Heart Felt Teacup

Cup of Tea anyone? This pretty teacup is from Heartfelt Creations™

and has been coloured using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko

Memento Markers. It has been fussy cut and then layered into the Parisian Motifs Spellbinders® Shapeabilities® followed by the A2 Floral Ribbon Threader Spellbinders® Nestabilities® Card Creator.  The paper is by 7 Gypsies®.

This card is for the following challenges:

 365 Cards - 2 different colors/tones 

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Pink & White 

Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes with Handmade Bow 

Make it Monday - always Anything Goes 

Smudgy Antics - Fussy cutting 

One Stop Craft - Add Flowers or Ribbon

Anything Goes Challenge - Coffee Break &/or food 

 Die Cuttin' Divas - Anything Goes 

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Happy Birthday Blog Hop

I am extremely excited to be joining an amazing group of Designers for a very special Birthday Blog Hop. 
am so excited to be a part of today's hop to celebrate Michele's birthday - Michele is the owner of Want2Scrap, which offers so many lovely products to help us create beautiful things - and we love that don't we!

We have all created something special in honour of this amazing lady - whose favourite colours happen to be pink, black and white.

We are shouting out a HUGE HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Want2Scrap's Michele Parrish - who is such a beautiful heart in this amazing industry!

 

To join us on the Blog Hop you can start HERE and be inspired along the way by the amazing ladies who are celebrating Michele.

Please check out the Want2Scrap blog to see the list of participants for today's festivities. Enter to win HERE.

 Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you! 

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Spellbinders Tutorial - Enhancing Elements

I back with a Step by Step Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog - this week we are showcasing the new Enhancing Elements.  You can see my Tutorial HERE

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On a Personal Note....

It has been a hard week for our household - on Friday we had to say goodbye to our beautiful 'baby' Molly.

 

Nearly 13 and her quality of life had deteriorated over the past little while.  My Dad who had worked with animals for as long as I can remember always told us that animals will let you know when it is time - and he is right, but the reality is that they often tell us before we are ready to hear it.

This week we could not put it off any longer - and the family said our goodbyes - not as easy as it looks in these photos - tears flowed - but she was ready......my DH and I took her to the Vet, who was wonderful and we stayed with her as she took her last breath - nothing prepared us for that moment - heartbreaking...only slightly eased by the knowledge that she was at peace and out of pain.

Molly was our first family pet and loved by us all - my husband and I, along with our three teenagers.  She was the runt of the litter and it was love at first sight for us all, each one loving her in their own way and none more than the other  - her memory is now something we treasure and are so grateful for all the love she brought into our home.

Molly is also sadly missed by Charlie, who is 10 and has been her partner since he arrived into our home at 8 weeks old - we are all spoiling him and I think he might eventually enjoy being 'solo' although looks around for her when he thinks we are not looking....

...and then there is Teisha - she is the newest member but runs the household - she had an 'understanding' with Molly and they had their own arrangements..

 Molly -  her memory fills our hearts! I like to think we will see her in Heaven, I know that there will be animals there as the 'Lion shall lay down with the lamb' but do not profess to know if they are our animals that will be there - but this I know - that He made animals for our pleasure and knows our hearts very well...in Him I trust!

In the meantime I am grateful for 13 years of unconditional love from our 'furbaby' - the way her tail would wag when she was happy and how it would drop when she was unsure.  The puppy breath and the continual smooches, the way she loved each member of the family in their own way and wasn't worried if we were 'at our best' infact at these times she would love us even more.  I am grateful for true 'puppy love!'

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Savvy Saturday - Enhancing Elements

I am sharing the Savvy Saturday Video Tutorial on the Spellbinders Blog - this week we are showcasing the new Enhancing Elements.  You can see my Video Tutorial HERE

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Nostalgic Bliss

Nostalgia  - love it!!   Nostalgic cards are always a pleasure to create and just come together so easily for me.

 

A touch of yesteryear with some new touches - what can be better then that!!  Some images from Crafty Secrets were the obvious choice

Spellbinders Dies - I have used the  Labels Thirty and Fleur de Lis Squares 

Spellbinders® Decorative Elements Nestabilities® - these Dies have been cut using the  Grand Calibur® Machine

 

The flower is created using the Bitty Blossoms Spellbinders® Shapeabilities®.

This card is for the following challenges:

Charisma Cardz - C10 Make your own embellishment - hand made flower

 Paper Crafting Journey - Punch and/or Die cuts

Crafts and Me - Anything Goes 

Crafty Creations - Summer 

Paper Shelter Challenge - Anything Goes

 Anything Goes Challenge - Anything Goes at Anything Goes 

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Bastel-Traum - Shabby Chic/Vintage

Country View Crafts' Challenge - Die cuts  

Crafters Companion - Die Cuts

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you! 

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Spellbinders Tutorial - Weddings

Weddings - we all love them and Spellbinders are no different - Weddings are the theme for this weeks tutorials and you can see my Step by Step Tutorial HERE.

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Nostalgic Smile

Nostalgic cards are always a favourite with me - a little stroll through yesteryear - perfect!

I have used an image from a Crafty Secrets sheet - love these and layered it onto the Lattice Rectangles Spellbinders® Decorative Elements Nestabilities® - this has been cut using the Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Machine

Buttons are always a great embellishment

Big or small - mix and match

This card is for the following challenges:

613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes

Challenges 4 Everybody - Always Anything Goes

Great Impressions - Anything Goes 

Here Come the Boys - All about boys

My Time to Craft - Brown and Turquoise

The Hobby House - Vintage

 Brown Sugar – Anything goes 

Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Anything Goes Challenge - Anything Goes at Anything Goes 
Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes

 

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AIR Tutorial Summer Challenge

 I am back to share my third Artist in Residence post for July - the Challenge is Summer using IMAGINECrafts®/Tsukineko® Brilliance™ Pigment Ink.

Summer - the first thing that comes to mind for me is the beautiful clear blue summer sky and the bright glow of the yellow sun - I used this as my inspiration.

Imagine Crafts/ Tsukineko Supplies:

   

• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Daubers™
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaMagic™ Chalk Pigment Ink Dew Drop in Thatched Straw.
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Brilliance™ Pigment Ink full Ink Pad in Pearlescent Sky Blue
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Brilliance™ Pigment Ink full Ink Pad in Pearlescent Ivy
  
• IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Brilliance™Pigment Ink full Ink Pad in Sunflower Yellow

Preferred Promotional Partners:

• Penny Black®, Inc. - petal party stamp set.
• GC-001 Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine
• S5-157 Labels Thirty Spellbinders® Nestabilities®

• Authentique Paper

  - Flourish Bundle

Other:  Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse - white pearls, Pearls; double sided tape; foam tape; scissors; sanding block; Corner Rounder, acrylic block

Start by stamping the Penny Black®, Inc. - petal party image onto white card using both IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Brilliance™ Pigment Ink full Ink Pad in Pearlescent Sky Blue and Sunflower Yellow.  I stamped more than I needed to make sure I got enough perfectly stamped images.

Stamp the leaves from the Penny Black®, Inc. - petal party image onto white card using IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Brilliance™ Pigment Ink full Ink.  Next cut/ fussy cut four (4) leaves, two (2) Sunflower Yellow flowers and one (1) Sky Blue flower.

 

Cut and emboss one (1)  Labels Thirty Spellbinders® Nestabilities® using the Spellbinders™ Grand Calibur Cutting Machine.   Before removing the white card, use the Die as a Stencil, sponging the inside of the Die using the IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® VersaMagic™ Chalk Pigment Ink Dew Drop in Thatched Straw and an IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Sponge Dauber™.  The sentiment has been cut out by hand from Authentique Paper and popped up on foam tape. 

Cut the Authentique Paper into 15cm x 5cm lengths, taping at the back with double sided tape to join.  Round the lowers corners with the Corner Rounder.  Attach to card base of 30cm x 10.5cm folded in half to measure15 x 10.5cm, use the Corner Rounder on the lower corners.

Next adhere the layered Die onto the card as shown below.  Add the yellow flowers using double sided tape and the blue one using foam tape for added dimension.  Attach the leaves under the flowers as shown in the photo below.

I have finished off the card by adding Want2Scrap© - Swirls Finesse above and below the layered sentiment, finishing off with buttons, a pearl and silver charms as flower centers.

I am feeling the 'heat' with the summer colours and that gorgeous little bit of shimmer from the

IMAGINE Crafts®/Tsukineko® Brilliance™ Pigment Inks - there are so many more colours just waiting for me to 'ink up!'  I hope you have enjoyed the tutorial and are inspired to get out the Brilliance Inks!

Thank you for your comments and all of the support you give me - you make blogging such an amazing place to be!! Your encouragement is such a blessing for me - it makes my day! God bless you!

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