Vintage Happily Ever After at Dies to Die for

Happy Tuesday everyone and a big hello to my newest followers, I'm very happy to see you :)  I'm here today with my DT card for Dies to Die for the inspiration blog for the Dies to Die for online craft store 

 I've had the dreaded bug that's been going around this weekend, so instead of doing my Christmas shopping I was stuck at home feeling very sorry for myself, but at least I got to craft when I started to feel a little better.  I'm all Christmased out at the mo when it comes to making cards, so I rummaged through my DT box and found these gorgeous Maja Vintage Autumn Basics papers which totally inspired me to make something monochrome and vintage.  I've added links to the products at the end of the post, except for the papers which aren't currently appearing with the rest of the Vintage Autumn Basics papers, but once the Christmas holiday is over Tracy will re-add them and you'll be able to find them here

I really like how this turned out, I thought it would be ideal as an anniversary card, but you could just as easily use it for a valentine, wedding or engagement card, or just to say 'I love you'. The little banners are just cut from the decorative border on the bottom of the paper, I just decorated with some little spots of liquid pearls and popped them up on some foam. Love that Clock die from Cherry Lyn, see it's useful for so much more than just steampunk cards!

I used one of my all time favourite Tiddly Inks stamps, Happily Ever After', love this, it's so versatile for anything coupley. The papers worked so fabulously together I thought I'd paper piece them, though I should have paid more attention and got more of the roses on her dress instead of the leaves lol.  Paper piecing is great for using up scraps and also helps if you're not too confident with your colouring skills.

Inside you can see the paper I used on her dress, with all the roses this time!

If you prefer more colour, you can always use coloured embellishments, or use the coloured papers from the range (or one of the other Maja Vintage Basics ranges that Tracy stocks, they'd work just as well.

That's it from me today, hope you like it and that Christmas doesn't have you too wiped out and you have time to enjoy some pre-Christmas festivities :) xx

Tiddly Inks - Happily Ever After	Cheery Lynn - Clock w/Angel wing	Prima Say It In Crystals - Embellishments - Light Brown	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Liquid Pearls - White Opal
Lace with Pearl Centre	5/8" Sheer / Box Pleat - Brown	Neenah Cardstock	Dovecraft Hi-Bond Double Sided 6mm Tape	Collall All Purpose Glue - 50ml
*NEW* 1.5" White Lace/Satin Center White

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Winter Friends at Crafty Catz

TGIF!! I'm counting down till Christmas, because even though I still have a frightening amount of stuff to do, I only have one more week at work and then I get a whole week off!! Woohoo, boy do I need it, I feel like I've been stumbling through life day to day recently trying to get everything done.  But enough of that, I'm here today with my DT card for the Crafty Catz Challenge blog.  It's our last one of the year and it's super easy.....Anything Goes!  So let your creativity flow!

My card is a Christmas card, and it'll be the last one I'll make this year. It was going to be for my daughter, but it wasn't quite finished in time (in fact I still have to decorate the inside lol) so I gave her the shaker one instead which she loved, but I'll have to use this stamp on hers next year, because it has a penguin, and she adores penguins. It was also supposed to be for the last ever CLP challenge and that's the sketch i followed, I just ran out of time and didn't get to enter it.

Papers are by Pion and Inkadoo, both from Dies to Die for. I used a Spellbinders Grand Nesties Labels one to create the card shape, the trees are a DooHicky die.

This is a Wee Stamps image called Winter Friends,  this is a Digi but you can get it in rubber here.

I coloured her up with Copic and I can't remember which colours I used now, I must get myself a notebook for this.  

I dusted all the flowers with Twinklets for that frosty look, love this pearl trim.

I added a little liquid applique with some Twinklets on top to the trees.

Well that's it from me today, don't forget to come and see the rest of the DT creations at Crafty Catz, they really are wonderful and join in the fun with us, it's Anything Goes so super easy and we have not 1 but 2 prizes from our marvelous sponsors 

CRIMSON CLOUD & MARIANNE DESIGNS

Enjoy your Friday :) xx

I'm entering this card for the following challenges:

Magnolia-licious  Holiday/Winter Themed

Papertake Weekly  Christmas Creatures

Divas by Design Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday Christmas Catch Up

Stampin' for the Weekend Use Some Red

Show the Way Tilda Shaker

Good afternoon everyone, just one more day to go until the weekend, it’s going to be a busy one for me as I have lots to get done in preparation for Christmas. 

I’m here today with the new challenge for Marvellous Magnolia.  Our challenge couldn’t be easier as it’s Anything Goes.

I’m sharing one of my final Christmas cards today, and this time I tried something completely new for me, I made a shaker card. I made this card for my daughter, but as I've given it t her now I can share it with you.  This is my first time making one of these, so hopefully I didn't make too much of a hash of it lol. This is a particularly photo heavy post.

I used the new Vintage  Frost Basics papers from Maja Design, they’re just so yummy and you can carry on using them after Christmas too, as they aren’t Christmas specific. There are links to most of the items  I used at the end of this post.

I’ve used Show the Way Tilda, I think she’s sooo pretty, and doesn’t she look snug and cosy in her hat and coat….well until I stuck her in the middle of a snow blizzard lol.   I added a little snowflake for her to point at and some shabby pink embossing powder around her to look like snow and used Diamond Dust and some silver Glass Glitter to be shaken.

The little pennants are just cut from the border strip of the Maja paper I thought they looked so cute, and the looped ribbon looked very pretty framing the image.

The pink ribbon for the bow and the gem I've had in my stash for ages now.

Flowers are all from Wild Orchid Craft

As you can see I gently sloped and shaped my card using clear sticky foam and I filled the small gap that was left at the edge with some sparkly bead trim from my stash, I actually think this looks really pretty.

Well that’s it from me for today, I’ll be back tomorrow with my card for Crafty Catz challenge blog.

Enjoy the rest of your day and don't stress too much over Christmas :) xx

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Tilda's Town Winter Wonderland
Magnolia Down Under Anything Goes
Lovely HAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Winter Wonderland
The Ribbon Girl Ho Ho Ho Christmas Challenge
Midweek Magnolia I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas

Sheer/Looped Trim Ribbon - Pink	*NEW* Christmas Verso Die Set - Decorative Holly Rings	Maja Design - Vintage Frost Basics - 19th of December	Stampendous - Frantage Crushed Glass Glitter - Silver	A4 Heat Resistant Acetate
Show The Way Tilda	Neenah Cardstock	Dovecraft Hi-Bond Double Sided 6mm Tape	Collall All Purpose Glue - 50ml	Bazzill Self Adhesive Jewels - Clear
Stampendous - Frantage Embossing Enamel - Shabby Pink

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