Summer flower tilda-Magnolia stamp

Surprise ...... no Christmas card today and snowflakes.

Thought I should do something other than Christmas as I needed to as I am feeling a little overdosed on Christmas. Its only November and Christmas stuff has only been in the shops since October. It starts earlier and earlier each year, But in one way its good as it helps you start your shopping and spreed it out a little.

So I inked up Summer Flower Tilda and coloured her with delicate mauve shades.

 

I've coloured her with my usual combination of copic markers with a touch of polychomo

pencils

Skin : E000,Light Flesh 132, Medium Flesh131, Cinnamon 189

Hair: E50,E31,E35

Dress, Shoes and Wings :V91, E41.

Flower : BVOO, YG63.

I added dots for shading and interest. used W1,W3,W5.

Also added light cobalt turquoise 154 to outline little areas of image.

I have used a glue pen to outline flowers on papers (prima fairy bell) then sprinkled with glamour dust. At her feet I used Cosmic shimmer Glitter jewels glitter flakes.

Used Wild Orchid Flowers is a a similar shade to match with image.

Added a  Tim Holtz elegant flourish sprinkled with the glitter flakes.

Needed to cut flourish up and add it to assent the flowers.

Inside of card just same paper with added glitter and small corner of ribbon.

Few other little touches were using a border die to edge image, Ribbon, and few stick on crystals for flower centre, also on edges just to fill a space and add sparkle.

 

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for now

Klare

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Magnolia Bride and Bridesmaid

Morning Tiddly peeps,

Hope you all had a lovely Easter and didn't eat all your eggs at once. Had this stamp months but not made a card with it so it was time to get it inked up and share it with you.

Papers I used are Lost and Found - Blush collection. I think the pink candy stripe paper maybe from Prima ..?  Could be wrong but cant find paper stack for it to cheek as craft desk looks like i've let a small child in their, who got everything out and had a whale of a time.

(me ..giggle...would loose my head if it was loose. I am always mislaying stuff)

Sorry pics a little blurry, this was coloured with copic markers and polychrome pencils

Mainly used a black pencil on the brides hair and the bridesmaids dress and used a paper blending stump and Sansodor which is a Low odour solvent which you can get from art shops. This helps to blend the wax based polychrome pencils.

Used this beautiful Marianne Creatable die just on the corner of the card blank, and used the latticed centres by adding tiny crystals which will add embelishment to inside of card, when opened. They are  so tiny I usually use theses on my nails when I do nail art.

This is the inside of the card. Looking at this picture the inside is looking very plain ...hmm may have to tweak this a little more. But thought the paper with the sentiment on it went well.

The other die used for the image was Tim holtz - baroque die, But had cut card to small to get the whole of the baroque die. So cut the baroque shape down to create this shape.

ohhhh don't forget that thepaperlane Birthday Challenge is still open to entry's

click on link above to go to site and show us your entry for the shops 2nd Birthday. Your entry has to have either 2 sentiments, or 2 Birthday cakes. If your card is chosen.You will get a

£15 VOUCHER TO SPEND IN STORE

You have until the 10th May 2012

to get your entry in.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Please feel free to leave comment or ask questions about the cards I make. All comments are truly appreciated.

bYe ByE

for now

Klare

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Magnolia - I ♥ u card

Good evening, brrrrr @ the cold weather. I don't do cold. I  like to see the snow and to be the first person to walk on the fresh snow in the garden, love the crunching sound it makes with every step.

But that's as far as it goes, after Ive done the stepping on to fresh snow I am willing it to disappear.

So we have done the Christmas's cards, so  we move through the events of this year and next is valentines day.

So here's a little card I've put together using one of my magnolia stamps and die cutters.

I got the template from splitcoast stampers

If you click on the link above it will take you to the tutorial,
There is a tutorial showing you how to make the basic

 I ♥ u

 card.
 They also have a  template for you  to down load which has the letters  you may use to form the card.

Then you decorate each

of the

letters

to form your

card.

Why don't you give this little card a try. I really enjoyed making this card.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Please feel free to leave comment or ask questions about the cards I make. All comments are truly appreciated.

 bYe ByE

for now

Klare

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This months paperlane challenge 'inspired by a book' - Alice in wonderland

Well I'm excited to say the Paperlane Challenges are starting again.

This months challenge is 'inspired by a book'

So with a little inspiration from Cas, as couldnt think how to tie the rubber stamps in to the book.

for my 'inspired by a book'

Alice in wonderland by Lewis Carroll which was wrote in 1865.Originally the book was called

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland but was commonly shortened to Alice in Wonderland

It is still a very popular book and enjoyable to both young and old.

So on the cover of my book card I wanted to include many of the key elements of the book .

Used magnolia stamp to portray Alice and of course the white rabbit.

Added some Tim Holtz tickets distressed with vintage photo ink,

white paint and homemade glimmer mist.

Stamped and coloured with copics the toadstools.

Just behind the handmade  red rose is the Cheshire Cat.

For the bottle I used a Tim Holtz bottle , added perfect pearls and glossy accents, added the label an the gold key so she can grow small to enter the small door.

Added a watch charm as the white rabbit was late of course

Added the playing cards the crown and the heart charm  to represent the queen of hearts.

View from the side.

Inside my book card is a scrapbook mini album

you untie the ribbon closure

and open the little door and inside is a quote from the book.

This then opens to revel pocket pages.

In the pocket is a small tag. and a larger tag that slides out of the top of the pocket page.

Each tag has a quote from the book, theses can be used as photo mats or for you to

journal on the back.

over the page

Here's a look at the next pages again tags with quotes.

And here is the back page of the mini.

and lastly the back of the inside of the book with mini album

I got a little carried away on this project. There were so many elements and quotes from the book, that the project just expanded and ran away with me.

I have a few favourite quotes from the book.

“If I had a world of my own, everything would be nonsense. Nothing would be what it is because everything would be what it isn't. And contrary-wise; what it is it wouldn't be, and what it wouldn't be, it would. You see?”

“If everybody minded their own business, the world would go around a great deal faster than it does.”    

“Speak in French when you can’t think of the English for a thing--

turn your toes out when you walk---
And remember who you are!”

 So now its your turn to show us on the paperlane challenge blog

A book that's inspired you!

Thank you for visiting my blog. Please feel free to leave comment or ask questions about the cards I make. All comments are truly appreciated.

bYe ByE

for now

Klare

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Magnolia- Blowing bubbles

Hi, I have a new card I have just finished to share with you today.

I am getting in to my magnolia stamps now. Its funny as when first seen the magnolia stamps, I was none to keen on them. It was the fact their was little expression, as the mouth was an absent feature in these stamps. But now I like to work with them. What I like about the range, are the other stamps that you can use with them to create your own little scene. eg toad stools windows, paths, walls etc (note to self must invest in some of those stamps)

Anyway lets get on with the bit you have come to see. Showing you the card.

My good friend Caz, lent me one of her magnolia stamps so I could have a little play.

Decided I was going to use papers from my scraps box as its overflowing.

No toad stools this time, altho I was tempted to add some I can tell you.

But thought you must be sick of seeing them..lol. I like the way the silver glitter on her dress turned out.I used my Quickie glue pen, and just drew where I wanted the glitter to stick. For the finer areas of glitter I just dotted the pen to get the fading effect when the glitter was added. For her wings, I stamped that part of the stamp on some pergamano parchment craft paper, cut them out leaving a tag so I could glue them down to give the 3d effect. also added glitter and some

 distress ink to give them a slight blush of colour.

 I also coloured and glittered the wings on the original stamped image to give more depth.

Added more bubbles instead of toadstools. Made card up and thought I had finished it.Was sat looking at it and thought  this corner was bare.

It was missing something. So stamped some more bubbles on scrap of water colour paper

cut them out, Glued in place and then added glossy assents, while it was still wet sprinkled some decoart glamour dust on to give bubbles some sparkle.

Right I best go now and tidy my craft room. Think I must have had every scrap of paper out from the scraps box to make this card trying to see what worked and what didn't. I coloured the image first then thought hmmmm what papers can I put with this now eek.

But that's how I usually work ... in disorganisation..lol

When I am making a card you cant see my desk for everything I get out.

 As for the floor its a good job I have a laminate floor, easier to clean. its looking very pretty at the moment with fall out of all the glitters I have been using.

Thank you for visiting my blog. Please feel free to leave comment or ask questions about the cards i make. All comments are truly appreciated.

bYe ByE

for now

Klare

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The paperlane challenge 04 - Glitz and Sparkle

Well the new challenge at the paperlane is here again. This months challenge is Glitz and Sparkle.  So grab your glitters,  stickles and stamps, and get stamping, cutting, glittering, and colouring, to show us what lovely cards etc you can create. We look forward, as we  always  do every month to see what you have in store for us. On this challenge you can now use Molly Blooms or Magnolia Stamps. Why don't you pop on over to the paperlane challenge blogspot to see what the girls on the DT have made for this challenge.

For my card I choose to use a Magnolia stamp. Thought I would try a different fold as I have not used this style before. I think it worked out well the card just all came together.  I didn't have a definite idea of how I wanted the finished card to look . You know sometimes you plan the card out in you head, and know how you want the card to look when you finish. Well this was not one of them cards. I knew what fold style I wanted to use and that was about all.

I am still in my toad stool phase. It felt funny colouring it blue tho and I nearly gave up and scrapped it in favour of a red and white toad stool. But am glad I persevered with the blue.

The lost and found paper is my absolute favorite. It already has lots of sparkle but I couldn't restrain myself from adding more to it in the form of stickles and pearl pen, also crystals.

Even the paper rosettes I made got the stickles,  glitter, and crystals  makeover  with some cute organza ribbon treatment for  a little extra special look .

this is the inside of the card.

I wanted the card to be able to fold flat. The paper rosette would have been to bulky.

But I wanted to tie in the front of the card with the inside. So I used some of the spot ribbon to make the rosette for the inside. I just used a running stitch along edge and gathered it to form the rosette then added organza ribbon and another  sparkley crystal  to the center.

I hope you like it and that I have inspired you to join us this month at

The Paperlane Glitz and Sparkle Challenge

Thank you for stopping at my blog. Feel free to leave a  comment, As they are truly appreciated 

thank you.

bYe ByE

for now

Klare

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Beautiful tilda - (magnolia butterfly dreams)

Hi, Hope you have had a lovely weekend. The sun is shining here at the moment.

But I am feeling the cold.

Today I would like to share my card I made a few weeks ago. From the title you will have guessed its a magnolia stamp From the butterfly dreams collection 2011

only have 2 magnolia stamps at present and this one you have already seen. It was used on the canvas bag I made. But I like to use my stamps over and over again on different projects. So you will see them again been used on new idea's and projects.

I just love the magnolia doohickey dies but they are a little expensive.

but a girls got to have what she like sometimes.

I like the delicate colours you can get by using your distress inks to colour your images.

Still like to use my copic markers, but with inks I seam to get more a of a look I'm happy with. Maybe I just need more practice with my copic colouring.

And here's the inside of the card, simple but compliments the front of the card.

Needed to make a box envelope to accommodate this card as the flowers made it to bulky to go in to regular envelope. I found a tutorial on how to make the envelope on this ladies blog site.

needed to adapt the measurement's to accommodate this card, as it was bigger than 6x6. Used the 12x12 Prima botanics paper for the envelope,

 as I had used paper from same collection 6x6 paper pad for card.

I just love papers that have writing on or scrolls and flourishes, post cards images.

Just a little reminder, the challenge is still open at the paperlane this months challenge is 

"Anything but a card"

So grab your molly bloom stamps and join us.

Entries need to be in by 28th September 2011 and this months lovely prize is a

 character stamp from the BRAND NEW Molly Blooms 'Winter Wonderland Collection'!

The have some lovely stamps in this new collection.

Thank you for popping by today.

bYe ByE

hUgGlEs

Klare

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Lili of the valley - dandelion clock

Good afternoon, slow progress on the decorating bedroom situation, hubby keeps saying you cant rush it ...grrrr. sick of dust from sanding celling and walls, already gone through one pot of filler for all the dings & dents in wall. So to get away from it all I hid in my craft room. while he sanded filled & sanded some more.

I pulled out my Lili of the valley - dandelion clock stamp & prima papers

I am really pleased how this card turned out. Usually I think the cards I make are just ok & every one Else's are so much better. But this card I really like.

Got a little stuck at one point & it was close to going in the bin.

 Had gap above image that nothing I put in place worked.

 So left it over night & came back to it & added the banner at top & the butterfly.

Love the toadstools, A new stamp I got last week from

the paperlane shop at Northallerton

The inside of card, feel it missing a little some thing ...hmmm

may add some more to this yet. Maybe a feather under butterfly ? don't know

Recipe

White card for base

Red paper from the prima botanics collection

Postcard paper from my stash sorry no make wrote on it, as is the green paper

around image.

Image: Water colour paper,

Distress inks to colour image:

 tattered rose-skin

scattered straw-hair

aged mahogany- top, flowers, shoes

milled lavender and tattered rose- skirt, wings

vintage photo- sole of shoes, distress edges

peeled paint - grass & dandelion

broken china-sky

Toad stools

vintage photo-underside of cap, stalk

aged mahogany- tops cap

also used perfect pearls as paint- perfect copper, forever red

pearl pen for white spots

All edges of papers were distressed with vintage photo distress ink

Sew machine - stitch edges of layers

Small bit of scrap lace used just peeping out from taer in paper

Feathers- black feather thanks to my pet chicken, white feather from shops,

black & white spot feather from the guinea fowl at the stable where I keep my horse.

seam binding-was cream dyed it with tattered rose distress ink

Selection of flowers-from wild orchid crafts

 Pearls sprays, & stick on pearls

Dies- ovals,  Magnolia DooHickey Tilda Lace Die,tim holtz baroque

Stamps- lili of the valley- dandelion clock toadstools by kars,

think the butterfly is kars stamp too.

with love stamp is an old one don't know make

Extras- small crystals on flowers are stones I use for nail art they are really tiny

glamour dust on skirt, wings, flower heads, butterflies

Well best get on and do something today

bYe ByE

HuGgLeS

Klare

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Magnolia bag

Hiya, weathers not nice today is it raining here oh well never mind.

Today I want to share with you the bag I've made.

I didn't have a pattern, just knew how I wanted it to look

and this is what I came up with.

once I started it I just couldn't put it down.

Recipe

Made the canvas bag added two types of trim at top there.

Stamped the magnolia image with memento ink brown, ironed it to heat set it.

Coloured with a selection of copic markers, they do bleed a little so take care

 I tested on scrap fabric 1st as the colours  can be different shades when applied to fabric

ironed again to heat set colours.

 flowers at the base of magnolia stamp, I embroidered with steam stitch, bullion stitch and french knots

The little bees were done using french knots, a chain stitch for the wings using gold thread.

Lastly I  added stickles to wings. well a girl has to have a little sparkle.

Hope you like it, thank you for dropping in to my blog

Huggles

Klare  :O) x