Divas by Design Challenge - Pearls

Good morning my crafty friends....

Wow I can't believe it - I've reached 100 followers!!

A big hello to all my new followers and a big Thank You to everyone who has chosen to follow my blog. I really do appreciate your support and wonderful comments.

Hope you all had a lovely weekend and we're already half way to the next one!

I had a lovely day on Saturday at The Hobby House's 10th Birthday celebrations. It was lovely to see Jill  and meet my fellow teamies. Oh and perhaps a little crafty shopping too!

Well I'm here this morning as we've got a new challenge for you over at Divas by Design and this weeks challenge is a nice and easy one...

Pearls

and we're sponsored this week by Crafty Charlie.

My card today has another Tiddly Inks image, I'm just loving their cute little images at the moment.

This little Tiddly Ink is called Tenderhearted. Isn't she cute!

Well Pearls is the remit for this weeks challenge and I've used lots of pearls and a string of them, all from The Hobby House. They have a wonderful selection of singles in lots of different colours and strings of them too.

Coloured as usual with my copics

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

Bird :  YR20, YR21, Y38, YR04

Pinks : R81, R83, R89, R59

Flowers & Wings : B00, B21, B23

Hair : E21, E25, E29, E45

Branch : E11, E13, E15, E18

The papers are from the gorgeous Maja Road Vintage Spring Basics pad and they've all been distressed with a TH tool and Walnut stain.

The following dies were used to create the layout

DooHickey - Clouds

EK Success punch - Rock Fern

Marianne Creatables LR0152. Cut in half for the 'doilies' at each side.

The flowers are from WOC and the pearls and lace from The Hobby House.

I've used this months CLP challenge for my layout

Here's a little compilation of the details.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

CLP Challenge - Sketch # 59

Everybody Art Challenge #242 - Butterfly
Inky Chicks #7 - Anything Goes
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Wings
The Shabby Tearoom #172 - Summer Breeze photo inspiration
Avenue 613 - Anything Goes
Crafty Calender - Things with Wings

Thank you so much for coming to visit and taking the time to leave a comment so that I know you've dropped by and I can return the compliment.

Happy Crafting,

Hugs,

Janine xx

Anything Goes Challenge - Buttons, Pearls and Lace

Hello blogging friends...

Hope you had a lovely weekend and managed to get some crafting done.

I'm back today to show you the card I've created for the new challenge over at Anything Goes this fortnight it's...

Buttons, Pearls and Lace

My card features the lovely Drusilla from Tiddly Inks. 

I tried to blend the oranges into the yellows, but I'm not sure that I really achieved it. Practice makes perfect so they say, so I shall try again another time, lol. The papers I've used are Prima 'Rondelle'. I'm really loving these Prima papers. They're new to me and I may just have to buy a few more :)

Drusilla has been coloured with copics:-

Skin : E000, E00, E21, E11, R11

Hair : E21, E25, E29

Dress : YR000, YR000, YR02, YR07  Y000, Y11, Y35, Y38

The edges of the image have been distressed with Memento Desert Sand and a small piece of lace added to the right hand side.

The little tag (Doo Hickey Wave) has been finished off with a seam binding ribbon and a clear flower button, which is a bit hard to see in the photo. 

 Other dies used on the card are DooHickey Dragonflies, Marianne Creatables Garden Branch and Cheery Lynn's Kiwi Doily. The doily punch is so pretty but it never seems to cut properly, even with greaseproof paper.

Hope you can join us for our new challenge. Have a pop on over to the Anything Goes blog for a little inspiration and see what the rest of the team have made.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges :-

Bunny Zoe's - Wings

Eureka Stamps - Anything Goes

Tammy's Scrappin' Corner - Anything with Wings

Colour Me Creative - Brunettes 

Crafty Calender - Things with Wings

Happy Crafting

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Tiddly Inks You and Me

Hi everyone... 

Firstly I'd like to say a very warm welcome to all my new followers. Thank you so much for choosing to follow my blog and I hope that you enjoy your visit.

Today I have a card which I made for a swimming coach who's had a big part to play in the swimming successes of both Leonie and Brandon. She recently got married and I really wanted to make her a card to mark the occasion.

I ordered the Tiddly Inks image You and Me a little while ago just for this card, but when I saw Alyce pair it with Alison's arch image recently, it just seemed perfect.

It was only when I was editing these photos that I realised I'd forgotten to add the heart shaped doily I had inked up ready. What a numpty! Never mind, the lady loved her card. 

She has kept the one I made for her as a thank you for all her hard work when Brandon moved out of her squad. It's nice to know that people don't just bin them after all our hard work. 

One of my friends brings out all the Christmas cards I've made over the years and displays them all every Christmas. Talking of which I really must make a start or I'll never be ready. Even if it is 6 months away!

You and Me has been coloured with copics

Skin: E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, R21

Suit: W1, W3, W5, W7

Boys Hair: E21, E25, E29

Girls Hair: E11, E13, E15

Dress: C00, C0, C1, C3, Blender

Archway: E00, E11, E15, E18

Flowers: RV91, RV95, RV99, BV00, BV25, BV29

The papers are from Maja Vintage Spring Basics. These are such lovely papers and they also have the cute calenders and tags too. The flowers are a mixture of WOC, Kort and Godt daisies and Rolled flowers (using Memory Box small pinwheel die). All the pearls are from The Hobby House.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Addicted to Stamps and More - Make Your Mark (colouring)

Crafting for All Seasons - Wedding/Anniversary

Deep Ocean - Ribbon and/or Lace

Paper Make Up Stamp - Anything Goes using a digi

Make My Monday - Handmade Embellishments (rolled roses)

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Anything Goes Challenge - Homemade Backgrounds

Good morning blogger friends...

I'm back today with my DT post for Anything Goes and this fortnight our challenge is to 

make your own background paper.

Well I had an image of what I was going to create and in the end it was nothing like it!

I started off thinking I was going to make a tag and use an old Acey Deucey image - a bit kind of altered art. It just wasn't turning out to be anything like I imagined and just wasn't right somehow, so it ended up in the bin!

In the end I made a card using Tiddly Inks Alison Witch.

I started again by making the background paper. First I applied Vintage Photo ink directly from the ink pad onto my craft mat and spritzed it with water. Then I dabbed my paper on top and then used a heat gun to set it before applying the Brick Red in the same way. I tried a little Dylusions Teal spray on a separate piece of paper, but it accidentally went on my background too. I quite liked the effect so that's how it's stayed.

Alison Witch has been coloured in my usual Copics.

Skin : E0000, E000, E00, E21, E11

Hat & Dress : W7, W5, W3,W1, W0, W00

Hair : E18, E15, YR07, E07, YR04, YR000

Red : R59, R29, R46, R22

I finished off my card using some flowers from WOC, a bow with a lovely Rhinestone crystal from The Hobby House and the flourish is garden branch from Marianne Creatables.

I've never made my own background before and I must confess it stressed me out a bit because I'm not familiar with the techniques. It certainly was a challenge but I'm pleased with the results.

Hope you'll join us. I can't wait to see what you make and hopefully learn from some experts!

Remember if you're short of crafting goodies do have a look at Craft Den's website, Lynne has been adding lots more to the site.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

Craft-Dee Bowz - Anything Goes with handmade bow

Heart 2 Heart - Creature Feature

Ooh-La-La Creations - Seeing Red

No Matter Which - Things with Wings

Happy Crafting.

Big Hugs,

Janine xx

Anything Goes DT - Add Some Metal

Good morning blogger friends...

Hope you've all had a lovely weekend. The sun has been shining here, so let's hope that spring is definitely on its way.

I had a great day on Saturday. I travelled to The Craft Den in Sheffield for an altered mirror workshop with Hels Sheridan. The workshop was fantastic. I've not done any altered art before so it did take me out of my comfort zone, but was great fun. A few of the other DT members were there too;

Nikki, Tamara and Annette, so it was lovely to meet them. Annette had even travelled from Sweden!  I mustn't forget Lynne, the owner of The Craft Den and the Anything Goes Challenge blog who was so welcoming that we could have kept on chatting all evening. 

Anyway onto this weeks challenge at Anything Goes and its

 'Add some metal'

This was the card I made Leonie for her 18th Birthday. She's mad about the Harry Potter books and films!

The images are by Tiddly Inks and are Wizard and Wizardette. 

You get two wizards, one with glasses and one without. So Harry and Ron!

I got the idea from Alyce who has done a fantastic colouring video using Wizardette to show how to colour glowing objects. As soon as I saw it I new I had to see if Tiddly Inks did a wizard image so that I could do a Harry Potter theme. I even put on a little 'Hedwig' Metal charm and the telegram he delivers.

I've coloured them with Copics :

Skin: E000, E00, E11, E21

Harry's Hair: E43, E44, E47, E49

Ron's Hair: YR000, YR02, YR04, E15

Hermione's Hair: E13, E15, E18

Scarf: Y11, R15, Y17 R22, R46, R59

Capes: W1, W3, W5, W7

Trousers: C1,C3, C5, C7

Wand Glow: YG00, YG05, YG23, YG67

They were just so fun to colour too and they're my first Tiddly Inks.

The papers are Prima Rondelle and have been distressed with a Tim Holtz tool.

The flowers and leaves have all been made with dies and all the papers were edged with walnut stain.

The sentiment is from LOTV.

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges...

Tiddly Inks Challenge - Distress, emboss or stitch

Dream Valley Challenges #54 - Happy Birthday

Lacy Sunshine Challenge - Anything Goes

2 Sisters Challenge - Anything Goes

4 Crafty Chicks - Charms

Sarah Hurley Challenges - Projects with Character

Thanks for dropping by.

Hugs,

Janine x