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Tuesday, 11 February 2014

Audrey in Paris at Dies to Die for

Good morning world!  I'm on my hols this week and I'm loving it.  I had a lovely birthday and now I get to spend most of this week crafting away to my heart's content.  Anyway on with my inspirational make for Dies to Die for today, I was going to do another Valentine, as it's Valentine's week, but I thought the card I'm sharing today had a kind of Valentine feel about it even though it isn't a Valentine's card.

I made this card after a conversation with somebody who has become a regular buyer of my cards on Etsy. We discussed a birthday card for her sister, who, she said, loves Audrey Hepburn and Doris Day and adores Paris, pink was also mentioned.  So I've been playing around with a few things with that in mind and here is a kind of Prototype.


I've used Maja Design papers from the Crea Diem collection.  Links to products are as always at the end of the post.


The stamp is called 'Audrey loves her make-up', one of the Uptown Girls from Stamping Bella.  She also comes with a sentiment, which I didn't use here as it's quite large. I've coloured her with Copics:

Skin: E11, E00, E000, E0000, R20 for cheeks
Clothes: R81, R83, R85, W5, W3, W1, W0
I did add a little glitter to her too, but it is not showing up AT ALL on the photos :( 


The scrabble letters are from Whimsy, they also do a die to match, but I don't have that so I just hand cut them. The Eiffiel Tower is a La La Land's die. I've also used some Prima bling here.


You can see another LLL die here and the sentiment is from Whimsy, I wanted the matching die for this but it's currently out of stock so I'll have to wait for that one, the sentiment looks pretty good anyway, even cut by hand. As usual I've almost covered my lace, I really do need to do something about that. all other items are from my ever growing stash.

I do hope you enjoyed my share today, I'll be back on Friday with my post for A Creative Romance :) xx







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Thursday, 6 February 2014

Tilda in Havana, Seeing Red for Marvelous Magnolia DT

Happy Thursday all! It's sooooo close to the weekend and my week off work I can almost taste it lol, but I'm here today with my DT card for Marvelous Magnolia.

This week the challenge is Seeing Red, so we want to see some red on your project...not hard with Valentine's Day just around the corner...of course it needn't be a Valentine's card, but it must have some red on it.

For my card I used some wonderful Pion Papers and Tilda in Havana and for a change I coloured her in Distress Inks.  I'm not 100% happy with the way she looks, but I'm still very new at DI colouring, so I hope to get better, I  really have to stop myself colouring the same way that I do with my Copics, it's a very different process. There's links to items used at the end of the post, all flowers and ribbon are from The Ribbon Girl.


I sat her in some of my Spellbinders nesting hearts. I think this card with the postcard and stamps woudl make a nice 'missing you' card, or a 'wish you were here'.  The postcard, tags and little stamps come from element sheets, love that Pion do this.  The border of the card at the edges is cut with a Doohickey Die and given a treatment of Tattered Rose DI.


Love this bow, I must admit this ribbon isn't my usual type, but it's gorgeous and it makes lovely bows holding it's shape really nicely.  The bling is Prima.

  A view of the sweet little tags, I hand cut them from the sheet and mounted them on some stiff cardstock.

A view of the inside, with paper this pretty there's no need to do much embellishing, and there's plenty of space to write a message.


So that's my inspiration, do visit the rest of the DT, their creations are stunning this week, and we have some new girls on the team too, so show them some love.

Our challenge is sponsored by the wonderful


If the words vintage and shabby chic makes your heart beat faster, you will find your haven at Live & Love Crafts! 

Live & Love Crafts is a UK based online store that ships WORLDWIDE. The store is owned and operated by Sandra Mathis, a crafter who is as passionate about the vintage style as she is about customer service and providing a good shopping experience. Live & Love Crafts prides itself on having a website that is easy to navigate with excellent product images. Orders are dispatched fast; usually on the same day received.

Live & Love Crafts stocks a wide range of products from well-loved vintage brands such as Maja Design, Pion Design, Magnolia, Wild Orchid Crafts, Kort & Godt, Prima, Melissa Frances, Maya Road, and the Tim Holtz/Ranger product lines.

The store has a vast selection of laces, ribbons and trims, an assortment of over 200 charms and metal decorations, as well as many other unique embellishments that you can't find elsewhere. To help you save on costs, the charms/metal decos can be purchased singularly and all trims and ribbons are sold by the yard/meter. If you’re looking for products that will inspire and a one stop paper & embellishment shop, look no further than Live & Love Crafts!



So don't delay, come join in with our challenge...you know you want to!

That's it from me today, my baby is coming up from London this weekend to visit with me for my birthday, so I probably won't be around till my post for Dies to Die for on Tuesday,  have a great weekend!! : ) x x





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Tuesday, 4 February 2014

SoG Bliss at Dies to Die for

Good Morning world! I'm here with my inspiration post for Dies to Die for and  I'm in busy, busy, busy mode this week both at home and at work as I have a whole week booked off work from starting next Monday and my beautiful daughter is coming up from London on Saturday to visit me for a few days for my birthday.  So I'm trying to get as much done as I can this week.

I've had this stamp for a while now just waiting to be inked, I've never used a Some Odd Girl stamp before, so this was another new try for me.  I thought I'd combine her with these lovely Bildmlarna papers, soooo pretty.  Links to the items in the shop can be found at the end of my post, just click and they will take you straight there with no searching.

Since it's February I created a Valentine's card, though as it doesn't actually say Valentine on it you could actually send it to a loved one on a variety of occasions.


I used a couple of lovely La La Land crafts Dies on my card, they do a wonderful range, check out all the ones that Tracy stocks, there's loads!  What I like about these dies is that they always cut so cleanly.  I never have a problem with them,  no need to use a metal shim, even on an intricate one like the tree I used here.

Both the stamp set and the paper are on sale right now, Tracy has so much lovely stuff on sale, you don't have to spend a small fortune to make lovely cards.



I've accented with some bling, I looooove these Prima Say it with Crystals collection, they are wonderful for a little bit of focal enhancement. I love these Prima butterfly clips, very useful for if you want to change out sentiments too.


The inside is decorated to complement the outside and I used the 3 butterfly stamps that come with the image to stamp on the inside and then accented with some little butterflies cut with a Memory Box die.


Well that's it from me today, I shall have my nose firmly to the grindstone at work when this goes live, desperately trying to empty my in-box before Friday lol.

I'm entering the following challenges:

BunnyZoe's Crafts - Stitching
Craft-DeeBowz - Anything Goes with a Bow
Kaboodle Doodles - Valentine
Stamp & Create - Love is in the Air
The Crazy Challenge - Love is in the Air


Take care and have fun! : ) x x



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