Tilda with Kitty - A card for 2 challenges!

Hello all!

I hope you're all enjoying glorious sunshine like we are today! I inked up this sweet Tilda with cat for the first time and coloured with my copics. She's a real sweetie and I love it more than I thought I would!!

I pulled out these papers which have been sitting unused for way too long. It's not my normal colour scheme but I like it. I've used the sketch over at Truly Scrumptious this week. With the paper full of flowers & leaves and adhering my own flower/leaf embellishment I will also enter this card into the Quixotic Challenge this week which is 'Leave it Out' - to use leaves on your card. Instead of adding a sentiment I decided to link up this charm instead which says 'love'. The ribbon is SU! chocolate chip taffeta (so lush)!! Pearls are from my stash. I also used the MS Topiary border punch for the two panels behind Tilda.

I'm not sure if I'll get back into my craft room today. I have my #2 son, Joel, home sick with a tummy bug. He started throwing up at 2.15am this morning and completely missed the bowl beside him, LOL! So, lots of laundry needs to get done as well as nursing and pampering my sick buddy. Yesterday it was my eldest son - they seem to be taking turns. Let's hope it stops at this one!

Thanks for stopping by and leaving your comments - they're very much appreciated! Enjoy the rest of your day whatever you're doing and be sure to stay safe!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Edwin's Adventures .... A Shadow-Box card

Hello my friends!

This is the last of my cards for my class at Heather's next Saturday. I decided to use Edwin - he so often gets neglected and passed over for the beautiful Tilda, but I feel bad 'cos he really is such a cutie too!

I decided to send Edwin on a safari adventure and the shadow-box style card is perfect for incorporating many images onto one card. I sure wish I was going with him.......brings back lovely memories of the safari I did take! The images are coloured with my copics. We will be colouring the images though with Tombow markers in the class. I put the little stool in the other corner and even though I don't have the cat it would sit beautifully on there to add some extra detail should you wish. I would have liked Magnolia to have included some 'adventure' type sentiments or postage stamps like they have in their christmas collections. Maybe they'll think about adding some as they would be perfect to go with these images!

I didn't go with any embellishments on this card - I wanted the images to just lead the way! The aperture is cut out with the largest square nestie. I added glossy accents to the jeep's windows to give the look of glass (hard to see in the picture).

There you have it. Looking out of my window I know where I'd rather be - I'll go on a Tilda & Edwin Tour any day, lol!!!

Hope you all enjoy a wonderful Saturday. Thanks for popping by for a visit today - I love that you take the time to leave me a comment - I really love reading them!

Hugs,

Danielle x

Just Magnolia Too Challenge - 3D card

Hi!

Wow - we've been enjoying such gorgeous sunshine so I do apologise for my lack of posting this week! It's been wonderful having such hot weather FINALLY! Better late than never I guess!!

So today I have this card for you which I've entered into two challenges - Friday Sketchers for the sketch and Just Magnolia Too for their monthly challenge to use the 3D technique superbly demonstrated by Debby on the challenge blog.

Magnolia's Lion is a new addition to my collection and am so happy to have inked it up - it is gorgeous!! I coloured the image in with my copics and distressed the edges with my distresser and Vintage Photo distressed ink. The papers are from the BG Marrakech pad. Jute, twine, buttons, Retro flower punch and my sewing machine add all the finishing details to the card. For some reason the photo really doesn't do this card any justice - it looks so much nicer IRL!!

Here's a close-up of the 3D parts on the lion.

Thanks for stopping by today - I love to have you visit! And I received such a wonderful start to my day to discover I had won this weeks challenge over on the Winter Wonderland blog! I have chosen 3 fabulous sets of digi images/templates from Regina over at The Cutting Cafe. This is the first time I'll be using this so I'm looking forward to playing around with those!

Thanks for your beautifully inspiring comments - I really love reading them! And tomorrow I will be posting my Candy #2 - so be sure to come back!! :)

Hugs,

Danielle x

Friday Sketchers Card

Hello!

I hope you are all well and enjoying your weekend! I'm having lots of fun back in my craft room and got to make this card using the gorgeous sketch by Jeanette over on Friday Sketchers. This cute elephant arrived in the mail last week from The Little Stamp Shoppe and I couldn't wait to ink him up and get colouring! This was one of the many colouring projects I completed upstairs whilst my craft room was drying out!

I felt this sketch fit this image perfectly and I'm so happy with the way this card turned out. The grey dp is from MME Asparagus collection (one of the double-sided sheets) and the pink polka dots is from stash. I used my copics to colour and I distressed the nestie circle and clear embossed some swirls around the edge. The photo below should show a closer image of this.

Prima flowers, spacer and gem brad, together with the MS branch punch and a Bosskut floral scroll die complete the embellishments. Oh, and 3 pink pearls down in the right hand corner! And some stitching!!

Thanks for stopping by and taking a peek today! We spent most of today in the gorgeous sunshine in our neighbour's pool so we're all wiped out and ready to crash! Hope you all have a wonderful evening or Sunday (depending on when you get to read this post).

Hugs,
Danielle x