Just Because

Hi Guys!

Just a quick little post for you today. I'm featuring the work of Marianne D today, she does real funky characters. I think of them as "Lili Of The Valley with attitude" lol

I was playing with my pastel pencils on cream colored pastel paper and have to say that I prefer a darker color background. This didn't come out near like I envisioned but oh well, live and learn. Whilever I have to buy "muli-colored" packs of pastel paper I just have to suck it up and color on all shades, it would be too expensive to only use the sheets I like.

Recipe:

Image: Marianne D "Lazy Daisy"

Colors: Carbothello Pastels

Papers: MME "Hattie"

Mesh

Dies: Spellbinders, Sizzex

Sentiment: Precious Remembrance

Hey, by the way, I don't know if you've been by Bunny Zoe's store lately but let me just show you a few sneak peaks of the latest goodies that have just arrived:

*Warning* ENABLER ALERT!

New 6x6 paper packs:

Love these farmy kinds of flowers.... I could totally DO these!

very elegant!!

Aren't these fabulous buttons? I NEED these!

And more awesome new 6x6 packs!! *Drool*

And who would've thought it? Tilda has her own magazine, Move over Oprah! lol

Have a great day!

Precious Remembrance Teaser/ Candy

Hi Guys!

Well here's a teaser for you!

I will be GDing once again in March for Precious Remembrance. Wahoo!!

Above is the stamp set I'll be using, just love it, it will come in useful for so many kinds of cards.

Now in case you're new to Precious Remembrance they have a brand new website here for you to check out.

They ship worldwide, and first class mail and priority are also available. You  can estimate shipping before checkout and guest checkout is also available for those who don't want to make an account.

Ok!

Now here's the really exciting part!

Dyane has given me a friend stamp set to give away to one happy crafter!!

All you need to so is enter your name in Mr Linky below and when my GD stint is over for the month of March, a winner will be drawn!

Just Daisy

Hi Guys!

Ive got a simple card to share with you today. Sometimes you need a card suitable for "all occasions" and this stamp/ design fits the bill. I kept decorations to a minimum and just let the image be the focus. (nothing new there!) The 6x6 paper packs I'm using work so well in tying it all together. Love my 6x6s!!

Recipe:

Image: Wax Fruit Company

Colors: CarbOthello pastel pencils on Strathmore pastel paper

Papers: Jillibean Soup "Dutch Mustard", Lost and Found MME "Rosy"

Card Candi

Honeydew twine

*A note on pastel pencils:

Although they can be used on kraft and other papers they really do work their magic best on "Pastel Paper". With "normal" paper the pigment almost sits on top and you have to be so careful you don't just brush it all off with a careless movement. But with "proper" pastel paper the color settles into the paper fibers like butter into a biscuit. So creamy and blendable and nice.

You can find pastel paper at most arts and craft stores for about $7 for 25 sheets. I'm sure there's cheaper and more expensive options out there but this is what I use.

Hope that helps!

A few challenges:

Crafty Bloggers Network - Spring Time

Creative Mondays - Anything Goes 

Daisy Doodles Creative Challenge  "Color Your World" 

Love to Create - Add Stitching to your Project (Real or Faux)

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes

Paper Creations Ink  Show Us Your Style Using Your Favorite Technique 

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Flowers 

There's Magic in the Air "Critter" in the image (animal, bug, fish etc) 

Thanks for visiting!

Love Always

Hi All!

Isn't this just the sweetest stamp ever? So perfect for an anniversary or just a thinking of you card to a loving couple. There's so many people this would be perfect for I'm not sure who will receive it in the end, I guess I better get coloring and make more than one!

Anyway, today I am once again featuring the "love set" of sentiment stamps by Precious Remembrance. So versatile. Love this! I "assembled" a few words to make my own sentiment which is a pretty cool thing to do.

Recipe:

Image: Mo Manning

Colors: CarbOthello Pastel pencils on kraft cardstock

Sentiments: Precious Remembrance

Papers: MME Lost and Found 'Rosy' and 'Sunshine'

Dies: Spellbinders

Punch: Martha Stewart

button: Home Sew

Button twine: Sew Sweet

Pearls and ribbon: from stash

I hope you all have a marvelous weekend!

Thanks so much for coming by :)

Magnolia Preorder Now on

Scared you all, didn't I? You thought I made a Tilda card! LOL

Uh, nope, the moon has still not turned to cheese for little ol me but for all you die hard Tilda fans I know you'll be real excited to hear that the time has arrived to preorder your new princess stamps at Bunny Zoe's. :) Nikki is standing by to take your orders!

Inspirational Quote

I saw this  inspirational quote by Ira Glass on "Painting My World" and thought it was very encouraging for all forms of arts/craft. 

I particularly like the "creative people have good taste" part. lol

Hope you like it too!

Day Dreaming

Hi Guys!

Hey, before I get to this week's challenge I want you to check out my cool watermark that my buddy Gwen designed for me. Isn't it GORGEOUS? Thanks Gwen!

Ok,back to business!

 This week's challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil is:

Lace

Being the frilly person that I am (NOT!) you can see the plethora of lace I stuck on. lol

Pat would just have a heart attack if she saw my very sorry lace collection that would fit in a sandwich bag. :D

And being that it is in such short supply you can see that I couldn't spare much of it. ;)

Aaaaaanyway!

Recipe:

Image: Mo Manning

Colors: Lyras and Prismas

Punch: Martha Stewart

Buttons: from stash

ric rac: Sew Sweet

Papers: DCWV "Lemon Flower"

Die: Spellbinders

So there's some inspiration to get your creative juices flowing! Be sure to check out all the other girl's projects and leave some love along the way. they've really outdone themselves this week!

Hugs,

Wings

Hi All!

Well I'm back and lo and behold I am using white paper!! I know, shock of shocks and horror of horrors!

Well its good to shake things up a bit and I thought that this image lent itself to brightness which sometimes only white can achieve. Anyway, I survived it. lol

I'm quite into making these "quilted scenes" right now. I just free-cut my hills and sewed them down. Nothing complicated. But I do like the effect. :)

Recipe:

Image: A Day For Daisies

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyra

Paper: Jillibean Soup "Apple Cheddar", Crate Paper "Farmhouse, and Coordinations Cardstock "Autumn".

Card Candy

Bakers Twine: Lemondrop

Well thats it from little ol me today, I'll see you around Blogland!

In A Country Kitchen

Hi Guys!

So I have two recipe posts for you today. I'm not sure how it happened, its called "double booking". lol

TBoth recipe pages are so similar color wise that I got mixed up and should have put them both on one post. Oh well, no one's perfect! 

This is one I grew up making with my sister. Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies. Its foolproof

My Recipe:

Image: Belles N Whistles

Colors: Lyras and Prismacolors

Paper: Jillibean Soup "Apple Cheddar Soup"

Buttons: Home Sew and Sew Sweet

Twine: TheTwinery

Dies: Whiff Of Joy

And here's the recipe a bit closer up. You can click on it to enlarge even more.

That's it from me today!

Happy Crafting and thanks so much for coming by to visit!

Apples are Sweet and so are You

Hi Guys!

Well I was in a bit of a quandary when I made this recipe card. I needed a pie recipe but I'm one of those pie makers that never measure. I just throw it all together. Stacey was over the house crafting with me and she started telling me about an apple pie recipe she really enjoys using frozen apple juice instead of sugar. I had a look on line and found it, so here ya go!

Recipe:

Image: Belles N Whistles "Warm Apple Pie"

Memento Ink

Colors: Lyras and Prismacolors on kraft

Paper: Jillibean Soup "Apple Cheddar"

Spellbinders Dies

Martha Stewart Punch

I am also using this project as my Catered Crop project for this fortnight which is :

Seeing Red

I hope you can play along!

Smile

So I kept today's card pretty CAS.

Don't know why but that cat seemed to want the stage to himself so I thought I'd humor him.:)

This week's challenge at Mo's Digital Pencil is:

Add A Sentiment

Recipe:

Image: Mo manning

Colors: Lyras and Prismas

Paper: MME happy Go Lucky

Twine: Twinery

Buttons: Home Sew

I hope you all are having a great day. 

Thanks so much for sharing some of it with me. :)

Always And Forever

Hi Guys!

Today I have another project for you featuring the "Love" sentiment set by Precious Remembrance.

I thought it was perfect for this wedding card, made for a friend.

My camera wasn't liking this pink and black , I had to mess around in exposure editing to correct it so I apologize if it isn't 100% clear.

I was playing with my pastel pencils again and just love how the whites POP.

Recipe:

Image: Mo Manning

Sentiment: Precious Remembrance

Colors: CarbOthello Pastel Pencils

Paper: Echo Park "be Mine"

Corners: Wild Orchid

Card Candi : Johanna Sheen

That's it for today!

A Day For Daisies

Hi Guys!

Well I just found a couple of cards that were nearly lost/deleted. I had forgotten about them and somehow they ended up in my "recycle bin" which would have been 'never to be seen again' for at least one of them as I had already sent it to someone so couldn't retake the picture. But all's well that ends well and here they are.

These were cards I created 'just for fun' from my older stash of papers. They're quite "wintery" so I thought Id better publish them before Spring comes. However, Spring isn't feeling too imminent at the moment so I'm probably safe. lol

Recipe:

Image: ADFD

Colors: Prismacolors and Lyras

Papers: from stash

Dies: Spellbinders, Sizzex

Embossing folder: Cuttlebug

Punch: Martha Stewart

Buttons: from stash

 And another card along the same color scheme/ ingredients....

This one is quite an unusual image, you might need to look closely to notice that there are mice in her hair. :)

It struck the artsy side of me and I had to color it.

Think of them as "Cinderella's friends" and you might not get the eeby jeebies :)

Thats it for today!

Have a great day everyone :)

You Glow Girl!

Hi All!

Well today is a new challenge at Bunny Zoe's and its an easy one so I hope you can play along with us. 

We're looking for your Celebration cards, so find an excuse to celebrate and make a card to go with it!

I decided to make a card for a new Mom-to Be. :)

You might recognize this stamp cos I used it not too long ago on a gift box. Can you believe I am using a stamp twice?? Well its about time too. Its just not right for a stamp to see ink only one time.

Recipe:

Image: Kraftin Kimmie "Caroline"

Colors: Lyra Rembrant and Prismacolors

Paper: Cosmo Cricket "Pixie Licious"

Dies: Spellbinders, Marianne D Creatables

Paper frame byNellie Snellen

Flat backed pearls

Punch: Martha Stewart

I really hope you can join us this month, there's so much time and so many occasions to make a card for. I look forward to having a snoop at all your lovely projects.. ;)

What can I say?

OMGoodness, what can I say?

To say I am  overwhelmed with the kindness of you all would be a gross understatement.

You all know who you are and you know what you did.

Thank You.

Gingerboy 2001-2012

Tying The Knot

Hi There!

We have a special treat for you today at Mo's Digital Pencil.

Bingo!

Fellow teammie Sheila has kindly provided us with a bingo chart to use this week and you can take a peek at it below:

I chose the Gems, Lace and Dies/Punches.

 I know. Its a bit subtle.But all the bits are there. I promise! :)

Recipe:

IMage: Mo Manning

Colors: Prismas and Lyras

Paper:Crate Paper "Neighborhood"

Ribbon: May Arts

Punch: Martha Stewart

Thanks for visiting!!