Peony ~ Vintage Garden ~ Pion papers

Good afternoon, hope you are enjoying the start of your weekend :o)
I just thought I'd blog this card as it's my first one using those very pretty new Pion papers called Vintage Garden

and a matching little tag too, 

All lace, red satin ribbon, twine and heart charm are from The Ribbon Girl. 

Enjoy your day, see you later

Hugs 

Princess Pea Tilda ~ Magic card

Good afternoon dear bloggers,

It's time for another challenge at Tilda's Town and this week it's 

Something old ~ Something new

You've probably guessed it, I've used the new Princess Pea Tilda and Tilda's Mattress

 and my old Magnolia Doily flower, old Swedish lace, dragonfly and swirl dies

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I've also used Maja papers from the new Basic Spring collection and 

gorgeous Emily lace, blue satin ribbon and blue pearls from The Ribbon Girl

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I hope you will come and join us in this fun new challenge

pop over to Tilda's Town and take a look at all the beautiful inspiration

Thank you for all your lovely comments on my last card, I'm still trying to catch up with all of your blogs...I'll get there :o)

Have a fabulous weekend

Hugs

xxx

Midweek Magnolia's Die-cuts and/or Punches

Good morning.... or is it? we have rain again boohoo!

I was so enjoying that lovely sunshine and I just bought a new patio set :o(

...guess I won't be trying that out for a while.

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Oh well at least the sun is shining on Tilda, she looks happy enough in sunshine yellow.

it's a Die-Cut and/or Punches Challenge over at Midweek Magnolias today

Yes Teresa's been playing with her Frantage again :o)

I used Maja papers, Tilda longstocking painted with distress reinkers

all these gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl;

Pearl string, pearl brad, yellow satin ribbon, cream cotton lace, hip rose buds, Kort & Godt Chrysanthemums, Kort & Godt beaded rose and spotted dress charm. 

roses are WOC

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CHALLENGES

MDUC ~ SKETCH *Top 5*

IT'S A MAGNOLIA CHALLENGE ~ ENVELOPE CARD *Top 3*

MAGNOLIA MANIA ~ SPECIAL CARD SHAPE

LOVELY HANGLAR OR SWEET MAGNOLIA ~ ANYTHING GOES

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It's a great challenge, hope you will join us at Midweek Magnolias this week. 

Have a great Wednesday and see you again soon

hugs 

TILDA LONGSTOCKING for The Ribbon Girl Card Challenge

...And for my 3rd and final post today...

 it's also time for a Card Challenge over at The Ribbon Girls 

Our new challenge is to 'add a button'

I loved making this one, these papers are called 4th April by Maja Design, for a change I've made a criss cross card that opens.

From The Ribbon Girl I've used 

12mm white cotton lace,  38mm white spot organza, Pearl & Crystal branch, Stickles, 

Key Charm, Pearls ~ The blues, Kort & Godt Chrysanthemums, beaded berries, Natural button twine, Light blue small plain button

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There are two great prizes to be won in this 'Use a Button' Card Challenge 

...and there's some super inspiration waiting for you over on The Ribbon Girl blog

Have fun making those cards! 

Hugs 

 

Here Come The Boys ~ Paper piercing Challenge

Hello... I'm back again.
Yes it's time for another great challenge at HERE COME THE BOYS and we are paper piercing this week, as you can see I've paper pierced Edwin's shorts, T.shirt and shoes

I've used shabby white Frantage for the white sandy beach and added seashells

Also used this little bottle from The Ribbon Girl and I put some Tim Holtz film ribbon inside.

there's a lovely little passport charm too in the bottom left hand corner.

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Come and take a look at what the clever DT have made here

Have fun paper piercing, we can't wait to see your cards.

Hugs

Guest DT for A Die for a Sketch

Good morning, 

I hope you are well this morning :o)
I'm happy to say my head is better, no more headache :o)
I don't think I've ever had headache that last that long before.

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About a month ago I was asked if I would like to be GDT for 

A Die for a Sketch and I happily accepted, this is a special day for them as they are celebrating with a blog hop

This is the new sketch for today

 ...and this is my card

I've used this sweet Tilda in Cotton dress

These are the Maja Vintage Summer Basics papers

pretty carnations and diamante swirls from The Ribbon Girl

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Order of the blog hop is as follows

First STOP: DT Dunja

Special Guest Alberto    

NEW DT Fleur

Special Guest Alison 

DT Gaby

DT Ilonka

Special Guest Joann 

DT Judy

DT Kelly

Special Guest Vicky B. 

DT Marjolein

NEW DT Marjoleine 

Special Guest Ruby

NEW DT Miranda

DT Nancy

Special Guest Teresa 

DT Tamy Louise 

DT Willie

Special Guest Vicky P.  

Last STOP: A DIE FOR A SKETCH CHALLENGE BLOG 

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I hope you will play along with this fab challenge, it's a great sketch to work with

Just take a look at what the fabulous DT have made here 

Thanks for asking me ladies. 

See you again later

hugs

Tilda with cork screws

Good afternoon dear Crafters, 

I hope you are feeling well, I've had an awful thumping headache the last few days and haven't done much crafting :o(

I did want to get this one blogged for the

 Magnolia Down Under Challenge ~ Button it up 

I've used; Tilda with corkscrews

Maja design papers ~ shall we have coffee

Lace, tulle, buttons and Anchor thread, rolled roses, vintage roses, cosmos daisies, pearl brads, pearls, blossom flowers and rose leaves, all from The Ribbon Girl.

Magnolia Dies ~ bloomy tag, keys and doily flowers

Thank you for looking,

 I'm off to get a couple of paracetamol for my poorly head and have a lie down.

See you later

hugs

My 'A Creative Romance' Candy

Good evening ladies, 

Sorry I'm late with my 'A Creative Romance' candy

Okay I've visited Mr Random.org

 and this sweet candy

 belongs to...

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Sarah from Lazy Daisy

Congratulations Sarah, if you could email me your details I will post this candy off to you asap

Thanks to all who have entered.

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Don't forget check out the 

A Creative Romance blog 

where we have fabulous sponsor candy

all you have to do to enter that is become a follower of A Creative Romance blog, put your name in MrLinky over there and display this badge on your blog 

We are all so excited to get started...see you soon

hugs

 xxx

Vintage Card

Good morning lovely Crafters, how are you today? 
I made this card over the weekend, I won't pretend to be any good at making Vintage style cards but I do enjoy having a go, just to try something different. 

I used the beautiful Pion papers as always and 

these Ribbon Girl goodies;

20mm 'Angelica' Ivory tulle lace, Pearl string, Vintage pink fluted edge sheer organza ribbon, Kort & Godt Chrysanthemums & Beaded rose, Beaded berries, Hip rose buds Ivory and Blossom flowers.  

Challenges;

It's all about the Vintage ~ Mother

The Cutie Pie Challenge ~ Lots of Layers

Hope you like it, thank you for all your lovely comments on my last card I really do appreciate you taking the time to comment.

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I was feeling a little low after chatting to my lovely Grandsons on skype yesterday, as much as I love seeing them it breaks my heart they are so far away, what I wouldn't give for a cuddle with them. 
This morning I woke up to find I won a gorgeous candy on Elaine's blog,  oh my goodness it's all my favourite things too, you can imagine how much it cheered me up. 
Thank you so much Elaine xxx

See you all later, 
hugs

The Ribbon Girl ~ Card Challenge ~ Add a diecut

Hello again dear Crafters, 

It's time again for another Magnolia challenge at The Ribbon Girl today

and today's challenge is... Add a die-cut

as you can see I have die-cut butterflies and die-cut heart using felt.

This is Princess Pea Tilda again and this time she's sitting on the lovely Magnolia bow stamp
Oh and guess what! ...I've seen this butterfly die just about everywhere, on all your gorgeous cards, I've wanted it for ages and I only just got it, I'm pleased as punch that I finally got it :o)

Maja papers called 5th and 6th March ~ from Dies to die for

From The Ribbon Girl 

I've used; 32mm Pure Silk Blue Ribbon, 8mm Pearl Brad Pastel Mix, Felt (heart) Tulle (heart)

White Blossom flowers, Ivory Rolled Rose, Sparkly Heart Button, Button Twine, Pearls the Blues, Stickles Stardust, Wooden Heart Button, Butterfly Charm. 

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I hope you will pop over and join us at The Ribbon Girl for this lovely Magnolia challenge and see the beautiful work the DT have made.

Challenges

Magnolia Down Under Challenge ~ Button it up (Sparkly button)

Have a wonderful Sunday and Happy Crafting :o)

hugs

Addicted To Stamps Challenge ~ Beautiful Buttons

Good morning to you all,

 It's time for another challenge at Addicted to Stamps

this week our theme is 'Beautiful Buttons'

As you can see I've used a pink and a green one on my card

This is Lili of the Valley Best Dress

one of my favourite LOTV stamps

For this one I've used Maja papers from the new Vintage Spring basics collection, 

Magnolia corner die, Vintage tag and sentiment

WOC roses and lilies 

and from The Ribbon Girl; 13mm Olivia lace, green pearls, fairytale cottage charm, pink pearl, pink rolled rose, green and pink cosmos daisies, pink button, pink seam binding. 

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Challenges 

Lili's little fairies ~ Photo inspiration

Simon Says Stamp ~ Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenges ~ Favourite colour combo ~ Pink & Green

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I hope you will join us in the beautiful buttons challenge and don't forget we will be announcing the winners next Sunday of the Birthday blog hop.

There's some fabulous inspiration from the DT girls of Addicted to Stamps, take a little look. 

I will be back shortly with a second post, if you are reading this at 7am ...

what are you doing out of bed? It's Sunday!

enjoy your day :o)

hugs 

Tea in the garden?

Good afternoon Crafters, 

 It's time for another Tilda's Town Challenge

and today it's May Day Flowers

  

I've used Pion papers

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from The Ribbon Girl

Yellow pure silk ribbon

teapot charm

rolled rose

Kort & Godt Chrysanthemums 

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Joyful Tilda, painted with distress inks,

Pearls coloured with yellow copic pen. 

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Hope you can join us in our new challenge at Tilda's Town. 

hugs 

TILDA WITH ICE CREAM

A very good morning to you :o)

It's Wednesday, it's 8.30am...

...it's time to play Bingo at Midweek Magnolias 

(I've never actually played bingo in my life but I love playing this type of bingo)

Cathy has put together this great bingo board for us...

and here's my card 

Okay you are probably wondering which line I've chosen right? 

the answer is ~ all of them :o)

I've used lots of lovely frantage on this one, okay maybe a bit too much frantage 

but I love the stuff :o)

The ribbon, lace, cosmos daisies, pearls, berries and key charm are all from The Ribbon Girl

These are Maja papers

 a Magnolia blue rose

Dragonfly die and Vintage tag die are also Magnolia. 

butterfly (top) is a Marianne Creatables die.

CHALLENGES

TOTALLY TILDA ~ HEAT EMBOSSING

TOTALLY GORJUSS ~ EMBOSSING (FRANTAGE)

PAPERTAKE WEEKLY CHALLENGE ~ WEATHER WITH YOU (SUMMER)

CREATIVE INSPIRATIONS ~ RIBBONS & PEARLS

I hope you can join us in this fun game of bingo, you only have to choose one line from the grid, unless you want to try for the full house too, we're looking forward to seeing your bingo cards

For more inspiration come and see what the talented DT have made here

That's it time for coffee, see you shortly

hugs