Magnolia 'Tilda with Balloon'

Hello my lovelies, I hope you are all enjoying your Easter weekend and that you all receive some delicious chocolate tomorrow!
 

Today I am posting a card using Tilda with Balloon, she is so lovely to colour, but apologies that once I again I have used pink lol.  I have also added a small stamp embellishment which I recently bought at the Making It show. The set of stamps are made by Inkadinkado and they will probably feature in a lot of my cards now as I am totally in love with them.

 

 Copics I have used:

 

Skin: E31, E11, E21, E00, E000

Hair & Shoes: E43, E42, E41, E40

Dress, Headband & Balloon: R85, R83, R81, RV000

Background: W3, W0

 

Pencils: Tuscan Red, Burnt Ochre, Dark Umber & Black.

 

Stamps: Magnolia Tilda with Balloon, Inkadinkado, Vildastamp

Dies: Spellbinders, Magnolia DooHickey

Flowers: WOC, Anna Marie Crafts

Ribbon, Lace and all other embellishments are from my crafty stash

Thank you for visiting my blog.

Hugs

Gina x

 

 I am entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Tilda Challenges

Crafts and Me Challenges

Saturated Canary 'Rose Red'

Yay school has broken up, although I am so busy I will have to go in

sometime over the holiday!

 

Today I am sharing a Saturated Canary card that I made recently.

She is called Rose Red isn’t she gorgeous? I think there is still room

for improvement with the colouring, but you know

what they say practice makes perfect!

 

Copics I have used:

 

Skin: E31, E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair: E37, E35, E33, E31

Dress: R85, R83, R81, RV000

Branch: E79, E59, E25

 

Saturated Canary Digi Stamp: Rose Red

Dies: Spellbinders, Magolia Doohickeys, Cheery Lynn, Crealies, La La Land

Flowers: WOC & the Ribbon Girl

Lace, Ribbon and embellishments are from my crafty stash.

 

I hope you all enjoy the Easter break and get some time to relax and do some crafting!

 

 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.

 

Hugs

Gina x

La La Land Crafts 'Watercan Marci'

Morning everyone,

 

This is my final posting as GDT for La La Land Crafts.   

I would like to say a huge thank you to them for inviting  me to join their

wonderfully talented team of designers who I have learnt so much from.

 

The challenge for Inspiration Monday is Easter/Spring .

I have used Watercan Marci and blinged her up with some flowers

 and Organza ribbon and added a watering can charm.

I was also very kindly sent some goodies from Irina at La La Land which included

the gorgeous Wave Border Die it is placed on the left hand corner of the card.

 

If you get a chance, please pop over to the La La Land Crafts Blog to see eveyone's amazing creations.

Copics I have used are:

 

Skin: E11, E21, E00, E000, R20

Hair: E43, E42, E41, E40

Dress, Visor & Boots: R85, R83, R81, RV000

Watering Can: YG99, YG97, YG95, YG91

Bee: E79, E29, E23, R08, Y15

Flower: B99, B97, B95, B93, B91

Pencils: Tuscan Red, Burnt Ochre, Black, Dark Umber, Dark Green, Indigo Blue

 

La La Land Crafts: Watercan Marci

Dies: Wave Border Die, Spellbinders, Magnolia Doohickey

Flowers: WOC, The Ribbon Girl

Ribbon, Lace etc from my crafty stash.

 

Thank you for visiting me today!

 

Hugs

Gina x

Sugar Nellie 'Victoria'

Hello my lovelies

I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday and staying warm in this freezing weather and you haven’t got too much snow! It snowed here most of the day yesterday, but didn’t really settle for long.

 

Today I am showing a Sugar Nellie image called ‘Victoria’ isn’t she gorgeous? I spent hours and hours colouring her, and totally loved every minute of it. I can’t seem to make a card without ribbon and flowers and Pearl String seems to be creeping into a lot of my cards lately as well (lol).  

 

I have coloured her using Copics (some of my new ones I bought from the Making It show) and used Prisma pencils to highlight.

 

Copics I have used are:

 

Skin: E50, E51, E04, E93

Hair: E79, E29, E25, E23

Hat: E37, YR24, E99

Jacket: B99, B97, B95, B93, B91

Top: R83, R81, RV000

Flowers: R08, Y15, E79, E23

Eyes: B91

Lips: R20

 

Pencils: Tuscan Red, Sienna Brown, Dark Umber and Black

 

Sugar Nellie: Victoria Digital Image

Dies: Cheery Lynn

Punch: Martha Stewart

Flowers: WOC & The Ribbon Girl

Lace, Ribbon and Pearls are from my crafty stash.

 

I hope you all enjoy what’s left of the weekend.

 

Take care and thank you for visiting my blog

Hugs

Gina x

Hello my lovelies,

It is time for a new challenge over at the Marvelous Magnolia Challenge Blog; this week’s challenge is Dies to Die for (2 or more die cuts).

I stamped up Tilda with Big Tulips and Romantic Window stamps using the masking technique and have used the following dies: Magnolia Doohickey Swirl, Heart Swirl Branch, Romantic Tag, Spellbinders, Go Create Oval and Scalloped Oval. If you have a moment please pop over and take a look at my lovely teamies creations. It would fabulous if you could join us in our challenge.

 

Copics I have used are:

Skin: E31, E11, E21, E00. E000, E03

Hair: E43, E42, E41, E40

Jump Suit: BV29, BV25, BV23, BV20

Tulips: BV04, BV02, BV00, BV000

Stems & Leaves: YG99, YG95, YG91

Pencils: Dark Purple, Dark Umber, Burnt Ochre, Black

Stamps: Magnolia Tilda with Big Tulips and Romantic Window

Dies: Spellbinders, Magnolia Doohicky, Go Create

Flowers & Ribbon: WOC & the Ribbon Girl

All other embellishments are from my crafty stash.

 I would just like to say a big thank you for visiting my blog and for taking the time to leave me such lovely comments they are all very much appreciated!

Hugs

Gina x

 

Now on Bloglovin

I'm back again to ask you to follow me on Bloglovin as I believe Google Reader is closing in July which will means that I will lose all my lovely followers. I have opened a Bloglovin account  to enable me to keep in touch with all your gorgeous designs and I would really appreciate it it you would continue to follow me by clicking here Bloglovin or on the Bloglovin widget on my sidebar.

Thank you so much.

 

Hugs

Gina x

 

Magnolia 'Tilda with Armful of Tulips'

Hi everyone,

 

I hope you are all well and that your week is off to a good start.

 

I thought I would share a card I made recently using Tilda with Armful of Tulips and Tulip Wheelbarrow. I masked Tilda and stamped the wheelbarrow behind to create a little scene. Of course I had to add some flowers and ribbon which I bought from the Ribbon Girl and WOC, finally I added a couple of butterflies using a Cheery Lynn die

 to give it that finishing touch.

 

 Copics I used are:

Skin: E21, E00. E000, E03

Dress, Boots & Tulips: V95, V93, V91

Leaves & Stems: YG99. YG97, YG95, YG91

Wheelbarrow: C5, C3, C1, C0

 

Pencils:  Dark Purple, Dark Umber, Burnt Ochre

 

Stamps: Magnolia Tilda with Armful of Tulips, Wheelbarrow Tulip

Dies: Spellbinders, Cheery Lynn,

Flowers & Ribbon: WOC & The Ribbon Girl

All other embellishments are from my crafty stash.

 

Thank you for visiting my blog, enjoy your evening!

 

Hugs

Gina x

 

Challenges I am entering this card into are:

Totally Papercrafts – Easel Cards

Tilda's Town – Anything Goes

La La Land 'Marci Ballerina'

Morning all,

 

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and managed to spend lots of time crafting,

it certainly wasn’t the weather for going out!!

Moving on to today’s card, it is inspiration Monday over at the La La Land Crafts Blog and the theme this week is Altered/3D Project. I have chosen Marci Ballerina as I thought her skirt would look fab layered up. I added 3 layers and to give it some texture I also added some Tulle, but unfortunately it doesn’t show up very well.

 I have used Copic Markers and Prisma Pencils to colour her with.

 

Copics I have used are:

 

Skin: E31, E11, E21, E00, E000, E93

Hair: E79, E29, E25, E23

Dress, Shoes & Flowers: R83, R81, RV000

 

Pencils: Black, Tuscan Red

 

Stamp: La La Land Crafts (Marci Ballerina)

Dies: Spellbinders, Magnolia DooHickeys,

Ribbon, Lace, Flowers, etc., are from my crafty stash.

 

Have a lovely day and thank you for visiting my blog today.

 Take care,

Hugs

Gina x

 

Magnolia 'Tilda with Winter Flowers'

Hello my lovelies,

 I am very excited, lucky (and honoured) to share with you that I have been invited  to join the Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge Blog  DT team, wowser did that put a smile on my face (and I'm still smiling) as I am a huge fan of this challenge blog!

For my first card I have used Tilda with Winter Flowers, and coloured her with Grey and pink, I love these two colours together. I have also added some of the lovely Pink Spotted Organza Ribbon from the Ribbon Girl which is divine.

 

The challenge this week is ‘stitching’. If you have a moment, pop over and see all my teamies fabulous designs and join in with our challenge, we would love to see you there.

Copics I have used are:

 Skin: E31, E11, E21, E00, E000, E93

Hair: E43, E42, E41, E40

Cardigan & Shoes: C5, C3, C1, C0

Flowers, Dress, Socks & Bows: R83, R81, RV000

Stems: YG99, YG95, YG91

Magnolia Stamp: Tilda with Winter Flowers

Dies: Spellbinders, Crealies, Magnolia DooHickeys

Ribbon, Lace, Flowers etc are from my crafty stash

Have a lovely Sunday and thank you for visiting my blog.

Hugs

Gina x

LOTV 'Bumble Bee Fairy'

Happy Friday everyone, the weekend starts here .. yay!

By the looks of the weather forecast it is going to be a wet weekend so I won’t be venturing out, therefore in my mind that leaves only one thing to do (once the housework is done) … crafting (lol)

 

Today I am posting another card that I made last week, but for a change it is an LOTV image. I fell in love with this stamp when I visited the 'Make It' Show in Farnborough recently and had to buy it!

 

Copics I have used are:

Skin: E31, E11, E00, E000, E93

Hair: E37, E35, E33, E31

Top: E43, E42, E41, E40

Skirt & Wings: BG78, BG75, BG72, BB70

Flowers: R83, R81, RV000

Leaves & Grass: YG99, YG97, YG95, YG91

 

Pencils: Black, Burnt Ochre, Dark Umber, Tuscan Red

LOTV Stamp: Bumble Bee Fairy

Dies: Spellbinder, Cheery Lynn, Memory Box

Ribbon, Lace, Flowers, etc., are from my crafty stash.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

 

Have a lovely weekend.

Hugs

Gina x

Magnolia 'Tilda with Love'

Hello everyone,

 Just thought I would pop in and show a card I made at the weekend. I have used two of the lovely Magnolia stamps Tilda with Love and Barbed Wire Background to make a scene. I have placed some cheesecloth behind the die cut for a bit of texture and I couldn’t resist adding some of the scrumptious pink Silky Crush ribbon and Pink Pearl Beaded string.

 

 

Copics I have used are:

Skin: E31, E11, E21, E00, E000, E93

Hair & Shoes: E43, E42, E41, E40

Dress & Flower: C5, C3, C1, C0, R85, R83, R81, RV000

Grass: BG99, BG96, BG93

Fence Post: E37, £5, E33, E31

 

Pencils: Black, Tuscan Red, Burnt Ochre, Dark Umber

 

Magnolia Stamps: Tilda with Love and Barbed Wire Background

Dies: Spellbinder, Crealies, Magnolia Doohickeys

Ribbon, Lace, Flowers, etc., are from my crafty stash.

 

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Take Care,

Hugs

Gina x

La La Land 'Irish Marci'

Morning all,

I hope all of you that were celebrating Mother’s Day in the U.K. were thoroughly spoilt and had a good day. I had a bouquet of flowers delivered by Interflora, a cuddly Giraffe (I love Giraffes) and to follow that was taken out to lunch, a day I won’t forget in a long time!

Moving on to today’s card, it is inspiration Monday over at the La La Land Crafts Blog 

This week the challenge is 'Good Luck/St. Patrick’s Day’.

I have used Irish Marci and she was an absolute joy to colour.

I have used Copic Markers and Prisma Pencils to colour her with.

 

Copics I have used are:

Skin: E31, E11, E21, E00, E000, E93

Hair: E37, E35, E33, E31

Dress, Hat, Shoes, Clover: YG99, YG97, YG95, YG91

 Pencils: Black

 Stamp: La La Land Crafts (Irish Marci)

Die: Go Kreate

Ribbon, Lace, Flowers, etc., are from my crafty stash.

Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Take Care,

Hugs

Gina x

Magnolia 'Tilda with Big Tulips'

Hello everyone

 Yay it’s the weekend!

 I just thought I would do a quick post and show a card I made a couple of weeks ago.

At the time I was stuck on pink and purple, I love these two colours together and of course

that fence is creeping into the scene again (lol)!

I have used Tilda with Big Tulips and Shabby Chic Fence and used

Copics and Prismas Pencils to colour with.

Once again I have used some of the lovely deep purple satin ribbon.

 

Copics I have used are:

Skin: E21, E00, E000, R20

Hair: E57, E53, E51, E23

Jump Suit: E83, E81, RV000

Tulips: V09, V06, V04, V01

Fence: E43, E42, E41, E40

Grass & Stems: YG99, YG95, YG91

 Stamps: Tilda with Big Tulips, Shabby Chic Fence

Dies: Spellbinders, Magnolia DooHickeys

Ribbon, Lace, Flowers etc are from my crafty stash.

 Pencils: Black, Dark Umber, Sienna Brown, Burnt Ochre, Tuscan Red

 Thank you for visiting my blog and I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

Hugs

Gina x

Afternoon everyone,

 It is time for another challenge over at Marvelous Magnolia Challenge Blog and the theme this time is the always popular ‘Anything Goes’. This week we are sponsored by Hobby Cutz so it would be fabulous if you could pop over and have a look at all my teamies amazing designs and join in with our challenge.

 I have used an old favourite stamp of mine ‘Tilda with Curls’ and masked her with the Shabby Chic Fence (I must stop using this stamp lol).  The Fancy Flourish  is from Hobby Cutz. I have used Copics and Prisma Pencils to colour the images.

 

 

Copics I have used are:

Skin: E21, E00, E000, R20

Dress: B97, B95, B93, B91

Fence: E43, E42, E41, E40

Flowers: V09, V04, V01

Grass, Stems and Ivy: YG99, YG95, YG91

Socks: C3, C1, C0

Pencils: Gray 70%, Black, Dark Umber and Burnt Ochre

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog.

See you soon.

Hugs

Gina x

Saturated Canary 'Ava'

Evening everyone,

What a glorious day it has been, really spring like and warm!

Tonight I thought I would share with you a card using a Saturated Canary image called ‘Ava’! I am falling in love with the teal colour, and have to stop myself using it on every image! I am also trying out some darker skin tones just to make a change and I quite like the look. She has been coloured with Copics and highlighted with Prisma Pencils.

Copics I used are:

 

Skin: E31, E11, E00, E000, R20

Hair: Black, C7, C6, C5, C3

Dress & Shoes: BG75, BG72, BG70, R83, R81, RV000, C5, C3, C1, C0

Balloon: BG75, BG72, BG70

Pencils: Tuscan Red, Black

 

Saturated Canary Digi Image: Ava

Dies: Magnolia Doohickeys

Ribbon, Lace, Flowers etc are from my crafty stash.

 

Thank you for visiting my blog!

 

Hugs

Gina x

Morning all,

 

It’s time for inspiration Monday over at the La La Lands Craft Blog

This week the theme is 'Special Lady'. I picked Heart Key Marci and added a few embellishments that co-ordinated with the stamp that I had in my craft box.

She is coloured with Copic Markers and Prisma Pencils.

Copics I have used are:

 Skin: E21, E00, E000, R20

Hair: E37, E35, E33, E31

Dress, Socks, Bow: BV04, BV02, BV000

Key: C5, C3, C1, C0

Pencils: Dark Umber, Black

Stamp: La La Land Crafts (Heart Key Marci)

Dies: Spellbinders, Crealies. Magnolia DooHickeys

Ribbon, Flowers, and Key are from my crafty stash.

 Thank you for visiting my blog today.

Take Care,

Hugs

Gina x