Dies to Die For: Sylvia Zet

I'm not quite sure if I like this or not yet, the jury is still out on this one, I was suffering terribly with my asthma today (yesterday when this goes live) and really had no mojo at all, but I really wanted to use these lovely non traditional colours Xmas papers from Whimsy and now I've photographed them the colours of the papers are not showing well at all! What looks in the pics like a soft beige/nude is actually a lovely pink *sigh*.

Love this image by Sylvia Zet, all her stamps for Whimsy are soooooooooooo cute! I coloured this pair in my Inktense pencils to match the colours of the paper (even if the colours of the paper aren't showing too well in the pics).

I distressed the paper edges and inked them with Walnut Stain distress ink. I used some Bazill Kraft to mount my layers and for the sentiment and snowflakes, for a little contrast to the brights. The sentiment is from an Impression Obsession set. This set is so useful, it has a sentiment for almost every occasion!

Love this parrot green ruffled ribbon (sadly I think Tracy is out of stock of this now) it matched perfectly with a length of ribbon I had left in my stash

Items Used

Stamp: Friendship is the Greatest Gift

Spellbinder's Stately Circles

Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

Whimsy 6 x 6 Paper Pack - Merry & Bright

Marianne Design Snowflakes Die

Box Pleat Ribbon

Impression Obsession-Life Stuff Sentiments

That's it from me today, sorry the pics are a bit naff it was very late by the time I took them.

See you next week! : ) x x

Tuesday, 10 June 2014

Silver Fairy in Violet and Rose

Happy Tuesday Stampers! DT Linda here again with my regular Tuesday inspiration post, and today I'm using another of the wonderfully talented Sylvia Zet's images. Just love her work the stamps are sooo sweet. If you follow me on Facebook you've probably seen me share this image when I first coloured it whilst at my parents and when I chose the colours I actually had the new Pion papers in mind. However I wasn't sure they were going to arrive in time for my make and so I went ahead and made the card up with another Pion collection....and then guess what? Yup, those new Pion papers arrived with the postie on Saturday. Oh well, at least I have them all ready for my next make.

This is my finished card, I used Silver Fairy, from Whimsy Stamps and the corner lace die is also made by Whimsy. The shape is made with a Martha Stewart PATP punch set. I edged all the papers with DI in Dusty Concord.

She's coloured with my Inktense pencils plus a few watercolour pencils for the skin and hair. You can find the colours on my blog.

I finished off with this lovely bead trim and a La-La Land butterfly die.

I used more papers from the same collection to decorate the inside and give a space to write a message.

Items Used:

Wee Stamps - Silver Fairy

Pion Design - Flower Frames - Viola 6 x 6

Pion Design - Flower Frames - Roseus

La La Land - Butterflies Set 1

Mini Lace Doily Corner 1

Bazzill Self Adhesive Jewels - Clear

4mm String Beads Lavender

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Dusty Concord

Memento Ink Pad - Tuxedo Black

Neenah Cardstock

I do hope you like her, I'll be back next week for more inspiration, until then, happy crafting!

Tuesday, 27 May 2014

Daphne

Happy Tuesday all! Linda here with my Tuesday inspiration post. It's back to work for me today so this post is scheduled, but I only have today and tomorrow in work and then I have a few days off as I'm visiting my parents. This does mean no more cards from me for a week and a half as I won't be crafting (though I will be colouring images while I'm away) but I'll try and get my Blog Candy sorted before I go.

Anyway on to my project for today. It's a card using the adorable Daphne by the talented Artist Sylvia Zet, love her images. I paired her with a gorgeous papers from MME. I've listed all the items used from the shop at the end of my post, with links to take you straight to them.

I coloured Daphne up in Copics to match the papers, and cut an aperture in my paper with a Stax die to frame her. I inked all the edges with Walnut Stain distress ink and sewed them with top stitch thread.

I added some glitter to her wings and doted her with some liquid pearls in white opal.

I added a lovely bow cut with a Die-namics die and used a piece of a Prima embellishment in the top corner. I added a bit more Prima bling to the bow and a couple of corners.

I used a co-ordinating sheet of paper from the same pad to decorate the inside of the card, and added some plain white card cut with one of the stax dies.

Items Used

Wee Stamps Daphne

My Mind's Eye-Lost & Found -Sunshine

Die-namics - Beautiful Bows

Die-namics Designer Labels 1 Stax

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink

Prima Say it in Crystals

Prima Say it in Crystals - Songbird 2

Liquid Pearls - White Opal

Well that's all from me for today, I'll see you again in 2 weeks time with some more inspiration to share.

Take care! : ) x x

Sunday, 23 June 2013

Wee One

Hi, today’s card showcases one of the new stamps from the Whimsy release, this one is called Wee One, too stinkin’ cute for words!!

The paper is Inkido Bouquet of Roses and the die behind the image is a Sizzix Tim Holtz Weathered Clock

hugs

Sunday, 27 May 2012

Wee Peggy

My card today features Wee Peggy. How stinkin cute is she. The sentiment is also by Whimsy Stamps, from the Friendship Notables 2 set.

The papers are Prima Pixie Glen. The So Wrapped Lovely tag was dry brushed with white gesso as was everything else Smile

Wee Peggy was coloured with Copics and pencils

Skin: E13, 11, 00, 000, 0000, R30
Hair and basket: E57, 53, 50 and dark umber pencil
Greens: G43, 40, 20 and the lightest touch of olive green pencil
Pinks: R20, 00, 000, 0000 and light peach pencil
Bird: BG72, 70, YR31 and a light touch of black

hugs

Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Silver Fairy

I totally adore this gorgeous stamp one of my all time favourites She is perfect for so many occasions, today she is just for friendship....

I have coloured Silver Fairy with a right mix, markers, pencils, chalks, pen and glitter pens, the papers are FP Beach Babe, I have added some blooms, Cherry Blossoms, 15mm and 10mm Open Roses, I have punched my Leaves and used Kraft Card for my Sentiment, I have distressed all the edges and added some Butterflies with Flat Pearls, and of course heaps and heaps of Stardust she is a fairy she has to sparkle....

Thank you so very much for looking today and any comments that you may leave me, biggest of happy hugs love Pops x x x