It’s Just Like Old Times!!!

Morning lovely peeps and I feel like I’ve gone back in time today – it’ll become clear in a sec!!

It’s that time of the week when we check out all things Papertake Weekly and today we have one of my fave theme -

Spots N Stripes

We are sponsored by the wonderful Mary & Andrea over at The Ribbon Girl and  our winner gets to choose one of the special selection kits ….

… which you can see here – how pretty are they!!

So this is what I did - my new hAnglar kit arrived last week and well how could I possibly resist using such a little sweetie!!

Can you see why I said I feel like I’ve gone back in time?

It’s because I used Pro Markers to colour the image and our Tracy over at Dies To Die For has a great selection – you can check it all out here peeps.

Newies over here wont realise this but I used to use them al the time before I got Copic’ed lol - if you look at old posts you’ll see.   We run quite a few PM workshops at Purple Butterfly so I do still get to use them and in fact, this is a card from a recent workshop I did and it just happened to fit the bill nicely for today’s theme.

In fact, everything on this card apart from the ribbon which I added after the workshop – is made using white card so every bit of colour on here has been added with a PM and the colours I used are  ..

blush and dusky pink (skin), ivory and sandstone (hair), rose pink, pale pink, baby pink, cool greys 1,2 & 3 (clothes etc). There was much use of the colourless blender as well.

I saw these flowers on my lovely friend  Jacqui’s  blog and she had kindly put a link to here which shows you how they are made. They were coloured with rose pink and pale pink and I added a yummity Wild Orchid Crafts self adhesive pearl to the centre.

See the paper?

Well this is made using the pens as well, as is the card that I used to mat (I just went around the edges).

I just  laid strips of finger lift tape onto some white card and then went over it all with a pale pink PM (you need to be careful that you don’t get colour underneath the tape). Then when you lift off the tape and dip it into the good old Glamour Dust, you have white lines from either side of the tacky bit on the tape and nice even lines of glitter from the tacky bit!!

Simples – and quite pretty I think.

And I used the new MS PATP punch as well.

I love ribbon – you probably noticed – and this has to be one of the nicest, prettiest ribbon I have ever used and I kid you not here.

It’s …

… May Arts 38mm wide silky crush ribbon in pale pink and it’s available  from The Ribbon Girl.

Delish :)

A Pink Petticoat sentiment which was printed onto Safmat finished it all off – I edged the card with a PM as well.

I was asked what Safmat is (sorry for not getting back to you Carol chick)  and it’s a printable film (made by Lettraset who make the PMs) which you can get at most craft shops and you can print anything you like onto it. You then cut round it close the the edge of the printing and stick it onto your projects – it’s self adhesive. You then  just need to rub it and it becomes invisible apart from what you have printed of course!!

     

OK so that’s me done today me darlins :)

I’m off to start getting stuff packed for our trip to London – we are off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Oz -  and I don't know who is more excited, Kyla or me cos Michael Crawford is  in it and I have never seen him live before. You watch, it will be my luck that it will be his day off :(

I’ll be back tomoz  fingers crossed cos it will be a scheduled post and I have not always had success getting it to publish, but I’ll do me best and we will see what happens.

Enjoy your day and sunny hugs to all xxx

3 Cards But One’s Not Mine - Ohhh What A Picfest:)

Hi peeps and a very Happy Sunday xxx

Well there is lots going on here today so I’ll have to do this in 2 (or should that be 3?) parts.

Firstly, the Simon Says Stamp Challenge crew are calling all the young budding designers out there to get crafty and join us for a very special only kids allowed challenge .

It’s a nice easy theme  ….

ANYTHING GOES

And this is what is up for grabs ..

To be eligible for a chance to win a prize the child must be between 2 and 16 years old  and adults are allowed to help a little bit only!!
This challenge will end on Saturday 30th April at 6pm CET ( 5 pm UK time ) , so plenty One lucky entrant will win a $50 Voucher to the fabulous Simon Says Stamp Store

So bursting with pride,  I am so pleased to share with you my sweet Kyla’s very first designer card (awww!!)

Apols to all Tilda fans but she chose the image and then insisted she put a mouth on it and also some freckles!!!

No Copics were harmed during the making of this card btw and I have no clues as to what Pro Markers she actually used but by the looks of it, I’d say it was all of them.

Ahh bless!!

I did manage to stay out of it and not interfere although I was tempted . Emma was impressed cos she thinks I am a control freak when I am crafting with Kyla :(

If you want to see what all the other dinky designers did, go and check it out lovelies – their ages range from 3 to 12 and they all did a great job so well done to each and every one of them I say xxx

…………………………………..

OK now for the second part and I have some news to share. I have been part of the GDT for Mary & Andrea at The Ribbon Girl for these last 2 months and they have asked me to join them full time – wooohooooo (

I took ohh about  .5 of a nano second to say YES PLEASE :)

I was chuffed as chuffed could, not only cos it is a fab team, but it means I am now working with my cyber twin Mrs Kath (I wonder if Mary & Andrea  realise the trouble we cause when we are together!!!!!!.)

So today is ……

We are sponsored by the girls at Lili Of The Valley who have given a £10 voucher to spend in the LOTV online shop.

And of course there is a Ribbon Girl prize too.

So ….

… this is the first of the 2 cards I did – and my personal fave!!.

This cute CC Designs image was coloured with Copics and I KNOW my list is somewhere peeps but I am struggling to find it.

I was out doing a workshop yesterday and I have a feeling that  somebody might have chucked it (they think it’s just a scrap of old paper with scribble on it – doh!!)  but I’ll keep looking and update this if I come across it.

The satin ribbon and yacht charm are both from The Ribbon Girl and the paper is Pink Petticoat Stripes

The waves are made from what is left if you use Lord Timmy’s Scalloped Die with a bit of added glitter!!!

   

And the second card ……

… is this one.

Again this cute CC Designs image – Violet With A Key which you can get from T over at Dies To Die For – was coloured with Copics and the colours are on the lost list!!

The papers are Nitwits and I randomly stuck some tiny punched hearts onto an oval nestie and sat Violet onto the front of it.

  

The satin spot ribbon, polka dot button, red heart pin and strawberry charm are all from The Ribbon Girl and I used my Tilda Doily Flower die again :)

I so love these red poppies I really really REALLY do.

They of course are from the fabulous Wild Orchid Crafts, as are the other beautiful blooms – 10mm open roses, a 25mm wild rose and some tea rosebuds

The little self adhesive rhinestones are also WOC

So we are done for today and I am off to finish some work  and then start organising stuff for our trip to London next week – Wizard Of Oz and general touristy things plus catching up with R’s cousin who lives there.  Miss Kyla is so excited to be going and she is looking forward to going on a ‘bus with no roof and seeing the soldiers who wear funny hats and aren't allowed to look at you !!!

So enjoy your Sunday peeps and nip over and check out both challenges if you get a sec.

Take care and thanks for staying with me re this loooooooooooong post today.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Ahhh, THAT’s Better :)

Morning peeps and not a peel off in sight today – wooohoooo!!

Not only that, my eyes are all but back to normal (normal for me is still as blind as a bat but I am used to it!!).

The mojo is flitting back as well and you know, I think I actually do LIKE this card today!!!

Shock horror!!!

So it’s Friday and time to see what is happening over at the  Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar challenge and today is a special day for us because we are 2 (HB to us !!!)

So as seems fitting, our theme today is Happy Birthday and is hosted by the sweetness that is our Mindy

And we have a humdinger of a prize cos there is a $50 voucher to spend over at the Simon Says Stamp Store  :)))))x

So after yesterday’s fiasco, and before I go any further, thank you for all your sweet comments. You are a lovely lot, you really are xxx My confidence was not good yesterday and it really did help.

So here’s the old card.

Tilda With Daffodil is a vision of loveliness in lilac – what awesome alliteration Dawny P!!! – coloured as she is with these Copics - 

E00, E21, R11 (skin), E40, E42, E50 (hair) C00, C1, C3, C5, BV0000m BV00, BV02, R85, RV0000, RV00, Y15, Y17, YG0000, YG01, YG06

and those gorge papers are the new Nitwits collection - Fairytale Dreams :)

I got my new  Tilda Doily Flower die from Simon Says Stamp last week  and HAD to use it of course!!!

I inked the edges a bit with a Copic, and the lovely little  bloom in the middle is I THINK a sweetheart blossom - they are due to go on the Wild Orchid Crafts website very soon, so keep checking. 

They remind me of those little icing sugar flowers.

A selection of bloomage from Wild Orchid Crafts – I used the sweetheart blossoms again, a 20mm open rose, 2 x 10mm open roses  and 2 hip rosebuds, plus some of the new long stem stamens which I chopped up :)

Some WOC bling, a PP sentiment, a Marianne Design Creatables - Designer Doily – LR0129 ( which is back in stock over at Dies To Die For) and that’s it all done.

    

If you get a sec peeps, do check out the challenge cos the DT have some awesome stuff on there.

I’ll be back on Sunday – can’t say why at the mo but all will be revealed soon – but have the best weekend and huggiest of hugs to all xxxx

I’ve Sold Out :(

Morning lovely peeps and this is one of those posts where I am hanging the head in shame as I type :(

More in a sec …..

Today over at the Lili Of The Valley Thursday challenge we have a lovely theme for you and it is  ….

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

AND we are sponsored by the lovely Mary and Andrea who make up The Ribbon Girl and our winner this week gets to choose one of these……

……    six delicious Ice Cream Coloured different ribbon kits :)

And just to let you know that over that the LOTV shop, there are so many yummy new things that are now available so you can check it all out right here peeps :) 

So far so good.

But this is sort of where it all goes a bit downhill  cos I am so not happy with my card today.

Mmm, not sure what it is but there is something that isn't grabbing me.

I really do like everything on it  - apart from one thing which I’ll get to in a sec - but maybe not all together.

Anyhoos the cute lil Pom Pom has been coloured with these  Copics  -

E00, E21 (skin), E40, E42, E50 (hair) , B0000, B000, B00, B12, C00, C1, C3, R17, R27, R49, R59, YG0000, YG03

and those lovely papers are  Memory Box Sicily – Cranberry, and is available from Dies To Die For and Nitwits blue spotty (sorry I cannot remember which collection but I’ll find out later and add it on here).

OK now for the shameful bit and I do realise that I am being a bit of a cardy snob here cos they do have a place

BUT (take a deep breath Dawny!!)

I used a peel off :( cry cry

Look what I did to that one of the gorgeous little LOTV tags (set 14 which is here)!!

Yes I feel like I have sold out and hugest apols to any peel off fans out there but they are just not me..

I really wanted to use that tag but could not find anything small enough to go on it and if I’d tried to write it in, it would have looked even worse.

Sorry peeps, I’ll try not to do it again :(

Now this I like :)

This ribbon is available from The Ribbon Girl and it is 15mm gingham in Sky Blue – FAB colour – and I used another yummity scrummity lil spotty button again.

            

A bit of  Tilda Lace Die and Marianne Design Creatables - Swirl – LR0118 and that’s me done.

So tomoz I will be back and I promise it will be a peel off free zone. In my defence (hahhaaa!!!) my eyes are still a bit sore but not as bad as they were,  but it’s got me really rattled that I an not able to do what I need to do with me pens. Plus the old mojo is nowhere to be seen unfortunately – how it chooses it’s moments – but hopefully it will return later!!

Enjoy your day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

 

Card For A Dink :)

 

Moring chicks and hope you are all OK today.

This week over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge the theme is

FOR A CHILD

So any card or creation to be given to a child.

Lols has asked that we could possibly consider sending  a card to a child registered with Post Pals or Make a Child Smile. Please click on the links to read more about these charitable organisations.

I know that the cards they receive are very welcome. Please think about them,  not just today but throughout the year.

Thank you sweet peeps  xx

And if you enter your card into the challenge, then look …..

.... what you could win :)

 

So for my card I used my new Belles and Whistle stamp – Sitting With Teddy – and used the following  Copics -

E00, E21 (skin), E40, E42, E50 (hair), B0000, B00, BG01, E40, R85, RV0000, RV00, W00, W3, Y0000 (clothes etc)

and I have to apologise for the awful colouring here peeps but I have had probs with my eyes these last few days and it felt like I was looking through a fog when I was colouring this :(

The paper is Echo Park and is from the Springtime 12” kit

The sentiment is  from the Unity Itty Bitty Hello My Friend Cling Rubber Stamp and we have a bit of Lord Timmy’s Scalloped Die in there for good measure, plus a bit of pretty May Arts PINK Polka Dot Grosgrain Ribbon

And apart from the bling which was from my stash, at, all the products  I used today are of course from the  Simon Says Stamp Store

So we are all done for today.

If you get a sec, nip over and check out the challenge and also the Post Pals and Make a Child Smile sites as well xxx

Have a great day and see you tomorrow when it will be that time of the week when the fairies come out to play lol!!

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx