Simply Magnolia DT - CAS or Fully Loaded

Morning everyone, and Happy March 1st! It's lovely and sunny here, if a little breezy, but it could almost be Spring... so looking forward to the warmer weather, it can't come quick enough for me!

Here's my make for 

Simply Magnolia's 

'CAS or Fully Loaded' 

challenge!

I love throwing this challenge in every now and then as it means that everyone can join in, no matter what your crafting style.

As you may know by now, I'm part of a birthday circle and so a lot of things that I make are going to be birthday cards to send all over the world - I'm really enjoying it, it's such a thrill to make cards with a purpose and send them off to some amazing destinations!

So this is one I made earlier and already arrived for the birthday girl!

Magnolia Pisces Tilda, coloured with DI's using 'no lines' technique

Added pearls and pearl maker pen on and around Tilda's head

Added glossy accents to the bubbles in the water

Other stamps - sentiment by LOTV, Chapter One clear stamp by Kaisercraft

Paper - Magnolia

Challenges I would love to enter:

Bunny Zoes - For the Girls

Midweek Magnolias - #108 Sentimental PLUS DT call!

Thanks for visiting my blog today!

Hope everyone has a lovely week,

Hugs,

Furry Friends for D.O.C

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I last blogged, the last Deep Ocean challenge to be precise, I've been bogged down with homework from my job just lately and it's severely cut down my crafting time - how frustrating! Hopefully though, I'm getting ahead with creations now, as I don't like working under pressure and I'm never as happy with my cards when I rush them.

Enough of my waffle, here's my card for Deep Ocean's new challenge....

'Our Furry Friends'

Supplies:

Go Kreate shaped card die

TH papers

Magnolia horse stamps, barbed wire fence background (coloured with DI's)

WOC/Magnolia flowers

Magnolia doohickey scalloped stitched lace border, swirl

ribbon, cheesecloth and gems from stash

Challenges I would like to enter:

Magnolia-licious - Bingo! (diagonal - bling, diecuts, ribbon)

Tildas Town - Favourite (Horseriding) holiday

Thanks so much for visiting my blog!

I'll be back on Sunday with my midway inspiration for Simply Magnolia

Hugs,

Love is all around @ Deep Ocean DT

Evening everyone,

today sees the start of a brand new challenge for us over at

Deep Ocean Challenge......

'Love is all around'

and here's what I made:

I started with just the plain white heart which has a clip on the bottom string.

The clip has a tag featuring Tilda with heart arrows, coloured with DI's. I added aged silver frantage first around the image, on top of that I added shabby pink frantage. The heart text stamp around Tilda is from the BoBunny Love Letters clear stamp set. I used Spellbinders Labels two to cut around the image and the pink background card. SU spiral punch used down left side of both. DooHickeys used: cloud and wings. A bark heart from LLC and WOC flowers are the finishing touches.

A close up of Tilda shows the stickles used on her headband and the crackle accents on the hearts.

I used an SU heart cluster stamp for part of the edge of the white heart. More aged silver frantage for embossing the Love sentiment (again from the BoBunny set) and finished off with more WOC flowers, pink gems and pink tulle ribbon.

 Our fab sponsor this fortnight is the awesome Ribbon Girl

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today!

Challenges I would love to enter:

LLC - Hearts

Bunny Zoes - For the girls

Totally Tilda - Valentines

LHOSM - Love or hearts
Magnolialicious - Hearts and flowers
Tildas Town - Fussy and Fancy
Marvelous Magnolia - Die crazy

Hugs,

Anything Goes midway for Simply Magnolia DT

Morning everyone,

Here's my latest Simply Magnolia card for our current challenge of

'Anything Goes'

I love these easy challenges, it includes everyone and we get to see such a diversity of talent!

This is another card I made for one of my birthday circle buddies, you'll be hearing this a lot from me this year, as I have plenty of birthday cards still to make for this wonderful bunch of ladies on FB!

Supplies:

Go Kreate shaped card die

Spellbinders lacey circle and foliage

Magnolia papers

Magnolia Write a message Tilda (coloured with DI's) SU postmark stamps and birthday sentiment, shabby white frantage and machine stitched edge

Magnolia DooHickey dies: peony petals and doily flowers, fence, peaky floral tabs

We are sponsored by the lovely Lacey at Stamp and Create

Thanks for visiting my blog today

Hugs,

Deep Ocean DT - Lace and Pearls

Hi everyone,

Oh no I'm a day late with my Deep Ocean DT creation! It took longer than I thought it would to complete and then I've had loads of problems today with my laptop - I hate technology sometimes, can't live with it, can't live without it!

Our theme this fortnight is a beautiful one -

'Lace and Pearls'

My creation tonight is a criss cross card and gift box combined in the shape of a purse/handbag

The base of the box and card are Go Kreate and Spellbinders. Magnolia's Tilda with rose basket is coloured with DI's, surrounded by SU text and edge stamps and cut from Spellbinders labels two die. Other accessory dies used: TH weathered clock, Magnolia DooHickeys tag, peaky floral tab, antique lace, afternoon tea bench. The pearl lace is new to my stash from Live and Love Crafts. Pearl pin, ribbon and lace, WOC flowers and pearls are all from my stash. The gorgeous paper is all Magnolia.

The criss cross card insert has the Magnolia peaky floral tab crossed at the top to represent the purse clasp.

Inside and small sides of the box are covered using Maja paper, and more pearls are randomly scattered.

Back of the box, decorated with more lace and pearls, plus Magnolia DooHickey tea bench and small  WOC rose buds entwined.

Close up showing frantage, pearl maker pen, and silver gel pen detail along with that gorgeous lace.

We have the lovely Sandy from Live and Love Crafts sponsoring us

with this fab prize for one lucky winner

Hope you can join us....

Thank you for visiting my blog today, your comments mean such a lot!

Hugs,

Vintage/Shabby Chic midway @ Simply Magnolia

Morning folks! 

It's midway time again over at Simply Magnolia where the theme this fortnight is 

'Vintage or Shabby Chic'

So grab your Magnolias and get busy!

I made this card for one of my birthday circle buddies for the beginning of this month and I'm pleased to be able to eventually show and tell it!

Go Kreate shaped card die was the base, Magnolia paper cut using the same die, next layer was loads of elegant tulle and some beautiful lace from my stash.

Magnolia Rose scent Tilda (coloured with DI's)

Diamond stickles and glossy accents added to image

Machine stitched edge

Spellbinders Nestie beaded oval

Magnolia doohickey doily flowers cut from Magnolia paper and topped with either gems or WOC roses

Magnolia doohickey leaves

SU Happy Birthday text stamp

Our fab sponsor this time is the lovely Sandy from LLC

with this wonderful prize

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.

Wishing you all a wonderful week!

Hugs,

Deep Ocean DT - Winter Dreams

Hi peeps!

Well, as this is my first post on my blog for 2015, Happy New Year!!!!

I have my

 Deep Ocean DT

 card to show you tonight

and for this challenge we want to see your 

'Winter Dreams'

 themed cards and projects!

(This could be cold colour combo creations, winter birthday/anniversary cards/gifts, or have snowmen, winter landscapes or winter animals as your main focus - just a few ideas to get you started)

I decided to make a winter birthday card using a recent Magnolia Tilda that wasn't Christmassy.

I coloured Magnolia Ski Star Tilda with distress inks, big snowflakes were made with a pearl pen and the rest of the snow is Frantage. I added plenty of snowtex to the trees etc.

Supplies:

Go Kreate die

Spellbinders labels twenty two, and sixteen

Magnolia doohickey snowflake, tree

TH Chit chat 'dream' sticker

Pom pom ribbon

TH On the edge Tree line

We have the awesome Ribbon Girl sponsoring us this challenge

with this great prize on offer:

.......AND we are having

***A DT CALL***

so if you are interested, take a look at all the details on the Deep Ocean challenge blog!

Challenges I would like to enter:

LLC - Winter sports

Totally Tilda - Anything Goes

Lovely hAnglar and sweet Magnolia - Anything Goes

Marvelous Magnolia - Anything Goes

Tildas Town - Anything Goes

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today, really hope you can join us this fortnight!

Hugs,