Daphne

Morning Everyone,

I know, my second post today, lol but what a beautiful image.  It's challenge time at BunnyZoe and this month Karina has prepared for us a Bingo Board, so hopefully you'll be able to hop on over and play with us.

I have used the gorgeous image "Daphne" by Whimsy Stamps.  I just love Sylvia Vets images, they are my favourtie images, always adorable and a joy to colour.

I have stitched around the card and the image, but it's hard to see in this photograph and believe me it was a major achievement for me to photograph, lol.  Everything that I was clearing out of my craft room ended up on the dining room table and floor so I had to clear space in order to set up my photo tent and lights, lol.

The paper is from the Marianne Design July release paper pad as well as the number 4, cut from the new numbers die.  My second use of this die today, so definitely needed for your stash.

BunnyZoe Ingredients:
Image: Daphne by Whimsy Stamps

Distress Markers

Paper by Marianne Design

Star Dust Stickles

Marianne Design Die Petra's Small Ornament LR0139

Live and Love Craft Ingredients:-
Lace
Pearl String 
Cream Tulle
Doily
Flowers

Noor Design Border Die available from Crafts U Love
Marianne Design Mini Numbers

Ribbon Girl Ingredients:-
Prima Resin Frame

Hugs Tracy x

Mary in Blue

Hi everyone

It's challenge day over at the Kit and Clowder blog.  Our fabulous challenge sponsor this month is Whimsy Stamps. Whimsy Stamps also sponsors the K & C website and have generously donated a $15 gift certificate to the winner of this challenge! You do not need to use a whimsy stamps image to participate but there are some fabulous images over in the store to inspire you.

This month we want you to show us your Blue creations! How cool, you all know how much I luvvvvvv my blues. We just require any part of your project to be blue... we would love for you to experiment colouring Blue but if it's in your papers or embellishments that is ok too! The design team has some fabulous inspiration this month and have even listed what colours they have used in their favourite mediums to create some beautiful blue hues.

This is what I came up with using Whimsy's new Mary, isn't she just gorgeous.

The paper is my favourtie by MayaDesign Vintage Basics XX.  I have used some new Marianne Design Dies.  The first one is on protruding out on the right hand side of the image and is called Anja's Decoration (CR1271).

The wild roses, 20mm roses, lace, cheesecloth, seam binding, papers and resin butterfly can all be found in the Live and Love Craft Store.

Mary has been coloured with distress inks and for the blue I have used Weathered Wood.

  I have also used the new Marianne Design Daisy and Leaves CR1272 die to cut the little daisy's and the leaves, oh sooooo cute.

The tag and longer leaves are by Noor Design.

Have a good weekend.

Hugs Tracy x

Puppy Love & Izzy's Stroll

Morning Everyone,

I am so in love with this gorgeous couple called Puppy Love by Saturated Canary, aren't they just the cutest couple.

The papers are a mix using My Minds Eye Cupid Arrow and Magnolia 12x12 Peaceful, which incidentally is currently on sale at BunnyZoe for 60p a sheet so hurry whilst stocks last, love the pink and grey tones and I have created with this mix of papers.

I have coloured with Distress Markers and added some shabby pink frantage around the image.  This stamp can be used as I have or you could just stamp the boy or the girl separately.

I have used a few dies:-

Marianne Design Anja's Border LR0300   (for the shaped edge at the top of the card)

Marianne Design Swirls and Leaves 3 CR11245

Whimsy Eiffel Tower

The small pink roses are also by Marianne Design.

I have added a heart charm in the flower arrangement and some Marianne Design pearl flourishes to the butterfly on the left.

The black lace is by Kaisercraft available HERE.

I have a second card for you today and this one is not my usual style I'm afraid.  When I made this card for CHA last month I was struggling with RSI in my arm, so it was really painful but as it was for CHA it needed to be done, so I'm sorry my colouring isn't up to its usual standard.

The image is the new release by Candibean called Izzy's Stroll and is available from  Little Darlings Rubber Stamps.  I have also used the Petals and Lace  6x6 paper pad also available from Little Darlings.

The sentiment is from the new release also, it comes in a set and is called Vintage Affections Vintage Birthday.

Copic Markers:-

V17, V15, V12, V00

YG67, YG63, G99, G20

E00, E000, E11, R20

C5, C3, C1, C00

E25, E31, E50

Hugs Tracy x

Chocolate and Coffee

Morning Everyone,

Sunday already, and hopefully a crafting day for me.  I've not had the best of weeks, with the Home requesting a DNR form to be completed for my MIL and my Mum deciding she no longer needs carers and then my bank card being used fraudulently, so crafting time has been on the back burner so hopefully today I can lock myself away and get caught up.

Soooooo, just look at this yummy picture........ ummmmm.  Would go well with a cup of coffee, right.  Well this photo is the inspiration photo over at The Ribbon Girl colour challenge for the month of October and when I saw this picture I just had to jump at the opportunity to guest again.  As some of you will know, monochromatic used to scare me, but now I just love it, especially the browns, my favourite mono colours.

So here's what I came up.  Not 100% happy with the colouring but I ran out of time :(  The little Angel is by CCDesigns from their latest release.  I have edged all the papers with walnut distress ink and added some shabby white frantage around the image.

I have used one of the snowflake pins, my oh my they are gorgeous and just look at the broach.  I have made it so that it can be removed from the card by unpinning, so it is like a gift on a card.

O.K. so I had to photograph the broach for you, isn't it magnificent?

Don't forget to hop over to the Ribbon Girl challenge blog and get more inspiration.

Diamonte Stick Pin Snowflake

Ivory 30mm Wild Roses

Creamy Ivory Lilian 95mm Fine Cotton Lace

Bridal Bouquet Vintage Style Brooch

Chocolate Mix Pearls 5mm

Chocolate Brown Button Twine

Rustic Jingle Bells

Whimsy Snowflake Border

Marianne Design Holly

MayaDesign Christmas Time 6x6 Paper Pad

Shabby White Frantage

Hugs Tracy x

Road Tripping Santa

Morning Everyone,

I have a fun card for you today using Road Tripping Santa by High Hopes Stamps, isn't he jolly, lol.  I have used papers from the LDRS 6 x 6 Frigid Fun pack, perfect for cards.  Love that the print is small and can be easily seen and look how well the Marianne Design XMAS die came out using one of the sheets from the pack.  Normally you wouldn't be able to see the polka dots,  really like how it turned out.

I have used the Whimsy Snowflake border die, just love this die and all the swirls.  I have added some spacers to some of the centres of the snowflakes.

I added a prima clock paperclip and added some shabby white frantage.

The Winter Days calendar is from the Warm Fuzzies Frigid Fun Stamp Set.

Just to give you an idea of what copics I used to match the paper they were  B91, B93, B95 and added some grey tones, C3, C1 to the shading.  

I have used two of the newly released Marianne Design Dies, namely Collectables XMAS and Horizon Pine Trees.  I cut the pine trees out and added diamond dust to the hill, just to differentiate a little from the little white pine trees.

I finished off with some berries and cut the holly leaves out of the CCDesigns Holly leave die.

Hugs Tracy x

Anastasia

Hi Peeps,

Hope you've all had a great weekend and no your not seeing things, I really do have two posts today, so if your looking for my monthly BunnyZoe post please scroll down one.

I have a card for you today using the Anastasia rubber stamp from Make It Crafty. I have used colours that are really out of my comfort zone, and I'm still not sure what I think........maybe you could help me decide....

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I still haven't got the hang of my new camera, sometimes I take good pictures and sometimes they are awful, but I haven't worked out what I'm doing wrong, yet.

Copic Recipe:-

Skin: E00, E000, E21, E11, Cheeks: R20

Purple: V17, 15, V12, V09

Hair: E21, E25, E29

Orange: YR18, YR14, YR21

Ingredients:-

Anastasia Rubber Stamp

Make It crafty Chipboard Corners

Basic Grey Plumeria 6 x 6 Paper Pad

Whimsy Sentiments

Marianne Desings Decorative Elegance

Marianne Designs Anja's Leaves 2
Flowers (except two handmade ones) WOC

Marianne Designs Rose Ribbon

Cherry Lynn Doily Die

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-
Liveandlove - Halloween or Autumn colours
Card Mania - Happy Birthday
Wild Orchid Crafts - Anything Goes

Hugs Tracy x