Shabby Tilda

Hello lovely people,

I am back with my second card of the day and it's a mid-way reminder for the current challenge at A Little Bit Crafty.  If you are looking for my card for In The Pink then just scroll down :-)

So, just to remind you, this month's theme is...

FLOWER POWER

This Tilda stamp recently 'appeared' in my craft room so I thought I'd show her a little ink!  I am quite liking the shabby chic look of late so I have distressed and inked the edges of the DP.
Strangely considering the challenge theme I didn't add any extra flowers as I liked the clean layered look.

I tried to keep the colouring soft to match the DP and added teeny dots of liquid pearls to the bunch of flowers.

Card recipe;

Image: For you Tilda - Magnolia

DP: Vintage Spring basics - Maja Design

Seam binding / twine: from The Ribbon Girl
Dies: Leaf and swirl, Tilda lace - Magnolia
Sentiment: Happy circular sentiments - LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21

Hair: E23/25/27
Outfit: Booo/41/91/93
Shoes: W0/1/2/3 & W3/5/7
Flowers / heart: RV91/93/95
Leaves: G40/YG61/G21
Ground: W0/1/2/3/4

If you pop over to A Little Bit Crafty you can check out the fabulous creations from the DT.  This is my last guest DT card for them so thanks for having me along ladies :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Sweet Magnolia (include a sentiment)
2.  Tilda's Town (fave colouring medium - Copics!)
3.  Simon Says Stamp (die crazy)
4.  Simply Magnolia (anything goes)

Flower Power

Hello lovely people,

I am back with my next belated card share from Thursday and it's my guest DT card for A Little Bit Crafty where this month's theme is...

FLOWER POWER

This is the card I sent to my Mother-in-law for Mother's Day and it's a fairly CAS design.  I couldn't wait to get my hands on the relatives tags from LOTV to match the general sentiment ones I already have and they are so useful!

I love this sweet Tilda and have gone for springtime colours and little dots of pearl pen for a subtle touch of bling.

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda love flowers - Magnolia

DP: Vintage Autumn Basics - Maja Design

Twine: ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tags: Sentiment tags (set 24 & set 69) - LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21

Hair: E40/41/42/43

DressL B91/93/95/97

Flowers: YR30/20/Y32

Leaves: YG61/63

Boots: E42/43/44

Socks: T0/1/blender

Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

If you pop over to A Little Bit Crafty you can check out the fabulous creations from the DT.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Tilda's Town (anything goes)
2.  Marvellous Magnolia (newest or fave Tilda - this one is both!)
3.  ABC (K is for keep it simple)

Spring Tilda

Hello lovely people,

What a fabulously sunny weekend we have had!  I enjoyed spending time with friends including a lovely long walk and some fantastic food :-)
So, not too much crafting time but I just had to sneak a bit of space into my schedule to have a quick play with one of my newly acquired Magnolia stamps.

It's a fairly CAS creation from me today and I felt this sweet image lent itself to a Spring-themed card.  There's so much green stuff popping up in my garden at the moment so the pretty green DP seemed the perfect choice.

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda watering - Magnolia

DP: Sofiero & Vintage Spring Basics - Maja Designs

Sentiment: So wordy sentiments - Amy R

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/50/000/51/21 & R30

Hair: E41/42/43

Top / shoes: G40/YG61/G21/G94

Trousers: E81/84/87

Watering can: T0/1/2/3/4 and inside T3/4/6

Headscarf: T0/1/blender and greens as for top

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Papertake Weekly (Spring has sprung)
2.  Sweet Magnolia (Spring)
3.  Tilda's Town (Easter/Spring)
4.  Diva's by Design (Easter/Spring)

Buckle up!

Hello lovely people,

Today I have TWO projects to share with you and look what is first up...

Yep, that's right, I'm super excited to be doing a guest DT spot at  Top Tip Tuesday and the theme this time is...

CUTE

I was asked if I would do a tutorial and I knew straight away that I wanted to share how to make a buckle card.
I first saw this type of card here on Lyndsey's blog and just had to have a go myself, so here's a little look at what the finished card looks like...

And here's how to make it...

Cut a 4cm strip from the front right hand side of a 145cm square base card and save the offcut strip for later

Cut a panel of patterned paper to fit the front of the card and 2 panels to fit the inside of the card, leaving a small white border.  If desired, ink and stitch round the edges of all the panels

Glue the patterned paper panel to the front of the card

Take the offcut strip from step one, round the corners at one end then score and fold at 9cm from this end. This will form the 'buckle' strip.

Cut a small panel of patterned paper to fit the front of the buckle leaving a small white border, inking and stitching edges if desired.  Glue panel to buckle strip.

Inside the card mark out a slot roughly 4mm wide on the left hand side 4cm up from the bottom and 3cm from the left hand edge and cut out with a craft knife; the exact size and placement of the slot is not crucial and can be adjusted to fit where you would like it underneath the image

Attach buckle strip to right hand side 4cm up from the bottom so that the fold line of the buckle lines up with the right hand edge of the card and will fold neatly over the front of the card when closed

Glue patterned paper panel to right hand inside to cover the buckle

Stamp and colour image, trim to size and mat onto a piece of Kraft card. Cover back of image panel with foam pads or tape except for where the buckle will pass behind it; you can mark out where the slot will be by placing the image panel on the front of the card and drawing through the slot you have cut out

Cut a 4x6cm piece of white card and attach to the back of the image over where the buckle slot will be; just glue at the very left hand edge and allow it to hang over the foam pads but don't take the backing off the foam pads just yet!

This is the tricky stage; remove the foam pad backing from the image panel and poke the card strip on the back through the slot whilst you stick down image panel on front

This is what it now looks like from the front;

Glue the end of the small piece of card down inside - you can make the card without this little strip but it does allow the buckle to slide in and out much more easily without catching

Glue patterned paper panel to left hand inside to cover the slot and tab

Decorate the front of the card as desired; I have added flowers and tied some twine with tags round the buckle strip.

Here is the inside of the card and you can see that I added a white panel inside to write the greeting on.

I couldn't finish without a close up of the gorgeous little princess Tilda with a touch of Glamour Dust on the stars.

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda catching stars - Magnolia

DP: Sofiero - Maja Designs

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: Lavish branch - Memory Box

Tags: Sentiment tags (set 24) - LOTV

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/21/11

Hair: E50/51/53/31/43

Dress / crown: RV000/R81/83/85

Wand: E31/43 & RV0000/000/R81

Socks: RV000/R81/blender

Shoes: W00/0/1/2/3

Ground: W00/0/1/2

This card was made for my niece's birthday; I hope she is still into pink!

Thanks very much to the Top Tip Tuesday team for letting me join in and do pop over to see all their lovely creations :-)
The challenge is being sponsored by the very sweet Sami Stamps so I do hope you can join in for a chance to win.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Cute Card Thursday (floral delights)
2.  Sweet Magnolia (girls only)
3.  Tilda's Town (flowers)
4.  The Ribbon Girl (Magnolia only - girly)
5.  A Creative Romance (spring flowers)

Pink love

Hello lovely people,

I'm here to share my card for the new challenge at In The Pink and this week we have the theme of...

LOVE

A love themed pink card you say?  Easy and the perfect opportunity to use one of my new Tilda stamps AND some new DP :-)

I loved colouring this sweet Tilda in fabulous hot pink; I don't think I've ever used such a bright combo of Copics before!  I added a little Glamour Dust to the hearts and some Stickles around the edge of the hearts on the stems - better IRL as always!

Card recipe;

Image: Love love love Tilda - Magnolia

DP: XOXO - American Crafts

Dies: Heart stems - Impression Obsession

Seam binding: Rose Quartz - Crafty Ribbons

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/21/11

Hair: E21/23/25

Dress: RV23/25/29/R39 & lace RV0000/000/23

Shoes: E23/25/29/100

Ground: T0/1/2/3

Do head over to In The Pink and check out the fabulous love themed creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.  I hope you will join in our challenge and don't forget to use more pink than any other colour!

I will be back later today with another card... something very different to this!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  A Creative Romance (show us some love)
2.  Tilda's Town (be mine)
3.  A Gem of a Challenge (all you need is love)
4.  Totally Tilda (pink and red - there are some red hearts on the DP!)
5.  Top Tip Tuesday (girly)
6.  Midweek Magnolias (Valentine/love)*

A new addiction

Hello lovely people,

Today I have a 'just for fun' card to share with you where I got to play with some more new crafty stash from Christmas.  I couldn't wait to use my Go Kreate dies and they cut beautifully :-)
I also got a Magnolia swirl die that I have wanted for ages and just couldn't bring myself to buy because it is soooo expensive, so I was one happy girlie when I got it for Christmas :-D

I picked up a couple of Magnolia stamps on sale before Christmas so out came one of those and yes, that's the new addiction I am referring to in my post title!  I just adore colouring them :-)

Card recipe;

Image: Tilda loves flowers - Magnolia

DP: Vintage Autumn Basics - Maja Design

Lace: Irene - The Ribbon Girl
Dies: Leaf and Swirl - Magnolia, Fancy Blossoms - Memory box
Sentiment: Mini clear stamp set - Kaisercraft

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/11/21/11

Hair: E53/35/37/47

Dress / socks: W00/0/1/2/3

Shoes: E57/47/49/100

Flowers: RV0000/91/93

Braches: E57/47

Leaves: YG61/G21

I have been a busy little bee in my craft room of late hence a lot of posts from me this week including a fantastic All Dressed Up blog hop tomorrow so do pop back for that one!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Hugs,

Kat xx

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Sweet Magnolia (anything goes)
2.  Papertake Weekly (new year, new stash)
3.  Inky Chicks (anything goes)
4.  Midweek Magnolias (new stash)
5.  Marvellous Magnolia (lovely lace)

Bring on the bling

Hello lovely people,

I can't believe it has been 4 weeks since we set you the KISS challenge at In The Pink and I know it's one you all struggle with as we had some very loose interpretations of the theme - lol!
So, we thought we'd go for something a little bit easier this time and that is...

Bling it up!

I have to confess that my card isn't quite as blingy as it was in my head when I planned it but I do rather like it!

I also have to confess to buying new craft stash, namely this beautiful Tilda stamp.  I have been thinking of trying out a Magnolia for a while and this one fell into my shopping basket whilst buying a stamp for my Mum for her birthday ;-)

For my bling I have used a sprinkling of glamour dust (both on the card and myself!), several pearls and a couple of tiny little gems - can you spot them?!
I curved the sentiment and raised the centre on some foam pads... I think this turned out pretty effective so you might be seeing this again!

Card recipe;

Image: Magnolia - Tilda binding flowers (from Sir Stampalot)

DP: Maja Designs - Sofiero/Vintage Summer Basics

Flowers / pearls / pearl brad / seam binding: from Wild Orchid Crafts

Fancy frame: Spellbinders Nesties - Timeless Rectangles

Leaves: Memory Box die - Lavish Branch

Sentiment: Kaisercraft mini set

Copic colours;

Skin: E0000/000/00/51 &R30/21

Hair: E50/51/53/31/43

Dress: RV000 & R81/83/85

Ribbon: R83/85

Flowers: BV0000/000/00/01/02/04/08

Leaves: YG61 & G21/94

Shoes: E53/55/57

Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges;
1.  Wild Orchid Crafts (add a die cut)
2.  Papertake Weekly (make it sparkle)
3.  Inky Chicks (Pretty in Pink)

We know you love the sparkly shiny stuff so no excuses for not entering our challenge :-)  If you need any more inspiration pop over to In The Pink and see what the rest of the DT have created... be prepared to be dazzled!

Before I go I would like to apologise for being a bad blogger as I have not been round to visit you all as much as I would like over the last couple of weeks.  It's been one of these 'life gets in the way' fortnights and I hope things are going to settle down a bit now.

Thanks for visiting,

Hugs,
Kat xx