LoTV - Dainty Dancing

Morning everyone! It's not often lately that I make something purely for the pleasure of it rather than being for a Design Team, but I have had this stamp in my stash for over 6 months and I really wanted to colour her up. So I dug out these pretty peachy pink papers from my stash and voila!

A fairly simple card design, but I thought it turned out really sweet.

She reminds me so much of my daughter when she first started dancing lessons (she was 4 when she first went to classes).

I used these little  star die cuts made with a La-La Land club kit to match up with the stars on the image. I coloured those stars with my Gold Stardust pen, which looks lovely but doesn't show up too well on the camera.

I finished the inside simply with one of the squares from the 12 x 12 sheet and added some beautiful embellishments from the Ribbon Girl and my stash.

Dainty Dancing
Inkido Papers

15 mm Cream Satin Ribbon

Cheesecloth

Ballerina Pink Tu-Tu Tulle Ribbon

Beaded Berries Ivory/Cream

12 mm Pearl Ivory Flower Shape Flatbacks

8 mm Pearl Ivory Flatbacks

6 mm Pearl Ivory Flatbacks

Hope you like my make for today, I'll be here again soon :) xx

Sassy Princess Marci - La -La Land Crafts GDT

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Happy Monday everyone! Here in the UK we are enjoying the May bank holiday, so no work for me today Yay!. Hope you're all having a great day too. 

I'd like to say a huge welcome to all my new followers, I hope you all find something you like here, and do please feel free to ask questions.

Before I get to the reason I'm here today I'd just like to announce that I've been asked to extend my original 2 months Guest Design Team spot at La-La Land Crafts, for another 3 months till the end of August!! I'm so excited and happy to stay on with this wonderful and FUN team for a little bit longer.

So this week the theme in La-La Land is 'For a Special Lady'. In America and Austrailia, Mother's Day is the 2nd Sunday in May, so I guess for some of the girls, this would be their special lady. But for me in the UK, Mother's Day is on Mothering Sunday, and so has already been and gone. So I figured that every lady is special in their own way, and we should all get to be a princess, at least in our own heads lol, so I made a princess card. 

I used the following La-La Land Crafts items:

Stamp: 

Sassy Princess Marci

Dies:

Filigree Crown Die

Wings Set Die

I've added links for products used that are available in the UK at the end of my post as usual.

LLLC certaining doesn't have a shortage of princesses, there are 4 different ones to choose from!! I chose Sassy Princess Marci, isn't she a complete doll? I paired her up with this very ornate Memory Box Die, and then made it more decorative by the addition of a crown (obviously!) and a set of wings cut with LLLC dies from glitter card. The paper is by Inkido.

She's coloured with Copics:

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, R20, R11

Hair: E50, E30, E31, E33, E37

Outfit and Crown: BG10, BGBG13, BG15, R00, R12, RV42, YR20, YR21, YR24

I popped her out on foam and added some pearls and bling to her crown.

Some beautiful flowers from The Ribbon Girl and Wild Orchid Crafts and a very blingy crown nestling among them. The inside was decorated simply with a coordinating paper from the set.

I do hope you like my share for today, do hop over to the La-La Land Crafts Blog here to see the rest of the team's makes, they really are terrific and sooo creative, and don't forget that you can join us on Facebook  and Pinterest

Well that's all from me, enjoy your Monday, and I'll be back tomorrow with Dies to Die for goodness, happy crafting! : ) xx

La La Land - Sassy Princess Marci	Forever Collection No. 4	La La Land - Filigree Crown	La La Land - Wings Set	Palace Oval Frame Se	Prima Say It In Crystals - Border Rondelle
Prima Say It In Crystals - Embellishments - Brown/Gold	Mini Roses Jewel Tone - Blues

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Breeze at Dies to Die for

Happy Tuesday everyone!  For me it really is a happy Tuesday and for once my post is not scheduled because I'm off work until Thursday, yay!  So lots of crafting time for me !

Today I'd like to share a card I made for my DT inspiration over at Dies to Die for.

I used the delectable 'Breeze' a Saturated Canary stamp in rubber, produced by Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.  Isn't she just gorgeous?  I coloured her with my Copics this time but I'm itching to colour her in distress inks too, she's so lovely to colour.
Skin : E11, E00, E000, E000, R20, R11
Hair: E50, E51, E31, E35, E37
Dress: BG70. BG72, BG75, E41. E42, E43

The papers are by Inkido, I love them so much I had a hard time cutting them and then when I went to link them I discovered they were out of stock, horror! There are others in the range that are very similar though and just as pretty. I distressed and inked all the edges with Walnut Stain distress ink and sewed them with Gutterman Top Stitch thread.

I used some beautiful Prima flowers, some gorgeous pleated organza ribbon, some gold lace which is just too lovely and I managed not to cover completely, some Prima bling and a beautiful brad to hold my seam binding bow in place.  As always links to items in the shop are at the end of this post.

I added some tiny Memory Box butterflies and some Liquid Pearls to finish off my image, and my sentiment.

The sentiment is from a whimsy stamp set and has been cut with a Marianne Design set of dies that I also used the cut the circle framing the image and the aperture for the inside of the card below.

Well that's all from me today, I'll be back tomorrow with a post for Kraftin' Kimmie's Wonderful Wednesday challenge.  Until then, have fun crafting! : ) x x

Saturated Canary - Breeze	Forever Collection No. 1	Marianne Design Craftables - Passe - Partout Round	Lace Gold	Sheer/Box Pleat Ribbon - Brown	Mini Roses Jewel Tone - Blues
Bazzill Kraft Cardstock	Liquid Pearls - Platinum Pearl	Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black	Everyday Sliders 1	Prima Say It In Crystals - Embellishments - Light Brown	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain
Neenah Cardstock	Dovecraft Hi-Bond Double Sided 6mm Tape	Collall All Purpose Glue - 50ml	Dancing Butterflies

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