Hear No Evil Tilda And The Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge - Button Up!

Hello, Lovely blogger friends.

I hope you are well.

It's the last Sunday of the month which means It's time for the September Magnolia only challenge over on The Ribbon Girl challenge blog and this time the theme is BUTTON UP!

We want to see a button/buttons on your Magnolia cards/projects.

I have altered a tissue box which I must warn you is picture heavy Lol!!!

I used Hear No Evil Tilda from the Pink Ribbon 2014 Collection.

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.

The papier mache box is one I bought from Hobbycraft.

The papers that I used to decorate the box are Maja Design Coffee In The Arbour from 

Live & Love Crafts.

Here is a list of the gorgeous embellishments that I used to decorate my box available from

 The Ribbon Girl online store.

30mm White Zig Zag Cotton Lace, 12mm Milly Pale Pink Daisy Guipure, 5 Metres Siam Pink Seam Binding, 40mm Daisy pale Pink, Pale Pnk 20mm Open Roses WOC, Ivory 20mm Open Roses WOC, Lily Flowers Small Pale Pink, Wooden Heart Buttons, Butterflies Silver Colour Pk Of 5, 3mm White Pearl Bead String and 3mm Sugar & Spice s/a Pearl Flatbacks.

Here is an angled photo of the tissue box.

Both sides are decorated the same.

The dies that I used for the sides of the box are Cheery Lynn French pastry doily, La La Land filigree corners, CartUs circles and Spellbinders Shapeabilities butterfly.

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

I used Frantage shabby white embossing enamel on the die cut circle and adhered the 3mm white pearl string around the outside.

To decorate the butterfly I painted a wooden heart button with white Gesso and adhered one of the daisies from the length of Milly Guipure trim to the centre of it.

I adhered a pink s/a pearl to each of the filigree corners.

A close up of the butterfly.

A close look at the top of the tissue box with the flower arrangements.

I die cut a Spellbinders stately circle and adhered a length Milly Guipure trim around the opening circle. 

I painted the metal butterfly with white Gesso and adhered 3 3mm pink s/a pearls along the centre.

The birdcage is also painted with white Gesso. I tied Siam pink seam binding into a bow and adhered a wooden heart button with 3mm pink s/a pearls to the centre.

The tiny pink butterfly is punched out with a Woodware punch.

Adorable Tilda.

I surrounded the image with Shabby white embossing enamel and 3mm pink s/a pearls and adhered a length of 3mm white pearl string around the image.

I used glamourr dust on Tilda's bangles and dotted her cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.

I hope that I have inspired you to come along and join in with Magnolia Only Button up challenge.

There are 2 fabulous prizes up for grabs

The first is a £10 voucher to spend in The Ribbon Girl online store and the second prize is a rubber stamp kindly donated by Magnolia Stamps Sweden.

If it's inspiration you are looking for my teamies have designed some gorgeous creations.

Pop over HERE for a peek?

I am entering my project into the following super challenge

All About Magnolia Challenge #6..........................Not A Card

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

Have a great week.

Crafty hugs 

Donna xx

I Give You A Rose Tilda. A New Challenge At Simply Magnolia And A DT CALL!

Hello, lovely blogger friends.

I hope you are well.

Oh, dear! I've not posted a project for 2 weeks, but I have been making things!

Our new fortnightly challenge at Simply Magnolia begins today and this time around our challenge theme is CAS OR FULLY LOADED

The prize for a randomly picked winner is a mystery gift from our lovely blog owner NICOLA

We are also having a DT Call, even the current designers have to re-enter. All you have to do to enter is submit your Cas or Fully loaded Magnolia creation into the current challenge and add DT after your name. 
I have made a fully loaded card. Another commissioned card for a young lady who has just turned 17.

I used I Give You a Rose Tilda from the Sakura Collection 2015.
The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah 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 XXL frilly frame #5 and Maja Design Coffee In The Arbour papers from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Spellbinders Victorian fan, Shapeabilities butterfly and lace hearts. La La Land hot air balloon and cherry blossom branches, Cheery Lynn French pastry doily, Joy Crafts banner and Magnolia Doohickey feathers.

All the die cuts have been inked with Tim Holtz aged mahogany distress ink.

The pretty pink Marie Therese lace is from Live & Love Crafts

I used a selection of gorgeous embellishments on my card available from The Ribbon Girl online store. They are; 38mm Charlotte Elizabeth Vintage Style White Lace, 10mm Double Row Ivory Pearl Trim, 3mm x5mm Oval White Pearl String, Pale Pink 20mm Open Roses WOC, Crysanth White Kort & Godt, Beaded Stamen White/White, Pearl & Rhinestone Butterflies, 3 Stems Of Crystal Butterfly With Silver Wire, Pk Of 5 White Hat Pins and 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks.

The Happy Birthday sentiment is a freebie from a craft magazine.

A close look at the Spellbinders butterfly with a row of 3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string adhered along the centre.

A close look at the flower arrangement.

The 30mm light Ivory wild rose and 25mm pink wild roses are from WOC

Here you can also see the gorgeous crystal butterfly with silver wire and the white hat pin.

The pink beaded berries are Magnolia.

A close look at I Give You A Rose Tilda.

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

I added some glamour dust to the scarf around Tilda's neck and dotted her cheeks with a white gelly roll pen. I also adhered a pink rhinestone to the bunches in Tilda's hair.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Spellbinders floral oval.

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;

The ABC Challenge....................R Is For Recipe (Pink Dies & Lace)

Bunny Zoes Crafts September Challenge....................Teens & Tweens (17th Birthday card)

Magnolialicious Tuesday Challenge...................Add Roses

Midweek Magnoila's Challenge #122...................Anything Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by to visit today and huge thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. I really appreciate every single one of them.

Crafty Hugs

Donna xx

Loving Bridal Couple And A New Challenge At Simply Magnolia

Hello, lovely blogger friend's.

I hope you are well.

Our new fortnightly challenge at Simply Magnolia begins today and this time around our challenge theme is VINTAGE

Our wonderful sponsor for this challenge is the lovely Sandy from Live & Love Crafts with a £10 voucher for one lucky winner to spend in Sandy's gorgeous online store.

I have made a commissioned card.

Another Wedding card featuring Loving Bridal Couple again! 

This card took me over a week to make due to the fact that I have been suffering with a very painful ear infection of which I am still taking antibiotics. I have felt so lousy. My pain threshold is very high, but this pain has really got me down. I am getting better and starting to feel my normal self again! 
Anyway...............On to my card.

I used Loving Bridal couple from the Wedding Collection 2010.
The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a CartUs oval die.
I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils and matted the image onto a Joy Crafts Noor! oval.

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. Spellbinders lace hearts, Cheery Lynn French pastry doily, La La Land cherry blossom branches, Joy Crafts banner and Billes flourishes. I have inked the die cuts with Tim Holtz aged mahogany distress ink.

The congratulations sentiment is Joy Crafts best wishes English banner text.

You can find the banner and text sentiments at Tracy's Noor UK online store HERE

I used some gorgeous embellishments on my card from The Ribbon Girl online store.

They are 65mm Louise white Guipure lace, 30mm shabby white ruffled ribbon, 5mm crystal bead string, Pk of 5 white hat pins, 3mm x 5mm oval white pearl string, 3mm white pearl bead string, 6mm hearts Ivory silk self adhesive, 3mm white s/a pearl flatbacks, 40mm daisy white mulberry Pk of 5, pale pink 20mm open roses WOC, Ivory 20mm rose WOC and small white lilies.

The large bark heart, shabby white Liberty bells and letters that I have cut from a sheet of Pion studio of memories paper are from Live & Love Crafts

I painted the bark heart and bells with white Gesso and inked the letters with aged mahogany distress ink.

A close look at the flower arrangement.

I used Frantage shabby pink embossing enamel on the 40mm daisies.

The pink poppies and vanilla cupcake pomegranate apples are from Live & Love Crafts

The wooden dove is from The Works.

I painted the dove with white Gesso and sprinkled glamour dust onto it while the paint was still wet.

Lovely and sparkly.

A close look at Tilda and Edwin.

I surrounded the image with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel and adhered the 3mm white pearl string around the outside of the image.

I randomly adhered the 3mm white s/a pearl flatbacks and used Ranger white liquid pearls on Tilda's bouquet and flowers in her hair.

I dotted Tilda and Edwins cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Spellbinders floral oval.

I hope you like my card?

My teamies have designed some gorgeous creations.

Why not pop over HERE for a peek.

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

Live & Love Crafts Challenge #39.......Photo Inspiration Collage

Noor Design UK Challenge#10...................Shaped Cards

The ABC Challenge..............Q Is For Queen Of Hearts

Craft Heaven Shop Challenge #3......................Anything Goes

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

I appreciate and love to read each and every one of them.

Have a great week.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Golden Week Tilda

Hello, lovely blogger friends.

I hope you are well.

I'm here to share another commissioned card.

A Birthday card.

I used Golden Week Tilda from the Sakura 2015 Collection.

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 and matted the image onto a Spellbinders opulent oval.

For my shaped card I used GoKeate XXL frilly frame #5 and Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics/ Coffee In The Arbour papers from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Spellbinders Victorian fan and lace hearts. La La La hot air balloon and cherry blossom branches. Joy Crafts lattice heart and Billes flourishes.Cheery Lyn French pastry doily.

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

The pretty lace along the bottom of the card is 65mm Louise white Guipure lace from

The Ribbon Girl

The Birthday sentiment is Everyday Grungy Messages from LOTV

I have coloured the balloons and added glossy accents to them.

The bark heart is from The Ribbon Girl which I have paited with white Gesso. I used Pion Studio Of Memories design paper that has now been discontinued to cut out the word Mum.

I have tied the bow with some blue satin ribbon that my super bloggy friend sent to me and adhered a white flower shaped flat back pearl from WOC to the centre.

The beautiful enchanted butterfly is from Live & Love Crafts (I love decorating them)

I first painted the butterfly with white Gesso and rubbed over it with chipped sapphire distress ink.I have adhered a selection of s/a pearls/ tiny blue rhinestones into the recesses.

The 3mm whie s/a pearls are from The Ribbon Girl

The flower arrangement consists of a 30mm light Ivory wild rose, 25mm 2 tone antique blue open roses, 15m baby pink open roses and babies breath from WOC

20mm dusky blue open roses from The Ribbon Girl

White flower spray and Vintage "capped teardrop" pearl pins from Live & Love Crafts

A close look at adorable Golden Week Tilda.

I have used Frantage shabby white embossing enamel on the edge and around the image and used Ranger white liquid pearls among the flowers.

I have given Tillda a pair of pearl earrings with 3mm white s/a pearl flatbacks.

Inside the card is decorated with Maja Design paper and a Spellbinders floral oval.

I hope you like my card.

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

Live & Love Crafts Challenge #38...................Sandy's Choice - Blue

Time For Magnolia Challenge #97...............Dies and/ or Punches

Tilda's Town Challenge #170.....................Use Your Stash

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

Have a lovely weekend.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

On The Road Tilda And A New Challenge At Simply Magnolia

Hello, again!!! Lovely blogger friends.

This is my second blog post today. If you would like to see my first post for The Ribbon Girl August Magnolia Only add LACE challenge then you can find it HERE

Our new fortnightly challenge at Simply Magnolia also starts today and this time around our challenge theme is FUN IN THE SUN!

Instead of a sponsor for this fortnight, the prize will be a Guest DT spot for Simply Magnolia!

I have made a shaped card for a special friend.

I used On The Road Tilda from the Sea Breeze 2013 Collection.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a CartUs oval die.

I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils and matted it onto a Cheery Lynn French pastry doily.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design Vintage Spring Basics from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Marianne Design Anja's Vintage decoration, La La Land hot air balloon, heart doily border and cherry blossom branches. Magnolia Doohickey lovely fence and fruit tree. Joy Crafts Billes flourishes.

I have inked the die cuts with SSS Lavender premium ink pad.

The 65mm Louise white Guipure lace and flatback Ivory flower string across the card are from 

The Ribbon Girl

A close look at the tree and butterfly.

I have embellished the tree and butterfly with a selection of 3mm liking lilac and white s/a pearl flatbacks from The Ribbon Girl The larger pearl in the centre of the butterfly is from my craft stash.

The butterflies on the fence are punched out with a Woodware craft punch.

The enchanted butterfly is from Live & Love Crafts

I painted it with white Gesso and rubbed it over with lavender ink.

The resin dove is from The Ribbon girl I've given that a coat of Gesso too.

The flower arrangement consists of lilac 30mm wild roses and Ivory 20mm open roses from 

The Ribbon Girl The lilac 15mm open roses and babies breath are from WOC

A close up of On The Road Tilda.

I have used Frantage shabby white embossing enamel around the edge of the image (I ran out of pearl string.) So annoying. Lol!!!

I sprinkled it around the image too.

I used glamour dust on the roses in Tilda's basket and dotted her cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Spellbinders floral oval.

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

My teamies have designed some gorgeous creations.

Why not pop over HERE for a peek?

I am entering my card into the following super challenges;

Tilda's Town challenge #169......................Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge Week 325......................Roses

Stamp & Create With Magnolia Challenge #67....................Anything Goes

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

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Vintage Bridal Couple And The Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only Challenge - Add Lace

Hello, lovely blogger friends.

I hope you are well.
It's time for the August Magnolia Only challenge over on The Ribbon Girl challenge blog and this time we want to see LACE on your cards/projects.

I have made a 40th Anniversary card.

I used Vintage Bridal Couple from The Special Moments 2013 Collection.

The image is stamped with Memento rich cocoa ink onto Neenah cardstock and cut out using a CartUs oval.

I have coloured the image with Prismacolor and Polychromos pencils and matted the image onto a Joy Crafts Noor! Design oval.

For my shaped card I used GoKreate large frame frilly #2 and Maja Design Vintage Summer Basics papers from Live & Love Crafts 

Other dies used are Marianne Design Anja's Vintage decoration and clock. Spellbinders lace hearts, Memory Box classic numbers, Joy Crafts lattice heart and Billes flourishes.

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

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

65mm Louise White Guipure Lace, 10mm Double Row Ivory Pearl Trim, 25mm Sable Satin Berisford N0 83 Ribbon, 3mm White Pearl String, Butterfly Large Silver Colour Charm, 20mm Pearl & Diamante Flower Embellishment, Brown 2 Tone 30mm Wild Roses, Ivory 20mm Open Roses WOC, Bark Hearts, Small Pack Of 5 and 3mm White s/a Pearl Flatbacks.

Here is a few close up pictures of the embellishments used.I have painted the bark heart with white Gesso and ahered the 40 to the centre with 3D sticky pads.

One of many gorgeous diamante embellishments adhered to the centre of the bow. The beautiful butterfly charm that I have first painted with white Gesso and then rubbed over with aged mahogany distress ink.

These butterfly charms have 5 spaces where you can adhere pearls/gems of your choice. I choose to use 3mm white s/a pearls. They are the perfect size to fit into the spaces.

A close look at Vintage Bridal Couple.

I have surrounded the image with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel and a length of 3mm white pearl string.

I used glamour dust on the tiara in Tilda's hair and added Ranger white liquid pearls to the lilies. 

I also gave Tilda some earings using 3mm dark red s/a pearls from WOC

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Spellbinders floral oval.

I hope I have inspired you to come and join in with our Magnolia Only challenge.

There are 2 fabulous prizes up for grabs

The first is a £10 voucher to spend in The Ribbon Girl online store and the second prize is a rubber stamp kindly donated by Magnolia Stamps Sweden

My teamies have designed some gorgeous creations.

Why not pop over HERE for a peek?

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

Crafty hugs

Donna xx

Sakura Tilda

Hello, lovely blogger friends.

I hope you are well.

I'm here to share another commissioned card.

This time I've made a Birthday card.

I used Sakura Tilda from the Sakura 2015 Collection.

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 XXL frilly frame #5 and Maja Design Vintage Baby papers from Live & Love Crafts

Other dies used are Spellbinders Victorian fan, Cheery Lynn French pastry doily, Marianne Design clock, La La Land cherry blossom branches, Magnolia Doohickey bloomy tag and Joy Crafts banner and Billes flourishes.

I have inked the die cuts with TimHoltz aged mahogany distress ink.

The pretty lace is called Marie Therese from Live & Love Crafts and the white flat back pearl trim is from WOC

I have cut the letters on the bloomy tag from a sheet of Pion Studio of Memories paper and the Happy Birthday sentiment is a magazine freebie.

I painted a wooden oval from The Works with white Gesso and adhered a piece of Vintage baby paper to the back and adhered pink 5mm s/a earl flatbacks from my craft stash around the frame.

The butterfly is cut from a sheet of Pion Design Paris flea market "postcards" paper from 

Live & Love Crafts

The edges of the wings are painted with white Gesso.

The flower arrangement consists of a 30mm light Ivory wild rose, 25mm 2 tone pink wild rose, small white lilies, pink beaeded stamens, 15mm baby pink open roses and a decorative pin all from WOC

The Kort & Godt pale pink rolled rose is from The Ribbon Girl

A close look at gorgeous Sakura Tilda.

I surrounded the image with Frantage shabby white embossing enamel and white oval string pearls. The pearl string is from my local Hobby Craft store. I ran out last week and was missing using it around my images.

I used Ranger white liquid pearls on the flower in Tilda;s hair and on her dress.

I dotted her cheeks with a white gelly roll pen.

Inside the card is decorated with design paper and a Spellbinders floral oval.

I hope you like my card.

I am entering the following super challenges;

The ABC Challenge....................P Is For Pretty In Pink

Tilda's Town Challenge #168......................Something New (Marie Therese Lace)

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

Have a great weekend.

Crafty hugs

Donna xx