Whoops Tilda in Brown

Well my husband let me have a couple of hours in my craft room this morning and this is what I made. Isn't she lush, the photo does not do her justice.

challenges -
Just Magnolia - sketch
Secret crafter - Autumn colours
Stamp something - brown

medium distressed inks
teadye, tattered rose, antique linen, brushed cordroy, walnut stains, scattered straw

I hope you like it

Tilda Cooking

Hi Everyone
Sorry I have been a bad blogger of late. I had set aside yesterday to do a major catch up, but then a close friend called me at 5.10am that her daughter was seriously ill and was being blue lighted to Birmingham Children's Hospital for emergency brain surgery. Her husband needed to sort out their elder daughter, so I got dressed and went to spend the day with her on the ward and while her daughter was in theatre. So I will try and get round you all whom comment in the next day or two, so watch out for lots of comments at once!

This card I wanted to keep simple, I was not in the mood today for making it too complecated and really loved this sketch Bev designed for Just Magnolia. I have combined it with a few challenges -

* Just Magnolia - Sketch
* Saturday Secret Crafter - for the girls (it is pink)
* Papertake weekly - faking it - faux stitched and lace doily martha stewart punch used
* Stamp something - favourite papers - basic grey - lily kate
* Stampavie and more - pink

I do hope you like it, coloured with copics, sorry did not note the numbers down.

I also hope everyone is well.

hugs Vicky xxx

Tilda with flowers

Well the good news is that the headache is slowly easing but the doctor has diagnosed a condition called fibromyalgia. So please bear with sporadic posts while I get my head around it.

This card is for the following challenges -
* Charisma - patchwork - I have faux stitched the background papers
* Stamping for the weekend - fantastic sketch
* ICS - Lace
* Just Magnolia - embossing - just behind tilda swirls and bird folder used.

I hope you like it, papers are K and Co, copics used.

hugs Vicky x

ps look out for exciting news on ABC tomorrow

Tilda, pretty in pink

This card was made for the following 4 challenges. Please excuse the picture quality but needed to meet a deadline, will take a better picture in daylight tomorrow.

*Charisma Cards - curls and swirls - backing paper put through my cutterbug swirls folder
*Just Magnolia - sketch
*Secret Crafter - Flights of fancy - the dragonfly brad
*Passion for promarkers - girly and glittery - it is pink and lots of glimmer mist on those flowers!

I have used a tilda from the new Autumn set - isn't she adorable! I think she is my favourite in the set and I had to ink her up immediately. I have coloured her in promarkers, have been practicing my shading, unfortunately the light in my new craft room is no good for photo's. Paul has go me some daylight bulbs to switch over tomorrow for the main light and the desk light so hopefully i can replace it with a better photo tomorrow. Fantastic sketch on Just Magnolia adored doing it. The papers are basic grey Eva, lovely and girly. I hope you like it.

eta new picture uploaded

I thought you would like to see a picture of my craft room which used to be the nursery (hence the winnie the pooh stikers on the wall. This is my side, work still in progress but it is my space! My papers are in a large box on the changing chest of draws and I have a stacking tower of stamps on there. We have left some of the furniture in as Edward and Henry may need seperate rooms when older but until then Paul and I have a craft/wargame figure painting room. The bliss of being able to leave things out to dry and play with!

Back to school Tilda

EEK poor light don't you just hate having to photograph under electric light?
I have been trying to complete this for days but my husband is at home on holiday and I nipped down to Cheltenham to a Uni friends 40th at the weekend and managed to see my sister too (and got a kick of my yet to be born first neice/nephew). The papers are basic grey and I have followed the wonderful sketch by Rach on Just Magnolia. This will be for one of my best friends daughters whom starts school next week, I welm up just thinking about it, gawd knows what her parents will be like x

Just Magnolia

The theme was for a friend and I thought this little image fitted the bill so nicely. The papers are Basic Grey Wisteria and the sketch started out the friday sketchers till I realised I had missed an element so will have to redo that sketch! I hope you like it x

Distressed Strawberry Tilda

This card is for the following challenges

* Cute Card Thursday - fruit
* Friday Sketchers
* Just Magnolia - Distressing

I was inspired by Kim putting a sheet of paper under the top distressed rather than just using basic card stock so that I have used this idea. I have really enjoyed distressing the card, i have also distressed and hand sewed the papers. The image is from the summer tilda kit, the flowers were a rak of Cathy and the gems were a rak of Jane.

I hope you like it.

Pretty in Pink - Skipping Tilda

This is my entry for Just Magnolia this week.

The image was a rak and is an old tilda that I thought I would use. The papers are a mixture from my scrap box and the DCWV Spring stack. The flowers I have punch and added roses to them and then just a few gems in the top corner and hey presto. I am happy with this and think I am getting better colouring with my promarkers, just need to get a few more colours.

eta the sentiment will be added later as not sure whom I will use this for and will want to add the age to it.

Just Magnolia - Animals and Butterflies

Firstly a massive thank you to everyone whom left very lind messages. I am managing to do what I can when I can but I ache so much today and I am so tired, I have no energy but trying to do what I can for the boys sake. Ed is off nursery today for voting and so it is extra hard entertaining them, thank goodness it is sunny. We are also potty training oh the joys!

Here anyway is my card and I have enclosed a picture of my Dad's cat incase you don't understand the colouring! I hope you like it and I am not too late to enter.

recipe -
image - tildas cat, butterfly background.
papers - basic grey urban praire
nesties - ovals

Just Magnolia meets Cute Card Thursday

There is a wonderful sketch on Just Magnolia this week and on Cute Card Thursday it is letters and numbers. This was a request for Edward's friend Isobel off her Mum as she has just past a ballet exam. Her favourite colours are yellow and pink - not colours I would have immediately put together but they do work well together. I hope that you like it.

recipe -

image - ballet tilda

papers - basic grey urban praire

gems - stash

brad - papermania

spacer - stash

flowers - hobbycraft and prima

lace - stash

leaves - lcom punch

nesties - large and small labels

clutterbug - swirls and birds folder

medium - distresses inks - walnut stain, scattered straw, antique linen, tea dye, tattered rose

Just Magnolia - Have I been missed?

I am back - should anyone have missed me, but I have missed you all :-)

This is my entry to just manolia this week. I hope you like her. I have been playing with my distressed inks, not perfect yet, but on the way! Sorry for the adaptation of your sketch Bev but I have lent my oval nesties to a friend.

House is still a mess and can't do anything or move anything back until the plaster has dried out and we can repaint. Plaster dust everywhere, have my stash in the kitchen, worse as I keep moving stuff around on cards as I am cooking!

receipe -

Image - Dala Tilda

papers - basic grey cupcake

gems - stash

punch - fiskars

swirls - rak of Cathy

flowers - prima

gem brad - k and co

medium - distressed inks

A 3 in 1 card

This card was made for the following challenges -

• Just Magnolia - sketch
• Magnolia down under - sepia
• Cute Card Thursday - flowers

I am very happy with this card and it looks better in reality I promise you. Tilda has been watercoloured and cut out using my labels small nesties. The papers are a new K and Co, Basic Grey range and are lush and the writting circle is from an older K and Co pad. I have fauxed stitched the papers. I hope you like it.

recipe -

image - Tilda reading rak of Becky

papers - K and co - basic grey

flowers - hero arts and prima

spacer - eggstravaganza

ribbon - stash

brads - stash

leaves - Lem.com punch

sentiment - stash

medium - watercolour - glitterglue for wings- ink for stitching