And The Bees

And here is my Valentine's using my other new stamp from C.C.Designs called 'The Bees' and coloured with Copics, TH Distress ink and Dovecraft chalks.

For my card featuring 'The Birds' stamp please scroll down to my earlier post

I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Show us some love

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Hearts/Love

Card Mania - Love is all around

Card and Scrap - Use Stamps

CCCB - Love Bug

CCC - KISS

CLF - Love

CCT - Lots of Love

Deep Ocean - Love is all around

Hannah and Friends - Hearts

Inky Chicks - Cute animal stamp

MCC - Anything Goes

PTW - With a Heart

Simon Monday - We Love Stamps

Simon Wednesday - Have a Heart

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

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The Birds.....

Good morning! I would like to share a Valentine's card using one of my new C.C.Designs rubber stamps called 'The Birds' and coloured with Copics. I used my TH embossing folder and distressed the edges with TH Distress ink 'Spun Sugar', Magnolia sentiment stamp and pink string from Live and Love Crafts.

I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Show us some love

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Hearts/Love

Card Mania - Love is all around

Card and Scrap - Use Stamps

Cas-ual Fridays - CFC127

CME - Valentine

CLF - Love

CCC - KISS

CCT - Lots of Love

Deep Ocean - Love is all around

Hannah and Friends - Hearts

Inky Chicks - Cute animal stamp

MCC - Anything Goes

PTW - With a Heart

Pin and Tack - Hearts

Simon Monday - We Love Stamps

Simon Wednesday - Have a Heart

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Sentiment as main focus

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Melinda Blowing Hearts

Hi all, i have a Valentine's card to share with you using Melinda Blowing Hearts rubber stamp  from the very talented 'Elizabeth Bell'. I've mat and layered with Coredinations CS, Dovecraft DP and Spellbinders Majestic Elements. Punched a border using my MS Punch and added some beautiful ribbon from Crafty Ribbons. Sentiment stamps are from DRS Designs and Crafter's Companion, everything else is from my stash.

I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Show us some love

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Hearts/Love

Card Mania Challenge - Love is all around

Card and Scrap - Use Stamps

Crafty Little Fairies - Love

Crafty Ribbons - Anything goes w/ribbon

CHPP - February Challenge

CCT - Lots of Love

DLART Thankful Thursday - February Linky Challenge

Elphine House - Lots of layers

Fussy and Fancy - Be My Valentine

Graph It Challenge - Lovey Dovey

Hannah and Friends - Hearts

Lothian Crafts - Love using your dies

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

OBAG - Valentine (old stamp and diecut heart)

OCSC - February Anything Goes

PanPastel UK - Anything Goes

PTW - Anything Goes

Pin and Tack - Hearts

Simon Says Monday - We Love Stamps

Simon Says Wednesday - Have a Heart

Stamp and Create - Love is in the air

Stamping Sensations - Wings, Fantasy and Fiction

The Ribbon Reel - Be My Valentine

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

Whiff of Joy - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Wordplay Saturday - Swirls

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Altered Syrup Tin & Magnolia Doo Hickeys

Good morning blog friends!

I have altered a Golden Syrup tin and changed it into a shabby chic gift tin.

 Started with a tin and painted the edges with Acrylic paint.

Adhered some Dovecraft 'Teaparty' paper part of i cut and distressed.

Added some Melissa Frances lace at the top and a Magnolia Doohickey 'Swedish Lace' edge diecut.

Diecut some Magnolia 'Hellebores' in Coredinations CS and Melissa Frances DP and stuck some pearls from my stash in the centres.

 On the lid i added some flower sprays from Live and Love Crafts, roses from 'The Hobby House',

Ribbon and bead string from Crafty Ribbons, Magnolia Doohickey Flower diecuts, pearls and some swirly paper strips. A Magnolia Doohickey 'So Lovely Heart Tag' die which i stamped with a sentiment.
Roses from 'The Hobby House'.

 I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Show us some love

Bearly Mine Challenge - Vintage Romance

Craft-room Challenge - Ribbon and Lace

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes W/Ribbon

CHPP - February Challenge

CCT - Lots of Love

DLART Thankful Thursday - February Linky Challenge

Fussy and Fancy - Be My Valentine

Kort 'o' Mania - Lace and Ribbons

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday Linky

Lothian Crafts - Love using your dies

MDUC - Doo Hickey Dies Only

Magnolia Mania - Hearts

Mervi' Candy and Challenge - Anything goes/friendship

MCC - Anything Goes

PTW - Anything Goes

Pin and Tack - Hearts

RRR#88 - Anything but a card with ribbon

Simon Says Monday - Love Notes

Simon Says Wednesday - Have a Heart

Sweet Stampin' - Sentiments Only

The Artistic Stamper - Use Distress

The Hobby House - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Reel - Be My Valentine

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

The Shabby Tea Room - All that glitters in love

Totally Gorjuss - Sentiment as main focus

Wags 'n' Whiskers - Bingo (pink, diecuts, glitter)

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - No Stamping Allowed

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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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Happy Birthday, Happy Birthday......

Do you remember that song by Claire Grogan and Altered Images, it was one of my faves!

Here's an easel card i made using a LOTV stamp and lots of Marianne Design dies.

 Image - Pom Pom from LOTV

Medium - Distress Markers and Graph It Markers

DPs - Dovecraft' 'Tea Party' and 'Fairytale'

Embellishments - Card Candi, ribbon and pearls all from my stash.

 Tools - Marianne Design dies 'Flower dies', 'Petra's Bridge' and 'Rectangle'

Birthday sentiment - From my stash

I'm entering these challenges

Cards and Scrap - Use a Big Bow

Card Mania - Angels and/or Fairies

Card and Scrap - Use Stamps

CHPP - February patterned paper

Crafty Ribbons - Anything Goes W/Ribbon

Deep Ocean - Fantasy

Divas By Design - Die Cuts

Feeling Crafty - Dies and/or Punches

Lothian Crafts - Love using your dies

LOTV Challenge - Name That Tune ( Happy Birthday by Altered Images)

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Marianne Design Divas - Pretty in Pink

My Craft Creations - Anything Goes

OCSC - February Anything Goes

PTW - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Wings, Fantasy and Fiction

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

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One Man & His Dog

Good evening everyone!

Here's a little something that i don't make many of, male cards!

I've stamped my LOTV 'In The Country' stamp with Sepia Archival Ink and coloured with my Distress Inks.

I cut a wavy edge around the image and mat and layered onto some DCWV Cardstock, used a Spellbinders to diecut a piece of Coredinations cardstock and a cream card blank which i stamped with my DRS Designs spot stamp. Finished it off with some string and a heart charm.

I'm entering these challenges

Card and Scrap - Use Stamps

Crafty Cardmakers - This is a Man's World

Craftyhands Challenge - Shades of the same colour

Hannah and Friends - Hearts

Lothian Crafts - Love using your dies

LOTV Challenge - Name That Tune (In The Country by Cliff Richard)

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

MMCS - Spots and Stripes

OCSC - February Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Simon Monday - Love Notes

Simon Wednesday - Anything Goes With Twine or String

The Ribbon Girl - Hearts

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

Without Words - Working 9-5 ( Farmer )

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Happy Valentine's Day Tilda Hanger

Good morning everyone!

Today's creation is a cute Valentine's hanger using Dovecraft DP, Magnolia 'Tilda With Heartsock' coloured with Copics and mata and layerd onto Spellbinders 'Majestic Elements dies. Cardstock is Coredinations, Melissa Frances lace, Prima flower, Poppy and string from Live and Love Crafts and Stickles glitter.

Everything else is from my stash.

I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Show us Some Love

Card and Scrap - Use Stamps

Copic Marker Europe - Valentine

Craft-room Challenge - Ribbons and Lace

Craftyhands Challenge - Shades of the same colour

Cute Card Thursday - Something Ne (dies)

Feeling Crafty - Dies and/or Punches

Hannah and Friends - Hearts

Kort'o'mania - Laces and Ribbons

Lothian Crafts - Love using your dies

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Magnolia Mania - Hearts

Oldie but a Goodie - Valentine (old stamp, and ribbon)

OCSC - February Anything Goes

PanPastel Challenge - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Penny Black and More - Make it Sparkle

Pin and Tack - Hearts

Simon Says Monday - Love Notes

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything Goes with Twine or String

Stamp and Create W/Magnolia - Add Some Red

Stamp and Create - Love is in The Air

Sweet Stampin' - Love/Valentines

The Ribbon Reel - Valentines/Love Plus Ribbons

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

The Shabby Tea Room - All That Glitters in Love

Tilda's Town - Be Mine

TFMC - Be My Valentine

Totally Tilda - Pink and Red for Valentines

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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Tilda on a Tile and GDT at Country View Challenges

Hi everyone, i've been busting to tell you all about my GDT spot at Country View Challenges 

and the challenge is

Paintly Pleasures

For my DT creation i started with an ugly old tile and punched 2 holes at the top.

Then i painted it and added some Dovecraft paper, lots of dies and a cute Tilda.

Image - 'Tilda in Vintage Clothing'

Medium - Memento ink and TH Distress inks

Coredinations Cardstock

Pearl string 

Paint

 Spellbinders Magestic Elements Radiant Rectangles

Ribbon bow  from my stash

 Marianne Design  Anja's Vintage Ornaments

Marianne Design Craftables Zipper which i've added faux stitching to.

Heart Eyelets from local craft store

Dovecraft paper and Melissa Frances designer paper and printed frame

Marianne Design Ribbon, Flowers are from WOC
Pale pink rose - The Hobby House

And this is the ugly tile that i altered!

I'm entering these challenges

A Creative Romance - Show us Some Love

BM Challenge - Vintage Romance

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Stitching

Card and Scrap - Use Stamps

Craft-Dee Bows Challenge - Anything goes with a handmade bow

Craft-room Challenge - Age of Aquarius (watercoloured image)

Crafts And Me - Use a Heart

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Craftyhands - Shades of same colour

Crafty Hazelnut Patterned Paper - Always Anything Goes W/Patterned Paper

Cute Card Thursday - Something New ( dies )

Hannah and Friends - Hearts

Little Scrap Pieces - Fun Friday

Lothian Crafts - Love using your dies

Magnolia-licious Challenge - Anything Goes

Magnolia Mania - Hearts

Marianne Design Divas - Pretty in Pink

MMCS - Spots and Stripes (either one or both)

Natalie and Amy - Love is all Around

Oldie but a Goodie - Recycle

OCSC - February Anything Goes

RRR - Anything But a Card and Ribbon

Simon Says Wednesday - Anything goes with twine or string

SFTW - Anything but a Card

Sweet Stampin' Challenge - Love/Valentines

The Artistic Stamper - Use Distress

The Hobby House - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes

The Rubber Buggy - Anything Goes

Tilda's Town - Be Mine

TFMC - Be My Valentine

TokBobok - Hearts

Webshop AnMaCreatief - Use 3 of something (3 papers)

Whimsy Stamps Challenge - Something New (dies and embossing folders)

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

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