Sunday 27 March 2016

Loves Me Loves Me Not Tilda And A New Challenge At LHOSM

Hello, lovely blogger friend's
I hope you are well.
Easter blessing's to each and every one of you!

Today see's a new challenge at Lovely Haenglar Or Sweet Magnolia so for one whole month our challenge theme is......................PEARLS OR GEMS
Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is the lovely Sandy at Live & Love Crafts with a £10 voucher for one lucky winner!

I have made a 30th Birthday card and added lots of pearls.

I used Loves Me Loves Me Not Tilda from the Lovely Duo 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 Joycrafts Noor! oval.


For the shape of my card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #5 and Maja Design Walking In The Forest papers.
Other dies used are; Cheery Lynn English tea party doily, French pastry doily and pine branches. Marianne Design clock and Ivy circle. Spellbinders heart lattice and Joy Crafts Billes flourishes.
I have inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink.
Here is a list of all the gorgeous embellishments that I have used on my card from The Ribbon Girl online store.
Just click on the links below to take you direct to the products


A couple of close up pics of the flowers, Silver butterfly and bronze frame.
I have painted the silver butterfly with white Gesso. Once the paint wass dry I rubbed Tim Holtz frayed burlap distress ink over it and adhered 3 peaches & cream s/a pearl flatbacks along the centre.
The bronze frame is sadly no longer available to buy because I love them a lot.
I painted the frame with white Gesso and rubbed it over when dry with tea dye distress ink adhering 3mm peaches & cream s/a pearl fllatbacks into the recesses.


A close look at Tilda. I love her!
I have adhered a length of 4mm white pearl bead string around the image.
The butterflys are punched out using a Woodware tiny butterfly punch.
The green pearl on Tilda's headband is from my craft stash and the pearls surrounding the image are 3mm peaches & cream s/a pearl flatbacks.
I have dotted Tilda's cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.


Inside the card is decorated with design paper and the 3rd smallest of a GoKreate large frame frilly #5

I hope you like my card adorned with pearls.

We would love you to come and join in with our current monthly challenge.
My teamies have designed some gorgeous creations. 
Why not pop on over HERE for a peek?

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


Thank you for stopping by to visit today and big thanks for all the lovely comments.
Enjoy the week ahead.
Crafty Hugs
Donna xx










Sunday 20 March 2016

Gorjuss Ladybird And The March 'Any Image' Challenge At The Ribbon Girl

Hello, lovely blogger friend's.
I hope you are well.
Today see's a new challenge over on The Ribbon Girl blog and the challenge theme 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. Believe me you wont be disappointed!

I have made a Birthday card from my Mother to my gorgeous niece.

I used Santoro Gorjuss Ladybird (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 and Polychromos pencils.


For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #10 and Maja Design Coffee In The Arbour papers.
Other dies used are; Cheery Lynn English tea party doily and French pastry doily. Magnolia Doohickey bloomy tags, Marianne Design stitched circle and Spellbinders Fall foliage.
Here is a list of all the gorgeous Ribbon Girl embellishments that I used on my card.Just click on the links below to take you directly to the products


Here is a couple of close up's of the flowers, Butterfly charm and bronze Vintage oval frame.
I have painted the butterfly charm with white Gesso and rubbed over it with lemon ink. I then adhered 3mm white s/a pearl flatbacks into the recesses on the wings and adhered a 5mm blue s/a pearl to the centre. The Vintage frame has been painted with white Gesso and rubbed over with Audrey blue ink.
I cut an oval with the design paper and adhered it to the centre of the frame.
The number 12 is cut out using Memory Box classic numbers and adhered onto the oval using 2mm sticky pads.


A close look at this adorable little lady.
I surrounded the image with shabby white embossing enamel and 3mm white s/a pearl flatbacks.
Around the outside of the image I have adhered a length of 4mm white pearl bead string.


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


Here are our 3 wonderful prizes that are up for grabs for 3 lucky randomly picked winners!

The first prize is a £10 voucher for Lili Of The Valley


Second prize is a £10 voucher for The Ribbon Girl


The third prize is a mystery gift from Marianne Design


We would love for you to come and join in with our current challenge.
My teamies have designed some gorgeous creations.
If you are looking for some inspiration then why not pop over HERE for a peek?


Thanks for stopping by to visit today and big thanks for all of the lovely comments you so kindly take the time to leave.

Have a great week ahead
Crafty Hugs
Donna xx













Monday 7 March 2016

Tilda With A Big Rose And An Inspirational Card For The Ribbon Girl

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

I have used Tilda With Big Rose from the Pink Lemonade 2014 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 Derwent Coloursoft pencils and matted the finished image onto a larger CartUs oval.


For the shape of my card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #5 and Maja Design Coffee In The Arbour papers.
Other dies used are; Marianne Design clock and leaves from Creatables English roses. Cheery Lynn French pastry doily and Magnolia Doohickey bloomy tag.
I have inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz Vintage photo distress ink.
Here is a list of all the gorgeous embellishments that I used on my card. Just click on the links below to take you direct to the products.


A couple of close ups of the flowers, bee charm and embellished bronze oval flower frame.
I painted the frame with white Gesso and inked over it with Lemon ink.
I adhered a piece of oval design paper in the centre of the frame and cut out the letters to spell Mum using a sheet of Pion Memories paper. I then adhered 2 6mm Ivory silk heart pearls above and under the wording.


A close up of adorable Tilda.
I sprinkled shabby white embossing enamel around the image and adhered a string of 4mm white pearls around the outside of the image.
I used Glamour Dust on the rose, frill along the bottom of Tilda's dress and pocket.
I dotted Tilda's cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.


Inside the card is decorated with design paper and the smaller of the GoKreate frilly frame #5 dies.

We currently have a card challenge over on The Ribbon Girl blog which ends on the 19th of March at 9pm GMT.
We would love you to come and join in and there are some fabulous crafty prizes up for grabs.
Good Luck!

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



Thank you for stopping by to visit today and big thanks for all the lovely comments.
Have a great week ahead.
Crafty Hugs
Donna xx