A Sprinkling of Fairy Dust :)

 Hi lovely peeps and a happy Thursday to everyone : )

The weekend is so close you can smell it – one more day to go, wooohooooo!!

It’s my turn to host the DTDF Cutey Crafts blog today and I’ve gone with a colour theme that is one of my all time faves, namely red, white and black.
It’s so striking I think. 

So ….

… here’s my card.

 The image I’ve used here is a Little Darlings Saturated Canary image and this one is Tilly

I coloured her with the following Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E13., R00, R02
Hair – C00, C0, C4, C5, C7, C10
The rest – C00, C0, C3, C4, C5, R02, R17, R27, R57

I also outlined the image with Glamour Dust – I like to do this because I think it really does make the image ‘pop’.

These GORGEOUS papers are Fancy Pants - The Good Life and I inked the edges with  Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain 

I did a couple of rolled roses using the plain paper from the pad and also a Spellbinders Blooms Three flower as well.
The leaves are made using a Magnolia Doo Hickey Spruce Twig die.

And that sweet ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl – it’s 15mm Red No 15 Microdot Ribbon.
I am so getting me some more of this bad boy for Chrimbly!!!
I found a scrap of narrow organza ribbon in my stash and topped it with a Black Small Polka Spotty Button

 

The sentiment is from Lili of The Valley and it’s from my fave Sentiments to Fit Scroll set.

I used a couple of Cheery Lynn Dies - Francesca Border ….

 

... and the beautimous French Pastry Doily Die which you can just about see it this pic, and they are both from Dies To Die For.

 

 

So there we are all done.

My craft desk is looking faintly Christmassy!! From July onwards at our card club, one of the two projects we do, up until the last club of the year, will be for Christmas so that our ladies will have 6 different projects and ideas. So I’m working on that at the mo. It feels really weird when the sun is cracking the flags outside to be thinking about snow and ice lol!!

I may share something festive next week if I get my card club stuff done in time  : )

I seem to also be in fiddling mode at the mo and sometimes it does send the old mojo off kilter a bit. Does anybody else find this or is it just me? I’ve just ordered some stuff which I never ever thought I would and which is about as far removed from my usual fairly cleanish style as you could get.

Wass goin’ on here then?????
I have no idea why I seem to be going off piste peeps but I hope I can get it all to work lol!!

Right, I better get back to the festive stuff.
Have the best day and see you soon.
Huggiest of hugs,

Dawny xx

Nauti(cal) but Nice :)

Hello possums and hope you are all OK today - phew it's another scorcher!!!

It's that time of the week when we catch up with our friends in the US of A over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge  but vefore moving onto the new theme we have an announcement to make ,,,,

We've Moved ...

and here is our fab new logo ...

Please update your bookmarks with our new address
 http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/
and change the logo and link on your sidebar, if you have it on there :)

So our theme for this week's challenge  is

By The Sea

and this week the DT are showcasing Fancy Pants Products
You don't have to use them of course, but if you have them we would love to see them  :-)

And as always, our lovely Heidi is giving away a fabulous …

… for one lucky winner to spend …

… right here :)

THANK YOU Heidi & Simon Says Stamp xxx

So what did I do then?

I used Fancy Pants Down by The Shore 6" paper pad - perfect for this challenge.

And I just HAD to use one of my new Magnolia stamps  ...

... and I coloured her with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02
Hair – E31, E35, E39, E50
The rest – B0000, B000, B00, B12, B93, B95, B97, C00, C1, C3, C4, R02, R05, R17, R27. R59

I stuck it down onto a pretty circle  which was die cut using a Spellbinders BEADED CIRCLES Nestabilities and then did a bit of stitching around the image which quite  frankly scared me as it took me a while to colour he in and I was a tad nervous that I would go a bit wonky!!!

What a scaredy cat!!!!

BTW, if you get a sec do nip over and check out the DTY cardage because they are STUNNING. Not that they aren't always but this week I thought they were amazing :)

I used 2 border dies here -  a Spellbinders A2 CURVED BORDERS 1 One Borderabilities Card Creator Die and a Spellbinders CLASSIC SCALLOP Edgeabilities Die.

You can probably tell but I LOVE these dies :)

I decided that I'd layer up 4 sets of Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember™ RIBBON BANNER Craft Die S118. I stuck the navy, red and white ones together with glue, just offsetting them slightly ....

... , and then added the pale blue one using foam pads.

 

So that's me all done for today.

I will be back tomorrow with my Papertake card and apols for being late but time just ran away with me yesterday.

Have the best day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

 

Go Girl :)

 

 

Hi peeps and hope you are all OK and having a nice week so far xxx.

It's that time of the week when we nip across the pond and join our friends in the jolly old US of A over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge and this week our theme is

Travel and /or Cityscapes

The DT  have used a variety of products this week so if you get a sec, pay them a visit and have a mooch :)

As always, our lovely Heidi is giving away a fabulous …

… for one lucky winner to spend …

… right here :)

THANK YOU Heidi & Simon Says Stamp xxx

So what did I do then?

  

Well, I did a bit of Penny Blacking cos I love this image. 
And I have to admit that I quite like this card too cos I love black with string accent colours:)

I'll put the shopping list at the end and link all the pics for a change, and also because for some reason the stored link thing in my Livewriter isn't working. I keep getting an error message every time I try to add a link - has anybody else had this problem and if so, do you know how to get rid of it please pretty please.

It's driving me nuts, pardon the pun!!!

OK,  so I coloured the image in using these Copics -

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02
Hair - E31, E33, E35, E39, E47
The rest -  C00, C1, C3, C4, C5 C7, R05, R17, R27, R59, Y11, Y17, Y38, Black

Do you like her sparkly jumper :)
I think I had one like that in the 80s!!!

OK as promised, here's the shopping list pics and of course they are all available  from Simon Says Stamp .....

 

                                                

  

  

 

                          

 

Right that's me done for today.
Its another quickie cos I have loads to do but not loads of time in which to do it!!!

I'll be back soon as soon but till then, have a lovely day peeps and huggiest of hugs to all xx

Tilda-Tastic Plus A Gorgeous Giveaway :)

 

Good morning peeps and a very happy Sunday to you all - I hope that you are having a great weekend :)

This month seems to have flown by (even if it is a short month) because we have another  fab ….

… over at The Ribbon Girl Blog and this month we have an

Anything Goes

theme so you can get really creative and have fun.

And what is up for grabs I hear you ask?
Well we have not one, but  two fabulous sponsors again -Magnolia and Ribbon Girl

Magnolia are sending our randomly selected winner a stamp direct from the home of Tilda and Edwin

Ribbon Girl are giving a voucher towards a spending spree in the online store.

So what did I do then?

… here you go :)

I went back to the Copics for this one, even though I’m wondering if perhaps old Tilda looks nicer when she’s adorned in Sir Tim’s finest DIs!!! What do ya think peeps?

So the image I used is called Tilda with Love (I got her from Simon Says Stamp ) and coloured her with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E13
Hair – E31,E33, E35, E39. E50
The rest -  E09, C00, C2, R05, R17, R27, R59, YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG23
and her little pinny is paper pieced

Please forgive me peeps if I’ve missed any out – I did this card a few weeks ago, made my list and now I cannot find it.
That will teach me to be organised won’t it!!!

The papers are from Fancy Pants 6 x 6 THE GOOD LIFE Paper Pad and Bazzill LICORICE 6 x 6 Paper Multi-Pack, both from Simon Says Stamp

A bow made from  Bright Red Seam Binding and topped with a  Medium Black Polka Dot Button and some black button twine – all of course from The Ribbon Girl  ….

 

… as is the Red/White Check Bias Binding and the Medium Red Berries in the flower arrangement.  

Gorgeous :)

 

I do like red and black with kraft card – it always looks quite striking I think.

 

 

   So that’s my card done and if you get a sec, do nip over and have a mooch at the challenge because the DT cardage is just beautimous.

Right, before I go, just time for my gorgeous giveaway which I should have done on Tuesday but time ran out this week. So I’m doing this today and I have this …..

….lovely green mini ribbon kit to give to one lucky girlie, so all you need to do to win this is to leave me a comment and then leave your name with Mr Linky at the bottom and I will announce the winner on Tuesday, and hugest of thanks of course to Mary & Andrea over at The Ribbon Girl for donating this for me to give away xxxx

Righty-oh, I’m off now so enjoy the rest of your weekend.
We are having the kids for lunch (even though there isn't much meat on any of them – clearly they do not take after me then lol!!) so I need to go and make a start.

I’ll be back here tomorrow, bright and early so see you then and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Lorry Loads of Love :)

 

Hi there sweet peeps and hope you are all OK today.

The camera is still out of action but luckily I did this card at the weekend, so without further ado, let’s nip across the pond and join our friends over at the Simon Says Stamp challenge and this week our theme is

Anything Goes

so time to get creative and have fun :)

The DT are using Penny Black products this week -  you don't have to of course, but if you have them we would love to see them :)

As always, our lovely Heidi is giving away a fabulous …

… for one lucky winner to spend …

… right here :)

So ….

 

.. this is what I did (I love this colour combi).

The image is from the Penny Black Clear Stamps LOADS OF LOVE  transparent stamp set.
It’s a nice big image - the card base is 6x6 which may give you some idea.

 

 

I coloured it with Distress Inks and these are the colours I used -

Antique Linen, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Pumice Stone, Black Soot, Peeled Paint, Shabby Shutters, Fired Brick & Barn Door

 

The papers are from a Fancy Pants 6 x 6 THE GOOD LIFE Paper Pad (love these papers) and the XOXOXO border was made using a Wplus9 XOXO BORDER Designer Die.

I popped some red gems in the ‘O’s – I am such a messer!!!!!!

 

STILL loving this die – it’s a  Simon Says Stamp Exclusive and this is Simon Says Stamp STRING OF HEARTS Craft DIE

You can maybe see better in this pic that I over - coloured some of the hearts on the image, and quite shoddily it would seem lol,  with Ranger STICKLES CANDY CANE Red Glitter Glue

 

   

The sentiment is from the stamp set as well – it’s perfect for this image :)

 

So that’s the old card done for today.
Right I better go and get on and I’ll see you soon if not sooner – ie once I can get the camera to open – but till then, have a fab week and huggiest of hugs to all xxx