Romantic Eva

Happy Friday everyone, DT Linda here and so it's nearly the weekend!  I've been super busy this week working on some secret projects that I can't tell you about just yet, but I will say it's terribly exciting!

I must admit to being just a little bit in love with today's card, the mojo was just racing along with this one, I had so much fun making it.

The beautiful girl is Eva, a Saturated Canary image from Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.

Isn't she gorgeous? 

I went for a romantic vintage feel with this and it could easily be sent as a Valentines card as for a birthday or other occasion.  For that reason I didn't add a sentiment to the card....well that and I ran out of room lol!

I coloured her with my Distress Markers, and colours can be found on my blog here. I cut her out with one of my MFT Pierced Ovals dies I added a few dots of liquid pearls around my image.

I used some lovely sale papers from Bildmalarna and layered them up, inked and hand sewed them as usual.

and decorated the inside simply to complement the front.

Eva -Stamp

Bildmalarna Paper - From the Sale box

MFT Pierced Ovals

Cheery Lynn Kissimee Doily Die

Platinum Liquid Pearls

Well that's all from me today, do head over to my blog if you want more details and photos. Have a great weekend, and I'll see you next Friday! :) xx

  

Mimosa - Christmas Flower

Happy Sunday everyone and I hope you've had a good weekend.  

I've been making Christmas cards again so I have one of them to share with you today.  I really do love Bildmalarna stamps and they have some gorgeous Christmas images and for my card I chose to use an older stamp but still one of my favourites.  This image is 'Mimosa - Christmas Flower' and I chose a very simple colour palette to compliment the Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics '9th December' papers I used.

Items Used

Image:  Bildmalarna 'Mimosa - Christmas Flower'

Papers:  Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics '9th of December'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Stickles 'Star Dust'

That's all from me today.  Thank you for stopping by to have a little look.

Take care, 

Ann-Marie

xxx

Bildmalarna - Alva Feeling

Hello and happy Sunday everyone.  It's Ann-Marie stopping by today to share some craftiness with you all.

For my make today I stamped up the gorgeous Bildmalarna 'Alva Feeling'.  She is gorgeous and lovely to colour and I teamed her up with some beautiful Glitz Design '77' papers which inspired the colour choice of my image.  I also used the Memory Box 'Diamond Background' frame and wanted it to appear twinkly with stars so once cut out I snipped it up a little and made it square, popped in on a dark blue background to represent the night sky and then added some clear gems for sparkle.  A little ribbon to finish it all off with a little bit of sparkle in the middle courtesy of an old bracelet which had broken and my card was done.   Let me show you how it turned out.  I apologise for the colour and brightness of the piccies I took them outside and the light was very dull.

Items Used

Image:  Bildmalarna 'Alva Feeling'
Papers:  Glitz Design '77'
Dies:  Memory Box 'Diamond Background'
Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Okay time for me to dash.  I hope you are enjoying your weekend and thank you for taking the time to pop in.

Take care.
Ann-Marie
xxx

Mimosa - Winter Birds

Hello everyone it's Ann-Marie here popping in to share some Christmas inspiration with you.

I've gone all traditional today and used a colour palette of red and green with a splash of gold inspired by some My Mind's Eye papers 'Vintage Christmas' and these are beautiful.  For my image I used a Bildmalarna stamp 'Mimosa - Winter Birds' and she is definitely one of my favourites I can see her being used quite a bit.  To embellish my card I added some beautiful ribbon, twine and a few little jingly bells and those gorgeous roses were made from the Cheery Lynn 'Tea Rose Small' die and the fab leaves were on the same die and they cut so well.  I was really impressed with how they turned out and how easy they were to make.

A close up of the gorgeous roses.  Just love them think I may spend an afternoon just making lots of them in different colours!

Last piccie is a close up of the image.  She is so adorable and as usual she has been coloured with my copics and I'm really happy with how she turned out.

Items Used

Image:  Bildmalarna 'Mimosa - Winter Birds'

Sentiments:  Whimsy 'Holiday Ticket Sentiments'

Papers:  My Mind's Eye 'Vintage Christmas'

Dies:  Cheery Lynn 'Tea Rose

Ribbon:  1/4" Crochet Trim White and Sheer/Looped Trim Ribbon Olive

Memento 'Tuxedo Black'

Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' Distress Ink

Okay so that's all from me today enjoy the rest of your week folks.

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

'Under the Stars'

Hello everyone Ann-Marie here today to share a little craftiness with you all.  

Well today I have a little something Christmassy to show you.  I know it may be a little early for some but for me I must say its been on my mind for a few weeks now that I should get started so here is my first Christmas card of the year.

First off I chose my image and I have a soft spot for Bildmalarna images so I used 'Under the Stars' and I so love this stamp.  Next I chose my papers and went with Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics '8th December' and '9th December' and these are simply beautiful folks.  I decided to distress the edges a little with my scissors and then inked over them with Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' distress ink.  A few dies used on my card this time so I've listed them below with links to the store as usual.  What I love about Christmas cards is I can add tons of sparkles so my card would not be complete without a dose of 'star dust' Stickles on a few edges and die cuts.

Items Used

Image:  Bildmalarna 'Under the Stars'

Sentiment:  Whimsy Stamps 'Tis the Season Notables 5'

Papers:  Maja Design Vintage Frost Basics '8th December' & '9th December'

Dies:  Memory Box 'Prescious Ornaments', 

Memory Box 'Frostyville Border', Whimsy Stamps 'Notables 5'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' Distress ink

'Star Dust' Stickles

Okay that's all from me today folks, I hope I have inspired you to get a little crafty and maybe make a start on those Christmas cards we all need to make.

Happy Wednesday.

Take care. 

Ann-Marie 

xxx

LDRS Saturated Canary Eva....

Oh I am sooooo late today! This is another image I had coloured from my sick bed lol

This is the beautiful Eva coloured with my copics....papers are from Bildmalarna Dreams Collection.....the die is Cheery Lynn Felicity....I hope you like!

Jane

Mimosa - Summer Wind

Happy Tuesday everyone!  It's DT Linda here. Are you almost ready for Easter? I'm really not lol, I have so much still to do!   Anyhoo....on to the reason I'm here. This week I've used one of the sweet little Mimosa stamps from Bildlamarna, and normally I like to colour up these cuties with my Distress Inks, but I thought for  change I'd use my copics.  I rather like the way she turned out especially her hair. Links to products used are as always at the end of my post.

Colours used

Skin: E11, 00, 000, 0000, R20, 11
Hair: E00, 11, 13, 15, 18
Clothes: RV000, 91, 93, 95, B000, 00, C2, E50, 51, 53
Basket and flowers: B000, 00, RV91, 93, 95, E41, 42, 44

I used these gorgeous papers from Pion, and I believe that they've now been discontinued, so best snap them up from Tracy while you still can...I must admit I'm very sad that I won't be able to get this range in the future as it's one of my favourites.  I do hope they plan on replacing it with something similar, because while the A Day in May range is drop dead gorgeous, it doesn't have the range of colours that this collection has.  Luckily for me I still have various sheets in my stash. I inked the edges and then sewed them with top stitch thread.

I used some lovely La-La Land and Die-namics die cuts and this rather lush Prima flower, though I was rather mean to it an pulled out the centre and replaced it with one of my rolled rose ones. I finished off with this fab sentiment from Whimsy, cut with a matching die, a little stamp cut from the element sheet to match the papers used,  and some liquid pearls.

Well that's all from me for today and I get a bit of a break soon to get ahead with my crafting, and enjoy my holiday

Enjoy your Easter everyone! : ) x x

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Friends and Family Mini Postage Stamps	Mini Postage Die	Neenah Cardstock	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	Memento Ink Pad - Rich Cocoa	Collall All Purpose Glue - 50ml

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Bildmalarna Alva Music

Good Morning Everyone

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

For my card today I have used a sweet Bilmalarna Stamp together with some gorgeous Bildmalarna papers from the stunning Soft Collection paper pad. The flowers have been made with Cheery Lynn Rose Dies and the leaves are from the Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip. The wonderful Bird Cage die is also from Cheery Lynn.

Items Used:

Stamp - Bildmalarna Alva Music

Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps SC Designs Everyday Moments

Papers - Bildmalarna Soft collection 6x6 paper pad

Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

Dies - Die-Namics Pierced Rectangles STAX

Cheery Lynn Bird Cage

Cheery Lynn Medium Rose

Cheery Lynn Large Rose

Cheery Lynn Flourish Leaf Strip

Memory Box Classic Tags

Thank you for stopping by to look at my card today.

Bye for now

Sue xx

Kisses for my Sweet

Good Morning Everyone.

I hope you are well and having a good weekend.

For my card today I have used a delightful Mo Manning stamp made by Stamping Bella with some stunning double-sided Bildmalarna papers which I have used to paper-piece the lady's dress adding some shading with coloured pencils. The gorgeous border die is by Memory box, all the other hearts are from the same die.

The sentiment banner was cut with the fabulous La-La Land Folding Banners die and the sentiment stamp  is from the very useful SC Designs Collection Everyday Moments.

Items Used:

Stamp - Stamping Bella - Mo Manning - Kisses for my Sweet

Dies - La-La Land - Folding Banners

       - Memory Box Cherish Border
Tonic Studios Scallop Square Nesting Dies

Papers - Bo Bunny Double Dot Sweet Pear

Bildmalarna - Sweet Tones - Purple Flowers

Sentiment - Whimsy Stamps - SC Designs Collection Everyday Moments


Thank you for taking the time to stop and look at my card today.
bye for now
Sue xx

Bildmalarna Alva 'Feeling'

Good morning everyone and wishing you a very happy Wednesday.  Well that means it's my turn, Ann-Marie, to share some crafty inspiration with you all today.  

This week I have made a Step Card and it was so quick and easy to do as I used the Cheery Lynn Designs 'Step Card' die and for my image I used Bildmalarna Alva 'Feeling' coloured up with my copics.  I teamed her up with Bildmalarna papers Sweet Tones 'Music in my Garden' and Sweet Tones 'Purple Flowers' and boy are these gorgeous really didn't want to cut into them!  I distressed all the edges with my scissors and then inked around them with Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain'.

A bit of a side view.  I didn't want to embellish too much as I really didn't want to cover up the beautiful papers.  

A quick close up of the image isn't she sweet and lovely to colour.

Items used

Image:  Bildmalarna Alva 'Feeling'

Papers:  Bildmalarna Sweet Tones 'Music in my Garden' & 'Purple Flowers'

Die:  Cheery Lynn Designs 'Step Card'

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Tim Holtz 'Walnut Stain' Distress Ink pad

Thank you for stopping by today and I hope I have inspired you a little to get those crafty fingers a making!

Take care, 

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Getting Krafty with Bildmalarna!

Hello everyone, I hope you are having a great Wednesday.  It's Ann-Marie popping in today to show you a card I have made using the adorable Bildmalarna image 'Mimosa Guitar'.  

I thought I would try a Kraft and white colour scheme for my card and added a splash of red in there to lift it and I must say I like the outcome very much.  

Items Used

Bildmalarna 'Mimosa Guitar'

Bazzill Kraft Cardstock

Poppystamps Diamond Background

Memento 'Tuxedo Black' ink pad

Liquid Pearls 'White Opal'

Okay folks time for me to go but before I do I would like to say thank you for stopping by and I hope I have inspired you to get Krafty!

Take care.

Ann-Marie 

xxx

Little Winged Friends - Wash

Happy Tuesday all, Linda here, I'm back to work this week so not quite so happy lol, but I did manage to get a lot of crafting done in my week off work, so today I'm bringing  you a card I made for my second tutorial, it's a step by step tutorial with photos (I'm not quite brave enough for video yet lol), you can find it under the new 'Tutorials' tab at the top of my blog or follow this link

I made another 'Magic' card, this is my second one ever and I do really enjoy making these.

I am very fed up with all the rain and wind and bad weather atm, so I thought I'd go for something spring like, inspired by this lovely Bildmalarna stamp that Tracy sent for me to have a play with. Isn't she the sweetest, washing all her wings? I coloured her with Distress Inks, which I thought really suited her.  I'm still learning to play with these and I'm still not completely satisfied with the results I get, but I'm enjoying working at it .

 I used some older Maja Design papers, these are from the Spring Basics collection. Links to products used can be found at the end of my post as usual.

As the card has multiple folds and every surface is covered with pretty DP, it doesn't need a lot in the way of embellishments.

A view of the inside..I used a Martha Stewart punch to make these pretty edges. The sentiment is from a Whimsy Set.

...and one of the back.

I used 2 12 x 12 double sided sheets to make this card, and there was plenty left over for another card, even with decorating every surface!

I hope you enjoyed my share today and that it inspired you to have a go at making one of these cards.  For those of you who enjoyed my book card a few weeks back, check out my blog on Thursday when I'll be sharing a Tutorial for that!

Have fun folks! :) xx

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Spellbinders - Nestabilities - Labels Four SM	Flat Backed Pearls - White - 4mm	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Tattered Rose	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Walnut Stain	*NEW* 1.5" White Lace/Satin Center White
Dovecraft Hi-Bond Double Sided 6mm Tape	Collall All Purpose Glue - 50ml	Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Border Punch Set - Vintage Doily	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Scattered Straw
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Weathered Wood

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