Glitterpot demo day cards

Hello bloggers! 


I know I have been rather quiet for a long while but that doesn't mean I haven't been making anything. Quite to the contrary actually. I have been making lots of samples for the Glitterpot demo days and for classes and thought I really ought to share a few of them with you all.
As there are so many I'll group them and share them bit by bit. Today I'm gonna show you a few Tilda cards I have made for the Spring Spectacular Demo Days in the Glitterpot on the last May weekend. I really enjoyed demonstrating and have just confirmed I'll be doing it again in September!
And here are my cards:

Click on any image to enlarge them.
I haven't done Tilda cards for ages before this as I had gone off them for a while, but doing these reminded me again of how great they are to colour. I have been using Happy Spring Tilda, Running Tilda, King Tilda and Castle Window. I used a masking technique to get Tilda to look out of the window. All imagesa re coloured with Copics and on the purpley one I used Copics (and DST plus glitter) to make the backing paper. On the last one I used a Copic refill to dye the seam binding ribbon to match the card.
The castle shape was cut by hand from grey cardstock and I sponged on Pumice Stone Distress Ink over a Post-it note mask to get the stone effect, enhanced by a bit of fine black pen. I think the rest is pretty self-explanatory but if you have any questions, as always, feel free to ask!


Bye for now, need to cook the kids dinner...

Quick couple of cards...

I made these the other day and I quite like them. Tried a bit of distressing edges on the Tilda card and the other was to use up some scraps I had and try out a tip I saw online about using the 5-petal flower punch from SU to make different flowers. I liked it a lot, very easy to do and you wouldn't know it is from the same punch...

And I noticed that my Versafine inkpad has taken a beating. I forgot to put the lid back on a few nights ago and only replaced it the next morning *oops* and now it won't stamp that well anymore. Might have to buy a new one which is unfortunate, I am on a buying ban until I complete 50 cards! So far I have 6...

Well here they are, hope you like them:

I used Basic Grey "Urban Prairie" papers, Sizzix leaf stem die, Nestabilities Labels 3, Papermania brad, Craftworkcards dome paper circles and a sentiment from a set by My sentiments exactly (You can see my Versafine packing up there...)

I used the Urban Prairie papers again for this, edges distressed, Tilda image is coloured with pencils and blended with Sansador, flowers are Prima and attached with Papermania brads, a charm from my stash is hanging by a chain from one. The butterflies are cut out of a sheet of the paper and I added some faux stitching.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Just Magnolia challenge...

The Just Magnolia challenge blog has launched with a fab prize for their first sketch challenge! I thought I give it a go as the sketch is really lovely.

I did turn the sketch on it's head but I think it works just as well that way.

And this is my card...

Hope you like it, I am quite pleased with it. I used Basic Greys Scarlett's letter paper, a patterned card blank I got sent so unfortunately I don't know the make, some Prima flowers with bead spacers and brads for the centers, Bazzil Basic and Bazzil Bling for the base, ribbon is from stash, sentiment from Hero Arts clear Design set stamped in Versafine Vintage Sepia, Tilda is coloured with Copics.

Thanks for looking!

Card for a friend...

Hello again, here ais a cards for a friend I made recently, hope you like it!

"Chocolate and Cream Tilda challenge"
Card recipe: 

Paper: Making Memories Paperie Rouge & Mocha, brown and cream swirly paper from swap, so sorry no info on that one 

Inks: Versafine (Onyx Black), Distress Ink (Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Tea Stain, Tattered Rose, Antique Linen, Weathered Wood), Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate 

Stamps: Tilda and champagne glass from Magnolia Winter 2008 Stamp Club, Stampin` up sentiment 

Other: Ribbon from a kind crafter, so no info there, Ranger Glossy accents, Papermania brads, Perfect pearls, Nestabilities plain rectangle, Quickkutz corner

Just a quick one today...

Hello and thanks for stopping by my blog. I've done a few cards and am quite pleased with them, but am pretty tired. So I will just put them on for you to see and if you do have questions, feel free to ask!

This one is a quick Tilda card (image received from a DC friend) which I coloured in copics. Papers are Basic Grey and from a magazine freebie. Ribbon from stash and sentiment stamped by my friend Julie for me! I added a Prima flower and a gem in the center.

The next two cards are made with PTI set "Made of snow" on Kraft cardstock, embossed with nesties. I coloured with Prismacolor pencils and Sansador and added a bow on the one and 3 tiny gems on the other. Simple cards, but I like the effect.

The last one is a Tilda again, coloured with Distress Ink and edges distressed with some ink as well. I then matted her onto bazzil cardstock that I punched one edge of. The base card is stamped with a Magnolia snowflake in white ink. It is tied with a length of ribbon from my stash again and I cut a ticket stamp out of Kraft cardstock (thanks Kathleen for letting me use your stamps!! I ordered them now!) and layered it up.

 Thanks for looking!

Magnolia challenge on DC and some christmas vibes...

Hello everyone and thanks for stopping by my little blog! 

Over on DoCrafts the weekly Magnolia challenge this week is 3-2-1 - using 3 colours (plus fleshtones), 2 brads,buttons or eyelets and 1 ribbon.

I chose a brow/green/pink scheme with pink eyelets and ribbon with all three colours in. I coloured Tilda with broom using distress inks and a waterbrush and layered some Basic Grey Sultry papers that I aged a bit with distress ink as well. The sentiment is a stamp I designed myself.

I have been playing a little with some christmas images and papers as well and came up with this little card using Christmas Honey from Sugar Nellie and I coloured her with my trusty copics.

Papers are from Basic Grey again, Figgy Pudding range, ribbon is from Anitas, sentiment from Whiff of Joy.

Oh, and if you stop by the lovely Lauras blog here, you'll see she has a new header... that I made for her. I think it turned out quite nice, even though it doesn't quite fit *lol*

Thanks for stopping by today and please let me know you've been by leaving a comment, it makes my day!