Bizzy Becs February challenge

Time for our February challenge on Bizzy Becs store blog and i know my card is not my usual fare, but i just felt like playing with something a little different.

I have used a stamp that is sorely neglected as i have had this little darling for months and only now inked her up for the first time, she is from Becs store and called "cupcake Kiki, so sweet!
As usual i colored her with my copics, the paper is American craft dp and the flowers that i have used are all from Bizzy Becs.

I have also added a few flourishes that i used my ek success punch to make, the sentiment is an old one from SU.

the team have some fabulous work to inspire you with our sketch this month so i hope you will pop past and join in with our challenge
Smiles
Paola

New header

I spent the best part of yesterday stamping, masking and coloring this image for the header for my new Marvellous Maggies blog.  I am way techno challenged so i had to get my friend Sharon Keanly to fiddle on the computer and add the title and make it happen on my blog, thanks Shaz.
It was a lot of work, but so worth it now that i see how lovely it looks on my blog and can leave no doubt as to what the blog is about.
If you would like to see the header in all its glory, please pop past Marvellous Maggies.
have a great crafting weekend
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp2 challenge dt

This week on Mo's challenge blog our theme is "Love" with buttons lace and bows, right up my alley. 
Now before anyone says, oh yeah, late as usual, we had an electrical storm yesterday and it hit my modem, so i got on the buzzer and my IT son came round and fixed the problem and mum is back on line, but i must add that this morning i had no idea how to start my day.  Purely cos i couldnt check my email this morning, lol

Nothing says love like "Jack and Ginger" available from HERE.  Mos is just a phenomenal artist and to me the love that gets you to the age of Jack and Ginger is the REAL DEAL!  Hopefully this will be me and my hero one day, he he.

On the outside i added all the lace around my image and then a nice flourish of grey pearls along the side, witha  lush ribbon and large button centre, as you know by now i couldnt leave it like that i had to add some flowers.  I followed the them through to the inside of my card and added another image of Jack and Ginger, love these.

the Paper is a MME paper thaqt i have had in my stash for ages.  Image colored with copics, i seem to be using a lot of grey lately, it does Not reflect my mood, but it seems that i am enjoying it nontheless

have a great week
smiles
Paola

Pixie Cottage challenge dt

Hi all you crafty people, its time for our challenge on the Pixie cottage and we have a sketch for you this week, you can also enter by theme which is buttons this week.

I used both the sketch and the buttons theme, since it worked well together.   At The Pixie Cottage we also have some fab new images being released, and they will work with your darling little Magnolia stamps, how cool is that?  For my little ensemble i have used "At the corner, by Artish" available HERE.

I didnt realise that i had another grey and pink card just below this, so its gonna look like i have a new favorite color combo, he he, anywho so be it.

As per usual i have colored my image with copics:  Greys are W's, and the pinks are R85, R83, R81, Rv000.
I also paper pieced a few of the pieces of my background image and Tilda's shopping bag, to hold the color scheme throughout.  I did add a bit of shading to my pieced pieces so they wouldnt look flat.

This darling little Magnolia image is available from Diana's store where you can get loads of Magnolia stamps aswell as all the new little Tilda's to add to our ever growing collection.
Have a great crafting week
smiles
Paola

Totally gorjuss dt

I am a little late in posting this as i didnt schedule the post like i should have and with the challenge for the totally gorjuss challenge blog going live on a Saturday while i keep Shabbos, there wasnt much i could do.
I got this little darling a while ago and i neglected her for a while and then this week i could wait no longer.  I colored her up with my copics, and she was a real dream to color as most of the shading is done on these darling images from Funky kits.

the paper i chose is a random paper from my stash, sorry have been a little slack taking notes this week.  I had the pink lace in my stash, and the flowers are punched and layered and added a pearl centre.
It was so nice to join the gorjussettes for a change and i have been feeling kinda guilty for neglecting them for so long, i HAD to join in this week.

Head on over and see the fabulous work these lovely ladies do to inspire and they have some great ribbon to give away that you wont want to miss out on.
Have a great crafting weekend
smiles
Paola

Made for Mag ink

i have started a new blog where i can showcase just Magnolia creations creations, i have a new post there with all the details for this ensemble if you would care to get the details please pop past and have a look.
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp2 challenge dt

This week was a real challenge for me as we have a color challenge on Mo's digital pencil challenge blog, "Red, orange, and yellow", a combo that i have never tried and when i saw this i nearly fell off my chair, lol

So while hunting for paper i found this paper by American craft which had all the required colors, but then i kinda go side tracked by the blue.  i have used Sams in trouble again, available from Mo's store.  I have colored my image with copics as usual, had written down all the colors and then lost the slip of paper that i wrote on :(

I stitched around the edges of all my layers, and i must admit i have a brain block when it comes to embellishing boys cards, i cut out these stars and added the buttons, all i could think of for this little darling.
Head on over to the challenge blog the girls have loads of inspiration!
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp2 challenge dt

time for our challenge on Mo's digital pencil and as oer usual i am so late today as i have been burning the cnadle on both ends again and i started the post this morning and got sidetracked when my son was sent home from school and fogot to post it, duh!!

For my card i am using Aashi available from Mo's store.  Since she is an Indian i had a little challenge coloring her skin as i have never done anything other than European.  I have used oriental oval from Nellies to cut out my image and layered it onto gold and then red basil, used my ek success punch for the border, all the flowers and rhinestones are from my endless stash.

I had to google a search for an Indian greeting for the sentiment, "Namaste" translated as a general greeting.

The long bindi type embellishment i came up with thinking it was fitting for this darling image.. My inside of my card is very simple with the same oriental Nellie and just the dp as a background.
smiles
Paola
P.S: just found the list of colors i used:
skin:  E17, 15, 11 and 21
Reds: R29, 27, 24 and E17
Blacks:  C9,7,5,3.1
Gold:  YR24, Y13, Y00
Shadows:  W3, W0

Sweet Love collection preview

I am showcasing nother one of Bec fabulous new release images that will be available shortly from Bizzy Becs store in time for all those valentines creations that you are gonna be making.  This one is Fairy love, so i thought well she ought to be flying, so i made a spinner card using some gut through the centre of my card that she could fly from.

the paper is an old paper pack from American craft with hearts all over it, not sure why i ever bought the paper i think it was the coloring on it that attracted me.  I added two little rolled up scrolls of the dp to the one corner of my card, that could be love letters, added my usual flowers, lots of stickles to her wings, the little hugs and kisses sentiment is one of my old 7 gypsies sentiments, and the pine fern punch is a mcgill that i used with my roses.

hope everyone is having a fab week, i know my week has just started to look up as i found a fabulous dress maker today who is constantly featured in bridal magazines so i am sure she can turn me into a glamorous mother of the groom, so look out for the pics from the wedding after the 20th March.
smiles
Paola

four seasons in a year

My second post for today and i must add that mr blogger isnt loving me right now, not sure if anyone else is having this problem, but it took me an age to load my photos etc GGGGRRRRR!!

This is a free standing easel that i made from mount board and covered with all my elements, adding an angled piece at the back with hinges so that it would stand on a desk.

I used my newest Magnoila that was sent from the Netherlands by a friend, Thanks Honey, limited edition Tilda only available in the Netherlands right now, "Tilda with skates"

Then i used a few more of my Maggies to depict the four seasons of the year, adding the season to each image so there would be no confusion as to which one represented which season, he he

I am also gonna enter this into a few challenges, as i have used a few of my favourite elements, namley my copics, Maggies, flowers and stickles EVERYWHERE!
Challenge i am entering
Magnolia down under: calendar
copic creations: anything new
Just Magnolia: favourite things
Lets ink it up: Anything goes
Stamp something: anything goes

smiles
Paola