Sleeping Baby Tilda

Today's card

I have sold all my Tilda stamps because I just don't like them any more apart from this one

I just can't part with it

I have coloured with promarkers and embellished with GD

the die cuts are from spellbinders and the hearts are MB

the doilies, lace, heart ribbon, button and pearls from stash

fimo pram and heart made by me

sentiments are computer generated and LOTV (circle)

Tilda with ribbon heart scarf

Another comissioned card

This is Tilda with ribbon heart scarf from Magnolia

I've coloured with promarkers and prisma pencils, the circle die is a Marianne die, the DP is from LOTV and daisy & dandelion, I added some jute, a blue organza ribbon and a blue poinsettia, the doily is from my stash, the santa postcard is from Pink gem designs, the daughter sentiment is from little claires, the tag and bottom right sentiment are from LOTV and the bottom left is computer generated, I finished off with a charm, some pearls and hearts.

Anything goes DT card - CH #80 - Stitching real or faux

It's a brand new challenge for you at Anything Goes

The Theme is Stitching Real or Faux

I have used real stitching on my card.

The image is a Magnolia stamp called catching stars from the Craft Den, I have coloured in with Faber castell polychromos pencils and blended with sansodor and embellished with GD, used some LOTV stamps for the border around the image and inked with some frayed burlap Tim Holtz ink.

The DP is from Dovecraft, I added a doily and some pearls and buttons from my stash.

The circle sentiment is from LOTV and the crochet flower is handmade by me.

My craft essentials and most of the items used on this card are from the Craft Den

Hope you can join us

Gaynor x

New Baby

This is a card I was asked to make for friends at work who have just had a baby girl Florence

I have used a magnolia stamp called Sleeping baby tilda, she is coloured in with Promarkers and embellished with GD, I used my cheery lynn Swedish spring oval frame and mounted tilda to this to give a 3d effect. The DP's are from LOTV, forever friends and Nana's nursery, the gorgeous border is also a cheery lynn die,  added some ribbon on top, the top left and bottom sentiments are from Pink Petticoat and the main top one is computer generated, I finished off with flowers from wild orchid crafts, feathers, flowers, buttons, charms and pearls.

I am entering my card into the following challenge

Crafting for all seasons challenge #36 - things with wings

Inky impressions challenge for a child

Fab 'n' funky challenge 139 - things with wings

Divas by design challenge 53 - lovely layers

Design Team card - Anything goes - Early Christmas

We have a new challenge for you at Anything Goes

the theme is Early Christmas

so a great way to get started on your crimbo cards.

I have decided to use a stamp I bought recently from Magnolia called Edwin on Christmas eve, he is coloured in with promarkers and sakura glaze pen, I added some twinklets and silver flowersoft and some fun flock, he is cut out with spellbinders die and matted to some red mirror card. The DP is from Dovecraft, I added a Kraft star border using my MS punch, the wooden shapes are from the craft den and I added card candi to the centres, the snowflake is from my stash, the words are from a papermania pad called mistletoe kisses and the circle sentiment is from LOTV.

I get my craft essentials from the craft den why not take a look here.

Anything Goes DT card - CH #74 - Make your own backgrounds

It's challenge time again at Anything goes

The theme this time is make your own backgrounds

I decided to make a Baby card using a Magnolia stamp called Tilda in Bunny slippers, I have coloured her in with Promarkers and added some GD, used my x-cut dies to cut her out then hand stitched around the edge and added the pearl and button. My background was created using a catslife press alphabet stamp, stamped onto whit CS and matted to some pink CS, The border was created with a MS star punch, I added some heart organza ribbon tied in a bow, a doily, the crochet flower is hand made by me as is the pins, I added some mulberry flowers and pearls. The top left sentiment is also catslife press, the bottom left is from Pink petticoat and the bottom right is from my stash.

I do hope you can join us and don't forget you can get all your craft essentials from the lovely Lynne at the Craft Den

I am entering my card in to the following challenge

Creative Mondays ch 14 - Kids

MIM CH#103

The crazy challenge #127 - Anything goes

the craft room challenge - pins/or /and charms - i've used pins 

Anything Goes DT Card - CH #73 - Summer Days

Welcome back to another challenge at Anything Goes

The theme is Summer days 

For my card I have used a Magnolia stamp, she is coloured in with faber castell pencils and blended with sansodor, die cut with nellie and x - cut dies, I added a border with my EK success punch, some lace and blue gingham ribbon, the DP is from me to you I also used some gorgeous blue floral card recycled from an old card. The sentiments are from Cats life press (top) and LOTV (bottom). I finished off with one of my hand made crochet flowers and added a button to the centre, some pearls and the top left sentiment is computer generated.

I get my craft essentials from the Craft Den

Hope you can join us

Gaynor xx

CYDA - DT card - CH#50 - Shades of Grey plus one other colour

We have got a brand new challenge for you at CYDA

the theme set by the lovely Jacqui is

Shades of grey plus one other colour.

We are sponsored by The pretty little ribbon shop

For my card I have gone with grey and blue, I have used a Magnolia stamp called Tilda with snow heart, she is coloured in with promarkers and I then die cut her with a spellbinders die floral ovals, I then added the GD, fun flock and some blue gems, the DP is from forever friends, I matted to some silver mirror card and hand stitched around the edge. I added some lace, organza ribbon and an organza bow with a heart charm attached, the sentiments are form my stash, the butterfly is from Cheery Lynn, I finished off with some pearls.

Hope you can join us x

Anything Goes DT card - CH71 - relax with lavender & lace

It's Tuesday and that means we have another challenge for you at Anything Goes

The theme is relax with Lavender & lace 

For my card I have used one of the new Magnolia stamps from the Prince & princesses 2012 collection called Tilda with Ballet shoes. I have fallen in love with this stamp, she is gorgeous and I can see me using her often. I have coloured using Promarkers and embellished with GD and cut out with a nellie oval die, inked around the edge and then stamped the border using another Magnolia stamp from the sweet love collection. The DP is from Papermania, I have added a doily heart border using my MS Punch, added the lace and some lavender organza ribbon tied in a bow. The bottom of the card has been punched with a doily MS punch. I finished off with some flowers, sentiments, pearls and pearl trim, a hand made pin and punched out leaves.

Most of the items I use are from the craft den, why not take a look.

MMCS - DT card CH63 - Use your favourite stamp ever

We are on to challenge 63 at My Mum's craft shop

The theme is use your favourite stamp ever

This was difficult for me as I have a few favourites but this one is top of the list.

We are sponsored by MMCS

The stamp I have used is a Stamping Bella called Ava loves to celebrate, I absolutely love this range of stamps. I have coloured in with prisma pencils blended with sansodor, I used a whimsy stamp for the bottom and then hand stitched around the edge, The DP's are from DCWV. I added some ribbon, pearls and flowers

 I do hope you can join us

Gaynor x

Anything goes DT card - CH70 - Polka dots with a Birthday theme

Our challenge this time at Anything goes is Polka dots with a Birthday theme

For my card I have used a Magnolia stamp called Baby Tilda , she is coloured with Promarkers and some GD was added. I cut her out with a Sizzix oval die and a oval scallop die. The DP is from Dovecraft, I used a MS zigzag punch for the border, a doily and some spot ribbon. The yoyo I made myself using a template and some gorgeous pink spot fabric, the sentiments are from Pink petticoat and the number one is a die cut from die-namics, finished off with some pearls and swirls and a photo corner.

Hope you can join us

Why not take a look at the craft Den for your crafting essentials

Anything Goes DT Card - Flutterby Butterfly - things with wings

We are on to challenge #66 at Anything Goes

The theme is Flutterby Butterfly - things with wings

For my card I have created a scene using 3 different stamps, the gorjuss girl is called Bumblebee and a magnolia stamp called shabby chic fence, these are coloured with promarkers and faber castell pencils blended with sansodor and some tim holtz distress ink for the sky, I then used a hobbycraft stamp for the butterflies and added some GD and some MS punched out butterflies as well. The DP is from Forever friends, I added a fence border also MS, some glitzy ribbon and finished off with some pearls and the sentiments are from Pink Petticoat.

Most of my supplies are from the craft Den

Magnolia Wedding card

I have had this Bride couple stamp for a while but wanted a few background stamps to go with it and that's why I haven't used it yet.

The stamps are called Church Window and Loving Bridal couple. I have coloured with a mixture of promarkers for the skin and he outfits and prisma's for the hair and shading and then I cut the image out because I dropped a pen on it and couldn't get it to work so had to cut it out. I also added some GD. That gorgeous pop out butterfly border is my ne MS punch bought today in the sale, I LOVE it, I have added some pearls to the center of the butterflies. The DP is from the paper cellar and I added a doily. Finished off with a pink ribbon and flower, some more pearls and the sentiments are from my stash (top) and LOTV (bottom).

LOTV - Football Crazy

This is a card for my friend Sue it's for her Grandson Todd.

He love footie so I decided to use a new stamp I bought last week from LOTV called Football crazy and I then masked him and used a stamp from Magnolia called Goal Background, I have coloured with a mixture of promarkers and prisma pencils blended with sansodor. I have used football BP from Cuddly buddly, a football embossing folder from maddy lisa crafts and the word stamp I got from sirstampalot in the sale, the ticket is from LOTV and the 6 today is from Ladybug crafts ink, i have matted this to my new memory box die. I finished off with some card candi and the bottom sentiment is computer generated.

This card fits the following challenge

Charisma cardz challenge #8 - masking technique (plus optional use 3 stamps) - I've used 5

Creative craft challenges 2 - boys will be boys

Cupcake craft challenge 181 - Boys & their toys

CYDA CH 36 ~ New Beginnings

Happy New year to everyone, hope you all had a fab Christmas and got what you were wishing for.

It's a brand new challenge at CYDA and we want to see new beginnings

For my card I have used a sweet Magnolia Tilda stamp called Sleeping Baby Tilda, she is coloured with Promarkers and embellished with GD then cut out with a nellie die, then I matted to a scallop circle  and then a doily. The DP is from Dovecraft, I added a heart border with my MS punch, added some pink frill ribbon and some tulle. The circle sentiment and the star sentiment are from Hobby Paleis, the rest are computer generated, I finished off with some pearls and a puffy heart.

Please visit the rest of the DT for some fab Inspiration and leave them some love

thanks Gaynor :)

DT card ~ Anything goes challenge #53 ~ Stitching real or faux

This fortnights challenge at Anything goes is stitching, real or faux you choose.

I have used a Magnolia stamp called sleeping baby, she is coloured with promarkers and embellished with GD and I stamped a floral pattern around the image and distressed it a bit with tim holtx ink, I stitched around the DP and around the image, added a white scallop border and some cream ribbon, matted the image to a scallop circle and then matted to a doily, added some pearls, the sentiments are from my stash , I finished off with some more pearls and a gorgeous puffy heart.

Anything goes challenge # 50 ~ Anything goes

It's challenge time again at the craft den anything goes challenge blog, this week is Anything goes so easy peasy

I have gone for a Magnolia stamp,  I have masked them and then stamped a winter scene with an Alota stamp. I have coloured with prisma pencils and sansodor, promarkers for the faces, some GD and fun flock, matted to some red gingham CS, the DP's are Dovecraft. I have added a red gingham ribbon, die cut a snowflake with foam using a spellbinders die and covered it in twinklets then added a brad to the centre. The top circle sentiment is from papermania and the bottom one is from Bethany's elegant word art, I finished off with some red dew drops

Please visit the rest of the design team for lots of Inspiration and leave them some love

Gaynor :)