Papertake Weekly Sketchie Sketch :)

Evening all

Today over at Papertake Weekly,  we have a fab new sketch for you to follow, and here it is….

It's a Sketchie Free For All - which means you can choose any of the Papertake Weekly sketches, which can be found on the blog :) 

The sponsor is the loverly Simon Says Stamp, who I'm about to make a massive order with, and spend all my money…so I wish I could enter to win this prize hehe ;) 

The prize is a $20 voucher to spend in their fabulous store :)

So here's what I made, hope you like :)

Ingredients

Meljen's Designs Bitty Christmas Tree Bears

Bo Bunny papers (I think)

Memory Box Precious Stars

Ribbon from stash

Charm and red lace from Ribbon Girl

Pearl and pearl brad from The Hobby House

Fluffy Stuff, Stickles

Coloured with Promarkers

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

Totally Papercrafts - Add a Bow

Totally Gorjuss - Child's Christmas

Crafty Little Fairies - Lace and Pearls

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Favourite Colour Combo (red and green for Christmas!)

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Countdown to Christmas

Stampin for the Weekend - Feeling Festive

Thanks for looking, and head on over to Papertake Weekly to look at the fabulous inspiration from the lovely DT ladies :)

Tanya xx

Vintage Christmas

Evening all

I had a nice shopping trip in Dublin with Mum and my sis, hobbled about the shops with plenty of painkillers and muscle rub haha, was fun just the same though :)

Before I went off, I attempted my first vintage-style Christmas card ever! I got a page of gorgeous vintage images from Live and Love Crafts, they're so beautiful…not sure I did it justice though :) 

Ingredients

Image - Pion Design vintage images

Maja Design papers

Pearl string

Bark heart

Mittens charm

Cheesecloth, lace, pearls from Ribbon Girl

LOTV Christmas Sentiment Tags

Shabby White frantage

Spellbinders poinsettia die and floral oval die

Cheery Lynn holly flourish die

Memory Box pine border die

Pearl sprig and pearl embellishment from WOC

Wooden snowflakes from stash

Closeups of some of the details :)

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

Live and love crafts challenge - christmas inspiration

Stampin for the weekend - feeling festive (sentiment is stamped)

A Creative Romance - vintage style

Inky Chicks - Pearls and Swirls

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - favourite colour combo (sepia)

Crafty Little Fairies - lace & pearls

Crafts and Me challenge blog - vintage christmas

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - shabby chic/vintage

ABC Christmas challenge - w for winter wishes

Thanks for looking :)

Tags xx

polar bear christmas

Evening everyone

I'm went to Dublin today for a Christmas shopping trip with my mum and my sister, unfortunately I tripped over a hoover that someone left out last night in the dark corridor at the top of the stairs and went facefirst into the carpet haha, my ankle is now massive and purple and I'm bruised all over and so sore :( hobbling around the shops definitely lost some of the excitement :( I hurt my wrist as well so couldn't carry much shopping either :( SAD TANYA likes to moan hahaha.

I made this a couple of days ago. Hope you like.

Ingredients

Pink Gem Designs Baby Polar Bear

LOTV Circular Christmas Sentiment

Memory Box Snowflake

Martha Stewart Punched Snowflake

Memory Box Star border

Darice Stars embossing folder

Cuttlebug Snowflake embossing folder

Gem and snowman ribbon from stash

White ruffle-edge ribbon from Ribbon Girl

Stickles

Silver embossing powder

Coloured with Promarkers

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

ABC Christmas Challenge - W for Winter Wishes

The Ribbon Girl Challenge - White on White

Ready Teddy Go - Use Embossing 

Deep Ocean Challenge - Favourite Colour Combo (white on white)

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Winter Wonderland

Thanks for looking :)

Tags xx

Papertake Weekly - Thanksgiving

Evening everyone,

I meant to have this up earlier but somehow it got left in drafts. Today over at Papertake Weekly, the challenge theme this time is 

Giving Thanks

Thanksgiving is 28th November so a card or project for that this week please or you can just make something that says 'thank you'.

The sponsor this time is the wonderful ladies over at

The Ribbon Girl

who are providing the lucky winner with a £10 voucher for their amazing store :)

So here's what I made. My niece just had a lovely week recently at a horse-riding camp, and asked for a thank you card to give them, so I made this. I kept it super-simple!

Ingredients

LOTV Me and My Pony

Coloured with Promarkers

LOTV Simply Sophisticated Sentiment

Satin Ribbon and pearl from Ribbon Girl

Stickles and Glossy Accents

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

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Thanksgiving/Thanks

Totally Papercrafts - Clean and Simple

Pile It On - With Thanks

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Autumn Colours

I Love Promarkers - Red and Green

Dream Valley Challenge - Clean and Simple

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Favourite Colour Combo (red and green is one of my favourites especially at this time of year!)

Crafty Little Fairies - Top of the Pops (America - Horse with no name)

Thanks for looking, and do head over to Papertake Weekly and look at all the fabulous inspiration from those wonderful ladies over there :)

Tanya xx

Papertake Weekly GD card - Snow and Ice

Hi everyone :)

I'm Guesting Designing for Papertake Weekly for the next three months! I'm so excited about that, there is so much talent on their Design Team, so it was a complete surprise that they're letting me anywhere near that hahaha! 

So onto this week's challenge and our theme is

Snow & Ice

and quite simply we just want you to use  blue or 'cold' colours on your card or project or you could also include snow / ice somewhere. Or both :)

Whiff of Joy are sponsoring the challenge, and providing a fabulously festive rubber stamp for the winner, check it out on the Papertake Weekly posting :)

Here's what I made, for a Christmas card order that I received from a friend :)

Ingredients

LOTV Snow Family

LOTV Frosty Christmas Papers

LOTV Christmas Circular Sentiment (looks black from this pic, but is actually silver and heat-embossed!)

Memory Box Snowflake Die

Hobby House Pearl Brad

Pearl/Diamante Embellishment from WOC

Ribbon and pom pom trim from Ribbon Girl

Glossy Accents, Red Liquid Pearls, Glamour Dust, Stickles, Fluffy Stuff, Silver Embossing Powder

Coloured with Promarkers and Copics

Pumice Stone Distress Ink around the image, stamped with memento tuxedo black

Closeup of the shiny :D

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

A Creative Romance - Winter Blues

Totally Papercrafts - Use Glitter

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Winter Wonderland

Crafty Little Fairies - Christmas

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Winter

I Love Promarkers - All that glitters

Penny Black and More - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Got Ink?

Ribbon Girl Challenge - Add Sparkle…LOTV

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Christmas Is Coming

Thanks for looking, and do pop over to Papertake Weekly to look at the fantastic creations the Design Team have come up with, as always they're beautiful!

Tags xx

Penguin presents

Hi everyone

I was sick last week hence the no posts, flu-type thing, no energy, spent most of the week dozing on the couch. Very unusual for me, I usually just battle on through, that wasn't an option this time though. However, since I slept so much last week, I'm literally not able to sleep any more. I spent THE WHOLE NIGHT last night wondering when I'd finally fall asleep…and it didn't happen. At all. Even though the previous night I only drifted off at 6 am and was awake again by 9… So tired now I don't even know if this rambling chat makes ANY sense…hahaha. Anyway. Cards. Here's one :)

Isn't this little penguin adorable? :D

Ingredients

LOTV Penguin Presents

MS Snowflake Punch

Me to You papers from a couple of years ago

LOTV Greetings Postmarks Sentiment

Coloured with Promarkers and Copics

Hobby House pearl brad

Pink pearl string, pom pom trim and gem from Ribbon Girl

Ribbon from stash

Fluffy Stuff, Stickles, Glossy Accents

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

Ribbon Girl November LOTV Challenge - Add Sparkle

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Christmas is Coming

Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Winter

LOTV Ideas to Inspire Challenge - Pink and White

Crafty Catz Challenge - Photo Inspiration (patterned paper in firework pattern)

Cute Card Thursday - Animal Magic

Crafty Little Fairies - Christmas in November

I Love Promarkers - All that glitters

Totally Papercrafts - Use Glitter

Thanks for looking :)

Tags xx

Owl Christmas Card

Evening all

I have another Christmas card today :) 

I used an owl image that I got last year, such a cutie!

Ingredients

Cozy Winter Owl - Meljen's Designs by Whimsy

Hobby House Self Adhesive Pearls

LOTV sentiment

LOTV Winter Wishes paper pack

Memory Box Bianca Snowflake

Cream satin ribbon

Hessian mesh from Ribbon Girl

Coloured with Promarkers and Copics

Liquid Pearls, Stickles, Distress Stickles, Fluffy Stuff, Glamour Dust

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

Papertake Weekly - Sketchie FFA (I used sketch 73)

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes with Snow

Hobby House Challenge - Pearls

Cutie Pie Challenge - Bingo (Bow, pearls, glitter)

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Ribbon

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Bingo (snowflake, glitter, distressed)

Allsorts Challenge - Christmas Cheer

Thanks for looking :)

Tags xx

Christmas Caroling card

Evening all :)

The Christmas panic is starting to set in, I'm going away for the first nearly three weeks of December, so everything Christmas-crafty has to be done before then...aaaaaahhhh. I really didn't think the whole starting Christmas cards in October through properly :P 

I used this gorgeous little image from Lili of the Valley, I got it last year and love it :) so cute! I coloured this some time ago, so my colouring isn't exactly up to scratch on this one :P 

Ingredients

LOTV Carol Singing

LOTV Christmas Grunge Sentiments

Bo Bunny papers

5mm Hobby House pearl from Midnight Magic self-adhesive pearl pack

Satin ribbon

Holly charm from Ribbon Girl

Papermania silver embossing powder (around sentiment)

Coloured with Promarkers

Glossy Accents, Glamour Dust, Snowtex, Liquid Pearls

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

A Creative Romance - Metal Mania

Papertake Weekly - Sketchie FFA (I used #84)

Penny Black and More - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Allsorts Challenge - Christmas cheer

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Ribbon

Creative Inspirations - Bingo (snowflake, pearls, stamped image)

Christmas Cards All Year Round - Winter Wonderland

Whimsy Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking, and I'll be back tomorrow with another card :D

Tags xx