Fabulous!

Dropping in today with a little something I made featuring Ariana, one of the Prima Mixed Media Wood Dolls and the Aquarelle Prima Tag Pad. 

I prepared the tag background by layering on some Prima papers with the edges inked. I took the Prima Checker Stencil and applied Brushed Corduroy distress ink with a sponge dauber and then applied gold embossing paste through the Prima Crackle Stencil. 

I simply coloured up Ariana with copic markers and added some Love Struck silks, from the Goodnight collection, to the shadows of her shirt. I layered on some lace and ribbon before adhering the doll and handbag accessory with 3D foam. 

The FABULOUS sentiment is from Heidi Swapp's Buzz Words Epoxy Stickers. To embellish I used some Prima Flowers, gold pearls and Tim Holtz Filmstrip. 

Thanks for dropping by!

Sandie

DT Quixotic Paperie - Family Mini Album

Good afternoon bloggers. I have a bit of mini album inspiration for you. I started this mini last week and, as the kiddos are out of school for summer, I work on it as and when I can.. it will be my summer project, lol... God knows I'm not gonna get a lot else done :) We are off bowling in a few minutes and they are pacing back and forth.... :/ 

The Products  I've Used:

Prima Papers, Butterfly, Flowers, Vintage Trinkets & Shabby Chic Treasures.

Bare Chipboard Tabbed Album

White Acrylic Paint

Make it Crafty Butterfly Swirls Chippies

SCACD Nature's Tapestry Fan Die

Pearls, Ribbon & Lace

Before covering my pages I first painted them with white acrylic paint, using a baby wipe for a distressed look. Then I started with the front cover. I lay everything down without adhering it to get an idea of what I want to do - adding layers and different elements. Once I'm happy with it I start to adhere them into place. 

I always use 3D foam tape and dots to add plenty of dimension between layers. Don't be afraid to layer things up on top of each other. Using dies can add extra elements and shapes. 

Embellish as you please. I tend to use a lot of pearls and pearl swirls, love them :) Add a little ribbon and lace to your book rings to give it a finished look. 

Now to start on the inside............. ;) 

Challenges - 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Hope you like :)

Sandie

xx

DT Quixotic Paperie - Mariposa Eyes

Hi everyone!! So, who's had enough already with school holidays??!! Seriously,  Monday can NOT come soon enough. 2 weeks of miserable weather means 2 weeks of bored kiddos stuck indoors - which makes for a  very stressed out momma, lol. Every time I sit down to make something I'm attacked with tea party scenarios or pleading little faces asking to play Moshi Monsters on my laptop!!

Anywhoooooo, today I have a sweet card I made using one of the new SCACD stamps. She is Susana Loves Stamps - Mariposa Eyes and you can buy her in the Eyes of Dreams set of 4 stamps with a bonus stamp or as a single stamp.

My papers are Prima's Meadow Lark and I've matted and stitched them onto pink, white and lilac cardstock. I coloured my image with copic markers and added some star dust stickles to her wings.

 

The beautiful circle sentiment is from Whimsey's Spring Letter Seals. I've just added a touch of sparkle around the edge.

 

Challenges -
Everybody-Art-Challenge - Spring
Going Grey With Scrap-Creations - Spring 

House of Gilli - Flowers

Paper Pretties - Use Lots of Layers
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Butterflies
The Outlawz - Name Yourself Day (S for Stickles)

Thank you so much for popping in!

Sandie

xx

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps Challenge - Recycle

Happy Saturday!!! Well all things going as planned I am at the NEC show in Birmingham, UK, meeting up with blogger buddies and shopping like there's no tomorrow, lol. And, all things going well this post has actually published on time!! ;)

We have a new challenge today over on Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps - we want you to recycle something for your project. 

This was my Mother's Day card. I recycled it, using the sentiment and the whole right hand side to make the panel on my recycled card.

To replace the bathtub in the original card I used Brigitte. Perfect, no?!  

My papers are Sweet Fairy by Prima, matted onto pink and black cardstock. I've coloured Brigitte with copic sketch markers and cut her out using circle nestabilities, trimming out around her leg first. Then I adhered her onto a scalloped circle and white doily.

I almost had to handcuff myself to leave my card sans flowers and pearls - I didn't want to cover up any more of the recycled card AND I quite liked the clean lines as they were.

To see what the rest of the Krafty girls have created and find out what our prize is this week, run on over to the Kraftin' Kimmie challenge blog.

Challenges - 
Sweet Stampin - Anything Goes

Just Some Lines - Photo Inspiration
Gingerloft - Happy Birthday

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

That Craft Place - Anything Goes

 

Sandie
xx

DT Quixotic Paperie - A Gorjuss Forget Me Not

Good afternooooooooooooon!! Boy this day is flying by. I hope where ever you are you are enjoying your day. It's a cold but sunny one here - signs of Spring are popping up everywhere. 

Well it's Tuesday which means it's my turn to spread a little inspiration over on the Quixotic Paperie blog.

This little beauty is called Forget Me Not, one of the wonderful Simply Gorjuss Girls.  She's been coloured up with copic markers, trimmed out and adhered with 3D foam dots down onto a white doily.

The papers are from Prima and are a mix of Annalee and Sweet Fairy. 

You can find  Sweet Fairy HERE at a very special price so now's the time to stock up :D 

I've distressed the edges of the papers with my scissors and added some sweet white lace and blue seam binding. Some beautiful flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and a few pearls here and here and we're done! :)  The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps Compact Sentiments.

Don't forget our new Monthly Sketch Challenge has just begun. You can find all of the details HERE.

Have a fantastic day!

Sandie

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday - Tag It!

Good morning! As you know, each Monday and Friday the La-La Land Crafts design team aim to bring you a new inspirational post based on a chosen theme - this week our theme is 

Tag it!

On my tag I have used sweet Luka with Flowers. He's ONE of my favourite boy images at the moment. 

Copic Markers -
Skin: E00, 01, 11, R20
Hair: E21, 23, 25
Pants: 41, 42, 43, 44
Shirt/Shoes: YG91, 93, 95
T-shirt: YR02, 15
Flowers: R21, 22, 24. Y02, 13. YG03, 63, 67

Check out the rest of my teamies creations over on the La-La Land Crafts blog and be sure to link up in the Customer Gallery if you play along. You could be the lucky winner of our monthly prize.

Challenges -
I Brake for Challenges -  Love
Creatalicious Challenges  - Lace {lace doily}
Cupcake Craftroom - Spring Bouquet
4 Crafty Chicks - Anything but a card

Delightful Challenges - Spring colours
Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Fancy or lacy

Paper Crafting Journey - Anything made with paper goes
Just Inspirational Challenges - Photo inspiration
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes

Thanks for dropping in. 

Sandie

xx

Waltzingmouse Stamps February Previews Day Two

Morning!! I am back for Day Two of Waltzingmouse Stamps February Previews. Today, the DT are showcasing Nordic Spring and Florentine Frippery

If you liked Nordic Winter then you are going to flip cartwheels over Nordic Spring!! I loved this set so  much that I made two cards with it.

On my first card I heat embossed the butterfly and matched it with papers from My Mind's Eye. The sentiment is from Florentine Frippery  

On my 2nd card I stamped one of the border stamps from Nordic Spring, using distress ink, onto some white cardstock. The sweet little birds are also in this set.

The sentiment... hmm... is that a little sneak peek of a sneak peek? ;)

Nordic Spring is such a versatile set and I had such fun playing with it.

On my 3rd card I stamped out the Florentine Frippery background with Stampin' Up ink. I used the same ink for the labels on the front. I hand cut around it and matted it with brown cardstock.

I punched out the borders using one of Martha Stewart's punches. The fabric flower is from Prima Marketing. My satin ribbon is from Whiff of Joy.

I've used the Make your Mark set on the back of each of my cards...

Here is the list of ladies who are also showcasing these stamps today...

Anya Schrier
Becca Feeken
Belinda Chang Langner
Clare Buswell
Julia Aston
Jennifer Holmes
Kelly Schirmer
Laurie Schmidlin
Lynn Mercurio
Mona Pendleton
Sandie Dunne
Sarah Martina Parker
Tosha Leyendekker
Claire Brennan (Owner)

Have a wonderful day!
Sandie
xx

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps February Release HOP

Do YOU know what day it is??? It’s Krafty RELEASE Day at Kraftin’ Kimmie Stamps!!! And we’re celebrating with a KRAFTY HOP!! There are SO many incredible new stamps to SEE, so let’s get started! 

You should have arrived here from Cheryl's Blog. If not and you'd like to play along then you need to jump over to the Kraftin' Kimmie Challenge Blog where the fun begins. 

Over the last few days in our Krafty Peeks, we have shared lots of AMAZING new stamps from all our artists! We’ve got something for everyone!! Lulu is back from Cheryl Alger.....we know how much you love her!! So we have a new set called LULU AND FRIENDS! We also have TWO fantastic sets of feathered images from Emilie Goulet called TWEETS AND TWITTERS 1 and TWEETS AND TWITTERS 2!!! And of course we have an amazing new set of six SUPERHEROES  from Annie Rodrigue! And don’t forget the perfect new set to work with ALL your stamps.....IN STITCHES!!

You will get to see most of the new images today as you sit back and enjoy our FEBRUARY Krafty Hop! If you want to start from the beginning, just head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Challenge Blog! As you hop from blog to blog, be sure to leave a comment at each and every stop because some lucky stampers will win packages of these incredible stamps from the new release!! And when you’re done hoppin’, be sure to head over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie shop, because ALL the new images are NOW available! 

 

And of course, as always, we have our Gimme Kimmies Kits available for those of you who ‘need it all’!! The stamps are grouped together by artist and are available at a discount, but only for a limited time!!

 

You're next stop on the hop is Jeanne's Blog. 

 

Happy Hopping!!

Sandie

xx

 

Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps February Peeks & Challenge

Today, the Kraftin' Kimmie Krafty team are previewing the awesome new stamps by Annie Rodrigue AND we're kicking off a new SKETCH challenge over on the Kraftin' Kimmie blog. 

This amazing new collection comprises of SIX SUPERHERO characters!! On my card I've used SUPER STAR and matching sentiment.

My papers are Basic Grey Out of Print, and they're stitched down onto cardstock. The lace represents the scalloped border on the sketch. I stamped the sentiment onto the back of a ticket and slipped it under the image, at an angle. 

The bling bling! is by Prima and the flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

Go check out what my fellow DT members have created with these SUPER DUPER stamps over on the Kraftin' Kimmie Blog.  Make sure to leave a comment on all the DT blogs as TWO lucky commenters are each going to WIN THREE of today's stamps!!

Have a wonderful day 

Sandie

xx

Tickled Pink Stamps Sponsors Do You Stack Up

Hi everyone! Tickled Pink Stamps is sponsoring Do You Stack Up for their latest challenge which starts today. The theme for the challenge is LAYERS. 

I LOVE loads of layers on my cards so this suits me to a T! Including the ribbon, acetate corner and counting the tickets as one layer {even though they are layered onto each other) there are 14 layers on my card front, lol.

The image I've used is a NEW RELEASE image called  Lil Futuristic Lolita Christina and is available to purchase in the Tickled Pink Stamps store now.

My papers are Basic Grey 'Out of Print' 6x6. They've been matted on and stitched to white and black cardstock. The acetate photo corner is from Little Yellow Bicycle and I have them about 4yrs now, lol. 

The pearl and crystal swirl is by Prima Marketing and the tickets were a gift from a wonderful 'boss' of mine ;)

Copics used - 

Skin - E000, 00, 11, R20

Hair - C3, 5, 7, 9

Dress/Boots/Gloves - BG11, 70, 72. R32, 35, 37. C3, 5, 7

Check out the Tickled Pink Stamps blog to see what my wonderful teamies have LAYERED up ;)

Have a great day! 

Sandie

xx

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday - Easel Cards

Hi everyone!! Every Monday and Friday the design teams from La-La Land Crafts bring you a new and inspirational theme and this week our theme is......

Easel Cards

On my card I've used Cheeky Monkey Marci and I've coloured her up with copic sketch markers. 

My papers are Basic Grey Out of Print, matted and stitched down onto pink and brown cardstock. The ribbon and flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the bling is from Prima

Don't forget to link up in the Customer Gallery if you play along. You could be the lucky winner of our monthly prize.

Have a wonderful weekend

Sandie

xx

Tickled Pinks Stamps Sponsors Paper Sundaes - Valentines

Hi everyone!

Looking for my La-La Land CHA Release post?? CLICK HERE or keep scrolling down.

Today, Tickled Pink Stamps are sponsoring Paper Sundaes and I have the pleasure of being Paper Sundaes guest designer for this challenge, which is VALENTINES

I am using not ONE, but TWO of the fabulous new Gods and Goddesses from Tickled Pink Stamps. I merged them together so that it looks like Apollo Lestat is protecting his love - Aphrodite Willow

My papers are from the It's the Little Things collection by Fancy Pants and I've matted and machine stitched them to black and white cardstock. The flowers are from Prima marketing and the ribbon is from my stash. 

Thanks for dropping by

Have a great day 

Sandie

xx

Some Odd Girl Annual Customer Hol-ODD-Day Hop

Hi everyone. Some Odd Girl are having a hop for anyone who wants to join in to show off an Odd holiday creation! All you need to do is link up a holiday project using a SOG image. There are also some extra prizes if you enter your card into one of 4 categories, and I'm entering mine into the All White category. White on White is one of my favourite things to do and I really enjoyed making the card - even if I did spend an age trying to dry stickles with a heat gun, lol. 

Apologies for the poor picture, white on white is a nightmare to photo and my light tent just made it nigh on impossible so I had to take the pic on my countertop using the flash on my camera. 

On my card I used white card, white vellum, off white pearls, white snowballs, white flowers {I painted the stems white}, a grungeboard heart and hinge which I've painted white and added loads of glitter to and a white punched butterfly. I embossed the layers with the Sizzix snowflake die. 

Copics used -

Hair - 100, C1

Skin - E000, 00, 11, 21

Dress - R22, 24, 29. Y13, 17. W3, 5, 7

Socks - G20, 21, 24. C1

Shoes - W3, 5, 7

Other Challenges - 

Cards und More - Monochrome

City Crafter Challenge - Winter White

Stamp-N-Doodle - Christmas

Craft Your Passion - Things with Wings

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge - Christmas

The Outlawz - Use Bling
Creative Craft Challenges - White on White Christmas

Thanks for dropping by

Have a great day

Sandie

xxx

Kraftin' Kimmie December Pre-release Sneaks Day 2

Good morning. I do hope you enjoyed yesterday's pre-release peeks from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps. Today the team are showcasing the fabulous new stamps by Emilie Goulet. 

My cute little image is called Cupid and he's from the Lots of Love 2 set.

Make sure you visit all the Krafty Girls and Krafty Guests over at Kraftin' Kimmie's Challenge Blog to see what they've created for you today! And don't forget to comment as you go because Kimmie is going to give TWO random commenters one of the sets each. 

Thanks so much for stopping by to see me today, and hope to see you back again tomorrow for more sneak peeks.  

Sandie

xx

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday - Red, Lace & Pearls

It's Friday and that means it's time for Inspiration Friday on La-la Land Crafts. This week our challenge is:

Red, Lace & Pearls!

I have used Hunny Bunny Marci on my card and coloured her with copic markers {listed below}.

My papers are from My Mind's Eye and they are matted and stitched down onto red and white cardstock. The pearl bling is by Prima. My white flower and lace are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the red roses are from my stash. 

Copic Markers -

Skin - E000, E00. 01. 11. R20

Hair - E23, 25, 27

Reds - R05, 14, 24, 29

Yellows - Y13, 15, 19

Greys - C1, 3, 5{necklace & glasses} W3, 5, 7{shoes & hat}

We are having another fabulous GIVEAWAY!! You need to go "LIKE" the La-La Land Crafts Facebook Page and send all your friends over to "LIKE" the page also. When our Facebook Page reaches 2,000 fans, we will GIVE AWAY a set of 12 Copic Markers in new colors, a pack of X-Press It Blending Card, plus a $15 credit to spend in the La-La Land Crafts store!! 

Challenges - 

Charisma Cardz - Lace and Pearls

Shelly's Images - Anything Goes

Delightful Challenges - BINGO (*Dimension, Lace, Sparkle)

Whimsy Inspiration - Flowers
LilyPad - Texture

Colo{u}r Me Creative - Colours of the Sea & Sparkle

We have a wonderful challenge for you over at Color Me Creative, the theme is "Colors of the Sea & Sparkle". You may use any image you like but you must use Colors of the Sea and you must use copics or promarkers!! 

My papers are by Prima and I've matted them with blue cardstock from The Paper Mill. I used classic oval and scalloped oval nestabilities to cut out and matt my image.  I've added loads of star dust stickles for sparkle.

The Prize for the winner of this challenge (randomly chosen) will get:

**Prize from our sponsor Michelle Perkett Studio TBA!!

**1 pack of Cryogen Cardstock

Michelle Perkett Studio is having a SALE through midnight 11/12

50% off her images so run & stock up (click picture below)

We also have our regular monthly sponsor, Oozak so you have 2 chances of winning when you enter the challenges. Plus you could be the lucky entrant and win a Guest DT spot for a future challenge.

If you are interested in taking an online Copic class, check out Suzanne's  Color Me Creative Classroom. Check out details and pricing HERE

Challenges - 
Crafty Catz -  Use a Digital Image
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Cardmadfairy's Digi Days Challenge - Texture
Daisy Doodles - Anything Goes with a Digi
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - Punches and Dies

Moving Along With The Times - Fairy Tale Cards
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Stamp Insanity - Chilled Out Blues
Creative Inspirations - All Stitched Up

 

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday

Good morning! I'm back with another La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday. 

Every Monday and Friday our Design Team will bring you a new and inspirational  theme.  This week our theme is Winter Wonderland.

I have used the cute  Marci with Snowman  for my card

 

 
Copic Markers -
Skin - E00, 01, 11. R20
Hair - E08, 09, 18
Browns - E23, 25, 27
Pinks - R81, 83, 85
Greens - G20, 21, 24
Oranges - YR16, 18.
 

You are welcome to play along as we would love to see your creations with La-La Land Craft stamps. Please link your projects to our Customer Gallery to be in with a chance of winning a prize at the end of each month.

 Challenges - 

Divas by Design - Christmas

 Stampavie and More - Christmas

 Bearly Mine - Bring On The Bling

Tuesday Throwdown -Dimension & Texture

La-La Land Crafts Inspiration Friday

Good morning!! Before I begin - the details of our TWO contests are at the bottom of my post so make sure to read the whole way down ;)

Every Monday and Friday La-La Land Crafts new Design Team bring a new inspirational theme. You are more than welcome to play along as we would love to see your creations with La-La Land Craft stamps. All you need to do is link your projects to the Customer Gallery to be in with a chance of winning the monthly prize. 

This week the theme is set by Jeanette and she chose “Tearing”

 For my card I've used one of the CHA Releases -  Faerie Marci

My papers are Prima's Sweet Fairy and they have been ripped and machine stitched. 

Copic Markers:

Skin: E00, E01, E11, R20

Hair - E71, E74, E77.

Dress: BV00, BV11, BV13

Tights/Wings: RV02, RV10, RV21.

To celebrate Marci's and Luka's First Birthday there is a card contest on the La-La Land Crafts Blog!!  The winner will get to take home a set of 36 Copic Markers!!  For details please click HERE.

We also have a FACEBOOK Contest for a chance to WIN TWO RUBBER STAMPS of your choice!! To enter you just need to ask your friends to join our Facebook Fan page and tell us in their comment that you sent them.  The person with the most referrals wins!!  Just like that!!  EASY!!  For more details please click HERE.

I am entering my card into the following challenges -

Craft Us Crazy - Anything goes in August
Delightful Challenges - Stitching real or faux
Dutch Dare Card Challenge - For the kids
Hanna & Friends  - Dots or Stripes
Crafts and Me - anything goes

Make it Colourful Special Challenge and Blog Candy!!!!

Hi everyone. As promised I am back today with some 'thank you' BLOG CANDY. I recently noticed just how many hits I had on my blog and I am very thankful to everyone who visits and who follows my blog.

Before I get to the candy I want to share a card with you that I made for Make it Crafty's special celebration challenges. There are 5 challenges running on Make it Colourful for the whole month of July and this card would qualify for 2 of them 1) Merge Make it Crafty images and 2) Colour using the MiC logo colours.

For those of you who haven't heard - On July 14, Zoe and Christy, and their teams, will be releasing a  collection of Victorian and Steampunk images for the event "Mix and Match with Make It Crafty and Tiddly Inks." There are some fabulous sneak peeks on both blogs and on Facebook and by the looks of it this is one you don't wanna miss!!! See ya there!!!! 

For this scene I used Dylan, Sandy, Ebony and the Sandcastle

 I merged them all together and then flipped them... for some reason they looked better {proportionally} once I did this.. strange, lol. 

My papers are scraps from Basic Grey, Bazzil Mustard cardstock and Blue cardstock from The Paper Mill and they have all been machine stitched.

The Waltzingmouse Stamps sentiment has been stamped onto a shaped transparency with Tuxedo Black Momento. 

I did the clouds in the background using a handcut template, Tumbled Glass distress ink and an ink blender. 

Copics - way too many to list. I will try to get a photo of them later :)

Challenges -
Simon Says Stamp Challenge - A Stitch in Time
Dream Valley Challenges - Summer theme

One Stitch At A Time - Anything Goes

2 Sisters - Summer Fun

Crazy 4 Challenges -  Summer Themed 

One Stop Craft - Summertime

Totally Gorjuss - Summertime

Card Makin' Mamas - Summertime

     Totally Papercrafts - The Beach

And now -  THE CANDY!!!

What's in my candy?? ... 

$10 Store credit courtesy of  Zoe @ Make it Crafty

2 x Digital images of your choice from Tickled Pink Stamps

La-La Land Crafts - Dress up Marci and Luka with Truck

Waltzingmouse Stamps  - Half Baked Gingerbread Joy

Pins, Charms and a selection of Wild Orchid Crafts flowers

Lace, Trim & Just Pots 'Funky Flowers'

 and finally - various Prima Flowers

Rules - you knew these were comin', didn't you? :P

1.  Be fair - You may enter only ONCE via Inlinkz below.
2.  You must share my candy on the side bar of your blog and link back to this post.
3. Leave a comment to say you've entered

They weren't so bad, were they?? !!

Inlinkz will remain open until July 31st at 10pm GMT. I will chose a winner on Aug 1st.