Gothic Wedding

Hi everyone :)

My sister asked me for a wedding card for an alternative couple, they're tattooed and pierced and whatnot, so she didn't want a traditional pretty style wedding card, so this is what I came up with :D

Image - Delicious Doodles

Papers - Papermania Capsule Collection

Sentiment - printed off the computer

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Swirl - Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Tulle - old Halloween costume

Everything else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Not cute

Totally Papercrafts - June Bride

Crafts and Me Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Say it with flowers

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes with ribbon

Inky Chicks - Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers - Name that tune (Chapel of Love)

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :)

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LOTV easel card

Evening everyone :) 

I'm super tired today, I get periods of time where I get REALLY bad nightmares every night for sometimes weeks - this week so far I've had nightmares about being incarcerated in psychiatric hospitals like the ones in horror movies, dead bodies in the garden, ghosts in the sitting room, dead children and zombie children in the garden and soldiers with heat seeking missiles chasing me. The details are sooo vivid and complete, it's scary being in my head sometimes :P I obviously have a very vivid imagination, but it's really not conducive to good sleep, especially when I end up having to sleep with the light on!

Anyway, my dear friend Lisa asked for a birthday card for her boyfriend Nicky, they just got a dog together so she wanted a dog on the card, so this is what I came up with :) I made an easel card

Ingredients

Image - LOTV Man's Best Friend from Vintage Boys Sketch Pad

Paper - LOTV Country Gent

Sentiment - LOTV Sentiment Tags and I printed off the other one myself 

Dies: Hearts, Scalloped Hearts and Fence

Ribbon Girl Supplies: Pearls, Button Twine, Button, Hessian Mesh, Glossy Accents

Medium - Promarkers

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

A Creative Romance - Don't Be Square

As You Like It - Favourite Three Embellies: DIECUTS, PEARLS, HESSIAN. I love all these because I'm into the rustic look at the moment and the hessian really adds to it :D And the other two I love because they work with everything :)

Whimsy Challenge - Shaped Cards

Totally Gorjuss - Happy Birthday

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Stripes

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything But a Square

LOTV Ideas To Inspire Challenge - Use a LOTV Sentiment

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Pile It On - Vintage/Shabby

Thanks for looking :)

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Golf Father's Day

Hey everybody, 

It was my 25th birthday yesterday, I had a lovely day and got lots of lovely pressies :) I got some lovely dies, stamps, embellies and I've decided to start heat embossing so I asked for a heat tool, and my mum got me the pink Papermania one - hilarious moment when I opened that box and my dad thought it was something else entirely HAHAHA! I've had a super busy week visiting with people and going to appointments and things, haven't even had time to blog my father's day cards yet...so gonna do one now :D

Another Father's Day card :) Hope you like it :)

Image - LOTV Playing Golf from Vintage Boys Sketch Pad

Sentiment - LOTV Greetings Postmarks

Papers - LOTV Country Gent

Clouds - Memory Box Puffy Clouds

Border - MS Border Punch

Medium - Promarkers

Ribbon Girl supplies:

Pearls

Saddlestitch ribbon

Twill tape

Everything else - Distress Stickles, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

As You Like It - Favourite 3 Embellies I'm not a CAS girl at all really :P I love all embellies to be honest, and three of my faves are RIBBON, PEARLS and DIECUTS.

Brown Sugar Challenge - Summer

Cards for Men - Let's Get Sporty

Crafts and me - anything goes

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Stripes

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Creative Inspirations - Anything goes with ribbon

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Welcome Summer

Dream Valley Challenge - Father's Day

Thanks for looking :)

Tanya xx

Put your feet up

Hi everyone, 

Only getting around to putting up my father's day cards now!  For some reason the colours didn't come out well on these cards :( Oh well :) Hope you like.

Image - LOTV Put Your Feet Up from Vintage Boys Sketch Pad 

Medium - Promarkers

Papers - LOTV Country Gent

Sentiments - LOTV Simply Sophisticated

- LOTV Greetings Postmarks

Ribbon Girl Supplies:

Twill tape

Hessian mesh

Cheesecloth

Pearls

Saddlestitch ribbon

Button twine

Button

Glossy Accents

Corner die - Whimsy Corner Die Set

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Cards for Men - boys will be boys

As You like it - favourite papers (LOTV Country Gent and Country Lady - because they're so versatile and pretty and go with everything :)

Crafting For All Seasons - One for the Guys

Creative Craft Challenges2 - We love you dad

Dream Valley Challenge - Father's Day

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Father's Day

LOTV Ideas to Inspire Challenge - Use a LOTV Sentiment

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Kraft

Thanks for looking :)

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Crafty Friends Challenge 4

Evening everybody

Today over at Crafty Friends Challenge Blog, our challenge has the theme of Charmed. So get those charms out and get crafty!

We're sponsored by the fabulous

Delicious Doodles

who are providing the winner with these four digis:

The DT worked with all of these, so do head over to the blog to see how amazing they all look on cards :D

I chose to use the beautiful foxglove image for my card.

Ingredients

Image - Foxglove by Delicious Doodles

Papers - LOTV Paper Pack - Promises

Sentiment - LOTV - Greetings Postmarks 

(didn't come out great in the picture, it says "You're in my thoughts")

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Twill tape - Ribbon Girl

Button Twine - Ribbon Girl

Brad - Ribbon Girl

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Corner Die - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Doily - Cheery Lynn French Pastry

Medium - Promarkers 

Everything else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts - Flowers and Bows

The Squirrel and the Fox - Use something metal

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Flowers Galore

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Welcome Summer

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Digi Haven Challenge - Flowers

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Kraft

Stampin for the Weekend - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Summer Blooms

Thanks for looking and do head over to Crafty Friends and see the fab creations our DT have made :)

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Fabulous :D

Evening all :) 

Hope everyone's well. Today has been a good day for me, my cat was missing for a couple of days but she returned today, and has literally been asleep on the sofa all day! So I'm happy and can't stop cuddling her hehe :) 

I love this image, isn't she priceless?! As a grown up who was bullied as a kid for being the four-eyed nerd with braces...I'm COMPLETELY of the opinion now (if only I'd known it then!) that being a spectacle wearer is fun, and a great way to show off your style and personality in a way that non spec wearers can't :) And now that I am grown up, I'm LOVING my specs appeal ;) It's certainly not something to be mocked for, I'm a four-eyed nerd and LOVE IT :D So tell that to all your speccy-wearing daughters (and sons!) who are insecure about their glasses, that it's fun, it's cool and not something to ever be ashamed of :)

Ingredients

Image - Fabulous! by Mo's Digital Pencil

Papers - LOTV Candles and Cake

Ribbon - from stash

Sentiment - LOTV Greetings Postmarks

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Corners - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Border - MS Border Punch

Star dies - Memory Box Precious Stars

Everything else - Glossy Accents, Stickles, Liquid Pearls

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Mo's Digital Challenge - Bright Colours

Papertake Weekly - Hot hot hot

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Something Sweet (I think this lil girl is the sweetest image around at the moment!)

Simon Says Stamp and Show: Kraft

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - Distressing

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Welcome Summer

Cute Card Thursday - In the Summertime

As You Like It Challenge - Favourite Papers and Why - these papers are some of my favourites, because good, bright cheerful papers in primary colours can be so difficult to find! And these just fit the bill so perfectly :)

Thanks for looking :)

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La Multi Ani

Evening everybody :)

A Romanian friend requested a birthday card for her sister back home...Dana is obsessed with tea, so I figured that she'd love this image :) And she did! I got another Romanian friend to translate for me - the sentiment is "Happy birthday to my sister" in Romanian - that bit was a surprise for Dana and she was so happy! I love a happy recipient :) She also loves shabby chic/vintage stuff, so I tried my best to go with that sort of style :)

Ingredients

Image - LOTV - Coffee Break

Sentiment - Printed off the computer

Papers - LOTV Country Lady

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flower 2 dies

Swirl - Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Pearl - Ribbon Girl

Doily - Cheery Lynn French Pastry

Medium - Promarkers

Everything else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

A little bit crafty - something sweet

Paper Crafting Journey - Pearls and Swirls

Divas By Design - Happy Birthday

Crafts and Me Challenge - Vintage

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Bingo (lace/ribbon/flowers)

As You Like it Challenge - Favourite Papers and why: I love both the LOTV Country Lady and Country Gent, because they go with EVERYTHING! :D And they're so pretty.

Hobby House Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking.

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Forever Friends Baby

Evening all

A friend of mine asked me to make her a baby card for a girl, she linked me a Forever Friends card that I'd made before and asked for something similar, so this is what I made for her...she said she loved it so much she wanted to cry! So I'm happy ^_^

Ingredients

Image - Forever Friends

Sentiment - Computer generated

Sentiment Tags - LOTV

Ribbons - Wild Orchid Crafts

Gems - Ribbon Girl

Charm - Ribbon Girl

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Flourish - Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish

Corner Die - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Doily - Cheery Lynn French Pastry Die

Border Punch - Martha Stewart

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Stickles

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

A Creative Romance - Anything Goes

Chocolate Coffee and Cards - Bingo (Bling/Glitter/Flowers)

Hobby House Challenge - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie Challenge Blog - One for the Kids

ABC Challenge - P for Pretty in Pink

Stamping Sensations - Summer Blooms

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Dies dies dies

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - For a girl

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Crafty Catz - Let's Go Pink

Thanks for looking :)

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Yeehaw!

Hi everyone :)

The weather is soooo miserable here, and when the weather is miserable, I'm not a happy bunny! I'm also ill (as I have been for the last month) I just can't shake this stupid bug off whatever it is, so I'm very gruff!

So this is a card I made recently, I love this lil cowgirl image, she's too cute! :D

Ingredients

Image - Mo's Digital Pencil - Howdy

Medium - Promarkers

Papers - Nitwit Collections - Lil Tumbleweeds Too

Star Die - X Cut Star Dies

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Ric Rac - Ribbon Girl

Hessian - Ribbon Girl

Cheesecloth - Ribbon Girl

Twill Tape - Ribbon Girl

Pearl - Ribbon Girl

Letters - Joy Craft Alphabet 1

Everything Else - Stickles, Distress stickles

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything Goes

Cutie Pie Challenge - One for the kids

Hobby House Challenge - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Dies Dies Dies

Mo's DP Challenge - School's Out

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - For a girl

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Crafting When We Can Challenge - Mad for Markers

Thanks for looking :)

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Summer Fun

Evening all :) 

It was my darling niece Hana's birthday a few days ago, she turned 8! So I had to make lots of cards for her birthday for the various relatives to give her - my parents gave her this one - so expect to see lots of brunette girl cards on my blog :P She hates that we've all dyed our hair blonde the poor pet, she has the most beautiful head of brown hair ever! She's an adorable sassy little lady, so I used Saturated Canary images for all her cards :) Love them, the girly ones are just so cute :D

Ingredients

Image - Beach Baby by Saturated Canary (may be retired??)

Sentiment - LOTV Postmark Greetings

Papers - LOTV Bonnets and Bowties

Ribbon Girl Supplies:

Jute

Ribbon

Button Twine

Baker's Twine

Charm

Cheesecloth

Pearls

Glossy Accents

Liquid Pearls

Stickles

Medium - Promarkers

Everything else - Distress stickles, shell from stash

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Bearly Mine Challenge - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - For a Girl

The Squirrel and the Fox - Summer OR Winter (I chose summer obviously :P)

Divas By Design - Happy Birthday

The Hobby House Challenge - Anything Goes

Cutie pie Challenge - One for the kids

Stampin for the weekend - cute

Fab n Funky Challenge - Birthday

Thanks for looking :)

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Crafty Friends Challenge 2 - Bingo!

Evening everyone :) 

Today our second challenge at Crafty Friends Challenge Blog starts, and we have a Bingo challenge for you this time :)

 

We're sponsored by the lovely 

Cupids Clear Stamps

who are providing our lucky winner with a stamp set:

AND

a personalised "Handmade By" stamp of the winner's choice, such as this one:

So here's our Bingo Board.

I used a Cupids Clear Stamps image, and I used the row Pink/Pearls/Flowers.

Ingredients

Image - Cheeky Baby by Cupids Clear Stamps

Papers - Bonnets and Bowties from LOTV

Sentiment - Woodware Tiny Sentiments

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Doily - Cheery Lynn French Pastry

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Punch - Martha Stewart Doily Punch

Pearls - Ribbon Girl

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Stickles, bow from stash

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

Totally Gorjuss - Hey Baby

Stampin for the Weekend - Cute

Totally Papercrafts - Punches and Dies

Hobby House Challenge - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - O is for Open (Anything Goes)

Simon Says Stamp and Show - S is for... (Sparkles)

Passion for Promarkers - All that glitters

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

My Mum's Craft Shop - Dies Dies Dies

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - For a Girl

Thanks for looking - and do go and enter our fabulous challenge over at 

Crafty Friends Challenge Blog :)

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Summer days!

Evening all :)

Haven't blogged in a while, been pretty busy with my other hobby, so although I was able to make a few cards recently, blogging took a bit of a back seat! But I have no more interruptions for a few days now, so I shall be around and about again :)

Here's a card I made a few days ago, hope you like it :)

Ingredients

Image - Mo's Digital Pencil - Baby Fairy Ayana

Papers - LOTV - Bonnets and Bowties

Sentiment - LOTV General Greetings Small

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Corners - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl

Gems - Ribbon Girl

Jute - Ribbon Girl

Medium - Promarkers

Everything else - Glossy Accents, Stickles

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:

A Creative Romance - Anything Goes

Chocolate Coffee and Cards - Fantasy or Fairies

Deep ocean Challenge Blog - For a girl

Mo's Digital Challenge - Children

I Love Promarkers - All Stitched Up

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Flowers

The Squirrel and the Fox - Summer OR Winter (I chose summer obviously :P)

Ribbon Girls Challenge - Add a diecut (my corners)

Hobby House Challenge Blog - Anything Goes

Passion for Promarkers - All that Glitters

Thanks for looking :)

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Crafty Friends Challenge Blog: First Challenge!

Hi gals and guys!

Just a quick reminder that our new blog Crafty Friends Challenge Blog's first challenge starts today!! Our theme is Anything Goes, and we're sponsored by the fabulous 

Milk Coffee Digi Store

who are offering our lucky winner 5 digis from the store.

So do head over there, follow us, enter our CANDY DRAW, enter our challenge, and leave some love for our amazing design team, who have all made fabulous creations :)

Tanya xx