Anniversary Card For a Special Sister

I made this card for my Sister and her Husbands 25th Wedding Anniversary.

I used my adorable wedding stamp and sentiment from LOTV and coloured with Distress inks.

CS is from my stash and i embossed with a Tim Holtz/ Sissix Paris embossing folder.

I used my favourite JoyCrafts die to frame the image.

Tag die was a freebie in a Mag', ribbon is from my stash, pearls are Dovecraft and numbers are from my TH dies.

Challenges

Crafty Cardmakers - Pearls and/or gems

Creatalicious Challenge - Anything goes

Cupcake Inspirations - CIC405

Cute Card Thursday - Anything goes

Deep Ocean - Anything goes

Let's Craft and Create - Make your own background

Paradise of Stamps - For Someone Special

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week#279-280

Simon Says - A Hint of Pink

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

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Favourite Stamp & Colours

SORRY!

It's been a while since i last posted but we are still decorating and it's taking longer than we thought it would.

I took a bit of timeout to make this card using my lovely Magnolia 'Dressed for Festivity Tilda'.

I have coloured with my Distress inks and markers.

I think it would make a lovely Mother's day card.

 Cardstock - Tim Holtz Distress Coredinations

DP is Pion Design i used a Tim Holtz embossing folder on the papers.

Dies 
 Magnolia doily, Fairytale Tag and Sakura branch and flowers dies.
 Helz Cuppleditch ticket die,
Go Kreate for the card shape and layering.
Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die,

Embellishments

Magnolia butterfly, paper straws, flowers and a handmade flower.

Pearls, Ribbons and lace.

White Gesso

And i think that's about everything, lol!

Challenges

All About Magnolia - Favourite colours

Crafty Calender - March Mum's day/special female

Deep Ocean - Flowers everywhere

Inky Chicks - Flowers

Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia - Anything goes

Magnolia Forever - Ribbon and lace

Magnolia-licious - Anything goes

Marvelous Magnolia - Ribbon and lace

Noor Design UK - Spring

Penny Black & More - Anything goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Weeks#273 - 274

Scrap and Craft - Celebrations 

Simon Mondays - Layer it up

Simon Wednesdays - Use more than one die or punch

That's Crafty! Challenge - Bling it up

The Ribbon Girls - March use any image

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

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Cute Cupid Shaker Card

Good evening! It's been a few days but here is a Valentine shaker card i made, all white apart from skin colour!

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics. Marianne Design lace rectangular die, Magnolia Flower dies.

Tim Holtz embossing folders, Cheery Lynn Design corner heat embossed with Stampenduous chunky white embossing powder. Floral lace, heart sequins and a rose.

I'm entering these challenges

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Hearts

Card and Scrap - Use flowers

7 Kids Challenge - Anything goes

Copic Marker Spain - Love and hearts

Copic Marker Norge - Anything goes

Creative Inspirations - Roses

Dies R Us - Hearts

DLART Thankful Thursday - February challenge

DLART Thankful Thursday - Valentine

Emerald Faeries - All you need is love

Fussy and Fancy - Things with wings

Kort O Mania - Some love

KreativeGefluster - Anything goes

Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off saturday

LH or SM - Love or hearts

MDUC - Bingo ( shaker, older stamp, white )

Magnolia Mania - Special cards

Natalie and Amy - All about the love

NSHK - To Woman

PanPastel UK - Love is in the air

Paper Creators Crafts - Love is in the air

Paradise of Stamps - Monochromatic

Penny Black & More - Anything goes except a digi

Scribble and Scrap - Always anything goes

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything goes

Simply Magnolia - Anything goes

Stamp and Create W/Magnolia - Hearts

Stamping Sensations - Anything goes 

Sweet Stampin' - Love

The Artistic Stamper - Love

The Ribbon Girls - Romance is in the air

TFMC - Tilda/Edwin with a background or text stamp

Totally Tilda - Valentines

We Do Doobadoo - Romance

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Tilda with Inez The Bunny

Good afternoon! My card today is not a Christmas card, lol! 

I've used my Magnolia 'Tilda with Inez The Bunny' rubber stamp coloured with Distress inks, love this image so cute. I embossed behind Tilda with one of my TH embossing folders.

Spellbinders Floral Frame die, Cheery Lynn Designs Lg Fanciful Flourish and Princess Tree dies.

Background DP is courtesy of Michele Roos as is the bow, front DP is Dovecraft which i've had in my stash for ages, gems from Michaels, flowers from my stash.

I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Pink

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Animals

MDUC - Spring Fling

Midweek Magnolias - Special 100th challenge & blog hop

Marvelous Magnolia - Add some black challenge

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Vintage Edwin

Hi Folks, wow! What a lovely day it is today, i even managed to repot some plants before i finished making my card. So here it is, todays card featuring my favourite Magnolia Edwin stamp 'Edwin with Derby Hat'.

I've done a couple of things for the first time and that is pleating paper to make a ruffle and inking up my embossing folders. Hope you like!

I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - A Touch of Kraft

A Little bit Crafty - Distress it

Bearly Mine Challenges - Autumnal Colours

7 Kids Challenge - Anything goes + optional dies

Crafting at the weekend - Anything goes

Crafting Musketeers - Use buttons

Crafty Sentiments Designs - Anything goes

CHNPP - September challenge

Deep Ocean - Something sweet

DLART Thankful Thursday - September Linky challenge

DMLC - Use Wood

Hannah and Friends - Special card shape

IMLC - Happy Bithday

Kort O Mania - Anything goes as long as it's bling

Ladybug Crafts - Anything goes

Little Claire's Challenge - Man card

Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday

Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes

MDUC - Favourite Magnolia stamp

Marianne Designs Kreadiva's - Anything goes with Marianne Designs

My Craft Creations - Anything goes

MMCS - Dies or punches

PTW - Anything goes

Paradise of Stamps - Anything goes

PPinkydolls Challenge - Anything goes

Pixie's Snippets - Week#140

Simon Says Monday - Boldly go into STAMPtember

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything goes

Simply Magnolia - Holiday/Travel

Sister Act - Anything goes

Stamp and Create W/Magnolia - Chevrons ( chevron button)

Stamp and Create - Circles or dots

Sweet Stampin' - Embossing

Sweet Stamps - Embossing

That's Crafty! Challenge - This is a man's world

The Artistic Stamper - Autumn colours

The Kraft Journal - Ruffles ( made mine out of Prima paper)

The Ribbon Girl - Magnolia only challenge (add a charm)

Mixed Media Card Challenge - Autumn Colours

We Do Doobadoo - Add textures

Word Art Wednesday - Anything goes

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Paris Summer Vacation

Hi everyone! Lovely sunny day today, looks like summer is trying to sneak back, lol!

Today's card features a gorgeous image from Crafts & Me called 'Michele and Jojo' which i've coloured with my Copics.

I used Acetate for the card base. Mat and layered Prima paper and Silver paper.

Embossed with Tim Holtz folders.

Diecut a Magnolia Lamp post and Memory Box Bicycle. Finished it all off with some ribbon, roses and a charm, twine and bling. Stamped word and postage mark are Basic Grey.

Diecut a Spellbinders die twice, layered and placed inside .

I'm entering these challenges

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Summer colours

Copic Marker Spain - Summer or Vacation

Copic Marker Europe - Big hair

Craft-Dee Bows - August challenge

CHPP - August challenge

Creative Craft Cottage - Challenge#26

Divas By Design - So charming

DLART Thankful Thursday - August linky challenge

Kort o Mania - Layer upon layer

Ladybug Crafts - Favourite colours

Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday

My Craft Creations - Anything goes

PanPastel UK - Bold and bright

Paper Creator's Crafts - Bows, blooms and bling

Papertake Weekly - To die for

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week#138

Simon Says Monday - Anything goes

Simon Says Wednesday - Summer

Webshop AnMaCreatief - Summer

YNS - Challenge Week#15

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GDT at Simply Magnolia

Hello everyone in blogland!

I'm super excited today as i was chosen to be a Guest Designer at Simply Magnolia, thank you Ladies! 

And the challenge is

BIRTHDAYS

Image - Magnolia's 'Rose Scent Tilda'

Medium - Memento ink and TH Distress inks

Tools - Magnolia Doohickey 'Sprawling Ferns', 'Vintage Tag', 'Tilda Ticket', 'Hellebores', 'Lacy Flower'

and Dragonfly dies.

Spellbinders Majestic Elements and Grand Nesties

Cheery Lynn 'Dutch Scallop Square' doily die

Tim Holtz Paris Embossing folders.

DPs Prima and Kaisercraft

CS Coredinations Whitewash

Bark Heart made into a button and Button Twine

Everything else is from my stash.

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I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Jenny's bingo (pink, flowers,pearls)

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Hearts/love

Cards Galore - Use a stamp or digi

7 Kids Challenge - Anything goes

Country View Challenges - Paper chase

Crafts And Me Challenge - Anything goes

Crafty Little Fairies - Song or Film title ( Pretty Woman )

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes with ribbon

CHPPC - March challenge

Cute Card Thursday - What a gem

Deep Ocean - Just for a girl

DLART Thankful Thursday - March linky challenge

Little Scrap Pieces - Show it off Saturday

Loves Rubberstamps - Anything goes

Natalie and Amy - Flowers

Pan Pastel UK - Use 3 textures ( pink mesh, bark heart, paint )

Papertake Weekly - Anything goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week115

Simon Says Wednesday - Tag it

Stamp and Create W/Magnolia - Birthday

Stamping Sensations - Pretty in pink

Sweet Stampin' - Inspired by song, film or book ( Pretty Woman )

That's Crafty - Anything goes

Tilda's Town - Add a technique (matting and layering, embossing)

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Garden Fairies

A card created using one of my new Crafts And Me rubber stamps, Tim Holtz Distress Inks and embossing folders, Spellbinders and Magnolia 'Sprawling Ferns' dies. Cosmic Shimmer embossing powder, ribbon, Melissa Frances lace and a handcoloured pin. The sentiment is a clear stamp from Mark's Finest Papers. I used chalks over the embossed background.

I'm entering these challenges

Cards and Scrap - Use a big bow

Card Mania - Angels and/or Fairies

Card and Scrap - Use Stamps

Craft-Dee Bows - Anything goes with a handmade bow

Craft-room - Ribbons and Lace

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes W/Ribbon

Craftyhands Challenge - Shades of the same colour

Deep Ocean - Fantasy

Divas By Design - Die Cuts

DLART Thankful Thursday - February Linky Challenge

DRS Designs - Feelin' Green

Feeling Crafty - Dies and/or Punches

Kort 'o' Mania - Lace and Ribbon

Lothian Crafts - Love using your dies

LRS - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

PanPastel UK - Anything Goes

PTW - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Wings, Fantasy and Fiction

The Artistic Stamper - Use Distress

The Crafting Cafe - Embossing (used both dry and heat)

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

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Valentine Tilda in Blue Jeans

Hello my friends, how are you all?

Today i have been working on a couple of projects and here is the first.

A Valentine's Day card using shades of blue.

Image - Tilda blowing hearts

Medium - Momento ink and Promarkers

Tools - Spellbinders dies, Go Kreate die and Cheery Lynn Fanciful Flourish die. Tim Holtz embossing folders.

CS - Coredinations. DP - Prima.

Heart Pearls - The Hobby House

Everything else is from my stash.

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I'm entering these challenges

Magnolia Mania - Hearts

Midweek Magnolias - Use the colour blue

Live and Love Crafts - Love and Lace

TheHobby House - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl Card Challenge - Hearts

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Love Grows

Hi all, i'm back with another card, for this one i have stamped one of my cute LOTV stamps called

Love Grows, sentiment is from the same stamp. I've mat and layered using Coredinations and DCWV cardstock and i embossed the base card with my new TH embossing folder. Added some pearls and twine from my stash.

I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Show us Some Love

CCCB - Love Story

Crafts And Me - Use a Heart

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Crafty Little Fairies - Lavender and Lace

Cute Card Thursday - Something New(embossing folder)

Kreatinkauf Challenge - Hearts

Divas By Design - Vintage With Lace

Hannah and Friends - Hearts

LOTV Challenge - Anything Goes

Loves Rubber Stamps - Lace

Natalie and Amy - Love is all around

PanPastel Colour Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Creators Crafts - Anything Goes

PTW - Sketchie Free For All ( Sketch#63 )

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes W/Twine or String

The Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

Vintage Stamping Challenge - Lavender and Lace

Whimsy Stamps Challenges - Something New (embossing folder)

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

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