I set myself a challenge! A Shabby Chic Magnolia Calendar & Drawer!

Hi!!!

14 days until Christmas! I've started to count down now.... and really getting on the Christmas spirit!

Last night I set myself a challenge.... I wanted to make something different, just because... for myself! So I decided to make a calendar/drawer/card! I haven't got a name for it yet... And I'm quite happy with the outcome! when I started I though: "OMG! how can I make this? I'm so bad with measurements!" yeah, I'm not the best at keeping measurements right, and I haven't got an scoring board! but I went ahead... and this is the final product!

I used this beautiful rubber stamp called "Tilda with Heart Socks" by Magnolia.

The papers I used are from the First Edition Paper Rose Garden paper pad, K&Company and some scraps (I'm really trying to use up my scraps, but I usually forget and go for a brand new paper!)

I followed this sketch from the Bearly-Mine challenge this week.

Such a beautiful sketch and perfect for my little challenge!

I distressed all the card stock and paper edges with a blade and inked them with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Antique Linen.

I coloured Tilda with my Promarkers (what would I do without them?)

For her hair I used: Raw Sienna, Sandstone and Buttermilk.

For her face and skin: Coral, Vanilla, Almond, Ivory, Blossom and blender pen. Plus a white gel pen.

For her clothes: Pink Carnation, Blossom, Pink Mittens, Buttermilk, Antique Pink and blender pen.

The Dies I used are: Tags from Joy Crafts; Swirls from Marianne Creatables; and Ornate Square from Xcut.

I used the Martha Stewart butterfly punch to create the Vellum butterflies.

The LAUGHTER and MEMORIES sentiments are part of a paper from K&Company.

The pink with yellow stitching ribbon is from Dovecraft.

I painted the metallic corner with a bit of white acrylic paint to help with the Shabby chic look.

The flowers, pearls, metallic corner, brad and lace are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The mini-calendar is from Hobbycraft.

A side view with drawer open

I'm entering my project into the following challenges:

Bearly-Mine challenges #116 - Monthly Sketch

Alphabet challenge - V for vellum

All sorts challenge - Anything but Christmas (2nd entry)
Crafty Catz #210 - Use 2 or more dies (2nd entry)

A Gem of a challenge #109 - Anything goes

Sweet Stamping - Ribbons

Kraftyhands Challenge - December Anything goes (2nd entry)

Magnolia Down Under #226 - Anything goes

613 Avenue Create #49 - Anything goes with optional twist: create a calendar

Scribble and Scrap #7 - Anything goes (2nd entry)   GDT

Pile it On #48 - P is for... (pink, pearls)

Totally Tilda #86 - Anything BUT a card

Challenges 4 everybody #35 - Anything goes (2nd entry)

Created with love #70 - Anything goes (2nd entry)

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Girly

Crafty Ribbons #73 - Spots or Stripes (pink and white dots paper)

Through the Craft room door - Anything goes GDT

Passion for Promarkers #228 -  Include a Sentiment (sentiment is LAUGHTER)

Divas by Design - Anything goes

Penny's challenge #157 - Feminine with a sentiment (sentiment is LAUGHTER)

If you like my mini project, please leave a comment. All feedback is appreciated!

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Until next time!

I just love New Baby Cards!

Hi! I hope you are all well...

In here I'm trying to get into the Christmas spirit... Alaia has her Nursery Christmas Performance tomorrow! She is going to be an Angel and they will be singing Christmas songs. I can't wait! it's her first performance... I get so emotional seeing the little children all dressed up and excited! I'll try not to cry...  And I've finally put our Christmas tree up!  we've also added some sparkly lights on the staircase this year... Apart from that, I still have lots to do... I haven't finished buying the presents, but hopefully they will be all wrapped up and place in a secret place at the end of the week!

Today I'm taking a break from Christmas cards (I confess, I still have a few left to make... ), and I bring you another New Baby card. This time it's a Baby boy!

I used one my favourite Mo Manning (Mo's Digital Pencil) images "Baby and Bunny". 

I've used papers from: K&Company, Me to you "Especially for you" paper pack and Little boy blue pad by Crate Paper. I really love the latest.... it has all kind of papers for new baby cards, some with moses baskets, growth charts.. and I love this one, it's like a page for babysitters to take notes in!

I inked the edges of the papers with Tim Holtz distress ink in Antique Linen and with blue ink.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers.
For the hair: Sandstone and Buttermilk.
For the skin: Almond, Sandstone, Satin and Blossom
For the cushion: powder blue.
For the Bunny: lavender plus blender pen.

I used my Xcut Square Nesting die for the image.







The flowers and lace are from Wild Orchid Crafts.
I used my Marianne Creatables die for the leaves.
The Doily is from Trimcraft.
I printed the sentiment and baby's name and covered baby's name with Anita's 3-D Gloss.
The brads and beads are from local shops. The safety pin just comes from my sewing kit!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Here come the boys #66 - Anything goes for the boys
Crafty Creations #251 - Anything EXCEPT Christmas
I love Promarkers #197 - For a child
Crafty Catz #210 -  Use two or more dies (Xcut square nesting dies and Marianne Creatables leaves)
A Gem of a challenge #109 - Anything goes
All sorts challenge - Anything BUT Christmas
Kraftyhands challenge - December Anything goes
Glitter n Sparkle #62  - Show us some blue
Scribble and Scrap #7 - Anything goes (GDT)
Challenges 4 everybody #35 - Anything goes
Created with Love #70 - Anything goes


If you like this card, feel free to comment. I really enjoy reading all your comments and any feedback you can give me!
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Thanks and until very soon!

A Clean and Simple Christmas!!! Part 2

Hi! I'm back again with my second card of the day!

Another CAS card, using the lovely Winter Fairy Halla from Mo Manning (Mo's Digital Pencil).

A very simple (but hopefully nice!!!) card. The papers I used are a freebie from a card-making magazine.

I coloured the cute fairy with the Promarkers. 

The hair with Sandstone and buttermilk.

The Face and body: almond, ivory and blossom.

Clothes: lavender and blossom.

Wings: cornflower.

I inked all around the image with blue ink .

I also used my embossing powders and heating tool after almost 2 years of having them stored away...

I kind of forgot about them!

I wanted to give the fairy's hair, wings and blow a frozen effect, so I used the Ranger Embossing Antiquities Frosted Crystal with the heating tool; the Do Crafts embossing powder in Seafoam white for the falling snow and DoCrafts pink embossing powder for the little pink dots in the clothing.

I used it all with the Versamark embossing pen.

That, together with a few buttons, completes the card!!! 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Mo's DP2 challenge #212 - "I" is for....  (Icy blow)
Fab'n'Funky #196 - A Touch of Frost 
Milk Coffee Challenge - Christmas in non-traditional colors
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas challenge extra - Anything goes every month
Love Rubberstamps #81 - Anything goes (2nd entry)

Papertake Weekly challenge - Anything goes (optional CAS) (2nd entry)

Addicted to Stamps and More #74 - Clean and Simple (2nd entry)

Party time Tuesdays #149 - Merry Christmas projects (2nd entry)

Hanna and Friends #183 - Christmas (2nd entry)

Paper Crafting Journey - It's Christmas time (2nd entry)

C.R.A.F.T. challenge #236 - Christmas (2nd entry)

Left of Center #20 - Winter or Holidays (2nd entry)

Sister Act #36 - Anything goes (2nd entry)

Polkadoodles challenge #49 - Anything goes Christmas (2nd entry)

Crafty hands challenge blog - Season greetings / Winter theme (2nd entry)

Polkadoodles Digi Choosday wk 7 - Christmas cheer (3rd entry)

Clear it Out - Anything goes (3rd entry)

Created with Love #69 - Christmas (3rd entry)

My Mum's Craft shop #12 - Winter /  Christmas (3rd entry)

Don't forget to leave a comment, I welcome any feedback you can give! and please follow me if you don't want to miss any of my new cards!

Until next time. Thank you for stopping by!!!

A Clean and Simple Christmas!!!! part 1

Hi there!!!

I hope you are all safe and well after all the storms and bad weather... In here it has been ok. Very windy and snowy, but no other problems...  This morning we woke up to a white landscape... I really love snow, but I really hate walking on it!  I guess it is due to all the memories of me slipping and falling down in the icy and frozen snow...

Today I have two cards for you!

I'll show you the first card on this post, but don't forget to check my next post for the second card!

I decided to go for CAS style....

I used Little Elf Kit by Mo Manning from Mo's Digital Pencil. (I'm addicted to Mo's little cuties!!!!)

As I tried for a CAS style, I tried to keep it simple... the paper is from Holly Hobbie Christmas Joy Paper Collection (a free gift from Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine). It's such a nice paper, like Candy Cane!

I coloured the little Elf in traditional Christmas colours: Red, green and gold!

I used: Slate, Red, Warm Grey 1, Burn Sienna for the hair; Almond, Ivory and Blossom for the face; Pear green, Moss and Apple for the trousers. 

Together with lots of chunky gold glitter for the star, and fine glitter for the furry white in the clothes... and voila! finished colouring!

I created the sentiment on my computer. 

And as a final touch, I used some red and white stripe and spots washi tape from The Santa's workshop by Helz Cuppleditch (Trimcraft).

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly challenge - Anything goes (optional CAS)

Addicted to Stamps and More #74 - Clean and Simple

Party time Tuesdays #149 - Merry Christmas projects

The Crafter's Cafe #40 - Red and lots of it!

Divas by Design - Feeling festive (2nd entry)

Hanna and Friends #183 - Christmas

Paper Crafting Journey - It's Christmas time

C.R.A.F.T. challenge #236 - Christmas

My Heart pieces - Sparkle

Crafty Little Fairies - Candy Stripes

Left of Center #20 - Winter or Holidays
Love Rubberstamps #81 - Anything goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas Challenge extra -Anything goes every month

Sister Act #36 - Anything goes

Polkadoodles challenge #49 - Anything goes Christmas

Delicious Doodles #65 - Christmas / New Year

Stamping for the weekend - Use some Red

Crafty hands challenge blog - Season greetings / Winter theme

QKR stampede #67 - White with a splash of red or green
Glitter and Sparkle #61 - Glitter and sparkle

Polkadoodles Digi Choosday wk 7 - Christmas cheer (2nd entry)

Clear it Out - Anything goes (2nd entry)

LEJ designs #82 - Christmas is coming (2nd entry)

Bearly Mine Challenges #115 - Christmas sentiment (2nd entry)

Through the Craft room door - Anything goes (2nd entry)

Scrap-creations - Holiday! (2nd entry)

Created with Love #69 - Christmas (2nd entry)

Whoopsi Daisy - Christmas using traditional colours (2nd entry)

Sentimental Sundays #183 - Traditional Christmas colours + a sentiment (2nd entry)

My Mum's Craft shop #12 - Winter /  Christmas

Sketchy colours #189 - Red and Green (2nd entry)

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Until next time. Thank you for stopping by!!!

There is a penguin in my cocoa!!!

Hi!

December is here! It's not officially Christmas yet, but  it's in the air!!!! 

the lights and trees are going up, Christmas music everywhere you go, Christmas shopping, Christmas smells, .... I just can't wait!!!!

 let's talk about card-making now... 

When making cards, I haven't got a rule, sometimes I go for Shabby Chic (my "messy" look), sometimes I go for structured and following a sketch, I've tried CAS (I may try it soon again...)... I like trying all type of styles! some I like more than the others... but oh well, I guess there are always favourites in everything!  Does it happen to you? or do you have a style that do you always follow? 

My card today has got layers, but for me, it's simple... not a  lot of embellishments, just the cute image and sentiment!

I got this image as a prize from a challenge. It's from the Paper Shelter. When I saw it I had to have it! 

(sorry for the picture quality, light is not very good so used a lamp as lighting, too bright!)

The papers came as gift in a card-making magazine.

I coloured the image with my Promarkers.

I used:

for the presents: Poppy, Shale, Moss and Pear Green.

For the Penguin: poppy, shale, icicle, peach, blossom and powder blue.

For the cocoa and mug: mustard, buttermilk, cocoa, sandstone, pear green and poppy.

For the marshmallows: icicle

For the spoon: shale and lavender.

Also, I decided to give some dimension to the image and did some decoupage... the presents as background, the penguin with cocoa mug as middle layer and marshmallows with spoon as top layer....

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Totally Papercrafts #195 - Ho Ho Holidays
QKR Stampede #66 - It's starting to look a lot like Christmas
A Gem of a challenge #108 - Winter Wonderland
Natalie and Amy challenge #15 - Cute and Cuddly Christmas
Come and Get it challenge: Christmas Card + Blog hop
Sketchy Colours #189 - Red and Green
The Ribbon Girl - Ho Ho Ho Christmas
My Mum's Craft shop #112 - Winter / Christmas
Sentimental Sundays #183 - Traditional Christmas Colours + a sentiment
Whoopsi Daisy - Christmas using traditional colours
Created with love #69 - Christmas
Scrap-creations - Holiday
Holly Jolly Christmas challenge - Christmas + bloghop
Through the Craft room door - Anything goes
Bearly-Mine challenges  #115 - Christmas sentiment
LEJ designs #82 - Christmas is coming
Clear it out challenge - Anything goes
Digi Choosday wk 7 - Christmas cheer!
Crafting by designs - Anything goes with a twist - penguins
Divas by design  - Feeling festive
Stamp n Doodle - Christmas in coming
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Thanks and until next time!