November Kit Club - La-La Land Crafts

Happy Tuesday everyone! I'm feeling far less stressed this week, though with 7 cards to try to make/post this week I may change my mind by the weekend lol!

Anyway I'm here with my take on the November Kit Club from La-La Land Crafts.

You can find full information about the club here.

I really love this set and honestly I'm not entirely sure I did it justice, I had lots of ideas but as you know the last few weeks were hard for me and my Mojo ran away. But I hope you like what I make and do be sure to check out all the rest of the makes by the DT on the Blog, because they really have done some amazing work with this kit.

I tried something completely new for me and made a mini album. I enjoyed this so much it's definitely something I'd like to try my hand at more and some more complex ones, I just need to find the time.

Copics Used:

Skin:E13, E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair: E40. E42, E44

Clothing: BG72, BG75, BG18, YR21, YR23, YR24, R35, R37, R59

Here's a look at a few of the pages.

Now I have to admit that I had plans to make a 2nd mini album in a different style, but time and mojo ran away over the last week or so, so I ended up going with a card instead. For once I went with distress inks markers in bright rather than muted tones. I added hints of pink and streaks of glitter to her hair for fun, but it's a little hard to make out in the photo.

Distress Ink Markers Used:

Skin: Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Spun Sugar

Hair: Spun Sugar

Clothing and camera: Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Broken China, Pumice Stone.

In the Garden at ACR

Good morning and happy Friday! Boy am I looking forward to chillaxing at the weekend, work has been mental this week.

It's time for a new challenge at A Creative Romance, and today our theme is 'In the Garden'

For my make today I've used Saturated Canary's Gardner Gayle, from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps, but this time I coloured her with distress inks and gave her a vintage feel, using Pion Design's Vintage Garden papers. There's a list of products used with links to the store at the end of my post.  

All papers have been distressed and inked with Walnut Stain distress ink and then hand sewn.

She was coloured with the following inks:

Skin: Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Fired Brick

Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Broken Twigs

Clothing and Flowers: Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet, Weathered Wood, Old Paper,  Bundled Sage, Black Soot, Scattered Straw.

Basket: Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo, Broken Twigs

I used some beautiful die cuts made with some La-La Land dies. The card stock is a beautiful iridescent one, but sadly it isn't showing up on camera, which is a shame as it's quite lovely in the flesh. 

The beautiful lace and ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl, the bling is from The Hamdcrafted Card Company.

I finished off the inside quite simply with one of the 6 x 6 sheets. Flowers are all Wild Orchid Crafts.

LDRS - Gardner Gayle

Vintage Garden - Phlox 6 x 6

Vintage Garden - Lady 6 x 6

Vintage Garden - Seed Packets

LLLC Birdcage Die

LLLC Birdhouse Die

LLLC Birds Die

Spellbinder Reverse Wonky Rectangle Die

Distress Ink Walnut Stain
Pink Loopy Ribbon
Pearlescent Cardstock

Do go take a look at the blog, the girls have created some fabulous makes to inspire you and why not join in with our challenge?  We're also looking for talented people to join us for a Guest DT spot, so if that sounds good to you, just pop GDT after your name when you enter.

Our sponsor this week is BunnyZoe's Crafts and they are offering a great prize.



That's all from me today, I'll be back on Sunday with my make for Totally Tilda, have a great weekend! :) xx

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! 

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'!

Bildmalarna - Wild Flowers - Pink Florescene

Bildmalarna - Wild Flowers - Cherry Blossom Brown

Die-namics Beautiful Bows

Die-namics Postage Stamp STAX

La La Land - Open Leaf Flourish

Joy! Crafts Vintage Flourishes Butterfly

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Gardner Gayle for Dies to Die for

Happy Tuesday all you lovely crafters.  I'm here with my  inspiration post for Dies to Die for.

Today I've used Gardner Gayle ....and I admit I had a little double take on her name here.  I can't work out whether this is an actual misspelling of gardener...or a play on words, as Gardner is a quite well used surname. Whichever it is all that really matters is that she's a very beautiful image.

 As Mother's Day or Mothering Sunday, in the UK is only a few weeks away, I thought this would make a delightful Mother's Day card, although it could equally be used for  a birthday or thank - you card and probably various other sorts as it's quite a versatile image. But enough waffle and on with the pics! As usual there are links to products at the end of my post that will take you directly to that product in the store.

The stamp is one of the wonderful Saturated Canary collection from Little Darling's Rubber Stamps, drawn by the uber talented Krista Smith. I was tempted to colour her with Distress Inks as I really think she'd suit them, but my Copics have been feeling quite neglected of late, so I thought I'd give them some love.

Skin: E000, 00, 11, R20, 11

Hair: E50, 31, 35, YR20

Clothes: BV000, 00, 02, 04, RV000, R81, 83, E41, 42, 43

I used design papers from the gorgeous Sofiero collection by Maja and I'm  embarrassed to say that I've pretty much covered 2 of layers with embellishment! What a numpty I am.  At least you can see one of them clearly used on the inside of the card.

I did mix and match paper companies here, something I don't do a lot as the textures and weights are often quite different, but here I just used some seed packets cut from Pion Design element sheets. I love these sheets for an inexpensive way of adding some interest to your cards and really 1 sheet will last you for several cards.

Well that's all from me today, I hope whatever you're doing you have a lovely day and I'll be back on Saturday with my very first GDT card for Kraftin' Kimmie....how exciting!! hope to see you there.

  Have fun! : ) x x

Saturated Canary - Gardener Gayle	Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black	Maja Design - Sofiero - The Magnificent Flowerstreet	Maja Design - Sofiero - Enjoying the Lovely Fragrance	La La Land - Open Leaf Flourish
Pion Design - Vintage Garden - Seed Packets	Pion Design - Vintage Garden - Phlox 6 x 6	Green Fringe Trim	Prima Say It In Crystals - Embellishments - All Pink	Neenah Cardstock
Dovecraft Hi-Bond Double Sided 6mm Tape	Collall All Purpose Glue - 50ml	Bazzill Self Adhesive Jewels - Clear

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Audrey in Paris at Dies to Die for

Good morning world!  I'm on my hols this week and I'm loving it.  I had a lovely birthday and now I get to spend most of this week crafting away to my heart's content.  Anyway on with my inspirational make for Dies to Die for today, I was going to do another Valentine, as it's Valentine's week, but I thought the card I'm sharing today had a kind of Valentine feel about it even though it isn't a Valentine's card.

I made this card after a conversation with somebody who has become a regular buyer of my cards on Etsy. We discussed a birthday card for her sister, who, she said, loves Audrey Hepburn and Doris Day and adores Paris, pink was also mentioned.  So I've been playing around with a few things with that in mind and here is a kind of Prototype.

I've used Maja Design papers from the Crea Diem collection.  Links to products are as always at the end of the post.

The stamp is called 'Audrey loves her make-up', one of the Uptown Girls from Stamping Bella.  She also comes with a sentiment, which I didn't use here as it's quite large. I've coloured her with Copics:

Skin: E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20 for cheeks

Clothes: R81, R83, R85, W5, W3, W1, W0

I did add a little glitter to her too, but it is not showing up AT ALL on the photos :( 

The scrabble letters are from Whimsy, they also do a die to match, but I don't have that so I just hand cut them. The Eiffiel Tower is a La La Land's die. I've also used some Prima bling here.

You can see another LLL die here and the sentiment is from Whimsy, I wanted the matching die for this but it's currently out of stock so I'll have to wait for that one, the sentiment looks pretty good anyway, even cut by hand. As usual I've almost covered my lace, I really do need to do something about that. all other items are from my ever growing stash.

I do hope you enjoyed my share today, I'll be back on Friday with my post for A Creative Romance :) xx

Audrey Loves Her Makeup	Crea Diem - Filled With Love	Crea Diem - If You Want To Be Loved	Crea Diem - Love Conquers All	Crea Diem - With All My Heart
La-La Land - Eiffel Tower	Liquid Pearls - White Opal	*NEW* 1.5" White Lace/Satin Center White	Neenah Cardstock	Dovecraft Hi-Bond Double Sided 6mm Tape
Collall All Purpose Glue - 50ml	Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black	Everyday Mini Postage Stamp Sentiments	La-La Land - Hot Air Balloon	La-La Land - Fancy Bracket

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