A little bit shabby

I made this card during the week in-between sorting out my craft room (yep .... STILL!)   No colouring so really quick and easy to do.

Aqua is my flavour of the month, everything I've created this week has been done with aqua in mind.  I painted the cut outs with white gesso then shimmer mist in pale pink and green.

Wild Orchid Crafts products used:

Mixed pastel magnolias QVR-029
Off white chrysanthemums MKX-117
Mixed pastel tulips MKX-212
Baby pink open roses MKX-006
Aqua open roses MKX-030
Mixed pink lilies MKX-129
White cosmos daisies MKX-119
Trio collection – Border and decorative corners cut out set GST-049
Louvre borders cut out set GST-053
Mixed metal embellishments MKX-236
The lace is also from WOC, unfortunately I can’t see it in the shop so can’t add the code.

Mini Album

Part of my DT kit from Noor! Design was this mini album.  Not having attempted anything like this before, my instant reaction was what on earth was I going to do with it.  I pondered, and decided to try doing a baby album for my friend who waited so darn long for her first grandbaby.  Hope you like it Karen.

The front, which I left plain as there was so many ribbons going on.  Why so many ribbons you ask??  Well B.O.B. (Brains of Britain) Bev here overloaded on the embellies on the inner pages so once it was done the rings that are supplied with the album weren't going to be big enough.  I ordered larger rings and even they didn't fit.  So note to self - CHECK that it all fits before glueing stuff down Bev!!

The first of the inside pages, left side just holds a little tag for Karen to write one of her awesome poems on for Hayden.  

I just love this new viewfinder die from Noor.  I backed it with the patterned paper then added some alphabet stickers and finished off with a little bear button from my stash.

The trellis border was the left overs from the fleur-de-lys shapes on the front and back of the album.

I LOVE how the stencilled word Adore turned out.  It was a bit of a pain to do because I did it one letter at a time, allowing each letter to dry before doing the next one, but I think it was worth the effort :).  The wire baby word is out of my mountain of baby stash (you would not believe how much baby stuff I have - a whole cupboard is dedicated to those puppies lol)

And the back, I used the circle and teddy to conceal where I adhered the ribbon to tie the album closed.

I really really loved playing with this, it took me quite a while to do and I loved every second of it.

Products used:

Noor! Design 

Wild Orchid Crafts

Mixed vintage colour Hydrangea Blooms (25mm) MKX-678

Mixed colour rhinestone flowers MKX-679

Self adheesive rhinestones (clear) MKX-321

Butterfly Die Winner

As the winner of the Butterfly Die set is

Rene Stansell

Congratulations Rene, please email me your address so I can post these off to you.

Afternoon Tea

Please scroll down to enter the candy give-away

A quick retro(ish) card today using the Afternoon Tea picture pad from Noor! Design. 

Love this new edge die which I inked up with distress ink before removing the die cut from the die.  The corners are from the 0416 – 12 point square with corners die. 

How cute is the fork and spoon?!  I used some mirri card for these.

I’m off work this week, still clearing out my craft room.  I seriously have issues with buying stuff then squirreling it away never to see the light of day again!

Products from Wild Orchid Crafts :
40mm trellis rose
25mm wild rose
15mm and 10mm baby pink open roses
White cosmos daisy

Products from Noor! Design

 

Winner redraw and more candy–a butterfly die this time

This candy is now closed

As the winner of the Nautical Stamps candy has not come forward I have done another draw, and the winner is

Carole Pollard

Carole, please email me your address so I can post these off to you.

And for this week’s candy (sorry it;s so late), I have a 3 piece butterfly die set from Go-Kreate.  Apologies for the size of the picture, but it’s way too late to get a half decent photo now.  The butterfly measures 3” x 2.5” so is a good size.  I will draw a winner mid-week.

Happy travels

I love this little Dutch Doobadoo suitcase stencil.  Actually, I love working with those stencils period.  So super quick and easy to use and fabulous results each time

I used some old Melissa Frances papers for this, added lots of gesso and Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and job done

The little buckles are from a Spellbinders set.

Products used:

From Noor! Design:
Dutch Doobadoo Suitcase Stencil
Vintage Flourish Leaf
White Gesso

From Wild Orchid Crafts:
White wild roses 30mm QVR-014
White open roses 15mm MKX-013
White Tuscany rosebuds MKX-620 (spritzed with pale blue shimmer)
White Lily Flowers MKX-135

I’ll be back later with new candy and also will be doing a re-draw of the nautical stamps as the winner did not come forward to claim the prize.

 

Whimsy Stamps Release Day–Vintage Baby Card

It’s our May Rubber Stamp and Die Release Day and all the new stamps and die sets are available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers now.

My card today features the gorgeous Vintage Baby Sentiments, and I’ve used the pram and also the sentiment from the set.  I have also used the Pierced Stars die set to stamp the main image on to

I coloured the seam binding with distress reinkers to break up the blue.

 

PRIZE ALERT ... We will draw one winner from the comments left on each hop post and that random person will win a $25 gift voucher to the Whimsy Store. Remember to comment on all the blogs in the hop in order to be eligible for the drawing.

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Ellie Stover
Chitra Nair
Cindy Hoesel
Iris Wiechmann
Louise Roache
Debbie Eastman
Lizzy Smith
Bev Rochester

Wild Orchid Crafts products used:
Mixed pastel magnolias QVR-029
Mixed green open roses 20mm MKX-075
White open roses 15mm MKX-013
Mixed pink and white lily flowers MKX-604
Mixed vintage colour hydrangea blooms MKX-678
Mixed green self adhesive pearls MKX-502
White vintage seam binding MKX-472

Wee Dolly for May Whimsy Release

Welcome to Day 2 of our May Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Over the next 3 days we will reveal 18*BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets and 3 BRAND NEW Die Sets. They will be available to buy from the Whimsy Stamps store and from selected Whimsy Stamps retailers on Wednesday.

Today we are excited to show you the brand new Art by Mi Ran and Krista Heij-Barber, Wee Stamps, Meljen Designs stamps.

My card today features Wee Dolly, how stinkin’ CUTE is this little sweetie?!?

The sentiment is from the Frame of Thanks set, and I matted this on to the mini picture frame die.  The butterflies peeking out are from the butterfly border die.

Sorry I don’t have any close ups of the coloured image, I am having such problems with my camera.  I had an old Fuji Finepix S7000 from the year dot that photographed like a dream.  Sadly it died on me last year and despite two new cameras I just can’t get the picture quality my old Fuji gave me.  The new Nikon nearly went out the living room window yesterday afternoon.  Ugh, why do they make them so fancy that you need a degree just to switch them on?  Anyway, enough moaning from me, on to the important bit ….. the prizes!!

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $15 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! We will draw the lucky winner from the comments left here and on today’s design team posts (listed below), so be sure to visit everyone and leave a comment at every stop to be entered into the draw.

Bev Rochester
Maya Go
Bridget Curnow
Cindy Hoesel
Iris Wiechmann
Chitra Nair
Danni Bindel
Shelby Thomas

Wild Orchid Crafts products used:
WHITE/CREAM MULBERRY PAPER COTTAGE ROSES QVR-050
BLUE & WHITE SWEETHEART BLOSSOM MKX-245
WHITE/CREAM TONE HIP ROSEBUDS GST-013
VINTAGE SEAM BINDING RIBBON – WHITE MKX-472
FLAT BACK PEARLS IN A GOLD CIRCLE MKX-365

Feathered Friend

Something different today, I’ve used one of the new Shape Art templates from Noor! Design for my card. Do you remember those Bookatrix boards we all went crazy for years ago?  Geez I wore mine out lol.  This new template is so much quicker and easier to use that’s for sure.

The paper is one sided so I inked the corner backs before distressing and curling them.  I didn’t glitter the edges until the page was adhered in place.

LOVE this gorgeous butterfly which is from the Open Heart die.  It’s a good size and looks so pretty doubled up and finished off with pearls.  The wild curly rose started it’s life out white, so I spritzed it with diluted peach re-inker to get the colour to match the rest of the roses.

 

And my little feathered friend.  I was a bit worried that using an oval die would lose some of the detail of the picture, but actually I think it enhances the little robin.

I’ll be back in a couple of days with yet more candy

Wild Orchid Crafts products used:
Mixed red/white curly wild roses MKX-672
Mixed orange/peach open roses MKX-073 (15mm)
Tuscany rosebuds MKX-620 (LOVE THESE!!)
Deep ivory gypsophila flowers GST-228
White wild roses QVR-014
White daffodils MKX-383

Wee Polly

I’m having a blast digging out some of my older stamps to play with.  This is Wee Polly, another sublime stamp from Whimsy Stamps.

I don’t know what happened to the close up of the colouring, but here’s the colours I used in any event.

Skin: E11, 00, 000, 0000, R20
Hair: E47, 43, 42, 40
Pink: R81. RV00, 000, R0000
Beige: E41, 40, W00
Turquoise: E13, 11, 10

A close up of the delish dies from Noor! Design (links at the end of the post)

What I used:

From Noor! Design:

And from Wild Orchid Crafts:

Pink mixed tone trellis roses (30mm) MKX-092
Off white chrysanthemums MKX-117
White open roses 25mm MKX-013
Mixed pink tone openMixed green open roses 
15mm MKX-075 roses (15mm) MKX-661
White sweetheart blossoms MKX-336
Mixed pastel apple blossoms MKX-469
White tulips MKX-214
Mixed blue/aqua pearls MKX-320

Candy winner

This week’s winner of the Marianne Design Nautical stamps is

Tracy Welham

Congratulations, please email me with your address.

This week’s candy

Candy is now closed, the winner has been announced in the post above

It’s official!  I’ve frightened myself totally.  I’m still clearing out and found a large box, yes a LARGE box of stamps I can’t even remember buying.  This Beach House stamp set by Marianne Design was sat on the top so this is the candy up for grabs this week.  As usual just leave a comment and I will draw a winner at the weekend.

Welcome

Something different from me today, and not a card in sight.  When I saw the Beach Huts from the new Noor! Design release I knew exactly what I wanted to do, and this is the first of the huts that I have changed into a Welcome sign.

I used the new Mask Art Grunge stencil to give some texture, then rubbed over the raised pattern with metallic wax to give more definition

All the embellishments are from Wild Orchid Crafts, links at the end of the post

WOC products:

Mixed pink tone trellis roses (40mm) MKX-092
Off white chrysanthemums MKX-117
Mixed pink tone cherry blossoms MKX-039
Mixed colour tea roses QVR-034
Mixed pink tone open roses 10mm MKX-661
White open roses 15mm MKX-013
Pink rose buds 8mm GST-009
White ivory and tank pearls MKX-497

 

Summer Sweetness

I am so fed up with all this rain, I needed a summery pick me up and what better than Little Sun Kissed Summer Sweetness from Whimsy Stamps?  Bright and cheerful with a touch of vintage.  I’ve had these papers for a while now and wasn’t feeling them ….. till I started pulling out delish flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and I was set.

Coloured with copic markers, I used:

Skin – E11, 00, 000, 0000 R20
Hair – E55, 53, 51, 50
Turquoise - BG15, 13, 11, 10
Red - R35, 24, 14
Watermelon - G45, 43, 20; R24, 22, 20
Stool: E79, 74, 70
Kitten – C5, 3, 1, 0

I gave the seam binding a good old scrunch to add to the vintage feel.  The pearl brad I picked up at Hobbycraft, 12 for £2 (I think) – a bargain for sure.  The key I got from Ebay, I bought like a hundred of them ….. what I’m going to do with that many is anyone’s guess lol.

And the goodies from WOC that I used are:

Mixed pastel magnolias QVR-029
White wild roses (30mm) QVR-014
White open roses 10mm MKX-013
Mixed red & white sweetheart blossoms MKX-638
Mixed pastel apple blossoms MKX-469
White rose buds 8mm GST-003
Mixed blue/aqua self adhesive pearls MKX-320
Vintage seam binding Bay Leaf MKX-488

Back Tuesday with another card and keep and eye out for more candy, I still have loads to give away

Stamps candy winner

This week’s candy winner is

littlebee

Congratulations, please email me your address so I can post off the bears and alphabet stamps to you.

Candy anyone?

This candy is now closed, no more comments please

I’ve some more stamps up for grabs.  One person will will the Football Bears stamp and A5 Stitched Alphabet stamp set.  It’s the usual drill, leave a comment and I will draw a winner on the weekend.

Cupcake stamps candy winner

The Cupcake stamps candy winner is

CraftingMum

Congrats!  Please email me your address

 

Back soon with yet more candy

Flowers and Saturated Canary for Noor! Design challenge

It’s the first of the month so time for the Noor! Design Challenge, and it’s an easy one …. FLOWERS.  Perfect!  I used the Shape Art Tag to make the base card.  Love this shape

I used copic markers to colour the image.

Hair: E49, E37, 35, 31, 30
Skin: E11. 00, 000, R20
Pinks: RV95, 93, 91
Green: BG95, 93, 91
Beige: E43, 42, 41, 40

Love the chipboard sentiment that got a good dousing in gesso.  And how cute is that little mesh flower?

And a peek at what’s inside.

Products used:

Noor! Design:
 Pretty Floral Paper Pad
Shape Art Tag
12 point square die
Vintage flourish leaf die 0047

Wild Orchid Crafts:
ROSE PINK MULBERRY PAPER OPEN ROSES MKX-008
DEEP RED MULBERRY PAPER ROSEBUDS GST-002
MIXED RED & WHITE MULBERRY PAPER WILD ROSES 1¼" (30mm) QVR-015
20 Mixed Colour Fabric Embellishments GST-097
MIXED COLOUR FLAT BACK PEARLS IN A DIAMOND CIRCLE MKX-657
MIXED PINK SELF ADHESIVE PEARLS (SET B) - ⅕" (5mm) MKX-316
VINTAGE SEAM BINDING RIBBON – MEDOC MKX-492