Greens

Good Morning All
Hope you are all well this lovely January morning.  I have just been a little bit naughty and put a rather large order in at Joanna Sheens online shop as she does free P&P here to Spain.  I have bought quite afew dies which I couldn't resist.
Todays card is a lovely Tilda with her basket of apples

Now it has taken me a good while to upload this as blogger is playing up, so I have had to have another go at Picasa, which I dont understand, but managed this one.
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Tilda image coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noirs
Quilled flowers and leaves
Embossed card
Ribbon
Buttons
Pearl swirl
Homemade pin
Sentiment free with 'Making Cards' mag
xxxx
Wendy L


CHALLENGES--------
DCC & Friends - Button Up
Divas by Design  # 66 - Anything Goes
By the Cute and Girly - January Cute and Girly
Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with a Ribbon
Crafty Catz # 164 - Anything Goes
Tildas Town # 34 - Anything Goes
My Heart Pieces - Girly
Cards Galore January- Anything Goes

Home

Good Afternoon All
It is good to be home but it was very difficult leaving Hollie and my family, she is so gorgeous and happy.  Oooh and it was soooo cold.

The first time I saw her awake on Tuesday morning, Lorien brought her into the kitchen after she woke up and her face just burst into a giant smile for me.  I had a great time with her and she was so good for me when I took her in the car to see my Mum and  my sisters.

I made this card before I left but it was still on my camera when I downloaded the pics of Hollie.

Featuring some of my crochet flowers

Tilda coloured with Promarkers and Spectrum Noir
Pearl swirl from Zva Creative (I won)
Cream lace from local China Bazaar
Sentiment a freebie - Happy Birthday - With Love
Blue flower paper from Create & Craft a long time ago
Ribbon from stash
xxxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES----
Go Fish Challenge # 31 - Anything Goes
Pin and Tack # 4 - Spark your Creativity Now
Really Reasonable Ribbons  # 62- Anything Goes and Ribbon
Passion for Promarkers # 178 - Happy

Birthday Tilda

Good Afternoon All
Well we are back from our weekend away and we didn't get washed away in the rain.  We went on a coach trip that should have been a 3 to 4 hour trip and ended up 6 1/2 hours and we had horrible rain all day Saturday but Sunday was glorious again and today we are back to gorgeous Spanish weather again - lovely.  I've been up on the roof to empty all my plant pots of water, after the torrential rain  on Thursday and Friday.
Anyway, as we go away  for our annual holiday in a couple of weeks I will only be entering afew monthly challenges and I made this one yesterday to enter the Crafters Companion challenge for October (I was lucky enought to win the September - Whoopy).  They are celebrating their birthday soon so thay want a Birthday card but you have to use an item or items of theirs,

 

 

5 x 5 card blank

Tilda coloured with Promarkers and I have bought some Spectrum Noir pens after watching Christinas Tutorial at Card Making Magic.

I used my new Spellbinders which I bought when Cuddly Buddly had an offer on - Scalloped hexagons.

Flowers made from felt using Spellbinder blossoms and bitty blossoms

Blue speckled paper is Crafters Companion from a Christmas pack from 2010 that came with a magazine

Embossing on front corner, I used Crafters Companion Box board

Homemade bead chain

Ribbon from stash

Round sentiment - freebie

xxxx

Wendy L

 

CHALLENGES ----

Crafters Comapanion Monthly - Birthday

 Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes & Birthday

Just Keep on Creating # 4 - Anything Goes

By Cute and Girly - Birthday

 Use it Tuesday - Use your scraps I,ve used some  very old paper (2010)

 

 

Organza Flower

Good Evening All
Tell me what you think of this flower.  I saw this tutorial on Christinas website---
 Card Making Magic.com, how to make lovely flowers from organza using a heat gun.  I bought a large reel of maroon ribbon, about 5" wide and it has flocking on it (if you know what I mean) but it still worked with the same method.  I didn,t use aSpellbinder to cut out the circles  though, I just used fancy scissors and cut a rough circle.

I used a 5x7 card blank
Red paper to mat
White card embossed with Darice embossing folder in Cuttlebug
Happy Birthday stamp with chalked edges
Tiny red roses Ebay
Swirly gems from Zsa Creative (I won)
Homemade bead ornament twirl

Please let me know what you think. 
I am going now to play with my new Spellbinder Bitty Blossoms die and I am going to try them on felt. I will show you tomorrow what they turn out like.
xxx
Wendy L

CHALLENGES ------
QKR Stampede # 3 - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
  

Tildas in the Pink

Good Morning All
Hope you all had a great weekend.

Wow, today sees the start of a new challenge over at Love to Create and what a great prize there is for the winner, I wish I could enter.  There is $40 worth of goodies up for grabs and the theme is Anything Goes so there is no excuse not to enter.  And they are great goodies, pop over and take a peek.

My card for the DT is another pink another easel and another Tilda!!!!!!

6 x 6 pink card blank
Gorgeous Tilda with watering can and flower coloured with Promarkers
Paper from Creat & Craft years ago
Birthday sentiment -  a free stamp on a magazine coloured with Promarkers
Quilled flowers
Homemade pearl pin
Pink buttons from the Works shop in UK
EK corner punch
Spellbinders label die cut

Pop over the the challenge blog and check out all the other DT's designs and the prize on offer.

Challenges------

2 Sisters # 97 - Anything Goes
Sentimental Sunday # 108 - Cute & Girly
Incy Wincy - Anything Goes
Make it Mondays # 95 - Anything Goes
Pile it On #26 - Make your own embellishments
Crafty Cardmakers # 71- Make your own flowers
MAWTT - Happy Birthday
Allsorts Challenge # 160 - Any die will do
Lollipop Crafts - Flowers inbloom

Tilda paddling

Good Evening All
I,m abit late posting but I  have had a busyish day, been to the beach and out for lunch.  Our team won the quiz on Sunday night so we got a  15 euro food voucher to spend at the Bar where the quiz is held, so John and I went there for lunch and very nice it was too.
Yesterday I went to our local ish craft shop and bought afew things - Spellbinders Edgabiliies (which I thought were border cutters but are more for embossing) stupid me. And a Marianne die which I will show in a future post, and afew Spectrum Nior pens to use along side my Promarkers.

Todays card is another Tilda who is paddling her feet.

Deckled edge A6 card blank
Hot off the Press 'Soft Nostalgia' paper and sentiment
Pink doily
Gems from stash
Tilda coloured with Promarkers

Challenges ----

Cute Card Thursday # 220 - Water Water Everywhere
Passion for Promarkers # 153 - Theme
I Brake for a Challenge - Summer Fun
Bunny Zoes # 25 - Girls Girls Girls
Just Keep On Creating # 2 - Anything Goes
        

Lots of Elements

Good Morning again

I shouldn,t really be crafting this morning as we are going to Spanish lesson this afternoon so I should be revising, but Heyho, some things take priority!!!!

I have just finished this gorgeous card to enter afew challenges, so here goes

A 5 x 7 card blank folded to make an easel
Tilda with wings image coloured with Promarkers
Deep red card from stash
Spotty paper - freebie
Flourishes sent to me by my good friend Chris Lee on Docrafts forum
Quilled flowers again made from paper sent by Chris
Charm recycled from a bracelet
Pearls pin homemade by me
Lots of gems and butterflies to bling it up
Spotty ribbon - Joanna Sheen
The base paper is very faintly printed with butterflies in ale green (again sent to me by a lovely Docrafts member)
Sentiment - freebie mounted onto Spellbinders label diecut and lightly coloured with chalks (I have started using my chalks alot more as I only have one Tim Holtz distress ink pad and they just give a bit of colour )

Challenges ------
Die Cuttin Divas #68 - Sketch
Bearly Mine Challenge # 38- Charming
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
Simon Says challenge - Simon Says Jubilee, Crowns & Gems
Truly Scrumptious # 82 - Flowers
I Love Promarkers # 120 - For a little girl
Fab & Funky # 124 - Go Green
Whimsey Challenge #42  - Things with Wings
Cropstop Challenge # 74 - Pearls
Lollipop Crafts # 83 - Flowers in bloom
Crafters Companion Monthly # 25 - Time to Embellish
       

Pinks

Good Morning all

Wow, the weather is getting hot here in in Spain.  So warm at night we are having to get a ceiling fan installed ASAP.  I believe the Uk is getting some good weather too,  inevitable once we left.

Todays card is another gorgeous Tilda--

I used -
6" card blank and folded another 7" piece so that  it would make a sort of easel stand (as shown in 2nd pic)
Paper is Kate Knights Totally Tropical (kindly given to me by a Docrafts member
Tilda coloured with Promarkers
Circle die cut  with image on
Punched flowers with gems in centres
Flourishes die cut
Pink corners from Papermania
Maroon ribbon from stash
·Happy Birthday· Peeloff

Challenges--------
Divas by Design # 36 - Fabulous Flourishes
Crafty Catz # 133 - Lets here it for the girls
I Love Promarkers #118 - Die cuts
Creative Inspirations #164 - Anything Goes
Cute card Thursday # 218 - Pink & Green

Wedding

Good Morning All

It is raining here in Devon today. Though we have been lucky since we got here last Friday and yesterday was gorgeous weather.

I have been colouring again and finished this card last week before we left.

5 x 7 card blank
Mat and layered onto lilac card
Lovely Tilda with little bridesmaid
Punched flowers, inked and glitter glue centres
Large Quilled flower
Heart charm
Hatpin wire and beads from stash
Gold mirri card flourishes
Heart peeloffs
Lilac sentiment

Challenges -------
Papertake Weekly - Cute cute cute
I Love Promarkers # 116 - Hatpins & Charms

Just For You

Good Morning All
We have taken Mothers back to the airport, been out for breakfast (piggies that we are) and the beds are stripped and washer on full blast!

Back to crafting full time again!!!!

                     Todays card is a gorgeous cute Tilda with her ice cream cone.

6" Pale blue card blank

Coloured with Promarkers

Quilled flowers

Gems - blue, green and white

Blue pearls

Cream mottled card with ribbon stuck on

Cream mottled flourish

Lemon Doily

Sparkly buttons  tied with fine cord

(I bought the buttons from the local market for 1 euro for a large bag and they all have sparkle on them - gorgeous)

Sentiment mounted on mottled card again and matted onto flourescent greeny/blue card

Challenges---------

Fab `n` Funky Challenge # 118 - No DP

MAWTT - Garden or Flowers

Incy Wincy Designs  - Sketch Challenge

Tuesday Throwdown # 95 - Sparkle

Creative Inspirations # 160 - Anything Goes

Twisted Easel

Good evening all
I completed this card afew days ago and I think it looks pretty cute.

It is another easel one but twisted.  An A6 deckled edge card blank, scored diagonally.  Pink card cut just slightly smaller than the A6 front.  Flowers are hand made paper die cut with Marrianne flower dies with a blingy gem for the centres.  Tiny pearls on the corners of the peeloffs.

I am entering this into -
Chocolate, Coffee and Cards -11 -  Bingo - pearls punches flowers
Fussy & Fancy Friday # 61 - Punches & Dies
Stampin for the Weekend # 8 - Sparkle & Shine
I Love Promarkers # 112 - Lets go Shopping

White

Good Morning All
I,ll do this post this morning before I have to go and revise my Spanish for our lesson after lunch.  Learning seems to get harder as you get older, or it seems that way to me.

I have followed a theme for afew challenges I want to enter with this one. One is white on White and another is a sketch so I will try to explain what I have done because the embossing does not show very well.
Base card is a 5 x 7 white blank and I embossed 3 rectangles with my Cuttlebug with different patterns (tiny flowers and dots).  Then I cut 2 edges with an EK Border punch.  Cut 2 flourishes  with CB.  Tilda is holding an umbrella to protect her from the spring / April showers.  Just to give it a little bling I added blue gems to some corners and a white sating ribbon bow at the top.

I am entering this into -

Simply Magnolia - Sketch
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Water Water
I Love Promarkers Challenge #112 - White on White