Precious

Morning all, I’m dropping in with a super quick card that I made on the weekend, using another of the fabulous Shape Art templates from Noor Design.  The oval is new, from the latest release.  The sentiment is from the Baby Paper Art (also released this month).  I think the word is just so perfect for the picture.

Before removing the die cuts from the dies, I inked it up with Spiced Marmalade distress ink.

These little dies are just the right size to pop in amongst the flowers.

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts – Chrysanthemums, sweetheart blossoms, open roses, wild roses.

 

Joy, Peace, Hope

I’ve been playing with some mixed media again, man I’m loving getting messy! Apologies that the photo is a bit skew-whiff, the project is rather large so I struggled to get it all in one shot (and straight too lol).  Hopefully I’ve done the post right so clicking on the photos should open them up larger for easier viewing.

This is another of those fabulous MDF sets from Noor Design.  I love how they take the paint and inks.

Right, so on to the close ups.  The sentiments are from a chipboard set I found in my stash, I can’t even remember buying them so have no idea where I got them from or how long I have had them.  Buried under all the flowers is a plastic snowflake ornament, and under that is the texture given by embossing with a snowflake stencil and also some die cut doilies (links at the end of the post).  I also added some metal snowflake charms for extra texture and can’t forget the angel wings (top right).  That mould I got off eBay is going to be one of my best purchases ever I think.  Once I had inked and sprayed I went around the edges, on the bells and also the angel wings with silver wax (Inka Gold by Viva).  The mini cones I picked up whilst out walking my doggies, just gave them a couple of coats of gesso same as the flowers.  I also blinged up the flowers and cones with Distress Glitter, don’t think it’s showing up very well though.

The inks are a mix of Lindy’s Stamp Gang, Tattered Angels and my own mix using distress re-inkers and mica pearls (these worked a treat)

I joined the hearts using little mini album rings – that was a eureka moment I can tell you lol.

The middle heart.  Again I used one of those snowflake tree ornaments under the flowers.

No room on the little heart for the snowflake ornament, it would have swamped it.

I think you can see the wings on the top heart better in this shot.

I can safely say that I am addicted to Mixed Media

Products used:
Noor Design:
MDF Essential Hearts
8 Point Die 
 Structure Paste
White Gesso
Ice Stars stencil

Wild Orchid Crafts:
Trellis Rose
25mm Wild Rose
Open Roses
Lilies
Hip Rose Buds
Pearl and bead berry spray 
Seam Binding 

Joy

Here’s a vintage Christmas plaque I made on the weekend using one of the new Essential Oval MDF plaques from Noor Design.  These are such great value for money and are a fab size too.

 

I made the flower using co-ordinating paper cut from a Tim Holtz die.

 

 

A chipboard bird, some die cut letters, bells, string, texture by using embossing paste and a Mask Art Ice Stars stencil (also from Noor) , lots of bling and job done.  You can see the stencil work quite nicely in the picture below.

 

Yo-Yo lamp winner

The winner of the Yo-Yo lamp is

 

Wendy Thompson

 

Congratulations, please email me your address so I can post your prize off to you

Sweet Baby Boy

I LOVE these card templates from Noor Design, they make shaped cards a total breeze. 

The paper is Graphic 45.  Love the peach and aqua together (yep – I’m still on the aqua train lol)

The sentiment started life out as white from the Paper Art Baby Sheet, I coloured it up with BG53 copic pen and endged with pumice stone ink to make it pop off the dotty paper

The sweet dummy and button is also from this month’s new release from Noor, as is the little daisies and .,.. did you check out those leaves!  OMG my new favourite die for sure, it’s part of the daisies set.  I am SO gonna wear this die out for sure

I coloured the dummy and button with distress inks after painting with a coat of gesso.

I really love how this turned out – it makes for something so different and looks like it took ages to make … it SO didn’t.  My kind of card

Daylight Lamp review and a give away

A lot of you know I work full time so tend to do my crafting at night.  A few years ago that was a doddle, but as this old lady is getting older (shhh) I am finding it more and more difficult to do close work at night.  I already have a Swan Table Lamp that is in constant use, even during the day but jumped at the opportunity to review the MAG Lamp.  And …. it’s the Best. Lamp. Ever.  No joke!  How I ever managed to colour without it I don’t know.  

The photos are taken at night which is when the lamp is most in use, and yes my trusty Swan Lamp is also in use in the background.

Only one teeny tiny problem …. the magnification is just that good it shows up all the imperfections ha!  Joking aside, this lamp is fabulous.  Comparing the magnified part of the marker to the end sticking out the side you can easily see just how brilliant the magnification is. 

I love that I can push the lamp out of the way when it’s not in use, yet because of the flexible arm I can manoeuvre this baby to the exact spot that I need it.  The diameter of the lamp head casing is 8” so it’s not that big that it gets in the way when I’m colouring.

The glass area (5”) is just the perfect size too, I can easily see what I am doing when colouring even with my hand in the way

And job’s a good’un.  The finished image coloured with markers and pencils.

This giveaway is now closed

And as a reward for bearing with me, if you would like to be in the draw for this little Yo-Yo LED lamp with magnification (perfect for your crafting away days) leave a comment and I will draw a winner during the week. I will post this worldwide so this is open to all.

Please note the lamp that I am giving away is NOT the lamp that I have reviewed.

Candy winner

The winner of the picket fence die is

Sue Nicholson

Congratulations Sue, please email me your address.

Candy

This candy is now closed, please see post above for winner’s details

I’ve a picket fence die to give away this week.  The usual drill applies = leave a comment and I’ll draw a winner on the weekend

Summer Berry Gift Set

I had a play with some new DT goodies from Noor! Design.  This cute little milk carton template makes gift boxes a doddle.

I used the delish Summer Berry papers for the set, the colours are just so pretty.  Out came the lady bugs again lol.  I LOVE the leaves from the new strawberry die set, they are the perfect size to slip in behind flowers.

And the sweet little milk carton.  This was so quick and easy to make.  The sentiment stamps are from an Anna Griffin set that I got from QVC a couple of years ago.

Wild Orchid Crafts products:
Deep red open roses
Mixed green open roses 
Sweetheart blossoms

Products from Noor Design :

 

Dream

I had a play with some mixed media during the week, and had a total blast.  I was a bit intimidated at first, me no likey a mess!  So it’s still very neat and Bev-like, but that’s as messy as I get.

I started off with a round mdf plaque which I coated in gesso, then added some dry wall tape in patches and also did some stencilling for extra texture.  I die cut some doilies but then went and mostly covered them up.  I painted all the embellishments, including the flowers, with white gesso before sticking them in place with hot glue.  I misted with Lindy’s Stamp Gang Nantucket Pearls (OMG this set is beyond sublime!!).  THEN …… I decide it needs something else so attack it with stamps.  Eek, this terrified the life out of me I can tell you.  But I’m so glad I braved it, it really did add that little extra sumthin’ that it needed.

LOVE those wings!!  I bought a mould off eBay for a couple of quid and used Martha Stewart clay.  Once dry I coated with gesso then when stuck in place and the misting was done I went over them (and the little clock, cherub, key and heart buttons) with twinkling H2O’s and gold acrylic paint

The DREAM sentiment is a die – I die cut it four times, glued together then coated in gesso.  It looks just like a chipboard sentiment – well impressed

Totally love the colours – so soft and pretty.

I really really loved playing making this little plaque, I think I’m addicted to mixed media now

Dream large word die from Whimsy Stamps 

006-MDF Essential circle plaque – Noor Design
Mask Art Stripes & Dots – Noor Design

Products from Wild Orchid Crafts:
Mixed pink wild roses QVR-025
Mixed pink tea roses QVR-041
Pink/white cosmos daisies MKX-122
Pink tone open roses MKX-661
Large white/pink orchids MKX-556
White vintage seam binding MKX-472 
White leaves MKX-448
Mixed clocks and time metal embellishments GST-158
White cabachon angels MKX-189
Heart shape flat back embellishments GST-029

Candy alert

Noor! Design has reached 40,000 visitors and to celebrate is giving away some candy.  Pop over to the blog here to enter

Lil Nurse Nancy–new Whimsy release

Welcome to Day 2 of our ...

June Rubber Stamp and Die Release

Over the next 3 days we will reveal 19*BRAND NEW* red rubber stamps/stamp sets and 1 BRAND NEW Word Die . 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, Elisabeth Bell stamps, and I’ve used Lil Nurse Nancy by Elisabeth Bell and also used one of the fabulous new Simple Sayings Postage Stamps sentiments.

 

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.

Debbie Eastman
Cindy Hoesel
Lizzy Smith
Maya Go
Bridget Curnow
Ellie Stover
Louise Roache
Shelby Thomas
Bev Rochester

See you again tomorrow for our release day hop.

Thanks so much for visiting us today. Happy hopping!

Tulips

Back again with a vintage card. I love deep pink tulips so went with this colour scheme for today’s card

I coloured the stamp with copics and went over with pencils to really make the flowers pop.

Colours used are:
Green: BG99, YG67, 63, G20
Pink: R89, 85, 83, 81

Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts:
Cottage Rose, tulips, 20mm open rose, 15mm open roses, rhinestones 

I’ll be back later on in the week with more candy.

Elodie

Another Sarah Kay card today, and no pink in sight!!  I’m back on the aqua wagon again – I just lurve this colour combined with kraft.

Coloured with copic markers, I usedkin: E11, 00, 000, R20
Aqua: BG57, 53, 10, N5
Jeans: W5, 3, 1, 0, 00
Watering Can: C5, 3, 1, 0, 00
Grass: G20, YG67, 63, 61

The sky was done used the super fab Clouds Art Mask (links below).  Before I coloured the image I used a brush and Broken Glass Distress Ink to quickly fill in the blanks on the mask and voila!!  Clouds!  How cool is that?!?

I’ve used my favourite flower – a magnolia.  These are just sublime.  I painted the white flowers with gesso to whiten them a bit more.

I popped a venise applique lace heart behind the image

This little clip has been in my stash since I first started making cards years and years ago.  It was in a kit I got from QVC – THAT’S how old it is lol.  The alphabet stickers are by Tim Holtz.  Fab value for money, there are loads and loads of sheets for £2.  I love a bargain!

The key started life as a dark, grungy brown.  A coat of Inka Gold Platinum and I got this.  Man I love that stuff

A peek at the inside

I’ve popped this card and a few others in my Etsy Shop

Wild Orchid Crafts products used:

Pastel Magnolias QVR-029
Off White Chrysanthemums MKX-117
Wild Rose 25mm
Mixed green open roses 20mm, 15mm MKX-075
Mixed white/cream hip rosebuds GST-013
White cosmos daisy MKX-119
Venise applique heart MKX-430

Noor Design products used

English Cottage Die candy winner

This week’s winner is

Margaret Pender

Congratulations Margaret, please email me with your address.

English Cottage Die candy

Candy draw now closed.  Please see post above for winner’s details

This week’s candy is an English Cottage die by Marianne Design.  This one is a biggie (approx 13.5 x 12cm).  As always just leave a comment to enter and I will draw a winner at the weekend.

Sarah Kay

Love my Sarah Kay stamps as much as I did when I first started stamping, if not more.

I fussy cut around her so I could pop her on the Noor! heart.  I coloured her with copics:

Hair: E27, 21, 50
Skin: E11,00,000, R20
Dress: R85, 83, 81, RV000; YR31, 30

Dog: C5, 3, 1, 0

I heat embossed the clear stamp image with white EP on grey card, then popped on some alphabet stickers.  Lots of floral deliciousness here too

And a (sort of) peek at the inside – note I still haven’t got the new camera sussed yet.  It’s way too technical for me, and by the time I'm finished taking photos the air is blue and the camera is under dire threat of going in the bin!  Moral of the story - don't let him buy a camera that is so expensive/uber technical that you need a degree (or in my case a brain transplant) to understand how to work it.  He is so not my friend lol.

Wild Orchid Crafts products used:
Mixed pink cottage roses QVR-043
Mixed pink open roses MKX-661
White open roses MKX-013
White rose buds 8mm GST-003
Mixed pink and white lilies MKX-604
The pearl heart in the top corner and the lace is also from WOC, unfortunately I can’t see it in the shop so can’t add the code.

Noor! Design products used:
Vintage Flourish Leaf
White Gesso
0381 Open Heart with butterfly
Clear stamp floral frame

Here comes summer

This month’s Noor! Design challenge is “Here comes summer” and I don’t think you can get any more summery than these super cool flip flops.

I love the papers in the Botanical Paper pad, so pretty.  I got a bit carried away with the whole summer theme and added an ice cream cone (complete with one orange Flake ha!).  I stencilled on FUN then once dry added more texture paste to give it a whipped cream look then added 100’s and 1000’s (okay … rhinestones lol)

I heat embossed the camera and sunglasses which is from the Holiday Paper Art sheet using Aged Silver Frantage.  Once this was done I popped a small piece of black card behind each to add some oomph.

Products used from Noor Design
Pair of Flip Flops  Holiday Paper Art  Botanical Paper Pad
Card Art Ice-Cream
Stencil Art Alphabet Stencil 4

Products used from Wild Orchid Crafts:
Mixed pastel chrysanthemums set C QVR-031
Mixed pastel apple blossoms MKX-469
Pale pink sweetheart blossoms MKX-297
Orange spiral stamens MKX-581