Sunday 24 January 2016

Gorjuss - The White Rabbit And An Inspiration Card For The Ribbon Girl

Hello, lovely blogger friend's.
I hope you are well.
I'm here to share a card that I have made using lots of gorgeous products from 
The Ribbon Girl online store.

I have used Santoro Gorjuss The White Rabbit (Mini stamp)
The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Bristol Board extra smooth cardstock and cut out using a Joy Crafts Noor! oval.
I have coloured the image with Prismacolor & Polychromos pencils.



For my shaped card I have used GoKreate large frame frilly #5 and Maja Design Vintage Baby papers from LLC.
Other dies used are Cheery Lynn English tea party doily and French pastry doily. Spellbinders D Lites Victorian fan. la La La hot air balloon and heart doily border.Marianne Design clock.
I have inked all the die cuts with Tim Holtz Vintage photo distress ink.

Here is a list of the gorgeous products that I have used on my card.
Just click on the links below to take you directly to the products;
55mm 'Monique' White Guipure LaceFB Trim 10mm Square Ivory PearlPink Check Lacey Edge RibbonChrysanth White Kort & GodtIvory White Magnolia FlowersBlue 30mm Wild Roses1mm Pearlised Stamens Pk Of 144Butterfly Large Silver Colour Charrm5mm Pink Pearls Self Adhesive3mm White Pearl Bead String3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks & Wooden Heart Buttons


Here is a couple of close up pics of the flower arrangements, hand tied bow and pretty butterfly charm.
I painted the butterfly charm with white Gesso and when dry I rubbed over it with a pink ink pad.
The pocket watch charm is from my crafty stash.


Here is a closer look at this gorgeous little lady. I loved colouring her hair which was a challenge as I have never coloured hair using black before. I am very pleased with the result.
I sprinkled shabby white embossing enamel around the image and used glossy accents on the face of the pocket watch. Either side of the image I have adhered 3mm white s/a pearl flatbacks and I used a white gelly roll pen to dot the little lady's cheeks.


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

I hope you like my card?
That's it from me for today. I am currently working on a 60th Wedding Anniversary card. A commissioned card for one of my husbands work colleagues.
I will share it with you all next week.

Thanks for stopping by to visit today and huge thanks for all the lovely comments that you kindly take the time to leave me. I love reading every single one.

Crafty Hugs
Donna xx



















Sunday 17 January 2016

Italian Speedy Scooter Tilda And The January 2016 'Any Image' Challenge At The Ribbon Girl

Good morning, lovely blogger friend's.
I hope you are well.
Today is the first challenge of the year over on The Ribbon Girl blog and our challenge theme for the next 2 weeks is; ANYTHING GOES - USE ANY IMAGE
There are 3 wonderful prizes up for grabs. You can find out more at the end of this post and believe me you won't be disappointed.
I have made a shaped card.

I used Italian Speedy Scooter Tilda from the Little Italy 2015 Collection.
The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Bristol Board extra smooth 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! oval.



For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics papers from LLC
Other dies used are; Cheery Lynn English tea party doily and French pastry doily. Spellbinders lattice hearts. La La Land heart doily border and cherry blossom branches.
I have inked all the die cuts with Tim Holtz vintage photo distress ink.
My card is embellished with gorgeous products from The Ribbon Girl online store.
Just click on the links below to take you to the products;
45mm "Bethany" Ivory Guipure LaceFB Trim 10mm Square Ivory PearlPink Check Lacey Edge RibbonLily flower Medium/Large Pretty PinkChrysanth White Kort & GodtIvory White Magnolia FlowersRolled Paper Flowers - Ivory Roses Kort & GodtResin Frames Heart AssortmentSmall Heart Charm With Pink Gem24mm Diamante Heart5mm Pink Pearls Self Adhesive3mm Sugar & Spice s/a Pearl Flatbacks and 3mm White Pearl Bead String


Here are some close up pics of the flower arrangements.


Her is a couple of close ups of the gorgeous resin heart adorned with the heart charm with pink gem and the hand tied bow using the pink checked lacey edged ribbon adorned with the sparkly 24mm diamante heart.


A close look at Tilda on her scooter.
(She was one of many stamps sent as a Birthday gift last November from my super friend.)
I have surrounded the image with shabby white embossing enamel and adhered a length of 3mm white pearl string around the outside of the image.
I used glossy accents on the head lamp of the scooter and adhered a few of the sugar & spice 3mm s/a pearl flatbacks either side of Tilda.
I dotted Tilda's cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.


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

Here are our wonderful prizes that are up for grabs.
There will be 3 lucky winners!

First Prize is a £10 voucher for LOTV


Second prize is a £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl


Third prize is a mystery prize from Marianne Designs


We would love you to come and join in with our current 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;
(New Stamp Old die cuts)


I will be back next week with another inspirational creation using more gorgeous products available from The Ribbon Girl  online store.

Have a wonderful new week ahead.

crafty hugs
Donna xx


















































Monday 11 January 2016

Guest Designer At Bunny Zoe's - Love You Marci

Hello, lovely blogger friends.
Happy New Year!
I hope you are well.
I'm here to share my Guest DT card for Bunny Zoe's Crafts Challenge which starts today.
The January challenge theme is HEARTS
Thank you Nikki for inviting me to guest for you!

I used Love You Marci  available to purchase HERE from Bunny Zoe's Crafts.
The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and coloured with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils.
I have die cut a Spellbinders opulent oval and used Magnolia LD15 arrow & hearts to stamp the hearts with Memento Toffee Crunch ink. I inked the edges of the oval with Tim Holtz Vintage photo distress ink and sprinkled some Frantage shabby white embossing enamel around the inside of the oval before cutting around Marci and adhering her to the centre using 2mm sticky pads.



The papers are Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics from LLC
Other dies used are; La La Land heart doily border and cherry blossom branches. Spellbinders lattice hearts, Cherry Lynn French pastry doily and Joy Crafts Billes flourishes.
I inked the edges of the die cuts with Tim Holtz Vintage photo distress ink.
The pretty pink lace is called "Marie Therese" from LLC
The 6mm Ivory silk self adhesive hearts along the top of my card are from The Ribbon Girl



Here are a few close ups of the gorgeous embellishments that I used on my card.
For the flower arrangements I used a 30mm light Ivory wild rose, 20mm liliac open roses, cream Kort & Godt rolled roses and bourdeaux frosted berries from LLC. The bark heart and wooden heart button tied with a piece of dark red vax cord are also from LLC The sweet cherub I made with a mould I bought from Ebay and Martha Stewart crafter's clay.
The resin frame is from Dies To Die For. I painted the frame with white Gesso and sprinkled glamour dust onto it whilst the Gesso was still wet.
The gorgeous pearl encrusted heart is what my super friend sent me.


A close look at Love You Marci.
I've given Marci some earrings using 3mm pink s/a pearl flatbacks and used glamour dust on the heart of Marci's dress.
I dotted Marci's cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.


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

I hope you like my card.
If you would like to join in with Bunny Zoe's January hearts challenge you can find it HERE

I am entering my card into the following super challenge;


Thank you for stopping by to visit today and big thanks for all the lovely comments you kindly take the time to leave me
 Have a great week.

Crafty hugs
Donna xx