Some Exciting News

Hi  everyone,

I hope your week is off to a good start.

I am thrilled to say that I am now a DT member of Ally's Angels - thank you Ally for inviting me to join this amazing and talented team.

The theme for the next 4 weeks is.....

Use a Tag

It doesn't have to be a tag on it's own, it can be part of a card or any other creation.

I made a fairly simple tag.  The cute image is by Polkadoodles. This little cutie is called 'Wrapped Up Warm' from the Winnie White Christmas collection. I have coloured her with DI reinkers. The papers are also from the Winnie White Christmas collection from the Papers 4 collection. 

I used some modelling paste with a snowflake stencil to create the snowflakes in the background, added a die cut wreath and popped Winnie onto some foam pads before placing her onto the tag and added some pom pom trim,  flowers and pearl trim just for fun.

I also made a card to go with the tag, again using elements from the Winnie White Christmas collection.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Black Soot

Coat, Dress: Weathered Wood,

Scarf and Boots: Hickory Smoke, Weathered Wood

Tights: Hickory Smoke, Weathered Wood

The pom pom trim, pine cones, jingle bells, pearl trim, lace and silver flake web ribbon are from the Ribbon Girl.

Ally is offering a fabulous stamp set  from  Sizzix to the lucky winner.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Take care.

Hugs

Gina xx

New Challenge at Polkadoodles Crafting - All About the Papers

Hi everyone,

I hope you have had a good week. I have had a lovely week off. Phil has been home too and as well as getting some chores done, we'eve been away and spent some time with our youngest son.

Today begins a brand new challenge at Polkadoodles Crafting. The challenge is 'Anything Goes' for all you lovely crafters, but the team were tasked with a theme of  'Focus on Papers'. I scratched my head with this one and decided to make an album. So apologies in advance, but this post is quite picture heavy.

Everything I have used to make the album is from the Winnie White Christmas Big Kahuna kit, however, you can buy the image on the front cover either pre-coloured or as a black and white image if you didn't want to buy the whole collection.

For the front cover I printed papers from the papers 3 and 4 collections. The image is called 'Delivering Gifts by Sledge' which I have coloured with DI reinkers. I've added some lace and pearl trim from the Ribbon Girl. The word 'festive' has been printed from the 'wordart' section.

Page 2: Consists of a mini card, and I've printed out a sentiment from the sentiments section and added some pearl string and lace.

Page 3: For this page, I've printed off papers from papers 2 and 3. Made a pocket and placed a coupe of tags in it.  

Page 4: Consists of papers from papers 1 and 3. Winnie is a pre-coloured image from the pre-coloured images section.

Page 5: Again they are papers from collection 1 and 2. The cute little penguin has been printed from the pre-coloued images. I've also added a bow and a couple of frosted berries,

Page 6: the papers are from the papers 3 and 4 collection. I've made a couple of pockets and added some plain tags and I've made a couple of the Christmas toppers into tags. I've added some lace and another adorable penguin from the pre-coloured images.

Page 7:  I've printed off another pre-coloured image and used papers from collection 2 and 4. The snowflake has printed from Christmas Embellishments set. Although the silver twine is from my own stash, Mary has some gorgeous stock in the Ribbon Girl shop.

For my final page I've printed off papers from set 1 and 2. the candy canes are from the Christmas Embellishments set.

Phew, well that was a long post.

Thank you for popping in.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs
Gina xx

I would like to enter the following challenges:
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
CHNC Challenge 409 - Anything Goes
The Merry Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Anything Goes

Berry

Hi everyone,

I'm just popping in to share another of my Christmas makes. I have coloured up a whimsy stamp called 'Berry' and coloured her with distress reinkers.

The shape of the card has been cut with a hexagon die.

The large snowflake is a Marianne die which I've cut in brown card, inked it with a Stazon clear ink pad and sprinkled some shabby white frantage over the top which I heat set.

The holly leaves are a Joy Crafts die and snowflake banner has been cut from a Lala Lands die which I covered with glue and sprinkled some twinklets over the top.

All the embellishments are from my own stash. 

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain, Black Soot

Coat and Berries: Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, Black Soot

Scarf and Leaves: Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

Puppy Love Tilda

Good morning everyone,

I hope you all had a good weekend, the sun was shining here in the south of England, which gave me a chance to start sorting the garden out ready for the winter. It's also half term this week so I have the week off yay!

This morning I am popping in to share a Christmas card I made just for fun.

I have coloured up  Puppy Love Tilda and masked her with Old Swedish Church, both stamps are fairly old. I have coloured the scene with distress reinkers.

For the falling snow I used shabby white frantage and for the lying snow glamour dust.

The star has been cut from a set of Yvonnes Creations dies, I then covered the star with glue and sprinkled on some twinklets which gives a lovely icy look.

The 8 point die and tag are by Joy Crafts and the leaves are a cut from a Fantasy die. I've added a silver snowflake charm to the tag.

The cheese cloth, and organza ribbon are from the Ribbon Girl.

Most of the flowers are from my own stash. Although the fir cones are my own, the Ribbon Girl have some beautiful cones in stock.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut stain, Antique Linen

Dress and Boots: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Present: Weathered Wood, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, Black Soot

Tights: Weathered Wood

Church: Hickory Smoke, Weathered Wood, Mustard Seed

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

Final Challenge at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia

Hi everyone,

I hope you are having a lovely weekend. I think Autumn has truly set in now, and the colours are starting to look beautiful.

Today begins our final challenge at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia as Jay and myself have decided to close the challenge down for various reasons.

We have had the most wonderful supportive DT past and present who produced the most amazing creations and are such lovely ladies, so I would like to say a huge thank you to them.

So my for my card today I have made a Christmas card using a couple of older stamps Winter Tilda and Old Swedish Church. I have used DI reinkers to paint the scene.  I sprinkled some glamour dust onto her pom poms, muff and for the lying snow and some white frantage for the falling snow.

The swirl is again an older Magnolia die and the star has been cut from a Yvonees Creations die. I have some sprinkled some twinklets on top which gives a lovely frosty look. 

The flowers are from my stash, but the ribbon and lace are from the Ribbon Girl

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Gathered Twigs, Black Soot

Hat, Coat and Shoes: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Church: Stormy Sky, Mustard Seed,Black Soot, 

Tree: Hickory Smoke

Our wonderful sponsor for the next four weeks is:

Crafteezee (formerly Noor Design U.K.)



That's all from me today.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs
Gina xx

New Challenge at Polkadoodles Crafting - Frosted Fox

Hi everyone,

I hope you have had a good week, I have been fighting off a nasty bug.

Today I am popping in to share my DT card for the new challenge at Polkadoodles Crafting. The DT were challenged with making a creation to a 'Wrapped up Warm' theme, but for all you lovely crafters out there it is 'Anything Goes'.

I have coloured up 'Frosted Fox' from the Octavia Frosted Winter collection, I think she will be lovely and warm in her fur hat and muff.  I have coloured her with DI reinkers and sprinkled some glamour dust onto the muff, hat and fur trimming around her dress and sprinkled some Shabby White frantage around the outside of the image finishing off with some silver pearl string.

The papers are from the Winnie White Christmas Papers 1 collections and the sentiment is from the Winnie White Christmas Big Kahuna.

The beautiful chiffon and satin trim (which is new to the shop), small white rose, jingle bells, and white organza ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Gathered Twigs, Black Soot

Dress: Barn Door, Aged Mahogany, Black Soot

Fox: Gathered Twigs, Antique Linen, Rusty Hinge, Black Soot

We have great prizes up for grabs. The winner of the challenge will win a £10 voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles Download Store and each of the top 3 selected by the DT will win a free digi stamp voucher.

That's all from me today.

I will be back on Sunday.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs
Gina xx

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Anything Goes
Little Miss Muffett Challenges - Anything Goes

New challenge at Fussy and Fancy - Kiss

Hi everyone,

Happy Friday. Well I have made up for my lack of posting, this is my fourth this week, my DT posts are like buses they all come along at once lol.

Today we begin a new challenge at Fussy and Fancy. Our lovely Beth is hosting the challenge and has chosen  ........

Fall(Autumn) Bingo Card as the theme.



I have coloured up a Dreamerland Crafts stamp called 'Kiss' for this challenge. I used distress inks to colour the image.

I chose to go with pearls, shaped card, fall charm, bow and the colour brown for my theme.

The shape of the card has been created with a hexagon shaped die.

The die peeping out at the top is a Joy Crafts die.

The carnation, lace, pearl trim and pearl string are from the Ribbon Girl.


DI list:
Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick
Girl:
Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, black Soot
Dress: Gathered Twigs, Black Soot
Flower: Aged Mahogany, Barn Door
Boy:
Hair: Gathered Twigs, Antique Linen, Black Soot
Jumper: Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters, Black Soot
Trousers: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

The winner of the challenge will win a GDT spot for an upcoming challenge.

That's all from me today.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs
Gina xx

New Challenge at Creative Inspirations - Autumn Girl

Good morning everyone,

I hope your week is going well.

Today a new challenge begins at Creative Inspirations. The theme for this months challenge is

Autumn Glow

We are sponsored by All Dressed Up and the DT were lucky to receive a digi stamp to have a play with.

This little beauty is called Autumn Girl and I have coloured her with DI reinkers. I have used a Stampelglede stamp around the outside of the image and also added some shabby white frantage.

The die cuts have been cut in brown card, inked over with a versamark clear ink pad,  I then added some white frantage and heat set it.

The lace, ribbon and some of the flowers are from the Ribbon Girl.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Black Soot

Dress: Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters, Black Soot

Jacket: Rusty Hinge, Black Soot

Scarf: Gathered Twigs

The lucky winner of the challenge will win two images of their choice.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

New Challenge at the Ribbon Girl - Ruby Hey There

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a lovely weekend, and managed to have some crafty time.

As it's the first of the month, it is time to  begin a new 'Anything Goes' challenge at the Ribbon Girl 

I have coloured up a Polkadoodles image called 'Ruby Hey There', isn't she gorgeous? I have used DI reinkers to colour her and added some shabby white frantage around the outside of  the image.

The die cut flower border on the left hand side has been cut with a Joy Craft die and corner has been cut from a Robert Addams set of dies.

The papers are by Maja and I've edged them a walnut wtain distress ink pad.

The flowers, lace, applique heart, leaves, pearl trim, pearl string and pearl and diamante flower are all from the Ribbon Girl.

Links to the materials I have used 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, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Black Soot

Dress, Bag and Tights: Gathered Twigs, Victorian Velvet, Black Soot

Flowers: Victorian Velvet

There are two fabulous prizes up for grabs:

First prize:

£10 voucher from Polkadoodles

Second Prize

A selection of products from the Ribbon Girl

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Take care.

Hugs

Gina xx