Christmas Gift from Tilda

Good afternoon all,

I did promise I'd be back soon to share more creations with you and here I am. I fell in love with the gorgeous picnic basket made by the very talented Sylvie from the Magnolia DT and instantly wanted to see how it would look as a Christmas basket.

I really love the clean, fresh look of gingham and polka dots so decided to combine the two.

The handle was created with a yummy MS punch, the snowflake is by Cuttlebug and the poinsettia on the top of the box is by Marianne D.

I used 2 of my favourite Magnolia stamps on this project as they are sooo cute. I coloured both of the images with my trusty promarkers and then went to town with my stickles as a girl can never add too much sparkle!

Promarker Colour Recipe:

Snowy Hug

Tilda's Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink

Hair: Sandstone, Cinnamon, Shale

Hat & Coat: Poppy, Crimson

Jeans & Gloves: Denim Blue, Midnight

Sleeve: Pear Green

Boots: Cinnamon, Shale

Shading on Snowman: Cool Grey 1

Snowman nose: Saffron, Apricot

Hat & Gloves: Pear Green

Buttons: Cool Grey 3 and 4

Broom: Sandstone, Cinnamon, Poppy

Tilda in Winter Night

Skin: Blush, Dusky Pink

Hair: Sandstone, Cinnamon, Shale

Hat & Coat: Poppy, Crimson

Glove & Tights: Pear Green

Socks: Ivory

Boots: Cinnamon, Shale

Lantern: Cool Grey 4, Tulip Yellow, Gold, Pumpkin

I am entering this project into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - #180 'A Pinch and a Punch'

Just Magnolia - 'Anything Goes'

MDUC - 'Frame It'

Crafty Creations - #135 'Anything But a Square'

White Christmas

Good Evening all,

Sorry I have been awol for a few weeks but I have been a little poorly, I have been barking more than Dexter for the last few weeks which has left me unable to get any sort of decent sleep, meaning I just about had enough energy to get through a day at the shop and little more.

Anyway I have quite a few creations to share with you now, but here is the first of my many attempts using the beautiful images from Chocolate Baroque. I have become completely addicted to the very talented Glenda's designs and am thrilled to now stock them in my store.

 

This first card uses a delightful image from the 'Home Sweet Home' collection and I have teamed it with lots of white coredinations and a gorgeous dp from the GCD 'Ella Blue' pad, coloured with promarkers and finished with a sprinkling of stickles, pearls and a cute charm.

Materials:

Image: Chocolate Baroque 'Home Sweet Home'

Colouring: Promarkers

Papers: Coredinations, GCD 'Ella Blue'

Punches: Martha Stewart

Dies: Nestabilities, Cuttlebug

Extras: Pumice Stone DI, Stardust Stickles

Promarker Colour Recipe:

House: Ivory, Vanilla

Roof and Windowsills: Cinnamon, Shale

Eves: Pastel Blue

I am entering this into the follwing creations:

The Crafty Pad - Challenge #137 'Blue and Brown'

Cute Card Thursday - Challenge #180 'A Pinch and a Punch'

Sweet Stampin - 'Anything But Birthday'

Stampavie and More - 'Christams in Summer'

Passion for Promarkers - #115 'Anything Goes'

I Love Promarkers - #81 'Anything Goes'

A Little Bit of Steampunk!

Hello all,
Just a quick post tonight. I wanted to share with you a card I made for a workshop called 'Shimmer and Shine'. I wanted to show that you can put a bit of glitz into a card for a male. 

The shimmer was added by using the yummy Graphite Glimmer Mist by Tattered Angels to create some of the cogs and the shine was created with silver pearl card for the rest of the cogs.

Materials Used:

DP's: Craft Creations and Coredinations

Embossing Folders: Steampunk by Tim Holtz

Stamps: Clocks and Sentiment by Hero Arts

Dies: Sprockets by Spellbinders, Cogs 'On The Edge' by Tim Holtz
Everything was distressed with Black Soot DI.

I am entering this into the following challenges:
Crafty Catz - #95 'Emboss It'
Totally Gorjuss - #93 'Round and Round'
Charisma Cardz - #32 'Distressing'
Craft Your Days Away - #26 'Birthday Celebrations'
Simply Create - #50 'Time to Distress'

A Little Touch of Pink

Hello! I thought it was about time I shared with you some new projects. I think if I remember rightly the inspiration for this came from a project by the very talented Kath in her cubbyhole. I love this stamp from Hero Arts and have used it so much.

Quite clean and simple from me but it's fun to experiment although still not 100% sure if this ticks all the boxes for me.

A is for Auburn

Good morning folks,
Sorry once again for my absence, what with a visit from my in-laws, my birthday and hubby's hospital trips I haven't had a minute to post. Anyway here I am today with a DT creation for the ABC challenge and this weeks letter is 'A is for Auburn'.
We are sponsored by the fabulous Meljen Designs and myself and my teamies were provided with some great digi images to use, and I chose to work with this lovely little fairy.

 Materials used:

Image: Meljens Designs

Papers: Basic Grey 'Pyrus', Coredinations

Flowers: Papermania

Colouring Medium: Promarkers

Punches: Martha Stewart

Dies: Nestabilities

I am entering this card into the following challenge:
Allsorts - Week #114 'Free and Easy'

Great News About Our ABC Blog Hop!!!

Great news! We have decided to extend the ABC blog hop.


We are keeping our birthday blog hop open for one more week!
If you have not entered our birthday blog hop yet, you now have plenty of time to get creative.
Our hop will now close on 25th July at 18.00 GMT, all winners will be chosen at random after this date and published on the ABC challenge blog by 29th July.

Please check out my last post for the Hop Order and don't forget to create something fab for the challenge as well.

Happy Crafting!

p.s Sorry I have been awol for the last couple of weeks getting a little stressed waiting for hubby to go back into hospital. Unfortunately his ankle that he broke badly in December has not healed so has to be re broken and may have to be permanently fused in place. This may explain my loss of mojo, as well as being very busy at the shop. However, I have a few creations to share with you so as soon as they are photographed I will be posting them.

Everyone Needs a Little Time Out...ABC Birthday Blog Hop

Happy Birthday to us, Happy Birthday to us........

Wow can you believe that the ABC Challenge Blog is 3 Years Old! Well today we would like to invite you to join in our fabulous Blog Hop. There are loads of prizes up for grabs so remember to visit all members in turn and make sure to leave them a comment and some love to be in with a chance to win one of the super prizes kindly donated by our many sponsors.

Back to the challenge, this week it's on to the letter Y so the theme is yesterday so use your imagination. You could choose a vintage theme or choose from any of the past ABC challenge themes. I chose to use the theme of D is for Distressing.

I chose this gorgeous image by Stamping Bella 'Anna On Her Time Out Chair' which is available from my very generous sponsor Joanna Sheen who has kindly offered a £10 voucher to be spent in her online shop for one lucky commenter who leaves a comment on my blog at the bottom of this post.

 I have stamped onto kraft paper and coloured this cutie with Prismacolour Pencils. The whole thing has been distressed with Frayed Burlap DI. The scrummy DP's are Hopscotch by Basic Grey, I added a few punched flowers some lace, pearls and faux stitching and that was that.

Little Close Up of Anna

I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Paper Sundaes - Challenge #76 'Stitching/Faux Stitching

Sweet Stampin - 'Use Something Unusual' (I have never coloured on kraft paper with pencils before)

Allsorts - Week 110 'Free and Easy'

A Spoon Full of Sugar - #159 'Sewing' Real or Faux

Stampin for the Weekend - #11 'My Favourite Things' (I love to use lace, pearls, flowers and especially kraft paper, just learning with the pencils but loving them!!)

 Well good luck with the challenge and here's the order for the blog hop. You should have reached me by first visiting Vicky but if not just check the list below and make sure you visit all the team.

1 - Vicky
2 - Distressed Miss aka Me
3 - Sue C 
4 - Hanna
5 - Emma
6 - Cecilia
7 - Gro
8 - Sari
9 - Lin
10 - Jackie
11 - Kendra
12- Angelique
13- Karli
14- Suzanne T
15 - Lols
16 - Ali
17 - Sandie
18 - Cathy
19 - Ruby
20 - An
21 - Minna