Birthday Wishes card

Good morning everyone,

First I would like to thank the MDUC  Designer Team for picking my card, as I made the TOP 5 for Challenge # 94. Thanks so much ladies, it really feels great!

Now, for today I want to show you the new card I made for MDUC #96 - Your Favourite Things. I hope you like it.

You can see more details here:

Birthday Wishes - slideshow maker

The card measures 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 inchies.

* Stamps - Magnolia - Tilda in spring rain from the Chasing Butterflies Chasing Butterflies collection - stamped with StazOn Jet Black ink on extra smooth watercolour paper 140lb
* Inks - Distress inks
              Skin : Tettered rose, vintage photo, spun sugar and victorian velvet
              Hair : scattered straw, vintage photo and walnut stain
              Umbrella : tattered rose, vintage photo and walnut stain
              Clothes : spun sugar, victorian velvet, vintage photo and black soot
              Boots : walnut stain
* Papers -  October Afternoon and Core'dination cardstock
* Tools - Magnolia dies - Tilda's lace, heart punches, sewing machine, paper crimper
* Embelishments - Paper flowers from Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts, metal corner painted by me, metal charm, cotton fibre additive ( sent from Finland by my new and very dear friend Minna, a wonderful talented artist. Please take a moment and visit her FABULOUS blog) , distress crackle paint, sisal fibre painted with Glimmer Mist, cheesecloth painted to match, Tim Holtz film strip ribbon, vintage button and self adhesive pearls

Thanks so much for your visit and lovely comments!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Lots of love, xoxo

Good morning everyone,

First I would like to thank the MDUC  Designer Team for picking my card, as I made the TOP 5 for Challenge # 94. Thanks so much ladies, it really feels great!

Now, for today I want to show you the new card I made for MDUC #96 - Your Favourite Things. I hope you like it.

You can see more details here:

Birthday Wishes - slideshow maker

The card measures 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 inchies.

* Stamps - Magnolia - Tilda in spring rain from the Chasing Butterflies Chasing Butterflies collection - stamped with StazOn Jet Black ink on extra smooth watercolour paper 140lb
* Inks - Distress inks
              Skin : Tettered rose, vintage photo, spun sugar and victorian velvet
              Hair : scattered straw, vintage photo and walnut stain
              Umbrella : tattered rose, vintage photo and walnut stain
              Clothes : spun sugar, victorian velvet, vintage photo and black soot
              Boots : walnut stain
* Papers -  October Afternoon and Core'dination cardstock
* Tools - Magnolia dies - Tilda's lace, heart punches, sewing machine, paper crimper
* Embelishments - Paper flowers from Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts, metal corner painted by me, metal charm, cotton fibre additive ( sent from Finland by my new and very dear friend Minna, a wonderful talented artist. Please take a moment and visit her FABULOUS blog) , distress crackle paint, sisal fibre painted with Glimmer Mist, cheesecloth painted to match, Tim Holtz film strip ribbon, vintage button and self adhesive pearls

Thanks so much for your visit and lovely comments!

Have a wonderful weekend,

Lots of love, xoxo

Sweet little angel card and matching box

Hello dear friends,

Hope everyone is well, enjoying the spring, although here we went back to the usual rain. But it was badly needed in fields and gardens and hopefully it's only for few days.

So, I was happily crafting indoors.
Today I choose to submit my card for three chalanges:
* Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar Challenge - Weeh 104 Buttons, Bows & Bling
* Magnolia Down Under Challenges #94 - Lace and Ribbons
* Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge Blog - Flowers

Here is what I came up with, hope you like the result.

For more details, please watch the slideshow:

it's a boy - free slideshow

As you can see I also made a matching box.
The card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inchies and fits perfectly in it's box.

* Stamps - Magnolia - Sleeping Baby Tilda, stamped with StazOn Ink Jet Black on  extra smooth watercolour paper 140 lb
* Ink - Distress Inks
            Skin: Tattered rose and Sugar spun
            Clothes: Stormy sky, Fadded jeans and Vintage photo
            Wings: Stormy sky and SU dazzling diamonds glitter
* Papers - Papermania, Papirdesign, SEI and Crafters Companions white cardstock
* Tools - Spellbinders Nestabilities, Marianne Designs creatables, Martha Stewart punch, sewing machine, Tim Holtz distress tool
* Embelishments - WOC paper flowers,Prima lace, polka dot ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, scrapers' floss, vintage button, dew drops, self adhesive pearls and metal charm
* Other materials - Cheese cloth, Golden- Matte Medium, Gesso and Modeling Paste.

Thanks for taking time to visit my blog!

Have a lovely evening,
Lots of love, xoxo

Hello dear friends,

Hope everyone is well, enjoying the spring, although here we went back to the usual rain. But it was badly needed in fields and gardens and hopefully it's only for few days.

So, I was happily crafting indoors.
Today I choose to submit my card for three chalanges:
* Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar Challenge - Weeh 104 Buttons, Bows & Bling
* Magnolia Down Under Challenges #94 - Lace and Ribbons
* Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge Blog - Flowers

Here is what I came up with, hope you like the result.

For more details, please watch the slideshow:

it's a boy - free slideshow

As you can see I also made a matching box.
The card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inchies and fits perfectly in it's box.

* Stamps - Magnolia - Sleeping Baby Tilda, stamped with StazOn Ink Jet Black on  extra smooth watercolour paper 140 lb
* Ink - Distress Inks
            Skin: Tattered rose and Sugar spun
            Clothes: Stormy sky, Fadded jeans and Vintage photo
            Wings: Stormy sky and SU dazzling diamonds glitter
* Papers - Papermania, Papirdesign, SEI and Crafters Companions white cardstock
* Tools - Spellbinders Nestabilities, Marianne Designs creatables, Martha Stewart punch, sewing machine, Tim Holtz distress tool
* Embelishments - WOC paper flowers,Prima lace, polka dot ribbon from The Ribbon Girl, scrapers' floss, vintage button, dew drops, self adhesive pearls and metal charm
* Other materials - Cheese cloth, Golden- Matte Medium, Gesso and Modeling Paste.

Thanks for taking time to visit my blog!

Have a lovely evening,
Lots of love, xoxo

SHABBY-CHIC VINTAGE WITH A HINT OF MIXED MEDIA

Hi everyone,


How crazy sounds that, but I really don't have any better idea how to call this card??? LOL 
OK, so here I am with a card I made for the Just Magnolia and hAnglar and sTanglar Chellenge - Week 103 - A sketch.

And here is what I came up with, hope you'll like it.

Some more details here:

Shabby-chic - flash slideshow maker

The card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inchies when closed.

* Stamps - Magnolia - Tilda with balloon from the You Are So Special collection and Tina Higgins - Hydrangea. The text is from  Personal Impressions - Double Sayings set
* Ink - StazOn Jet Black and Distressed Inks.
            Skin : Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo and Spun Sugar
            Dress: Tattered Rose, Waknut Stain
            Hair: Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo
            Hair bend and balloon : Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet
            Shoes: Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain
* Papers - Basic Grey and Papermania, Crafters Companion white cardstock and  extra smooth watercolour paper 140 lb
* Tools - Spellbinders Nestabilities, sewing machine
* Embelishments - Wild Orchid Crafts paper flowers and pearl spray, polka dot ribbon from The Ribbon Girls, vintage button, Prima lace, self adhesive pearls, SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter
* Other - Cheese cloth and Golden Matte Medium

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a wonderful evening,

Lots of love, xoxo

Hi everyone,


How crazy sounds that, but I really don't have any better idea how to call this card??? LOL 
OK, so here I am with a card I made for the Just Magnolia and hAnglar and sTanglar Chellenge - Week 103 - A sketch.

And here is what I came up with, hope you'll like it.

Some more details here:

Shabby-chic - flash slideshow maker

The card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inchies when closed.

* Stamps - Magnolia - Tilda with balloon from the You Are So Special collection and Tina Higgins - Hydrangea. The text is from  Personal Impressions - Double Sayings set
* Ink - StazOn Jet Black and Distressed Inks.
            Skin : Tattered Rose, Vintage Photo and Spun Sugar
            Dress: Tattered Rose, Waknut Stain
            Hair: Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo
            Hair bend and balloon : Spun Sugar, Victorian Velvet
            Shoes: Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain
* Papers - Basic Grey and Papermania, Crafters Companion white cardstock and  extra smooth watercolour paper 140 lb
* Tools - Spellbinders Nestabilities, sewing machine
* Embelishments - Wild Orchid Crafts paper flowers and pearl spray, polka dot ribbon from The Ribbon Girls, vintage button, Prima lace, self adhesive pearls, SU Dazzling Diamonds glitter
* Other - Cheese cloth and Golden Matte Medium

Thanks for stopping by!
Have a wonderful evening,

Lots of love, xoxo

Tea box

Hi,

It's me again! Hope everyone is well and having a lovely Easter!

This time I made a tea box using a lovely hAnglar and sTanglar stamp from the Sitting Butterflies duo kit. Isn't she absolutely adorable?

Here you can see more details:

The image is stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers:
Skin : Eoo, 11, 50 and R20
Hair: Y11, E25, 31
Wings: G000, BG11
Dress: Y11, 15, 17
Trousers and hat: YG00, 23
Shoes: E31, 47, 79
Other materials used:
* Papers - Basic Grey digital paper
* Tools - Martha Stewart punch, Nellie Snellen dies, Marianne designs creabilitibes, Spellbinders nestabilities
* Embelishments - Wild Orchid Crafts paper flowers, satin ribbon, SU dazzling diamonds glitter

Thanks for taking time to visit my blog!

Have a wonderful evening,
Lots of love, xoxo

Hi,

It's me again! Hope everyone is well and having a lovely Easter!

This time I made a tea box using a lovely hAnglar and sTanglar stamp from the Sitting Butterflies duo kit. Isn't she absolutely adorable?

Here you can see more details:

The image is stamped with Memento ink and colored with Copic markers:
Skin : Eoo, 11, 50 and R20
Hair: Y11, E25, 31
Wings: G000, BG11
Dress: Y11, 15, 17
Trousers and hat: YG00, 23
Shoes: E31, 47, 79
Other materials used:
* Papers - Basic Grey digital paper
* Tools - Martha Stewart punch, Nellie Snellen dies, Marianne designs creabilitibes, Spellbinders nestabilities
* Embelishments - Wild Orchid Crafts paper flowers, satin ribbon, SU dazzling diamonds glitter

Thanks for taking time to visit my blog!

Have a wonderful evening,
Lots of love, xoxo

Happy Easter

Hi everyone,

Wishing you all a wonderful, blessed and very Happy Easter!

Thanks for taking time to visit my blog!

Lots of love, xoxo

Hi everyone,

Wishing you all a wonderful, blessed and very Happy Easter!

Thanks for taking time to visit my blog!

Lots of love, xoxo

Birthday treats

Hi everyone,

Here, in Ireland, in the Midlands where I live, the spring has finally sprung and with all the lovely sunshine and the Easter preparations I'm running a bit out of time so, today will be  just a quick post to share with you my new creation.

A while ago I found over the internet a tutorial for a basket ( sorry I can't remember the blog's name!) and i was dying to try it. Even if it's looking a bit complicated, it's surprisingly easy and fun to make. Hope you like the result.
I would like to enter this in the Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar Challenge - week 102 Happy Birthday.

More details here:

* Stamps - hAnglar & sTanglar
* Ink - Memento and distress ink - vintage photo
* Coloring - Copic markers
                     Skin: E00, 11, 50 and R20
                     Clothes: E 31, 47, 50, 95, YR61, 82 and YG11, 13, 21
                     Hair: Y11, E31, 47
                     Shoes: E31, 47, 50
                     Wings: G000 and BG11.
* Papers -  Basic Grey digital paper
* Tools - Martha Stewart punches, Nellie Snellen dies and Spellbinder Nestabilities.
* Embelishments - SU dazzling diamonds glitter, brads, polka dot ribbon from the Ribbon Girls

Thanks for stopping by and for all the wonderful comments!

Lots of love, xoxo

Hi everyone,

Here, in Ireland, in the Midlands where I live, the spring has finally sprung and with all the lovely sunshine and the Easter preparations I'm running a bit out of time so, today will be  just a quick post to share with you my new creation.

A while ago I found over the internet a tutorial for a basket ( sorry I can't remember the blog's name!) and i was dying to try it. Even if it's looking a bit complicated, it's surprisingly easy and fun to make. Hope you like the result.
I would like to enter this in the Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar Challenge - week 102 Happy Birthday.

More details here:

* Stamps - hAnglar & sTanglar
* Ink - Memento and distress ink - vintage photo
* Coloring - Copic markers
                     Skin: E00, 11, 50 and R20
                     Clothes: E 31, 47, 50, 95, YR61, 82 and YG11, 13, 21
                     Hair: Y11, E31, 47
                     Shoes: E31, 47, 50
                     Wings: G000 and BG11.
* Papers -  Basic Grey digital paper
* Tools - Martha Stewart punches, Nellie Snellen dies and Spellbinder Nestabilities.
* Embelishments - SU dazzling diamonds glitter, brads, polka dot ribbon from the Ribbon Girls

Thanks for stopping by and for all the wonderful comments!

Lots of love, xoxo

Gate fold card

Hi,

Hope everyone is well and having a wonderful, sunny weekend!

First, I would like to share with you some good news, as my card was selected in the TOP 3 for the Challenge 91 at LOTV!!! :))) Yippee!! You can't see me, but I have a big smile all over my face! I really can't tell you how happy I am!

The new card is a gate fold card, very easy and fun to make and is my entry for the Challenge 92 - Happy Birthday at LOTV. Hope you'll like it!

Some more details here:

The card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inchies ( 14 x 14 cm) when closed.
* Stamps - Lili of the valley - Birthday Fairy
* Ink - Memento and distress ink- vintage photo
* Coloring - Copic markers
                     Skin: E00, 11, 50, R20
                     Wings: B00, 12
                     Dress: R00, 11, 20, YR 61,65
                     Hair: Y11, 12, E31
                     Shoes: E25, 33, 47, 53
* Papers - October Afternoon
* Tools - Nellie Snellen dies, Martha Stewart doily lace punch, sewing machine
* Embelishments - Wild Orchid Crafts pearls spray and flowers, Prima roses, self adhesive pearls and  glitter

Thank you for taking time to visit my blog!

Lots of love, xoxo

Hi,

Hope everyone is well and having a wonderful, sunny weekend!

First, I would like to share with you some good news, as my card was selected in the TOP 3 for the Challenge 91 at LOTV!!! :))) Yippee!! You can't see me, but I have a big smile all over my face! I really can't tell you how happy I am!

The new card is a gate fold card, very easy and fun to make and is my entry for the Challenge 92 - Happy Birthday at LOTV. Hope you'll like it!

Some more details here:

The card measures 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inchies ( 14 x 14 cm) when closed.
* Stamps - Lili of the valley - Birthday Fairy
* Ink - Memento and distress ink- vintage photo
* Coloring - Copic markers
                     Skin: E00, 11, 50, R20
                     Wings: B00, 12
                     Dress: R00, 11, 20, YR 61,65
                     Hair: Y11, 12, E31
                     Shoes: E25, 33, 47, 53
* Papers - October Afternoon
* Tools - Nellie Snellen dies, Martha Stewart doily lace punch, sewing machine
* Embelishments - Wild Orchid Crafts pearls spray and flowers, Prima roses, self adhesive pearls and  glitter

Thank you for taking time to visit my blog!

Lots of love, xoxo

Best Friends

Hi,

Today a  pocket card I made for the Lili of the valley challenge 91- Peach and Green.
Here is my entry, hope you'll like it.

Here you can see more details:

The card measures 6 x 6 inchies ( 15 x 15 cm).
* Stamps - Lili of the valley - Coffee Break and A Friendship Recipe
* Papers - Basic Grey digital paper
* Coloring - Distress ink reinkers
                    Skin : tattered rose, vintage photo and spun sugar
                    Hair: scattered straw, vintage photo
                    Clothes: tattered rose, dried marigold, crushed olive, peeled paint
                    Shoes: vintage photo, walnut stain
                    Black soot
* Tools - Nellie Snellen dies, Martha Stewart punches
* Embelishments - Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, self adhesive pearls

Thank you for taking time to visit my blog!

Lots of love, xoxo

Hi,

Today a  pocket card I made for the Lili of the valley challenge 91- Peach and Green.
Here is my entry, hope you'll like it.

Here you can see more details:

The card measures 6 x 6 inchies ( 15 x 15 cm).
* Stamps - Lili of the valley - Coffee Break and A Friendship Recipe
* Papers - Basic Grey digital paper
* Coloring - Distress ink reinkers
                    Skin : tattered rose, vintage photo and spun sugar
                    Hair: scattered straw, vintage photo
                    Clothes: tattered rose, dried marigold, crushed olive, peeled paint
                    Shoes: vintage photo, walnut stain
                    Black soot
* Tools - Nellie Snellen dies, Martha Stewart punches
* Embelishments - Wild Orchid Crafts flowers, self adhesive pearls

Thank you for taking time to visit my blog!

Lots of love, xoxo