Pretty in Pink

Good afternoon, we've certainly had a change in the weather here in Leeds, it's cool and overcast today and I must say that much as I like the sun, this is much nicer weather for crafting.

Apologies for not posting again yesterday as promised, I didn't actually realise what the time was at the time of posting and the day simply ran away with me.

Anyhooo..on to the card.....

I bought this stamp simply because it was so pretty I thought I'd probably end up using it a lot.  So wanting to use her and not having an actual card in mind to make at the time I turned to some current and new challenges and designed a card with those in mind and ended up finding 6 that inspired me that I could use together on one card!

This is the card I ended up making.  Doesn't she look sweet?

This was my first proper go at using Frantage and honestly I can see why people use it lots, it's very addictive, I had to control myself, it's so much fun, but very frustrating when it blows away lol.

I have to give a big thanks to Tracy Payne for her excellent tutorial on how to use this stuff, it gave me the courage to give it a try, thanks so much for sharing that Tracy. 

I coloured Tilda with copics: Skin E00, 21, 13 and R20 for the cheeks.  Dress and shoes R81 & 83 and RV10. Hair E50, 51, 53 and 57

I cut the image out with a Spellbinders nestie circle and backed her with a small paper doily. I used some small white feathers behind the flowers.  DP used was Magnolia which I distressed with a Tim Holtz tool and gave an edging of white acrylic paint.  I used a large white doily and cut another layer of paper with a Spellbinders labels 1 die.

Flowers used are mostly from WOC as is the crystal stem.  The label here is a DooHicky one and the sentiment is from Pink Petticoat this one is useful as I didn't make the card with an event in mind as it can cover various different occasions.

 The Pink heart tag is cut with another Doo Hicky die, love these,  the little clay heart is from LLC and I've frantaged it with Shabby Pink as before.

Ribbon is all from stash.

I hope you enjoyed my first real venture in frantage and shabby chic, the challenges I made this card for are as follows:

Tilda's Town Challenge #62 Fussy and Fancy or Elegant and Understated

Marvelous Magnolia Challenge 36 Embossing + Sentiment

Copic Marker Europe Challenge 19 Shabby Chic

Addicted to Stamps Challenge #60 Lots of Layers

Bunny Zoe's Crafts JULY CHALLENGE - PINK & WHITE
Simply Magnolia: Birds of a Feather

That's all from me for now, enjoy the rest of your weekend, and if you've made it to the end her, do please leave me a comment, I do read and cherish every single one xx

Belated Fairy Heartfelt

Good morning folks. I was up and about early today with the sun shining through my window, so I have already tidied up,  got all my washing done and pegged out and finished a card , photographed, uploaded and edited it, get me!

I made this card fairly quickly for a birthday at work, I only found out on Friday that it's their birthday today, so I'll have to take it in tomorrow.

 Paper is 'Sweet Rainbow' Bumble Bee by Magnolia from Dies to Die For

The fuchsia spider's web behind the image is from The Ribbon Girl as is the little wooden button.

The image used on the inside of the card is from Pink Petticoat, I have a collection of these and thought it went perfectly with the paper and main image and of course the sentiment was exactly what I needed.

Image on the front is Fairy Heartfelt is by Christy Croll and is a digi from Tiddly Inks.  (I do have some rubber stamps for inking by the way, I just generally prefer to buy digis where possible as I can collect more due to the cost and storage factors.)

She's been coloured with Copics (R81 & 83, E00, 11, 50, 51, 53 & 57, Y00 &02 and I darkened the edge of her skirt with a Promarker in Sunflower.

Flowers are from The Ribbon Girl and WOC , all other embellishments were from my stash.

I hope you like my effort, I was quite pleased at the way she came out and I'm entering her for Tiddly Inks  Challenge #113 Fairies and Mermaids.

Now to to do the boring bit of making a box for her!

Have fun folks, and if you're in the UK don't forget to use some sunscreen, I'm predicting a few lobsters at work, myself I'll be staying pale and interesting lol

xx

Meltdown

I hope everyone in the UK is enjoying the sunny weather for a change.  It was so hot in work today I thought I might melt, sadly no air conditioning in the building where I work so we had to make do with opening windows thought there was little enough air.

I was very happy to get home kick my shoes off and indulge in an ice cream, so I thought the following card was very appropriate for today.

The image is Frenchie Claudine from Make it Crafty, coloured with Promarkers, papers are Rose Garden from First Edition. 
The sentiment is one of the Happy Birthday sentiments from Pink Petticoat , the dies used are nestabilities and shapabilities from Spellbinder and the flowers, doilies and pins are from WOC.  Papers have been distressed and inked with Ranger Distress Ink in Tea Dye.

The subtle glitter in pink doesn't really show up in the pictures sadly, neither does the glossy accents with I used on the strawberry sauce and has a really nice effect off camera. I really enjoyed colouring up this image although I don't think I really did her justice, still learning here and I find blending and shading much easier with Copics compared to Promarkers. 

Well I'm off to enjoy the rest of this light evening now it's cooled down a bit, thanks for visiting  xx