Divas by Design DT - Water Theme

Good morning everyone...

Hope you're keeping well and managing to catch the last little bits of summer sun before Autumn arrives.

It was back to work on Monday for me and a whole 8 week helf term to look forward to! 

Unfortunately we didn't finish my craft room before I went back, but we're making progress. I'll post some pictures when we're finished. I've got lots of cupboards, but when I suggested that I'd need to buy some more stash to fill them Hubby didn't seem to agree. A girl can try :)

I'm here today to tell you about this weeks challenge over at Divas by Design.

This week the theme is

Water

Lots of different possibilities here. Why not pop on over and get some inspiration from my lovely teamies.

I've used Magnolia's Mermaid Tilda. Shame on me I bought her ages ago and this is the first time she has seen ink.

The papers are En France by Prima and have all been distressed with Walnut DI.

I mounted her behind a Kraft circle with copper brads to make it look like you were seeing her through a porthole window. The background was made following a tutorial on the Make It Crafty website. I coloured Tilda first before masking her and then colouring the background. I added glossy accents to the bubbles to make them stand out

Copics used

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E11, E21, R20

Hair: E41, E43, E44, E47

Scales : E50, E51, E53, BG0000, BG10, BG11, BV20, BG13

Bubbles: C00, C0, BG0000 & blender

Background : BG11, B00, BG000

Other Ingredients :

Flowers : WOC and The Hobby House

Dies: Magnolia So wrapped lovely heart, Marianne Garden Branch LR0151 and Die-namics Mix and Match Banner

Lace : Live and Love Crafts

Charms : The Hobby House

Gesso splodged here and there

Thanks so much for popping by I really appreciate the visit and the lovely comments you leave.

Until next time

Happy Crafting,

Big Hugs,

Janine x

Anything Goes DT - By the Sea

Good morning blogger friends...

Can't believe where the time is going! It's already time for another challenge over at Anything Goes.

This fortnight our theme is

By the Sea

Hope you can join us with some lovely summer creations.

I dug out a really cute Magnolia stamp for my card today.

Isn't he a cutie? This is Edwin in Miami from Magnolia's Summer Memories 2012 Collection.

The papers are Maja Designs Vintage Spring Basics. I must get some more of these. They're just so versatile.

Edwin has been coloured with Copics.

Face : E0000, E000, E00, E11, E21, R20, R32

Shorts & Shoes : B91, B93, B95, B97, B99

T-Shirt : E40, E41, E42, E43, E44

Hair : R59, R57, R55, R51, R31

Sand : E50, E21, E30, E31, E34, E41, E53, YR20, W1

Sea : BG0000, BG000, B21, B23, B93 & white gel pen

Sky : BG000, C00, C0, C1

The card has been embellished with a compass charm, some little bobbins and a fence made with a Marianne Creatable die. All papers have been distressed with Walnut stain.

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Chequered Flag Tilda

Good evening bloggers...

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend.

I want to say a warm welcome to all my new followers and a big thanks for all the lovely comments that have been left. I really do appreciate it :)

I've been making a card for my Niece's 21st Birthday which is in June. She's not a girly girl so I didn't want to have lots of pink and flowers. She's a big fan of Formula 1 car racing and is off to see the British Grand Prix later this summer as her birthday treat.  I've chosen Chequered flag Tilda because I thought she would be perfect for the F1 theme.

I've coloured her with copics and edged around the oval with fired brick using an old Clartity stamp.

I've been seeing lots of lovely cards using the new distress markers. Love the soft effect they create. So tempted to get them for my Birthday later this month :) Not sure how much longer the will power can hold out.

I found the '1991' brad at a local craft shop - just right for a 21st card. The little keys are from The Hobby House.

The papers are Portobello Road from Papermania and have been distressed with walnut stain.

I hope I've got the right balance - it does seem odd not putting flowers on.

Copics 

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, R20

Hair : E57, E53, E51, E50

Reds : R39, R37, R35, R32

Blues : B95, B93, B41

Dies : Nesties, Tim Holtz - Vintage Market, Memory Box - Catalina, Doo Hickey - Flags

I'm entering this card into the following challenges :

CLP Challenge - Sketch #47 (really fun to do)

Tilda's Town - 1st challenge 'Anything Goes'

That's all from me for now. Hope you have a lovely week.

Hugs,

Janine xx

Tilda with 3 Flowers

Good evening bloggers....

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. The weather was kinder to us here in Yorkshire. Well a least it wasn't raining all weekend.

Bought some lovely digi papers from Raspberry Road last week and spent ages trying to get them resized and printed to the correct scale. Have been using GIMP (it's free) for cropping and watermarks but this just wouldn't print out the same size as I had resized it.  After some long conversations over the phone with my Dad we finally got it to work in Scribus (that's free too) - thanks Dad.

I've used some of those lovely papers on today's card and another Tilda stamp.

The flowers are made from Magnolia dies rather than my usual WOC ones and I've also used the lovely heart tag too. I can see this becoming a firm favourite :)

The image is coloured as usual with copics and I've edged the flowers with vintage photo.

Here's a close up of the image.

I'm really pleased how the image has turned out. I saw this Tilda sat on the fence on a card that Kim had made ages ago and loved it. I've been wanting to colour this since then.

Here's a close up. I've followed the sketch over at Sketch n Stash. I really enjoyed following this although it did take me a while to choose the papers. I'm a bit slow, but hopefully I'll get faster.

Sorry the photos aren't as clear as I'd like them. I'll keep trying. There's just so much to learn. At least it keeps me out of mischief and from doing the housework too :)

Card Ingredients.

Images : Magnolia Tilda with 3 flowers & Spring Fence

Papers : Raspberry Road Nantucket

Medium : Copics

Face : E0000, E000, E00, R20

Dress and head scarf : R85, R83, R81 + E40, E41, E42

Daffs : Y11, YR21, YR23

Grass : G20, YG67, YG63, YG61

Leaves : YG67, YG63, YG61

Hair : E50, E23, E25, E29

Shoes : E40, E41, E42, E43

Fence : E44, E43, E42, E41

Socks : W0

Dies:

Doo-Hickey - Hellebores, Dragonfly, Vintage Daisies, SO Wrapped Lovely Heart

Marianne Creatables - LR0156, LR0205

Ribbon and 'Hand Made' Heart from stash.

I am entering my card into the following challenges :

Sketch n Stash - Sketch #87

Magnolia-licious - Pink, Green & Light Yellow

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - #24 Anything Goes

Thank you so much for dropping by and any comments you may leave.

Hugs, Janine xx

Chinese Tilda

Good afternoon bloggers....

Hope the weather is better where you are. It's not stopped raining here since 2pm yesterday!!

I had a great day out last Saturday at the LOTV Open Weekend. I had only intended to buy 4 stamps and possibly some of the new sentiments. Well their cuteness along with the fabulous inspiration from the Design Team's cards got the better of me!! I bought 12 (or was it 13?) stamps and 3 of the new A5 sentiment sheets. Oops! :)

Was also lucky enough to have got a place on Bev's fantastic advanced colouring workshop. Really enjoyed this and hope to put the techniques into practice over the coming weeks.

Enough of my waffle and onto the card.

Today I have a card made using a couple of Magnolia stamps that I've had for a while, but have never seen ink.

I've masked them together to create a mini scene. In doing this the overall image came out quite large so I've kept the layering quite simple.

The image is coloured with copics as usual. Here's a close up.

I've embellished it with some dies, punches,  WOC flowers and a little fan charm I got from Mei Flower

 Card Ingredients

Image : Magnolia - Chinese Tilda and Magnolia Tree

Papers : Dovecraft 'Eastern Promise'

Colouring Medium : Copics

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, R20

Tree : E44, E43, E42, E41, R32, R30

Dress : C00, C0, C1 & blender pen

Outer Robe : R59, R85, R83, R81, RV000

Grass : G20, YG67, YG63, YG61

Dies & Punches : Doo Hickey 'Heart Swirl Branch' & Martha Stewart Monarch Butterfly

Fan Charm - Mei Flower

Flowers - WOC.

I am entering my card into the following challenges:

Joanna Sheen Challenge - Flower Power

Crafty Ribbons Challenge #19 - Flowers

Thanks for dropping by and any comments you may leave. 

Thanks also to those who have left comments on my previous posts. I really do appreciate it.

Hugs, Janine xx