Sunflower Love Wedding Layout

Hello everyone! I hope you had a wonderful weekend.

As promised in my previous post with the Sunflower Wedding Card I'm back today with more happy sunflowers to share. And this time I have a scrapbook page to show you!

Better still! Today over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog I have a lovely tutorial for this Sunflower Wedding Layout - I hope you will have a moment to check it out :).

When I sat at my crafty table I knew I wanted to make a layout to commemorate this beautiful wedding day we were so blessed to be a part of.

But I must confess - at first I was struggling with a big creative block and I couldn't find a way to get out of it. Until I reached out for my trusty Scrapbook Pages Pinterest Board and this immediately kick started my creative mojo. The inspiration & the structure for this layout came from this amazing layout by Camilla featured on Maja Design blog.

Supplies I used:
MyStik® Permanent Strips,
3D Foam Squares - Black, Regular,
Thin 3D Foam Squares - Mix Black,
Adhesive Sheets - 4x6'',
DODZ™ - 3D,
DODZ™ - Medium,
DODZ™ - Small,
3D Foam Christmas Shapes,
Lace Ribbons (Donna Salazar with Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L®)

Other supplies:

Papers - BoBunny Sweet Life, Graphic45 Place In Time;
Cardstock - Core'dinations
Stampendous - Lemon Yellow Fun Flock, Sea Green Ultra Fine Glitter
Flowersoft;
White Rub-Ons - Craft Consortium;
Acrylic paints -- DecoArt;
Spellbinders - Foliage die set;
punches: Woodware - Daisies; Martha Stewart - Pine Branch
Flowers - Prima Marketing & other;
Ribbon - May Arts;
small wooden frames, word stickers, small gems, letter beads, craft wire

My layout includes a bunch of handmade flowers - be sure to check out my tutorial to find out more :).

And what do you think of my cute little banner? :)

So there you have it - my offering for today :). I hope you like it!

Thank you for stopping by and for letting me know you've been. Sending you lots of warm wishes for a creative week ahead!

Big crafty hugs

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It's All About Numbers And A Sunflower Wedding Card

Hello lovely peeps! I hope you are all doing well.

I am slowly getting back into the blogging routine so hopefully you will hear from me much more often, now :).

And so I'm back today with a really exciting (for me) offering :). I have been invited to 'guest' over at Country View Challenges blog to play along with their September challenge which is Numbers.

This lovely invitation and privilege came to me after my Cherish Yesterday card received their DT's special mention from the June's challenge. Yaaaay! Thank you so much to Chris and the Team xx.

My project today is a wedding card I made a special couple who celebrated their Big Day in a beautiful setting of Château de Javarzay in Chef-Boutonne in France. As it happened it was also my birthday on the same day - what a way to celebrate! :)



The main focus of my card is this fab vintage wedding certificate from the BazzillBasicsPaper Heritage collection. I hand-written the details & the wedding date to personalise the card for the happy couple :).

The area near Chef-Boutonne is known for its sunflower fields so there was no surprise that these gorgeous blooms were chosen as the flowers of the wedding. And no surprise that they also sneaked into my design, too :). I stamped the flowers, coloured them with watercolour pencils and set them in a layer of Glossy Accents to make them stand out more.

I also added some white rub-ons to reinforce the 'Numbers' theme of the CVC challenge.

Supplies:
Stampendous cling Sunflower Ladybug and Vintage Contract stamps
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L: Crafty Power Tape, Thin 3D Foam Squares Mix - White
Faber-Castell Aquarelle pencils
Maya Road Calendar white Rub-Ons
Papers: BazzillBasicsPaper (Heritage), Echo Park
Sepia Archival Ink, Tea Dye Distress Ink, Glossy Accents
Sakura Clear Star pen
May Arts ribbon

If you love sunflowers as much as I do, keep your eyes peeled! On Monday I will be sharing a tutorial for a scrapbook layout I made as a keepsake from the weeding. And a whole 'field' of sunflowers will be guaranteed!

Thank you again Chris and the Team for the invitation to play along! xx

I hope I have inspired you all to play in the Numbers challenge - be sure to also check out the fabulous inspiration pieces from the super talented DT which are sure to get your creative juices flowing!

Thank you so much for visiting today and for all your lovely comments! If this is your first time here, make yourself at home and have a look around my blog :).

Big crafty hugs and have a wonderful weekend!




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Challenges and Link-Ups for this card:
Vintage Stamping Challenges #36 - Tic Tac Toe (vintage tones, flowers, lace)
Stephanie's Roses of Inspiration Link Up #36 - Always Anything Goes

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Mr & Mrs - Shabby Vintage Wedding Card

Hello Friends! I'm vigorously waving hello to all my 'old' chums but also to all the new ones, who have joined my blog gang - thank you so much for being here with me :). And thank you so much everyone for all your lovely comments on my previous post with the Spring Art Card!

Today - a fairly short post - I'm not feeling well at the moment (really sorry...) but I would love to invite you to have a peek over at Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog where I'm sharing this Lord and Lady Wedding Card. I would be so happy if you had a moment to find out more about my project!

Supplies I used:

3D Foam Creative Sheets, 3D Foam Leaves, Thin 3D Foam Squares - Mix White, 3D Foam Squares - White Mix, Creative Photo Corners - White, MyStik® Permanent Strips, E-Z Dots® Repositionable, E-Z Dots® Permanent, DODZ™ - 3D

Other supplies used:

Stampendous: Stack Art Angel Wings stamp set (script), Cling Married Monograms, Crystal Micro Glitter, Indigo Blue Flock, Cotton Ball Flock

Dies: Spellbinders Gold Majesty Circles, Marianne Designs Lord and Lady

Inks: Midnight Blue StazOn Mini, Faded Jeans and Tea Dye Distress Inks

Paper: K&Company Blue Awning collection

Thank you so much for stopping by today and all your lovely comments!

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Challenges for this card:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Spring Flowers
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - In the Middle

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Back At Home, Exploding Wedding Box And a Tutorial

Hello Friends ('old' and new ones - thank you for following! x). Apologies for being quiet again but I hope to catch up on my blogging soon. I've now had my op and it all went well. Post-op was a bit tricky so I had to stay in hospital a tad longer than expected. The recovery has also been taking longer than expected...sheeesh. But I am getting there! Yay! 

My biggest heartfelt thanks to everyone who's sent beautiful cards and lovely supportive messages by email, text and on Facebook. I got some beautiful flowers delivered, too! You guys are true gems - thank you again! 

In all the hospital kerfuffle I didn't get a chance to share this wedding gift project which was recently commissioned by my friend. My instructions were that the Bride loved shabby chic, lace and hearts. Oh and that the card should have a matching box. I think I met all the requirements :).

I frequently come across beautiful exploding boxes in blogland but somehow I’d never thought of making one myself. Perhaps I mistakenly assumed it was really difficult – but it isn’t at all! If you’ve never tried it I hope this project will inspire you to have a go. 

I made a full tutorial for this project which I shared last week on the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L's blog. I would be delighted if you found a moment to view it HERE and let me know what you think :). The inspiration for the 3D birdcage came from this beautiful project from Dora which you can see here.

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L supplies I used:

E-Z Dots® Mini Permanent, Crafty Foam Tape – White, Thin 3D Foam Squares – Mix White, Mounting Squares – White, DODZ™ – 3D, Creative Photo Corners – Black, 3D Foam Squares – Black, DODZ™ - Small, E-Z Runner® Permanent Strips, 3D Foam Hearts and 3D Foam Leaves.

Can you see little eggs hidden in the nest?

Other supplies I used:

Stamps – Married Monograms & Fairy Tale Wedding (Stampendous); Creative Stamping magazine – The Celebrations Collection

Papers – DCVW Mariposa collection; Bazzill Basics Paper Heritage collection

Embellishments: Shabby White Embossing Enamel, Taupe Color Fragments and Cinnamon Micro Glitter (Stampendous); lace, flowers, Tim Holtz/Sizzix Caged Bird die; Spellbinders Foliage die, brads, grunge paper, decorative flower mist.

Witajcie kochani i dziękuję za wizytę. Dzisiejszy post jest troszkę opóżniony po mojej wizycie w szpitalu i planowej operacji. Ale dzieki temu, że powoli wracam do formy mogę się w końcu podzielić moimi ostatnimi craftowymi wyczynami.

Ten projekt to ślubny exploding box przygotowany na zamówienie. Pełne instrukcje (po angielsku) możecie przeczytać na blogu Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L tutaj. Serdecznie zapraszam!

I hope you enjoyed peeking inside this exploding box. Thank you so much for stopping by and for all your lovely comments! :). Big crafty hugs




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Challenges for this project:
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - W is White
Fashionable Stamping Challenges #76 - Flowers
Sugar Creek Hollow #90 - It's Charming
Just us Girls Challenge #248 - Bird
Tando Creative July - Come Fly with me
Vintage Stamping Challenges # 21 - Summer Blooms
Galeria RAE #38 - P jak...Papierowe Pudelko

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My Super Happy News - The Big Reveal!

Yay! The moment has finally arrived! 

I am extremely happy and proud and excited to announce that I have been invited to join the Design Team for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L!!! 

Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L produce fantastic dry adhesive products which are perfect for scrapbooking, card making and embellishing. Their extensive range of products covers virtually every possible papercrafter's need and most importantly they are fabulously easy and quick to use. And all the time you save when trying to stick your elements together, you can spend on 'proper' crafting instead - so it's a BIG yes from me! 

So mark your calendars for the 14th and 28th day of each month when I will be sharing inspiration using these cool products, starting from today :). There are also tons of beautiful and creative projects shared on the blog by the rest of the Design Team so be sure to check them our frequently.

Below is my first DT project and you can read more about it here HERE.

Thank you so much for popping in today and for joining me in my 'happy dance'. Wishing you all a very happy weekend!

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Can you resist a vintage wedding? Fashionable Stamping Challenges #56

In case you missed my yesterday's post - the winner of the Big Birthday Bash Candy has finally been drawn! Thank you so much to everyone who entered. I had a lovely time reading all your comments and birthday wishes. And I would like to send my warmest welcome to my new followers who chose to join me in my creative journey - I really hope you will find lots of inspiration here.

This post is very special to me as this is my last DT project for the Fashionable Stamping Challenges... Although it's breaking my heart, I've decided to step down to focus on the new crafting adventures ahead of me.

I'd like to thank Shirley for letting me be part of the Team and all Fashionettes for all the beautiful inspiration, crazy chats and friendship we've shared together since the beginning. I will really miss being a part of this talented gang but I will continue supporting the challenge blog by entering the challenges and admiring all the projects with each new challenge.

The challenge this fortnight is Can you resist? As always, you can interpret the theme whichever way you like, use a resist technique or simply an irresistible project. As long as we can see some traditional stamping you're good to go! And here's what I am sharing today.

I've gone down the 'irresistible' route with this wedding card. First of all I can never resist using some beautiful stamps and here I have some stamps from Stampendous and the vintage children wedding couple is from a small supplier on ebay (edited: I found the stamp from my previous order, click here).

I can never resist adding a touch of Fran-tage and lots of sparkle either!

The chippies are from a giveaway I recently won at ScrapFX. Their chipboards are really lovely, so detailed and beautifully designed. And they look absolutely stunning just heat embossed with Fran-tage enamels.

Well, that's all from me for now! Now that I am slowly getting back into my daily routine I will be on my way to visit your fabulous blogs very shortly!

Thank you for popping in today, it's great seeing you here! Be sure to check all the beautiful samples prepared by the rest of the Fashionettes here!

Have a beautiful Sunday!

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Fairytale Wedding

It's been a while since I played with Fashionable Stamping Challenges but I just couldn't miss this one, since I am hosting the theme this fortnight :).

And the theme for this challenge is the written word - book pages, scripts, print. As always we welcome your traditionally stamped creations (no digi stamps, please) that fit the theme and who knows, you might be the lucky winner of the prize from Flonzcrafts!

OK, let me tell you now what I prepared for this challenge.

This is a wedding gift box I made for a very special couple :). I recently had a real pleasure and privilege to be part of their special day. I made this box using Envelobox. The front was covered with BoBunny patterned paper and book pages.

I stamped the bookpages with cling Blossom Spray (Stampendous) flowers which I then coloured with cosmic shimmer watercolour paints. They really glow beautifully in the sun! I also stamped the Fairytale Wedding stamp (Stampendous) onto Prima paper and I die cut a panel using my Nesties.

I also added some die cut & embossed elements using Marianne's dies (Lord and Lady & T-Ford).

Finally I added some May Arts ribbons (new), pearls, Prima, Petaloo and mulberry flowers (old) to embellish the front. And a touch of Heirloom Gold mist for a subtle shimmer.

I hope you will have a moment to check all the other beautiful samples my DT Sisters have prepared to inspire you and I can't wait to see your challenge entry!

Have a beautiful Sunday!

Big hugs

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Challenges for this project:
Pan Pastels UK #30 - Embossing (dry embossing)
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Celebrate
Scrapki-Wyzwaniowo #74 - Something old, something new
Frilly and Funkie - Any way you fold it (folds of the sides of the box)
Marianne's Design Divas - Layer it up
The Hobby House Challenge Blog #2 - Vintage

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