A Tilda 3 in 1

Helloe everyone, my card for today covers three challenges; Creative Card Crew Challenge 35 which has a theme of ribbons and gems, My Time to Craft Challenge 84 which has a theme of scallops and finally Magnolia Down Under Challenge 25 which has a theme of distressing.


I'm not to happy with how this card turned out and I just couldn't put my finger on it.... then I realised that I hadn't matted my centre panel.... I must have been having a brainless moment!!!.... never mind. My image is from the Magnolia Lazy Summer Days Collection and it is coloured with copics. The papers are MME and I have distress all the edges with spiced marmalade distress ink - I'm not good at tearing and roughing things up, but I can manage distressing with ink....but only just!!!


Finally, my usual close up.

Supplies
Card/Paper: Green and cream card, MME - Bloom and Grow
Stamps: Magnolia - Strawberry Tilda - Lazy Summer Days Collection
Colouring: Copics, Spiced Marmalade Distress ink for the edges, Inkssential pen for highlights
Embellishments: Ribbon and Jewels
Tools: Fiskars threading water punch, Cuttlebug, Paisley folder, TH inking tool

Thanks for looking x

2 Challenges and Exciting News!!

I have been decorating all day and I'm worn out, but I thought I'd just squeeze in a quick post to show you this card and to let you all know my news.

Firstly, the card...... I'll keep you all in suspense a little longer!!! This is for Cupcake Challenge 31 where the theme is brown and either pink, blue or green - obviously I went for the brown and blue option! and My Time to Craft Challenge 53 has a nature theme, so the bunnies cover that.

The penny black stamp is coloured with distress inks and because it is such a large stamp my actual card measures 13 x 19 cms....a bit larger than usual! The papers were received in some blog candy and the brown panel was trimmed with scalloped scissors and embossed with my swiss dots embossing folder. The ribbon is from my stash and the top of the pin is embossed with gold, although it looks brown in the picture.

The sentiment was computer generated and cut using my labels one nesties and the brown brad, button and ribbon are from my stash. I'm quite please with how this card turn out, whenever I use brown I always think my cards are a bit dull.... but I like this one!

And now for my news....I am a very proud DT member for Cupcake Craft Challenges. I was over the moon when I received the e-mail from Lauren and I can't wait to get started.

My 6 month term on the DT begins on the 6th April and Lauren has chosen a bunch of talented girls as fellow DT members. There will be loads of exciting challenges so I hope I will see some of you there.

Thanks for looking x

Valentine Gifts

I'm back again for my second post of the day and as I said earlier, its going to be a long one....so are you sitting comfortably!!

Valentine's day is approaching, as I'm sure you are all aware, and my boyfriend and I don't usually buy each other individual gifts, instead we treat ourselves to something that we both enjoy...... eg. wine and chocolates..... yum!!

So as this is my first year of crafting for Valentine's day I thought I would make some little gift boxes to put them in.....however I did make one huge error which I will tell you about along the way!!! Katherina has set a challenge of valentine's gifts on her blog, so here are mine!




I had to make a card to go with everything... obviously! I had a stamped image of Melinda holding heart from some blog candy a while ago and I have just bought the heart accessory stamp, so they were perfect to use on this project.

I used the sketch from this week's Papertake challenge and I coloured the image with distress inks. I have added a little red stickles to the heart and some silver stickles to highlight her wings.

The paper was received in some other blog candy and I have embossed the silver panel with my d'vine swirl embossing folder.

This card also fits for ABC's challenge this week.


The sentiment was done on my computer using the font lucinda handwriting and I embellished with three small pearls, prima flowers, charms, a spacer and a pearl brad.

I kept the inside of the card nice and simple, using the same paper as I did on the front. I coloured the melinda's heart stamp in the same way as I did on the outside and embellished it with red stickles.





This is a close up of the gift box I made for me to match the card. I have used my nesties (once again!) and I have coloured and stickled the melinda's heart stamp as per the card.

I used my d'vine swirl embossing folder once again on the cream layer and I have pierced the outer egdes of both of the red layers. The paper around the side of the box is the same as the paper I used on the card. I finished off with three red pearls, although they do look a bit funny in the light.

I have never made a box like this before and I can tell you, it was a mission!!! However, I am pleased with the end result and I will have a go at making another soon.



This is the box I made for Jeff. I found a tutorial on SCS and adjusted the measurements so I could fit some chocs in..... and here is my error..... I can fit more chocolates in Jeff's box than I can in mine!!!!! How did I make that mistake???!!!!

I have the same theme of the d'vine swirl embossed panels but I have gone for a boyish blue on this one. I water coloured melinda's heart with whispers pens and I coloured the small hearts in with a silver gel pen. I matted it onto a silver scalloped circle and they are fixed to the box with foam pads along the bottom half of the circle so the lid can tuck behind the top half and it keeps it closed. Finally,
I embellished with two small cream pearls.




The bottle of Champagne that we have treated ourselves to has a nice green and gold box, so for the tag I used a green and gold theme. Once again melinda's heart has been watercoloured with whisper's pens and embellished with gold stickles. It is layered onto a gold circle made from mirrored card and the green background has been embossed with my d'vine swirl embossing folder.

The sentiment was done on my computer and I embellished with two small jewels. Instead of attaching ribbon of some sort, I made a small envelope for the tag to go in and once again, I embossed the flap with, yes you've guessed it, my d'vine swirl embossing folder!

Tag You're It Week 45 has a love theme and My Time to Craft Challenge 48 has a Gold theme so this tag fits the bill for them both.

So if you are still here, thank you for sticking with me through this mammoth post. I was going to put some pictures on of the boxes open with the chocolates inside, but I think there are more than enough pictures as it is!!! Each element of the project is different but I have tried to keep the same theme of hearts, swirls and pearls throughout so that they all match together. Thanks for looking x.