Lots of roses

Hello lovely people,

I hope you are all enjoying a lovely Easter weekend, maybe with a little chocolate treat from the Easter bunny?!

We have a new 'Use any image' challenge starting over on The Ribbon Girl blog, so you can enter with any type of project as long as you include an image.
There are loads of fab prizes up for grabs too :-)

I've used the recently re-launched House of Roses paper pad from Lemoncraft and it is even better this time round as you get more different designs and the tone is much pinker, which of course I love!

It seems like ages since I used a Magnolia image and it seemed appropriate given that the papers are House of Roses to use a Tilda with a big rose!

I have coloured her with Inktense watercolour pencils.

Just in case the papers and image weren't quite enough, I added paper roses too!

I was going to add some little fishtails in the top left corner but decided to leave it plain for now so I could add a name instead if I wish.

If you find yourself tempted by any of the pretty supplies I've used then you can go straight to the individual products via the thumbnails at the end of my post or just pop over to The Ribbon Girl and have a little browse around!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Inktense colours;
Skin: Baked earth, Madder brown
Hair: Tan, Willow, Oak
Dress / ground: Indian ink
Pink bits: Crimson
Leaf / stem: Light olive

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

House of roses - Lemoncraft	faux hessian (natural)	12mm pale pink faux silk ribbon	Ivory button twine
20mm pale pink open roses	10mm ivory open roses	miniature ivory cream blossoms	heart charm

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Other card ingredients;
Tilda with a big big rose - Magnolia Rubberstamps
Scallop bracket die - La La Land crafts
Fancy flourish die - My Favorite Things
Other flowers - from stash

Tilda in the garden

Hello lovely people,

Dr. Hubby and I took a little trip to Bath yesterday for my Independent Prescriber graduation ceremony followed by a celebratory meal out.

Here I am receiving my certificate from the course director and yes, it was actually a lovely sunny Summer day so I wore a dress!

Today I am having a crafty play date with my lovely buddies Sue and Debs...yes, again!

While we get stuck into some crafting and chatting, and a cheeky cream tea (yum yum!), it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink

Our theme this time is...

ALL OR NOTHING!
So that's FUSSY AND FANCY
OR
CLEAN AND SIMPLE...your choice!
But don't forget we want to see more pink than any other colour!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is Little Miss Muffet with a $6 voucher

I love both FAF and CAS but I guess I probably lean a bit more towards FAF and I fancied trying my hand at a swing easel for this design.  I really like it...but I am always finding new fancy folds that I like!

I can't even remember the last time I used a Tilda so it was fab to get this one out and give her the pink treatment!

I can only dream of looking this stylish when I'm working in the garden!

Hopefully you can see the swing easel design a little better in this angled shot.

As with any easel design you can't really add too much on the bottom layer but I found plenty of space on the top to add flowers!

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies...can you guess who will go FAF and who will go CAS?!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda in the garden

DP: Romance & roses, and Pastel dreams (available as digi papers from Nitwit Collections)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Lovely fence - Magnolia Dohickeys, Beaded swirl flourish - Creative Expressions
Punch: Floral lace - Martha Stewart edge punch
Charm: Butterfly (small) charm - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: Y21/YR23/E35
Clothing: R81/83/85 & W00/1/3
Boots: W4/5/6/7
Spade: W00/0/1 & E53/55/57
Grass: YG03/25/17

With love

Hello lovely people,

Eeeeeek, the Friday coursework deadline is fast approaching and I still have lots to do so it's just a quick post from me I'm afraid.

We have a brand new challenge for you at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

WITH LOVE
Don't forget we want to see more pink than any other colour!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is Little Miss Muffet Stamps with a $6 voucher

I piled on the romance with this one using some of my all time fave Maja Design papers; they even come with cute sentiment strips along the bottom as a bonus :-)

This is another Tilda from my collection of Tildas that have never seen ink...well, at least the collection is smaller now!

Ooops, predictable Kat again with the flower, swirl, charm combo...but it looks so pretty I hope I can be excused!

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda with a big rose

DP: Coffee in the Arbour & Sofiero - both Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Lace: The Ribbon Girl but discontinued in white - ivory Matilda available

Dies: Heart swirl - Magnolia Dohickeys

Charm: Heart with side loop - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/37/59
Dress / shoes: RV32/34/R56
Pocket / rose: RV0000/000/32
Leaves: YG61/63/67
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Sparkly Tilda

Hello lovely people,

Well, I had a really nice day yesterday having my coffee date with Dr. Hubby, a little bit of baking, a lot of crafting, and dinner and a catch up with a wonderful friend :-)

It's back to coursework for me today but there is a cake sale in work so I'm sure that will motivate me a little ;-)

But now it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

BLING IT ON!

So show us all those gorgeous sparkly cards and don't forget we want to see more pink than any other colour!

Our fabulous sponsor this time is Dies to Die For with a £10 voucher

For some reason I struggle with bling but I was really happy with this card until it came to photograph it as I couldn't get the sparkle to show properly...we've all been there!

I really enjoy paper piecing the dress on this image but I always add some shading to it with Copics otherwise it looks too flat.
I added Glamour Dust to the feather in her hair and to the stars and dots round the image; I think you can see a hint of it in the photo!

I also added some Glamour Dust to all the flowers and tiny gems to the ends of the die cut swirls, so this card is really sparkly IRL I promise!

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda in Evening Dress - Magnolia Rubberstamps

DP: Crea Diem - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Dies: Fancy flourish - MFT Die-namics

Sentiment: A little sentimental - Clearly Besotted

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E50/53/57
Dress shading: RV91/93/95
Champagne: YR30/31

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;

Tilda is back!

Hello lovely people,

As this posts today I am heading into 'work' to start observing ward rounds for my prescribing course; I have to do 90 hours of practice so I really need to make a start! 

While I am exercising the little grey cells it's time for a new challenge at As You Like It and our theme is...

YOUR FAVOURITE...MONOCHROME OR COLOUR
...and don't forget to tell us why it's your favourite!

Our sponsor this time is Stamp and Create with a $20 voucher

Occasionally I go for black and white but most of my cards are in colour...well, there are so many lovely colours to choose from!

Especially pink!

It has been ages since I coloured up a Tilda and this is one of the collection I have that have never seen ink.
I'm so glad I decided to play with her as I had such fun colouring her :-)

My original design for this card had a circular sentiment in the top right corner and there I was with the sentiment hovering over the card with the back taken off the sticky pads....and suddenly I wasn't sure I wanted it...so I left it off!
What do you think; would it look better with a sentiment?!

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda hiding rose bouquet

DP: Coffee in the Arbour - Maja Designs (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon: from stash

Sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Leaf and swirl, and Tilda lace - Magnolia Doohickeys

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E41/43/47
Skirt / headband / leaves: YG61/63/67
Apron / flowers: RV11/R83/R56
Blouse / lace on skirt: W00/1/3
Boots: E41/42/43/44/47
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

I hope you will pop over to As You Like It and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
Papertake Weekly (anything goes +/- Halloween treat holder)

Glamorous Tilda

Hello lovely people,

I hope you all had a lovely Easter break!

I was so thrilled to have some sunshine and that meant I could get in the garden so those fence panels are in and the garden is looking a whole lot tidier now :-)

I did have a bit less crafting time as a result but still got a few DT cards done as well as this card that I made for a few challenges...

I wanted this Tilda for ages but she always seemed to be out of stock so I was delighted to finally get hold of her a month or so ago...and it still took me until now to ink her up!

She got a pretty paper-pieced dress and I added a little Copic shading for depth.

You can see I couldn't resist using my Go Kreate dies again ;-)
I'm not getting bored of these any time soon so hope you aren't either!

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda in evening dress - Magnolia Rubberstamps

DP: Vintage Spring basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Seam binding: The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Large frilly frames #10 - Go Kreate, Heart swirl - Magnolia Doohickey

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E51/53/55/44
Dress shading: RV91/93
Feather in hair: RV91/93/95
Drink: YR30/31
Glass: B0000/000

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Sweet Magnolia - use a sentiment
2.  Totally Tilda - spring flowers
3.  The Ribbon Girl - pastel colours
4.  Sweet Stampin' - paper piecing
5.  A Gem of a Challenge - shaped cards
6.  Fab 'n' Funky - Bingo (Kraft / shaped card / stitches)

Dreaming of summer

Hello lovely people,

Time has flown by yet again and it's time for a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday.  This time our theme is...

FAVOURITE COLOUR COMBO

We are sponsored by
The East Wind

with a prize of 3 digital images of the winner's choice

So, what's my fave colour combo?

Pink, of course!

Ok, I know that's just one colour, not a combo!  I have a few colours I like to team up with pink but at the moment I am really loving pink and blue.

And you can tell how sick I am of cold winter weather as I have gone for as summery an image and card as possible!

I had the idea to pop the fence die cut up on foam pads to add some dimension and it worked so beautifully; I do love it when a plan comes together :-)

I brushed some Wink of Stella over all the flowers but can you see it in the photos?  Nope!

Card recipe;

Image: Pink lemonade Tilda

DP: Vintage Spring basics - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV
Dies: leaf and swirl, and lovely fence - Magnolia Doohickey, mini butterfly set - Impression Obsession

Circular sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E55/57/59
Top / glasses / trousers: R81/83/85
Trousers: E40/41/42/43
Shoes / bow / straw: B0000/000/41
Drink: YR30/31 & T0/1/2
Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

I hope you will pop over to Top Tip Tuesday and check out the fabulously creative projects from the rest of the team and there are some great tips for you too :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
1.  As You Like It (matt or shiny? - matt all the way for me because it gives a 'softer' look to my cards, even the Wink of Stella is a really soft subtle sparkle!)
2.  Fussy and Fancy (things with wings - butterflies)
3.  Winter Wonderland (lots of layers)
4.  Simply Magnolia (anything goes)

Tilda with hearts

Hello lovely people,

I always enjoy my Wednesdays off work and usually manage quite a bit of crafty time.

Today the mood took me to do a CAS design and practice my colouring, plus with Valentine's Day coming up I thought I'd do a little love-themed card.

I stretched myself a bit with this image since I really haven't mastered wavy/curly hair yet...ok, I know, that's what practice is for!

Card recipe;

Image: Love love love Tilda - Magnolia Rubberstamps

Twine: The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV
Wooden heart button: from stash
Pearl dots round image: Viva pearl pen

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E21/25/29
Dress: R24/27/46/39
Shoes / dress waistband: T6/7/10/100
Lace at bottom of dress: T0/2/4
Hearts: R39/59

Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

To complete my fabulous day today I met up with a lovely lady (Debs) who recently joined the In The Pink DT and it turns out we live in the same village!
We had a chat over coffee and cake - perfect :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Marvellous Magnolia (love)
2.  Papertake Weekly (Take your pick - warm colours (red) and buttons)
3.  Midweek Magnolias (Valentine/romance/love)
4.  ABC (buttons and bows)
5.  Tilda's Town (be mine valentine)

Tilda with flowers

Hello lovely people,

It's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme this time is...

PINK AND PEARLIE

We are also delighted that The Ribbon Girl are going to be sponsoring some of our challenges this year

So this week we have a £10 voucher to give away to one lucky person :-)

I came over all distressed for today's card but without inking any of the edges.
This is the first time I have matted my image panel onto white and I really like the subtle effect.

I don't have too many Magnolia stamps (yet!) so you have probably seen me use this one before but I did find a nice new pink combo as I wanted to keep the tones quite pale.

I love adding little pearl dots to the flower bunch on this image :-)

I was very excited to finally get my hands on the Magnolia heart swirl die that I have wanted for absolutely ages; I have cut it into small sections to tuck under the flowers here.

I also added a few more scattered pearls around the flowers clusters.

Here's a shot to show my little ribbon/flower/swirl cluster plus some cute little rosebuds that I haven't used before... but will be using a lot more I think!

Card recipe;

Image: For you Tilda - Magnolia stamps

DP: Sofiero (limited edition) - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Seam binding: Rose quartz - Crafty Ribbons

Dies: heart swirl and heart flower lace - Magnolia Doohickey

Sentiment: mini clear stamp set - Kaisercraft

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E41/43/44
Dungarees / flowers: RV91/R81/83
Top / lace: C00/N0/1/2
Shoes: E40/41/42/43
Leaves: G40/YG61/63

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the pretty creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies... including our TWO new Pink Ladies!

Yes, we have some new teamies and I know you'll love their work so please do go and give them a warm welcome :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Challenges I am playing along with;

1.  Marvellous Magnolia (anything goes)

2.  Midweek Magnolias (new stash)

3.  Fussy and Fancy (pearls and swirls)

4.  The Ribbon Girl (colour challenge - pink)