MY FIRST CARD IN A WHILE

Hello ..... why am I so nervous? I used to share so many cards but that was such a long time ago. I do feel a little bit proud though that I have created a card and shared it on my blog. My card is definitely old school card making style though lol. I think I have a lot to change to bring me up to date but for now I will stick with what I know and what makes me feel at home.

My stash has stood the test of time so well. I do have a couple of splodgy copics though - I suspect I need to buy a  few new nibs after them being left on the shelf. We would all be a bit temperamental if we had been forgotten about for the best part of a decade.

I am thinking about getting some distress inks though to colour with .... help!! What would be a nice mix of colours to start with? I have been looking at the mini sets and currently have 16 sets in my basket! I clearly need to reduce this down and try them first before investing in so many .... I am all or nothing though lol.

So I should  probably tell you a bit about my card shouldn't I haha. I have forgotten so much but I am fairly sure this cutie is from The Greeting Farm .... isn't it?

I thought I would start with a fairly simple image to colour - my colouring skills are so rusty but I loved colouring her so much. I have added Stardust Stickles (one of my faves) to her wings and created a sparkly floor to ground her. I added some more sparkle with a Sakura Gelly Roll pen to the halo and bow in her hair .... I do love sparkle and bling!

The papers are from an old Bo Bunny 6x6 pad (Crazy Love). I love pink and brown together so much. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards (I think). I struggled with my glue ... I think it has split so I will need to pick some more up. I used Glossy Accents to stick the flowers in place. The gems are from Art Studio (is this maybe The Range or Hobbycraft??). 

I think that is pretty much it. It's great to be back. Please be kind ... it's been a while. Thanks if you have kept me on your follow list even though I haven't been posting. See you all again really soon.

Now for some challenges ...

• We Love Stamping - Anything Stamped with Option of Wings
• A Gem of a Challenge - Anything Goes
• Crafty Calendar Challenge - Anything Goes
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Have a great week

Love Marcea xxx

BUNNIES DAISY CHAIN - LILI OF THE VALLEY DT

Happy Friday everyone. Not long until Valentine's Day and so I thought I would make my darling hubby a card. 

I really love this cute image from Lili of the Valley. The digi stamp is called 'Bunnies Daisy Chain' although I have coloured my flowers in red.

I really need to become familiar again with my stash, I have no idea where anything is but I found this cute heart doily which fits perfectly with the theme.

My punches all seem to be struggling to punch - has anyone else experienced this after having a break from crafting. I wonder if I need to sharpen them. I am so worried that they will break as I am having to press so hard for the punch to cut. 

I finished my card off with stickles (always have loved a bit of sparkle) and some liquid pearls. My liquid pearls almost destroyed my card ... I had a bit of a 'splodge' moment but ended up colouring it over with my copics to try and disguise the near disaster - so annoying when it is at the end of your finishing touches.

Anyway enough waffle from me. I hope you have enjoyed my card. Here are my craft supplies ....

• Image - LOTV Bunnies Daisy Chain
• Colouring medium - Copics
• Designer papers - BoBunny 'Crazy Love' 6x6 pad
• Flowers - Wild Orchids Crafts
• Bling - Stickles 'Diamond', Dovecraft 3D Pearl Effects 'Pastel - Cream', Papermania Mosaics 
• Punch - Martha Stewart 'Lace Hearts'

Challenges...

• C.R.A.F.T - Love/Valentines
• Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes
• Paper Shelter - For the One You Love
• Simon Says Stamp - With Love
• TTCRD - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter ……. Glitz and Glimmer

Good morning world, sorry I am a little late today but all these late nights are taking their toll so I decided to be a lazy bum and stay in bed this morning…. what a treat!

That now means I am running round like a loon trying to wake up and post my card because I didn’t even consider scheduling my card, tut tut. So please excuse any typos, I will probably spot them later and edit my post.

I have 2 cards today. My first is my DT card for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog. We have a theme close to my heart …..

GLITZ AND GLIMMER

I have been wanting to use this beautiful image from The Paper Shelter for a little while now. She is called ‘Spring in the Heart’ and is just so pretty.

I have coloured her with Spectrum Noir pens and kept to the nice soft shades for this card. I drew the grass using little flicks with the pens and I think it has worked well.

The papers are from an old A5 paper pad by Forever Friends, I think it was the Pink Parfait collection. Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the little butterflies were just in my stash. I am going to start going through all my stuff and using these little bits and bobs that I have. Makes a nice change from my usual embellishments.

Now I am not sure if this is showing up very well on my photo but I sprayed all the pink flowers with the new Pink Spray and Sparkle from Crafter’s Companion. They will make a donation to Breast Cancer Care for every can that is sold. So you can add sparkle to everything knowing you have helped a very worthwhile charity.

Oki doki, that’s all my words over with lol. Don’t forget to check out our challenge blog for details of the priza and also all the other wonderful creations by the design team. Oooops I almost forgot ….. WELCOME to all the new members of the DT and congratulations!!!!

Products used…

 

Challenges…

Hanna and Friends – We Celebrate

Crafts 4 Eternity – Brilliant Birthdays

Totally Gorjuss – Pearls

Secret Crafter – Bright & Cheerful

Sketch Saturday - #218

Kaboodle Doodles – Birthday / Special Day

Deep Ocean Challenge – Anything Goes

Creative Craft Challenges – Summertime

Creative Inspirations – In the Garden

Divas by Design – Flowers

Penny’s Paper-Crafty Challenge – Butterflies/Bows

Have a fab day and good luck to all the athletes at The Olympics ….. x

OMG … You are soooo embarrassing!!!!!!

Good morning folks, yay for the weekend!!! I am off for a couple of days which is brilliant. Hubby is off too so that is even better. We are going to go out tonight to celebrate our 21st wedding anniversary which was yesterday – how time flies.

Anyhoo, onto my card for today. Sometimes you just need a little humour in your life don’t you think. This image from Just Inklined really made me smile. You can see other fab inspiration over on the Just Inklined Blog. This hilarious image is called Daisy and Watson and you can purchase it from Just Inklined.

I coloured my image first AGAIN before picking my papers …… I will pop the links below if you are interested.

The face of the girl and the dog just crack me up. The dog reminds me of that clip with Harry Secombe when he was doing Songs of Praise and the dog went skidding down the hill on it’s bum behind him hahahaha. The sentiment Plan A is from the fabulous Create with TLC.

What I used…

Flowers from WOC 

Ribbon and pearls from stash.

Challenges:…..

J&C Creations – Anything Goes

By the Cute and Girly – A day at the … Park

Oldie but a Goodie – Flower Power ( ribbon/flowers)

My Time to Craft – It’s Raining Cats & Dogs

Crafty Creations – Free for All

Creative Inspirations – BINGO (Pearls, Blue, Flowers)

Southern Girls – Pearls

And that’s your lot ……. xxx

The Paper Shelter – Buttons and Bows

Hi everyone, well I survived my study day and I am now home ready to unwind with a bit of crafting. I have lots of DT samples to make so you won’t see them on my blog straight away but the results should be up next week I think.

I have been itching to share my card for this weeks The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog with you all. It is not very often that I love my own cards but this is a real favourite of mine. It just came together really easily and so that is probably one of the reasons. I also love the papers and the colours too ….. hope you like it….

The theme this week is buttons and bows. I have so many buttons but hardly ever use them. I must start digging them out, I really like them sat on my bow like that. Typical that I have started buying twine but still failed to have the correct colour to thread a little bow through the button, never mind.

Another insert decorated ….. I am slightly impressed with myself – wonder how long I can keep this up???? I am totally in love with these papers – they are so lush ….. foiled and glazed, ooooh it hurt to cut into them I can tell you!

A closer look at the image – she is just great isn’t she. Love her grumpy face, bless haha ….. she is called ‘A Little Bit Grumpy’ and is available to buy from The Paper Shelter. I had lots of fun colouring her, this is why I like taking my colours from my backing papers, I probably wouldn’t have chosen these colours for her originally but I just loved the papers that I had to use them.

And look ….. even a box!!!!!! Don’t faint! This sheet of paper is so beautiful in real life, the glazing is stunning and has to be seen to be really appreciated. I couldn’t bare to cover it with any other bits of paper.

So thats your lot ….. remember to join in on the challenge blog for a chance to win – full details on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog ….. remember you can use any image at all.

Challenges:

Bunny Zoe’s Crafts – Ribbon/Twine

Wild Orchid Crafts – Things with Wings

The Sketchy Challenge – Sketch #20

Products:

Thanks for looking, see you later in the week xxx

The Paper Shelter: Winter Blues …. My first DT card!!

Morning guys, what an exciting day it is for me – I am thrilled to have my very first card to share with you all for The Paper Shelter Challenge Blog. There are a few other newbies on Team A too so I hope you pop over and give them all a big welcome too.

Our theme this week is Winter Blues. I am glad to say it is finally getting a bit milder here and the last snow melted yesterday. I am sure there will be a few more cold days before Spring arrives though.

I have used this beautiful image called ‘A. Mucha Influence – Winter’  and I think she is so pretty and was a dream to colour with my copics. The sentiment is by Whiff of Joy and I think I have had it forever. I tried something new on this card and I am pleased with how it turned out – I inked up my little flourish stamps with 2 different inks, blue and brown, and stamped them around the edges of the image. I think it helps tie the papers in nicely with the stamp. I will certainly try it again.

I love all the faces on the gorgeous images by The Paper Shelter – they are just so sweet.

To complete my card I have used flowers, lace and pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts – just had a delivery of new stash – woop woop, lol.

I am entering my card for the following challenges:

Oldie But A Goodie – Lace (lace, sentiment, flowers, pearls and punch)

Creative Inspirations – Brown, Blue & Cream

Stampin’ For The Weekend – Photo/Colour Combo

Stamptacular Sunday – Pearls and Lace

I hope you get chance to join us this week. Don’t forget about my candy which is on the post below ….. good luck!!!!

xxx

Lili of the Valley / Wild Orchid Crafts and some CANDY!!!!!!

Good morning ....... I am so happy to be able to be part of the joint Lili of the Valley & Wild Orchid Craft's Christmas in July party. I really need to get a few more christmas cards done and the Lili of the Valley stamps are just perfect .... so cute!!The new stamps will be available to order from Monday so get your fingers ready to press 'order' because you know how popular they are.

I have used 'Turkey dinner' and coloured it with my Spectrum Noirs (launched today on Crafter's Companion website - woop woop!!!!!!!!). The papers are some from last year, I will pop the pack on here later .... I forgot to write it down. The embellies are all from Wild Orchid Crafts - aren't the just fabulous. I will link individually to them after work but in the mean time you can browse them all HERE.

Finally, I have the Tukey Dinner stamp by LOTV to give away as a candy. If you would like to be in with a chance just add your name to my linky below before lunchtime on Sunday ... easy peasy!!!

Don't forget to pop over to the LOTV inspiration blog and also the Wild Orchid Craft blog for more inspiration and other chances to win candy

LOTV - fun and games ...... with Spectrum Noirs!!!!!

Morning, well I didn't have time last night to get my post done because I was at a charity gig my son was playing in and then when I got home I was busy, busy, busy preparing for the new Spectrum Noir launch by Crafter's Companion.

So here, as usual, is my uber quick post with a promise of more words later today ......

Our theme this week on Lili of the Valley is fun and Games....

I have used one of the new christmas stamps from LOTV which are due for release in a few days. Those of you who went to Doncaster last weekend had the chance to grab them early you lucky things!!!!! And look .... I have coloured it with my yummy Spectrum Noir pens ....... they are due to be released tomorrow - woop woop. All my flowers and embellies are from Wild Orchid Crafts .... how gorgeous! See you all later xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Lili of the Valley – Pink & Blue

Good morning, can I just say a huge thankyou to all of you who left such lovely comments and best wishes for my wedding anniversary yesterday – thankyou from the bottom of my heart :o)

I am still totally loving these new girlies from Lili of the Valley – aren’t they all gorgeous. On the Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog this week we have a colour theme so come on and join in with the fun ….

Pink & Blue

OMG Maisie and Two Balloons is ADORABLE!!!!!

I covered the balloons with Glossy Accents to get the   wonderful shine …. also managed a few little bubbles too but hey, that’s what you get with an original creation, lol.

I have used some of the yummy Magnolia papers – the quality of these is gorgeous and you can get them from Tracy over at Dies to Die For … yum!

The flowers and pretty lace are from Wild Orchid Crafts ….. just love their products :o)

That reminds me …… make sure you do not miss a special coming together with Lili of the Valley and Wild Orchid Crafts next week for Christmas in July…..

…. sounds like fun and guess what – you will get to see some of the brand new christmas images from Lili of the Valley ….. just to tempt you all even more :o)

Challenges

Pink Ink Sketch Challenge – Sketch

By the cute and girly – Things with Wings

Creative Craft Challenge – Pretty Blossoms

Stampin’ for the weekend – Wings & Things

Stamp Something – Bugs or Butterflies

Paper Play Challenge – Things with Wings

MAWTT – Favourite things (LOTV, flowers, pearls …..)

Have a great day xxxxxxxxxxx

Papertake Weekly .... Here comes the sun!

Hi there, just thought I would share my DT card for Papertake Weekly with you. Mr Blogger is being a bit naughty and the challenge blog will be up and running again asap, poor Dawny is pulling her hair out I think trying to post our piccies.

Anyway, here is my card - back after work to update properly

Isn't she a cutie - lots of my yummy stuff was from the lovely Tracy at Dies to Die For .... full links later

Challenges


Kaboodle Doodles - Food and/or drink
Sketch & Stash - #64 (uber old papers ... but still yummy!!)
A Spoonfull of Sugar - Ribbons & Bows
Drunken Stampers - photo inspiration
Stamptacular Sunday - Fun in the Sun
Crazy 4 Challenges - Twine/floss/string


xxx

Papertake Weekly – Bloom and Grow

Hi there, me again ….. this time I am sharing my DT card for Papertake Weekly and we have been sponsored by the lovely girlies over at The Ribbon Girl. We were also sent some fab images to play with so a big thankyou from me!

Please excuse the poor light but the pic was taken a bit late at night and my poor daylight lamp seems to be struggling! Now aren’t these papers gorgeous ….. my lovely Dies to Die For  teamie Michelle sent me them as part of my birthday pressie – thankyou so much, I love them!!

Challenges

Sketchy Colours   -  Sketch #71

Where to buy the goodies I used …

See you all later xxx