Diecuts and Lace and Bearly Mine

Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday to me, Happy Birthday Dear Me, Happy Birthday to me,

Lol, yes if you haven't guessed already today is my birthday and hopefully it will be a good one.  I've scheduled this post so I haven't opened those lovely handmade cards yet but when I do I'll be round to thank you personally.

Right, onto today's card which is my DT card for Bearly Mine using "Natalie" a fabulously gorgeous digi available from our sponsor today, and one of other Design Teams, Crafts and Me. 

I have used Bearly Mine's Vintage papers, one of my favourite papers, link below.

Isn't she gorgeous. Coloured with copics and I added pearls to her flowers and dropped pearl earrings.

I stampted the sentiment onto the Muslin cloth and really liked the results.

I have used the Magnolia Die for the flower leaves.

Ingredients:-

Vintage Papers by Bearly Mine Designs

Image "Natalie" by Crafts and Me

Each panel was stitched using my machine

Gesso, everywhere, lol

Flowers from wild orchid crafts

Stardust stickles and pearls from stash

Sentiment is from Lili of the Valley

Muslin cloth

So I'm sure you all have die cuts and lace in your stash, so hope to see you over at the Bearly Mine Challenge HERE.

AnitaBStampin - Lace and Pearls

Anything Goes - Bingo

Digital Tuesday - Add texture

My time to craft - Diecuts

Papertake weekly - Pastels

BunnyZoe - Lace

House of Gilli - Flowers

Kaboodle Doodle - Distress

Stamps n Fun = Creativity - Flower Power

Stampsrus - Use something digi (image and papers)

Emerald Fairies - Anything Goes

I did it Creations - Anything Goes

2 Sisters - Use a digi

ECP - Pastels

Fairy Knoll - Flowers

Charisma - Birthdays in pink

Little Claires - Sparkle

Craft us crazy - Something new (image) Favourtie Embellishment (Flowers)

Pixie Dust - Vintage

Creative Card Crew - Cute and Girly

Paper Pretties - Flowers

Southern Girls - Lace and Pearls

Cute Little Baby Carriage

Morning Peeps,

Yes it's my busy week and I'm back again already.  We are still taking advantage of the glorious English weather and we went for a walk on Sunday by the canal for 2 and a half miles.  Today we went to Ashridge and did a 4 and a half mile walk.  I'm hoping that tomorrow won't be a 6 and a half mile one, lol.  My legs and bottom ache, and believe me OH does not know as many shortcuts as he thinks he does.  Still I need the exercise and it was so nice to see so many people out and about.

Today's challenge at Bearly Mine Designs is "Babies" and I decided to make a little baby carriage.

I have used the paper from Extreme Designer Vol III as I liked the tiny print.  I have used nesties to create the wheels and the cogs are laserchip Cogs from Make It Crafty and now also available at Quixotic Paperie.

The image is by Magnolia and I have again attempted distress inks.  A bit more practice still needed I know. I have added pink netting inside the pram to raise up the sleeping bambino.

Ingredients:-

Papers by Bearly Mine Extreme Designer Vol III CD

Bazill Cardstock

Medium Distress Inks

Cogs painted with pink acrylic paint available from Make It Crafty and Quixotic Paperie

Nesties

Cuttlebug Embossing Foler

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Lace and Brads from Stash

I would like to enter my baby carriage into the following challenges:-

Craft your passion - layers

Lexis - Anything but a card

Make it Monday - Anything Goes

Stamping Scrapping Challenge - Anything Goes

My Partner In Crafting Crime - Photo Inspiration (I have chosen colours)

Magnolia Stamp Lovers - Flowers

Ellephantastic - Anything but Square or Rectangle

Crafty Anns - Fancy Folds

Delicious Doodles - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - No text

Cooking it up with Katie - Flowers, pink, for a lady (mine's a little lady)

Inside Out

Morning Peeps,

This is a quick scheduled post, I didn't get in until real late last night, so will update this post when I get in tonight.  Today's challenge at Bearly Mine Designs, has been chosen by me, and I 'd like to see the inside of your card or project decorated.  I think I need to investigate my camera settings as my photo's are no longer coming out like they look on the camera viewer.  This will teach me for mucking about with the settings.

 

I have followed Bev's sketch over at Magnolia and Stanglar. 

I have used three stamps.  I stamped Tilda and then masked her and stamped over her with the summer gate stamp. I have also used the Magnolia butterfly stamp which is perched amongst the flowers and can be seen in photo 1. All stamps are by Magnolia.

And here's the inside.  I have used Bearly Mine Design papers, using paper lace and peach dreams.

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Just Magnolia & Hanglar - Sketch

A spoonful of sugar - All creatures great and small ( hope butterflies count)

Flourishes - Flowers everywhere 

Sweet Stamps - For the ladies 

Top Tip Tuesday - Spring has sprung 

Crafty pad - Spring 

Scrappy Frog - Flowers and lace 

Stampacular - Girls and Swirls 

2 Sisters - Spring 

Challenge up your life - Masking technique 

Little Claire - Spring Celebrations 

It's Birthday Time at Bearly Mine and a SALE!

Morning Peeps,

Over at Bearly Mine Challenges today the theme is an easy one, "Happy Birthday", and we are being sponsored by not one, not two or three but FOUR Sponsors, and oh my god I sooooo wish I could enter, and here's why:-

Bearly Mine Designs - 2 Digi sets of the winner's choice
Wild Orchid Crafts - selection of flowers and lace
Tickled Pink Stamps - 2 Digi stamps or 1 rubber stamp of Winner's choice
Go Kreate - 3 sets of rectangular metal dies worth £13.99 each.

Also today Donna has released 3 new sets, I have used one of the new sets in post of yesterday which you can find HERE, fabulous papers.  And........... on top of all this Bearly Mine has a  SALE!  Whoppee, but don't go before you've seen my card, I'll pop a link at the bottom of the page for you to go shopping.

I have used a image Mollie Kitten with Flower from Tickled Pink Stamps. Isn't she a cutie.

The Papers are from Simply Dots and Extreme Vol 1

Ingredients:-

Image by Tickled Pink Stamps available HERE

Papers by Bearly Mine Designs (link below)

Doily and lace from Bizzy Becs

Martha Stewart Punch around the page

Cardboard, painted with white acrylic paint

Laserchip heart from Make It Crafty painted with acrylic paint

Magnolia Doohickey Die

Ribbon, pearl from stash

Flowers from Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Tickled Pink - Tags

Craft your passion - Girly

KB Cute Monday - Anything Goes using a digi

Paper Playtime - Anything Goes using a digi

Stamps R Us - Anything Girly

Gingerloft - Furry Friends

Fuzzy Wuzzy - Animal and Birthday

DigiDoodles - Spots/Stripes

Click on the picture below to go shopping:-

Shop Til You Drop

Good morning Peeps,

It's Wednesday, half way through already, hooray for bank holidays. Don't know about you but over the christmas period I have gone to bed later and later and got up later, so returning to work this morning was a right struggle, plus I didn't sleep well, think it must of been the excitement of returning to work, lol.

Anyway, moving on, it's our first challenge of the new year at Crafts and Me Challenges and this fortnight it has been chosen by the lovely Trish and its............paper tearing. Interpret as you wish, I distressed all my edges and ripped it here and there so it should count, just love this technique and look, lol.

I have used one of the new Crafts and Me Stamps from the Melody range available HERE.  This one is called Shopping Melody, don't know why?

She's certainly done a lot of shopping.

Side view so you can see the dimension on the shop front awning.

Materials Used:-

Image Shopping Melody from Crafts and Me HERE

Boutique stamp is by Magnolia

Medium - Copics and Prisma Pencils

Papers - New Release from Bearly Mine Desigsn, Cheery Days and Damask

Magnolia Doohicky Lace Die

Martha Stewart Frond Punch

Martha Stewart pinking edge border punch

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Stardust Stickles

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

The Beary Scrap - Sketch 

Craft your passion - Anything Goes

Crazy Challenge - All things New (image and papers)

Alys Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes - Something New (image and papers)

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Something New (stamp, papers)

Pile it on - Brand spankin new (Stamp, papers)

Sew Many Challenges - New

Stamp n Doodle - New

Marks finest papers - New
BunnyZoe - Sparkle and Shine (I have added sparkle to all the jewellery in the shop, her earrings and bracelet)
I Did It Creations - Favouritie technique (distressing)
Gingerloft - Distressing
Stamp Insanity - sparkle (I have added sparkle to all the jewellery in the shop, her earrings and bracelet)
Bee Crafty - New (stamps and papers)
Papertake Weekly - New + option lace

It's a Sketch at Bearly Mine Designs

Woo Hoo Peeps,

It's the first challenge over at the new Bearly Mine Designs Challenge Blog and it's a skecth by Donna to kick us off. We have three sponsors, so that means 3 prizes, yep, hope you can come and play.

I've used one of the fab Kenny K images which are great for Men's cards and I thought I'd get ahead by making a Valentine Card. Sexy little madam isn't she, lol.

I have of course used the Bearly Mine Digi Papers, which can be found HERE.  I have used a combination of the new Loves Dream, if you scroll down to my previous post but one, you will see a beautiful Hanglar card using these new papers released yesterday.  I have also used valentine papers from both the Extreme Volume I and Volume III.  So you see you can mix and match.  If you check by my blog tomorrow you'll see I've used another new set, Cheery Days, fabulous papers.

Materials Used:-

Image by Kenny K

Medium - Copics and Prisma Pencils

Doily

Marianne Design Doily Die

Red Magnolia from Wild Orchid Crafts

Leaves from Bizzy Bec's

Martha Stewart Swirl Die

Martha Stewart Heart Border Punch

Black Soot and Fired Brick Distress Inks

Sentiment is Catslifepress

Sewing machine for zig zag stitiching on main panel

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Craft your passion - Anything Goes

Crazy Challenge - All things New (image and papers)

Karber challenge - Digi Stamp and Flowers

Alys Sunday Challenge - Anything Goes

Paper Sundaes - Something New (image and papers)

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Crazy for Challenges - Celebrate Something (love/valentines)

Digi Doodle - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Anything Goes

StampinB's - Celebration

Kenny K's Crafty Girlz - Hearts

Creative Inspirations - Something New (Kenny K image, papers, large flower)

Pile it on - Brand spankin new (Image, papers, large flowers)

Sew Many Challenges - New

Stamp n Doodle - New

Marks finest papers - New

Anyone for Coffee

Morning Peeps,

Wow, I got through to Round 2 on the Sugar Nellie Blog Simply Sassy Challenge, woo hoooooooo.  Round 2 is "Do your thing".  Ummmmmm, a hard one for me as I love soooo many different types of techniques, distressing by tearing the edges of the paper, inking the edges, sewing, absolutely love my embellishments and have so many favourite colour combo's I didn't know where to start to show you me, lol. 

Anyway, after deliberation I just started off as I usually do with my papers and "this is my thing", well tdoay anyway:-

I thought I would go for distressed and chose my papers and coloured my fab image from Sugar Nellie.  Now to give her the distressed look I coloured with copics RV23, RV21, RV000, as you'll know these are quite bright but with the added "W's to give her the distressed look, she's toned down.

I didn't think the papers lended themselves to being torn for this card or stitched as I thought it would be lost in the patterned papers, so I just edged with Tim Holtz distress inks, victorian velvet and black soot.

I know you have seen my handmade flowers before but I really love how they come out with the pinks/greys.  They are made up of several punches of 3 sizes of retro punch on double sided paper and then pieced together with a brad.  The edges were inked with Black Soot and then I sprayed water on them and scrunched them up.  I then dried them with the heat gun and unravelled the petals.  A little pearl glimmer mist added and a pearl centre and hey presto!  Aren't they just fab.

Materials Used:-

Image from the Simply Sassy range at Sugar Nellie

Papers are both digital from Bearly Mine Designs and a prize from Toucan Scraps

Medium is copics and prisma pencils

Bazill cardstock

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder (dots)

Spellbinders Dies

3 Retro punches to create the flowers

Tim Holtz Distress Inks Black Soot/Victorian Velvet

Marianne Design Swirl Dies

Doily from Bizzy Becs Store

Braided Trim, pearls from stash

Magnolia Doo Hickey Die

Magnolia Text Die

A Special Day round sentiment is LOTV

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Sugar Nellie Simply Sassy Competition

Sketch Saturday - Sketch

The Crafty Pad - Embossing

Beary Scrap - Pearls & Jems

Well, I hope I have done enough to make it to round 3.  Have a good weekend everyone.

Snow White SALE at Bearly Mine Designs

Hiya Peeps,

Just wanted to let you know that  Donna from Bearly Mine Designs has decided to have the opposite of a "Black Friday" sale and have a "Snow White" sale. It starts today through to Monday, so have fun shopping HERE.

Tilda's Flying Through The Air at Bizzy Bec's

Hi Peeps,

It's been snowing more here, brrrrrrr, wish I could say I have done all my Christmas Shopping but I haven't got a thing yet, but I'm sure the internet will help me out, lol.

Today's card is my first one for Bizzy Bec's. The theme for the month is "Christmas", yayyyyyyyyy, I'm sure this is going to be a popular one!

I have used the flying Tilda, which I know Bec pre-ordered but has currently sold out. Saying this Bec has set up a "customer choice pre-order service" for the Magnolias so that you can get your hands on some of the older Magnolia's that are not stocked in other stores.  Just click HERE to add to the order or if you don't see what you want, just contact Bec and she'll be happy to assist.

I have gone Marianne Design Dies mad using the frame and also the circular doily.  Underneath the Marianne Design Die Cut I have used a gorgeous doily again available from Bizzy Bec's.  These are soooo superior quality to the ones that I have.  Bizzy Bec's have several designs including square and heart shaped and are soooo reasonably priced.

The gorgeous flowers and leaves are also available from the Bizzy Bec's store and can be found HERE.

The sentiment has been stamped and perfect pearls pigment powder added.  This changes colour in the light and is gorgeous.

Tilda has been coloured using copics and prisma pencils, my favourite medium, well for the moment!  Her wings have of course been glazed with star dust stickles available from HERE,

The papers are from Bearly Mine Design using Christmas Delight.

I am entering this card into the following challenges:-

Quixotic - No Square or Rectangle

Diecut Christmas Club - Use a Diecut

One Stop Craft - Christmas Cuties

Magical Mondays - Wings

Craftycatz - Christmas

Papercutz - Anything Goes

Stamping for the weekend - Winter

Aly's Sunday Challenge - Gingerbreads, cats, fairies, eskimos

I Did It Creations - Surprise Me

Little Paper Shop - Funky Edge

Stamp with Fun - Advent

The shabby Tearoom - Get in Shape

Crafty Little Place - Anything Goes

Scrap Creations - Anything Goes

Tuesday Throwdown - Embellish it

Stamps R Us - Holiday Cards

Bearly Mine Designs Sale

Evening Peeps,

Just a quick message to remind you that you can all get your hands on the Christmas Dreams design papers that I have been using this week and many more at a reduced price as Donna, at Bearly Mine Designs, is celebrating her birthday and has 15% off until 19th November.

Enjoy the weekend peeps.

Hugs Tracy x