A little bit different

This week I thought I would try my hand at some colouring which I have never done before - well in my adult life anyway!

But before I invested a ton of money into stamps and markers I jumped online and found some lineart images to colour and busted out some colour pencils that I have had forever in my craftroom, which is very untrue to form but much to my husbands pleasure!
The only thing I ended up buying was some odorless blending solution and some paper stumps which cost next to nothing....Yay!!!

Well with no further delay here is what I came up with.

Can you see the little corset tucked away in the flowers, this was a Scrapware chipboard piece that I dressed up! Super cute even if I do say so myself:)

And here is a closer look at the image, isn't she just gorgeous! Full credit goes to Sureya from Deviantart who very kindly has opened up this image for free colouring so big big love!

And what is a girl without her bling? these are Prima say it in crystals to go with the Prima Moulin Rouge paper pad which was perfect for this little lady!

Well I hope you like her, I tried to keep this card a little bit simpler but I don't know if I really pulled it off, either way I love her.

Have a good one

Challenges I would like to enter

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Make it cute

Make it Monday - Anything goes

Lexi's Creations - Use punches or dies

Digi Design Challenge Blog - Flower Frenzy

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything goes

Prima, Prima and o yeah more Prima!

Hello again, So last month I admitted that I had a little trouble mixing brands when im creating and it wasn't until I came to post about this card that I realize I have sort of done it again......Whoops o well im only human.

Anyway with that said take a look at my first ever easel card featuring (if you couldn't guess from the post tittle) a lot of Prima!

Here it is all opened up!

Isn't the little dog just super cute, I made him with the Cricut Create a critter cartridge using Prima Fairy Belle collection paper and some Bazill cardstock. - o and some googly eyes:)

   So where is all this Prima you ask? well the paper line and all but one flower (which is i am roses) are from the prima collection and so is the bling in my handmade flower.

Also the canvas butterfly which I have inked with distress inks to bring out the resist is you guessed it PRIMA!

Well ok so not everything is Prima but its pretty darn close, here are my actual supplies below.

Prima: Fairy Belle Collection 6x6 pad, Delightful day flowers, Parchment Petals (scroll), Mulbury Flowers (Eminence), Resist Canvas (Printery), Say it in Crystals.
Other: Ranger distress ink (Tea Dye) , Spellbinders Labels Seventeen, Martha Stewart punches (Doily Lace and Vine Trim) Tattered Angels glimmer mist, Kaiser craft wooden Butterflies (covered in Ranger dry fine glitter in platinum.

O and im really sorry I cant remember where the frame comes from as I actually made it along time ago for another project but never used it (i painted it with blue and white paint and added some Tim Holtz Distress Crackle to it) Don't you love it when you use up scraps!

Well as always I hope you like it and let me know what you think.

Challenges I would like to enter

613 Avenue Create - Anything goes

The Crafty Bloggers Network - Anything goes

A Gem of a Challenge - Make it cute
My Grafico Challenge Blog - Anything goes
Make it Monday - Anything goes
Lexi's Creations - Use punches or dies
Digi Design Challenge Blog - Flower Frenzy
Totally Gorjuss - Something Blue
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything goes

Recipe book take 2

Hello all,

Well better late than never, here is my second recipe book using the DCWV Mariposa paper as promised, Take a look.

Usually I tend to stick to one or two brands when I create as I find it easier to coordinate style and colour (not to mention its easier to blog about), but this time I set myself a challenge to just go with the flow and use up anything and it seems like everything in my stash.

I really did go a little over board on the items I used so rather that list them all through the post i will do a supply list at the bottom in case you are interested except for the flowers below which are a big mix.

Well here goes, The large bloom is again one of my handmade parchment flowers with a center I made using some of the paper line glossy accented to a clear gem. I know what your thinking an Aqua flower, who does that? but hey what is a wonderland without a little topsy turvyness?

The two small roses are from one of my favorite stores Scottie crafts and to colour these I have used some homemade glimmer mist made up of Perfect pearls and Juniper alcohol ink (and because I couldn't get the mix quite right I added in some Lumiere paint too).

The orange bud on the side is again from Scotties and the Large bloom and pale ones tucked away are Kaisercraft (Terracotta and sunset).And if you can spot them below I have also tucked away some bluey green Prima flowers under the parchment bloom...... Wow big breath, hopefully I didn't forget anything

Oh and the little "unique" chipboard piece tucked away is from Prima, this album is going to be for my mother in law and the word and colour of this piece could not match any better - some things are just meant to be!

Next is a close up of the butterfly which actually is part of the paper, I have just added some Glossy Accents on top to make it stand out and for an extra kick I have dropped in some Ranger fine dry Stickles while it was drying (I wish you could see this better, in real life its very glittery)

And of course a look at the inside, I still need to add the tags but impatient me wanted to post this asap so there not in this shot sorry

 And one last look.

Wow a bigger post then I thought, I hope you like it if so please leave me a comment and let me know!

Have a good one!

Supplies not listed above (let me know if I have forgotten anything)

Martha Stewart punch - Doily lace
Tim Holtz/Sizzix die - Bell Jar

Rander distress ink - Tea Dye

Perfect pearls

Bling from my stash
Cake - Cut with Cricut Wrap it up cartridge
            Embossed with the Cuttlebug Textile folder
            Highlighted with metallic rub on
            Butterfly -Cheery Lynn die D130 Butterfly Bundles

Mini Recipe folder

Hello again.

Today I would like to share a little recipe book I put together based on the shopping organizer tutorial by Laura at Following the paper trail.

 I used the trusty old DCWV mariposa paper for this project and just the smallest piece of My minds eye paper tucked away as the mannequin base which I cut with the Tim Holtz sewing room die.

Here is the cover.

The large flower is another one of my handmade parchment flowers inked with Distress ink (tattered rose) with some pearl beads glued in the center.

The "tutu flowers", resin bird (which I have also inked) and pearl flourish are all from Prima and the lace is just from my local emporium.

Here is the inside

This is an expandable folder so you can really fit a lot of recipe cards in here I have 12 at the moment and there is still tons of room.

Well thats it, I hope you like it, im also making a similar one with another piece of this paper line so hopefully I will have this done in a few days to share with you.

Have a great weekend

My heart is yours!

Hello, well today is my second wedding anniversary so I thought I would share a layout I made to mark the occasion.

I created this layout based on the sketch for ScrapbookDreams February challenge and added a photo of my husband and I after the "I DO", so take a look.

 

I loved the way the flowers came out below. I made the vine with a mix of Iamroses and Prima flowers that I glimmer misted. The large flowers I made from circles of parchment paper inked up with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Victorian Velvet, these flowers were inspired by Gabrielle Pollacco's tutorial. Go check out her site, she is just amazing and has some wonderful videos on making handmade flowers.

I machine stitched around the paper and used gold embossing power on the chipboard pieces cut with Tim Holtz Elegant flourishes dies. I also added some Prima bling and canvas pieces sprayed with Perfect Pearls mists in forever red and cut the main title and frame out using Spellbinders Shapeabilities - Twisted Meal Tags and Accents.

The last detail I want to mention is the wax seal on the scroll, this is actually the same wax stick and stamp I used on my wedding invitations and so is the vellum used in the pennants so I thought it was a cute little personal touch. 

 Well that's it I hope you like it! Please let me know if you have any questions.

Welcome

Welcome to Wonderland!!!

Wonderland is a place where I like to go to create, there are no rules, nothing has to make sense to anyone but you, and whatever you can dream of you can make your reality.

Crafting is a lot like that for me, sometimes I have dreams about using products I have or want and I love seeing my dreams turn into reality the next day while the idea is still dancing through my head.

Using this blog I would love to share with you some of my dreams and ideas and hope this inspires you to follow your own dreams too.

So welcome and please enjoy a little bit of my wonderland.