PDD Tuesday / Crafty Angels

 

This is the second week of the kids being in school and finally we are settling nicely into a routine. It's sure quiet without my little Princess here, but she's LOVING being in school. We took the decision to send her to 3 weeks of Summer Camp (with her brother) which was held at her pre-school in July and it was definitely the best thing we could have done. She got to know teachers while having her brother there for reassurance and she's totally at ease with being in school now.  

Of course I had envisioned having those precious hours to myself, to be creative without 'help', but it's been so quiet that I've had to be out of the house until I collect her from pre-school, then I come home to work on my cards with her 'help', lol. 

This is my little Princess on her first day @ school.

(she was trying to run away from the camera!!)

OK, enough of the rambling on... On to today's card. Today is Pez-A-Doodle Tuesday and I've also made my card for my Crafty Angels DT, which was a sketch set by Laura. 

In my Crafty Angels kit there was the uuuuuuuuuber cute Magnolia Monkey and sentiment and the gorgeous Blue Awning papers. I coloured my image and also shaded the background using distress inks.

The pearl brads are from PM and they are one of my favourite embellies. I also totally love Skittles and Pez-A-Blings!! The Halloween mix of Pez-A-Blings and Spider Skittles are available right now and would look fantastic on all of your Halloween projects!! Check them out before they are gone!!

Happy Crafting!!

PDD Friday - Whiff of Joy/Papertake Weekly/BG Challenge - Stampin' for the Weekend

What a manic week!! Finally, the kids are all back in school :) But of course now it's school runs and lunches and uniforms and traffic and 3 different schools.... lol.

I did, however, get to catch up with some challenges this week!! Apologies in advance, this is a LOOOOOONG post... :$

Stampin' for the Weekend

This week the challenge on Stampin' for the Weekend is a wonderful sketch by Donna. Our sponsor is Simon Says and the prize being offered by Heidi is a $25 gift certificate for the store!!

Be sure to play along to be in with a chance of winning this wonderful prize, and do check out the other DT members blogs to see what they all came up with.


Ingredients:
Image: Gorjuss Girl
Papers: PM Nostalgia Warm
Distress Inks, Stickles (wings), Brads, Ribbon
Flowers: Prima
Nestability circles & scalloped circle, Cuttlebug

Pez-A-Doodle Designs meets PaperPlay Challenges

This is my DT card for Pezzy's Playgroup this week and I'm also entering it as my DT card on PaperPlay Challenges which was set by Kate and her challenge was 'No Pattern/Design Paper'. I decided to go for a clean & simple style and my card is totally make from cardstock. I ran the orange card through the cuttlebug to emboss the spiderweb pattern and added cute little spider skittlebugs. I added black stickles to the orange card title and also around the purple card. The ribbon is from my stash. Don't forget to check out all of other DT members blogs, we have some wonderfully talented ladies :)

Whiff of Joy / Papertake Weekly / Basic Grey Challenges

• Challenge #47 asks for a colour combo of Teal & Orange. This is the 2nd week in a row I've used these colours for a challenge and I still can't get over how great they are together!! I love it :)
• Basic Grey Inspiration Challenge ( I used the colours: orange, teal, white)
  
  
  
  
  
• Papertake Weekly has sketch #23 to follow:

Katharina is also having a GDT Call so I've decided to enter this card and cross my fingers (and toes) that I might just get picked!! You can enter as often as you like as long as they are NEW cards and you MUST use at least one WOJ stamp :)

Ingredients:
Image: Whiff of Joy Willow
Papers: BG Marrakech, MME Penny Lane
Flowers: Prima & mini roses
Distress inks, Glimmer Mist (copper)
Sentiment: Whiff of Joy Summer Kit.

Today I get the pleasure of giving my home some TLC, it's been sorely neglected all week long and it's beginning to show. I still hope to sneak a *little* bit of crafting time in there too ;)
TFL!!

PDD Tuesday - For You

I made this card with 3 challenges in mind:

1. Sketch Saturday with sketch #65
2. Basic Grey Challenges with a colour combo of Pink/Brown/Yellow
3. Anyone for Anya with "Sugar & Spice & All Things Nice". What could be more girly than this colour combo, pearls, gems, flowers and the sweet Anya image ;)

I coloured my image with distress inks and added some glossy accents to the hair bands. Then I distressed the background with Tattered Rose. The sentiment is Studio G.

Ingredients: (all linked items available on Pez-A-Doodle Designs)
Papers: BG Procelain, PM cardstock
Image: Anya from The Greeting Farm
Sentiment: Studio G
Distress inks, glossy accents, adhesive gems, pearl brads
Cuttlebug, circle and scalloped circle Nestabilities, MS Doily Punch

Princess and the Bug..

I'm so excited with what I have to show you all today... finally, the new releases from Pez-A-Doodle Designs!!! 2 new Princesses AND 2 new Bugs!!!

This first card introduces Princess Priya. I really adore this stamp and BG Marrakech papers sprang to mind when I first saw her! I love how it all came together and I know I'll be using this one over and over again!!


I am entering this card into the Truly Scrumptious Challenge as I followed their sketch :)

I had little tiny self adhesive pearls that fit perfectly on her head dress, and for the red 'gem' in the middle I used glossy accents.


The next card is the new Picnicin' Ladybug.. cute, cute, cute!!!


After I coloured the ladybug I felt it needed 'something' .. so I added some glossy accents to the black spots. It added a little dimention and made the spots pop out more.


Please do check out the other DT blogs to see the other new releases!!! Links on my sidebar ;)

We also have 2 fabulous guest designers for this release!!! Jessica Diedrich and Jeanne Streiff. Don't forget to stop off at their blogs too.

Ingredients:
Stamps: Princess Priya and Picnicin' Ladybug - Pez-A-Doodle Design exclusives
Papers: BG Marrakech, PM cardstock & Karen Foster
Prima flowers, glittered skittles, stickles, glossy accents & adhesive pearls
MS Doily Punch, distress inks

Studio G Challenge 10 - Sketch!!

This is my entry for the Studio G challenge over on Paper Craft Planet.


"Ok we have another sketch for you this time since it seemed to be really popular last time!"

As you can see I've flipped the sketch around a bit because when I was stitching the birds on I had them upside down... duh!!

Card Ingredients: (all linked items are available on Pez-A-Doodle Designs)
Image & sentiment: Studio G
Papers: Papermania Sweet Nothings
TH distress inks
Prima Blossom
Pez - A - Bling embellishments

Time Flies when you're having fun :)

I took out my stash of TH/Ranger products today and had myself an inkin' up party! LOL. I am entering this card into the Simon Says Stamp Challenge which is themed Let's Craft with Tim.

I was going for a 'Time Flies' theme (hence the clockworks mask and little bird.. ) but I'm not sure it's obvious enough.

For the background paper: I used Ranger Glossy Paper, specifically for alcohol inks, and inked it with Currant, Slate and Meadow and blended them using a little bit of blending solution. Then I added in Gold metal mixative. Finally I stamped flourishes using Inkadinkadoo stamps.

For the tag: I distressed the tag using Pine Needles, placed the TH Clockworks mask on top and then blended in Weathered Wood. I spritzed it using a mini mister and let it dry off before I added a TH Gamespinner.


I used a Grungeboard plate and inked it using Mellow Adirondack Paint Dabber, stamped the 'June' (using Studio G stamps) onto it after it had dried and then liberally applied Ranger Accents to both the grungeboard and the stamped bird, although you can't tell it's on the bird in the pictures. This did take a while to dry :S I secured the plate to the tag using bronze eyelets from my stash.


It's not often I get to use so many yummy products on one project and I really enjoyed this one :)

PDD Friday / Studio G Challenges

This is my entry for the Studio G Challenges over on Paper Craft Planet, using a sketch by Marti.

I love this Studio G set (from series 8) and they are perfect for New Baby cards and layouts.

Card Ingredients: All linked items available on Pez-A-Doodle Designs
Doodlebug papers & Bazzil cardstock
Studio G - Series 8 - stamps
Glittered Skittles (new)
Scalloped rectangle Nestabilities
Distress Inks
Ribbons from Raspberry Ribbons kit.

PaperPlay Challenge - Week 16 - Flying High

This weeks Challenge was set by Jackie

The challenge is to use Wings on your project, Birds, butterflies, fairies whatever you like as long as it has wings.

This week I did a tag for my challenge entry.

How I did it:
I distressed the background with Fired Brick, Antique Linen and Broken China distress inks and stamped the swirls using Brushed Cordoroy and then brushed some Rust Perfect Pearls across it before it dried fully. I used crackle paint on the wings and heart and used a heat gun to both dry it faster, and to curl the wings up. I glued the wings onto the tag and then the heart onto the wings. I'm not sure what brand the sentiment is as it was sent to me by my dear friend Dee Dee. When everything was just about dry I spritzed the whole tag with copper Glimmer Mist and again used the heat gun to dry it off.

Tag ingredients: (all linked items are available at Pez-A-Doodle Designs)
Tim Holtz - Grungeboard Wings & Heart, Crackle Paint,- Fired Brick, Old Paper Distress Stickles - Fired Brick, Distress Inks - Fired Brick, Antique Linen & Broken China
Swirl Stamps - Inkadinkadoo
Perfect Pearls - Rust
Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist - Copper.

Once I had that one finished I did another -


This time I applied a TH Mask and distressed the tag using Faded Jeans, then I removed the mask and applied Fired Brick. I spritzed the whole tag using glimmer mist. Then I distressed the edges of my patterned paper and glued it to the bottom of the tag.. then added a little bit of ribbon, a button and a tiny tag onto which I stamped a cute bird from the Inkadinkadoo Flourishes.