Tiddly Inks Tanker Fairy Flies

If you're looking for my candy it's here.
I got a chance to play and just create something for the fun of it yesterday, which was nice as I have quite a few projects on the burner that need to get finished this week or by the weekend that it was nice to take a little time out and jut be creative for the sheer joy of it.

Anyhooo....here's what I made (and sorry I didn't post it yesterday, I was really busy and then I got so carried away creating I didn't get time to take pics and post).

The papers are the new Autumn Basics by Maja Design, aren't they yummy? These are the 12 x 12 versions.  I thought the hot air ballons and the clocks had a real steam punk feel to then as well as vintage, so I decided to go with the flow.  The clock  and gears dies are from Cheery Lyn and I used a  Go Kreate die to create the card shape. I stitched all the papers with top stitch thread in Nutmeg and inked the edges with Vintage Photo distress ink.

The image is Tanker Fairy Flies, a Tiddly Inks digi by Christy Croll, I really love the Tiddly Inks stamps, they're so much fun and a joy to colour. She's coloured in Copics as per usual for me and I've just noticed (how embarassing) that I missed  a small lock of her hair, so I shall need to go and touch that in lol.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the velvet ribbon (love it) and the seam binding are from The Ribbon Girl, the lace and pine cones (I think they look great here and they're sooo cute) are from Live & Love Crafts as are the Screw style Brads. I can't remember where I got the little clock charm but I think several of the shops sell them.

I cut the cogs in blue corrugated card, toned down the brightness a bit with some white acrylic paint and them added some frantage in shabby white.  I think they look pretty cool attached with the screw brads.

The inside is decorated to complement and coordinate with the front. More of that yummy Maja paper.

To finish I just added some pearls and a couple of flourishes.  You can see the tag pulled out here, this is cut from one of the 12 x 12 sheets which is full of tags, elements and vintage photos, great additions to your cards.

To make the seam binding look shabby I just screw it up into a small ball and then roll it between my hands in little circles so that it creases and textures.

Well that's it from me, don't forget to check out my blog candy here  before you leave.

Have a great evening :) xx

I'm entering my card into the following challenges:

Tiddly Inks  Anything Goes

Inky Chicks 2 different die cuts

Papertake Weekly Anything Goes

A Creative Romance Fairytale or Winged Creations

Stampin for the Weekend Fairies and Fantasy

A Little Bit Crafty  A Little Bit Shabby

Bunny Zoe Crafts Something Blue

CLP  #63

613 Avenue Create Anything Goes

Cupcake Inspirations #231 Steam Punk

Crafting Clear-out Candy Alert!

Good morning to all my lovely followers and any new visitors dropping by.  I hope you're all ready for a great week-end whether you have special plans, a busy schedule or just relaxing.

I've just made my second Etsy sale so I'm very excited lol, even though I've sold a fair few card privately before, I'm always slightly stunned that people actually want to buy my work so it gives me a warm glow.  

Ok so onto the main reason I'm here.....I've decided that the time has come to have a good sort out of my crafting space.  When I first started making cards I bought stuff I thought I needed and over time I've added to it and will probably keep adding to it when I can afford and find the space.  I have a parcel of goodies due to arrive today and I really need to find space for it lol.  So I've been looking at some of my stuff and have decided that there's certain stuff I just don't use anymore.  This isn't because the items aren't any good, or that I don't like them, just that as I have grown and developed my style more, they don't fit in with what I use anymore.

 I have a lot of pretty designer paper, mostly by First Edition, lots of them are glittered or embellished and they are lovely papers, but don't lend themselves as well to distressing so I haven't used them for months.  They're mainly from 8 x 8 pads, some are almost full pads, I don't use them so rather than let them sit unused I am going to offer them as part of a giveaway.  They would be ideal for anybody starting out or somebody who loves bright designs and wants to add to their collection.

Also when I first started colouring images Promarkers were easily available and I didn't even know you could buy Copics in the UK at that time.  When I started more advanced shading and blending I couldn't get the effects I wanted, I tried a few Copics and was sold on the brush tip.  (of course you can buy a brush tip for Pro-markers too I discovered later after buying a bunch of Copics lol)

I personally cannot get the hang of blending with Pro-markers, it just doesn't work for me the way Copics do, but some people have amazing results with them and also if you don't do a lot of shading they're fab to colour with.  I use Copics now so my poor Pro-markers are sitting there unused, I'd love them to go to a new home where they'll be loved. They are barely used and should last a good while, some of the colours that came in sets haven't been used at all except to mark a colour sheet.

Finally I have some Punches and Dies that I just don't use anymore because I have so many dies now and they are taking up much needed room.  I'm sure somebody could give those a good home.

Soooooo today I will gather and sort and inventory everything and take some photos and I'll be back this afternoon with a Candy post.  There's quite a bit of stuff so I may even have 2 or 3 Candy giveaways for you, so watch this space! :) xx 

Flower Fairy DT Card for Crafty Catz

Woop woop it's Friiiiday again and I'm seriously glad for it, this week has been hectic and I'm looking forward to my weekend.  But Friday also means a new challenge at Crafty Catz.

This week our theme is anything goes, super easy right? :D  We're sponsored by Bugaboo who have a great prize for our lucky winner and I've used one of their digi images in my card this week.

I've manipulated the digi to form the sentiment for my card, this is one of the things I love about digital stamps, that you can resize and adjust them to suit your project.  I made this the right size and also removed the square frame that was around the original image as I wanted it shaped to match my card.

I combined the Bugaboo digi with a Wee Stamps one, this is Flower Fairies, there's 2 in the set, I was going to use the 2nd one on the inside of my card but I'm afraid I ran out of time...did I say I'd had a crazily busy week?

I coloured her up with my Copics and added some glamour dust for sparkle.  I added a little colour and sparkle to the Bugaboo digi too.

I distressed, inked and stitched all my papers these are Bildmarlarna - Welcome Lovely World simply gorgeous, I must get more, these were from Dies to Die For.  I added flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and some pearls, pearl string, cheescloth, ribbon and crystal spray.  I also added a little fairy charm from my stash.

The papers were so beautiful I decided just to use them to decorate the inside of the card without any added embellishment, the paper is light enough to write on clearly.

Well that's my card today, blogged very quickly as I don't have a lot of time to get this done and scheduled, but hopefully I'll have more time at the weekend.  Time allowing I'm having a big tidy up and clear out so I may have some candy this weekend albeit most of it will be pre-loved :)  

Do pop along to the blog and give the other DT girls some love, they've made some super cards this week oh and join in with the challenge...it's Anything Goes, so no excuses!! :) xx

I'm entering the following challenges:

Inky Chicks Use 2 different die cuts

Papertake Weekly Anything Goes

Check out my Giveaway here