Steampunk Valentine

Hi everyone, big hugs to all my followers new and old and a big thank you for all the lovely comments you've been leaving for me recently, I really love to read them and totally appreciate every one of them :)

Unusually for me today I'm not here as part of any challenge or DT....well I suppose it's kind of as GDT for Saturated Canary, but this post was not required, or for anything special other than that I totally fell in LOVE with this image when I saw it, and couldn't wait to make something with it!

Well of course I had to wait a bit, because you know ...life...I work full time with quite a long journey to and from work, and then there are DT commitments etc, not to mention chores and squeezing in family and a social life lol!  I did manage to get it coloured up last week and shared it in the Saturated Canary Facebook Group, but I've been itching to make something with it since then.

Now I have a thing for Steampunk, though I don't often get to indulge, but this was really pretty too, so I didn't want to go too far down the dark and utilitarian Steampunk path, so I decided to make a Steampunk Valentine card.

I love the way this turned out.

The colouring is done with Distress Ink markers.

Skin: Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Aged Mahogany

Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Gathered Twigs

Outfit: Victorian Velvet, Frayed Burlap, Gathered Twigs, Pumice Stone, Antique Linen.

The beautiful papers are Maja Design Vintage Autumn Basics, they're edged with DI and hand stitched.

I used the Steampunk Clock and Heart Cogs from La-La Land  Crafts and some other cogs cut with a Cheery Lynn die set. They've been edged with Vintage Photo DI. I added a little lace and seam binding and a brass coloured key. The little screws are brads and are by Tim Holtz.

Finally I decorated the inside with complementary paper and some steampunk vehicle stamps.

There you go....not a flower in sight!....well only on the patterned paper.

Sadly this stamp is not yet available, it's going to be used for a project kit over at Kit and Clowder, so I was very lucky to get to play with it early :)

Items used

Maja Design Papers

Steampunk Clock

Heart Cogs

Cheery Lynn Gears

Clementine Lace

Seam Binding Oloroso

Cream Top Stitch Thread

Pink Top Stitch Thread
8mm Flat Back Ivory Pearls
6mm Ivory Flat Back Pearl Trim

That's all from me, but I'll be back on Friday with more to share, see you then! :) xx

La-La Land Masquerade Marci - Inspiration Photo

Good evening! Well it seems that in my rush to get this made and uploaded, that I didn't hit 'publish' after scheduling, so this didn't go live this morning as it should have done.  Ahh well, still time to share it now I'm home from work.

Our theme this week over at La- La Land Crafts is an inspiration photo, if you would like to have a play with the theme yourself I've linked it at the end of my post.

I chose to play with Masquerade Marci, one of the stamps from the new release, isn't she gorgeous?!

La-La Land items used:

Masquerade Marci

Masquerade Mask Die  

Heart Fan Die

Feathers (set of 2) die

Stitched Nested Circles

If you are in the UK or Europe, you can pre-order these items from Dies to Die for

I've coloured Marci with distress ink markers.

Skin : Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Aged Mahogany

Hair: Antique Linen, Gathered Twigs

Outfit: Tattered Rose, Victorian Velvet, Broken China, Pumice Stone

and used some beautiful papers and flowers from my stash and some lovely embellishments from 

The Ribbon Girl

Ophelia Lace

Hot Pink Satin Ribbbon

Pearl & Diamante Embellishment

Apple Blossom Mixed Pastels

Tulips Baby Pink

Flat Back Ivory Pearls 8mm

Here's the pic we used if you want to play along, as you can see I just chose to use the colours, but you could use texture theme etc too.

Well that's all from me, don't forget to go look at the rest of Team Monday's makes on the blog, and also Team Wednedsay and Team Friday through the week, there really are some super makes!

Also if you have Facebook, why not join our Facebook group and share your makes with us.

That's all from me, I'm off to make another coffee and warm up, see you soon!! :) xx

Fragile Heart

Happy Sunday! I hope you're all having a relaxing weekend. I really needed to recharge my batteries this weekend as I was burning the candle at both ends a bit last week. I feel much better for catching up on my sleep a bit.

Anyhooooooo on to the reason I'm here today and that is the new challenge at Totally Tilda and Friends.

This time the challenge is 'Valentines' so yes we would like to see all your Valentine themed makes.

Don't forget you can now use any stamp, not just Tilda, but it has to be a rubber stamps, no digis sorry!

I used a Hannah Lynn image on my card. A lot of Hannah Lynn designs are available as digital stamps, but this one was only available in rubber. I do have to say that for some reason she was quite difficult to stamp clearly, it may be those thick lines.

I coloured her in Copics this time, though I will have to try colouring a Hannah Lynn image with Distress Markers, something to add to the ever growing 'to do' list lol

Colours used:

Skin: E13, E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair: R32, R35, R37, R59

Outfit: R32, R35, R37, R59, E42, E43, E44, W7, W5, W3

I used the following items:

Stamp - Fragile Heart

Paper MME Lost & Found - Heirloom

Postage Stamp Die

Wooden 'Love'

Ribbon Girl goodies used:

Francesca Black Scallop Edge Lace

Organza Pink Pouf Ribbon

Pale Pink Pearl Bead String

Tulip Flower Baby Pink

Pretty Blossom Pink

The lovely butterfly is from Karla's Kreative Korner , she doesn't seem to stock this one anymore but she has lots of other beautiful butterflies to choose from. These are now back in stock and you can find them here

All other items from my stash.

I do hope you can join us, we have a lovely prize this week from our sponsor

and don't forget to check out the rest of the teams makes, there's some stunners this week!

That's all from me today, but I'll be back tomorrow with something more to share. enjoy your Sunday! :) xx