Swirly Tilda And Midway Reminder At Simply Magnolia.

Good, morning crafty blogger's.

I hope you are well?

I am joining team glamour today for our midway reminder challenge theme at Simply Magnolia which is...........................PEARLS & LACE. 

You have one more week to enter a card/project featuring a Magnolia image.

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is lovely Lacey at
Stamp & Create

I have made my fourth Christmas card for 2015.

I used Swirly 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 and 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 amd Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics papers from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Joy Crafts edge border 5, Noor! Christmas ice crystal border and Billes flourishes. Marianne Design Ivy circle and Christmas tree 1. Magnolia Doohickey lovely fence and Ivy swirls. Cheery Lynn French pastry doily.

I inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz spun sugar distress ink.

The pretty lace across the bottom of the card is from Wild Orchid Crafts and the lace that I tied into a bow with is from The Ribbon Girl 

For the flower arrangement I used  a 30mm light Ivory wild rose, a 25mm baby pink rose and a 20mm pale pink rose all from Wild Orchid Crafts

The pine cone, white flower spray, pomegranate apples and vintage pearl pin are all from 

Live & Love Crafts 

I coated the arrangement with Snow - Tex.

The bark star and jingle bells are also from Live & Love Crafts

I also coated the star, jingle bells, tree and fence with Snow - Tex.

The JOY charm is from my crafty stash. I painted it with white Gesso.

A close look at Swirly Tilda.

I have adhered 3mm pearl string around the image and added ArtDeco glamour dust to the swirls and halo.

The tiny wood veneer stars surrounding Tilda are from Live & Love Crafts

I have given them some added sparkle with glamour dust.

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

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

I hope you like my card?

We would love you to come and join in with our lace & pearls 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 #90.....................Non Traditional Colours

Tilda's Town Challenge #154.......................Fussy & Fancy Or Clean & Layered (F & F)

The Ribbon Girl May Everything Goes With An Image Challenge (Shaped card)

Thank you for stopping by to visit today and big thanks for taking the time to comment.

Have a great week.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Guest Design Team member For Live & Love Crafts

Hi Crafty blogger's.

I hope you are well? 
I can't believe It's the 1st of May already..............This year is flying!

A couple of weeks ago I was asked by Sandy at LLC If I would like to guest design for May's challenge.Wow! I can't tell you how honoured I am to be asked. Thank you Sandy.

This months challenge over at Live & Love Crafts blog is............................
ICE CREAM. Yum!
Sandy has given me this fab inspiration collage picture for their challenge

I used Tilda With Dripping Ice Cream from the Pink Lemonade 2014 Collection.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock.

Once I coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils I cut around Tilda and adhered her to a CartUs oval. I then placed a piece of cheese cloth behind  the oval and matted them onto a Joy Crafts Noor! Design oval.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate XXL frilly frame #5 and Maja Design Coffee In The Arbour "Lets Share A Cookie" papers.

Other dies used are Marianne Design Anja's Vintage decoration and clock. La - La - Land heart doily border, bulid a bee and cherry blossom branches. Magnolia Doohickey bride bow and bloomy tag. Spellbinders Shapeabilites butterfly ( I adhered a silver ice cream charm to the centre of the butterfly.)

Joy Crafts Billes florishes in the flower arrangement.

I inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz aged mahogany distress ink.

Along the bottom of the card I used 65mm lace Celeste and shabby rose pink organza trim.

For my flower arrangement I used a 30mm light Ivory wild rose and 25mm vintage pink roses, white Kort & Godt chysanthemums, white flower spray, marshmallow frosted berries, pomegranate apples and Vintage pearl pin "crown teardrop."

I painted a little white gesso over the flower arrangement.

The shabby chic frame is Mellissa Frances.

I painted it wit white Gesso and rubbed it over with aged mahogany distress ink.

I printed the keep calm sentiment and reduced the size in MS Word. I sprinked some Frantage shabby white embossing enamel around the sentiment and adhered it behind the frame.

A close look at Dripping Ice Cream Tilda.

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

I added ArtDeco glamour dust to the frills on Tilda's all in one and used glossy accents on the ice cream and drips.

I surrounded the image with Ranger white liquid pearls and 3mm s/a pearls.

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

I hope my card has inspired you to come and join in with this super challenge at LLC

I am entering my card into the following super challenge;

All About Magnolia Challenge #1....................Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by to visit and big thanks for taking the time to comment.

Have a great weekend.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

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Lemon Tilda And A New Challenge At LHOSM

Good, afternoon crafty blogger's

I hope you are well?

A huge thank you to my new followers. I am thrilled you like my creations.

Today we start our new fortnightly challenge at Lovely Haenglar Or Sweet Magnolia and this time around our challenge theme is.......................

SPRING COLOURS

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

I have made another Birthday card.

I used Lemon Tilda from the Pink Lemonade 2014 Collection.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a CartUs oval and mounted onto a piece of cheesecloth and a Joy Crafts Noor! design 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 Coffee In The Arbour papers from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Joy Crafts edge border 5, banner and Billes flourishes. La - La - Land heart doily border. cherry blossom branches and build a bee. Marianne Design clock. Spellbinders shapeabilites butterflies and Cheery Lynn french pastry doily.

I used Tim Holtz tea dye distress ink on the edges of the die cuts.

The pretty lace is from Live & Love Crafts and the 10mm double row Ivory pearl trim is from

The Ribbon Girl

The sentiment is Joy crafts English banner text.

I used a selection of flowers consisting of a 30mm light Ivory rose, 15mm green and yellow roses from Wild Orchid Crafts 20mm pale pink roses and Kort & Godt white chrysanthemums from 

The Ribbon Girl

The white pearl berries are Magnolia and the white crown pins are from Wild Orchid Crafts

A couple of close up's of the Spellbinders butterfly and La- La - Lands build a bee.

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

 A close look at Lemon Tilda. 

I have adhered 3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string from The Ribbon Girl around the image.

I adhered a red 5mm pearl to Tilda's scarf and used glossy accents on the lemon in Tilda's hand.

I surrounded the image with white liquid pearls and dotted Tilda's cheeks with a Inkssentials pen.

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

I hope you like my card!?!?

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

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 #89..............Shabby Chic Or Vintage (Shabby Chic)

Totally Tilda & Friends Challenge #119..................Fruit Or Chocolate

Tilda's Town Challenge #152..................Anything Goes

Live & Love Crafts Challenge #34...................Signs Of Spring

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

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Mail Tilda And A New Challenge At Simply Magnolia

Good afternoon, crafty blogger's.

I hope you are well!

Today we start our new fortnightly challenge at Simply Magnolia and this time our challenge theme is Anything Goes.

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

I have made a Birthday card.

I used Mail Tilda from the WWW 2015 Collection.

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.

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 Marianne Design Anja's Vintage decoration and clock. La - La - Land heart doily border and cherry blossom branches.Doohickey bride bow. Spellbinders shapeabilities butterflies and Joy Crafts Billes flourishes.

I inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz aged mahogany distress ink

Along the bottom of the card I have used 45mm Jessica lace from The Ribbon Girl and white pearl trim from Wild Orchid Crafts

I used a selection of 30, 25 and 15mm roses from Wild Orchid Crafts The Kort & Godt white chrysanthemums are from Live & Love Crafts and the white beaded berries are Magnolia.

The everyday grungy sentiment is from Lili Of The Valley

I used white Gesso on the bride bow.

A close look at the butterflies.

The wooden heart button, 5mm pink s/a pearl and 3mm white string pearls are from The Ribbon Girl

I painted the button with white Gesso.

A close up of Mail Tilda.

I dotted her cheeks with a Inkssentials opaque white pen.

The tiny butterfly is Woodware punch.

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

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

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

I am entering my card into the following super challenges;

Bunny Zoes April Challenge..............Recipe  (Anything but square and include pink - lace - pearls)

Tilda's Town Challenge #151.....................Special Occasions

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

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Baby Edwin and A New Challenge At LHOSM

Hello again, crafty blogger's.

I say again as this is my second post today. If you would like to see my first post as guest designer forThe Ribbon Girl then just click HERE 

Today we start our new fortnightly challenge at Lovely Haenglar Or Sweet Magnolia and this time our challenge theme is.................SPARKLE

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

I have made a Birthday card for a baby.

I used Baby Edwin from the Prince & Princesses 2012 Collection.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a CartUS circle and then matted onto a Cheery Lynn French Pastry doily using Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics paper.

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 Spring basics papers from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Marianne Design Anja's Vintage decoration and clock. La - La - Land heart doily border and cherry blossom branches. Cheery Lynn French pastry doily and choo choo train. Rocking horse from magnolia Doohickey club Christmas Vol 2 and Joy Crafts Billes flourishes.

I inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz chipped Sapphire distress ink.

The pretty lace is from ebay.

I used a selection of roses and a white pearl loop spray stem from Wild Orchid Crafts

The white Kort & Godt chrysanthemums and star pins are from The Ribbon Girl

The bark star is from Live & Love Crafts I painted the star with white Gesso and adhered the metal soother charm to the centre.

The sentiment is everyday grungy from Lili Of The Valley. I coloured the balloons and added glossy accents to them.

A close look at Baby Edwin.

I surrounded the image with 3mm white s/a pearls and used ArtDeco glamour dust to Edwin's crown and the stars.

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

I hope you like what you see?

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

Tilda's Town challenge #150....................Flowers

Midweek magnolia's Challenge #111..................Show US Some Metal

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

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Any Image Challenge At The Ribbon Girl Use Lace Or Ribbon

Good morning, crafty blogger's.
I hope you are well?
I'm here today to share my second Guest DT card for The Ribbon Girl
Their challenge theme this week is Everything Goes (with an image)
Use LACE or RIBBON

I used Joy Crafts Noor! design Girl In Party Hat.
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.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Joy Crafts Noor! Design Let's Party paper block.

Other dies used are Marianne Design Anja's Vintage decoration. and clock. La - La - land heart doily border and cherry blossom branches. Cheery Lynn French pastry doily. Magnolia Doohickey bride bow, Joy Crafts Billes flourishes and Memory Box classic numbers.

I have inked all the die cuts with Tim Holtz pine needles distress ink.

Here is a list of all the yummy products used on my card which can be found at 

The Ribbon girl

45mm Jessica white Guipure lace, 10mm double row Ivory pearl trim, resin cameo roses frame flatback, Ivory resin dove, trinket pins Vintage style Ivory pearl, beaded stamen white, chrysanth white Kort & Godt, 3mm sea charm s/a pearl flatbacks and a beaded twirl white.

The 30,25 and 15mm roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts 

I have painted the resin frame and dove with white Gesso and inked them with pine needles distress ink.

The sentiment is computer generated in MS Word.

A close up of Party Girl In hat.

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

There are 2 fabulous prizes up for grabs

A stamp of your choice from Lili Of The Valley

A £10 voucher to spend in The Ribbon Girl online store

We would love you to come and join in with this fabulous challenge.

The DT ladies have designed some gorgeous inspirational creations.

Why not pop over HERE for a peek?

I am entering my card into the following super challenges:

Noor! Design UK Challenge #5.........................Anything Goes

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

Crafty hugs

Donna x

Tilda As A Clown And A New Challenge At Simply Magnolia

Good afternoon, crafty blogger's.

Happy Easter!

I hope you are well? Welcome and thank you to my new followers. I'm so glad you like my creations.

We have a new challenge starting today at Simply Magnolia and this time around our challenge theme is.......................... SHABBY CHIC

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

I have made another Birthday card.

I used Tilda As A Clown from the Once Upon A Time Collection 2013.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a Spellbinders floral 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 Spring basics papers from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Marianne Design Anja's vintage decoration and clock. La - La - Land heart doily border and cherry blossom branch. Tim Holtz on the edge Butterflight, Magnolia Doohickey bride bow and Joy Crafts Billes flourishes.

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

The pretty lace and white pearl trim are from Wild Orchid Crafts 

 Hidden behind all the embellies is rose organza trim. It is from The Ribbon Girl

I used a selection of roses from Wild Orchid Crafts The Kort & Godt white chrysanthemums and vintage style Ivory trinket pin is from The Ribbon Girl

The everyday grungy sentiment is from Lili Of The Valley I coloured ihe balloons and added glossy accents to them.

The birdcage is from The Works. 10 birdcages for £1. Bargain! I painted it with white Gesso.

The sea green s/a 3mm pearls along the centres of the butterflies are from The Ribbon Girl

A close look at Tilda! How cute is this clown?

I have surrounded the image with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel and used ArtDeco glamour dust on Tilda's collar and pom pom.

I 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?

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

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

I am entering my card into the following super challenges;

Time For Magnolia Challenge #88.................ANYTHING GOES

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

Crafty hugs

Donna xx