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Wednesday, 26 April 2023

Golden Wedding Card

 Hi there 
Sharing with you all a Golden Wedding card I made for my Dad's cousin, whose wedding I was flower girl at all those years ago! Had a lovely time being part of her special day!! 


Here I have used a Hunkydory cake card blank, layered with foiled matt-tastic card, gold ribbon/pearl borders, then decorated with die cut gold parchment flowers (matt-tastic centre) along with die cut cream matt-tastic leaves. Added die cut matt-tastic flower with gold mirri stickables 50 and congratulations sentiment. Finishing off with die cut swans and some flowers to at top of cake! Really loved how this turned out!

Materials Used
Hunkydory
Shaped Card - Cake
Matt-tastic Card - 'Floral Wonder' foiled card; Cream Card
Mirri Stickables - Gold for numbers
Moonstone - Stitched Blooms/Numbers, Mini Sentiment & Lovely Swans dies
Parchment - Gold
Prism Craft Markers - 410, 411 & WG1 to colour swans
Diamond Sparkles Gems - Pearl Roll (White) & Gold Gems
My Stash - Gold Ribbon




This is me all those years ago lol

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Loads of crafty hugs till next time
Donna
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Tuesday, 18 April 2023

Floral Dreams by Hunkydory

 Hi there
Launched today on HobbyMaker TV is the stunningly gorgeous collection "Floral Dreams" by Hunkydory Crafts. What can I say, but Hunkydory have done it again with another beautiful collection. I had so much fun playing with it and hope you find much inspiration from my creations!

Sample 1

Materials Used
Floral Dreams Picture Perfect Paper Pad
Adorable Scorable Card - Pink
Mirri Card - Pink
Ink Me! 8x8 Card Blank
Moonstone Dies - Elegant Frame
Diamond Sparkle Gems - Pink Pearls 

Sample 2

Materials Used
Floral Dreams Picture Perfect Paper Pad
Adorable Scorable Card - Teal
Mirri Card - Teal
Ink Me! 7x7 Card Blank
Moonstone Dies - Multi-Apperture Square Frame & Elegant Frame (Corners)
Diamond Sparkles Gems - Pearls/Tropical Twist

Sample 3

Materials Used
Floral Dreams Toppers & Backing Card
Floral Dreams Picture Perfect Paper Pad
Mirri Card - Gold
Moonstone Dies - Lovely Lace Doilies
Ink Me! 7x7 Card Blank
Diamond Sparkles Gems - Blue Sparkles
My Stash - Gold Ribbon

Sample 4

Materials Used
Moonstone Dies - A Jar Full of Love 
Floral Dreams - Backing Card
Adorable Scorable Card - Blue Steel
Parchment - Childhood Dreams (Teal Floral) & Essentials (Pink)
Mirri Card - Gold
Ink Me! 6x6 Card Blank
Diamond Sparkles Gems - Pearls Tropical Twist
Prism Craft Markers - To colour flowers/foliage; 521, 555, 461, 520, 511, 427, 424, 458, 454, 541, 537, CG1, 543 & 538

Sample 5

Floral Dreams Toppers & Backing Card
Twisted Double Easel Card
Diamond Sparkles Gems - Pearl Roll

Sample 6

Materials Used
Floral Dreams Toppers/Backing Card & Picture Perfect Paper Pad
Ink Me! 7x7 Card Blank
Mirri Card - Gold
Diamond Sparkle Gems - Glamorous Greens
Banner Punch

Sample 7




Materials Used
Floral Dreams Picture Perfect Paper Pad
Moonstone Dies - A Jar Full of Love
Mirri Card - Gold
Kraft Card
Diamond Sparkles Gems - Tropical Twist
Prism Craft Markers - 520, 518, 427, 424, 458, 543 & 536
(Ranger Stickles Diamond Glitter Glue & Glossy Accents)
My Stash - Ribbon White coloured with markers

Sample 8


Materials Used
Floral Dreams Toppers & Backing Card
Moonstone Dies - A Jar Full of Love
Mirri Card - Gold
Prism Craft Markers - 541, 537, 454, 458, 424, 427, 411, 527 & 557
(Ranger Stickles Diamond Glitter Glue & Glossy Accents)
My Stash - Grey Board & Ribbon

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope that you enjoyed your visit. Your feedback is always very much appreciated and would also love you to follow my blog, if you aren't already.

Loads of crafty hugs till next time
Donna (DT)
xxx

I am entering these in to the following challenges:
Sample 5
Cardz 4 Galz - #196 Easel Card

Saturday, 15 April 2023

The Creative Crafters Challenge #63

 Hi Crafty Friends, 

Back again with another new challenge, this time for The Creative Crafters. Our challenge runs from the 15th April till 8th May and as always our theme is 'Anything Goes'. We'd love for you to stop by and join in. For my DT inspiration I have created this little 'Love' card, which could be used for any occasion...


I had been trying out new ink pads on a scrap pieces of kraft card and loved the look, so decided to create something with it. I cut down the inked card and embossed with floral folder. Added hessian border and raffia ribbon/bow then layered on to black sparkle card. I placed this on to a folded A4 foiled kraft card, adding die cut hearts and 'Love' sentiment. 

Materials Used
 
Hunkydory 
Prism Ink Pads - Letterbox Red, Tiger Orange, Lime Zest, Warm Honey, Powder Blue, Lovely Lilac & Violet
Moonstone Dies - Hearts & Combo - 'Love' Dies
Moonstone Embossing Folder - 'Scattered Blooms'
Foiled Kraft Card 
Kraft Card
Mirri Card - Gold
Diamond Sparkles Shimmer Card - Black
My Stash - Hessian and Raffia



Please do stop by and join us for this months challenge, we'd love to see all your gorgeous creations. Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope that you enjoyed your visit. Your feedback is always very much appreciated and would also love you to follow my blog, if you aren't already.

Loads of crafty hugs till next time
Donna (DT)
xxx

Worldwide Crafters & Colourists Challenge #4

 Hi there Crafty Friends

Today sees the start of another new challenge over at Worldwide Crafters & Colourists. As always our theme is 'Anything Goes' and this month will run from today until the 12th May, so you have plenty of time to craft some makes and join us. In the meantime this is my dt inspiration which I have used this adorable sweet image called Surprise by our fabulous sponsor Julia Spiri and this is what I created, hope you like it!


For this I had the perfect backing paper in mind, I chose to use one from Hunkydory Crafts 'Floribunda' matt-tastic paper pad. I mat & layered this with gold mirri and lilac matt-tastic card. I printed the image on to watercolour card then coloured with Prism craft markers and layered on to the same gold & lilac card, this time using scalloped & straight dies. Finishing off with sentiment topper, which was created using Moonstone mini sentiment dies, lilac card and the new Hunkydory mirri stickables...These are a godsend for sentiment dies and much more! Of course gems to complete!

Materials Used 
Julia Spiri 
Image - 'Surprise'
Hunkydory
Moonstone - Scalloped & Straight Square Dies; Mini 'Happy Birthday' Sentiment Dies
Prism - Watercolour Card
Matt-tastic - Lilac Card
Mirri - Gold Card
Mirri Stickables - Gold
Prism Craft Markers - 550, 484, 414, 402, 537, 543, CG1, WG1, 461, 455, 405
Diamond Sparkles Gems - Gold Leaf Purple





Please do stop by and join us for this months challenge, it runs from 15th Feb to the 12th Mar, we'd love to see your lovely creations. You could also come on over and join Julia's Facebook Group for more inspiration.
Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope that you enjoyed your visit. Your feedback is as always very much appreciated and would love you to follow my blog, if you aren't already.

Loads of crafty hugs till next time
Donna (DT)

Saturday, 8 April 2023

Moonstone Mini Shape Builder Dies - Hunkydory Crafts

 Hi there 

Sharing with you my DT inspiration samples of the new Moonstone Mini Shape Builder dies, that have launched today on Hobbymaker for Hunkydory Crafts! These were so much fun to play with, have so many uses too, you'll have endless oportunities to use them! Here is what I created with some of them... 

Sample 1 

Materials Used
Moonstone - Mini Shape Builders (Layered Circles)
Moonstone - Lovely Lace Doilies
Moonstone - Silhouette Wildflower 
Kraft Card - Pre-Embossed 
Butterfly Botanica - Foiled Card
Matt-tastic - Card
Mirri Card - Gold
Kraft - Sentiment Topper
Prism Craft Marker - 527 (To colour sentiment topper)

Sample 2

Materials Used
Moonstone - Mini Shape Builder Dies (Layered Hearts)
Moonstone - Nearest & Dearest Dies
Ink Me! 6x6 card Blank
Diamond Sparkles Shimmer Card - Gold, Silver, Purple Lavender, Rose Pink, Ruby Red, Sapphire Blue & Jade Green 
Matt-tastic Card - Black
Prism Ink Pads - Royal Blue, Letterbox Red, Lovely Lilac & Warm Honey

Sample 3

Materials Used
Moonstone - Mini Shape Builder Dies (Geometric Circle)
Moonstone - Mini Sentiment Dies (Happy Birthday)
Kraft Card
Matt-tastic Card - Green
Diamond Sparkle Shimmer Card - Gold
Prism Craft Markers - 471, 559, 463, 456, 433, 419, 406, 408, 513, 410, 495, 499

Sample 4

Materials Used
Moonstone - Mini Shape Builder Dies (Square (Inverted Corners))
Kraft Card
Matt-tastic Card - Red, Deep Pink, Light Pink, Light Brown & Dark Brown
Diamond Sparkles Gems - Gold
Kraft Card Sentiment Topper

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope that you enjoyed your visit. Your feedback is always very much appreciated and would also love you to follow my blog, if you aren't already.
Loads of crafty hugs till next time
Donna (DT)
xxx

Tuesday, 4 April 2023

Exploding Boxes - Hunkydory

 Hi there Crafty Friends,

Launched today on HobbyMaker, is the Exploding Boxes Concept Kit by Hunkydory Crafts, so I am sharing with you my design team samples. We were asked to create something a bit different with them. I must say I was a little bit out my comfort zone, as I've never made these before, so kept roughly to what they would normally look like, with a little tweak here and there. Hope you like what I have done, please let me know in the comments...thanks!

Sample 1 





Materials Used
Exploding Boxes Concept Kit - 'Floral Box'
Acetate
Moonstone Die - 'Special Delivery'
Essentials Parchment - 'Pale Pink'
Adorable Scorable Card - 'Crystal Lagoon'
Diamond Sparkles Gems - 'Gold'

Sample 2 




Materials Used 
Exploding Boxes Concept Kit - 'Party'
Moonstone Mini Die - 'Celebrate'
Acetate
Adorable Scorable - 'Sky Blue'
Mirri Card - 'Gold'
Diamond Sparkles Sequins - 'Candy' & 'Teal'
Chocolate Sweets
or
Any other gifts can be added!

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope that you enjoyed your visit. Your feedback is always very much appreciated and would also love you to follow my blog, if you aren't already.
Loads of crafty hugs till next time
Donna (DT)
xxx



Sunday, 2 April 2023

Hunkydory Shaped Cards Megamix

 Hi there

I'm here to share with you my DT samples for Hunkydory Crafts Shaped Cards Megamix that launched today on HobbyMaker TV. I had so much fun creating these...Hope you like them!!! 

Sample 1 

Materials Used 
Shaped Cards Megamix - Diamond Fold Card
Mirri Card - Gold
Duo Design Pad - Spring Fling & Gorgeous Gingham Papers
Matt-tastic Card - Apricot Burst
Moonstone - 'Roll-a-Daisy' Dies 7 'Falling Leaves' Die
For the Love of Stamps - 'Petals & Patterns'
Essentials Parchment - Blue

Sample 2 


Materials Used 
Shaped Cards Megamix - Zig Zag Fold Card
Butterfly Botanica - Toppers, Paper Pad, Foiled Card & Butterfly Embellishments
Matt-tastic Card - Petal Pink
Mirri Card - Gold
Diamond Sparkles Gems - Pearls Glamorous Greens

Sample 3 


Materials Used 
Shaped Card Megamix - Heart Fold Card
Prism Ink - Khaki & Pear Green (Inside heart shape)
For the Love of Stamps - Clover
Moonstone - 'Sweet Blessings' Sentiment & 'Stitched Alphabet' Dies
Prism Craft Markers - Kiwi (424) & Olive (427)
Diamond Sparkles Gems - Pearls Glamorous Greens

Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by and hope that you enjoyed your visit. Your feedback is always very much appreciated and would also love you to follow my blog, if you aren't already.

Loads of crafty hugs till next time
Donna (DT)
xxx