Midsummer's Night And An Inspirational Card For The Ribbon Girl

Hello, lovely blogger friend's.

I hope you are well.

I am here to share a Birthday card that I have made for my Mum who is celebrating her Birthday at the end of May using lots of stunning embellishments from The Ribbon Girl online store.

I used Midsummer's Night from Lili Of The Valley

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Bristol board extra smooth cardstock and cut around the image.

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

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

Other dies used are; Cheery Lynn English tea party doily, Marianne Design clock and Ivy circle. Magnolia Doohickey bloomy tag and jungle leaves.

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

Here is a list of the stunning embellishments that I have used on my card from 

The Ribbon Girl

Just Click on the links below to take you directly to the products.

75mm 'Michele' White Guipure Lace, FB 5mm Pearl Flower Ivory Trim, Ballerina Blossoms Ivory White Pk Of 3, White/Purple - Pink 2 Tone 30mm Wild Roses, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt, Gyp Plum Two Tone, Beaded Stamen White/White,5Metres White Seam Binding, 4mm ivory Bead String, 3mm x 5mm Oval White Pearl String, Trinket Pins Vintage Style Ivory Pearl, 5mt Bundle Of Natural Hemp Twine, Resin Cameo Frame Flatback, Dragonfly Charm Small, Mushroom Charm Small, 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks, 3mm Sugar & Spice s/a Pearl Flatbacks, Pearl & Rhinestone Self Adhesive Butterflies & Maja Vintage Autumn Basics Paper Pad 649

Here are a couple of close up's of the flowers, Vintage pins, dragonfly charm, mushroom charm and resin cameo frame.

I have painted the frame with white Gesso and rubbed over it with Tim Holtz aged mahogany distress ink. Around the inside of the frame I adhered a length of 3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string and using 2mm 3D sticky pads adhered the mushroom charm inside the oval.

A close look at this adorable fairy.

I loved colouring her!

I surrounded the image with Shabby white embossing enamel and 3mm sugar & Spice s/a pearls.

Around the outside of the image I adhered a length of 4mm Ivory pearl string.

I used glamour dust on the stars and added white liquid pearls to the toadstools.

I used glossy accents on the moon.

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

I hope that I have inspired you with my card?

We currently have our May card challenge running over on The Ribbon Girl challenge blog which ends at 9pm 14th May so still plenty of time to enter and win some fabulous prizes.

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

Paradise Of Stamps Challenge #41.....................Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by to take a look at my creation today and big thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment. I  really do appreciate every one.

Have a wonderful week ahead.

Crafty Hugs

Donna xx

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

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

45mm 'Jessica' White Guipure Lace Faux 6 - Row Diamante Trim, Ballerina Blossoms Ivory White Pk Of 3, Ivory 20mm Open Roses WOC, 40mm Daisy Pale Terracotta, 4mm White Pearl Bead String, 3mm Peaches & Cream s/a Pearl Flatbacks & Butterflies Silver Colour Pk Of 5

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;

Time For Magnolia Challenge #119.............Flowers Flowers Everywhere!

Midweek Magnolia's Challenge #134................Anything Goes With The Option Of Easter!

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

Enjoy the week ahead.

Crafty Hugs

Donna xx

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

45mm 'Bethany' Ivory Guipure Lace, 25mm Pale Lemon Satin Berisford N0 14 Ribbon, FB 5mm Pearl Flower Ivory Trim, Ballerina Blossoms Ivory White Pk Of 3, Blue 30mm Wild Rose, Gyp Creamy Lemon, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt, Cheesecloth Fabric 50cm x 80cm, 5 Metres Cream Seam Binding, 4mm White Pearl Bead String, 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks, Bronze Vintage Oval Flower Frame & Butterfly Large Silver Colour Charm

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

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.

45mm 'Jessica' White Guipure Lace, 25mm Pale Lemon Satin Berisford N0 14 Ribbon, FB 5mm Pearl Flower Ivory Trim,Ballerina Blossoms Pale Pink Pk Of 3, Pale Pink Wild Rose 30mm Pk Of 10, Gyp Creamy Lemon, Chrysanth White Kort & Godt, Cheesecloth Fabric 50cm x 80cm, 5 Metres Cream Seam Binding, 4mm White Pearl Bead String, 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks, 6mm Hearts Ivory Silk Self Adhesive, Bronze Vintage Oval Flower Frame, Bee Charm & Ivory Resin Dove

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;

Paradise Of Magnolia Challenge # 33............Pearls & Bows

Midweek Magnolia's Challenge # 133..............Mother's Day Or Special Lady

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