Fluttering Sapphire Fairy

Happy Monday everyone! I'm here today with a card featuring one of the beautiful fairies ever using those gorgeous Make It Crafty goodies!

She is so dainty that I just wanted to frame her and I thought wood grain would be perfect for it! I coloured her with my Copics and used Stickles Glitter Glue in Star Dust on her wings and on the chipboard butterfly. The sentiment is also from a Make It Crafty sentiment set.  The papers are from the My Minds Eye Miss Caroline collection.

Make It Crafty goodies used:

Fluttering Sapphire Fairy digi

Delicate Butterflies chipboard

Happy Days Tab Sentiments rubber stamps set

Make It Colour Blending Card

Copics used:

Hair - E50, E53

Skin - E000, E11, E21

Clothing - R22, R27, R29. G20, G43, G46

Wings: B91, B95, B99

I used the current Sweet Stop Sketch...

Okay, I gotta go now. Thanks for visiting and see you soon with another Make It Crafty inspiration project! TTFN!

Make It Crafty Inspiration blog hop!

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the deets to win a fabulous prize!)

It's time for the fortnightly Make It Crafty Inspiration blog hop - and prizes!  More about the prizes below, but about the hop - the theme is "Valentines" and each of the team has made a lovey dovey creation for you!  I thought it was a great excuse to use more of the intricate, beautiful chipboard!  So here is my make...

OMG, how soppy is this card?  So unlike my usual style!  I just love the Wings of Love and Nature's Butterflies chipboard.  I also used Echo Park Love Story papers, a woodgrain embossing folder, soft pink chalk ink and a little Stickles Stardust glue on the wings and butterfly. 
 
Okay, back to the hop!  You should have got here from Rhea and you now need to hop off to our lovely Guest Emily.  Here's the full hop list in case you get lost!

Daria

Bron

Amanda

Rhea

Mary J (me!) 

Emily (our lovely Guest!)

Julie

Franz

Delphine

Sandie

Stephanie

Barbara

Comment a long the way to increase your chances of winning a prize!  There will be 6 hidden prizes across the blog hop each hiding 1 of the new wedding digi stamps and NOT ONLY THAT - fabby Zoe is giving you all 10% off ALL digi stamps valid until Monday 11th.  Just use the code VAL10.

Thanks for visiting and I'll see you later with my Bellarific Friday post!

Make It Crafty product spotlight

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Hello, I'm back again with my Make It Crafty product spotlight using the Mini Book Style Box Kit...

I started off by painting the chipboard with Gesso and then glued on papers from the K & Company Small Wonders pad.  I also added some soft pink ink to the accessory chipboards and topped it off with some paper flowers.  I'm really pleased with how this turned out!   I created this for my friend who's baby girl is due very soon.  I'm going to fill it with some matching little socks, gloves and hat - I can't wait to give it to her!

MiC products used:

Mini Book Style Box Kit

Baby Room

Ornate Corners Two

Love Heart Swirls

I hope you like my project.  Thanks for visiting and I'll see you tomorrow with my Bellarific Friday post!

Make It Crafty Inspiration blog hop!

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It's time for the fortnightly Make It Crafty Inspiration blog hop!  And for this hop the theme is "new beginnings".  What a great excuse to make another baby card - one of my friends of family always seem to be giving birth!!  Here it is...

Isn't she the cutest?!  This is Bobo Petal Sprite who I matched up with My Minds Eye The Sweetest Thing Lavender papers.  To create a bit of depth, I popped this sweetie onto foam pads and also used one of the branches from the chipboard Oriental Bird set.  I inked up the flowers with a soft pink ink layered over with a white pigment ink, then dotted on some Stickles Star Dust (one of the pressies from my Secret Santa package from fabby team mate Sandie!).

I stamped coloured little Bobo Petal Sprite onto watercolour paper and then coloured in with my Copics - it gives a lovely texture to the image but boy does it drink the ink!  Needless to say I don't do this often!  Here's a close up...

Copics used:

Skin: E21, E00, E000

Hai: YR30, YR31, YR23

Eyes: BG10, BG15

Rose and leaves: G000, G12, G82, RV00, RV21, RV23

 

Back to the hop.  Comment a long the way to increase your chances of winning one of three hidden $5 gift certificates!  You should have got here from Rhea and you now need to hop off to Aeryn.  Here's the full hop list in case you get lost!

Zoe

Trudie

Amanda

Viv

Kasey

Barbara

JennDove

Åsa

Alyce

Rhea

Mary J (me!)

Aeryn

Kat

Okay, I am off now and back tomorrow with my Whimsie Doodles DT post!

Make It Crafty Christmas Event!

There's only 3 days til Christmas!

It's Day 22 of the Make It Crafty Christmas countdown and it's my turn today to share my DT inspiration project for it!

But before I get onto my project, a bit about the countdown!  The MiC gang and our Special Guests thought it would be fun to have a 'grown up' advent calendar as we count down the days til Christmas full of inspiration just for us creative minds!  Each day a sneak peek will be revealed on the MiC store blog with a link for you to follow "to open the door".  All you have to do is stop by the store blog each day to open the next door!

PLUS Zoe has Christmas Candy full of lots of crafty goodies that you don't want to miss out on!

AND THERE'S MORE GIFTS

But what's even more exciting is that you will have a chance to win the Make it Crafty goodies that I have played with today!!

By leaving a comment on this post you could win...

The Fairyland digi collection!

The comments will stay open until the 31st of December and the winners will be announced in the New Year on the MiC store blog. You can join us for all 24 days - giving you 24 chances to win some MiC goodies! If you join us late, simply go back to the start and catch up!

This is what I have created with the The Fairyland digi collection - my very first stepper card! 

I used Frances Burne's (of StampOwl's Studio fame) stepper card tutorial on Splitcoaststampers although I adapted it as I wanted the centre to be wider to fit my image.  I used papers from the My Mind's Eye Sweetest Thing Tangerine collection and the Lil' Inker Designs square stitched mat die on the matting. And do you love those leaves and teeny tiny butterflies?  They are from the Round Leaves set and I just added some punched flowers with flat backed pearls for the centres.  Here's a closer look...

 

Copics used:

Log - E31, E33, E35, E37

Plants and hats - G20, G43, G46, G28

Toadstools - E50, E53, R00, R12, R08

Hair - E50, E53, E57, E33, E37

Skin - E000, E00, E21

Don't forget to leave a comment to this post before December 31st and stop by the Make it Crafty Store blog to 'open the door' to 24 other inspirational projects!

What's that in your stockings?!

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and also my All That Scraps review post!)

Happy Wednesday to you all!  I'm here today with my Whimsie Doodles DT inspiration post.  Christmas is ever getting closer (scary!) so of course I had to make another Christmas card...

Oh my, isn't she adorable?!  This is Stocking Goodies and I matched her up with October Afternoon Very Merry papers.  I inked up some chipboard numbers and added some organza ribbon for extra sweetness!

I hope you like my version of this sweet little girl!  Enjoy the rest of your day and see you tomorrow with my MilkCoffee Stamps showcase post!

  

Choccie holder!

I'm here with another make using more fabulous goodies from the fab Quixotic Paperie store!  So for my DT make today, I have made a Christmas decoration that I am going to store my all time favourite Lindt chocolates in...

I used the new Make It Crafty Santa Sleigh 3D Kit lasercut chipboard.  I trimmed up one of the Christmas Borders lasercut chipboard and glued some Delicate Snowflakes onto the reindeer.  I had so much fun making this!  First I prepped the chipboard by painting it with Gesso then I inked up the edges with some Brilliance blue ink and then added loads (and I mean loads!) of Stickles Icicles glue.  You can just about see in the photos that I also stuck on some snow white Flowersoft along the bottom.  

Now I've got to hide the choccies before I eat them all before Christmas!

Make It Crafty shabby chic style

Hello, I'm today with something a little different.  Instead of getting out my Copics to colour in the yummy Make It Crafty super cool stamps, today I wanted to showcase some of the gorgeous chipboard in store.  So without further ado, here is my make...

I just luuuurve Make It Crafty chipboard - it is so delicate and detailed, just stunning!  I covered the chipboard first with Colorbox pigment ink in Frost White (I find it's one of the best opaque inks out there) and then lightly dabbed Tsukineko Brilliance ink in Pearlescent Beige to subtly age it.  I used papers by Michele R Designs called Peony Garden and softly distressed the edges.

MiC goodies I used:

Oriental Bird

I hope you like my shabby chic card!  See you later with my Kraftin' Kimmie guest designer card!