Wee Stamps - Snowflake Dancer

Ok so.....make sure you're sitting down....I made another Clean & Simple card. I know right?!

Those of you who have been followers of mine for some time now will know how difficult I find these. This one was no exception, once I had the image coloured up and cut out I really struggled with it. I knew I wanted to keep it clean to showcase the beautiful drawing by Sylvia Zet but I kept feeling that I should add more. Luckily I resisted, because now it's finished I really love it.

I coloured her with my distress ink markers, this beautiful blue is one of the newer colours Blueprint Sketch and comes out quite Violet toned when diluted.

I outlined all the clothing hair and snowflakes with my Sakura Gelly Roll pen - Clear Star. This adds a wonderful soft metallic sparkle and I wish the camera would pick it up properly, because it looks so pretty in real life,

I had this sentiment stamp laying around in my drawer and it was the perfect size (and sentiment) for this card and just filled in a little bit of that white space without looking too fussy. The silver ink complemented the style of the painting perfectly I thought. 

Wee Stamps - Snowflake Dancer

Maja Design - Vintage Frost Basics

Centura Pearl Snow White Cardstock

By DIEzyne Big Pierced and Stitched Regtangles

Marianne Designs Creatables - Snowflakes Style 1

Adhesive Gems - Seaside

That's all from me today but I'll be back to share more inspiration next week.
Have a lovely weekend! :) xx

Paisley has a Prezzie at Dies to Die for

Happy Tuesday everyone, I'm here with my usual Tuesday inspiration post for Dies to Die for, and so far the week has been off to a great start, apart from some guest DT work which I can't announce just yet ;), my card for last week's Dies to Die for post made the Banner of the Little Darlings Rubber Stamps Facebook  group page....how exciting is that? and if that wasn't enough I'm also being featured today on Copic in the Craftroom's Facebook page as their Tuedsay Toot! I'm just over the moon. I hope you've all had a great start to your week  too.

Today I'm using one of the fabulous new Stamping Bella stamps, Tracy has all the new ones in now and o my it was sooooo hard to chose, I really want them all!

But in the end I settled on Paisley has a Prezzie, she is just so pretty and this will be ideal for decorating a card for many different occasions.  I colored her up in Distress Inks today, but I'd really like to colour her up in Copics as well sometime soon, I really love this design.

I used this Marianne Design Craftables die in a bit of a different way for me here, I LOVE the effect it created and I accented with a La-La Land fence. I think it gives a fairly basic sketch that something extra, don't you?

I went with the Echo Park pack (I used this on a card I did on Saturday and there was still plenty left to make this card and I still have bits left, and that was with only a part of the pack!).

I loved making this card, it was so much fun, I do hope you've enjoyed it too.  That's all from me for now, but I'll be popping by on Thursday with a bit of a surprise and then the really BIG news next Monday, I can't wait!! : D x x 

*NEW* Paisley has a Prezzie	Echo Park - Mini Theme Collection Kit - Hello Spring	La La Land - Wrought Iron Fence	Mini Roses Jewel Tone - Blues	Marianne Design Craftables - Passe - Partout Round	La La Land - Open Leaf Flourish
My Mind's Eye - Lush - Decorative Brads - Blue	Neenah Cardstock	Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain

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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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