Ladybug Marci - Spring/Easter at La-La Land

Happy Monday everyone. Well it's mixed feelings from me today, the start of a short 4 days week and looking forward to my Easter Holiday, but this is a rather sad post from me as it's my very last post as a member of La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Team Monday.

I've been part  of the team (or the kit team) for a whole year now (wow, that went fast), and to think I originally signed for a 3 month Guest Spot lol! If I won the lottery and didn't have to work I would stay forever lol, but sadly as bills need to be paid I still need to keep the day job, so I have to spread my time around and sadly that means giving up some of the things I love to do other things sometimes.

I have had the most fun and wonderful time and I would like to say a huge thank you to Irina, Debbie and all the girls from Team Monday and all the rest of the DT for making me so welcome and giving me such a fun time (we won't mention the parties :P ), and I hope that they will invite me again next year.

So without any more ado, ...or I will starting sniffling.....this is my swan song for LLLC. The theme for this week is Spring or Easter....and as it's my last post I wanted to make it a really good one. I think I succeeded here :)

I used the following La-La Land Crafts products on my card:

Ladybug Marci

Lattice Doily Border Die

Stitched Nested Circles Die

Stitched Sun an Clouds Die

Cherry Blossom Branch Die

Open Leaf Flourish Die

Butterflies Set 1 Dies

If you're in the UK or Europe you can get all of these at Dies to Die for

I don't really send Easter cards, so I made a card in lovely spring colours, but as a nod to Easter I made an 'egg' shaped card (it's really an oval not an egg, but close enough ;)

I coloured Ladybug Marci with my distress ink markers -

Skin: Vintage Photo, Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet

Hair: Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord

Outfit: Shaded Lilac, Dusty Concord, Scattered Straw, Brushed Corduroy

The papers are a mix of Maja Design, Vintage Spring Basics, I inked the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and shabbied the whole thing up with a little Gesso.

I added some glamour dust to the dots on her wing cases and boots and to the ends of her antennae.

I found this little wooden ladybird button in my stash and popped it on this lovely sheer ribbon and finished off with a mix of flowers to match my papers.

I used the following embellishments from The Ribbon Girl

Mimosa Yellow Seam Binding

25mm Lavender Plain Sheer Ribbon

Chrysanth White Kort & Godt

Apple Blossom Mixed Pastels - Lemon and Mint

Tulip Flower White 

Hip Rose Bud Lilac Two Tone

Small Beaded Berries Lilac

Sweetheart Blossom White

Well that's all from me today, I'll be back on Friday as usual, but don't forget to check out the rest of the team's gorgeous makes here!

You can also find more inspiration on our Facebook and Pinterest pages.

Have a great Monday! :) xx

Sabrina - Anything Goes with Flower Power at Saturated Canary

Hi again, 2 posts in one day?! Get me. If you're looking for my Dies to Die for post, please scroll down.

I'm back again with my Saturated Canary GDT hat on, because we have a new Facebook challenge live today over in the Saturated Canary Facebook Group, it's anything goes with Flower Power, so you can make anything you like, as long as it has a Saturated Canary digi or rubber stamp on it and is flowery in some way.

I used Sabrina, I must admit that I've had this digi in my folder for a very long time, just waiting for the right time to use her, and with her pocket full of flowers I thought she'd be just the thing for this challenge.

I coloured Sabrina with my distress ink markers.

Skin: Vintage Photo, Worn Lipstick, Victorian Velvet

Hair Antique Linen, Walnut Stain

Outfit & Flowers: Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough, Milled Lavender, Pumice Stone, Black Soot, Shabby Shutters, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry.

Products used:

Sabrina - Digital Stamp

Maja Design - Vintage Summer Basics 1933

Maja Design - Vintage Summer Basics 1934

Reverse Wonky Rectangle Die

La-La Land Heart Doily Border Die

Cheery Lynn - Mini Fanciful Flourish Die

Victoria Antique White Lace

16mm Aqua Ruffle Edge Sheer Organza Ribbon

25mm Aqua Satin Ribbon

6mm Flat Back White Pearl Trim

White/Purple-Pink Two Tone Wild Rose

Hip Rose Bud Pale Pink

Don't forget to check the rest of the teams FABULOUS makes here.

I'm entering this card into the following challenge:

Live and Love Crafts Photo Inspiration

That's all from me for today, have a lovely weekend! :) xx

Boho Chic at Dies to Die for and some exciting news!I

Happy Friday everyone, it's the weekend soon ..wheee!! and that can only mean one thing, it's time for my inspiration piece for Dies to Die for.

Today I'm using the delightful 'Boho Chic' a Dollhouse stamp from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.

This is my first time using one of the Dollhouse collection, but it certainly won't be my last, I just love them! In fact you'll be seeing more Little Darlings Rubber Stamps shares from me. I was going to wait until my first official post for them, but since Angie mentioned it the other night in the LDRS Facebook Group, I can't wait any longer to tell you that I've joined the Little Dralings Rubber Stamps Design Team!!! How cool is that? I have to say that when Angie asked me if I would join the team I barely let her finish the sentence before answering yes yes YES!  I was just a 'bit' excited :P So look out for my first post for them in April. I have to say there will be more of these lovelies available in May and you will NOT want to miss them, I'm in love with them already.

My choice of which stamp to use was driven primarily by the paper, as soon as I saw this fabulous flowery MME paper that came in my DT pack, I knew which stamp I wanted to use with it.

I've listed the products I've used at the end of my post along with links to take you directly there.

I coloured her with my Distress ink Markers.

Skin: Vintage Photo, Worn Lipstick.

Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain

Outfit and Bird: Festive Berries, Mustard Seed, Black Soot, Evergreen Bough, Bundled Sage

I used the new LDRS Dewdrop Circle die behind her, isn't it fab, look at that gorgeous embossing.

I thought this MFT die echoed those pinking edged circles on the paper perfectly!

The sentiment, which is also from LDRS, is framed by a Scrapberry's frame embellishment. These come in white but I colored it with one of my Copic markers, Tracy has only just got these in stock at Dies to Die for (lucky me I got to use one first!) but they should be available on the website really soon, maybe even this weekend :)

Products Used:

LDRS Dollhouse - Boho Chic

MME Market Street Nob Hill 6 x 6 Pad

La-La Land Stitched Circles Die

MFT Pinking Edge Circle Die

LDRS Dewdrop Circle Die

Memento Ink Pad - Love Letter

Before I go I just wanted to share one more bit of news with you (if you're on FB you will probably have seen this already). I got published! Very exciting and I'm just sharing a pic of one of my magazine posts below.

How exciting is that? It was for Die Cutting Essentials magazine. Not my very best work as it was a very last minute request, but still very exciting to be asked and find yourself in print.

On that note I'll bid you all adieu, but I will be back in a very short while with another post.

Take care! :) xx