Perfect Pearls

Hi there and welcome to the busy week. It's time for a new challenge over at Passion for Promarkers and this time we go with a great simple theme: Perfect Pearls! How strange it is when you should make a challenge with something that you use on almost every card you make, when it becomes the challenge theme it's suddenly hard to get it together...

Well, well. I did manage to get a card together in the end even if it took some time. Lots of illnesses going around at the moment and both kids are unwell but lots better today. Spent half the day at the hospital with the olderst yesterday. Did some tests and found out that his asthma is back. Not good but it's better than not knowing. Maybe he will get it a little more easy now when practising soccer and all that. It will take a while before the cough is gone but it will be lots more easy for him.

Anyway for this weeks card I have used my favourite Tilda from Magnolia. I don't remember what it's called but maybe Tilda with big tulip pot or something like that? She's coloured with my Letraset Markers on the old real deal heavy paper from Letraset as well. I have some left of those pads and it's a treat to use them every now and then. :) The designer papers are from Prima and the collection called  Sunny Days. For once I was lucky and found something that matched the image. The red is perfect to my red tulip. The black lace comes from my friend Gail in the US. Isn't it lovely?

My only decorations for the card is my pearls. Bought those at Bunny Zoe, just as always. Maybe I'll ad a sentiment to the card later when I know who it's for, but not sure yet. I am glad that it was this simple theme this time around because I have turned my crafting room up side down as I didn't like the way it was, too messy. Even worse now but will end up better I hope. LoL

Our sponsor for this challenge is Digi Stamp Boutique. The prize is a voucher worth £10. Nice isn't
it?

Ok then, time for you to start crafting. I look forward to see what you will be up to with this nice theme for this weeks challenge.

Love n hugs

Marie

Challenges for this card
Fan-tastic Tuesday - Anything goes with twist use a die cut (the image is cut with a die from Memorybox)
TTCRD - Anything goes
Cardmanina Challenges - Add some red
Sisters of craft - Anything goes
Lovely hÄnglar or sweet Magnolia- pearls and lace

Snow angel

Hello and welcome back to my little corner of the world. Hope you had a good start of the week and is ready for what ever will come your way. Once again I have a sick kid at home and it drives me nuts that they catch everything there is to get from day care. I am so looking forward to when Philip starts going to school instead of day care.

It's a new week and time for a new challenge over at Crafty Card Makers. This time our theme is "Winged things". As I have been fairly busy I wasn't sure that I had the time to make a card and then I couldn't find any dp and... You know how it can be sometimes. The mojo isn't really there even if you want to.

Luckly for me I have a (now tiny) stash of coloured images that I make when I have the time and feel like colouring. But it's not much left in that pile that I feel like using. But at least this card got done. The image is from Magnolia. I believe it's from last years Christmas release. It's a cute image anyway and I love colouring miss Tilda with distress inks so that's what I have done here.

She is paired up with some dp's from raspberry road and Carta Bella I believe. I normally don't mix and match like that but as first printed one, then another. Nothing worked and I just threw it all on my desk and the dp's kind of picked themself after all that frustration. That's the bad part about colouring a head, it never matches anything. LoL

A few die cuts is used as embellishments. The snow flakes are from Whimsy stamps and the ivy die is from Joanna Sheen. The quality of that die is amazing! I need to get some more from her range. Some flower soft in white, big pearls from Bunny Zoe where I also got the snow flake die by the way. Also a few gemstones from Magnolia is used to decorate this creation of mine. Ops! Forgot that I used a Prima swirl and some lace from WOC as well. A white set of frantage is also used around the image.

This week we are sponsored by
CRAFTS AND ME

with three digis of the winner's choice from their great range

AND ALSO BY

WOODWARE CRAFT COLLECTION

With a prize of £12.00 to spend at your favourite Woodware Stockist, either in store or on line.

 

Love n hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Challenges 4 everybody - Anything goes
Christmas card Challenges - Music (Music paper in the middle...)
lovely hÄnglar or Sweet Magnolia - Favourite embellishments (lace and pearls)
That craft place challenges - Things with wings
Paper Creators craft Challenge - Chrismassy (Hope that a blue christmas card counts as christmassy)
A creative Romance - Dies or punches¨

Another one to share

Good morning to you all. I am back again. I can't believe how quick the last two weeks went and now I have a new three day posting going. It feels good, wish I could have it like this all the time. The only thing is that I doesn't seem to be able to get out of my colds and don't have much more energy than making my dt cards. I hope this will change really soon as I do love my card making but at the moment I feel behind whatever I do. I am still behind with my letters but is really working on that part as it has been on a hold for a while. Have not forgotten about my dear old pen friends, I have just not had the energy for it. It is like that every now and then. I will make better in the future, promise! I will at least try! LoL

This week I have brought out one of my Magnolias. I do love them but hardly ever seem to use them. It will change from now on. I find the Magnolias most fun to colour when I use the distress inks and aquamarkers from Letraset and now there is a even wider range of colours from Letraset. It's time to bring the brushes out again. So this image is coloured with distress inks. A post card stamp from LOTV and a sentiment stamp from Bildmålarna is also used on this card. A mix and match in other words.

My designer papers are from Bearly Mine Design and is from the set called Floral Breeze. Lots of yummy pastels there. A really lovely set that you really should check out. It's stunning designs in there. I have used some lace together with some ribbon that is woven into the lace and all of that comes from WOC. My roses are also from WOC and the big lace flower is from Magnolia. Charms bought at Pagoni here in Sweden, I have actually added three of them. Just couldn't help myself, and I felt as I have so many of these hearts why not use them? LoL The berry clusters are from Magnolia also. Pearls from BunnyZoes.

And of course being Tuesday we have a new challenge up for you over at Bearly Mine Challenges. This week we are playing Tic Tac Toe. That means you have to have four rights in a row. Like from top to bottom, from left to right etc. You get it right? I have filled up the line that starts with Lots of Layers and goes from left to right (second row). Which one do you pick?

We have a whole bunch of sponsors for you this time as well and it's really lovely prizes to be won. You really need to play in this challenge, I am telling you. Listen to this: Whiff of Joy - one rubber stamp, I am Roses - gift voucher worth $35 and Crafter's Companion -  a gift voucher worth £10. Told you it's a lot of wonderful prizes to be won this time. Am I right or am I right? Just take your pick on our Tic Tac Toe game plan and get creating, nothing to wait for.

So I see you all over at the Bearly Mine Challenges.

Crafty hugs
Marie

Challenges for this card
Friday Sketch challenge - Sketch that the card is made by (it's a lovely one, thanks!)
Make It Monday - Always anything goes
Lovely Hänglar sweet Magnolia- Ribbon or lace (I got bot on my creation)
Totally Tilda Challenges - Tilda in Trousers (Hope short ones count)