Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia DT - Spring

Woohoo!!!  I hope you're having a lovely weekend!  It it time for another challenge at Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia and this week our theme is "spring".  Personally what I just love about spring is when you start to hear the birds singing in the trees again and the first butterflies begin to flutter around so that was my inspiration for this card.

I used the Tim Holtz Caged Bird die and covered the bird in some Webster's Pages papers that I've painted over with white acrylic paint to tone them down.  I'm loving the Frantage I've been seeing everywhere but haven't got any just yet so decided to have a bit of a play with the embossing powders and different glitters and mediums that I had to hand to create a similar effect on the bird cage.

 I made the orchid myself and the rest of the flowers are from the Ribbon Girl, and so is the cheesecloth.

 I've stamped the gorgeous butterflies #421 from the latest Magnolia collection with Victorian Velvet distress ink and also sprinkled them with perfect pearls in pink.  I've also used the Cute Corner Doohickey #72 on the bottom of the card.

 Here's the other butterfly from the set.  You can see a little better the soft shimmer on it from the Perfect Pearls.

 The pretty pink seam binding and the pearl string are from the Ribbon Girl and the tag is another Doohickey die, Scalloped Tag #28.

 These gorgeous roses are my absolute favourite from The Ribbon Girl, so soft and delicate looking!

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us at Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia Challenge!  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's gorgeous creations!  Thanks for looking! x

Lovely hAnglar & Sweet Magnolia DT - Stitching

Woohoo!!  It is time for another challenge at Lovely hAnglar & Sweet Magnolia and this fortnight we would like to see stitching on your project.  It seems like forever since I used any of my hAnglar stamps so I had a good old rummage through them and decided on this little cutie with her matching seaweed and fun sentiment.  The image ended up quite big so I've made a rectangular card instead of my usual square.  The papers are a mixture from my stash and I've sewn all the edges and inked with walnut stain distress ink.

I've coloured the images with copics and added stickles to her tail fin and some gems to some of the bubbles around the seaweed.

All of the flowers are from Ribbon Girl and I've kept the stems on and twirled them to look like seaweed.

This gorgeous resin flower is also from Ribbon Girl as is the button twine.  I also added some cheesecloth behind the image, reminds me of a fishing net perhaps.

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us at Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia challenge!  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's gorgeous creations.  Thanks for looking! x

Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge DT - Anything Goes

Woohoo!!  It is time for another challenge at Lovely hAnglar or Sweet Magnolia challenge and this fortnight our theme is "ribbon or lace".  I made a thank you card and luckilly the recipient has received it now!  The gorgeous papers are from Pink Paislee's London Market collection.

 I just can't decide which is my favourite from this collection, I am in love with so many of them!!  This gorgeous girl is Tilda Blowing Hearts #308 and as always she's coloured with copics.  I've added stickles to the hearts and inked around her with antique linen and victorian velvet distress inks.

 The sentiment is from Tickled Pink Stamps.

 The huge butterfly behind the image was cut from some K&Co papers and I have added a pearl swirl from The Ribbon Girl to the wings.

 The scrummy lace, flowers and button charm are all from The Ribbon Girl too.

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us!  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's stunning creations!  We have a fantastic prize from The Ribbon Girl for the lucky winner too.  Thanks for looking! x

Lovely hAnglar & Sweet Magnolia DT - Winter Wonderland

Woohoo!!!  It is time for another Lovely hAnglar & Sweet Magnolia challenge and this fortnight our theme is Winter Wonderland.  I have created my winter wonderland with Tim Holtz' pine tree and reindeer flight dies onto a stair step card.  I have added stickles to all the trees to make the wonderland extra magical!

Having fun in the winter wonderland is this stunning hAnglar girl, coloured with copics.

In the distance you can see the Swedish Church from Magnolia to complete the winter wonderland scene.

I have embossed a Merry Christmas stamp from hAnglar and added tiny gems from Whiff of Joy along the bottom.

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us at Lovely hAnglar & Sweet Magnolia challenge!  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's stunning winter wonderland creations!  Thanks for looking! x

Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia Challenge DT - Girls Only!

 Woohoo!!!  It is time for another challenge at Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia and this fortnight our theme is "Girls Only".  As you can see I went completely girly with my card!

 I used the amazing new Tilda With Two Little Gifts #336 and coloured her with copics.  I also used the Jingle Jangle Snowflake #432 from the new collection around the edge of Tilda, stamped with victorian velvet distress ink.

 I just had to play with one of my new Tim Holtz dies that I received for my birthday - the Noel movers and shapers die!!!  I've cut it into a nestie shape and inked the edges with victorian velvet distress ink.

 I added lots of snowflakes cut with Tim Holtz sides and also used Tim's Snow Flurry on the edge die.  The gorgeous silver beading is from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop and the pink ribbon is from my stash.

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us at Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia!  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's stunning creations!  Thanks for looking! x

Lovely hAnglar & Sweet Magnolia DT - Bingo!

 Woohoo!!!  It is time for another Lovely hAnglar & Sweet Magnolia challenge and this fortnight our challenge is a bingo card.  I chose the diagonal line, pink, flowers and blue for my christmas card.  The papers are from Magnolia and have been painted with crackle paint and stitched.  I've also used my new mistletoe border doohickey that I received on my birthday!  I'm entering my card into the Just Magnolia challenge as they want to see pearls and punches/die cuts this week.

 I love this hAnglar girl, she's my favourite!!  I have coloured her with copics and added lots of stickles.  The sentiment is from Lily of the Valley.

 I added flowers from my stash and used the Magnolia mistletoe doohickey die for the leaves.  The pink ribbon is from The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop.

 I cut some snowflakes from white felt and added some rhinestone spacers and pearls from The Hobby House to the centres.

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us!  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's stunning creations!  Thanks for looking! x

Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia Challenge DT - Butterfly

Woohoo!!!  It is time for another challenge at Lovely hAnglar & Sweet Magnolia and our theme is "butterflies"!!  I really went to town with the butterfly theme using a hAnglar cutie dressed as a butterfly, punched butterflies. butterfly edging punch and Tim Holtz butterflight on the edge die!!  The papers are by BoBunny.

I coloured the image with coipcs and added stickles to her wings.

I added lace from my stash and some paper ribbon attached with staples.

I cut the shape of my card using Tim Holtz plaque and postage die.  I've also added lots of flowers from my stash.

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us this time at Lovely hAnglar & Sweet Magnolia challenge!  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's stunning cards!  Thanks for looking! x

Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia DT - Flowers

Woohoo!!  Well I'm sure I'm still busy cake decorating - thank goodness for scheduling!  It is time for another challenge at Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia challenge and our theme is "flowers".  Can't go wrong there can you!?  I'm entering another fab challenge, the Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar challenge whose theme is "anything goes with handmade flowers".  I'm so ashamed how long I've had the set containing this hAnglar cutie, and do you know what, I hadn't even opened it (so bad!).  The papers are from Magnolia.

I've coloured her with copics and added dots to her cheeks with a white gel pen.  I love the little berries on her shoes and collar!

I created  my own flowers with some of the paper and a peony petals doohickey die #2 and the red flowers were created with sizzix 3D flower die.  The leaves were cut with the rose leaf doohickey #18 and I added cheesecloth and a pin from my stash.

I added a lace bow and a butterfly charm from my stash which I painted up a little bit with some gesso, which I've also painted on the other flowers and around the edges of the card.  Was trying to be a bit shabby!

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us at Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia!  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's stunning creations!  Thanks for looking! x

Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia Challenge DT - Anything Goes

Woohoo!!! It is time for another challenge at Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia challenge and this fortnight our theme is "Anything Goes" - nice and easy!!  I hope you're not bored of seeing Anniversary cards on my blog lol!!  I had one to make to use myself and then received four commissions for Anniversary cards all for the month of June lol!!!  At least it meant I got to ink this cutie up twice in rapid succession though!!  The paper I have used is from the Basic Grey Cappella pad, inked with frayed burlap distress ink, sewn and stickled!!

I have coloured the image with copics and added stickles to their wings.  I have used Martha Stewart's heart lace punch along the bottom.

The sentiment is from Whiff of Joy and I added some gorgeous flowers and lace from my stash.  The swirl is a doohickey die, heart swirl #26.

I added some cheesecloth behind the image and some more flowers on the top corner.

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us!  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's gorgeous cards!  Thanks for looking! x

Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia Challenge DT - Favourite Colour Combo

 Woohoo!!  It is time for another challenge at Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia Challenge and this fortnight our challenge is to use your favourite colour combination!  I have chosen to use pink, white and blue.  It is one of my favourites but I must admit, I have a few favourites!!  The papers are a mixture from my stash and have all been distressed along the edges and sewn.

 I have coloured the gorgeous sitting hAnglar girl with copics and added some white gel pen to her cheeks.

 The pink printed flowers are by Hero Arts and the white one is by Prima.  The small flowers were punched with an EK Success punch.  The gorgeous satin ribbon is from Whiff of Joy.

 The sentiment is also from Whiff of Joy and the cheesecloth is from my stash.

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us this fortnight at Lovely hAnglar and Sweet Magnolia challenge!  Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's stunning cards!  Thanks for looking! x