New 'Anything Goes' Challenge at Ally's Angels

 Hi everyone,

Are you ready for Christmas? For the first time in many years I am nowhere near ready, I haven't even put up my tree yet, hopefully it will get done this weekend.

We have a new 'Anything Goes' challenge at Ally's Angels beginning today. 

I have coloured up an older Maggie called 'Show the Way Tilda' and masked her with the Show the Way Sign and have coloured the scene with distress reinkers.

Behind the image I have placed some corrugated cardboard which has been sprinkled with shabby white frantage and heat set with a heat gun.

 The same method has been used for the die cut snowflakes, sleigh and branches.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Liptick

Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain

Coat, Hat and Boots: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Sign: Gathered Twigs

All the embellishements are from my crafty stash.

Ali is offering the lucky winner this gorgeous Magnolia stamp:

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Stay safe.

Hugs

Gina xx

New Challenge at Creative Inspirations

 Hi everyone,

WOW we are in December already, the time is going so fast. I haven't even started thinking about Christmas yet which is very unlike me.  

Today we have a new challenge starting at Creative Inspirations and our theme for this month is....

Ho Ho Ho

All Dressed Up are sponsoring us this month and they have kindly sent us an image to play with.

These adorabley cute penguins go by the name of 'Sharing at Christmas'. I have coloured them with distress ink reinkers and a touch of zig pens and added some shabby white frantage around the oustide and some glamour dust for the fallen snow. 

DI list:

Black: Black Soot

Scarves: Antique Linen, Weathered Wood, Seedless Preserves, Victorian Velvet

Flippers and Beaks: Mustard (067) Zig Watercolour Pen

All Dressed up are offering the following to the lucky winner:

TWO images of the winner's choice

That's all from me today

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

New 'Anything Goes' Challenge at Ally's Angels

 Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well and coping with the second lockdown if you are in the U.K.

This evening we have a new 'Anything Goes' challenge at Ally's Angels.

I have coloured up one of the brand new Magnolia stamps called 'Christmas Angel Tilda', I think she is absolutley gorgeous. I have coloured her with distress reinkers and sprinkled some shabby white frantage around the outside of her.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Dress: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

The angel peeping out of the right hand side and the banner are cut from Joy Craft dies and the branches are from a Creative Expressions set of dies. 

The flowers, lace, ribbon, pearl string, trim and jingle bells are from my own crafty stash.

 The winner of the challenge will win this fabulous prize from Ally:

That's all from me today.

Happy crafting:)

Hugs

Gina xx

New Challenge at Creative Inspirations - Winter Wonderland

 Hi everyone,

Sorry that I haven't been around much recently, but I have been having big blogger problems. It appears to be sorted for now so I am keeping my fingers and toes crossed that it is fixed.

We have a new challenge at Creative Inspirations beginning today. The theme for this month is.....

Winter Wonderland

For my card this month, I have coloured up one of the new Maggies called 'I Want to be a Snowman Tilda' and masked her with Swedish Church an older Maggie, but a real favourite of mine.

As always, I have coloured the scene with distress reinkers and sprinkled some shabby white frantage around the outside.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Tilda: Hickory Smoke, Gathered Twigs, Orange No. 70 (Zig pen)

Church: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

The star and spruce are cut from Magnolia dies. Once cut I covered them with glue and sprinkled on some twinklets. The reindeer have been cut from Joy Craft dies, once again I covered them in glue, but sprinkled on some glamour dust glitter.

The ribbon, jingle gells, lace, pearl trim and pearl string are from my own crafty stash.

This month's prize is from Crafty Ribbons and the first prize is lengths of each of these designs from their new Winterscene range.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Take care.

Hugs

Gina xx

New Challenge at Ally's Angels

Hi everyone,

I hope everyone is well and enjoying the weekend.

We have a new 'Anything Goes' challenge beginning at Ally's Angels this evening and I opted to make another Christmas card.

I love this sweet Tilda, she is another oldie, but I can't resist colouring her up.

As always I have coloured her with distress reinkers.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Dress and Boots: Gathered Twigs

Tights: Hickory Smoke

Present: Pumice Stone, Black Soot

The snowflake border and sledge are Joy crafts dies and the single snowflake is a Marianne die. All the die cuts have been sprinkled with twinklets which gives a lovely frosty look. I have added some twinklets to the flowers too.

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

The winner of the challenge will receive this gorgeous prize:

That's all from me today.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Hugs

Gina xx

 

New Anything Goes Challenge at Creative Inspirations

 Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well.

We have a new challenge beginning at Creative Inspirations today and the theme is....

Anything Goes

 The Paper Shelter are sponsoring us this month and the DT were very lucky to be given an image to play with. 

Have you started your christmas cards yet? Mine are well under way, which takes some of the pressure off.

This fun snowman is called A Cheerful Snowman and she is so easy and quick to make a card with. 

I have coloured her with distress reinkers. To create the dots on her hat and jacket, I dotted on some pebeo gum and left to dry before starting colouring. Once I had finished colouring I just rubbed away the gum. I have sprinkled some shabby white frantage around and over the image for the falling snow. For the ground covered snow I sprinkled on some glamour dust on top of some cosmic shimmer glue.

Along the top of the card is a Joy Crafts icicle border die which I have covered with twinklets diamond dust. The snowflake has been cut from a John Next Door set of dies and the sledge (Joy Crafts die) again have been covered in diamond dust.

The foliage are a mixture of a Creative Expression evergreen branches and John Next Door Lesley's Twigs. 

To finish off I added some flowers from my stash, lace, ribbon, pom pom trim and a couple of silver mitten charms. I think the diamond dust gives the flowers a lovely frosty look.

The Paper Shelter are sponsoring us for this challenge

The winner will receive THREE images of their choice

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Happy crafting:)

Hugs

Gina xx

Hexagon Shaped Christmas Easel Card

 Hi everyone,

I hope you are well and have had a lovely weekend. It's been a bit of a soggy one here in the south of the U.K., but I've actually spent some of the weekend crafting, just for fun which has been really nice:)

I thought I would share another Christmas card.  I have stamped up the beautiful Winter Tilda and this adorable polar bear, which is also a Maggie, but I can't remember the name or which set he comes from. 

The shape has been cut with a hexagon shaped die

I have used distress reinkers to colour the scene and the papers are from The Hobby House.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Phote, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Coat, Hat and Boots: Weathered Wood, Black Soot

Polar Bear: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

The die cut snowflakes have been cut from a John Nextdoor set of dies and sprinkled with Diamond Dust Twinklets. The branches are from a Creative Expressions set of dies and the Eight Point die is by Joy Crafts.

The lace, ribbon and flowers are from my own crafty stash.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

Beautiful Criss Cross Card - London Tilda

 Hi everyone,

I hope your week is going well, it will soon be the weekend.

I thought I would pop in to share a card I made just for fun.

I stamped up London Tilda and coloured her with distress reinkers. I have sprinkled some shabby white frantage around the outside of the image.

 DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose,Worn Lipstick

Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain

Coat and Umbrella: Bundled Sage

Boots: Pumice Stone

The sentiment pulls out of the top of the card. I stamped the sentiment with a versmark clear stamp pad and sprinkled some gold embossing powder over the top and heat set it with my heat gun.

The tabs at the top have been cut from a Tonics die and I threaded some olive green satin ribbon through the holes finishing off with some pearl gems.

The stand has been die cut using a Joy Crafts die.

All the embellishments are from my crafty stash.

Enjoy the rest of your week.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

New Anything Goes Challenge at Ally's Angels

 Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well and having a good week.

The weather is getting cooler and the evenings are drawing in, so I decided for my DT card for Ally's Angels to go with an autumnal look.

The theme as always for the challenge is:

Anything Goes

This cutie is called Oak Tree Girl by Whimsy stamps. she is coloured with distress reinkers and I've sprinkled a smidgen of  frantage around the outside of the image.

DI list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Antique Linen, Walnut Stain

Dress, Bells and Boots: Hickory Smoke, Black Soot

Top and Bird: Brushed Corderoy, Gathered Twigs

Leaves: Rusty Hinge, Bundled Sage

The  die cut heart, leaves and doily have been dipped into a Versmark watermark pad,  sprinkled with shabby white frantage and heat set.

The flowers, acorn, lace and ribbon are from my crafty stash.

Ally is offering the following fabulous prize to the winner:

That's all from me today.

Take care

Happy crafting:)

Hugs

Gina xx

Brand New challenge At Creative Inspirations

 Hi everyone,

Wow, here we are in September already, this year is flying by. I returned to school yesterday although some of the students don't come back until tomorrow. There is always so much to do at the beginning of term and of course we have to ensure that all the measures are in place to keep everyone safe.

I have had a bit of time away from crafting as my mojo left me, and on top of that I injured my leg which meant I could do nothing other than sit with my leg elevated for three weeks. 

So today we have a brand new challenge beginning at Creative Inspirations and the theme for this month is.......

Spots and Dots or Inky splats!

Polkadoodles are sponsoring us this month so I have coloured up one of their images called  'Ruby Hey There' and I have coloured her with distress reinkers. 

New Anything Goes Challenge At Ally's Angels

 Hi everyone,

I hope you had a fantastic weekend and enjoyed the sunshine, it was a bit too hot for me.

Today we begin a new 'Anything Goes' challenge at Ally's Angels.

For my card this month, I have created a criss cross card, I am really enjoying making this style at the moment. The cute stamp is by Whimsy called 'Polly' which I have coloured with distress reinkers.

The papers I used are a mixture of Pion and Maja.

The swirl die is by Magnolia and the banner die is a Joy Crafts die.

The insert pulls out and I have made an envelope with my mini envelope punch board using some maja paper and then made a little insert to fit inside the envelope, stamped a sentiment and embossed it with gold embossing powder. 

Ali is offering the following fabulous prize to the winner of the challenge:

That's all from me today.

Have a wonderful week.

Hugs

Gina xx

Summer Fun - New Challenge at Creative Inspirations

Hi everyone,

I hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine:)

This morning we have a new challenge beginning at Creative Inspirations and the theme for this month is.....

Summer Fun

It's that time of year where everyone is enjoying the hot weather (fingers crossed), going to the seaside and jetting off on holidays.... we would like to see creations inspired by all of this.

This cute little Tilda is enjoying a day at the beach. She has put some sand in a bottle and collected some sea shells. The shells are a Magnolia stamp which have been coloured with distress reinkers and I've adde some glossy accents to them. 

Colour list:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Swimming Costume, Shoes and Flowers: Aged Mahogany

The wave border die and anchor are Joy Crafts dies.

Our sponsor this month is Di's Digi Stamps and she is offering the winner a $6 gift voucher.

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs

Gina xx

Beautiful Winnie Sunshine Delights Coloured with Distress Reinkers

Hi everyone,

I hope you had a good weekend. We had such gorgeous weather. After a pretty cloudy week,  the sun decided to made an appearance:)

Today I am popping in to share some more Polkadoodles inspiration.

On my card this time, I have coloured up a very beautiful digis from the Sunshine Delights collection. called Winnie Busy.

I printed Winne onto some Artistico watercolour paper and cut the square out with one of the Posydoodle Square dies.

I have coloured her mostly with distress ink reinkers, but have used a couple of zig pens too.

DI list:
Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick
Hair: 091 (Zig), Speckled Egg, Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar
Dress: Speckled Egg, 075 (Zig)
Shoes: 075 (Zig)
Bags: Speckld Egg, Victorian Velvet, 075 (Zig)

I was so excited when Nikky announced she had the new speckled egg distress ink in stock which is the latest colour to be released by Tim Holtz. It is absolutely gorgeous.

The papers I have used on my card are from the Eden Plain Jane 1 set of digis papers.

There is a  removeable tag tucked behind the image. The tag has been cut from one of the Posydoodles Basic tag dies. I covered it with scraps that were left over from the shape of the card and stamped the sentiment from the Super Sentiments set of stamps. I wanted to give the card a bit of height so cut the gorgeous oval trellis die, cut it in half and tucked it between the card and paper.

  

I have also used another of the Posydoodle Tag dies and the Super Sentiment stamps to create the sentiment below.

I've cut the Super Sprigs die in white card and tucked them underneath the flowers, I think they look so pretty.

I hope you like my little piece of inspiration.

Happy crafting:)

Hugs

Gina xx

Wonderful Time Christmas Easel Card

Good morning everyone,

The sunshine is back! I hope you are all well.

Have you started making your Christmas cards? As it's my turn to share  Polkadoodles inspiration, and it was a wet and cold June day, I was just in the mood to create a Christmas card.

Links the products I have used are below each picture of my card, just click on a picture to be taken directly to the product.

This lovely stamp is called 'Wonderful Time' from the Winnie Winter Wishes collection.

I just adore this stamp, it is so much fun to colour.

I have used a mixture of distress reinkers and Zig water colour pens to colour the image.

Distress Reinkers:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick

Hair: Walnut Stain, Antique Linen

Coat, Boots and Hat: Weathered Wood

Zig Pens:

Snowmen, Sledge: 091 (Light Grey), 902 ( Natural Grey)

To create the white dots on her coat I dotted on some Pebeo drawing gum, which needs to dry before starting to colour. Once you have finished, it just rubs away.

To create the falling snow, I sprinkled on some white shabby chic frantage and heat set it from underneath.

The sumptious blue papers are from the Winnie White Christmas papers 4 set of digis downloads. What is great about this set of papers is that they can be used all year round.

These Christmas trees are just divine. They come in a set of three dies. I cut two, covered them in glue and sprinkled some Twinklet Diamond Dust to give them gorgeous frosty sparkle.

 

Tucked underneath the flowers are some beautiful die cut spruce, which again I have covered with twinklets to give a lovely frosty look. The set of dies also includes a gorgeous holly die.

 

Peeping out of the right hand side is a beautiful snowflake cut from the fancy snowflake die. I cut the snowflake in half which means I have the other half to use on another project.

 

That's all from me today.

Thank you for popping in.

Happy Crafting:)

Hugs

Gina xx

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