Wedding Anniversary card

Evening all :) 

Lots of news since my last blog post ^_^ I've been busy! 

Long post! TL;DR I got a new cat, I started college, I had labs and I've been busy with cards :P 

A nearby animal sanctuary put up a picture of a cat on their page, and she reminded me strongly of my two beautiful furbabies that I lost during the past year. I miss them both so much, so when I saw this little beauty's picture, I had to rescue her. She's about 10 months old and has already had a litter of kittens the poor thing, so first thing was getting her neutered. She got her stitches out yesterday so she's good to go now :) She's got boundless amounts of energy and is just great! Her name is Sparky (going along with the theme of Tim Burton movie afterlife dogs that I started with Scraps and Zero) and she is adorable. 

Look at that face!!!

I started back with college in September as well, which was absolutely a huge step for me. It's only part-time and online, but still a big deal for me - it's the first thing I've done since having to leave college in 2011 when I became ill and ended up in hospital for 11 months, so yeah, I'm pretty happy to be back doing something worthwhile with myself :) Great for the old self-worth and all that :) 

I had to go to Dublin to attend labs for it during the week and I was SO NERVOUS about those for the longest time! I was terrified that I'd be a miserable failure at everything, but I managed OK and everyone was just lovely, so helpful and nice! The air pressure in the labs was weird and because I have really low blood pressure it absolutely messed with my head so I blacked out three times, felt like such an idiot but everyone was just amazing and caring and made me feel like I wasn't a nuisance even though I knew I was. I had the best two days ever. I'm loving the course and loved the labs and am now trying to write up my reports and get it down from the 11 pages I have to the 6 pages they want, why can I not stop my fingers typing?! 

So aside from lectures, labs, studying and assessments, I've been horrendously busy with cards. SO MANY ORDERS! I told people in September that I was going back to college and would need more notice always, and so far I've had more orders than ever starting with "Hey Tanya so I know it's really short notice but...." And when I see that I cry a little bit inside. Not to mention that my crafty inspiration dried up and I wasn't able to make anything halfway decent at all for like a whole month. It was painful :P 

Anyway if you're still here after all that verbal spew, I appreciate your attention, it feeds my ego ahahaha :P Here's my card that I would like to show you today, I made it a while ago but never got around to blogging it.

Ingredients

Image, papers, sentiment - LOTV

Ribbon, gem, Liquid Pearls, Stickles - Ribbon Girl

Doohickeys heart border die

Heart, scalloped heart, fancy rectangle - Spellbinders

Coloured with Copics

Sentiment is heat embossed

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

Ribbon Girls - Anything Goes

ABC Challenge - U for Unlimited

Cute Card Thursday - Birds/Animals

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Crafting When We Can - Pink and Green

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :) 

Tanya x

Pink and White Anniversary Card

Another card from drafts that I made a while ago, got a few to get through haha :P 

Ingredients

Image LOTV

Papers LOTV

Sentiment LOTv

La-la land heart bunting die

Cheery Lynn Doily Die

Pink ribbon and pink tape from Ribbon Girl

Stickles, Liquid Pearls. silver embossing powder

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

LOTV Ideas to Inspire Challenge - Use LOTV Papers

Cute Card Thursday - Dies/Punches

Incy Wincy Challenge - Something Old Something New (Old image, new ribbon)

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Dies/Punches

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Finishing Touch

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - In The Garden

Thanks for looking :)
Tanya xx

50th Wedding Anniversary Card

Evening everyone :)

A friend asked for a 50th wedding anniversary card for his parents, so this is what I made. Luckily I had some gold mirri card so I could put some gold on there as it's the golden anniversary. Happy customer, so happy Tags. He owns a sweet shop too so every time I make a card for him I get a bag of jellies in exchange - BEST PAYMENT EVER haha!

Ingredients

Image - LOTV Love Grows

Papers - LOTV Country Lady

Sentiment - LOTV Postmark Greetings

Numbers - JoyCrafts Alphabet Die

Flowers and Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Butterflies - MS Butterfly Punch

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Lace and pearl - Ribbon Girl

Everything else - Mirri Card, Glossy Accents, Stickles

Closeup of my flowers sprayed with gold glitter spray. I did it outside, then brought the flowers back inside, but even so I'd say even the cats on the couch got high on the fumes from this stuff haha! But I really like the effect of it, just gorgeous :)

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

Stampin Sensations - Wings Things and a Hint of Vintage

Stampin for the Weekend - Butterflies

Totally Papercrafts - Favourite Colours (sepia tones)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Monochrome

Penny Black and More - In the Garden

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge - Summer Sun

Lili's Little Fairies - Vintage/Shabby Chic

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Flower Power

Passion for Promarkers - Favourite Colour Combo (sepia tones)

Thanks for looking :)

Tags xx

Silver Anniversary

Evening everyone :)

Recently the owner of the sweet shop that I frequent and overdose on sugar in asked for a 25th anniversary card for his wife, so this is what I came up with :) 

Ingredients

Image - Love Grows by LOTV

Sentiment Tags - LOTV Sentiment Tags

Papers - LOTV Bonnets and Bowties/Wild Rose Studio Gingham/Lucy Cromwell Designstax

Medium - Promarkers

Flowers and ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Border punch - Martha Stewart

Heart pins, pearls, baker's twine, liquid pearls, Stickles, Glossy Accents - Ribbon Girl

Flourish - Mini Fanciful Flourish by Cheery Lynn

Pennants - Whimsy Banner Pennants Die

Numbers - JoyCrafts Alphabet Die

Silver Mirri Card

Computer Generated Sentiment

Close up of my flower arrangement, flourish, heart pins and sentiments

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

Inky Chicks - Summer Colours

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Pink and White

Crafting For All Seasons - Bingo (Pink; Flowers; Blue)

Crafty Catz Challenge - Banners/pennants

LOTV Ideas to Inspire Challenge - Pretty in Pink

Papertake Weekly - Die-ing for a Punch

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Celebration

Stamping Sensations - Sketch and Summer Colours

Penny Black and More - Dies and Punches

Thanks for looking :)

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Anniversary card

Hi everybody

Here's a card I made recently for a friend to give his lady for their anniversary.

Ingredients

Image - Ragged Romeo by Mo's Digital Pencil

Papers - Country Gent by LOTV/Nitwits

Medium - Promarkers

Sentiment - LOTV Postmark Greetings

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl 

Cheesecloth - Ribbon Girl 

Hessian - Ribbon Girl 

Pearl string - Ribbon Girl

Flourish - Mini Fanciful Flourish by Cheery Lynn

Brad - from stash

Everything else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

I'd like to enter this into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz - Inspired by a Song (can you feel the love tonight from the lion king)
Card Crafter's Circle - Flowers
Crafting for all seasons - monochromatic
Crafts and Me Challenge - Floral Frenzy
Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon
Deep Ocean Challenge Blog - Fave Colour Combo (love sepia!)
Mo's Digital Challenge - Anything Goes
Inky Chicks - Shabby Chic
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Totally Gorjuss - Ribbons and pearls

Thanks for looking :)
Tags xx

I Love Promarkers GDT

Hi everyone

Today is my last GDT spot at I Love Promarkers. Thank you so much for having me ladies! Their theme today is 

Square card with something round on it. The sponsor is Pink Gem Design. I used a Pink Gem image on my card - Love Birds - isn't it gorgeous? 

Ingredients

Image - Love Birds by Pink Gem Design

Sentiment - LOTV Postmark Greetings

Embossing Folders - Cuttlebug Divine Swirls and Die'sires Petite Dots

Flowers - Joy Crafts Flowers 2

Flourish - Cheery Lynn Mini Fanciful Flourish

Gems - Broken hairband 

Charm - Ribbon Girl 

Ribbon - Wild Orchid Crafts

Heart Pins - Ribbon Girl 

Corner - Whimsy Corner Die Set

Medium - Promarkers

Lace - Ribbon Girl

Everything else - Stickles, Glossy Accents

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

Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Distress it

Allsorts Challenge - a passion for flowers

Totally Gorjuss - Embossing

Corrosive Challenge - Special Occasion

Penny's Papercrafty Challenge - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Weather with you

Party Time Tuesday - Tic Tac Toe (ribbon/rhinestone/glitter)

Paper Crafting Journey - Use a Sentiment

Thanks for looking :)

Tags xx

The best thing to hold onto in life

Evening everyone

Here's the valentine's card I've made for my boyfriend, I don't know how often he comes on here, so hopefully he won't be on before then :P More monochrome cats too :P Just like the one sitting on my knee, and batting me with her paw every time I go to type, little brat :P 

Ingredients

Image - Mo's Digital Pencil - Cat Love

Sentiment - Printed off the computer

Papers - Papermania Capsule Collection and Forever Friends Black & Gold

Pearls - Wild Orchid Crafts

Ribbon - Ribbon Girl and Wild Orchid Crafts

Corners - Wild Orchid Crafts

Medium - Promarkers

Everything Else - Glossy Accents, Gold Glitter Spray

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

Dream Valley Challenges - Valentine's

Ribbon Girls February Card Challenge - Love you/Valentine's

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Love is all around

Stamping Sensations - Fur or Feathers

Mo's Digital Challenge - Mo image with ribbon or lace

Allsorts challenge - let's get cute

My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 2 - Valentine's/Love

Crafty Ribbons Challenge - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Card Makin Mamas - Love

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Anything Goes

Thanks for looking :)

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Anniversary card

Afternoon everybody :)

Today over at My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge Blog, the theme for this week's challenge is

Weddings / Anniversaries

and this challenge is sponsored by the wonderful

Digi Stamp Boutique

who are offering one lucky winner the choice of SIX digis from the store! Go on over there and have a look :)

So here's my card for this challenge :) I made an anniversary card.

The image and sentiment are from Lili of the Valley who are really testing my self-control with all their amazing new releases! I'm surprised I've managed to hold out, but with a holiday in October to save for I feel guilty about spending too much :( The flowers, gems and ribbons are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the paper is from a Papermania Capsule pack, and the little charm is from Ribbon Girl.

A closeup of the image, coloured with Promarkers and I put Stickles on the lights and Glossy Accents on the bike.

A closeup of my flowers :)

The ribbon, bow and charm :)

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

Crafter's Companion Monthly Challenge: Best Friends - you have to be best friends if you marry :)

Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog - Weddings/Anniversaries

Wild Orchid Challenge - Summer Flowers

Thanks for looking :)

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Snape, Snape, Severus Snape

Good afternoon all,

It's sunny here at the moment...but it's also raining. I just don't get it lol. I was all set to go out for a walk to get some air and weightbearing exercise for my bones, and now it's raining. Grrrr! I hate being cooped up :(

So obviously, I turned to crafting instead! I'm rereading the Harry Potter books for the millionth time at the moment, so I've got Harry Potter on the brain. I'm obsessed. I tend to get obsessed with books - Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Game of Thrones... you just can't beat a good book! :D So here's what I made today :)

The image is from Bugaboo, the corners, rose and gem are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the charm is from Ribbon Girl, I printed the sentiment off the computer (it's a quote from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows), the swirl is a Marianne Design die, the butterflies are a MS punch, the papers and ribbon came from my stash and I made the pin myself. 

A closeup of the image. Snape is one of my favourite Harry Potter characters! Even since before the movies existed I had a bit of a crush on him, and then when the movies came out and he was played by Alan Rickman...yummy :D I just think these Bugaboo images are so cute :)

A closeup of my bow, charm and pin - it's the first pin I've ever made, so I guess I'm happy enough with it.

A closeup of the main bit of the card, I had originally thought to make a circular tag, but then decided to make it into a card :) 

The quote. So basically this is a love card I guess, for someone to profess their undying love for someone else even after a very long time.

And for all the Harry Potter fans - if you haven't watched this video, watch it now - I think it's brilliant :D

Potter Puppet Pals - The Mysterious Ticking Noise

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

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge - Wings and Bling

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Layers

I Love Promarkers - Circles

Joanna Sheen - Going Round in Circles

Craft Your Passion Challenges - Gone Gothic

Totally Papercrafts - Lots of Layers

Cutie Pie Challenge - Glitter and Bling

Thanks for looking, I hope you like it.

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Forever Friends DT Card :D

Hey everybody

I've tried using the schedule feature for the first time ever, so I'll have to see if this works haha :P This is my first ever post as DT for the Forever Friends Challenge Blog! It's so exciting :D Everyone should go and enter it :P The theme is Anything Goes, so it's a nice easy one!

We're sponsored this fortnight by 

Stitchy Bears

and the team got to play with some of their images. This is the card that I made for it!

The image is from Stitchy Bears, the sentiment is LOTV, the ribbon is from Ribbon Girl, the papers are from stash and the flowers and corner are from Wild Orchid Crafts

A closeup of this lovely image, coloured with Promarkers :)

A closeup of the flowers, edged with Stickles :)

Thanks for looking and I hope you like!

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

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion Challenge - Anything Goes

Tags xx