Sunday, 31 March 2013

Waterlily Tilda

Good afternoon, crafty bloggers.
Today I have made a card featuring my favourite Tilda stamp which I bought in the sale at
 Crafts U Love a few weeks ago along with some gorgeous Christmas oldies which were a bargain, as I am a new fan of hers and do not possess that many I couldn't wait to colour her up.

Here she is


I have stamped Waterlily Tilda and die cut her with a Spellbinders Nestibilites scalloped circle die and coloured her with Polychromos pencils. I embossed the inner circles and used pastel chalks to rub over the raised areas.
I have matted NitWitsCollection "Petal Fresh" papers onto white card which I have
 chalked around the edges.
The arrangement of roses, metal filigree corner and 5mm blue pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts.
The large butterfly die was a freebie from this months issue of Simply Cards & Papercraft which I have added baby blue Ranger Stickles to it's centre with a couple of pearls.
 
 
Inside the card has been decorated to compliment the front.
 
 
I have added Glamour dust to Tilda's bow, the design on her dress, the waterlilies and the centre's of the butterflies.
 
 
 
I am entering my card into the following super challenges:
 
 
Thank you for stopping by and thanks for all the lovely comments I receive.
 
Crafty hugs
Donna x
 
 
 
 

 
 



Friday, 29 March 2013

Fairytale Friday. "Bea lying in the flowers."

Good morning, crafty bloggers.
Happy Good Friday to you all.
It Is Fairytale Friday over on the Teddy Bo challenge blog and today I have made a card featuring
"Bea lying in the flowers."
Nice and summery!
 
 
I have coloured TEDDYBEA_063 with Polychromos pencils and matted NitWitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady" papers from Lili Of The Valley onto cream card.
The 25mm cream satin ribbon and flower shaped pearls are from The Ribbon Girl.
The Roses and 5mm Ivory pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the sentiment ticket is from some stash I won in Liz's magazine giveaway last year.
 
The large butterfly is a freebie in the current issue of Simply Cards & Papercraft and the small butterfly and fern leaves have been punched out with  Woodware punches.
 
 
Inside the card has been decorated.
 
 
Here is a closer look at Bea lying in the flowers.
I have added Ivory pearls and gold Ranger Stickles to the large butterfly and gold Stickles
 along the centre of the small butterfly.
Inside the pansies I have added some Glamour Dust.
 
I think Bea may be looking at the small butterfly! "Sweet!"
 
Our current challenge which is SPRING ends this Sunday 31st March UK time.
Don't forget the clocks go forward this weekend which means more daylight to craft for longer.
Yippee!!!
 
If you want to catch up with all the going ons in the towers this week or maybe want to get some inspiration from the other DT ladies then just pop over HERE
 
Thanks for stopping by and please leave me a comment.
I love comments.
They make me happy!
Thank you.
 
Happy Easter to you!
Crafty hugs
Donna x 
 
 


Monday, 25 March 2013

Everything is rosey!!!

Good afternoon, crafty bloggers.
It's so cold here in Derbyshire even though the sun has been out all day and some of the snow has melted......... The wind is so bitting.
Where is spring?
Anyway I thought I would cheer myself up and make a card featuring Exclusive Poppy Tilda with lots of pink, cream and roses.
 
 
 
I have coloured Exclusive Poppy Tilda with Polychromos pencils and lightly sprayed the image with Crafters Companion Spray & Sparkle.
 
The papers are Panduro Tilda "Kitchengarden" which I have distressed and then inked around the
edges with Tim Holtz Spun Sugar distress ink.
I used cream card to die cut a couple of Magnolia DooHickey floral heart swirls and inked the edges with Spun Sugar distress ink as well.
 
My copy of Simply Cards & Papercraft arrived today with a free butterfly die which I have used and inked around the edges
.I painted pink Ranger Stickles to the centre of the butterfly and added a 3mm pink pearl and a tiny pale pink rhinestone.
 
The tiny butterflies have been punched out using a Woodware small butterfly punch and inked around the edges adding pink Stickles down their centres.
 
The arranged roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the flower shaped pearls are from
The Ribbon Girl.
 
 
I have decorated inside the card.
 
 
Here is a close up of Poppy Tilda.
I just love this little lady!
 
 
I am entering my card into the following super challenge;
 

 
Enjoy your week!
Thank you for stopping by to visit my blog and thank you for all the lovely comments which I appreciate so much.
 
Crafty hugs
Donna x
 
 
 


Friday, 22 March 2013

Fairytale Friday "Lazy days"

Good morning, crafty bloggers.
It's Fairytale Friday over on the Teddy Bo Challenge blog and today I would like to share my card with you featuring an older but, much loved image of Bo.

I have used this sketch by Dawny P which can be found on
The Papertake weekly BlogSpot.


 
I have used image TEDDYBO_051 "Lazy days" and coloured him with Polychromos pencils.
The papers are NitWitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady" which can be bought as an
 8"x8" paper pad from Lili Of The Valley.
The lace is from Creative Treasures and the 5mm Ivory pearls are from The Ribbon Girl.
The 20mm and 10mm roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I have punched out the leaves and single butterfly with Woodware punches.
The sentiment is a freebie from Birdscards.com.
 
 
As always
I have decorated inside the card to compliment the front.
 
 
With this close up of Bo you can see that I have added Jazz Beadazzles to the centre of the flower and gold Stickles to the inside of the butterfly.
 
I hope you like my card!?!?!
 
Our current challenge which runs until 31st March midnight UK time is
SPRING
Please remember your card must feature a Teddy Bo & Co image.
 
If you are looking for some inspiration then why not pop over and see what the rest of the design team have created for you this week and while you are there you could catch up with all the
 going ons in the towers.
 
 Even though the UK has had lots more snow overnight and here in Derbyshire It's still coming down.
I hope you all have a lovely weekend and keep warm!
Brrrrrrrrrrr!!!
 
Thank you for stopping by and thanks for all the lovely comments.
Crafty hugs
Donna x
 
 




        


Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Bloglovin

Hi Crafty bloggers.
I have just signed up to Bloglovin.
It would be so lovely if you could follow me there too!
 
Crafty hugs
Donna x

Saturday, 16 March 2013

Happy Birthday To You!

Good afternoon, crafty bloggers.
I have made a card to celebrate Midweek Magnolias first Birthday.
The birthday blog hop was truly amazing with each design team member generously giving away the most beautiful candy a crafter could dream of.
As I am a fairly new fan to Tilda thanks to my wonderful bloggy friend Kirsty-Anne who introduced me to Tilda before Christmas. I am now totally hooked!
 
 I thoroughly enjoyed hopping along to all of the talented design teams blogs to leave a comment.
So this card is for all the lovely ladies who made me smile with their gorgeous creations.
 
 
I have coloured Tilda With Big Tulip Pot with Polychromos pencils.
The papers I have used are NitWitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady from
Lili Of The Valley.
 
The lace is from The Ribbon Girl, the flowers, white stamens and 5mm ivory pearls are from
Wild Orchid Crafts.
 
The sentiment is from Cuddly Buddly which I have coloured and matted onto cream card.
 
The butterfly punch is by Woodware which I purchased from Crafts U Love quite a while back.
I have turned up the butterfly wings so it looks as if they are in flight and added
 gold Stickles to their centres.

 
Inside the card has been decorated to compliment the front.
 
 
A close up pic of Tilda.
"Oh, I just want to give her a big hug." Lol x
 
I hope you like my card!?!?!
 
Thank you for stopping by and thanks for all your  lovely bloggy comments.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
 
Big crafty hugs
Donna x
 
I am entering my card into the following super challenge:
 
 
I have put this card in my
 

 

 
 
 
 

Friday, 15 March 2013

Fairytale Friday "Day dreams in the garden"

Good morning, crafty bloggers.
It's Fairytale Friday over at the Teddy Bo challenge blog and since our challenge this month is
SPRING
I have made a card with one of last weeks new releases just to cheer myself up due to the fact that spring still has not arrived in Derbyshire yet or anywhere else in the UK at the moment I believe.
 
Here is my card.
 
 
I have coloured image TEDDYBEA_259 "Day dreams in the garden"
I have coloured the image with Polychromos pencils, cut around the image and matted it onto
 cream card.
I then cut around the card and added DecoArt Glamour dust to the water sprinkles from the watering can and decorated the centre of the yellow flower with Suze Weinberg's Jazz Beadazzles.
 
The papers are NitWitCollections Crab Apple Lane "Country Lady which are available in an 8"x8" paper pad from Lili Of The Valley.
 
I have used 25mm cream satin ribbon, a metal filigree corner, roses and flower shaped pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts.
 
The pretty daisy lace is from The Ribbon Girl and the sentiment is a freebie from Desert Diva which I have printed in red and matted onto cream card.
 
I punched out the butterflies using a small butterfly punch from Woodware and the Woodland branches either side of the roses is a Martha Stewart punch.
 
 
Inside the card has been decorated to compliment the front.
 
 
Here is a close up of adorable Bea daydreaming!
 
I hope my creation has inspired you to come and join our current SPRING challenge HERE
The challenge runs until March 31st midnight UK time.
Please remember your creation must feature a Teddy Bo & Co image.
 
If you are looking for some more inspiration then why not pop over to the challenge blog and see what the other design team ladies have created this week. You can also catch up with all the
going on's in the towers.
 
Have a lovely weekend.
Thank you for stopping by and thanks for all the lovely comments.
 
Crafty hugs
Donna x