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Tuesday, 1 July 2014

Anya Celebrates at Dies to Die for

Happy Tuesday.  I'm here again with my Dies to Die for inspiration post and today I'm using my first ever CC Designs stamp.  I have to say that this was sooooo much fun to colour, so it won't be my last.

I coloured up Anya Celebrates in Copics and paper pieced her clothing, I'm becoming a bit of a paper piecing freak lately lol, but it is a wonderful way of adding patterns.



I used some of the wonderful papers from Maja Design's latest collection, aren't they yummy?  I inked and hand stitched them as always.

The centre piece is made with my newest buy, a wonderful Joy Crafts die, I already have the border and large butterfly die that matches this lol, but this is wonderful for focally framing a sentiment.



I used a piece of border strip, a snippet of lace, a bow some bling and a few flowers to finish off.

Items Used 

Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

Well that's all from me today, I'll see you again on Sunday with my Totally Tilda post.  Until then, have fun! 

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Tuesday, 13 May 2014

Happily Ever After in May at Dies to Die for.

Good morning everyone and welcome to another of my regular Tuesday inspiration posts for Dies to Die for.

Before I move on to my share for today I'd just like to say sorry for not being very active on your blogs lately, it's been hectic recently, but I'm pulling ahead a little and hope to be able to catch up with you this weekend.  You still have 2 days left to enter my Candy, it ends on the 15th, the link is on my sidebar to the right.

Ok so, it's very rare that I take on commissions, like almost never.  I simply have so much I have to make for DTs and I like to craft for fun after all, trying to also fit into what somebody else wants has a tendency to stop my creative flow right in it's tracks. However, my partner's mother asked me for a couple of wedding cards, I've been thinking about making a couple anyway, I loooove making wedding cards, and she didn't tie me down with specific demands as to putting this or that on it, so I had pretty free reign, I work best like that.

Now ever since I first had the Day in May collection from Pion Design sent to me, I've been wanting to make a wedding card with it, because some of the papers just seem totally made for it, and then I combined it with my most favourite stamp ever from Tiddly Inks (I love it too because you can use it for such a lot, weddings, engagements, anniversaries, valentines etc) and coloured it up with my Copics.

It's not often I totally love one of my creations, I'm picky, and my own worst critic, BUT, I have to say that I totally LOVE how this turned out, I almost don't want to give it away lol.

So I'm not going to waffle any more, I shall just let the pictures do the talking. Links to products can be found at the end of my post.






Well I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did, any questions feel free to drop me a comment or an email. That's all from me for today, enjoy your Tuesday and I'll see you again same time next week.
Take care and happy crafting! : ) x x




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Thursday, 13 March 2014

A Sleepy Krafty Peek

Happy Thursday all. Ooohh it's soooo exciting because today is the first day of the sneak peeks for the March release over at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, and as GDT for March I get to be part of that!!

Sooo....welcome to day ONE of our MARCH Kraftin' Kimmie Peeks!!! Today we are excited to share a supah cute new set by artist Thais Narciso!! We'll guarantee you haven't seen anything like these adorable SLOTHS before!!! We are sharing samples today featuring.......WANNA HANG?!

I used this super cute sleeping Sloth on my card and one of the sentiments that comes with the set.   Make sure you hop round to all the girls so you can see them all.


I coloured him with distress inks and yes...yes I made him pink...I think he looks cute pink! lol I'll admit that I normally stick to people for my cards as I'm not overly confident in my animal colouring skills, so this is a bit of a departure for me, but I don't think he came out too badly in the end and he is soooo cute :)


I teamed him up with some lovely Bildmalarna papers.....


....and some fab dies. Really love that bow die, it comes with 2 in the set, this is the smaller one.  I'm going to be very sad when I have to send this die back.
So that's my little Pink Sloth, I think he's just adorable and there are  2 others in the set that are just as cute! 

Kim Reid's photo.

All the Krafty Girls and Guests listed below have lots of super FUN designs to show you, so be sure to hop over to each of them! And while you're there, be sure to leave a comment because we are giving away one of the new sets and YOU could WIN!! {All of this week's winners will be announced at the online party on Saturday night!}


Then come on back tomorrow to check out MORE fun new stamps we  have to share with you!  And ALL the new MARCH stamps will be available on Saturday night at the KKStamps Shop!! 



Happy hoppin'!





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Saturday, 8 March 2014

Stash It Up at Kraftin' Kimmie


Happy Saturday and big hugs to all my followers and a big hi also to my newest followers.
I'm back with another GDT post for Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps today and before I get onto the challenge...I just have to say that I received my stamps from the new release the other day and while I can't give anything away...you are going to LOVE them, I'm having so much fun colouring them up at the moment.

But on with today's fabulously FUN challenge at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!! 


This week our hostess is STEPHANIE!! And her challenge is to Stash It UP!! So create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamp that uses some leftover stuff in your stash! AND not only can you WIN with us, but there’s something extra special going on!!!
We are ALSO sponsoring the month long challenge over on the Kit and Clowder blog!!! Their challenge is WINGS so if you create a card featuring stuff from your STASH AND WINGS, you can enter it into BOTH challenges for DOUBLE the chances to WIN!!! How awesome is THAT?!?
BIG NEWS is that Alyce from Kit and Clowder will be doing a LIVE COLOUR ALONG online on March 29th  using the HANNAH HEARTS stamp set by Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!!! Hannah who just happens to be ON SALE 20% OFF right now!!! Be sure to order her right away so that she has time to arrive in your mail!!
There are the usual FrugalFriday Specials on this weekend with 25-50 percent off some specially chosen stamps!!
So that's my card, I hope you enjoyed it.
Now check out the wonderful creations by our Krafty Girls and special Krafty Guests featuring this week’s challenge!! We’re sure you’ll be inspired!! Then join us, play along and you could WIN!! We always enjoy your creations so be sure to submit them so you can WIN MORE rubbah!! Show us your stuff!!



I didn't use wings on my card this week, but I did use up lots of bits and pieces.  The black card that I used for the die cuts was an odd piece that was left over from other projects and wasn't really enough to make a card with.


I used Samantha by Annie Rodrigue and coloured her with my Copics, I decided to make her a redhead this time using a combination of E13, E18, E19 and E35. I paper pieced her outfit with some small scraps that were left over after making the card.


The black tulle I used around the frame was a small length that's been sitting in my stash since halloween lol and the ribbon was left over from a card I made in February, there was just enough left for this card.  I used an odd button and a bit of recyled black twine.

 I decorated the inside with the paper that was left over from the front, it required a little creative cutting and placement but I managed, and the red dots were all I had left from another project, I had to mix and match sizes a bit but it seems to work









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Thursday, 26 December 2013

Wrapped Heart Tilda

Happy Boxing Day everyone, this is a scheduled post and as this goes live I'll be in the middle of Christmas Dinner with my family (my grown up children spent the day with their father, grandfather and my daughter's boyfriend's family down in London yesterday, so I'm having my 'official' Christmas Day today instead).

I'm here with my DT post for Marvelous Magnolia.  We're still running our challenges as Anything Goes to make it easier on you during the Christmas Holidays when everyone is so busy and with that in mind our current challenge is running for 3 weeks, this is week 2 so still plenty of time to enter. This is my mid-challenge inspiration and as I don't want to see another Christmas card for a month or so, I decided to make an early start on some Valentine's cards, using Wrapped Heart Tilda and some stunning Pion Design papers.  In fact this paper was sooo pretty I tried hard not to over embellish so that you could still see it clearly.  I've included links to most products used at the end of this post.


I've stitched all my papers as usual and edged them with Tattered Rose DI.


I paper pieced the wrapping on the heart.  Copic colours used are:
Skin: E0000, 000, 00, 11, 93
Hair: E40, 31, 35, 39
Clothes: R00, 11, 12, 14, W0, 1


Flowers and pearls are from The Ribbon Girl.


This paper is all from the same 12 x 12 sheet, it contains 4 of 6 x 6 designs on the same sheet, I used some of 3 designs on this card and still have some left to go towards another card. Isn't it beautiful....I nearly hyperventilated cutting into it lol!


I cut the same shape that Tilda was mounted on for writing a message on the inside and stamped the edge with a Kaisercraft texture stamp, I'm sorry I can't remember what this one is called or where I got it from, I thought it went well with the design on the paper.

Well that's it for me, hope you enjoy your Boxing Day if you're in England, so pop across at some point to look at the rest of the DTs creations, they're absolutely gorgeous, and if you have some time after the Christmas festivities, do join in with our challenge, it's an Anything Goes again, so nice and easy and still 2 weeks to get your entry in!

I'm entering the following challenges:

Magnolia Down Under - Anything Goes
Time for Magnolia - Anything Goes
Totally Tilda - Anything Goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps - Lovely Wishes


Take care, hugs :) xx







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