Wild Rose Studio Blog Hop

Uuuuber quick post as I'm skirting in on the dying hour of the Wild Rose Studio Blog Hop. (seems I missed it anyway, lol. Inlinkz collection was closed early.. only me, eh?!! )

There is a great sketch by Dawny P to follow. I do have a couple of sweet Wild Rose stamps but I really didnt' have time to look for them so I used this WOJ stamp instead. She's another favourite from last year. 

The papers are My Mind's Eye "I believe" and my flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts. I used MS embossed snowflake punch for the border

Copics used:
Reindeer: E45, 43, 42
Reds: R29, 27, 24
Greens: G85, 42, 21
Skin: E51, 52, 00, 000 & 02{blush}

Have a wonderful day!!

Sandie

CES Challenges - Vintage Christmas

Good morning. We have SNOW!! Well it's only a sprinkling but we still have some :D It's so pretty to look at but man is it cold. The kids asked me to light the fire as downstairs is so much cooler than upstairs in this house, lol. I'm thinking it's a movie & crafty day :D

  This week's challenge on CES Challenges, as chosen by Jen, is

Vintage Christmas

Vintage really used to take me out of my comfort zone but I am slowly learning to LOVE it. 

I used a mix of papers - My Mind's Eye "I Believe" and Pink Paislee "Father Christmas". All of my papers have been distressed with my scissors and inked with Antique Linen .

The beautiful ribbon is by East of India. I just adore their ribbon, the quality is second to none. Unfortunately I'm almost out and the store I used to get it from no longer carries it :( So I you know of somewhere that does carry it AND ships to Ireland please do let me know!!

I also made this card to enter into Cardz n Scrapz forum challenge, which ended yesterday. They wanted to see Lace, Paper Pleating and Distressing. I think I got them covered, lol. And I'm entering the Simon Says Stamp challenge - "Let it Snow"

The prize for this challenge is a set of ''Father Christmas'' 6x6 papers by Pink Paislee.

Have a wonderful Saturday!!

Sandie

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Lili of the Valley Challenge - Glitter and Glitz

Hi! I have a really quick post today - I made another card for this week's Lili of the Valley's  "Glitter and Glitz" challenge which ends in a couple of hours ..

Very recently I was asked by the lovely Jayne, from Crafty Feeling if I would like to have a play around with one of her kits. Of course one can never have too many embellishments or flowers so I was delighted!! When the kit arrived I was pleasantly surprised by just how much was in it. Loads of flowers with co-ordinating buttons, brads, ribbons, ribbon sliders & dew drops. This kit is called Vintage Delights and is available HERE

 I used Balloon Bunny and coloured him/her? with copic markers {which I will list below}. I then cut it out and mounted it on 3D pop dots. I applied glossy accents to the ballon to give it loads of dimension.

Copics Used:

Fur: C1, 3, 5

Plate: G000, 00

Cupcake: R81, 83

Cupcake paper: E50, 53

Balloon: R32, 35, 37

Papers by Kaisercraft {Gypsy Sisters}

Sentiment and image by Lili of the Valley

Embellishments from Crafty Feeling

Thanks for popping in. 

Sandie

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Anyone for Anya? is having Girlie Fun :)

Morning!! It's another white, crisp morning here  - love it!! I am going to a crop today and I am soooooooo looking forward it to it, it's been such a busy week - I need a little time away :D 

Anyway, over on Anyone for Anya this week there is a girlie fun challenge. So break out that pink paper, surround yourself in shiny things and girlify your project!! 

The image I used for this card is from the Grandparents set that I snagged @ 50% off from The Greeting Farm. Cute, cute, cute!! 

My uber Pinky papers are Annalee by Prima and I slipped a doily, which I inked with Fired Brick, in behind.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts and the butterfly is puched out from my MS Classic Butterfly punch.

The prize this week is being sponsored by Hellen Hobby Groothandel- and that prize is a set of Nestabilites :D :D I would love to win these myself!! 

Copics Used:

Pinks: R85, 83, 81

Greens: G00, 000

Skin: E51, 21, 02,00, 000

Hair: E44, 43, 42, 

I've entered this into the Sparkly Birthday Challenge over on Splendid Stamping. 

Thanks for stopping by, have a great Sunday!!

Sandie

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Lili of the Valley & a do-over ;)

Hi everyone. I hope you're all having a wonderful Saturday. Mine has been busy busy busy as always but I somehow managed to squeeze in a little crafty time ;) 

Well after my little blunder on Thursday with my snow-less card for PaperPlay's Let it Snow challenge I just HAD to make another, lol. I broke out one of the super sweet LOTV stamps that I bought at the NEC - James Bear in the Snow - perfect!! I also opened AND cut... wait for it... my Figgy Pudding!!! This paper line still makes me warm and fuzzy inside :D

so here is my do-over, lol - and it's got snow!!!

I followed the sketch on Friday Sketchers and Lili of the Valley Challenges asked for Glitter and Glitz this week so I used "Crystal Ice" ice stickles to make my card sparkle like you would not believe - I almost had to wear sunglasses to finish it off ;) To embellish I used a selection of Wild Orchid Craft flowers and I did not hold back on the pearls... lol.

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I also made a card this week for the Whiff of Joy bi-monthly Guest DT Call. Every 2mths, on the 16th, Katharina holds a guest call for one week. I really love these stamps and figured I'd give it a shot... Nothing ventured, eh?

The image I used is one I bought last Christmas and it's called Henry Mouse Holding Christmas Wreath. Such a cheeky looking fella :) I coloured him using copic sketch markers. For a change I didn't put ANY stickles on my card, the papers, which are My Mind's Eye "I Believe", have a touch of glitter in them and I think it's all it needed. To cut out and matt the image I used octagon and scalloped octagon nestabilities.

I cut the banner out with WOJ's Pennants die and used Waltzing Mouse's Victorian Alphabet stamps with Bundled Sage distress ink to do the JOY. The flowers are a mix of Prima and Wild Orchid. The little piece of lace peeking out at the bottom is from my stash.

Copics used: 
E35, 33, 31, 30
R29, 27, 24
G85, 82, 24
Y11, 02
R30

Well that's it from me for today. I'm off now to start dinner. Then it's bath time for the kiddos - oh the joys.. lol.

Have a great Saturday :)
Sandie

PaperPlay Challenges - Let it Snow!!

Good afternoon!! Well if you read the title of this post you'll see that our challenge on PaperPlay this week is LET IT SNOW.. no explanation needed, right??! Well you'd think that anyway ... but if you can find snow on my card you've got great sight.. or a wonderful imagination, lol. I totally lost the run of myself and just made a CHRISTMAS card, not a flake of snow in sight.. is it too late to change the challenge??? ha!!

My image is called Angel Delivering Christmas Tree and I've coloured her with copic sketch markers, then I cut her out and mounted her on 3D pop dots. Once I had her stuck down I stickled her wings.  The sentiment is by Lili of the Valley.

My papers are Cosmo Cricket 'Mitten Weather' and are just gorgeous IRL. I've inked them all with Antique Linen distress inks and added a cream doily to place my image on. I've also added some fabulous lace :)

The large flat flowers are Prima Craftables and I've coloured them using Patina Glimmer mist. Just a couple of spritzes so that it didn't cover the whole flower, I wanted the splashes look. I added Wild Orchid Crafts Rose and pearls to the centres. I used the Whiff of Joy 'Leaves' die to cut out my leaf and placed it behind the flowers. For a bit of extra bling I used some Prima e-line pearl swirl

Challenges:

Whiff of Joy - Sketch by Tara

Wild Orchid Challenges - Blue Christmas

Simon Says Challenges - Sparkle

ABC Christmas - X for Xmas

Thanks for popping in!! Have a great day

Sandie

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Waltzing Mouse November Blog Waltz time!!

Good morning!! It's that time of the month again when we dance along with the Waltzingmouse Blog Waltz. Details of how the waltz works can found by clicking the image above.  This month our theme is CHRISTMAS!! To participate in the Waltz you must leave a link to your blog on the forum HERE. If you're not already registered it only takes a minute to do so. We are also playing the Watermark game and there will be prizes!!

I found a great tutorial on making Beanie Hat gift card holders so I decided to give them a go. These are the coolest gift card holders ever, lol. I couldn't decide which way I wanted to use the papers so I made two!! 

 

My little gingerbread boy is from the Oven Fresh Gingerbread Joy set, as is the 'For You' on the 2nd beanie hat.

How it works....

I used a background stamp from the Pic-Nic set, stamped with TH Fired Brick distress ink

using the same stamp and TH Antique Linen distress ink...

Hope you like :) Have a great day

Sandie

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