Pearly heart wedding card

Hello lovely people,

I hope you are all enjoying your weekend and are up to something nice :-)

I certainly am...a weekend of crafting but also a curry out with lovely friends last night - yummy!

Today I have a card to showcase a few products from The Ribbon Girl and they have so many pretty things that are just perfect for making wedding cards.

I've used a gorgeous chipboard heart as the focal point, which I painted with white acrylic paint and then I added a few pearls randomly on top.

I have to tell you that the ribbon I used is absolutely beautiful but I just could not cut the ends without them fraying, and even my usual trick of putting a tiny line of glue on the ends was to no avail...hence why my 'bow' has no tails on it - lol!
I actually think I prefer it this way...honest!

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 product links 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,

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;
Vintage Romance 6x6 paper pad - Maja Design
Monograce Scrapiniec chipboard heart
15mm pale blue satin edge sheer ribbon
Ivory button twine
Antique blue 2-tone cherry blossom
10mm blue open rose
Miniature pale blue blossoms
Tiny white rosebuds

Other card ingredients;
Heart stems die - Impression Obsession
Other flowers, pearls - from stash

Sweetie on Kraft

Hello lovely people,

I am so thrilled and honoured to have been designing for Papercraft inspirations magazine every month throughout 2017 but I never seem to get round to sharing my projects, so I thought it was about time I did!

In the June issue I did a Masterclass on colouring on Kraft and it was a special treat to see this as the main cover card too :-)

This little fairy has always been a favourite of mine and I enjoyed the challenge of colouring her on Kraft instead of white card.

This was a very 'me' style of card too, with the shabby chic finish and pretty flowers.  Lots of the goodies on here came from The Ribbon Girl and you can find all the links at the end of my post.

I hope you are all having a good week :-)

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

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/E51/E30/E11/E13
Hair: E53/E57/E59
Flowers / tunic: BG02/BG05/BG07
Wings / bottom of tunic: BG0000/BG000/BG01
Leaves: G94/G99

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

Gossamer Blue by Lemoncraft	white cheesecloth	15mm ivory asters	miniature ivory cream blossoms
Silver leaf charm	Ivory button twine	3mm-6mm self-adhesive ivory pearls

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Other card ingredients;
Sweetie - Wee stamps for Whimsy stamps
Sentiment tags - Lili of the Valley

Vintage style stitched flowers

Hello lovely people,

I have a Dies to Die For DT card for you today and I am revisiting the pretty stitched floral dies that I used last week, but this time in a vintage style.

This is just a dinky little card at 10cm square, and isn't it always useful to have a few thank you cards on standby?!

I do think it's fun to see how the same product looks in different styles.  I would have said that my preferred style was vintage but actually I think I am leaning more towards a cleaner, more modern style these days...but it's nice to do both!

The frame and word are 2 layers of card glued together as it gives a nicer dimension to them.

If I've tempted you with any of the lovely 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 Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

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

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;

Vintage Spring Basics - Maja Design

Stitched flowers - My Favorite Things

Die-namics Thanks and hello - My Favorite Things

Stitched square scallop frames - My Favorite Things

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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

InLinkz.com

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

Box of dreams

Hello lovely people,

I have a little non-card project to share today using some gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl.

As you can see, this box originally had some extremely scrummy gin truffles in it and since they are sadly now all gone, I thought I'd pretty up the box!

I painted the outside with white acrylic paint then covered the sides and top of the lid with pretty papers, sanding and inking the edges to give a nice vintage feel.

I don't often use pearl string but it was absolutely perfect to put around the edge of the lid :-)

I've finished the top with an inspirational quote and lots of lovely flowers.

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,

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

Sofiero - Maja Design	10mm white square pearl trim	White cherry blossom	20mm pale pink open roses
small baby pink and white blossom	Pink miniature blossom flowers	Tiny white rosebuds	cream hip rosebuds
10mm tiny star charm	3mm pale pink pearl stamens

InLinkz.com

Other card ingredients;
Live your dreams - Visible Image
Freebie butterfly die

Bunny blooms

Hello lovely people,

Today I have a card using a few pretty things from The Ribbon Girl, although surprisingly none of their lovely flowers this time.

I decided that no flowers were needed since the daffodils seemed to have that angle well and truly covered!

This is one of the latest release from LOTV and for someone who doesn't really like yellow, I am finding myself drawn to the images with daffodils in...I think it must be because they are such a classic sign of Spring!

Since I wasn't adding any flowers I added a bit of detail with some die cuts, a few hints of cheesecloth, and a layered combo of lace, ribbon and twine.

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,

Copic colours;
Bunny: E41/42/43/44
Bunny tummy: YR30/E40/41
Bunny ears: R000/01
Daffodils: Yr30/YR31/Y35 &YR12/15/18
Leaves / stems: G20/21/24
Ground: W00/0/1/2


Lovely things I've used;

Bunny Blooms - LOTV	Vintage Spring Basics by Maja Design	15mm ivory organza	38mm Charlotte Elizabeth lace
12mm pearl ivory flatbacks	natural colour button twine	white cheesecloth	Stitched mini scallop rectangle STAX by My Favourite Things
Butterfly set - Impression Obsession

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