Me love you

Hello lovely people,

I don't think I've posted on here since my last Dies to Die For DT card but it seems to be Friday again so it's time for another one, and I thought I'd do something non-Christmassy for a change!

Well, these guys are super adorable aren't they?!

I just love that cute sentiment and it fitted so beautifully onto one of the MFT speech bubbles :-)

If I've tempted you with any of the lovely supplies I've used then you can go straight to the individual products via the links at the end of my post or just pop over to Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

I'll be back to Christmas next time I think because my Stamping Bella Christmas stamps have arrived - squeeeeeee!!!!

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

Copic colours;
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Cave girl hair: E50, E53, E55
Cave boy hair: E53, E55, E57
Cave boy loincloth / Cave girl bone: W1, W3, W5
Cave girl dress / flower: R81, R83, R85
Stem / leaves: YG61, YG63, G46
Ground: W00, W0, W1, W2, W3

Lovely things I've used from Dies to Die For;
Cave couple - Stamping Bella
Inside and out stitched square STAX - My Favorite Things
Essential speech bubbles - My Favorite Things

Other ingredients;
Devoted 6x6 paper pad - Carta Bella

Elephant engagement

Hello lovely people,

It's been a while!  I've been soooo busy lately that I have been neglecting my blog again, but I do have a few posts to share this week.

First up I have an engagement card that a work colleague commissioned and I was requested to put elephants on it so...

I did already have some elephant stamps I could have used but after a quick peek online I fell in love with this image and just had to get it.  It's a digi stamp and as a bonus it comes with 3 other equally gorgeous images!

What a simply adorable couple of ellies :-)

I really wanted to go for a different colour than the more traditional pinks and reds, but of course, I still wanted a pretty, floral, romantic look so out came the flowers!

The sentiment was computer generated and I also added the name of the couple after I took these photos.

I hope life is treating you all well at the moment :-)

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

Copic colours;
Elephant bodies: W1/W2/W3/W4/W5
Elephant ears / toes: R000/R00/R30/R20
Heart / flowers: B41/B23/B45
Grass: YG61/G82/G94

Lovely things I've used;

Edwin and Hetty set - Digi Stamp Boutique	Summertime - Maja Design	Renaissance edge'able - Crafter's Companion	Antique blue 2-tone cherry blossom
miniature ivory cream blossoms	Ivory button twine	Circle STAX set 1 - My Favourite Things	Circle STAX set 2 - My Favourite Things

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Sweet little bridesmaids

Hello lovely people,

My blog posts seem to have been very few and far between in the last month but on the more positive side I have found a wee bit of time here and there to pop in and see some of the creations on your blogs, which has been lovely :-)

I also haven't been colouring as much as I would like but I got some time at the weekend, so decided to colour up one of the new LOTV images being released on 20th May.

I've used the digi image for my card but printed it exactly the same size as the rubber stamp will be, so you can see how it fits on a 6" square card.

I have left quite a lot of white space around my image because I wanted to use the stitched panel out of one of my new MFT Blueprints die sets!

I didn't feel it needed a lot of embellishments so kept it to 2 small clusters and a sentiment tag.  Once it was all finished I did go back and add some sparkle to the bows though with a Spectrum Noir clear sparkle pen, which is a 'use your imagination' job as usual!

I am planning some more colouring today because there is a HUGE release coming up from LOTV and there are so many images I want to use!

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

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair (littlest bridesmaid): Y21/YR23/E35
Hair (middle bridesmaid): E53/57/59
Hair (tallest bridesmaid): E53/35/37
Dresses: E40/YR30/blender
Pink bits: RV000/10/11
Leaves: YG93/G99
Bear: E41/42/43
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3

Lovely things I've used from The Ribbon Girl;

My Wedding - Craft & You	16mm pink ruffle edge sheer ribbon	Ivory button twine	White cherry blossom
20mm pale pink open roses	10mm pale pink open roses	10mm ivory open roses	Tiny white rosebuds
miniature ivory cream blossoms	heart charm

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Other card ingredients;
Sentiment tags - LOTV
Blueprints 29 - My Favorite Things

Slick chick

Hello lovely people,

I have a Dies to Die For DT card to share with you today.

You may have spotted that there is a new Stamping Bella release on the way, and I am happy to say I have my pre-order in :-)

So, while I wait for that to arrive, I thought I'd get my Stamping Bella fix with an image from last year.

I had a bit of a falling out with my Copics whilst trying to colour this chick, so switched to Inktense pencils and was much happier with the result.

This guy certainly has style doesn't he?!

I enjoyed designing on the circular base shape and kept it fairly simple with just a little strip of corrugated card for texture and a few hearts scattered around.

The heart dies were all scrounged out of various die sets but they are all by MFT so they match perfectly in shape :-)

If I've tempted you with any of the lovely supplies I've used then you can go straight to the individual products via the thumbnails at the end of my post or just pop over to Dies to Die For and have a little browse around!

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

Inktense colours;
Chick: Sicilian yellow, Sienna gold, Mid vermillion
Beak / Feet: Mid vermillion, Burnt orange
Rose: Chilli red
Leaves: Light olive
Ground: Charcoal grey

Lovely products I've used;

Slick Chick by Stamping Bella	Mini messages by Mama Elephant	Mini tags by Mama Elephant	Circle STAX set 1 - My Favourite Things
Circle STAX set 2 - My Favourite Things	Mini stitched circle scallop STAX - My Favourite Things	Ivory button twine

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Mushroom mice

Hello lovely people,

I'm sorry to be so tardy in bringing you a Design Team sample from the latest LOTV release but I hope you have been enjoying all the samples so far from the rest of the DT and the Design Collective.

This release is full of gorgeous romantic images like this one...

I am so loving these cute mice!

This is yet another paper pad that I have had for a few months and not used yet, and the shabby chic style and muted tones with just a few pops of pink seemed perfectly romantic to match the image :-)

I love that diamante ribbon slider to add a little sparkle...and hey, they are not just for sliding onto ribbons...twine works too!

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

Copic colours;
Mice: E30/31/55 & R000/01
Mice tummies: YR30/E30/31
Flowers / hearts: R30/32/35
Grass / leaves: YG93/95/97
Mushroom: W3/4/5/6

Products used;

Hearts and flowers by LOTV	Blissful cotton by Anna Marie Designs	faux hessian (natural)	Ivory button twine from The Ribbon Girl
Impression Obsession heart stems

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Little mice

Hello lovely people,

I did warn you that I could well be back for a third day in a row and here I am!

I survived another day in work yesterday and now have another couple of weeks off before my full return.  I popped out at lunchtime to get my new glasses and am really pleased with them; well, they are purple!  Much as I love pink I'm not sure about it for my glasses - lol!  Dr. Hubby commented that they were very 'sexy schoolteacher!' so I think that's a compliment!

Enough of that though because today I have a card to share with you that I made with some gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl.

We Ribbon Girls are allowed a little break in August, but I couldn't resist having a play with these beautiful new papers that are newly arrived at The Ribbon Girl; they have such a lovely vintage style and beautiful soft colour palette.

I was drawn to my Inktense pencils again for this image and was pretty happy with the result.  I am thinking I might do a little post dedicated to Inktense to share my insights so far into using them, such as they are!  Anyone fancy that?

I do love making criss cross cards, and that's another potential for a tutorial so I can show you the stand that I make for them and share my tips for attaching lace across the front.

I've made a large pull out tag; just a sweet and simple one with some little die cut hearts.

One more peek at the gorgeous flowers that I used and that scrummy lace, which I ended up covering quite a bit - oops!

I hope you all have a super bank holiday weekend :-)

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

The Ribbon Girl products;
Galleria Papieru - As if in a dream (retro) 12x12" papers
12mm Donna creamy ivory fine cotton lace
Heart charm with side loop
Ivory asters
Natural colour button twine
White cherry blossom

Other products;

Image: Hugs and kisses (Everyday in moonbeam meadow) - Crafter's Companion

Other flowers: from stash

Dies: Large frilly frames #10 - Go Kreate, Nesting hearts mini die - Xcut

Sentiment tags - LOTV

Inktense colours;
Mice: 2100 Charcoal Grey & 0310 Mid Vermillion, 1530 Crimson for feet
Flowers / waistcoat / bow: 0530 Crimson
Leaves / grass: 1550 Spring Green, 1510 Beech Green
Mushroom top: 0310 Mid Vermillion, 1900 Willow, 1740 Saddle Brown
Mushroom stalk: as top plus 1730 Oak, 2010 Sepia Ink