  3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string around the outside of the image.

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

I am entering the following super challenges;

Word Art Wednesday Challenge #204................Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge...............Anything Goes

I'd love to hear what you think of my latest creation.

Thanks for stopping by today to visit and huge thanks for taking the time to leave a comment.

Have a lovely weekend.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Celebration Tilda And A new Challenge At Simply Magnolia

Hello, lovely blogger friends.

I hope you are well.

Our new fortnightly challenge begins today at Simply Magnolia and this time around our challenge theme is SPARKLE

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

I have made another commissioned card. It's an Anniversary card for a couple celebrating their 1st year of marriage.

I used Celebration Tilda from the 4th Graduation 2015 Collection.
The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a Spellbinders opulent oval.
I have coloured the image with Prismacolor & Polychromos pencils.

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

Other dies used are La La Land heart doily border, Cheery Lynn French pastry doily, Spellbinders lace hearts, Magnolia Doohickey jungle leaves and Joy Crafts banner.

I computer generated the sentiment in MS word.

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

Here are the links to all of the gorgeous embellishments that I used on my card from 

The Ribbon Girl online store

55mm 'Monique' White Guipure Lace  , 10mm Double Row Ivory Pearl Trim, Crysanth White Kort & Godt, Lily Flowers Small White Pk Of 5, Ivory 20mm Open Rose WOC, 1mm Pearlised Stamens Pk Of 144, Princess Pin Green, 5mt Bundle Of Natural Hemp Twine, 3mm Sugar & Spice s/a Pearl Flatbacks, Heart Pins ( Pk Of 10) Pink, Bronze Colour Vintage Style Small Key

A close look at the flower arrangement.

The 30mm, 25mm and 15mm pink open roses are from WOC.

I have placed a couple of the pink heart pearl pins in the smaller arrangement and underneath I have adhered a couple of shabby bells tied with hemp twine.

The wooden heart is Santoro. I painted it with white Gesso and adhered the Vintage key tied with hemp twine to it.

A close look at Tilda

I have sprinkled Frantage shabby white embossing enamel around the image and adhered a few sugar & spice s/a pearls too.

For Tilda's gloves I used glamour dust and for the wine glass I added glossy accents and white liquid pearls for the bubbles.

I dotted Tilda's cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.

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

We would love you to come and join in with our fortnightly challenge. If you are looking for some inspiration my teamies have designed some gorgeous creations. Why not pop over for a peek?

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

Time For Magnolia Challenge #101..................Glitter And/Or Bling Bling

Craft Heaven Shop Challenge #4..............Lace & Flowers

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

Crafty hugs

Donna xx