Mermaid in a Teacup

Hi all, just popping in with a quick make today, I have just returned from holiday, so lots of washing and sorting to do, but I made this tag this morning using this cute image from Rick St. Dennis.

Whilst on holiday I managed to get lots of colouring done, so I wanted to use one of these images before my crafty mojo takes a dive!

The image is called Mermaid in a Teacup, and you can find her in Rick's Zibbet store here. I coloured her with Polychromos pencils, and the tag was inked with distress inks, then stamps some sea themed images from Designs by Ryn.

I added some stickles to her hair for some sparkle, and layered her up with foam pads. Sentiment is from one of my old Waltzingmouse sets, a company no longer in production (sadly).

I would like to enter this tag into the following challenges -

Sparkle & Glitter - Anything Goes

Your Scrapbook Place - Anything Goes

That's Crafty - Anything but a Card

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Art Deco Elagance..

 Happy sunny Sunday all! What a beautiful weekend we are experiencing here in the U.K! This morning I made a card for the Rick St. Dennis Facebook Group challenge, which is anything goes, and runs out on the 21st May.

I have used the very beautiful and elegant lady called Deco la Scala 1931.  I coloured her with Promarkers a little while ago, and finally got round to getting her onto a card today.

I have used some Art Deco style papers from Docrafts, and used Art Deco style dies from Spellbinders for the side accents, corners and little sentiment label. The sentiment is from Waltzingmouse Stamps Putting on the Ritz set, a suitably Art Deco themed stamp set.

For some extra sparkle, I added some black gems to the corners, and as the papers are foiled I left it at that.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Sister Act Card Challenge

Crafty Girls Challenge

Through the Craftroom Door Challenge

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

Lovely Lady..

Good Sunday afternoon all, it's a gloomy and wet day here in West Berkshire, after the lovely blue skies yesterday, I knew it couldn't last lol!

Anyway, I've been doing a bit of colouring this morning, and created a card for my Mother-in-Law for Mother's Day.

I treated myself to some fabulous images by Rick St Dennis yesterday, and this lovely lady was the first on my wish list! Oh she is gorgeous! She reminds me of Lady Mae in Mr. Selfridge (it's on tonight yippee!) and I couldn't wait to colour her in. She's called 1906 Hat, and you can find her  HERE

I'm having a bit of a purple phase right now, so she had to have a purple hat, and the jewel in her brooch has to be a big amethyst, one of my favourite stones.

I coloured her with Promarkers, and added some glamour dust to her hat trimmings and around the jewel. I used some lovely papers from Trimcraft called New Bloom.

I bordered her with some die cut flourishes from Tattered Lace called Ornamental Rose, cut twice in cream card and twice in purple, then layered together. I then added some butterflies cut using Memory Box dies.

Inside the card I have used a sentiment from Waltzingmouse Stamps, and two little floral butterflies from Stampin' Up!.

Finally I added a little circular sentiment from Love Circles set on the front using a Wild Rose Studios sentiment, and some Prima gems to her hat pin and the butterflies.

I love this card, and my daughter loves it too, it will be hard to part with but I know it will be going to a good home!

For anyone who is interested, here's the list of Promarkers I used for the image:

Hat: Sorbet, Amethyst, Red Violet, Lilac, Winterberry, Umber.
Bird Wings: Warm Grey1, 5, Grey Squirrel.
Hair: Burnt Orange, Spice, Terracotta, Henna, Cocoa, Black.
Skin: Satin, Pastel Pink, Oatmeal. Lips - Dusky rose, Antique Pink, Rose Peach.
Eyes: Apple, Forest Green, Sea Green.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

Crafter's Cafe - Shabby Chic or Vintage

Southern Girls Challenge - Bling

Digi Galore - Things with Wings

4 Crafty Chicks - Things with Wings

The Stamping Boutique - Use a Punch or Die Cut.


Thanks for stopping by today,

Pauline

WMFC Take 3!

Morning all, it's a bright sunny day here in West Berkshire, a welcome relief from the storms and rain we have had this past week.

Well, I do love these colours, and this little stamp set from Waltzingmouse Stamps, I love those sweet dolls! So I had to make another card for the Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge!

I have a ton of Washi Tape, that I have bought in the past, and got it home only to discover I don't really know what to do with it! Anyway, I've had these purpley coloured tapes for at least a year, I think I got them from Paperchase and I had to use them for this challenge! They are the perfect colours!

I just cut the tape into a banner tip at the ends, and stuck to a card base, stamped the sentiment and layered the already cut doll on top! Simple! Took about 5 minutes, the quickest card I've ever made!

Well, as it's such a lovely day, we are going to attempt a walk, but trying to fins somewhere accessible and not flooded may be tricky.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

WMFC #11 Take Two!

Hi all, I'm back with my other two cards for the Waltzingmouse Fanatics challenge! 

My first card features the pretty frame and floral elements from Folk Art Medallion and You're a Doll stamp sets.

This next card features the sentiment from Compact Sentiments set, and flowers from You're a Doll set. I like the softer tones of the second stamp on my other card (see previous post) so I tried it on this one. I had a slight boo boo in that I dropped one of the flower stamps after stamping and smudged the sentiment a bit, but I still think it looks nice.

And here they are together. I added some stickles to the flower centres on both cards, and they are now dry, unlike the U.K!

 Here are a few pics of the damage last night's storm brought to our little corner. We are very lucky that we have not had the flooding occur here, I just pray this weather breaks at some point soon.

We dragged the childrens old little wendy house over to wedge it between the conservatory wall and window and the fence as it was knocking into the side of the building.

Then we discovered another panel at the back of our garden very dangerously flapping about so David had to completely pull it off.

All in all, an expensive Valentines night! We have a fencing chap coming round in about half an hour for a quote, so hopefully we can get it fixed in the next week.

Thanks for stopping by, and stay safe wherever you are.

Pauline

WMFC #11

Morning all! Well, we had a rough night last night didn't we?? We have had two fence sides come down in our garden due to the storm last night - there are still high winds today, and coupled with the heavy downpour last night, many local properties here in Berkshire have been flooded. We are lucky that the fencing was the only damage for us, my heart goes out to those who have lost their homes and businesses. Wherever you are today, stay safe, I'm not going out unless I absolutely have to!

So, I have been getting stampy and inky with some of my favourite stamps - Waltzingmouse Stamps! I have a lot less time than I used to for creating and blogging, and if I'm honest, I haven't felt very crafty either. So I took a bit of time over a couple of evenings this week to re-aquaint myself with my stamps.

The Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge has a beautiful colour scheme for us to try, some of my favourite colours too. My intention was to create a couple of little cards, but once I had started, I couldn't stop! I have 6 cards to show you in this post, and another two waiting to dry, I'll post them a bit later along with some pics of our wrecked garden!

The inks I used for these cards are a mixture of Memento Paris Dusk, Nautical Blue, Teal Zeal, Sweet Plum, Lulu Lavender, Distress Ink Dusty Concorde and Stampin' Up! Wisteria Wonder.

I have used Folk Art Medallion and You're a Doll sets for my images, and the sentiments are either from these two sets, and Big Day Today and Compact Sentiments. For my first card I have stamped the Russian Doll and flowers cut using the co-ordinating dies, the sentiment I hand cut. I used some patterned paper from Trimcraft, and just layered them on top.

These flowers are my favourites!

My next card features the frame, and the sweet sentiment from Compact sentiments. Teal gems around the frame give it a bit of glam!

My next card features those lovely flowers, but second stamped to get a softer look.I added a few grey pearls to some of the bigger flowers for a bit of elegant lustre. 

This next card is one of my favourites, I just love that leafy scroll, and the patterns you can create with it. I added purple gems to the flower centres for some sparkle!

Next, I created a medallion using different elements from Folk Art medallion.

My next card has the pretty floral scroll used twice to create a frame, love it! I added some gems for some sparkle to the floral centres.

And here they are all together!

Right, I'm off to check the other two cards have dried and take some pics!

Pauline

Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge, ColourQ #213

Hi all, I'm here today with a couple of cards for two different Challenges- Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge, and colourQ Challenge. My first card is for the cQc, using these pretty colours: 

I've made a New Home card for the creator of Waltzingmouse Stamps Claire Brennan, who has recently moved house. She also managed to host the monthly Pajama Party over on her blog during moving, no mean feat at the best of times.

I have stamped the smaller house image from A Cottage Home by WMS in Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade, the closest colours I have to the inspiration pic.

I layered the panel onto some card which was the closest colour I had to Peach Parfait, and wrapped some purple button twine along the bottom before adding the sentiment in London Fog ink  from A Cottage Home and Big Day Today set, also from WMS.

Finally I finished off with some sparkly gems.

My next card is for the Waltzingmouse Fanatics Challenge, which has a sketch for us to follow this week:

And here's my take:

 I have used Two Step Sprig and Big Day Today for this card, stamping the flowers in a couple of different pinks and purples, and cutting out and layering with pop dots.

It's a fairly CAS design, but I took forever deciding how to place the flowers!!

I love this elegant sentiment., finished off with a couple of pink gems.

And that's all from me today, off out with the kids to see Thor 3, I hope it's not too scary!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

TRR #65

 Morning all, it's a brand new challenge over at The Ribbon Reel, and this fortnight Zuzana is our hostess, with this fabulous picture, and asks that we use the colours in the picture with ribbons and lace.

I took my inspiration from the picture, and tried to re-create the image of a cup and saucer. I used a cup image from Waltzingmouse Stamps, and paper from Papermania.

I layered the cup onto a gold Cheery Lynn filigree heart, and a white Parisian Doily, also from Cheery Lynn.

I used some more gold paper as the mat, and a little panel under the cup and saucer. I added some White crochet lace, Natural Button Twine and Royal Blue Ric-Rac topped with a Gold Wired bow, all from The Ribbon Reel shop.

Do stop by the rest of the D.T for some more elegant inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by,
Pauline

Waltzingmouse Stamps Friendly Feature

Hi all, I'm thrilled today to be featured on the Waltzingmouse Makes blog today as the October Friendly Feature!!

Here's a sneaky of my projects...

Do stop by the Waltzingmouse Makes Blog to see them in their full entirety!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

WMS Pajama Party Take 2!

Morning (again!). I'm back with a card for the Bedtime Story sketch and the Art Deco challenge over at WMS Pajama Party!

 Here's the sketch:

And here's my Art Deco take on it:

I have used Wisteria Wonder ink and card, and stamped the background using the two little diamond designs from Art Deco Backgrounds.

The profile of the elegant lady is from Putting on the Ritz, as is the sentiment.

I finished off with some black striped ribbon, and some pearls.

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline

WMS October Pajama Party

Happy Saturday all! I'm here today with a few cards for this month's Waltzingmouse Stamps Pajama Party.

If you are new to WMS, hop over to the blog at Waltzingmouse Makes, and check out the challenges!

Fist off I have made a couple of cards for the Greenish Halloweenish challenge.

For my first card I have used a pumpkin die from Serendipity Stamps layered onto a square spellbinders die cut.

I added a little Opera Tag with a sentiment from Cicely at Halloween, and added a greeting inside using the same set.

Next up I made a CAS card, nice and flat for posting!

This time I used images from Halloween Party and Midnight Feast. I stamped the images in Lucky Limeade and Tuxedo Black, and added a few green gems to the cauldron bubbles.

Well, there are my Halloween entries, now I've got another post to make for anther of the WMS challenges!

I would like to enter the Pumpkin die card and the Happy Halloween cards into this week's Tuesday Throwdown challenge, which is to use Pumpkins, and to Card Crafter's Circle, which has the theme Pumpkin Patch, and to CASology Challenge with the cue word Pumpkin!

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline