Shocking Pink Papertake :)

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK xxx

The weather here today is absolutely foul – it is persisting down and blowing a gale as well – grrr!!!! But looking  on the bright side, we have a nice sketch and some gorge cardage for you over at the Papertake Weekly challenge.

So …

.. this is the sketch, and ….

… this is my take on it.

I used another one of the new Magnolia Tildas and decided to use a colour pallete which is fairly close to traditional inasmuch as it’s based on red and green, but I gave it a modern twist and use shocking pink and acid green.

I coloured this sweet Tilda with Copics and added some sparkle. There’s no list of colours peeps cos it went in the bin before I realised -  doh!!! -  but I think it was something like E00, E21, R11 & R20 for skin, E50 & E42 for hair and YG0000, YG03 R0000 & R10 for clothes.

I was doing so well lately as well!!!!

Do you like her sparkly frock btw? I think she looks very glam!!!!

The papers are Nitwits (Joyful Hearts) and the super fab sentiment is from the Pink Petticoat Girly Curly Sentiments Collection. I also did the PATP thing with the MS eyelet lace punch which you can get from Tracy at Dies To Die For, along with your Copics

 

So that’s what I did and if you get a sec peeps, nip over and check out the rest of the DT cards – they are as stunning as always and you’re sure to find lorry loads of inspiration xxx

Before I go, I must just share this with you. Remember I said a few posts back that Tracy is starting to do card kits? Well the first one is now on the website  and you can check it all out here - it’s a snip at £3.25 and awesome value I think.

And also, remember I asked a while back about expandable envelopes? Well the sweetness that is Jane told me about these -

Thank you chick - they are perfect for those of us who like to add one or two embellies to our cardage,  and you can get them from The Secret Crafter. Here’s the link that will take you straight to them and I have to say that they are fabulous. If you get there and there are non in stock, don’t despair because I happen to know that more are on their way and are due to arrive any day now.

Right I’m off to grab a bit of lunch before I do a bit more work. I might be back tomorrow, depending on whether I get the card I am working on finished – I am so sloooooooooow sometimes.

Have a great day and stay warm and dry and hugs to all xxxx

Spoooooooooooooky Sunday

 

Hi peeps and I hope you are all having a fab weekend.

I thought I’d share my spooky Pink Petticoat card with you today – this is one I made using the Spooky Doodlies download :)

This is quite a simple and quick card to make and I basically used the spider’s web from one of the papers …

.. you can see it here on the left  (I used Halloween Putty) ….

… and I cut the legs off one of the spiders which you can see here and added some black twine legs , and then stuck it on the spider’s web….

… then I cut out 3 dangly spiders and hung them from the little balcony / shelf thing I made.

You can see it better here.

A few bits of bling and a sentiment and that was it!!!

I also made this ….

It’s made from this paper on the left here ...

… aren't those colours fab!!!

I used a pyramid box template which you can find here peeps – it’s perfect for little ghosties and witches and it’s a freebie as well so it’s good to keep cos you could use this for all sorts.

And a little tag finishes it off.

Well it’s another sort and sweet one today  but I’ll be back in the morning with something a little bit of something pretty and here’s a little sneakie peekie ..

.. or 2 ….!!

See ya tomorra and have a great evening lovely peeps.

Hugs to all xxxx

It’s Not Often I Say This ….

… but I really do like this card :)

I think it’s the colours and the fact that it is really frothy and  girlie and sweet.

Now the one I did yesterday took next to no time but this one however took a fair bit longer. But we got there and it’s my card for this week’s Just Magnolia challenge which this week is …..

 

… this bad boy:)

So this is my take on it. 

This is one of the new Tildas that arrived a short while ago, It’s a Christmas image I guess  but it works well for general stuff as well. So out came the Copics and I used these colours -

E00, E21, R11, R20 (skin) -  E42, E50 (hair) - B0000, B00, RV0000, RV000, RV10 (clothes)

And these are available of course from Miss Tracy Dies To Die For :)

 

Those pretty pink blooms and stamens are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the papers are Nitwits (Joyful Hearts).

I found a bit of tulle lurking furtively at the bottom of a bag so I decided to use it to add a touch of  ‘whatever the word is that I can’t think of right now!!!’

And the Tilda Lace die which I  got from Crafts U Love  was also put to good use. 

The sentiment was absolutely perfect for this card I thought and it’s from Pink Petticoat's  Girly Curly Sentiments Collection 

 I don't know where I got the pink ric rac from – doh – but it always reminds me of  the cardis my beloved Gran used to knit for us when we were kids.

Now you young uns’ don’t laugh, but that’s what Grans did in them days. If it didn’t move, they stuck ric rac and lace on it. They used to knit you stuff and then when you got too big for it, they unpicked it, rewound the wool and knit you something else!!!! Sometimes, you had a new cardi that was made from 2 of your old ones.  Fantastic!!! 

And the ric rac was re-used as well.

So that’s the card done.

Well I started my Chrimbly shopping  yesterday and I got 4 prezzies already. This is somewhat unusual for me cos you know those peeps that have everything bought and wrapped by the end of September?

Well I’m not one of them!!!

I have been know to go out shopping on Christmas Eve before now (hangs head in shame!!).

I got Kyla a ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’  book  and I showed it to her yesterday  (it’s for life and not just for Christmas) when I took some fruit round for her harvest festival basket (aww!!).  I always wanted to get this for her because when Em was little it was one of her favourite stories and she all but knew it off by heart by the time she was 4, bless her.

I actually  felt quite emotional reading it to Kyla  - it was like rolling back the years (OMG I had a vision of  Mick Hucknell then that’s made me feel quite sick cos I think he is revolting – apols if  I’ve offended any Simply Red fans but you cannot seriously tell me he is attractive!!).  It was only a quick read to be fair cos were were sharing a Danish pastry at the same time so a bit of concentrating was called for to avoid getting icing all over the place.  So we are going to have a proper read later on after dinner.

Well have a wonderful weekend peeps and see you Monday if not before.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

The Cutest Quickie Ever ;)

Hi peeps and yes, as per the post title, this has got to be one of the quickest cards (and posts!!) I’ve ever done.  The card took less than 15 minutes and  as it’s a Christmas card, that can only be a good thing IMHO lol xxx

It’s actually my card for this week’s Lili Of The Valley Thursday Challenge which is based on a fab sketch by our very own Bev. And the DT cards are as ever just beautiful so if you get a sec, nip over and have a mooch.

So here’s the sketch…..

… and this is what I did with it.

I used one of the cute squares which  really are worth their weight in gold when you are in a rush so there was no colouring or cutting involved. If like me you are a serious glitter freak, then you can add a little sparkle if you want to.

These papers match these images so well and they are also a Lili Of The Valley product - you can see them here peeps :)

The greeting is one of the sentiment ribbons from Pink Petticoat (aren't they fab!!!) and I used the PATP eyelet lace punch again, which you can get from Dies To Die For. 

And that’s the card done.

It’s another flyer today but before I go, I just had to share this with you. It’s my latest commission in Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine – issue 84 – which features the Lili Of The Valley nativity images, papers and greetings. This was a peach of a commission for me and I was so chuffed when I saw the cards in print and I love how they’ve photographed them.

 

You can’t see from here but all the images have been decoupaged, so they took a little bit longer than today’s card but  I reckon if you used the cute squares, they’d take no time at all.

I’m turning into a right lazy mare aren't I!!!!!!

Well maybe not cos the card I have for tomoz took me quite a bit longer than this one did to make. I’ll leave you with a sneaky peekie and I’ll see you tomorrow with the rest of it.

Have  a fab day and hugs to all xxx

Not hAnglar-ing About :(

 

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK xxx

Well this is a real quickie again today (hence the rather sad post title lol!!!)  but I just couldn’t resist doing a little bit of cardage with this oh so gorge  image and I thought it would do nicely for the  Seasons theme over at the Lovely hAnglar challenge.

This is the first time I’ve entered this one but I am pretty sure it won’t be the last :)

 

So of course, my season is winter and I did a Chrimbly card. I coloured Miss H&S in Copics in these colours -

Skin:  E00 E21, R11, R20

Hair: E42, E50

Clothes: B0000, B00, W1, W3, W5, YG0000, YG03

and of course they are available from Tracy ( the glamour girl) over at Dies To Die For. Keep checking the website as well peeps cos there are some awesome kits coming :)

The ‘snowflake’ embellies were made using an EK Success Retro flower punch in large and medium sizes. The large one was made by scoring each petal down the centre, snipping off a bit at each end (ie the same shape as the smaller ones), pinching the petals together and then layering them one on top of the other.  The smaller ones were made in the same way but the petals weren’t pinched!!!

The papers are Nitwits and the text is a  sentiment ribbon from the oh so fab Pink Petticoat. I also used the PATP eyelet lace punch which is again from Tracy.

I’m loving these ‘see each side of the card’ pics :)

Just humour me peeps cos I’ll move onto something else before long no doubt lol!!!

 

So that’s me done.

I’m off to do a bit more work and if it’s true that there is no rest for the wicked, all I can say is that I must be very VERY bad. But we’re off to Emma’s for din-dins tonight so I‘ve got out of cooking (again!!) which will save me a bit of time. But this is a sort of last splurge cos I have undone a bit of my hard work on the diet front and I've put on 2lbs.

I could have cried!!

There is no way on God’s green earth that I’m getting on me bike in the cold and frosty weather – chapped legs aint attractive are they. So I'm afraid it’s back to the  ‘ cut down on what goes into the mush’ diet for me. Plus a bit of wii-ing here and there – the dance DVD is fab although I am petrified that the postie will catch me at it. The poor man would be traumatised for sure!!!

Before I go, wasn't it wonderful to see the miners being brought up from their underground hell this morning peeps.  I had tears in my eyes – espesh for the young man who hadn’t yet  seen his child. I cannot image what they must have gone through and for once this is a happy ending,  although I’m sure it will take them all a long time to get over it – if  they ever can of course.

Have the fabbiest of days and see you tomoz cos it’s LOTV challenge day.

Hugs to all xxx

It Takes 3 :)

 

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK.

Before I do anything I must tell you who won my PTW blog hop candy -

Yes Chris Olsen , tis you chick – well done to you and if you send me a quick email I’ll arrange to get your prize off to you. Now before you all think I am completely doo lally pippers, (and yes I can be dippy I admit that), Chris is actually number 102 on the PTW blog and the number on here is 189.

Well here is how it worked.

If you left me a comment (I had 87 links and thank you to everyone who did xxx), you had your numbers for my blog. Then I added the links from the Papertake Weekly blog.  So #1 on Papertake Weekly blog, was actually #88 for the drawing . So if you linked your card on both blogs, you actually got two chances at the prize cos you had 2 numbers. The winners are listed over at Papertake Weekly, so be sure to check it out!

This is how some of us did this but other DT girlies  handled their prizes in their own special way.

So we are all but back to normal now and over at Papertake Weekly our challenge this week is

3 Of a Kind

so we are still with the ‘3’ theme and all you have to do is use 3 of something on your card.

This is what I did.

I used 3 Pink Petticoat papers (Gingham, Lots Of Dots and a pretty pink solid), 3 colours ie pink, silver and white  and 3 x3 sets of blooms. The base card was just made our of a circle folded in half and then I stuck lots of smaller circles round the edges to make the scalloped edge.

I coloured my new sweet Tilda (yes, they arrived – woohooo) using Copics and added a little bit of sparkle.

Oooh ‘scuse the grainy pic peeps :(

 I used one of my Nestabilities ( Beaded Circles) and also a Large Classic Inverted Scalloped Circle Nestie and both are available from Tracy at Dies To Die For. 

AND what’s more, the inverted scalloped nesties are on offer at the mo :)

 

The gorgeous blooms are of course all from Wild Orchid Crafts :)

Ohh these shaped cards cause me a  right headache trying to photograph them cos I cannot get the angles right.

Right I’m off for a spot of lunch before the next onslaught of paper hits my poor old desk. have the fabbiest of days peeps and see you soon if not sooner with a bit more cardage.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Autumn hAnglar -AKA I Just Couldn’t Wait To Use This Little Sweetie

Happy Sunday peeps and hope you are all OK xxx

Oh I am SOOOOOOOOOOOO loving these H&S images and I am ever so glad that they are becoming slightly more  accessible now. My new set arrived last week and I have been dying for an excuse to get the old inkpad and Copics out and as I  had a spare couple of hours today, I did just that.

So I decided to do a couple or three challenges and I decided to combine the sketch over at the Sketch Saturday Challenge with the  Autumn Colours challenge over with the Charisma Cardz girlies. And I am also going to stick my neck out here and enter it for the Cute Card Thursday challenge as well where they want you to ‘make your own’ – more of that on a sec!!!

So here’s the sketch …

…. and  ….

… here’s the card.

I coloured this poppet with these Copics -

E0000, E00, E21, E33, E35, E42, E51, R11, E20, Y28, YR16, YR23, YR38, YR68 and of course these are all available from the sweetness that is Tracy over at Dies To Die For.

The Lots Of Dots & Gingham papers are both Pink Petticoat and so is the sentiment which I snipped off one of the sentiment ribbons. The blooms are of course  Wild Orchid Crafts  and I think I am getting a bit of a poppies addiction here cos I cannot stop using them!!!!!! I didn't have any roses in the colour that I wanted so  I made my own orange rose  using an lovely bright Copics pen and a plain white rose.

Now some might say this is using initiative and others  might say it is downright cheating!!! So CCT girls,  I have played fast and loose here so if this is a cheaty McCheat too far for you lovely peeps, I wont be offended if it aint included lol xxx

So that’s me done. I’ve faffed about so much with it that I haven’t left much time for ‘chatting’ on here and as Sir Dickie of  Mintsville  is on his way back with a takeaway to accompany Strictly and X Factor I best get off and at least lay the table so it looks like I’ve made some contribution to our fabulous Sunday dinner!!! 

But before I go,  did you see about Ann Widdies salsa peeps? I have seen it all now although I loved the fact that she buttoned UP Anton’s shirt. Poor Anton, bless him. Do you think they are punishing for his gaffe last year?

Right, I’ll see you soon if not sooner and enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Sunday  hugs to all xxx