Thank you freebie

Good morning everyone

Happy Hump day. I am on countdown to half term this week. Only 2 more get ups and then a wonderful week of R and R.

A thank you card today which features a free die from Cardmaking and papercraft magazine -

I have used - 

• On a high note paper pad from LOTV
• cream card
• brown core'dinations
• Thank you die
• Toinc layering square die set
• X-cut border punch
• pearls from my stash

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

Flights of Fantasy - Niamh

Good Monday morning to you all

I was so pleased when Crafter's Companion decided to release some of the Morgan Fitzsimons Flights of Fantasy images in rubber stamp form. The one I have used today is Niamh - 

Isn't she gorgeous. She would make a really good thank card for a bridemaid wouldn't she?

I stamped her onto Neenah Crest card and coloured her with Spectrum Noir pens and pencils - 

• hair - GB8, GB10, EB5 and 098
• skin - FS2, FS3, TN2, CR2, 089 and 009
• lips - CR1
• wings - IG1, TB1, TB5 and 075
• dress - TB1, BGR2, BGR3 and 066
• flowers - TB1, IG1, GB3, OR2, DG2, DG3 and 065
• sky - IB1

As she is so beautiful I decided to keep the card as clean and simple as possible (a concept I struggle with).

I have also used - 

• white and blue centura pearl
• Spellbinder's 5x7 matting basics A and lacy ovals
• fluttering hearts embossing folder (from Sara Davis signature collection - love and romance, available from Crafter's Companion)
• ribbon and gem from the Ribbon Girl

The sentiment from the stamp set.

The embossing detail.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 

http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.co.uk - week 349 - clean and simple

http://pennyblackatallsorts.blogspot.co.uk - anything goes with a stamp and a die

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

Driving along

Hello folks and a very happy Sunday to you all.

Today's card is one I made for my brother-in-law -

I have used Toot, toot (ST421) from LOTV which I have coloured with Spectrum Noir pens - 

• hair - EB8
• skin - FS2, FS3, TN2 and CR1
• clothes - FS1, FS2, FS3, FS4, FS6 and FS8
• car - DG3, DG4, BG1, BG2, BG3, BG4, BG6, BG7, BG8, BG10, IG1, IG2 and IG3
• ground - IG1 and IG2
• smoke - IG1 and IG2
• sky - IB1

The other ingredients used were -

• Travel notes paper pad from First Edition
• rust core'dinations
• LOTV's sentiments to fit scroll
• Die-namics mini tab quartet
• Tonic layering square die set
• Tim Holtz brad and cog

Tim Holtz cog and brad

The sentiment cut with Die-namics mini tabs die set

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge - 
http://www.ribbongirls.blogspot.co.uk - Fabruary card challenge

Thank you for stopping by today

Lesley

Best Friends

Hello folks...

IT'S FRIDAY!!!!!! Yipee.

And as it is Friday, it is time for a new challenge at Winter Wonderland and this week the Icicles team would like to see your cards and projects with the theme

Best Friends

I decided to go for a Christmas theme for my card for the 

challenge - 

I have used a lovely digi stamp from our sponser this week - Beccy's Place - called Snowy Pair. I printed it onto Neenah crest card and coloured it with my Spectrum Noir pencils - 

• snowmen - 112, 114, 115, 018, 021, 092 and 068
• hats and scarves - 061, 063, 064, 052, 034, 035, 029, 112, 114 and 115
• sky - 065
• snow - 112 and 115

The other ingredients used were - 

• holiday trimmings paper pad from Penny Black
• Tonic layering square dies 
• Spelldinder's classic petals border die, scalloped circle nestie and circle nestie
• Go Kreate tags#1
• gingham ribbon from the Ribbon Girl
• gems from the Hobby House
• LOTV circular sentiments
• pink centura pearl

The sentiment

A close up of the border and the papers. 

I hope you are able to join our challenge this week. Myself and my teamies love seeing your projects and visiting your blogs. Remember in February that your projects DO NOT need to be Christmassy.

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

January Fairy

Hello

This card is a little late. I should have posted it in January but life got in the way last month.

I bought this stamp during the sales (along with several others!!! More later, hopefully in the correct month) and it is from the LOTV calender fairy range. This is January -

I stamped her onto Neenah Crest card and coloured her with Spectrum Noirs and Sparkle pens (well she is a fairy and fairys always sparkle)

• skin - FS2, FS3, TN2 and CR1
• hair - TN5, TN7 and TN9
• clothes - PL1, PL2, inspired violet and crystal clear. I also paper pieced her skirt and socks
• boa - cosmos and crystal clear
• wings - inspired violet, cosmos and crystal clear
• headband - cosmos and crystal clear
• wand - moonlight and crystal clear
• glass - IG1, moonlight and crystal clear

I used the crystal clear pen like a waterbrush to move the coloured sparkle around and add shade to the area. It is a great technique and guarantees that your shading looks accurate.

The other ingredients used were - 

• Mulberry Kisses paper pad from First Edition, edged with TN9 Spectrum Noir
• Tonic layering squares and circles
• Bebunni cottage lace die from Crafter's Companion
• bow and pearls from my stash

Hopefully you can see the sparkle on this photo. 

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

A Country Life - Home Sweet Home

Good morning everyone

Today I am sharing the last of my DT makes for the A Country Life launch - 

This is the complete opposite of the card yesterday, back to the winter I am afraid. I stamped the image onto watercolour card and coloured it with my Spectrum Aquas and added some festive feel with a Spectrum Sparkle pen - 

• moss, charcoal, slate, desert, boulder and aquamarine
• crystal clear Sparkle pen

The other ingredients used were - 

• matt black card (for the card base and matting and layering), white glitter card and blue core'dinations
• Die'sire snowflake die set
• Snow flake embossing folder
• Pebeo silver gilding wax
• Die'sire essentials scalloped rectangles

(All products are available from Crafters Companion)

• silver gem from my stash
• Spellbinder's rectangle nestie

I cut several of the snowflakes in the set from glitter card, blue core'dinations and matt black card and then layered them up. To finish I added a silver gem.

Sentiment from the stamp set.

Fiona is scheduled to have one more show today at 2pm on Create and Craft TV. I do hope you are able to join her.

Thank you for stopping by

Lesley

A Country Life - Thatched Cottage

Hello folks

Monday again and the 1st of Febuary - wow where did January go? Not that I am complaining, I find the first 2 months of the year difficult, too dark and gloomy for my liking. Roll on March I say although I do have a couple of daffodils flowering in the garden at the moment.

So thinking of the summer I thought I would share another of my design team cards for the A Country Life launch yesterday.

I stamped the image onto watercolour card and then coloured it with my Spectrum Aqua pens - 

• chestnut, fawn, gold, evergreen, moss, sepia, black, charcoal and aquamarine

The other ingredients used were - 

• matt black card (for the card base and matting and layering) and honey core'dinations
• Die'sire essentials ovals
• black seam binding from my stash

A sentiemnt from the stamp set.
A simple card that reminds me of long summer days and trips to the countryside.

Fiona is back on our screens today -

Thank you for stopping by today.

Lesley