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Thursday 28 July 2016

Working with Past Images at Julia Spiri New Release Team

 Sorry this should have posted earlier....blogger gremlins again!!

Good morning Crafty Friends, how are you all and have you been having a good week so far? Mine has been so so, got my new fridge freezeer delivered, but am now waiting on another new one, as it came with scratches and dent on the door! C'est la Vie!!
I'm here today as it's the turn of the New Release team at Julia Spiri, though this week we have no new images, but don't worry, we have been creating with past images and I chose to work on something completely different to my norm ... a boy card, and for this I used the image Football. Isn't he fab for all our football mad men and boys!!  For more wonderful images and challenge details etc, please follow the links at the bottom of the page!!.  
Here is my finished project...
My Project
Products Used
 Julia Spiri - Football image
ProMarkers - Caramel, Tan, True Blue, Grey Green, Cool Grey 3 & 4 and Ice Grey 1
Copic Ciao - Cotton Pearl and Pinkish White
Sakura - Gelly Roll white pen
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour Card and  Centura Pearl white
Spellbinders - Grand Straight Edge Circle die
Docrafts X-Cut - Hexagonal dies
Woodware - Corner punch
From My Stash - Green patterned metalic card, Red,Yellow & Black satin card, Trophy die-cut, Netting, Ribbons, Ball topper and Peel-offs

I took an 8x8 white card blank and layered with green metalic card. On the green card, I marked out white lines and corners, like a football pitch. To create the large football, I die cut white Centura pearl with circle die, then I added the black die cut hexagonal shapes, as shown and then used my score board to add the lines in between!. To finish off I added the red and yellow cards, along with trophy, ribbons, netting,  ball topper, peel-offs and sentiment topper!!
Close Ups

Well, thanks so much again, for stopping by and hope you have enjoyed my post, if you need more inspiration, then hop over to our blog and see all of the fabulous creations by my fellow DT girls ...why not leave them some love too!!
Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna (DT)
xxx
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Wednesday 20 July 2016

Crafty Addicts New Challenge - 'Friends/Anything Goes'

Good Morning Crafty Friends, well it's time again for another new challenge over at Crafty Addicts! As always the theme is 'Anything Goes' but we have a twist of 'Friends' and our fab sponsor this fortnight is Knitty Kitty Digi's by our own lovely talented Annabel Haines!!. For my DT project, I have chosen to use It's a Kitten!. What a fab, cute image to work with! Here is what I created:-
My Project
Products Used
Knitty Kitty - 'It's a Kitten' image
ProMarkers - Pastel Pink, Putty, Cocktail Pink, Sunkissed Pink, Pale Pink, Ice Grey 1 and Meadow Green
Copic Ciao - Brick White
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour Card
Bazzil Bling - Pink card
Creata - Pink and Gold Mirror card and Pink Satin card
Lili of the Valley - NitWit Collections by Mary Fran 'Perfect Pair' 8x8 ins Backing papers
Creative Expressions - Orange Blossom Leaves dies
Spellbinders - Grand Decorative Oval die
Presscut - Oval die
JoyCraft - Butterfly die
Our Daily Bread - 'Hello!' die
Crafts Too - Invert Corner punch
PanPastel - Bright Yell.Green shade and Turquoise shade
Ranger - Star Dust Stickles Glitter glue
From My Stash - Green Backing card, Pink flowers, Brads, Pearls, Gems and Pink ribbon

Printed, coloured and die cut out image, then placed onto die cut pink card. Taking a 7x7 blank card, I matted and layered backing papers onto mirror card, then placed the image topper as shown. I decorated with various paper flowers and die cut leaves, adding the die cut, (shadow effect, using two different colour card) 'Hello!' sentiment, die cut butterfly and finishing with ribbon bow!

Close Ups
Thanks so much for joining me and I hope to see all your gorgeous creations, if you need more inspiration, then pop over to our challenge blog and see all of the gorgeous cards created by my DT buddies, why not leave them some love too!!
Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna DT
xxx

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Friday 15 July 2016

Crafty Catz New Challenge - 'Bling'

Hiya, a new challenge has started over at Crafty Catz. Our theme this week is 'Bling' (who doesn't love 'bling' lol) and our sponsor is the fab Bugaboo stamps. For my GDT inspiration, I have used  Pretty Flower Girl image and here is what I have created using her and with plenty of 'bling' too!
My Project
Products Used
Bugaboo - 'Pretty Flower Girl' image
ProMarkers - Sandstone, Honeycomb, Spice, Coral, Caramel, Cocoa and Burnt Sienna
Copic Ciao - Skin White and Pinkish White
Glitter Gel Pen - Gold
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card
Wild Rose Studio - Milton and Co Backing papers
Creata - Mirror card
Pan Pastel - Burnt Sienna and Orange
Ranger - Diamond Stickles Glitter glue
Papermania - Small Brown and Burnt Orange Paper flowers
Spellbinders - Grand Decorative Circle and Circle dies and Small Scalloped Circle die
Creative Expressions - Lace Edged Leaves die
JoyCraft - Butterfly die
Woodware - Corner punch
Craftwork Cards - Sentiment Die Cut topper 
From My Stash - Large Brown Layered flower, Orange Glitter paper, Brown Backing card, Brads, Gems and Pearls

Came across these lovely Milton & Co papers in my stash and thought they would be great for my GDT inspiration project this week. Loved the brown and orange colour combination! What do you think?  I layered together backing paper and mirror card, with a small 9 x 12.5cm piece of backing paper on top. I die cut brown backing card with decorative circle die, then added die cut image, after printing and colouring it. Placing as shown! To finish off, I decorated with die leaves, flowers, die cut butterflies, gems, brads, pearls and sentiment topper.

Close Ups
Thanks so much for joining me and I hope to see all your gorgeous creations, if you need more inspiration, then pop over to our challenge blog and see all of the gorgeous cards created by my DT buddies, why not leave them some love too!!
Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna (DT)
xxx 


Thursday 14 July 2016

The Princesses Collection - Julia Spiri New Release

Good evening Crafty Friends, yessssss it's new release day over at Julia Spiri! Julia has created these two gorgeous images, you are going to love them! So without further ado, introducing ''The Princesses'' Collection!!

Both images can be found here, in the Etsy shop. I have used the image ''Marie Antoinette''. For more wonderful images, challenge details etc, please follow the links at the bottom of the page!! And so here is what I created:-
My Project
Products Used
Julia Spiri - ''Marie Antoinette'' image
ProMarkers - Satin, Ivory, Primrose, Pastel Pink, Sunkissed Pink, Pale Pink, Dusky Rose and Sandstone
Copic Ciao - Skin White and Pinkish White
Glitter Gel Pen - Gold 
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card
Bazzil Bling - Pink card
Trimcraft - 'Sweet Paris' Backing papers and Fleur-de-lis stamp
Creative Expressions - Lace edged leaf dies
Marianne - Eiffel Tower die
Britannia - Rose Leaf die
Spellbinders - Decorative Oval dies
Prima - Yellow Rose flower
Versamark - Clear Ink pad
PSX - Gold Detail embossing powder
Woodware - Corner punch
From My Stash - Gold backing card, other pink and yellow flowers, ribbon, brads, gems and pearls

Layered together backing papers onto gold card, along with pink ribbon. Printed, coloured and die-cut image, adding onto gold die-cut card. To decorate I added flowers, die-cut leaves, eiffel tower die-cut, brads, gems and pearls. To finish off I stamped and embossed fleur-de-lis and carefully cut out, the placed as shown.
Close Ups
Well, thanks again so much for stopping by and hope to see all your lovely creations with these super new images, if you need more inspiration, then hop over to our blog and see all of the fabulous cards created by my fellow DT teamies... why not leave them some love too!!

Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna (DT)
xxx
Links
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 Challenge Blog
Facebook Fan Group
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Friday 8 July 2016

Red, White and Blue at Crafty Catz Challenge

Good morning Crafty Friends, another new challenge has started over at Crafty Catz . Our host this week is the lovely Nina, with the theme being 'Red, White and Blue' and fab sponsor is Time for Tea Designs. For my GDT inspiration, I have used their cute image First Date . So here is what I have created using her ...
My Project
Products Used
Time For Tea Designs - 'First date' image
ProMarkers - Ivory, Sandstone, Berry Red, Cool Aqua, Duck Egg and Cool Grey 4
Copic Ciao - Skin White and Pinkish White
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card
Creata - Blue linen paper
Spellbinders - Decorative labels 8 die
Creative Expressions - Lace edged leaves
Petaloo - Red, White and Blue flowers and Fabric butterfly
DecoArt - Crystal glamour dust glitter
From My Stash - Red dot paper, Blue paper for leaves, red rose flower, ribbon, bow and gems

I created this by using a 7x5 scalloped white card blank. I attached red and white dot paper as my base, adding blue ribbon border. I printed, coloured and carefully cut out the image, placing this onto die cut blue linen paper. To decorate, I added layered red, white and blue flower with die cut blue leaves and finished off with gems, butterfly and ribbon bow.
Close Ups

Thanks so much for joining me and I hope to see all your gorgeous creations, if you need more inspiration, then pop over to our challenge blog and see all of the gorgeous cards created by my DT buddies, why not leave them some love too!!
Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna (DT)
xxx 

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Thursday 7 July 2016

At the Beach or Sea with a New Julia Spiri Challenge!

Hiya Crafty Friends, a new challenge has started over at Julia Spiri, and as always the theme is 'Anything Goes',  but we do have twists too and this fortnight it is 'At the Beach or Seaside'. For my inspiration, this fortnight, I have used the beautiful image Oceania from the 'Mermaid Collection'. Please follow the links at the bottom of the page, for more wonderful images and challenge details etc!! And so here is what I created:-
My Project
Products Used
Julia Spiri - 'Oceania' image
ProMarkers - Lavender, Lilac, Soft Green, Tea Green and Cool Aqua
Copic Ciao -  Skin White and Pinkish White
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card
Creata - Purple Mirror card
JoyCraft - Seahorse, Crab and Shell dies
Spellbinders - Leaf Foilage die 
Ranger - Ice Stickles Strawberry Ice and Mint Ice and Clear glossy accents
DecoArt - Crystal glamour dust glitter 
Woodware - Corner punch
From My Stash - Blue water effect perspex, Flowers, Brads, Glitter star Plastic net, and Adhesive pearls

First of all I printed, coloured and carefully cut out image. I found in my stash this lovely blue water effect A4 perspex sheet and thought it would be very apt for my project, so I layered it together with purple mirror card onto an 8x8 scalloped card blank. To decorate, I added the flowers with the leaves that look like seaweed. Then the netting, to which, I placed the image as shown, on top. Finishing off with adding the Seahorse, Shell and Crab diecuts, along with adhesive pearls.
Close Ups

Well, thanks so much again, for stopping by and hope you have enjoyed my post and join in with our new challenge, if you need more inspiration, then hop over to our blog and see all of the fabulous creations by my fellow DT girls ...why not leave them some love too!!

Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna (DT)
xxx
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Wednesday 6 July 2016

Say it with Flowers - New Challenge at Crafty Addicts #19

Morning Crafty Friends, hope you are having a lovely week! Mine has been so so, with things starting to break down or need replacing. First it was new tyres for the car at the weekend, now it's my fridge freezer playing up! Oh the joys!! Anyhoos, if you need something to cheer you up like me, we have a new challenge started over at Crafty Addicts. Our theme as always is anything goes or with a twist of 'Say it with Flowers' and our Sponsor is the fabulous 'A Day for Daisies'. For my DT inspiration, I used the image 'Pearls in my Hair'. Isn't she gorgeous?! 

My Project
Products Used
A Day for Daisies - 'Pearls in my Hair' image
ProMarkers - Soft Green, Tea Green, Sandstone, Caramel, Vanilla, Tan, Satin and Cool Grey 3
Copic Ciao - Skin White and Pinkish White
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour card
Docraft's - 'Pocket Full of Posies' blue tartan backing paper
Tim Holtz - Birdcage die set
Britannia - Rose leaf die
DecoArt - Glamour dust glitter crystal 
Woodware - Corner punch
From My Stash - Gold and Gold glitter backing card, Blue flowers, blue paper, gems, pearls, ribbon and flower embellishments.

On a blank 8x8 white scalloped card blank, I layered together, corner punched, gold card and tartan paper. I then added the die cut birdcage and bird (coloured with promarkers), along with flower embellishments, leaves, gems and ribbon. I printed, coloured and added glamour dust glitter, then carefully cut out image, placing as shown. To finish off I added flowers and leaf die cuts! 

Close Ups

Thanks so much for joining me and I hope to see all your gorgeous creations, if you need more inspiration, then pop over to our challenge blog and see all of the gorgeous cards created by my DT buddies, why not leave them some love too!!
Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna DT
xxx
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Friday 1 July 2016

3-2-1 with Crafty Catz Challenge

Good Morning All ... Well it's time again for another challenge over at Crafty Catz! This week our theme is '3-2-1' (3 Designer Papers, 2 Embellishments, 1 Butterfly) and our sponsor is LacySunshine 

For my GDT inspiration this week I have used the lovely Victorian Lizabeth. So here is what I've created:
My Project
 Products Used
Lacy Sunshine - 'Victorian Lizabeth' image
ProMarkers - Blossom, Rose Pink, Lime Zest, Pear Green, Ice Grey 1, 2 and 5, Cool Grey 2 and 3
Copic Ciao - Skin White and Pinkish White
Crafter's Companion - Watercolour Card
Creata - Green Pattern Backing Paper (1DP)
Spellbinders - Grand Decorative Oval Dies
JoyCraft - Butterfly Die and Stand Die
Britannia - Rose Leaf Die
DecoArt - Glamour Dust Crystal Glitter
From My Stash - White foiled card, White glitter card, Pink paper (2DP), Black paper (3DP), Flower with Pearl (1E) and Pearl Gems(2E) 

For my base, I die cut the white foiled card with the largest Spellbinders die and the white glitter card with the smaller die, then I layered these together. I printed, coloured and carefully cut out image and placed as shown. To finish off I added the flower embellishments along with the paper die cut leaves and added the butterfly that I made from die cut pink card and black paper, then pearl gems to complete.
Close Ups

Thanks so much for joining me and I hope to see all your gorgeous creations, if you need more inspiration, then pop over to our challenge blog and see all of the gorgeous cards created by my DT buddies, why not leave them some love too!!
Looking forward to your next visit, so until then
'Happy Crafting'
Hugs Donna (DT)
xxx 
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