Get the La-La London Look

Good morning all, it's the start of another week and I'm here with my GDT inspiration post for La-La Land Crafts.

This week the theme is Be Inspired and we had a photo to follow as our inspiration.  Now I'm going to come right out and say it, my heart sank when I saw this photo, because I really don't like the red, white and blue colour combination and have very few papers etc to fit the theme.

I'm not American so I don't celebrate the 4th of July either, I was really struggling with this one.

So I started thinking around it, red white and blue are also the colours of the British flag, so if I took the patriotic route, what did that say to me.  Well even though I now live in Leeds and did a stint in France too, I've lived the great majority of my life in London and I always consider myself a London girl at heart, I'm a proper cockney too, born within the sound of Bow Bells and all.  So I decided to try and match the red, white and blue with something typically 'London', and what I came up with was the London Underground symbol....pow, inspiration hit me.

La-La Land Crafts Items Used:

Marci with Umbrella

Wrought Iron Fence Die

I've listed items available in the UK at the end of my post. 

 I had some London themed charms in my stash,  good old Umbrella Marci makes a perfect London girl since we get so much rain, and this brick paper from Pion's Playtime collection seemed almost made for my theme, a nice typically London wrought iron fence on the top and we're home!

Love this spotty ribbon and the London themed charms!

I mostly paper pieced Marci and shaded and coloured the rest of her up with my Copics.

Copic colours used.

Skin: E11, E21, E01, E00, E000, R11, R20

Clothing and shading: R32, R35. R56, B23, B24, B27, W0, W01, W03

Items used:

Marci with Umbrella

Wrought Iron Fence Die

Pion Playtime Collection Design Paper

Memory Box Parker Lower Alphabet Die

Gutterman Top Stitch Thread

Red Spot Organza Ribbon

White Flat Back Pearls

That's all from me today, do drop by the blog and check out the rest of Team Monday's projects, there are some jaw dropping creations there that put mine to shame. I'll be back tomorrow with my regular Dies to Die for inspiration post.

Happy crafting! : ) x x

Virgo Tilda - Over The Garden Fence at Totally Tilda

Happy Sunday everyone!, Hope your having a good weekend, I'm feeling a bit better after suffering a heavy cold for the last few days, good job this card was already pretty much made...pheeew!
Before I move on to the reason I'm here, I just want to mention that I have a Celebration Blog Candy here which is open until the 15th May and has rather a lot of nice goodies.

It's time for a new challenge at Totally Tilda, and this time the theme is 'Over the Garden Fence'.  So we want to see a fence (along with a Tilda of course!) on your card somewhere.  This could be in the form of a stamp, a die or an embellishment...as long as it's a fence it's fine, we can't wait to see what you come up with!

My card today is featuring Virgo Tilda from the latest collection and I do love her, she's so pretty and she was a dream to colour. I made a very Spring like card as I seem to be in the zone with those at the mo.

I used papers from the Maja Vintage Spring Basics collection, these are from the 6 x 6 pack, this pack is very versatile because not only can you use the collection on it's own as I have done here, but also the papers work brilliantly with the other Maja collections!

I've used my Copics to colour Tilda, though I think this card would work equally well in distress inks also.

I gave her light Titian hair, I love this shade on her and it works beautifully with her lilac dress I think.

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

Hair: E00, E11, E13, E15

Dress: BV000, BV02, BV04

The fence I used was cut with a La-La Land Crafts die, Wrought Iron Fence

I was very lucky that I had the Leaves and Swirl Doo Hicky die, because the leaves match the ones that she's holding perfectly don't you think? To finish off  I used some lilac seam binding, white lace and purple satin ribbon, along with a selection of  flowers and pearls from The Ribbon Girl.  The bling on the bow is from my stash.

I didn't add a sentiment as I think this card would be suitable for lots of different occasions, and as usual the inside is decorated with papers from the same collection to complement the front, with plenty of room to write a message.

Do pop across to the blog to see the rest of the girls makes, you won't be disappointed, they really are fab!

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Well that's all from me for today, enjoy the rest of your weekend, I'll be back tomorrow with my Monday GDT inspiration for La-La Land Crafts, see you then! : ) xx

I'm entering my card for the following:

Tilda's Town Challenge #100 Easter/Spring
Magnolia Down Under #233 Sketch
Magnolia-licious - Flowery

Z14 Magnolia EZ Mount - Zodiac Virgo Tilda	La La Land - Wrought Iron Fence	Maja Design - Vintage Spring Basics - 6 x 6 Pad	Spellbinders - Nestabilities - Stately Circles	Magnolia Doohickey Die - Leaf and Swirl	Neenah Cardstock
Collall All Purpose Glue - 50ml	Memento Ink Pad - Rich Cocoa

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