Lili of the Valley Challenge 73 and a Blog Hop

Challenge 73 and a Blog Hop

This weeks theme over on the Lili of the Valley challenge blog the theme this week is "Anything Goes", as long as you use a lili of the valley image.  They are also having a blog hop to celebrate the launch of their new stamps which went on sale on Friday.  I must have been one of the first to place my order as I really wanted their new sentiment circles stamps and a few of the new girl images, so my order was placed at about 1am Friday morning.

This morning  I received a lovely parcel from my good friend Marion from Greece.  She sent me some foiled sentiments and some gorgeous charms amongst other things.  

I knew I had to start playing straight away and decided to use them on a wedding card I needed to get done for another good friend who is getting married next Saturday.

The image I have used is called Wedding Couple.  They are coloured with a mix of promarkers and copic ciao's.  The patterned paper is from papermania.  The white glittered card has been punched with my Martha Stewart double loop punch.

The card is finished off with 3 card candy and  Marion's foiled sentiment and charm.

This image is the first one I have coloured with my copic ciao's.  I found them very easy to use and I thought they blend easier than promarkers.

Tomorrow I go on my Introduction to copic ciao's run by Stamps and Memories.

I will hopefully do a full review of my day tomorrow.

Now nip on over to Lili of the Valley and check out their wonderful new stamps,

Hugs

H xx

Lili of the Valley Challenge Card - Challenge 69

This weeks challenge over on Lili of the Valley is a sketch, kindly provided by Bev.

Here it is 

I needed to make a get well card for my mother-in-laws friend so decided to use the sketch as my inspiration.

I hope you like it.  The stamped image is Little Nurse and is one of very many Lili stamps I have.

The image is coloured in with promarkers to match the PP.

The patterned papers are from DCWV, I think its the spring stack.  The flowers are made using one of my woodware flower punches.The ribbon is from my stash and the sentiment was wrote with my craft robo

Thanks for stopping by.  Please leave a comment so I know you've been,

H xx.

Tiddly Inks Challenge 24 - Create an Artist Trading Card & Tiddly Inks Blog Hop

Hello art lovers...this week is your week. :) We are creating ATC cards (some call them ACEOs). These little works of art are 2.5 x 3.5 inches and soooo cute. :)

You have until next Monday night at 10 PM CST to link your ATC below....Can't wait to see them. :)

Well I've never done an ATC before so was a little uncertain but happy to accept the challenge.

My first step was to cut a piece of scrap card to 2.5x3.5 inches so I could get the idea of scale and how well the idea in my head would translate to this tiny piece of card.

I chose one of my all time favourite tiddly inks, Donna., as I wanted my image to be "outside of the box" so to speak.

Donna is coloured in with trusty promarkers.  I've covered the umbrella, her wellies and the puddle in anitas gloss to give the shiny wet look.  I also used the gloss on the three card candies on the bottom right.
The camera has made her pink wellies and pink section of her brolly look orange but just so you know its the same pink as the card candy.

I'm really pleased with how my ATC came out and I will be giving her to my hubby's Gran to use as a bookmark as she is an avid reader.

Please pop by the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to check out everyone else's amazing entries to the the challenge.

Want to know more?, Heres what Christy has to say :

What do you get when Two Companies Collide?  One fun fun fun blog hop! Betty (of Simply Betty Stamps and my tiddly inks design team member) and I are big Halloween fans so naturally we had to put together a fun Trick or Treat Blog Hop for you all!  Here are the details.

Theme: Trick or Treating with Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps

Dates: 6:00 PM CST on October 29th to 6 PM CST on October 31st

How to Participate: Post your creation on your personal blog between 12:00 PM CST (noon) and 5:55 PM CST. The title of your post should be "Trick or Treating with Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps".

Once your blog post is completed, visit the Simply Betty Stamps blog and link your blog hop post in the Inlinkz list at the bottom of the Blog Hop post in order to be qualified for the prizes. There is no need to sign up in advance, but the Inlinkz list will close at 6:00 PM and then we hop, Halloween style, from the Simply Betty Stamps blog.  Now here is the twist... for your blog hop project please create a Trick (demonstrate a favorite technique) or a Treat (just a project to share). 

The blog hop will run until October 31st at 6 PM.  

Prizes: Two random blogger participant winners will be announced November 5 and highlighted on the hosting blogs Tiddly Inks and Simply Betty Stamps. Each will receive a $10 gift voucher from Tiddly Inks.  Simply Betty Stamps will be giving away digital images of winner's choice. 

Read more: http://tiddlyinks.blogspot.com/p/calendar.html#ixzz11yx24JDb

I hope you can join us on this blog hop,

Good Luck,

Love H xx

Doodle Dragon studio Challenge Win

I couldn't believe it this morning when I went to check on Doodle Dragon Studios challenge blog and saw that I have won the fall colours challenge.  

I chose shining armour as my prize which is one of many great digi stamps available from his shop.

This time the challenge is called Macho,Macho Man.The new challenge is all about the macho man!  LOL!  For this challenge you MUST use a DDS image and make your project MASCULINE!  Let's see what you can do without all the flowers and bling!    Challenge runs through Saturday, October 16th.

So look out for my macho man card possibly featuring my new shining armour digi!

Hugs,

H xx

Doodle Dragon Studio Challenge card

This week I was introduced to Doodle Dragon Studios.

Their challenge this week over on their challenge blog is :

Falling for Colors!  That's right, a color challenge for you!  To qualify for the prize you must use a DDS image and the colors BROWN, RED & ORANGE...for the purposes of this challenge black and white are neutral.  ;O)   This challenge will run through October 2nd.

The image I chose is called Hedge Roast.

The image is coloured with promarkers and the bag of marshmallows is coated with clear gloss to give it  the appearance of a cellophane bag.

The patterned paper of the reverse side of the Bo Bunny Beautiful Life Leaf.

I have used my Martha Stewart punch on my textured brown card, and finished it off with a peel-off greeting and card candy dots.

I used my making memories edge distress tool on both the patterned paper and the printed image and then inked them with distress ink walnut stain.

I have joined the Doodle Dragon Studio October membership.

Here's what its all about :

 Each month at least  40 images will be available for members to download... 10 of which will be "members only" and not released for the general public.

The months membership costs $10. So you will be seeing lots more of Doodle Dragon Studio images within the rest of this month.

H xx

Lili of the Valley Challenge Card - Challenge 67

This week we have another of Bevs super sketches  for you to follow, and as usual 

  Laila and Lisa have kindly donated a £10 voucher to be spent on the Lili of the Valley website as this weeks Prize for one lucky entry to be drawn at random.

To be entered for the prize you must use a Lili of the Valley Stamp  or Diecut Image on your creation,  please leave a link back direct to your card and not just your blog in Mr Linky below, we will still be pleased to see your entries using other stamps but they will not be entered for the prize.   Don’t forget this challenge will close at 6pm Wednesday 6th  October  and a new Challenge will be posted on Thursday 13th October.

Here is Bevs sketch, you can turn it sideways upside down etc as long as we can see the original elements of the sketch in your creation

And here's my card

The image is Get well bunny and he's been coloured with promarkers, except for his spoon and carrot juice medicine which are coloured with sakura star dust pens.

The patterned paper is from Bo Bunny.  The gold strip across the middle is gold mirri card that I've punched with my Martha Stewart double loops punch.  The strip is finished off by adding pearls to match the flower centre.

The flower was made with 3 single flowers layered with pearls used for the centre.  The leaves were punched in gold mirri card with my woodware punch.

The sentiment was wrote by my craft robo in black sakura stardust pen.

The image and the sentiment are outlined with a dashed/dotted border in brown sakura metallic pen.

This card was made for my good friend Amanda whos currently in hospital.

H xx

Tiddly Ink challenge card & What's On Your Workdesk? Wednesday (69)

Hello everyone.  I will apologise in advance if there are spelling mistakes, but I've got one hell of a headache.

First off my tiddly ink card.

Challenge 23: Diamond glaze/Crackle accent

Happy fall everyone! We have a great new challenge for you this week.
 I know I had fun with it. :)
We are all about cards and projects with crackle finishes and diamond glazes this week, and you can see some great examples from the design team below.

Pick your favorite Tiddly Inks image and create using diamond glaze or a crackle finish (I have a freebie crackle design paper in our PCP group this week) and link your card by next Monday night at 10 PM CST.

I don't have any diamond glaze or crackle finish but i think Anitas 3d gloss finish is the same thing-ish.

Its my friends birthday today and so i chose sealed with.

Im not a cat person but this cat is just too cute to sit in the shop.

I already had him coloured in with my promarkers and his nose and eyes are shiney thanks to the clear gloss and so hes simply layered up onto blue card that ive used one of my martha stewart punch around the pages on.

He is then layered up onto the card base and the edge of the card is edged with anitas glitterations in silver.  The inside said of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Don't forget to check out the tiddly inks store on friday for lots of new images and a big sale.

Its now Thursday.  Blogger didn't want me to upload any photos yesterday so here I am.

My desk is not as tidy as last week even though I've hardly crafted this week.

On the paper trimmer are my new sizzix christmas embossing folders.
A really nice set for christmas cards but also the large can be used all year round as its just large circles.
I got it from country view crafts here and they were also doing free p&p.

If you look closely you will also see my pee-wee glitters.  I bought a set of 6 different lots but have decided only to keep three so if my friend doesn't want them they will be going on ebay tonight.

Off for a bit of crafting,
H xx  

Tiddly Inks Challenge 22: Sketch Challenge

This weeks challenge over on the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog is a sketch kindly designed by Betty Boo .

I had such a hard time choosing which of my ever increasing collection of Tiddly Inks to use.

I opted for Christmas Princess.

She is coloured in with my promarkers. The glittered trim on her hat and dress is done in Glamour dust.

The patterned paper is from the Dovecraft winter wonderland pack.

The large snowflakes are cut in glitter paper with my xcut silhouette punch and the small ones with my martha stewart snowflake corner punch.

The let it snow wording is off a glittered peel off.

Finally the tags on the left hand side are looped ribbon printed with the words let it snow and attached with tiny white brads.

Please take the time to stop by the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and see the gorgeous cards that are on show.

Thanks for stopping by,

H xx

New Christmas Tiddly Inks & LOTV Challenge Card

Have you seen the new Christmas Tiddly Inks? No?? Quick go and have look.  They are so gorgeous and if you're anything like me you'll want them all!!

I've decided I'd enter another challenge and created a card for the Lili of the Valley weekly challenge.

Challenge 64's theme is "One For The Boys".

I've chosen to use the James Bear, Wrapped in Tinsel which you can find here.

I coloured him in promarkers, used red glitter for the tinsel and metallic sakura pens for the baubles. I then did a morse code pattern around the edge and blended some silver ink around the image.

James is mounted on red glitter card, them onto some patterned paper I had lying around.  

Both the large and small stars are punched from holographic paper using Martha Stewart punches. 

I'm off to Mum and Dads this afternoon to put some stuff on ebay as its free listing this weekend, plus Mikes at footy this afternoon watching our local team Rochdale AFC.

Hope you all have a great weekend and thanks for stopping by,

Hazel xx

My Tiddly Inks Challenge Card

Challenge 20: Happy Birthday! Create a birthday invite/card

A very merry unbirthday to you, to you!!! :)
So glad you came to play on our un-birthday celebrations of birthdays (unless it happens to be your birthday this week, then a very merry birthday to you. :D)
We are all about the day of your birth this week, so choose your favoritest Tiddly Inks image and make a birthday card with it....who couldn't use an extra birthday card? :)

Well this is my very first challenge card.  I couldn't decide with of Christie's new pussy cat digi stamps I wanted so got them both.

I hope you like my twist pussy cat card.

I've coloured the image in with my trusty promarkers and used my sakura clear stardust pen on his nose.  The patterned paper is from the DCWV rockstar stack.

The sentiment was wrote by my craft robo using the sakura black stardust pen.

The paw print is from the inkadinkado dogs clear stamp set and has been embossed with cosmic shimmer black glitter embossing powder.

Hopefully tomorrow I will do a step by step guide to my twist card.