Shy Tilda

Hi everyone,

I hope you have had a good week so far.

I'm just popping in quickly to share a card I made recently.

This little cutie is a stamp by Magnolia called Shy Tilda which I have masked with Shabby Chic Fence, she was my first ever Magnolia stamp that I bought and I still love her. I have painted her with distress ink reinkers. I stamped her onto Artistico extra white watercolour paper with Stazon timber brown ink.

The shape of the card has been cut with a Craft &You Base Set 1 die.

Most of the dies I have used on this card are Joy Crafts and the embellishments are from crafty my stash.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain

Dress and Shoes: Victorian Velvet, Hickory Smoke

Fence: Hickory Smoke, Shabby Shutters, Forest Moss

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

New Challenge at Polkadoodles Crafting - Pancake Oopsy

Good morning everyone,

I hope you are all well and had a great week.

Today I am off the the Make It Craft show at Farnborough, I super excited, I still seem to have lost my crafty mojo so I am hoping visiting the show will kick start it back in. As this post goes out I will be more or less leaving:)

So today we begin a new challenge at Polkadoodles Crafting. The DT are always given a theme to work to and this time it was 'Pancake Day', but for all you crafters it is 'Anything Goes'.

This little cutie is called Pancake Oopsy (she is available as a pre-coloured or as a black and white digi). I think she has got into a bit of mess lol. I have coloured her with distress reinkers. 

The papers are from Lil Miss Sugarpops Kit 1 and 2 plain. 

This die cut swirl has been cut from a Magnolia die and the gorgeous corner is a Robert Addams die, which comes as a set of 4.

Everything else is from my crafty stash.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Dress, Bow and Shoes: Dried Marigold

Apron: Gathered Twigs

Pancakes/Eggs: Antique Linen, Brushed Corduroy

The lucky 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 to the store.

That's all from me today.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafting with Friends - Anything Goes
Creatalicious Challenges - Anything Goes (with the option of Girly)
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Tilda with Hellebores

Hi everyone,

Yay, it's Friday and school has broken up for half term:) I am looking forward to getting back into some crafting next week, work has taken its toll and I've not been able to craft as much as I would like, mainly through tiredness.

Anyway this is card I made for fun a while ago. 

I have coloured up Tilda with Hellebores and painted her with distress reinkers and a hint of watercolour pencils. 

I stamped Tilda onto Artistico extra white watercolour card and cut the shape out with an elegant die from Polkadoodles. 

The die peeking out of the left hand side and the butterflies are cut from a  Joy Crafts die. 

All the pretty embellishments are my crafty stash.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Black Soot

Dress and Boots: Gathered Twigs, Black Soot

Flowers: Vintage Photo, Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs

Gina xx

New Challenge at Ally's Angels - Whimsy Dolly

Hi everyone,

Ooh I am sorry I am late with this post - first time ever! My day job is really getting in the way of things at the moment so it slipped my mind, I think I need to go on the naughty step!

Anyway, there is a new challenge at  Ally's Angels and the theme is .......

Anything Goes

I have made a shaker card this time. I have coloured up a Whimsy stamp called 'Dolly' and coloured her with distress reinkers.

The frame is a new die by John Lockwood, it is so pretty, I will try to put a link at the bottom of this post.

The shaker element is made up of pink sequins.

The flowers, lace, ribbon and pearl and diamante embellishment are from my stash and the leaves which is a fairly old die and one of my favourites  has been cut from a Joy Crafts die

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Black Soot

Coat: Gathered Twigs, Black Soot

Flower Pot: Brushed Corduroy

Flowers: Seedless Preserves, Victorian Velvet, Aged Mahogany, Black Soot

Leaves: Shabby Shutters, Forest Moss

The winner of the challenge will receive the gorgeous prize below:

That's all from me today

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs 

Gina xx

New Challenge at Polkadoodles Crafting - Tandem Ride

Good morning everyone,

Happy Friday:)

Today we begin a new challenge at Polkadoodles Crafting. This time the DT were tasked with a theme of 'Add a Heart', but as always it's an 'Anything Goes' theme for all you crafters, and don't forget you don't have to use a PD image to take part.

To make the shape of the card I have used a large Go Create heart shaped die 

The image is called Tandem Ride, I thought they looked like they were loved up:) You can buy the image either pre-coloured or as a black and white digi. 

The papers are from Winnie Sugar Sprinkles Paper Heaven 2 and Eden Plain Jane 2

I have used distress reinkers to colour the image.

The flowers, ribbon, lace, diamante  and pearl heart are from my crafty stash.

DI list: 

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Girl:

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Dress and Bow: Picked Raspberry

Boy:

Hair: Gathered Twigs, Brushed Corduroy

Top: Weathered Wood,

Shorts: Gathered Twigs

Grass: Forest Moss, Shabby Shutters

The winner of the challenge will win a $10 gift voucher to spend in the Polkadoodles online store and each of the top 3 selected by the DT will win a free digi stamp from the store.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Have a wonderful weekend.

Hugs

Gina xx

I am entering this card into the following challenges:
A Bit More Time To Craft  - Anything Goes
Brown Sugar Challenge - Love and/or St Valentine's Day
Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - Anything Goes

New Challenge at Creative Inspirations - Tilda with Heart Balloons

Hi everyone,

It's been a while since I last posted, but my day job has been getting in the way a bit and my crafty mojo has gone walk about.

We had a fair amount of snow last week, it was so pretty, but I feel for those that had to get to work, I was very lucky to have a snow day on Friday:)

Anyway today we have a new challenge at Creative Inspirations and the theme with valentines day approaching  is ......

'With Love'

I have coloured up Tilda with Heart Balloons and coloured her with distress reinkers.

The stamp around the edge of the image is from a set called Vintage Garden by Stempelglede.

The heart border is a Joy Crafts die and the heart overlapping the image is a Marianne die.

All the pretty embellishments are from my crafty stash.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Dress: Gathered Twigs, Black Soot

Boots: Pumice Stone, Black Soot

Balloons: Barn Door Aged Mahogany, Black Soot

This month Crafty Ribbons are sponsoring us and they are offering a selection of the ribbons below:

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Take care.

Hugs

Gina xx