LOTV - Anniversary Surprise

Good morning everyone,

I hope you had a good week and are having a lovely weekend. Sorry I haven't been around this week, but I've just been so busy. Trying to get back into the swing of juggling work and getting my DT cards done is taking a bit of getting used again after having a lovely long Christmas break.

Anyway on with this morning's challenge, we have our first colour challenge of the year for the Ribbon Girl. The colour this month is my favourite colour 'Pink'.

I have coloured up a really sweet image 'Anniversary Surprise' by LOTV and used distress inks to colour with,  I am quite pleased with how the colouring has turned out, I feel like I am starting to get the hang of it, although I am very slow at the moment.  Around the image is some beautiful pink pearl string and the image is sat on a Noor Design Square frame die. 

On the left hand side of the card is the lovely Noor Design Eight point die which has been cut twice once on white card and then using a contrasting coloured paper, (unfortunately this effect doesn't show up very well in the photo) and finally sprinkled with pink frantage. 

The ribbon is my favourite pink silky crush, in the centre is a sparkly pink crystal diamante.

 The floral arrangement is made up of flowers available from the  Ribbon Girl and there are a couple of pink pins peeping out at the top. Can you spot the beautiful diamante heart at the bottom?

Links to the materials I used are at the bottom of this post, just click on a picture to be taken directly to the product.

The distress inks I used are as follows:

Skin: Vintage Photo, Tattered Rose
Hair: Walnut Stain
Dress and Hat: Spun Sugar
Waistcoat: Weathered Wood
Shirt and Shoes: Pumice Stone
Trousers: Gathered Twigs
Bouquet: Dusty Concord, Spun Sugar, Shabby Shutters

The are two fabulous prizes this month:

The  prize will be sent directly from Marianne Design 

and



to spend in their beautiful online shop.

I will be back later to share another card for the new challenge at Lovely Hanglar or Sweet Magnolia.

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs
Gina xx

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Sihouette Ice Skaters - Noor Design UK

Morning everyone,

I'm just popping in to share my latest creation for the Noor Design UK blog using their beautiful products.We were challenged to make a creation using silhouettes, well this challenge took me right out of my comfort zone, I don't think I have ever made anything using silhouettes, but I rose to the challenge and I hope you like my creation.

I have used the Dutch Doobadoo Ice Skate stencil, and painted it with Cerene chalky paint, added some stickles and crackle paint. Along the base and around the edges I have painted on some of the wonderful Dutch Doobadoo Structure Paste. For the shapes I have used some scraps from the Winter Wonderland paper pad.The skate is sat on a Joy craft card stand, I don't think Tracy has this in the shop yet, but if you would like then just pop over to the shop and send her an email and she will be glad to help. The stand has also been  painted with chalky paint.

 I have changed the colour of the Ice Skater by painting it with the Dutch Doobadoo  structure paste and covering it with glitter for a different affect.

This is my favourite vintage leaf die (at the moment lol) which has been sprinkled with White Shabby Frantage.

Sitting on top of the feathers is the Noor Design 8 point die, which I adore!

In the centre of the Ice Skate, I have cut a second  8 point die and sat another of the Ice Skaters from the Paper Art collection, but this time I have left it black, and covered it with glitter. 

Don't forget to join us in our 'With Love' challenge here, you could win a fantastic prize:

to spend in the Noor Design UK shop 

Also, there is a new release of goodies coming out, if you would like to win a surprise present, then leave a comment and Tracy will pick a random winner once she receives the new release. 

All the 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.

Thank you for popping in.

Take care.

Hugs

Gina x

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Divine Tilda

Hi everyone,

I'm back with my DT card for Marvelous Magnolia and the theme is 'Anything Goes,

I have coloured up Divine Tilda, from the Waiting for Christmas collection, but I think she can be used all year round. I have coloured her using distress inks, now I know I still have a long way to go with the colouring side of it, but if I don't practice then I won't improve, so I decide to go ahead and use this image as I didn't have enough time to colour another.

The papers are by Maja, but I can for the life of me remember the name of them. I have stamped Tilda onto a Noor Design Oval die, I just love this die, it is so pretty and I've added some pearl string around the image. The beautiful blue satin ribbon, pom pom trim, Ivory Pearl beads, blue berries, ivory pearl square trim, cheesecloth and not forgetting the stunning diamante blue heart are all from the Ribbon Girl. 

Here I have used one of the Dutch Doobadoo wooden fences which I have painted with the Dutch Doobadoo structure paste and once dry coloured with Weathered Wood distress ink, then stamped over the top of it with walnut stain distress ink using one of postcard stamps from the English Postcard stamp set and added a little string.

Our sponsor for this challenge is Live and Love Crafts. The lucky winner of the this challenge will win:

to spend in their online shop.

Thank you all so much for popping in.

Take care.

Hugs
Gina xx

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Tilda Learning to Dance

Good morning everyone,

I hope your week is going well, it's nearly the weekend yay! I had a lovely Christmas break, but  I'm now back at work boo hoo!

This morning I am sharing my reminder card for our challenge at Paradise of Stamps. The challenge theme is 'New Year'.

I struggled to find an image suitable for this challenge, but came up with Tilda Learning to Dance, she doesn't get inked up very often, but I did enjoy her colouring her. She is coloured with Copics and some highlights have been added with Prisma pencils. 

The tag is a Noor Design die and the fluted edge ribbon, cheesecloth and lace are from the Ribbon Girl. The flowers are from my stash.

I have used a couple of  Noor Design dies on this card. The musical notes die which has been sprinkled with pink frantage and just below it is the label and tag die which I have edged with the Dutch Doobadoo structure paste.  

Links to the materials are at the bottom of this post, just click on a picture to be taken directly to the product. 

The winner of this challenge will win a Guest Designer spot.

I will be back this afternoon with a card for the first challenge of the year from Marvelous Magnolia.  

Thank you for popping in.

Hugs
Gina xx

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