have a sparkling good time

 i hadnt used this darling little image called Tilda with sparkles, but thought she would be great for any celebration, so why not Xmas.

 I didnt want to get too bright so used the blues and yellows for a toned down muted card, it was also my intention to enter a few challenges with this card

Crafty pad: Anything goes
One stop craft challenge: color challenge
cute and girly: twinkle twinkle little star
Totally Tilda: sketch
marvellous Magnolia's: pearls and lace

have a great weekend
smiles
Paola

Christmas cards

Xmas cards for friends of mine who are gonna be celebrating Christmas at the end of the year.

 Just so you know that i wsnt totally laying around idle here they are.

 the first one i made i just felt i had to use these two newish cuties from the most recent kit, which came with the sentiment too

 And i just love the white on white feel, however i wanted my images to pop!

 For this card i having been leaning toward the kraft paper now for a while and i just love the way some of the crafters make the shabby chic cards look so easy even when i find it so challenging.

 the Tree i made using a Marianne die, which i just cut four times and glued together so i would have a 3d tree to decorate.  This card was made for a specific friend who told me in no uncertain terms, she didnt want a snowy card for Xmas since its hot as Hades in SA at this time of year

the little lights on the tree were sent to me by my BFF sometime ago when i expressed an interest in them and couldnt find any in SA.  I have been so frugal with them in the hope that i dont run out of the little lights i think they great for this kinda card.  I used glittering Tilda and another of the images from the new stamp kit that i dont have a name for right now.
hope you enjoyed seeing what i have been up to
smiles
Paola

Tomic challenge #58

there's a new challenge on TOMIC gearing up for Halloween, also with a color combo:  Purple, orage and black + bats.

Well i think  my project kinda speaks for itself:
products used
made from a Marianne die.
stamps: mini bat Tilda and bats
embellishments:doohicky, and brads
paper:basil basics and vellum, acetate for to make my bats fly.
the banner was free cutting with scissors and then i just drew the faces on and added glittah
smiles
Paola

Magnolia day Sweden

have you seen that Magnolia Sweden are having an amazing open day

Unfortunately i definitely cannot ggo all the way to Sweden :(  however much i would love to go, the good news is that there will some of my fantastically talented dt teamies that will be giving demos etc, so if you able to you dont want to miss this event!!
those that do get there Enjoy!!!!

TOMIC challenge #57 dt

hi friends, we have a new challenge on TOMIC, this time around its "no character stamps + embossing and the sketch
i gotta say i quite enjoyed this challenge, as a challenge for me it was, i hardly ever make these kinda cards, but i knew i would need a wedding card soon, so thats what i made.

 no excuses here, but i gotta say that the gold coloring looks much better irl.

 i heat embossed the middle panel with gold embossing powder, something else that i havent done in ages, in fact i almost got rid of all the embossing powder and heat gun a little while ago

 the background i used a couple of the old cuttlebug embossing folders for

enjoy
smiles
Paola
stamp:  wedding rings from Magnolia, sentiment from whimsy
embossing folders: cuttlebug
Embellishments and additional drek, all from my stash
ins/ coloring: memento and copics, top boss for the hear embossing

Flower Fairy Tilda

I know i have been MIA for a while, but am slowly getting back my mojo and crafting spirit,

this card i just was itching to make, i had the image colored  a while ago, but hadnt made a card so decided that now would be an ideal opportunity
recipe:

Image:  Flower fairy Tilda
inks: copics, memento tuxedo black, color box cats eyes: Prussian blue for around the edge of my papers and image, loads of stickles: star dust on the wings, icicles on the flowers
Papers:  cryogen pure white, MME, basil
Miscellaneous:  Flowers, ribbon charm, butterfly, rhinestones and pearls, garlands:  all from the never ending stash.
smiles
Paola

Halloween house

this house was featured in the latest Mag ink

 you can see here that i switched on the LED light

 i added cotton wool to the inside of the cauldron to make it appear as if it were smouldering

 these spiders were made with felt and stuffing and then added micro beads to the legs and googly eyes

 these spider webs were actually bought at one of those places that sells decor for halloween and the more you stretch the stuff the more spidery webby it becomes, i only found it after i had already added the gauze.

 the little door wreath was also made by yours truly, lol

i just wanted to give you a few close up views
smiles
Paola