Penny Johnson 'Shhh' christmas card

Hello! Another Christmas card here... this time using a Penny Johnson image called "Shhh". The paper came out of my stash, so I cant tell you the name, and the glitter card I picked up from the craft expo a couple of months ago.  So sorry, but there isnt really much I can tell you about this card... think of it as eye candy LOL!!!!  The flowers are WOC of course.... and I made the hat pin myself.  ribbon is also from my stash.

TIP: I buy a lot of white or cream flowers so I dont have to store so many different coloured flowers and hit them with glimmer mist to suit the colour card.  I usually spray my lighter colour, then I unscrew the bottle and dab my darker colour on the edges...  If you do this while the lighter colour is still wet, your darker colour will be dragged into the lighter part a little and blend nicely.

Copic colours used:

R 27, 29, 89

G 09, 99

YG 03

Y 38

E 000, 00, 21, 29, 34, 42

100

N 1, 4, 6

B 12, 28, 93, 99

I would like to enter this card into the Top Tip Tuesday Challenge who would like to see spooled items

Thanks for stopping by, Stay Safe XOX Tania

Penny Black Here comes Christmas

Good morning, thanks for stopping by.  Here is another christmas card I have done up this week, and I must admit, it is probably my favourite card I have done in a LONG time!  I think the colours are pretty, and I just love this image... which is of course a Penny Black stamp called Here comes Christmas.  The DP is by Anna Griffin.  Flowers are of course Wild Orchid Crafts, and I have made the hat pin myself and added some dangle snowflakes to the end of it.  I have also scattered around some diamonte buttons amoungst the flowers, which I just love and have been doing to my cards since I saw what a finishing touch it makes.  I left the crystals in the button for this card, but I also have some claw set rhinestone buttons where I pulled the rhinestone out of its claw and glued them on... Let me tell you, the sparkle is divine!!!  The swing part is cut using spellbinders labels four die and the image is cut using spellbinder Gold Labels four die

Copic colours used were:

R 24, 27, 59

RV 95 (cheeks)

100

N 1, 4, 6

E 21, 25, 30, 34, 50, 53

YR 12 (moon)

B 000, 12, 28, 93

 I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Penny Black Saturday Challenge: Christmas in July

Wild Orchid Crafts Challenge: Blue or purple

Ribbon Girls: Blue and White

Thanks for stopping by. Stay Safe XOX Tania

Lili of the Valley Little Trumpet

Hi there thanks for dropping by.  Long time since I have posted a card... I have been making loads, I promise..  I just haven't had time to upload them :-(   I have made a few christmas cards for a lady at the craft market I go to, so be warned... over the next couple of days, you are going to be inundated with all things Christmas!!! 

Its been a long time since I have pulled out my LOTV stamps, so I thought I would ink this cutie up.  Her name is Little Trumpet, and I have done a swing style card.  This style card is super easy to make but is really effective!

I have used Making Memories paper called Je tÁdore... not really a christmas paper, but the music notes fitted well with the trumpeting!  Flowers are of course Wild Orchid Crafts and made the little angel charm myself.  The die is labels one by spellbinders.

Copic colours used:

R 20, 81, 85

RV 95, 99

YG 03

E 000, 00, 01, 25, 30, 34, 53

Y 18, 35, 38

B 000 for shading

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge:
Lili's Little Fairies Challenge: Christmas in July

Creative Inspirations Challenge: Bingo (Ribbon, stamped image and flowers)

Bearly Mine Challenge: Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by. Stay Safe XOX Tania

No spooled items for the Southern Girls Challenge... a Christmas card

Good morning! well its challenge time over at the Southern Girls Challenge and this fortnight, the challenge is to not use and spooled items (thats ribbons, twine or cotton) on your projects.  WOW that's a hard ask for me, as I love big bows and gorgeous ribbons .... but I have come up with this Christmas card I hope you like :-).  We have fabulous sponsors this fortnight and I have showcased dies from Marianne design.  I am in envy of the winner of that prize, as I those gorgeous snowflakes would've been perfect for this card LOL!!!!!  Anyway, enough of me sobbing, I have used the following Marianne Design dies:

LR0184 (baubles)

 LR0178 (sleigh) 

and LR0176 (trees)

I dont have the reindeer that matches the sleigh, so have used a Sizzix one, but there is definitely a Marianne Design Reindeer die!

 I also used the snowflake punch outs from a Martha Stewart edger.

It's a shaker box card, and I have stuck thick card from officeworks between two pieces of acetate so the beads, glitter and silver snowflakes don't get caught among the die cuts.  The silver snowflakes are just tiny bead spacers that people use for jewellery... quite cheap, but effective all the same!  The backing DP is a digi paper from Pink Gem designs.  I have cut three baubles, two the right side of glitter paper (which will get folded in half with the glitter side in the centre), one with the glitter paper flipped over to the wrong side.  Take the two baubles folded in half and place them side by side, and then stick the third bauble over them... the baubles will align perfectly!  then you have a three dimensional bauble :-)  For the third bauble (the one on the top) you can back this prior to cutting with some JAC paper or run it through a sticker maker so it sticks down without the mess of glue.

so pop on over to the Southern Girls Challenge, and show us your creations!

The Morayfield Handmade Expo

I attend the Morayfield Handmade expo on the first sunday of each month.  Love to see you there.

XOX Tania

 II 

Saturated canary "Bella"

Hi there! here's a card I did last week using my new rubber Saturated Canary stamps.  This cutie is called Bella.  I had so much fun colouring her up.  I have used papers from my pad by Kaiser called "Lavendar Haze" I LOVE this pad!  The heart die is a Memory Box die called Precious Hearts.  The flowers are WOC (no surprises there LOL!!!!) and the ribbon and rhinestone are from my stash.

Copic Colours I used are:

BV 000, 00, 02, 04, 08

B 000, 12, 28, 93, 97, 99

W 1, 5

RV 95

R 20, 81, 83, 85, 89

E 000, 00, 11, 21, 23, 25, 29

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe XOX Tania

Thankyou by Saturated Canary

Another Saturated Canary image, this one is called Thankyou.  Again,  have used papers from the Prima "Hello Pastel" pad.  The doily die is a Heartfelt Creations die.  I made the pearl and rondelle caharm, and the flowers are WOC.  ribbon and slider is from my stash.

Copis colours I used are:

BV 00, 02

E 000, 00, 13, 59

BG 05, 11, 13

R 20

B 000, 93

N 0, 1.

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe XOX Tania

Saturated Canary The Seasons Springtime II

Hello. thanks for dropping by today.  This image the beautiful Seasons Springtime II by Saturated Canary.  I have used paper by Prima from the "Hello Pastel" pad.  Dies I have used are the memory box Precious Hearts die and the corner die is a SCACD.  Flowers are WOC.  I have put a little pearl and rhinestone button on the organza ribbon bow and little flatback pearls on the die cuts.

sorry about the poor photography skills, a little blurry, but the close up is better:-)

Copic colours I have used are:

RV13, 14, 25

R 20, 39, 81

G 99

YG 03

E 000, 00, 01, 21, 25, 29, 30, 34, 53

Y 38

Thanks for stopping by.  Its school holidays here in QLD so I'm not sure if I will get much crafting done so I might be MIA for a while :-(  Stay Safe XOX Tania

Pink Gem Designs Baby Boy

Hello!! Lucky last card for tonight.  A baby card :-)  I don't know about everyone else, but when I buy digi's, I cant just buy one from the store I need to spend at least over $5 to make it worth my while LOL!!!! So I got this cutie from Pink Gem Designs with my other baby images (One more to come) This one is called Baby Boy Bundle.  The papers are from My Mind's Eye called Portobello Road "Buddies" and Forever Friends "Kraft Notes".  The new baby sentiment is a clear stamp from unknown set.  The banner die is a My Favorite Things die.  Flowers are WOC.  The feet brads are sooo old and crying to be used (I'm talking 8 years old when my twins were born!!!) and the lace is from my stash.  I have also glued on some dew drops.  

I would like to enter into the Creative Inspirations Challenge for a baby card.

Copic colours I used were:

BG 0000, 01, 05, 49

B 0000

E 000, 00, 21

Y 00, 11

YR 12, 15

W 1, 5

R 20

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe XOX Tania

Penny Black Uplifting Occasion

A Penny Black image to break it up for you.  This cutie is called "Uplifting Occasion". Using papers from my current favourite pad- Kaiser Crafts Lavendar Haze.  A very simple, yet pretty card.  Flowers are WOC, an acetate butterfly, some ribbon from my stash and a few dew drops :-)

I would like to enter into the following challenge:

Carisma Cardz Challenge: Pink and Green

Bearly Mine Challenges: Flowers Galore

A short and sweet post for a change LOL!!!

Copic colours I used were:

R 20, 81, 83, 85, 89

E 15, 18, 21, 29

YR 0000, 000

B 000

N 0, 1, 4

G 82

YG 03, 63

Thanks for stopping by. Stay safe XOX Tania