Ninja Birthday Card

Good morning!  I have a cute boy's card to share with you today that I created for a little boy who loves Lego Ninjago.  Of course, I had to paint Ninja Edwin from the Sakura Collection to match his favourite character, Kai.

I also painted Edwin's face yellow so that he looks like a Lego figure rather than a real person.  It worked pretty well I think.

The backing paper for the card is by Maja Design and then I have used lots of coloured card from my stash to create the rest of the details.  I have used the Tower Doohickey to create the Ninjago Temple.  I cut the roof part twice and snipped the point off one to use it lower down on the tower.

I used the fence Doohickey from Doohickey kit 6 and cut away the grass part to make the bridge.  I have also used the Cloud Doohickey several times to create the rocky edges around the rest of the scene.  

I used a circle punch to create the tab on the side of the card.

 Pull the tab and see what happens!

 I hope you like it and thanks for looking!

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Tilda Throws Away Hearts

 Good morning!  Today I'd like to share my card for the Craft Heaven blog using papers from Maja Design and the sweet Tilda Throws Away Hearts from Magnolia.  The card shape was cut with a Doohickey frame die from Vintage Box 5.

 I painted Tilda with Distress Inks using the no lines technique as always.  I've added some lace details to her dress using a white gel pen.

 The sentiment is from the Stempelglede Just a Note stamp set.  The butterflies were cut with a Martha Stewart punch and the rose and the flowers were cut with Doohickey dies.

I also added some lace and a chipboard piece from Craft Heaven along with some button twine and a white and pink rose.  The flowers were made from ecru foamiran and pink stamens. 

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us at Craft Heaven for this month's challenge.  Pop over to the blog for more inspiration.

Thanks for looking! x

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May The Force Be With You!

 Good evening!  I am back after a little break with my latest card for Craft Heaven using the super cute stamps from the Galaxy Collection and paper from Maja Design.

My little nephew loves Star Wars so these two were perfect to use on his card.  The Maja Design paper was perfect for a 'starry sky'!  As always, I've painted the images with Distress Inks using the no lines technique.  I have also added Glossy Accents to the droid, lightsabre and Tilda's boots.

I also used the moon stamp from the Galaxy Collection, stamped with Antique Linen Distress Ink and shaded with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  I've added some lustre with a Wink of Stella pen.

I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

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Spring Shadow Box Card

Good evening!  I'm a little late blogging my All About Magnolia post today as it was back to work after the Easter holiday (sad face).  This month over at All About Magnolia Challenge our theme is 'All About Spring'.  A perfect excuse to use the super sweet Tilda With Little Chickens from the Sunbeam Collection.

I have made a shadow box card of Tilda standing underneath the Cherry Blossoms.  I love the sight of Cherry Blossom in the spring, I have one in my garden and it always cheers me up to see it!  I spent a very long time die cutting the tiny little lilac flowers from the Lilac Doohickey from last year's Summer Collection to create the blossom on the trees and all of the fallen blossom on the floor.  I have a photo of my daughter dressed from head to toe in pink, standing in a wood of pink Azalea that is above her and on the floor: this was the inspiration for this scene.

I filled the rest of the card with things that come to mind for me when I think of spring.  Primroses using some Prima flowers of the correct shade, umbrellas using the Umbrella Doohickey and some birds using a die from Vintage Box 5.

The leaf sprigs were also cut with a die from Vintage Box 5 and I added a few blossoms to them with the Lilac die.  The papers are all by Maja Design.

Another sweet bird and a few b

Tutu Thank You

 Good morning!  Today I'd like to share a thank you card I made for a lovely neighbour who made my daughter's first tutu recently.  Of course I had to put a tutu on it and the Tim Holtz Sewing Room die came in rather handy!

I cut the tailor's dummy from thick brown cardstock and sticky back canvas and cut the canvas to suite the top of a tutu.  All the edges have been inked with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.  I used lots of folded tulle to create the tutu. 

I used the buttons and cotton bobbins from the Tim Holtz die too.  The lace is from Craft Heaven and the flowers are from my stash.

 I also used the Magnolia Doohickey sewing machine, cut from black cardstock and kraft cardstock for the bobbin.  I've even threaded it with cotton!

 My favourite 'thank you' die across the centre of the card.  The background paper is from a Magnolia kit.

I used button twine from my stash on the bobbins.

 I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

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Tilda With Angel The Horse

Good morning!  Today's card for Craft Heaven features the super cute Tilda with Angel the Horse.  My daughter's friend has her own horse so I painted the horse to look like hers.  The papers are by Maja Design, Celebrations collection.

As always I have painted the image with Distress Inks using the no lines technique.

To make it look like Tilda and Angel were coming out of the a stable I used the window Doohickey from Volume 4 and cut away the window frame, leaving just the shutters.

 I used the Lovely Fence Doohickey in front of the image, the medallion from the Recipe Card colletion and the heart tag from Doohickey Volume 13.  The lace and seam binding are from Craft Heaven and the number 8 is from my stash.

 I used the pennant flags Doohickey from Volume 5, cut from white card and one of the Maja Design papers and also added some red flags to it for some variety.

 I used a gorgeous straw from Craft Heaven to represent show jumping fence poles and a couple of roses to the side of the image.  In the corners of the card I used the Wedding Lace doohickey from the You Are Invited collection.

I hope you like it and I've inspired you to join our challenge at Craft Heaven.  Pop over to the blog for more inspiration.  Thanks for looking! x

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Christmas in April

 Good morning!  Today's piece for Craft Heaven is another Christmas card.  I'm doing well so far keeping to my promise of making one a month - I've only missed February!  I'm determined not to have that last minute dash this year!  This time I've made a shaker card - I just love these at Christmas!  

 I had to use Frozen Tilda - she reminds me so much of the snowman shaped 'snow globe' we had when I was a child.  I have painted her with Distress Inks using the no lines technique and used the Old Swedish Church from the A Christmas Story collection to create the scene behind her.

To create the frame for the shaker card I used the snow scene Doohickey Kit Volume 2 but spaced the top and bottom apart to make it big enough to surround the scene.  I've then used the snowflake border from the same kit and the bottom of the snow scene again to create the front of the card. 

I also used the off cut stars from the top of the snow scene to create a sprinkling of stars next to the sentiment.

 The sentiment is from the Starlight Kit and I have embossed it with silver embossing powder. 

 I created the flower spray with flowers and berries from my stash and some leaves and twigs cut with dies from Volume 2.

The gorgeous lace is from Kraft Heaven and so is the Maja Design paper.

Here's Tilda in a snowstorm when you shake the card!

I hope you like it and thanks for looking! x

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