Polkadoodles Digi Tuesday Challenge - Ruby Hey There

Hi everyone,

School has broken up for half term, so I have a week off - yay! It has been so busy so far, it was my birthday yesterday and I had a lovely day and thoroughly spoilt. I also visited my eldest son at the weekend and we have our youngest sons dog staying with us whilst he is sunning himself in Cyprus.

I am so excited to be guest designing for Polkadoodles for the next 8 weeks.

You can find the the challenge here which is 'Anything Goes' for everyone except the DT. We were challenged to make a creation with the theme 'Use Something not for Purpose'. I struggled a bit with this but lucky for me they gave us a bit of help and suggested straws, pegs, well tank goodness I have both of these in my stash. As a bonus today you can get 35% off on selected downloads in the store today.

So for my first GDT card I have coloured up 'Ruby Hey there'.

I have coloured her with DI reinkers and added some pink frantage around the outside of the image. to finish it I have added some pink pearl string.

The die peeping out on the left hand side is a LDRS die.

The papers,  and sentiment are from a digi from Polkadoodles, links are at the bottom of this post, just click on a picture to be taken directly to the product. The die cut flowers are also from Polkadoodles.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain Antique Linen

Dress and Bag: Hickory Smoke, Victorian Velvet

Shoes and Flower: Victorian Velvet

The winner chosen by random will win 3 digis of their choice.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
Addicted to Stamps - Ribbons Galore
Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes
A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes

New Challenge at LHOSM - Hello Little Butterfly

Hi everyone,

It's a Bank Holiday weekend for those of us in the U.K. I hope you are having a fabulous time and the weather is being kind to you. It is nice and warm, here in the south.

We have a new challenge beginning at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia today. Our theme for this challenge is:

Summer

(this can be summery backing paper, summer image, flowers, butterflies, anything to do with summer).

I have coloured up another older Tilda's called Hello Little Butterfly Tilda  and masked her with the Open Gate stamp. I used DI reinkers to colour the scene.

  

The papers are by Maja called Love is in the Air and I've machine stitched the edges. 

I've placed some ivory pearl string around the outside of the image. The die cut corner has been cut  from a Robert Addams set of 4 dies.

The butterflies have been cut from a Joy Crafts die in coordinating papers and I've added some ivory pearl trim to the centre.

The die cut peeping out of the top is a large Marianne corner.

Most of the flowers, lace, pink glitter ribbon, pearl trim, pearl string, double row pearl trim, pearl cluster and sparkly gem butterfly charm are from the Ribbon Girl. There is currently 15% discount across the whole of the shop, which runs until the 2nd June.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Dress: Victorian Velvet, Hickory Smoke

Gate: Gathered Twigs, Black Soot

Flowers: Victorian Velvet, Shabby Shutters, Forest Moss

Grass: Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters

The winner will win a Guest Designer spot for an upcoming challenge.

After this challenge the DT are taking a well earned summer break, but we will back towards the end of August.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

Tilda with Heart Rice

Hi everyone,

I hope you are well and enjoying the mini heatwave. It is set to get hotter here over the weekend.

I am a little behind with my makes as I was unwell for a few days last week and I just wasn't able to make anything. I am feeling much better now, but have some catching up to do.

I have coloured up Tilda with Heart Rice and coloured her with DI reinkers.

The shape of the card has been cut with a Crealies rectangle die and the papers are by Maja from the Denim collection which I have machine sewn around the edges.

The flower edge border is a Joy Crafts die and the the corner sitting above the image is a Marianne die cut.

All the beautiful flowers, butterfly and flower lace appliques, pearl trim and seam binding ribbon are from the Ribbon Girl.  The Ribbon Girl currently have  15% off everything in the shop until 2nd June:).

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Picked Raspberry

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Dungarees and Shoes: Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Black Soot

Top: Victorian Velvet

Heart Rice: Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters, Black Soot, Victorian Velvet, Aged Mahogany

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

New challenge at Fussy and Fancy - Polkadoodles Shoes, Shoes Shoes

Hi everyone,

It's time for a new challenge at Fussy and Fancy. Our lovely Jo is hosting this challenge and she has chosen the theme of:

Favourite Florals

I have coloured up another of my Polkadoodles stamps which I recently bought at Ally Pally. This gorgeous stamp is called Shoes, Shoes Shoes. I have coloured her with DI reinkers and added some white spots to her dress with my signo gel pen.


Peeping out of the top of the card is a paper doily. The die on the left hand side of the page is a Joy Crafts Circles and Flowers die and the heart die is a Fantasy die.


The gorgeous white organza spot ribbon, lace, pearl trim, silver glitter embellishment and flowers are from the Ribbon Girl.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Dress and Shoe Stand: Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Black Soot

Bows and Shoes: Victorian Velvet

Flowers: Victorian Velvet, Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters

The winner of this challenge will win a Guest Design spot for an upcoming challenge.

Thank you for popping in.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs

Gina xx

Tilda with Hellebores

Hi everyone,

I hope you are having a good week so far.

I made this card recently which is full of  beautiful goodies from the Ribbon Girl.

I stamped out another of my older Maggies, this one is  called Tilda with Hellebores, its another of my favourite images.  I have coloured her with DI reinkers in two of my favourite colour combos brown and pink and added some pink frantage around the outside. Once stamped I cut the oval shape with a Spellbinders oval die and added some ivory pearl string around the outside, then mounted the die cut onto a Joy Crafts die.

The butterfly border and butterflies are also Joy Crafts dies.

The flowers, gorgeous organza spot ribbon, pearl and diamante embellishment, loopy trim, lace, flowers, twine, pearl string, pearl trim and  beautiful pink heart applique are all from the Ribbon Girl. Links are at the bottom of this post, just click on a picture to be taken directly to the product.

DI list:
Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Picked Raspberry
Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain
Dress and Boots: Gathered Twigs, Black Soot
Hellebores: Victorian Velvet, Aged Mahogany

Don't forget the current theme at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia is an easy peasy 'Anything Goes'. There are also some amazing exclusive offers up for grabs, just for LHOSM followers.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs
Gina xx

Tilda with Spring Flowers

Hi everyone,

I hope you have had a good weekend. It has been lovely and sunny here today.

I am popping in to share a shaker card I made recently.

I stamped up this sweet Tilda called Tilda with Spring Flowers and added some pink and ivory sequins for the shaker element which were a gift from a lovely crafting friend. 

I stamped Tilda onto some Artiostico extra white watercolour paper with timber brown staz on ink and coloured her with DI reinkers. The final step was to sprinkle some pink frantage around the outside of the image and heat set it with a heat gun, before adding the sequins and acetate.

The shape of the card has been cut with a Go Kreate Flower die and the papers are by Maja from the Celebration collection which I have edged with white gesso.

The die cuts I have used on this card are cut from Joy Crafts and Fantasy dies.

Most of the beautiful flowers, ribbon, pearl trim and pearl and diamante flower are from the 

Ribbon Girl.

 DI list

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Gathered Twigs, Walnut Stain

Dress: Victorian Velvet

Flowers: Dusty Concord, Shabby Shutters, Forest Moss

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

Tilda Binding Flowers

Hi everyone,

Happy Friday, I hope you have all had a good week.

I'm just popping in to share a card I made last week.

I have coloured up Tilda Binding Flowers with distress ink reinkers.

The shape of  the card has been cut with a Gummiapan postage nesting set of dies. The papers are by Maja and I've painted the edges with white gesso.

The pretty die down the left hand side has been cut with a LDRS Victorian Border die. The butterflies and french lilies on the right hand side are Joy Craft dies.

The beautiful flowers, lace, ribbon, pearl string, pearl and diamante flower embellishment and pearl trim are from the Ribbon Girl.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain

Dress and Shoes: Gathered Twigs, Black Soot

That's all from me today.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

Sending Wishes

Hi everyone,

I hope you enjoyed the extended weekend if you are in the U.K. Crikey it was glorious weather, if a little too hot for me. It was a fairly relaxing weekend. Phil and I went on a 7.5 mile bike ride this morning, but that was early before it became too hot. The rest of time I was either in my craft room or sat in the shade doing some crocheting.

I am popping in to share another Polkadoodles card, I am really enjoying colouring up these cute images. This gorgeous stamp is called 'Sending Wishes'.

I painted the image with DI reinkers and wanted the colour to be quite soft.

The flowers in the two corners, the postcard and the postage stamps are from a Stempelglede 'Postcard from Paris' set of stamps. Tucked underneath the postage card is a Fantasy doily die cut. The birch leaves are also cut from a Fantasy die.

The small pink envelope has been cut from a Woodware punch.

The lace, silver butterfly and pearl trim are from the Ribbon Girl. The pink organza ribbon is from my stash, but the RG have lots of beautiful ribbons to choose from.

DI list:
Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick
Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen
Dress, Shoes and Bows: Victorian Velvet
Envelope: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs
Gina xx

I am entering this card into the Polkadoodles Crafting challenge

Good morning,

Today we have a new challenge at Creative Inspirations and the challenge for this month is .....

Clean and Simple or Fussy and Fancy.

Well you know which one I picked, yes Fussy and Fancy, lol.

We were very lucky to be given an image to use by our sponsor........

The Paper Shelter

This little sweetie is called 'Freshly Harvested'. I have coloured her with DI reinkers and added some white spots to her head scarf with my Signo gel Pen.

I cut the the butterflies and spade with Joy Crafts dies and the birch leaves have been cut from  a Fantasy die.

The pearl string, pearl trim, lace, cheesecloth and some of the flowers are from the Ribbon Girl

DI list:
Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick
Hair: Gathered twigs, Walnut Stain,
Top and Flip Flops: Victorian Velvet
Shorts & Headscarf: Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Black Soot
Basket: Gathered Twigs, Black Soot, Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters
Grass: Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters,
Soil: Gathered Twigs

As I said earlier in the post, our sponsor for this challenge is ....

The Paper Shelter



The lucky winner of this challenge will win THREE  digi images of their choice.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs
Gina xx

New Challenge at Marvelous Magnolia

Hi everyone,

I hope your week is off to a good start.

Today we have a new challenge beginning at Marvelous Magnolia and the theme is 

Anything Goes

I have coloured up Tilda with Heartphone and coloured her with distress reinkers.

The shape of the card has cut been with a rectangle die. I've then cut some bits and pieces from a LDRS set of dies called 'Clipped Together'.

The pink papers are by Magnolia and I've embossed some silver/grey card to compliment it.

The corner die is cut  from a set of four corners by Robert Addams.

The roses, pearl trim, lace smooth and beaded stamens are from the Ribbon Girl.


DI list:
Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick
Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen
Top, Hairband, Phone and Shoes: Victorian Velvet
Trousers and Phone: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

My teamies have made some beautiful creations, pop over and have a peek if you have a mo.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs
Gina xx