Show the Way Tilda Shaker

Good afternoon everyone, just one more day to go until the weekend, it’s going to be a busy one for me as I have lots to get done in preparation for Christmas. 

I’m here today with the new challenge for Marvellous Magnolia.  Our challenge couldn’t be easier as it’s Anything Goes.

I’m sharing one of my final Christmas cards today, and this time I tried something completely new for me, I made a shaker card. I made this card for my daughter, but as I've given it t her now I can share it with you.  This is my first time making one of these, so hopefully I didn't make too much of a hash of it lol. This is a particularly photo heavy post.

I used the new Vintage  Frost Basics papers from Maja Design, they’re just so yummy and you can carry on using them after Christmas too, as they aren’t Christmas specific. There are links to most of the items  I used at the end of this post.

I’ve used Show the Way Tilda, I think she’s sooo pretty, and doesn’t she look snug and cosy in her hat and coat….well until I stuck her in the middle of a snow blizzard lol.   I added a little snowflake for her to point at and some shabby pink embossing powder around her to look like snow and used Diamond Dust and some silver Glass Glitter to be shaken.

The little pennants are just cut from the border strip of the Maja paper I thought they looked so cute, and the looped ribbon looked very pretty framing the image.

The pink ribbon for the bow and the gem I've had in my stash for ages now.

Flowers are all from Wild Orchid Craft

As you can see I gently sloped and shaped my card using clear sticky foam and I filled the small gap that was left at the edge with some sparkly bead trim from my stash, I actually think this looks really pretty.

Well that’s it from me for today, I’ll be back tomorrow with my card for Crafty Catz challenge blog.

Enjoy the rest of your day and don't stress too much over Christmas :) xx

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Tilda's Town Winter Wonderland
Magnolia Down Under Anything Goes
Lovely HAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Winter Wonderland
The Ribbon Girl Ho Ho Ho Christmas Challenge
Midweek Magnolia I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Sheer/Looped Trim Ribbon - Pink	*NEW* Christmas Verso Die Set - Decorative Holly Rings	Maja Design - Vintage Frost Basics - 19th of December	Stampendous - Frantage Crushed Glass Glitter - Silver	A4 Heat Resistant Acetate
Show The Way Tilda	Neenah Cardstock	Dovecraft Hi-Bond Double Sided 6mm Tape	Collall All Purpose Glue - 50ml	Bazzill Self Adhesive Jewels - Clear
Stampendous - Frantage Embossing Enamel - Shabby Pink

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DT A Creative Romance - Winter Blues

Happy happy Friday people!  This is my 2nd post today (haven't I been busy? :P ) and my very first post as a DT member for A Creative Romance....sooo exciting!

Our theme this week is an easy one and perfect for this time of year it's 

Winter Blues

Simple right?  I decided that I wouldn't go with an obvious Christmas Card, though you could use this for one it's also very suitable for a winter wedding (I saw one at the Ice Hotel a few years ago that was just fab!) or a winter anniversary or engagement.

I used a Go Kreate die to create the shape. The papers are Wintertime in Swedish Lapland by Pion Design.  They've been lightly distressed with DI in Chipped Sapphire and sewn with a mixture of light and dark blue top stitch thread.

The image is from Tiddly Inks Victorian Couple, this is a Digi but yu can get it in clear rubber also.

The ticket stamp and matching die are from Whimsy.

Velvet ribbon, seam binding , bead trim and lace are from The Ribbon Girl

The snowflake die are from La La Land Crafts and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, they've been coated in Twinklets Diamond Dust to give a frosty feel to them.

I do hope you like it, please pop over to the A Creative Romance blog and check out the rest of the Elegant Artisan's creations, they really are stunning.  If you have the time we'd love for you to join in with our challenge, it's a nice easy one and we'd love to see what works of art you create.

Enjoy the rest of your day, it's nearly the weekend!! :)xx

This card will go into my Etsy store at the weekend along with a couple of my other recent cards.

I'm entering this into these challenges:

Tiddly Inks #121 Anything Goes
Wild Orchid Challenge #89 Ribbons and Lace