Jack, Patch and Puss!

Good morning everyone!  Wow! can't believe it's been so long since I posted.  Just busy at work and also I have been playing in my craft room lol!!  I have been experimenting with my new distress markers and I love, love, love them lol!!  Debs and I went to LOTV shop a couple of Saturdays ago.. (Wow! where does the time go!)  had a fabulous day and bought lots of new goodies, including some watercolour paper, which is really lovely to use.  I watched the lovely Lou demonstrating she is such a lovely lady and so helpful...she helped me with shading around the image, which I struggle with... but with the distress markers it's easy peasy lol!!  I don't have a card with my new markers today as I still have to photograph etc... but I have one I made with the new art pads from LOTV that I made for a friends daughter.. now I'm just in love with these little characters 'Jack, Patch and Puss', and have now bought a few of the stamps as well!..  I made the flowers and distressed with Tim Holtz distress inks, also I inked the lovely lace at the bottom it was white and I didn't have a colour to match, think it turned out quiet nice.

What I used

Image - Art Pad Pre-Coloured LOTV

Paper - Bonnets & Bowties by Mary Fran (LOTV)

Ribbon/Lace/Pearl brads - Hobby House

Sentiment - LOTV

Banner and circle pennants dies - Whimsey Stamps

Challenges

LOTV Ideas to Inspire - Ribbon or Lace

Ladybug Crafts - Anything Goes

Chocolate,Coffee & Cards - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Dies or punches

Victorine Stamps Originals -  Birthday

Scrap Creations - Polka Dots

Have a lovely day guys, it's cold here in Doncaster, but there is a promise of it brightening up ( err..right lol!!)

Love and Hugs,

Marjorie xx

Mimosa - Tea Party

Hi everyone,
I have some FANTASTIC news for you today.... I have been asked by the lovely Michelle from Make it Monday if I would like to join the team!!!  Wow! am I excited or what!  I just can't take the smile off my face. The design team are a fantastic bunch of girls, and I have visited them often for inspiration.  I feel quiet honoured to have been asked to join them.  Me on the MIM design team...I still can't believe it lol!!
I just love Make it Monday it is such a wonderful place to showcase your cards new and old, and it's always anything goes, all you have to do is link up with another blog and leave them some love :) I've met some really lovely people, and there is so much inspiration, especially when your mojo goes walk about lol!!.  I have been chosen as pick of the week a couple of times and it's such a morale booster, and it gave me confidence too!  So come and link up with Make it Monday Linky party and show us what you have done:)  You might even win a fabulous prize from our lovely sponsors, or be a pick of the week on one of the teams blogs.

Now on to my first DT card, hope you like it... I have gone with red, white, and blue as it is the Queens Jubilee tomorrow.  I have used Mimosa from Bildmalarna, isn't she sweet!!  She's off to the Jubilee Party for tea and cake!! I made this for Candice, she's been saying how lovely it is all week, so I think she will be chuffed that it was for her all along lol!!

A peek at the inside

I have used my Prisma Pencils to colour her, and added stardust stickles to her petticoat, the little butterfly and the gorgeous roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts they also have l0% off everything until the 5th June. The stunning papers are from Nitwit Collections they are called Tour of London, they really are lovely and can be used for lots of different cards.  I have used a spellbinders nesty scalloped circle for the sentiment, and some gorgeous red and blue ribbon from my stash.  The lovely bunting is also from the Nitwit pack. I've also added some lovely lace which is just peeking out from underneath the ribbon. 

This week we are sponsored by The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop

The Pretty Little Ribbon Shop supplies gorgeous ribbons, twine, buttons, embellishments, rubber stamps and embossing products for all of your crafting needs. We are happy to accept small and large orders as well as International customers.  New in stock are the Fabulous WOW embossing powders and clear stamp sets, a large selection of self adhesive pearls and rhinestones in a choice of different colours and our new Pretty Pearl Collection.  We have a selection of special offers HERE.

This week's prize is this gorgeous Pink Pretty Little Ribbon Pack!

To be in with a chance to win this fabulous prize all you need to do is leave a comment for an entry on this week's linky party.  Be sure to mention you saw them on MIM.  The more entries you comment on the more chances you have of winning.

I would also like to enter my card for the following challenges

Creative craft Challenges2 - Red, White and Blue

MAWTT Challenge - Cool Britannia - Red, White and Blue

Craft Your Days Away - Red, White and Blue

My Mums Craft Shop - Red, White and Blue

Digi Doodle Shop - Get the bunting out

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Well guys hope you are still with me, it is a long post today:) Sorry I haven't been to visit but still hectic at home. Mum is feeling a lot better, the medication seems to be helping.  Hope to get round to visit this week.


Oops nearly forgot.. My pick of the week is by Chris, I can't do steam punk, I am more of a ribbon and pearls girl lol!  but I couldn't take my eyes off this lovely piece and it is so beautifully coloured too!!  I think it is an amazing piece of art please go and take a look at this lovely blog there are some amazing pieces....

Big thanks for stopping by....hope you all have a fabulous bank holiday week-end and lots of fun and lots of cake on Jubilee Day!!...

Big Hugs,

Marjorie

xx

Bunches of Love

Good morning everyone, very cloudy and overcast here today, still no rain I.  I hope we get some soon as it looks like we will be in for water restrictions if we don't!  Would like to say a Big Hello to all my lovely new followers, do appreciate your time too come and visit mwah!!
Well I've managed to get my Mum's Mothers Day card done, really pleased with how it's turned out, changed the layout several times, and had a few goes at colouring lol!! I tried my promarkers again, but got so frustrated with them, chucked them back in the box!! I just can't use them, so I went back to my trusty Prisma pencils.  
My little white spots on their little cheeks haven't shown up, I did do it very lightly as I thought I might mess up lol!!, but it looks quiet nice in real life!

I have used Bunches of love by LOTV, and coloured with my Prismas. The gorgeous paper is by Nitwit designs.  I bought the paper ready printed from Witch Craft, which I'm lucky to have in my local Town centre, you can't see on the photo but it's really glossy and the butterflies stand out from the paper really gorgeous! The wording on the paper just sums up how we all feel about my Mum, she is Ace as Candice would say lol!!  The beautiful ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl, and I have used a Lace edge punch by Martha Stewart, hope this qualifies for the  LOTV Challenge as I tried putting real lace on, and it took away the look of that gorgeous ribbon!  I punched out a butterfly also by Martha Stewart, and those corners are the new release from Whimsy Stamps, there's four altogether and all delish!!  My sentiment was computer generated, and of course everything is stickled with star dust.

This is the inside, kept it quiet plain as I wanted to show off the gorgeous paper (Also I ran out of that beautiful ribbon lol!!)

Would like to enter for the following Challenges:

Make it Monday - Any thing goes (Linky Party)

Craft Your Days Away - Mothers Day

Divas by Design - My Favourite things (Ribbon and Pearls)

Lily's Little Faeries - Ribbon and Lace

Hotshot Craft Blog - Ribbon

Let's Ink it Up - Flowers

Allsorts - Say it with Flowers

The Paper Shelter - Anything Goes

Paper Take Weekly - Anything Goes

Better get a move on I'm on work in an hour lol!! Will definatly be round to see you all over the next few days..Hope you all have a great week..take care..

Biggest of hugs,

Marjorie

xx

Red, White and Blue

Hi Everyone,
What a lovely day again, sun shining, summer could almost be here lol! Made a card for my brothers birthday. I've used a Kenny K digi called Chico's Chopper!! I really thought I was a bit out of my depth to colour Chico, but I persevered and I am happy with the result.  My photo skills don't really do it justice, if any one can give me any tips how to take photo's I would be very grateful!!  I have used copics for the skin, and all the rest is coloured with prisma pencils.   Hope you like it :)

The image is: Kenny K Chico's Chopper

Colouring: Prisma Pencils and Copics

Paper: Nitwits Beep Beep

Accessories: My stash

I am going to enter this for Kenny K's Challenge

Hope you all have a nice evening.

Huggles,

Marjorie

xx

LOTV "PUNCH IT UP CHALLENGE"

Good evening everyone,
Just home from work Yeh!! Firstly I'd like to thank Donna from Bearly Mine Challenges for helping me with linking up, by jove I think I've done it!! YES!!
Now I want to enter LOTV challenge blog haven't got much time left to enter, must get a move on!!

I just love this stamp, I used Nitwitpapers from which craft, The stamp is from LOTV  flower is Marianne die cut with a rose from wild orchid crafts, corners are Cuttlebug die cuts, Swirls are marianne dies, spellbinders dies, I coloured the image with prisma pencils.

This post is really rushed, will do better next time.

Have a lovely evening everyone

Huggles,

Marjorie

xx

Love is in the air!

Hi everyone,

Here is another card that I made for Valentine's Day!

Hope you like it!

Hugs Marjorie x x x