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Sunday 31 July 2011

Oh My Goodness... here goes!!! Totally Tilda DT- pearls, swirls, ribbon and lace

Hi all!  Well Here goes my first ever Totally Tilda DT post!!
If anyone has seen all the Fab Talent on the Design team you'll know why I'm nervous!! and if not .. Where have you been!!!!!! But I have to say I have been totally Blown away by the Fantastic welcome I have recieved!! what a great (and sometimes nutty .. in a good way honest!!) bunch of Gals!!! I have had such fun!! Well the challenge this week is a recipe! - pearls, swirls, ribbon and lace!! now I usually use a grand old heeping of various of these but it was real fun putting them all together!!
As usual a little peek at the inside!

I tried to go for something a little different, making the background black and white and colouring Tilda in subtle colours to match the DP and embellies!! then I tried to make the butterfly "pop" by colouring it in a much for vibrant tone and adding some stardust stickles!!

Recipe:
Image Magnolia - Hello little butterfly stamp
DP Raspberry Road - vintage doll
Flowers and pearls - Wild orchid crafts
Sentiment - LOTV
Colouring - clothes R0000, 000, 00. E70, 71. W0. background Cool greys. butterfly BG01, 05
Swirl - magnolia Do-hickey
Ribbon and lace from stash
Challenges I would like to Enter.
Stamp with fun - friends
Allsorts - free and easy July
craft your days away - summertime
craft us crazy - anything goes
crafts and me challenges - ribbon
Well that about it from me!! have a lovely Sunday!!
Hugs
Jacqui P x


Sunday 24 July 2011

Sun Glorious Sun!!!!! and some exciting news!!!!

Wooo hooo!!! not only is it sunny 2 days in a row!!! but I have been asked by the lovely Susie Sugar to join one of my favourite challenges as a Design team member!!! thats right I am officially on the Totally Tilda DT!!!! Woooo Hoooo!!!!
So I though it right and fitting to show off a Tilda card I have made for the CLP challenge!!
This Ballerina Tilda stamp is one of my all time fav's!!! A quick peep inside:
Can anyone guess what my fav papers are at the mo? I'll give you a clue look back on my previous posts!! Lol!!
Recipe: Image - Magnolia ballerina Tilda
Papers: Graphic 45 - once upon a springtime
Flowers and pearls - Wild Orchid crafts
ribbon lace - stash
Colours: copic markers
The challenges I would like to enter are:
Stamp something - fav embellishment (flowers)
Allsorts - free and easy July
Well thats all from me, still missing my baby (for goodness sake don't tell him I called him that ROFL!!!) have a great whats left the weekend!!
Hugs
Jacqui P x




Saturday 23 July 2011

pretty Lili of the valley - basic grey DT

Hi all!! happy Saturday!! Well I am feeling totally lost today, just waved my son Logan off for 2 weeks army cadets summer camp!! truly don't know what I will do without him!! longest we've been apart is a week and then he with his dad so didn't feel soo bad!! and to add to my misery afore mentioned dad and very lovely hubby is working in Norway at the mo. so totally alone for 2 weeks and it's my birthday in 2 weeks!! luckily Logan will be home the evening of my birthday so all is not lost!! Although I am sure he will arrive home VERY dirty and tired!!! Lol!!
Wow is it really 2 weeks gone by again!!! I think I am getting old!! Lol!!
Well it's another Basic grey challenge and this fortnight our challenge is a fabby sketch by the amazingly 
talented Heather
I must say I loved this sketch am am sure I will be using it again!! It's funny when I first started blogging and entering comps (blogoversary alert watch this space ;) I hated sketches and now I find it hard to do a card with out the inspiration they give me!!!!
and a quick peep at the inside, and a closer look at the sweet little fairy!!

Recipe
Image Dandylion fairy - LOTV
Colours - copics greens BG93,95,99 sorry that's all I remember
Papers - Basic Grey Kioshi
Flowers and pearls - Wild orchid crafts
scrunchy lace - cuddly buddly crafts
Lace - stash
glitter - stickles
sentiment - Lotv

The challenges I would like to enter are:
Lilli of the valley - fun and games (blowing the dandylion clock loved this as a kid!!)
Magical monday - texture (lace glitter scrunchy lace and flowers)
Allsorts - free and easy July
Totally Gorjuss - Punch or die (use punch or die)
Crafts and me - add a flower
Well that all from me today!! thankyou for dropping by
hugs
Jacqui P x

Thursday 21 July 2011

Give me a "T I L D A" Yaaaaay!!!!!

Hi all just a quickie from me today
Well not too sure of this one if honest!! it looked bare before the flowers but not sure the flowers quite fit?!?! but hey ho, glued down now!!! the image is from the stamp club I am sure they will be hitting the shops any day now!! I have coloured with copics, BTW cult pens are offering a 10% discount at the moment with a code from Kenny K's Krafty girls!! the flowers and pearls are of course the marvelous Wild orchid crafts and the stars I cut out with my spellbinders. Sentiment is LOTV!
The Challenges I would like to enter are:
Just magnolia - Pink and Purple
Allsorts - free and easy july
cupcake inspiration - picci
Well that all from me today!! take care hope to see you soon!!
Hugs
Jacqui P x



Tuesday 19 July 2011

Just for you with much love

Hi all, hope you are all well and not growing gills because of all the wet weather we're having Lol!!
Just a quick Lilli of the Valley card for you today
A closer look at the little sweetie!! you can just about see the glitter on her underskirt and hat!

Just kept the embellies fairly simple as I think the DCWV paper does most of the work!! I have added quite a lot of crystal stickles to the card and flowers, although as usual this doesn't show up in my photography!! the flowers and crystals are from wild orchid and the colouring is with copics, the blue is BG70, B0000, 00, 01 the pink is a real mix of R0000, 000, 00. V0000, 00.
The challenges I would like to enter are:
Lilli of the Valley - pink and blue
Papertake weekly - getting cute
Allsorts - free and easy july
Well short and sweet today thanks for popping by!
Hugs
Jacqui P

Saturday 16 July 2011

Pretty Elisabeth Bell card

Hi All, hope you are having a Fantastic weekend so far!!
I just love this cute image,  this is a new style for me and I am really quite pleased with how well it turned out! here's a wee peep at the inside
A close up of the pearls wound around flowers



Recipe:
Image Belles n' Whistles
Colouring: Copics clothes; BG70, B0000, 000, 00. E40, 42, 43. green G40
flowers, pearls and lace Wildorchid crafts
lace border Do hicky
small butterflies MS punch.
ribbon from stash
The challenges I would like to enter are:
Belles n' whishtles - Flowers and pearls
Elisabeth Belle world - sketch (it is there under all the embellies!!)
Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
Copic creations - pastels
Totally papercrafts - girly girl
Well that all from me folks!! have a happy healthy rest of the weekent if I don't see you first!!
Hugs
Jacqui P x


Friday 15 July 2011

some more Lilli of the valley

Howdy all!! hope this post finds you all well!


And a wee look inside



As you can see I am most definately in Lilli of the Valley mode!! I do tend to have phases where I am mad for various artists and brands!! but this all these super cute new LOTV stamps who can blame me!!! and I believe they are having a christmas release soon!!! wooohooo I never thought I would say this but I really am in the mood to make some christmas cards in July!!!
Recipe:
Image and sentiment - Lilli of the Valley
Colouring - Copics:  clothes R0000, 000, 00, 01, 02
DP: once upon a springtime Graphic45
Matting and card:  Bazzill
Flowers and pearls - Wild Orchid crafts
Butterfly - MS punch
Lace and Ribbon stash.
The challenges I would like to enter are:
Allsorts - free and easy july (2nd entry)
one stop craft challenge - summer time
Cute card thursday - circles
Totally Gorjuss - summertime
Well thats all from me today Hope to see you all soon!!
Hugs
Jacqui P x

Saturday 9 July 2011

Basic grey DT - Ribbons and doilies!!

Whoops sorry folks a little late today, brain still a bit addled not sure if meds or natural state!!!
Today over at the basicgrey challenge blog we would love you see all your gorgeous creations using ribbons and doilies!! easy eh!!! as usual we have a super duper prize from the ever generous Simon Says Stamp of $25, imagine all the goodies you could get for that!! and never fret my british friends their postage is really resonable!!
I just love this Hanglar girl she is one of  my fav's!! I have coloured her with my copics clothes are R0000, 000, 00,01 and C00, 01 the beautiful  DP is basic grey porcelain collection the flowers, lace and little heart doily  are wild orchid, sentiment is LOTV.
I'd like to enter this card into the Allsorts free and easy July challenge wich is pretty much anything goes!!
Well forgive me if this is short and sweet!
thankyou for stopping by
Love and hugs
Jacqui P x

Thursday 7 July 2011

Some odd girl, from some odd.........me!!!!!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, I'm like a bus, none for ages then 2 come at once!!!
this is my 2nd post for today!! for my magnolia post please scroll down.
Get your Sunnglasses on Kids!!!!!
Whilst browsing the blogs at midnight last night (as you do!!) I came across a post featuring these cuties! now I've seen a few of them around and they have been starting to intrigue me! so I took a look at the some odd girl shop only to find they have a smashing sale 25% off till the 10th and oodles of digi's!! so I couldn't resist!! so there's me down loading digi's at 12.30 am!! not too sure about the legs though!! but still their sweet faces make me smile!! The challenge over at the Some odd girl blog is bright and blinding!!! how do you think I did?!! I just have to mention that I got my first ever order from stampin up today, and the glorious paper was an added little suprise from the lovely Monica over at my many many passions who is a stampin up demonstrator and seller. the magenta cardstock and button is also from my parcel of goodies!! I won't bother with a recipe today as I think I have covered most items, the flowers are from wild orchid, copics I used for dress and flowers, RV, 17, 19, 63. YR 04, 09, 21, 23. thee flower centres and her bracelet have be glittered with crystal glitter and the flowers diamond stickles.
The challenges I would like to enter are:
some odd girl - bright and blinding
stamp something - digi day
totally papercrafts - Bingo - centre line  buttons, flowers and glitter
Well I promise that's all you'll hear from me today!!!! Lol!!
Love and hugs
Jacqui P x

beautiful tilda!

Hi All I hope I find you all well?!!
see I told you I was going to try to be a better blogger!!! amazing what you can achieve between naps!! Lol!!! I initially made this pretty little card for last weeks TOMIC challenge but didn't get to post it! so I thought she would be perfect for just magnolia challenge!! 

Hmmmm to say I find the photography bit challenging is an understatment!! the colours are so delicate and there's loads of pretty sparkle on tilda and the mushrooms dots, and a more glitzy sparkle on the flowers!!

Recipe
Images magnolia "beautiful" Tilda and mushrooms
paper SEI Juliet collection
Flowers and pearls wild orchid crafts
colour - copics, mushrooms, E40, 41, W0. R20,0000,000,00 Dress and wings R20, 0000, 000, 00.
Doily cheery lynn designs, Dies to die for
glitter on wings and mushrooms hunkydory diamond sparkles on flowers stickles diamond
Butterfly MS large monarch butterfly punch. little butterflies MS also, set of 3 on punch.
ribbon and lace are from my stash!

The Challenges I would like to enter are:
Just magnolia - anything goes with option of shabby shic
Charisma challenge -all about flowers
By the cute and girl - things with wings
Well thats all for now!! thankyou all so much for visiting!! it really makes my day!!
hugs
Jacqui P x

Wednesday 6 July 2011

I love Milly!!!

Sad but true I can't stop colouring this little sweetheart!!!
she is such a dream to colour!! and such a very sweet multi purpose image!!!!
Well my promise to be a better blogger didn't last long!!! but hopefully I will soon be feeling better!! and you will be sick of my copious amount of posts ROFL!!!!

A quick peek at the inside!! I am getting into the whole decorating the inside now!!!

Recipe:
Image and sentiment LOTV
Papers 1st edition  6x6 pad
Colouring copics, dress B60, BV0000, 000. Shirt. R20, 21, 000
Flowersand gems: Wild orchid crafts
Butterfly MS punch
and a touch of diamond stickles!
Bazzil base and matting

The challenges I would like to enter are:
Lili of the Valley -  Celebrate, I think this card could celebrate mose things
especially sending love!
Allsorts - Free and easy July (anything goes!!)
Paper take weekly - Anything goes
Stampin' for the weekend - favourite things (image, flowers, copics, butterfly punch!!!)
Well that it from me today!!
Thankyou so much for popping by!! it really does make my day!! and makes me feel heaps better!!!!
Big hugs
Jacqui P xx