Summer Buzz Tilda And A New Monthly Challenge At LHOSM

Hello, Lovely blogger friend's.

I hope you are well?

I can't believe May is nearly upon us. 

It will soon be time to start making those Christmas cards again!

Today see's a new monthly challenge over on the Lovely Haenglar Or Sweet Magnolia challenge blog and this time around our challenge theme is.........................

SUMMER

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is the lovely Sandy at Live & Love Crafts with a £10 voucher for one lucky winner!

My super bloggy friend recently visited Sweden and brought me back a crafty package. This gorgeous maggie was inside. Thank you I love her!

I have made a Summery 40th Birthday card.

I used Summer Buzz Tilda from the Pink Lemonade 2014 Collection.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Brisol board extra smooth cardstock and cut out using a CartUs oval.

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

For the shape of my card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #5 and Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics papers from The Ribbon Girl

Other dies used are; Cheery Lynn English tea party doily, Spellbinders lattice hearts and fall foliage. Marianne Design Ivy circle. La La Land hot air balloon and build a bee. Memory Box classic numbers.

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

I have used lots of gorgeous embellishments on my card from The Ribbon Girl online store.

Just click onto the links below to take you directly to the products;

Vintage Spring Basics Paper Stack 613, 75mm 'Michele' White Guipure Lace, FB Pearl 10mm Ivory Flower Trim, Ballerina Blossoms Pale Pink Pk Of 3, Pale Pink Wild Rose 30mm Pk Of 10, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt, Lily Flowers Med/Large Pale Pink, Lily Flowers Small White Pk Of 5, 1mm Pearlised Stamens Pk Of 144, 4mm Ivory Pearl Bead String, 3mm Sugar & Spice s/a Pearl Flatbacks, & 5mm Pink Pearls Self Adhesive

A couple of close up's of the flowers, bee and bronze frame.

I have added glamour dust to the bee's wings.

The frame is sadly no longer available from The Ribbon Girl, but there are a couple of gorgeous resin frames that can be decorated if you wish.

I painted the bronze frame with white Gesso and backed it with design paper. I adhered 3mm sugar & spice pearl flatbacks into the recesses and used 3D sticky tape on the back of the numbers before positioning them into the frame.

A close up of adorable Tilda.

I have adhered a length of 4mm Ivory pearl bead sting around the outside of the image and adhered 3mm sugar & spice s/a pearl flatbacks around the image.

I dotted Tilda's eyes and cheeks with a white gelly roll pen and added glamour dust to the tiny bee's wings.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and the 3rd smallest of a GoKreate 

large frame frilly # 5.

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

Midweek Magnolia's Challenge #136..................Anything Goes With A Magnolia Image

Thank you for stopping by to visit today and big thanks for all the lovely comments that you so kindly take the time to leave me to read.

Have a great week ahead.

Crafty Hugs

Donna xx

'Loli & Shellie' And The April 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 for the next 2 weeks the challenge theme is.........................ANYTHING GOES - USE ANY IMAGE

There are 3 wonderful prizes up for grabs where you can find out more at the end of this post.

Believe me you most definitely will not be disappointed!

I have made another Birthday card.

I used Silvia Zet 'Loli & Shellie'

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's with Prismacolor & Polychromos pencils and matted the finished image of Loli onto a Joy Crafts Noor! oval.

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

Other dies used are; Cheery Lynn English tea party doily and French pastry doily. Marianne Design clock and leaves from Creatables English roses. Spellbinders lattice hearts, Joy Crafts sentiments banner and Magnolia Doohickey bloomy tag.

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

Here is a list of the beautiful embellishments from The Ribbon Girl that I have used on my card.

Just click onto the links below to take you directly to the products;

Vintage Spring Basics 6x6 Paper Stack 613, 45mm 'Jessica' White Guipure Lace, 25mm Heliotrope N07 Berisford Ribbon, FB 5mm Pearl Flower Ivory Trim, Ballerina Blossoms Blue Pk Of 3, Lilac 30mm Wild Roses, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt , Beaded Stamen Blue/White,5mts Mauve Mist Seam Binding, 3mm x 5mm Oval White Pearl String, 3mm Liking Lilac s/a Pearl Flatbacks,Ivory Resin Dove & Bee Charm

Here a couple of close ups of my flower arrangements, bloomy tags tied with mauve mist seam binding, resin dove and bee charm.

I have painted the resin dove with white Gesso and crinkled the seam binding using water and scrunched it until dry.

Here is a close look at adorable Loli with Shellie the snail.

I have adhered the oval pearl string around the outside of the image and surrounded the image with 3mm liking lilac pearls.

The tiny butterflies are punched out using a Woodware punch.

I stamped Shellie separately with Memento rich cocoa ink and coloured her with Polychromos pencils.

The frame is from The Works. I painted it with white Gesso and adhered 3mm liking lilac pearls onto the frame.

I used glossy accents on the shell to give a shiny look.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a GoKreate large frame frilly #2 die cut.

There are 3 wonderful prizes up for grabs for 3 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 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 on over HERE for a peek?

Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog today and huge thanks for all the lovely comments you so kindly take the time for me to read.

Have a wonderful week ahead.

Crafty Hugs

Donna x

Santoro Gorjuss Puddle Of Love And An Inspirational 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 used Santoro Gorjuss Puddle Of Love (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 the shape of my card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #5 and Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics papers.

Other dies used are Cheery Lynn English tea party doily and French pastry doily. Spellbinders lattice hearts ans fall folliage. Magnolia Doohickey bloomy tag and lovely umbrella.

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

Here is a list of the gorgeous embellishments that I used on my card from The Ribbon Girl

Just click on the links below to take you directly to the products;

Vintage Spring Basics 6x6 Paper Stack 613, 45mm 'Jessica' White Guipure Lace, 25mm Heliotrope N0 7 Berisford satin Ribbon, FB 5mm Pearl Flower Ivory Trim, Ballerina Blossoms Lilac Pk Of 3, Blue 30mm Wild Roses, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt, Cheesecloth Fabric 50cm x 80cm, 5mts Mauve Mist Seam Binding, Butterflies, Silver Colour Pk Of 5, 3mm x 5mm Oval White Pearl String, 3mm Lilking Lilac s/a Pearl Flatbacks & 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks

Here is a couple of close up's of the floral arrangements, butterfly and sentiment.

I painted the silver butterfly with white Gesso and inked the edges with lavender ink and adhered 3 3mm liking lilac s/a pearl flatbacks along the centre.

The everyday grungy  sentiment is from Lili Of The Valley

I coloured the balloons on the sentiment and embellished them with glossy accents.

The silver cup cake charm is from my craft stash.

A close look as this adorable little lady.

I surrounded the image with shabby white embossing enamel and adhered a length of 3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string around the outside of the image.

The tiny butterfy is punched with a Woodware punch.

I have adhered 3mm Liking lilac s/a pearl flatbacks to the end of the spokes on the umbrella and adhered 3mm white s/a pearl flatbacks around the image.

I dotted the little lady's cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and the third smallest of a 

 GoKreate large frame frilly #5.

Our current April card challenge with fantastic prizes runs until Saturday 16th April so there is plenty of time to come and join in. You can find out more about the challenge HERE

I hope you like what you see?

I am entering my card into the following super challenges;

The ABC Challenge..............E Is For Everything

Craft Heaven Shop Inspirational Challenge #10..................BINGO!

(Lace Flowers Dies)

Noor! Design UK Challenge #17........................Anything Goes

Paradise Of Stamps Challenge #39..................Ribbon Or Lace

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

Crafty hugs

Donna xx