Madcap Manor

Hi, guys! Happy Thursday! I hope you're all looking forward to a good weekend! In the meantime, have a look at our great new Challenge at CRAFT Challenge! It's a nice and easy one - Mothers' Day or Female. (I never know whhere to put the apostrophe on 'Mothers' Day!) This pretty image is Happy Flowers from Sweet'n'Sassy. I used a Spellbinders Decorative Labels 4 die for the mat. The papers are from stash and the silver ribbon was an RAK from my daughter. The silver-embossed sentiment is from Lawn Fawn's Celebration Scripty Sayings stamp set. Our sponsors this week: Sweet'n'Sassy and Crafty Ribbons. Get out your prettiest ribbons, dies, stamps and papers and make something for the ladies in your life! Thanks for looking! love Mags B x

Good morning! I hope you're all looking forward to a great weekend! While you're waiting, have a look at our new Challenge at CRAFT Challenge which is this lovely picture for you to take inspiration from: This goldfinch sitting on a thistle is so pretty! From the picture I took the colours red, yellow and brown; the thistle; and that a flock of goldfinches is called a 'charm'! The elegant image is Marseilles Chapeau by Rick St Dennis MFA - sadly she is out of print, but he has other similar, gorgeous images! I coloured her with Promarkers. I added Wink of Stella to the feathers in her chapeau, and pearl drops to her jewellery. The papers are snippets from my scraps drawer. The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, and have been glittered. The kraft die-cuts are made with a Memory Box Chloe Stem. The ribbon and the bird charm are also from stash. The sentiment is from Altenew's Label Love. We have two fab sponsors this week: Crafty Ribbons Ri...

It's time for another Dream Valley Challenge and this fortnight's theme is Ribbons Our sponsor is Crafty Ribbons and the prize is a fabulous New Bev's Ribbon Bag ! Be warned, there are several pictures to follow! I needed to make a box to send a card to a friend that used a Tickled Pink stamp, Lil Victorian Steampunk Lolita Evie. In keeping with the Victorian idea, on the lid of the box I was going to do just the image, frame and ribbon to look like a picture on the wall of a Victorian room, but I got a bit carried away with the ornamentation! The fantastic papers are a download from Bearly Mine Designs 'Vintage' set. Here's the box at an angle so you can see the ribbon tie at the front. And here's the inside. I added a piece of raffia ribbon to the front, and die-cut a Marianne butterfly. The flowers are from stash, and they're sitting on a Magnolia Doohickey flower die, and the swirl is also Magnolia. The pearls in the top corners are from Wild Or...