Love Nest

Hi Everyone,
Wow it's been a while, life has been getting in the way of crafting lol, it happens sometimes, I do have a card to show you today, as soon as I saw this image I just loved it, it's from Die cuts & Doodles a site that I have only just found, and so glad I did. Suze has digital downloads available and is extremely helpful and every image Suze creates is gorgeous, so jump on over and check it out.

I coloured the image with copic markers and prisma pencils and added some soft clouds using a template from Bev Rochester and used the beautiful Miss Nelly papers from Kaisercraft, the die is Lace from Cherry Lynn Designs and suited the image perfectly I thought. The flowers are from WOC and the gingham ribbon is from The Craft Queen. I created a panel for the inside with the same DP papers but left the rest blank as I want to use this card in the future for a relative that is moving into a new home.
Thanks for stopping by today, I hope to get back to doing  some challenges soon (that's if life will let me lol). I hope everyone is well and happy!
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LOTV Giveaway

Hi Everyone,

Just a quick post to let you know that LOTV Ideas to Inspire Blog are having a give away of there new release Christmas stamps, they are totally gorgeous so hurry over and enter now.

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Just because you’re you

Hi Everyone,
Today I have a Maggie card for you following the great sketch at Cute Card Thursday
I used one of my all time fav’s Sweet Tilda and coloured her with copics and I little bit of prisma pencils. Over at Magnolia Down Under Challenges they want to see texture, so I used this great DP, it’s like quilting, very hard to explain and I hope you can see in the photo, but the paper is sort of raised, any whoo I will stop trying to explain it and just show you the pic, I have had this paper forever and can’t even remember where I got it. I teamed it up with Making Memories Note Worthy.
  Everything on this card has had a really good dose of Walnut Stain distress ink, and I love how it gives that vintage feel. Just Magnolia are playing BINGO this week, which is great fun. I chose Ribbon & Lace / Flowers / Gems , the flowers & lace are from WOC and the pearls are from Kaisercraft, the sentiment is from Verve stamps. I also used spellbinder Heart circle die, and did some faux stitching around tilda, this is the first time I have done this, and didn’t do that well at it I am afraid lol.
Lots of room on the inside for a loving message to someone special. I think it’s important to leave plenty of room so the person giving the card can say how they feel.
Copic’s & Prisma pencils used
Hair E44,42,40 Shoe’s E44,42,41 pencil Dark brown , Dress R0000, 01,11,12 pencil Light umber, Skin E0000,000,00,R01.
I would like to enter the following challenges
Cute Card Thursday #179 – Sketch Time
Magnolia Down Under Challenges #111 – Texture
Just Magnolia Let's Play Bingo! – Ribbon & Lace / Flowers / Gems
I just thought I would let everyone know Karen & Kylie both have some Candy at the moment, If you click on there pic’s at the top left sidebar you can check it out for yourselves, and who doesn’t need some of those yummy sweet things lol.
Ok that’s all for now, Big Hugs

Dinosaur Birthday

Hi Everyone,
Hope you all are well and happy today, I have just finished a card for my great nephews 5th birthday, and I am a little over excited about it as it’s the first time I have coloured an image with just pencils, now I know it’s not perfect but I think I am getting there. Normally I would use a combination of copic markers and prisma pencils, but today it’s just the prisma pencils ( I will list the colours I used at the end of this post ).

Isn’t he the cutest dinosaur you have ever seen! I got him from Whimsy stamps and he is called Thunder Lizzy by Crissy Armstrong you can get him HERE. For the DP I used Nit Wit Collections Jungle Zoo Too, I thought those leaves looked like a place a dinosaur would be, but then again I am no expert on dinosaurs lol.
Crissy has a challenge on at the moment with the theme K.I.S.S which means Keep It Simple Stamper and I thought this card suited that for a little boy who loves dinosaurs.
I have done the inside to match the front, the brads are from Kaisercraft and the ribbon is from my stash.
Here is a close up, I sponged around the image with Memento Summer Sky.
Prisma Pencils used – Crimson Red, Black, True Blue, Pink Rose, Sienna Brown, Grass Green, Burnt Orche, Peach Beige, Apple Green.
I would like to enter the following challenge
Sundays with Crissy Challenge #20  - K.I.S.S – Keep It Simple Stamper
Before I go I just wanted to mention Dana’s Blog, I have been following Dana for awhile now and she has lots of great info and tutorials on colouring with pencils and copics. You can check her blog HERE , if it wasn’t for Dana’s tutorials I would probably still be in a muddle with my colours lol.
Hope you all have a great day, thanks for stopping by and all the wonderful comments you leave me. I appreciate them very much.
Big Hugs

Crafty Sunday

Hi Everyone,
Well this morning when I got up I had no intention of entering any challenges, but when I had a look around the blog world my brain went into overdrive and that was it! I have spent all my Sunday morning crafting, and what a lovely way to spend a Sunday lol.
I have created a card with a Magnolia stamp called Tilda with Hawaii Flower from the Butterfly Dreams Collection and I must say she is one of my favourites, and she fits perfectly with the MDUC flutterbys Challenge, the girls would like to see butterflies this week.

The lovely girls at Bunny Zoe Crafts Monthly Challenge would like to see Easel Cards and you still have heaps of time to enter this one, while you are there check out the candy on offer and all the new products that are coming in, it’s all very exciting YAY. Ok back to the card, the brown DP is digi from cuddly buddly and the pink DP is from Kaisercraft Blushed collection ( it’s an oldie but a goodie ), the CS is Bazzill.
Tilda is coloured with copics( list at end of post ) , the beautiful flowers are from WOC, I really love those browns ones they are called Walnut colour and I used a MS Branch punch. The borders are done with a Magnolia Doo Hickey die Old Swedish Lace. I used a lace doily from my stash with spellbinders Circle Hearts Die although it got hidden a bit with flowers . The white lace is from the Craft Queen, and I can’t remember where I purchased the butterfly charm.
Here’s the inside, with the very pretty lace butterfly which is also from the Craft Queen.
Just Magnolia would like to see funny sentiments this time, and to be honest I had a bit of trouble with this one, but I came up with this
and turned it into a little tag to go in the butterfly pocket, or you could always take the tag out and put a gift voucher in there instead.
So I hope you are still with me on this one, lots of photo’s and lots to talk about, here is a close up of the darling.
Copic’s used
Butterflies – BG 000,10 N2
Dress & Socks – R0000, 81 , E 41 Light Umber pencil
Flower – R0000,81 G20 Y00
Shoes – E44,42,30
Hair – E44,42,41
Skin- E0000,000,00,R01 for the cheeks 
I hope you all like my butterfly inspired easel card with the funny sentiment, I had a great time making it, and besides I hadn’t planned anything else for today, and it’s not very nice outside all overcast and windy brrrrr.
I would like to enter the following challenges
Magnolia Down Under Challenge #110 – Flutterbys
Bunny Zoe Crafts Mothly Challenge #15 – Easel Cards
Just Magnolia Challenge Blog #120 – Funny Sentiments
Thanks so much for visiting me, have a great week everyone.
Big Hugs

Daisy

Hi Everyone,
This is my second post today, I have been very busy creating a card for Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge for July, Bec and the Team have asked for Borders & Frames for this challenge.

I have used Daisy laying in field she is so lovely, I have made a frame for her with spellbinders label 4.  The DP is from Nit Wits Collections called Noah’s too and is digital paper. I punched out the border with fiskars punch. The flowers are from WOC.  Ribbon and Butterfly are from my stash. I am sorry but I can’t for the life of me remember where I got the circle sentiment.
Here’s a close up of daisy in her frame, I have coloured her with copic’s and a little prisma pencils, I like using the pencils for a little blush on the cheeks for that nice soft look.
The inside I decorated to match the front with an area for personal messages.
Copic’s used- E0000, 000, 00 B60,63,66 ,91,93 BV0000, Y00,21,19 YR 0000,000 R20 G24,20
Bec has heaps of new products coming into her online store, plus a new release of her stamp range of Blue Butterfly Stamps. So you can check it all out now   HERE. Also you have until the end of July to enter the challenge HERE.
Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate all your lovely comments.
I would like to enter Bizzy Bec's Store Blog Challenge July – Borders & Frames
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Little Ballerina

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Today I have made a card for my sister to give to her 5yr old grand daughter who loves ballet & butterflies, and this Lily of the Valley stamp is just perfect I thought.

She is called Little Ballerina isn’t she adorable, I coloured her using copic’s and added some hot pink kindy glitz for her head gear. I sponged around her with memento angel pink ink while still in the die, the very pretty papers are digital from nit wit collections called butterfly kisses too. LOTV has a challenge this week with the theme Fun & Games I think she certainly looks like she is having both. The die I used on the corners is nellie’s choice and the little ballerina charm both come from Bunny Zoe’s Crafts online store. The lace and pearl trim are from the Craft Queen and the rhinestones are from Kaisercraft, where would we be without those little extra’s.
Here’s a pic of the inside the cute lacy butterfly is also from the Craft Queen, the sentiment is my own creation.

And here’s a close up of the little sweetie, you can’t see her sparkles very well in the photo, but it looks great IRL, trust me lol.
Copic’s used – R81,83,85 RV0000 G20 YG 03 , E0000,000,00,50,42.
LOTV has a new release coming out on 25th July, and they have teamed up with WOC so there is big celebrations happening, so jump over and check out the fun & games!
Ok that’s it for me today, thanks for visiting, I would like to enter the following challenge
LOTV Challenge 106 – Fun & Games
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