Its Been A While

It sure has been a while! Had a few health issues which have now been resolved so its onwards and upwards for 2013! To kick my year off I have made a calendar. These are nice to give instead of a birthday card, or great for a thank you. For this one I have masked two magnolia stamps to make a little scene, which I have coloured with Tim Holtz distress markers, on heavy water colour paper. The flowers and bling are from W.O.Crafts. The little rabbit has a cotton wool tail:-)!

I downloaded the calendar months from the internet, and was spoilt for choice, there are so many. Thanks for looking :-) Im entering my calendar into the Southern Girls challenge: Bling! and Tuesday Throwdown #134 Anything goes:-)

Cute Magnolia Girl

Hello, its been a while thats for sure, had the odd couple of health issues, and hopefully Im all go now.  This week I have used a magnolia stamp that is my absolute favourite of all! (well for this week anyway!)  This is a fun card for a friend.

Recipe:

Scalloped white card - Dies to Die for

Aqua Card American Crafts Pacific

Pink DPs Kaisercraft - The Lake House pad

Aqua and White spot DP Pink Petticoat

Memory Box small rolled flower die

Pom poms - Dies to die for

DP Bow -  Die,  and I Cant remember where I got this from(Ill look through my invoices and update this later!)

Challenges

Songbird Challenges - Challenge #3 String of pearls

Divas by Design - Challenge 51 - Friendship

Southern Girls Challenge #52 Its all about the Flora

Well thats about it for today, hope everyone had a nice weekend and plenty of R and R, thanks for looking, hugs Denise :-)

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Jules

Hello again, hope the weather is fine wherever you are!  We had the sun out today, could even anticipate that spring is just around the corner.  The camelias and Rhodys  are in full bloom at our house which is always a sign of good things to come, spring is my favourite season.  This weeks card is for Sally, who wants to put a gift card inside, so I have made a pocket for that.

Recipe:

Saturated Canary Image called Jules

Scalloped edge card from Dies to Die for

DPs from M.M.Eye Indie Chic

Grunge Corner Stamp from LOTV

Flowers W>O>Crafts and Manor House

Chip Board tag

Tim Holtz white picket fence paint

(that is on every thing)!

Lace from Stash

Seam Binding from W.O. crafts

I have covered the chip board tag with my famous post card stamp which looks cool.  Well had to fit it in somewhere!

Im especially liking these grunge corner stamps from LOTV, they give a plain background a lift as well as helping with the shabby Chic look.

A close up of the tag and the hair of this cool image!

Well, thats me for this week, Im still painting, the longest painting job in history!  Had a few hiccups but all on again so will be pleased to see the end of it thats for sure.
Hope everyone has a fantastic weekend, Hugs Denise

Challenges:

Southern Girls Challenge #51  Chipboard

Hearts

Good Morning, its Monday again already, how quick did that weekend go!  Today I have made a heart easel card for a 60th.  This was a bit of work as all the layers are cut by hand, no dies for this one!

Recipe

Heart template from Sarah

American crafts black card stock

White cardstock which I have embossed

with a paisley pattern

Ostrich feather

Large pink flower Manor House

Memory box die for flourish

Butterfly die papertrey

heart pin stash

ribbon stash

W>O> flowers

round and scalloped nesties

Challenges for this card:
Divas by Design #47 for a female
Tuesday Throwdown #11Moving part
Songbird Challenge #1 Anything goes
 

Hope everyones week goes well, looks like this rain we have is setting in for the week, still more time for indoor crafting.  Thanks for looking and visiting my blog, Hugs Denisex

Third posting this weekend!

Ha ha Im churning these out this weekend, heres hoping the mojo holds for a few more days lol!  This image is from Saturated Canary, really cute she has such a nice face and was fun to colour.  Im still managing to keep one eye on the games while colouring, the NZ team have done soooo well, it makes you proud :-)

Recipe:

White scalloped card

Background DP Pebbles happy go lucky : delight

Striped DP Kaisercraft Bonjour collection

Postcard stamp: Crafty Individuals

Muslin

Pink seam binding

Magnolia old lace die

Cherry Lynn fancy oval die

Pink and white trim from stash not sure where I got this from

The postcard is an  image from Crafty Individuals, which I have stamped with a Tim Holtz Distress ink pad/walnut stain.  The inside of the card matches the front, so there we go Ang your card finished well before Monday.  I wont be back again today with any more postings, Im going to do some colouring and keep an eye on the tv.
Forgot to say I coloured this image with my new distress ink markers on a heavy watercolour paper.  Bye for now Cheers Denise :-)

This card is entered into the following:
Saturated Canary Challenge #23 The great outdoors

Tiddly Inks

This is my next little card which is sporting the nice  image from Tiddly Inks called Everyday Princess.  Lisa has chosen this image for her card so hope she likes it.  The photo looks a little dim should have used the flash, the sun is in and out here between showers so my timing was a bit off!

Recipe

American crafts card, Raven

Pink background paper, Pebbles happy go lucky

DP Spots Heidi Grace 

Small gingham DP Nitwits

Spellbinders small oval die

Magnolia tag die

Flowers W>O> crafts, kaisercraft

seam binding and lace from stash as is the small heart charm

gold embossing powder and stickles glitter

Im entering this card in Tiddly Inks challenge # 92

See you real soon with the other card that is half made at the moment and needs to be finished before Monday! Hugs Denise

Magnolia Girl 2012 collection

Hello, I have two or three cards ordered so there is going to be a bit of a rush on here in the next week or so!  My first card is for Nic's Mum who has been a star in helping them out when they needed it  Im sure her Mum will be overjoyed with the fact that she hasnt been taken for granted.  Ok on with the card:

Recipe

American crafts black cardstock

Basil pacific blue cardstock

Nit Wit DP papers

Dies, magnolia heart and

Spellbinders circle, memory box large flourish

Heavy cotton white handmade lace

Spiral flowers memory box and cherry lynn

Martha Stewart lace RTP punch

Flowers: Aqua roses Kaisercraft, cherry blossoms from W.O. crafts

pearl pin made by me :-)!

I have painted the image with my new Tim Holtz distress markers from Artful crafts and I love them.  Have heard and read lots of different reviews of these, and being a novice I wasnt sure about getting them.  Anyway bit the bullet, and glad I did, they are way better than I thought, plus you can do lots of things with them other than just painting and colouring.  The smaller of  the aqua flowers was coloured with the marker and then just sprayed with mists of water and wow, flower ready to go,  and matches.

The heart has text which I wrote with the aid of the computer, cut them out and chalked the edges.

Challenges for this week:

Divas by Design challenge 46 Flowers

Wild Orchid Crafts challenge 55 Round in circles.
The Paper Shelter challenge 75 glitz and glamour

Have a great weekend, I will be back really soon as have other cards half made, till then hugs, Denise :-)

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