Paola's Paper Haven

I am in trouble!!

2012-02-13T16:22:00.000+02:00

Hi Friends, i just had to post this card, even although it is a week + late, i cannot believe this, but the Paper Shelter had their love is in the air challenge and i just let time run away from me :(

I feel absolutely terrible as i am sure if you follow my blog i am normally very punctual and prompt, lol.
I have just been so bogged down with kids and house that i dont know what happened, ok, enough excuses, here's my card:

the image is available at The paper shelter and all the embellies from my stash.
hells bells i am in the big brown stuff, gotta rush and make something for this weeks challenge
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2012-02-09T12:37:00.000+02:00

Our new challenge for this week for Mo's challenge blog is up and this weeks its "Bingo"

It kinda goes without saying what i chose: dies/punches, glitter and flowers.
I am so predictable, but i seem to have a real weakness for glittah and flowers, one of my friends was ~~moaning~~ saying that glittah makes such a mess, duh! thats half the fun.

Recently i seem to be so far behind the times and hadnt used this adorable Ragged Romeo available from Mo's store, so when i remebered i had it somewhere in my stash i had to use it.
Hope you gonna come play with us this week on Mo's.
smiles
Paola
P.S: the paper is an OOOOOLLLLDDDD one from MME, so many friends asked about this paper that i had to let you all know before you have a need to ask, lol

finding a happy balance in my bedroom

2012-02-05T13:22:00.000+02:00

when we first moved into our house i found that this random window we had above our bed was not centred for the bed to be in the middle of the room, AAARRRGGG!! well while browsing i found this amazing bedroom transformation by Olga over on stardust deco and style you gotta go check it out.
I do realise that hers looks way more wow than mine, but i am sure you can agree its a huge improvement.

So initially i added the white tulle over the bed while my husband was on a business trip to China i got all gung ho wanting to surprise him, since when i suggested doing this he said we would have to get someone in to do it.

Well i didnt get anyone in, i almost killed myself standing on one of my side tables drilling the hole into the ceiling which is concrete and i had the drill on the wrong setting for masonry, we live and learn.

Well i decided the other day that the tulle wasnt enough of a gather so went and bought some very pale turquiose to add to the gather and i much prefer the added tulle.

now that i thin its done i may want to have to paint the walls here with a few vertical stripes, we'll see.
smiles
Paola

stool makever

2012-02-04T21:48:00.000+02:00

If you follow my blog and read about my new studio you will know that i love a bit of the old rumaging in junk and finding trash that i can turn into a treasure. Ao for sometime now my girls have had a very fugly plastic chair at their bedroom dresser, while rummaging through some junk at the thrift shop i came across this stool.

I decided to give it a deep plum coat of paint and then recover the seat with some pink fabric that had little silver shiny bits on it too, then add the gathered tulle around the edging to give a girly feel and covered the centre gather on the tulle with some twill ribbon.

I am so pleased with how it tutned out i painted some drawers aswell, will share the drawers later.
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2012-02-02T13:52:00.000+02:00

we have a new challenge for you on Mo's challenge blog and this week its so easy, either "anything goes" and or the above sketch from Iulia.

I hadnt used this darling "winter fairy Talva" available from Mo's store, however had seen so many delightful cards made with her that i was inspired to use her, love this image, i am sure i say that all the time about Mo's images, cant help myself.

i followed the sketch, so the rest was quite easy, this paper is all from Prima, seem to have a lot of Prima papers in my stash that i had forgotten about. I gave my llittle fairy wings a good going over with the stardust stickles. The sentiment is computer generated.

have a great weekend see Y"all soon
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2012-01-26T15:10:00.000+02:00

"all my favourite things" what a great challenge we have this week on Mo's challenge blog for me this is more than just making a card for a challenge:

1) my favourite person in the world is having a birthday next month, "my sister and best friend in the whole world"
2) She is nuts about FB so choosing the image checking FB, was really easy
3) i got to use my all time fav color combo
4) All my favourite embellishments

How easy can a challenge be?

Do come and join in the fun, all you gotta do is use your favourite goodies.
have a great weekend
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2012-01-19T17:15:00.000+02:00

first up do you like my new background? thanks to my clued up friend in CT you are a star, not mentioning names, just now everyone will be emailing for new backgrounds, lol

can you spot the difference?

duh! i didnt color the cheeks until after i had posted the card, what a shmendrick?
We have a fab new challenge on Mo's challenge blog, stitching real or faux. I love stitching on my cards, but always think of it as a mission to pull out my sewing machine. I used "Georgia" for my image and then these papers i purchased a week or so ago from the local supplier of papermania papers. I so seldom use lilacs or purples as i seem to have a real problem when i use them, but am quite happy as i think the new paper helped a lot.

then i just had to add a flourishy pearly bit up the side of my card as i havent done it for quite some time, i had such fun doing this card so i hope it inspires you to join our challenge this week on Mo's dp 2 challenge blog, i stitched each of my layers just to prove i was in the groove, ha ha

have a great week
smiles
Paola
P.S: copics i used for the lilacs: BV17, BV13, B63, B60

Tomic challenge 33 dt

2012-01-18T19:41:00.002+02:00

hi friends, we have a new challenge on TOMIC, a fabulous sketch with the addition of adding fabric, i sure hope you gonna come by and play.

I scratched my head for a while trying to decide how i was gonna incorporate the fabric into my card design, but i am quite pleased with the way it turned out. I used Tulle wrapped around my xcut heart with a pearly ribbon slider and some cheesecloth on one of my layers on my card so thats the fabric bit.
the darling image is one of the new ones from the "sweet crazy love collection" as is the one i used on the inside of my card. The sentiment was a locally bought one that was kindly donated to me by my friend on the end of the continent in Cape Town, thanks Shazi.

i used one of my doohickey dies for the border and the leafy bit by my flowers.

I decided not to mat my image on another piec of cardstock thinking it would just get lost on everything else that was going on with this card, havent tried that before, just inked around the edges to give it a bit of a pop.

Ok folks thats it from me
see y"all soon
smiles
Paola
P.S: havent entered a challenge in ages so am gonna enter this into the challenge on Magnolia-licious highlights challenge where they are gearing up for valentines.
then there's the fabby challenge on 7 kids where love is in the air, hmmmm

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2012-01-13T15:08:00.000+02:00

this week i am two days late!! shocking i know, our phone lines have been down which means no Adsl = no internet access. Better late than never.

Our challenge this week at Mo's challenge blog our challenge is CAS, so for our challenge i knew i had to make a baby card as i am gonna be needing one in a few days as my dil's sister is about to have her baby and i will need to have a card for her, so the choice of card was easy.

while skyping with a dear friend she suggested that i use this darling image Michael available from Mo's store, i havent played much with my prisma pencils so decided to use pencils instead of copics just to add that touch of color to my image. Loads of stickles added to my cloud and Michaels wings.
I havent attached this card front to the card as yet as we dont like to tempt fate, so when the baby is born and we go to the hospital i will quickly finish the inside of the card and attach the front to the base card.
Have a great weekend
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2012-01-05T14:57:00.001+02:00

oh yes i found that skating backwards was easier to remember that skating forward, lol

In case you're wondering what that roll around my waiste is, it isnt my faty roll, i had on such a long skirt that it dragged on the ice and i almost fell over my skirt so i had to roll it up to prevent serious injury.

Even my eldest boy joined us, what a delight to have all four of my children with me for this outing, i so miss having my eldest son joining me on little outings, was such a pleasure. My two youngest children were off skating within a matter of minutes and this was their first time on the ice.
P.S: As you can see my dear husband isnt much of a photographer, he blamed the camera of course!

Well after the furor of moving house and then moving into my new kick ass studio i finally feel like life is returning to life as i remember. Next week the children will be going back to school and then i can finally sit my toosh down and get stuck in seriously without distraction. We went ice skating the other day and fun was had by all, including yours truly, oh yes i put the skates on and its just like after you've learnt to ride a bicycle, you never forget. Once or twice around the rink and i was back on my skates so to speak.

Anywho on with our challenge for this week, "Anything goes" so nice and easy. I wanted to use this dream image for a long time, i have used the boy version before and then i came across this paper that i thought was perfect, from Echo park. This delightful iamge is available from Mo's store HERE

i kept the card very simple without too many embellishments so that i didnt lose the paper, added the circular sentiment from LOTV, and a ribbon, few pearls and called it done.

the senitment in the centre of my card is computer generated, and after i had done the card i realised how many other stamp sentiments i have in my stash that would have been perect, oh well next time.
do join our challenge for this week
smiles
Paola

The paper shelter dt

2012-01-04T13:08:00.000+02:00

A nice easy challenge for you on the Paper shelter challenge blog this week as its "Anything goes"
For my card i found this paper that i bought forever ago and forgot how much i just loved it, so i brought it back to life with one of the delightful PS images, the image is called "lets make a picnic" available from the PS shop here.

I have been thinking that i would need a few "thank you" cards lately so i added the thank you senitment onto a tag that i used one of my old punches to make, i added some flat backed pearls to all four corners of my card, a Magnolia flourish that i am afraid has been overpowered by all the flowers i added, and last but not least a touch of lace.
I am really enjoying working with these cute darling stamps, do come and join in the fun, have a great week
smiles
Paola

my new craft room

2012-01-02T20:50:00.000+02:00

before and after

i thought i would share some pctures of my new craft room that my dear husband so generously supervised the construction of to make sure it had all his specs included.Each day he would come to me with new hicoughs and say "the one wall has face bricks, what should we do?' i would asnwer, " dont panic we can just paint it white, that way the room will have some character." Look closely, he plastered it. There were other questions along the way, i.e: i wanted panelling along the walls or perhaps some wainscoting, nothing like that in sight!
before

after

before

after
while i am showing you my craft space i have to admit that i have a weakness for visiting the SA equivelant of goodwill, Hospice, i found that dresser with the three drawers that i lined with felt and am storing dies in it, the unit with all those narrow shelves also from you geussed it Hospice, and the old fashioned laundry basket that they used pin board for the outside of so it would have vent holes is for now a pin stand for hanging my nesties, also from the same place.

the large optometrist drawer i found there too and it is great for all my cd cases that hold my stamps.

here's a peek inside a few of the drawers or on the shelves

flat backed pearls galore!

flowers in the sweet jars that my mum made spotted covers for so that i can eventually have a cohesive color scheme happening in my space

i made this ribbon stand with rods and brackets for bathroom curtain rails

all my stamps in cd cases with numbers on them so i can find stuff

a few random punches i have three of these sets of drawers, but alas they are brown so they gotta go and soon!

my MS punches and a few EK success at the bottom

Oh well i do think i have a kick ass space to craft and am very lucky to have it, now to get some built in cupboards etc. For now this will certainly do.
will keep you all posted as to whatever changes get made
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-12-29T17:19:00.000+02:00

As we gear down from the festive hype we at Mo's challenge blog thought it would be a nice change to look back over the last years projects made using a Mo image and select our favourites, so this week its easy peasy, look thorugh the cards you have made using a Mo image and select your favourite to join our challenge this week.

Mine has gotta be this "Summer fairy Finna" that i used to create a reflection with.
Will be back later with pics of my new craft space, just trying to get sorted so you dont have to see the transition, lol
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-12-22T15:01:00.000+02:00

Can you believe i am getting an early start today to posting for our latest challenge on Mo's challenge blog, this week its "punches and or die cuts" I know you all have loads of dies or punches stashed in those drawers so time to play.
I wasnt gonna make a card for this weeks challenge as i had forgotten how difficult it is to find "Me" time with the kids home and they seem to have become more demanding this year than ever before or perhaps its just that the house is so big that the demands of cleaning have become more thatn i anticipated. So yesterday i managed to find a couple of hours to myself and made a card for the challenge.
I love this image, Big girl pants available here, as it so reminds me of my girls dressing up in my own clothes at the end of the day when i get into the shower, they try on my clothes and i just love watching them prounce around, lol.

I couldnt come up with a quirky sentiment so didnt add one, the die cut i used is a nestie label that i cut in half to add on the corners to string my ribbon through, and i used an Xcut die doorplate to cut my image, love this shape. And unfortunately i dont recall what die the flourish is as i take my things out of the boxes when i unpack my new items.
I hope you will join our challenge as it is an easy peasy one this week
smiles
Paola

Paper Shelter challenge and Winner

2011-12-21T12:44:00.000+02:00

first i would like to announce the winner of our blog hop from those that commented on my card:

the winner is Shanna :

Shannah said...: Wow - what a gorgeous image - and you've coloured it beautifully! I'm so glad I dropped in to The Paper Shelter today - what a happy surprise to see all these fab creations!Hugs, Shannah xoxif you would like to claim your free digi pls go to the Paper shelter challenge blog and click on the email Elf in the left sidebar to email them directly to claim your prize.
On to our challenge for this week its The lace look, as you all know by now i love lace, flowers and all the pretty frilly girly things.
The paper i used is from Prima and Marianne design paper bloc. After using my long rectangle nestie to frame my image i had to just add the teeny tiny pearls around the edge to keep the soft feminine feel of my card.
the image i used is "in the 20's" avaialble from here, and colored with my trusty copics.Do join us for our challenge and good luck to you al.Before i go i would like to wish all my friends and followers a Blessed festive season and a fabulous new year. May the best of this year be the worst in the year to come.smilesPaola

Tomic challenge 29

2011-12-19T18:23:00.001+02:00

wow, time is passing my by so quickly and we have a new challenge for you on TOMIC "A symphony of snowflakes in Purple"

I gotta admit that i am just not a fan of purple, but i must say that stretching my limits seems to be quite good for me as i love how this image turned out in purple.
i also got to use a fair amount of glittah on my snow which made me very happy, i can never get enough glittah!! All my edges got the going over with craft paint that i added impasto paste to so that once dry it would lose its dimension and then added all my glittah in layers over the impasto.

Images: Tilda with Fir tree, miscellaneous fir trees
inks: copics and memento tuxedo black
all the punched out snow flakes are various ones that i have had in my stash forever
rhinestones also from the never ending stash, as is the ribbon.
have a great week
smiles
Paola

merry Christmas:

2011-12-17T22:04:00.000+02:00

i made this card for Magnolia Sweden and since it didnt make the grade for the magazine and get published i thought i would share it here on my blog. i dont often use Edwin, but i found this fabulous paper that suited the image so well that i just had to make this card.

this fold is one i havent seen anyone else besides myself use and its called a dbl display you can find the template for it on my regular blog :HERE

my bff Barb sent me these darling little Christmas lights some time ago and they were also begging to be used.

i hope you like the card and give the dbl display a go, if you do decide to use the template pls link back to me
smiles
Paola

2011-12-17T21:01:00.000+02:00

i havent really given my Marvellous Maggies blog as much love and attention as i would like to, so i think that would make a good new years resolution once the new year comes around.
I decided to make this magic box that i first saw on my friend Barb's blog, boy i was awe struck, then she told me she had first seen it on Cabio's blog, sure you can figure that very few things are "ours" to claim we invented, this blogging bit is all about sharing knowledge and know how.

this box on a scale of 1>10 was about a 3, so dont be intimidated, try it. The only thing that took me an age was coloring all the images and deciding what i was gonna put into it.

this is gonna be a present for an elderly friend of mine Jean, i am gonna fill it with flowers and flat backed pearls since i have an over abundance of both, she also crafts and celebrates Christmas so i am sure will appreciate the work and thought that went into this aswell as the little crafty treats i fill it with.
stamps: Tilda with fir tree, Tilda with snowheart, winter Tilda dn something for you, star Tilda, Angel Tilda, sitting with glitter, vintage Tilda

punches and ie cuts: nesties, ek success punch and a few miscellaneous flourishes
Other: lots of stickles, liquid applique, flower soft, flat backed pearls and garlands
Paper: MME and basil basics, cryogen white
have a great week
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-12-15T17:47:00.000+02:00

not much new here my friends, here i am late again for our challenge on Mo's digital pencil challenge blog, this week i have a really good excuse "Its my birthday"
so i have been at the hairdressers most of the day and clean forgot to do my post before i set out for my appointment today.

Ok now our fabulous challenge this week is "the fabric of our lives" Boy was this a chllenge for me, expecially as my mojo has taken a bit of a knock being out of crafting for soooo long and only now getting back into the swing of things. Well despair not! i found this fabulous sheer crinolene whch i thought would make great flowers.

They wouldnt punch out and i nearly broke the punch trying, so i cut them with a few nestie dies, pierced a hole into the centre with my piercing tool and heated them with the heat gun, they curled beautifully once the heat hit them and then i just popped a pearl brad in the centre. Then i decided to add some dry brushed puff paint to the flowers which really did it for me.

the image used is a newish one from Mo, snow day available here, colored with my trusty copics and added lots of stickles to highlight the snow. the paper is old from MME, but a fab Christmas paper and its nearly finished.
thats it for me today, i am off to have dinner with my family, and have my cake and eat it! lol
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-12-08T13:34:00.000+02:00

running behind schedule so it must mean that i am back to crafting full time, lol. My kids broke school yesterday for the end of the year and summer vacation so it just means i have a lot of distractions.

for my card this week i am using Angel with puppy (c) available in Mo's store, i got this image last year from Mo's and i just loved using it, cant get enough of Mo's artwork and my cards using her images are always so well recieved. I colored my Angel with copics and gave her wings a good going over with stickles start dust. This paper is from Joy crafts, but we also have a local company in SA who call themselves Upikit using the same papers, go figure? Our challenge on Mo's challenge blog is tags and banners, well i dont have a die for banners so i just cut my own. I stitched around the edges of my papers for added interest, added some rhinestones to the corners.

No card of mine feels complete without a few flowers, so i added them to the corners, these flowers are available from WOC, but locally in SA i supply them too, cant bear the price of postage from Uk so for me it just makes sense to have something of equal value locally. The ribbon slider is one of those cheap and nasty plastic ones, but i do think it looks quite classy with the ribbon strung acorss my card.

Do go and check out the inspiration the rest of the team have for you on the challenge blog.
smiles
Paola

Paper shelter birthday blog hop!!

2011-12-07T07:07:00.004+02:00

Good Morning fellow crafters and welcome to The Paper Shelter Blog Hop. Our hop is a very exciting one for all of us at it is in celebration of our 1st Birthday!!!! If you have landed here from Carol's blog then you're heading in the right direction - if not then you'll want to head on back to The paper shelter to start again, as you'll not want to miss out on this one! Our Design Team have worked very hard and are showcasing the gorgeous images available from The paper shelter Website and each blog on the hop is offering one lucky commenter a digi of their choice as well as the main prize, details of which are on The Paper Shelter Challenge Blogspot.

for my card today i am using the Winter Princess available Here from The Paper Shelter, colored her with a variety of different blue copic combos. i added loads of puff paint for her trim on the cloak and clothing and loads of glittah! a girls gotta have sparkle and then i punched out the snowflakes using various punches and added a few rhinestones for additional bling. Lastly a ribbon acorss my card with a snowflake charm that i bought at the NEC a couple of years back.

From here you will need to hop on over to Kim's blog. Don't forget to leave your comment for a chance of winning your choice of one of the fab digis available in store.

Hop! Hop! Hop!

Good luck and hope you're enjoying it so far.

blonde moment but I'M BACK!!!

2011-12-04T13:25:00.000+02:00

Yes i am naturally blonde, but i dont suppose that could be an excuse. I promised that i would have a card for Mo's challenge this week, and i did, only problem is that i didnt load it to the dt group, duh!
so first off i want to share the first card i have made in almost two months and encourage you to join the challenge on Mo's challenge blog with the theme being "outdoors" this week, Mo has the best images out there and these talented girls have loads of inspiration to share. So this is my contribution that i forgot to load.

This is where i see your eyes glaze over in boredom, so if you dont like browsing around other people's homes this is where you want to leave my blog.
As you've heard me going on and on about my great move to our new house i thought i would share a few pics since we are kinda settling in.

our fab new kitchen, if i tell you the last one was the size of a closet so this is just heaven to me, just excuse the husband looking like a gansta in my kitchen with his mouth full, lol

then we have my living room, with one of my tv addict kids on the sofa.

on to my bedroom and en suite bathroom.

the stunning garden that my children are supposed to play in, we didnt have a large enough garden for the kids in the condo we used to live in so this is a real treat, now to figure out how to get them out of the living room.

last but not least, my make shift craftroom as you can see from these pics the new one is in the process of being built, cant wait for them to get finished

wish i had thought of taking before pics, before they started the building and bashing and rebuilding, but sure you gonna love how it is gonna look when i get sorted.
thats it friends, i am so pleased to be back blogging and just had to get a makeshift craftroom sorted so that i wasnt mia for any longer than neccessary, see you all soon
smiles
Paola

taking time out for me

2011-10-11T19:45:00.001+02:00

Ok things are really heating up in this house, the move is now inevitable and boxes are appearing all over the place, i am still sanding and renovating a few old pieces of furniture thats gotta look new for the new house and my husband is planning a business trip to China the week of the move. If you are wondering how he can leave me with a house to move and three kids, imagine a screaming lunatic with more to do than one person can cope with and you get a pretty good picture of why he can decide to escape the move, lol.

So after sanding down a seat for the girls room and not having much joy today as the sander has now decided to give up the ghost so i gotta go get a new one tomorrow, i sat my weary toosh down and decided to make a card with an image that i have had colored for quite a while and enter it into the challenge on Sassy Cheryls blog where the challenge is to use pink and a die cut.

I have certainly used pink and my die cut is a spellbinder that i used to mat my image.
Have a great week
smiles
Paola
P.S: As we are all aware it is breast cancer awareness month and there is a new challenge called link up for pink in a breast cancer awareness campaign. so i am using my card to link up to the challenge as for those that know me will know this is a cause very close to my heart, perhaps later today i will be brave enough and share My story on my blog.

Tomic challenge 19

2011-10-10T16:00:00.000+02:00

A nice new easy cahllenge for those Magnolia fans on TOMIC this week, use a doohickey and a seated image on your creation.

I have decided to use Edwin with butterfly from the butterfly dreams collection for my card, i colored hime with copics and just totally enjoyed using an Edwin for a change, the poor dears are so neglected as we all go for girls first, but this time i had to play with this little darling.

My dear friend Barb made cards like this a few weeks ago and i loved the design of the circle folded in half to make a rocker card, so cased this idea from her. Also those tiles that you see looking very much like scrabble pieces i actually downloaded and you can find out about them HERE
i used the flourish doohickey for my card, added some star brads that i inked to give them a more masculine feel, ribbon from my stash and some gauze from my medicine cabinet.

On the inside of my card i used another of the doohickeys a vintage tag and added some paint around the edges and a couple of butterflies to tie the whole lot together.
have a wonderful week
smiles
Paola

life is HECTIC!!!!

2011-10-06T18:04:00.001+02:00

Well as i said my life is hectic right now, we are all gearing up for our Yom Kippur fst on Saturday and i am counting the days till my move into my very OWN house.
Today i tackled our store room, it is amazing the kinda junk we all hang onto in the hope of needing it someday. I threw out a vacuum cleaner, still working, just outdated and been replaced, a computer monitor, fax, copier and scanner that ran out of ink so was put in the store room about three years ago, when it went into the storeroom my Mr said i may want that one day for my office, YEAH RIGHT! well all the maybe's and may need are now at the Hospice charity shop, gone and forgotten, wait till he finds out!

After slaving like a demon all day i decided to take time out to do some crafting just for fun and made a card for the challenge on the Saturated canary cahllenge blog, what fun this was to color, the lines are so fine and the image was really dainty, love this.

the papers are from the never ending stash and these are Prima, i added loads if flowers and some punched leaves from a Leone Em punch, and one fo my big ass bows.
Thats it for now friends hopefully i wont be missing for too long
smiles
Paola

Tomic challenge 18

2011-10-03T17:30:00.000+02:00

Happy Birthday Magnolia, and we are celebrating with another fab challenge Halloween and since we celebrating we would like to see anything but a card.

Boy did i have a hard time deciding what to do, we dont celebrate halloweeen in SA, and being Jewish we dont do halloween so i was kinda stumped. I decided to make a pumpkin, and firstly the pumpkin i made when shown to my friend she said, wow! that sure is big, so i binned it and started again to make a smaller pumpkin, well this beauty you see took another four tries before it looked anything like the LARGE original.

I added lots of leaves and i made some twirly pipe cleaners that i dipped into some glittah.

And after deiciding to use the little Tilda with her broom, unfortunately i cant seem to find her name anywhere right now, i thought she kinda looked like little miss muffet so i made a spider using felt and some pipe cleaners, i had forgotten i had them, now i cant stop using them, lol.

And lastly with a led light inside to light the eye and nose features i cut into my pumpkin.
Enjoy the celebrations with us
smiles
Paola

sharing a freebie

2011-10-02T08:53:00.000+02:00

scrabble letters can be found by clicking on the link above, i found these by accident, what i have done is i downloaded the freebie, sized it in word, printed it and adhered it to some fun foam and voila! i now have an endless supply of scrabble letters just the size i want for my cards.

I hope you find this useful and enjoy!
smiles
Paola

Magnolia-licious dt and a Chag Sameach

2011-09-27T16:20:00.001+02:00

its a halloween challenge on Magnolia-licious with a fab photo to inspire you:

As usual for me i took the photo literally and made a card to suit the theme:

I had seen someone silhouette their images before and stored the idea away in the recesses of my grey matter specifically for to do this silhouette for halloween when the time came, but do you think i remeber where i saw it? If you have seen this before it is not my idea, i stole the idea, but i so still think it works really well for this theme. Ok here is is, thank you Maz for pointing me in the right direction and now that i have been back to take a look the original is far better than mine. original idea by Patti Jo here.

I used a MS iron fence for the border around my images and a few flowers to hold the design together.

The image is item #334 Brother and sister available from Magnolia-licious store where Diana give you exceptional service and some fabulous discounts, you certainly will not be dissapointed. Unfortunately i didnt have any halloween dp so made my own drawing spiders and webs and then made a web for the inside of my card also.

Do join us in our fortnight challenge and i look forward to seeing what you cleverly crafted people come up with.
To all my fellow Jewish peers, i would like to wish you all a Shana Tova vemetukah, A very sweet new year.
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-09-22T15:07:00.001+02:00

We have our new challenge on Mo's DP2 which is Autumn colors and there is also a photo to inspire you:

life seems to be dealing me a few challenges lately too, so if i am not around as much as i would like to be its not for lack of want but rather for lack of time. I have also noticed that i have hit a small but significant milestone in my blog-a-sphere and have hit the 600 followers mark aswell as went over the 100 000 hits a while back so will certainly look through all the crafting goodies and hope i can offer up some candy. Look out for it closer to the end of November once i have moved into our new Home.

for my card today i decided that since we are heading into summer in Africa it would be nice to use a summery image, even though the challenge calls for autumn colors i got to use the oranges etc. My image is "Pineapple girl" available HERE from Mo's store, where you will surely find an array of fabulous images to inspire any occasion.

The leaves and flowers were made using the Marianne dies, must say i was a little dissapointed by the dies and ended up cutting a few of my own flowers as i found the die made them quite big. i added a touch of diamond stickles to the edges of the rolled roses and wanted to leave the card as CAS as possible so as not to over power the image.

Look forward to seeing what you all come up with for this challenge
smiles
Paola
P.S: keep the peepers peeled for that candy closer to November

Mo's challenge 100 celebrate

2011-09-15T14:16:00.000+02:00

we are celebratin over on Mo's challenge blog this week and there are some fabulous prixes up for grabs, but you gotta be in it to win it.

My image is Bella and Bronte celebrating, it doesnt matter what image it is of Mo's they are never a challenge to work with as i love them all.
I colored up my image with the trusty ol copics, matted with basil basics, layered dp is from Mellissa Francis i love her paper and the local supplier says it doesnt sell so they not getting it in again :(

I used one of my MS punches around the edge of my card and if you look too close you will see that i didnt measure it properly so had to improvise, lol. I also added my trusty pearls around the edge, a lush ribbon strung acorss the centre and some flowers to finish off the celebration!

You gotta come and join in the celebrations as there are some fantastic things up for grabs
See you there
smiles
Paola

Magnolia-licious inspiration challenge

2011-09-13T08:17:00.002+02:00

our new challenge for Magnolia-licious starts today, and what a challenge:

i really gotta add that i ummed and ahhed for quite a while before i decided what to do:
finally deciding on using #3035 Tilda in summer rain available from Magnolia-licious where Diana will give you discount and amazing service.

My dp is MME, i used my Magnolia dohh-hickey flourish which i must say is sadly not used enough, the little garlands are ones i made as i didnt have the right color to match my card.

all the flowers are from my stash, the dark turqoise ones i had to airbrush to get the color to match my project and that big Ass rhinestone i got recently in all colors, they just kinda spoke to the sparkly girl in me, lol. The ribbon is one i bought ages ago thinking it would be great for Christmas projects, but worked for this too.

And a quick peek at the inside of my card
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-09-09T11:44:00.000+02:00

Mo's new challenge Boy Attitude went live yesterday, as you may have noticed i am late, so we gonna call this African time, lol. I am beside myself trying to deal with the shenanigans of what goes on in the forsaken country. I have been offline since Wednesday morning and am having serious withdrawals, thank G"d its up and running for now.

For my card i am using "Dream" and what can i say, i love this little guy, he truly looks like he is reaching for the heavens with his dreams. Of course i colored him with my trusty copics.

then i am not sure if i am the only one, but i have a real problem with boy cards so not knowing what i was gonna add for embellishments, i had the idea to make little pinwheels with buttons in the centre.
The dp is one of those really old ones that i have had for eons, so dont remember who its by, i somehow think it was a Daisy D.
Have a great weekend
smiles
Paola

Faux pax, the other card

2011-09-06T07:37:00.001+02:00

Now that you all have ahd a chance to look at my card for the Tomic challenge i thought i would post the one that i made when i got the challenge wrong, duh!

I'm not gonna go into too much detail as you can see the card is detailed enough and i am sure you all know by now that when you get me going you cant shut me up. I will say this was a LOT of work. I almost didnt have enough space for a patterned paper while i was doing it, had i known i was supposed to make my own background paper to start with i would have just stamped a few select flowers and perhaps some grass, but thats what you get for not paying attention.

on my first step: the back one i used: butterfly background #521 and barefoot Tilda. The butterfly background was masked and stamped twice so it would fit across the width of my card

on the middle step i used: Tilda with straw hat #3011 and Spring tree #657

on the front step i used: Explore Tilda #211 and kneeling Tilda #259
All of the stamps are available from Magnolia-licious store where you get great discounts and Service with a smile, which i find so lacking in the world we live in today so it really is refreshing to find a store that still appreciates its customers.

I also found a challenge that this card fits so am gonna enter into the challenge on Its a Magnolia challenge
smiles
Paola

Tomic challenge #14

2011-09-05T12:46:00.002+02:00

time for a fab new challenge on TOMIC and this week its "Make your own background paper"

First though, i wanna share with you that i am someitmes or most times a bit dippy, i seem to get things wrong, or misinterpret things and then get it all wrong, so dippy here, when i read the dt specs for this week i just saw make your own background, so i made a triple easel that i was so pleased with, loaded long before the challenge was due. Just as well someone on the team is on top of things and they pointed out that i had made the wrong thing for our challenge this week. So i scuttled around like a headless chicken and came up with this instead: i will share the card "faux par" later in the week.

For my card on the Tomic challenge this week i made my background paper using a stamp that has bubbles on it, made by a local company. I stamped the bubbles with top boss, on white cardstock, embossed with an embossing powder that has a light shimmer to it, no name left on the bottle its really old. I then used Adirondack die ink pad "name this color" to resist the embossed bubbles and voila! i love my bubbly background paper.

colored my image "swimming Tilda" with copics, and found these bubbles that i bought at Hobby lobby last year and made a shaker around my image with clear micro beads in it. I added pink dew drops around the frame of my shaker, a pearly flourish down the side of my card and some fluffy wool that to me resembled seaweed. I added a few glass garlands into the mix of flowers and left the inside of my card pretty clean and simple, but you can really see the nice bubbly paper.

have a great week
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-09-01T15:21:00.000+02:00

I know my blog has been rather quiet of late, lots going on behind the scenes, will update you soon
Fro now we have a new challenge on Mo's challenge blog set by the wonderfully talented Iulia who gave us this great sketch to work with:

i just love working with a good sketch, so easy, in light of that i do hope you will pop by and join our challenge. Fro my card i used a newish image from Mo's new store called "little Elf Mim" isnt this just adorable? Colored with my copics and given a good going over with star dust stickles.

The trim and pom pom on the elfs hat was given the flower soft treatment, and then just for good measure i added a punched poinsettia that i made using the Nellie Snellen punches and gave that some diamond dust. The sentiment is one that i got last year from the LOTV while i was at the NEC.

Hope everyone is having a great week
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-08-25T18:46:00.001+02:00

Oh my word! i dont think i have ever been this late with my post and almost didnt do it now either, it is dinner time in our house and i thought it the perfect opportunity for me to check my google reader and noticed that the new challenge for Mo's dp 2 challenge blogis up, it a "back to school" challenge.

I am run ragged trying to get all my work done to send off to Sweden for the next Magnolia ink and i am in a dizzy spin. I have neglected my house work all week, been short with my children and my dh, and a dear friend of mine pointed out to me that my first commitment is to my family so today i took long breaths, spoke really slowly so that i wouldnt let me bad mood get the better of me, and geuss what? my husband is doing dinner dishes, LOL.

for this weeks challenge i used Trinity from Mo's digital pencil, colored with my copics and the dp is from my stash a really old one that had no name on it. i stitched around all the layers of dp to add extra interest to an otherwise boring card, so sorry i couldnt have been a little more inspiring. The little pencils are buttons that i cut the loop off of and finished my card with a nice lush bow, and a very simple inside.

Do join in the fun this week i look forward to seeing all the submissions
smiles
Paola
P.S: am gonna enter this in the challenge on Paper play challenges as it fits their back to school theme.

Magnolia-licious inspiration challenge

2011-08-23T08:35:00.001+02:00

We have a new Inspiration challenge for you on Magnolia-licious and it suited my daughter to the "T" as she has loads of birthdays for her friends this time of year.

As i sometimes do i took the inspiration literally and made a bag. I used Tilda with butterfly jeans available from Magnolia-licious item #3034 where you can expect excllent service and discounts.

I colored my image of course with copics, i embossed the top flap of my bag with cuttlebug folder, sorry didnt note the folders name, i used my copic fine liner and drew the stitching around the corner protectors of the handbag and also along the straps. The lovely green checkered paper is locally South African from Queen of hearts, i just love their paper.

We filled the bag with a note book and diary and a few other girly things like nail polish and lip balm and my daughters friend couldnt believe her little handbag. This was really simple to make and gave such pleasure to see how chuffed the recipient was.
Do come and play with our new challenge on Magnolia-licious Diana is so generous and giving away a gift voucher for the lucky winner.

smiles
Paola

Tomic challenge #12 recycle

2011-08-22T16:33:00.002+02:00

Its a special challenge this week as Magnolia ink is also celbrating its birthday and the team were all challenged to "recycle." I had forgotten all about this event when i recieved an email reminding me on Saturday evening. I scurried around like a chicken without a head, my first thought was to do a Jam jar that i have had on hold to alter, but Murphy's law i couldnt find it as i have already packed up half my stash in the studio for the great move.

I was lucky however to stumble upon this treasure chest that i have a few of and decided that it would be great filled with bon bons for a friends brithday next month.

The girls on the Tomic Team have done a fabulous job altering all sorts, so do come and play this week as there is loads of inspiration.
Paper: Magnolia: something old something new
Stamps: Travelling Tilda, suitcase with sign, and many miscellaneaous from my stash
Embellishments: Lock and key from stash
Flowers: WOC
all the bits and bobs from my stash too, and the lace is really old dont remember where it came from
Inks and coloring medium: copics, memento rich cocoa and vintage photo

have a great week
smiles
Paola

I am still alive!!!

2011-08-19T13:55:00.000+02:00

WARNING!!! THIS IS NOT FOR THE FEINT HEARTED!!
this morning i had to go to the warehouse where all the copics are kept to get a few order together for customers, on my trip back i have to drive through an area that doesnt have the most savoury reputation. Anywho i was stopped by a traffic light that was red and i was one car back from the intersection and on a slight incline so i had my car in first gear riding the clutch.
All of a sudden an arm appears on edge of my window which was open about three inches, and a knife to my throat and calm as you like he says "give me your cellphone and handbag" I still remember turning to see who it was and make sure i wasnt dreaming. before i said "F&*( YOU", dropped my clutch and almost went into the car in front of me. I felt the knife slice across my neck, and could not believe it when i found that i hadnt been cut.
Now if that isnt enough confirmation that someone is looking out for me then its time for me to give up my bag and cellphone. To all my friends that are gonna be put off coming to RSA, this is not an every day occurrence to me specifically, but we need to be aware that this is the reality we llive with in South Africa and to STOP being complacent and do something about it.
I do hope that all my friends stay safe and have a good weekend
A very shaky Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-08-18T14:31:00.000+02:00

Time is just leaving me behind these days, its time already for our new challenge on Mo's dp 2 and this week its a "blue challenge"

i wasnt too sure how i was gonna be doing my card when i first saw this challenge and then i remembered we dont have long to go for Christmas, and even although i dont celebrate Christmas i have loads of friends who do, so am gonna be needing those cards sooner than i know.

I just love this image called "sending Peace" available from Mo's store here she was such a pleasure to color. The sparkly paper i bough quite some time ago and thought it would be perfect to give my card that extra something with all the blingy bits.

I added a feather down the side to give it an added whimsy feel and a few of those pearly garlands with my pre-requisite flowers. The inside was decorated pretty much like the front of my card so i didnt add pics, sure you can get the picture just by seeing the front
Do join our challenge on Mo's this week, i look forward to seeing all the fab entries
smiles
Paola

Yoga Tilda

2011-08-17T18:44:00.001+02:00

I know i been kinda scarce, but you know what besides for blogging and crafting, i do have a real life and kids and home to run. Then of course sometimes we all do things that are not good for us and they set us back. I am one of those people that suffer from being an emotional cripple, when i go to pieces, my life somehow falls apart, and i kinda had the wind knocked out my sails, i wanted give up crafting and was not gonna be posting for a while till i could pick up the pieces of my heart and move on, but i decided that if i dont do it now, i am never gonna get back on the horse after being thrown, so here i am, looking to get brought down to size all over again. Sucker for punishment!

I made this card for the challenge on WOC following their sketch, Papertake weekly where its a bingo selection of Gems, ribbon and blooms. My delightful little Tilda was colored with copics and given a minimal ammount of stickles around the trim of her top.

I googled yoga and found that the "Om" symbol and blue stones, and the lotus flower are relative to their belief system so added those elements to my sentiment bit of my card. The fabby new paper is from Kaisercraft, Miss Nelly collection and this one is her "laugh"

hope everyone is having a great week
hope to be back soon with more to share
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-08-11T17:44:00.000+02:00

Our new challenge from Mo's dp 2 is up and this week it is Anything but a card.

Well believe me this time it was a real challenge for me too. Once i had my thinking cap on i realised that since the childrens bathroom is gonna have a nautical theme, how cool would it be for them to have a little lighthouse.

My lighthouse was made using an old bottle that i rinsed out real well, add some fun foam around the bottom half and stamped the brick onto, i left an opening at the back of the bottle to turn the light inside off and on.
Colored my image "Out there" available from Mo's store with my copics, and used a sealing agent on the whole things since it is gonna be in the bathroom.
Hope everyone is having a great week
smiles
Paola

No lines coloring

2011-08-10T09:16:00.000+02:00

I saw the post that Zoe and Jane shared in blog land and was totally floored, i thought "well Paola, its time to pack away your copics cos i am NEVER gonna be able to do that."
I should never have challenged myself, yesterday i made a mad dash to one of my friends craft stores to get some Adirondack in pale colors so that i could give it a go. Now be kind, i know its no where near as good as the two i mentioned earlier in this post.

It was hard, not as easy as normal coloring as yes the lines kinda dissapear as you go, also it took me a long time to be satisfied enough to post it here. I am still not completely satisfied, but will keep working at it.
I doubt i will make a card with this image till i get better at the technique, but here you have it, warts and all as they say, since there are a lot of mistakes i know!
have a great week
smiles
Paola

Magnolia-licious dt

2011-08-09T18:05:00.001+02:00

Time for our new challenge on Magnolia-licious and this week we have a photo to inspire you aswell as we would like to see, Monochrome color scheme or of course black and white.

For my contribution to the challenge i used Explore Tilda #211 available from Diana's Magnolia-licious store, on the inside of my card i used the snail that came with one of the collections, sorry i dont recall which one and cant seem to find it in the inventory.

My sentiment was computer generated. All my images are coloring with copics, grays. The black rhinestone flourish was a gift from my BFF, so nice not to have to sit and glue each rhinestone down individually for a change.

Well folks its national womens day here in good ol" SA, i sure feel like a women, i been washing, ironing, baking and running around like a mad woman. We have been fasting today, so it hasnt been easy, but almost time to break fast.

I do hope you will join our challenge this week i look forward to seeing all the fab intries.
smiles
Paola
P.S: gonna enter the following challenges with this card:
the secret crafter : black & white
DYSU B& W
My mums craft shop: monochrome

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-08-05T10:01:00.000+02:00

As you can see, i am a whole day late with my posting for the wonderful Mo's challenge which is to make an easel this week. As you know by now i live in Africa, we have copper thieves and Nigerians that steal your telephone and ADSL lines rugularly and this week it was my line. I could just cry, i hate not being online.
To top it all off, i am without a maid AGAIN!! i know most of you are thinking, a maid!! yes it is normal to have a maid in Africa, if you dont have a maid you are not normal. OK so no maid, no internet = very unhappy Paola.

So for my card, i had to try this double easel, which i first saw on my Friend Barb's blog and i couldnt wait to try it myself.

For my card i am using "Patience" available from Mo's store, image colored with copics and the dp's are all locally South African from "Queen of hearts" On my dotted paper i gave the edges some top boss and added white embossing powder. The flower were punched out with a NS punch and added a rhinestone flower centre, the border punch is a MS punch and all the ribbons are from my stash.

have a great weekend
smiles
Paola

Dbl display card

2011-08-02T20:13:00.001+02:00

i have made this card before and posted the template/ directions for it also, but since i am doing it again i will repost the directions for those that missed it before:

I made one of these for my friend Sharon Keanly's birthday which she celebrated today, however like a real dufus i forgot to get pics of it before i sent it off, so i just had to make another one to showcase here on my blog and also to enter into the new challenge on the Magnolia-licious highlights blog where there challenge is to only use paper. Now if you look too closely you will see that i did cheat a teensy weensy bit, by using cotton thread to string my "happy birthday" banner across my card. Hope they wont disqualify me for it.

The images i have used are: Lovely Tilda, Hopscotch Tilda and Happy spring, all available from Magnolia-licious store, unfortunately i couldnt get onto the site to get the item numbers for you, but if you look in the search window, sure you will find them.

All the images are colored with copics. OOPs another little additon to my paper was all the stardust stickles, that i added to my punched butterflies.
have a great week crafters
smiles
Paola
P.S: if you do use this template please link back to my blog here.

Tomic challenge dt

2011-08-01T13:46:00.002+02:00

This is so exciting as this is my first posting officially for the dt on Tomic. Our challenge this week is "Round"

I love having to think about what i am gonna come up with, and for me it wasnt so much about making a round card, but making something with a bit of a twist.

Yes this is a round easel, but look closer::::::: my little roccking Tilda, ROCKS!!
I used the coin mechanism to make sure that my image would rock.

Papers: prima and Kaiser, Basil basics
Embellishments:From my stash, pearls, flowers and lace
Stamps: do crafts butterfly, hero arts flourish around the edges of my image and Rocking Tilda
punches: Marianne die for the leaves, nesties to cut my image and card, ek success for the inside.
Coloring and inks: copics, memnto tuxedo black, Eggplant pigment ink for embossing my butterfly, distress ink:walnut stain for the edges of my image, and star dust stickles for the touch of glam

smiles
Paola
p,s: gonna enter this card for:
Totally Tilda: ribbons, lace, pearls and swirls, it was pointed out that someone couldnt see the ribbon, it is the first layer of my flowers, a shimmery ornganza ribbon gathered to make the first layer of my flower.

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-07-28T09:39:00.000+02:00

Our fab new challenge is up at Mo's dp2 challenge blog and this week its "Something Sweet"
Now i ask you what is sweeter than Peaches? This delightful images is available from Mo's store
and what a dream to color. Cut with labels seventeen from Spellbinders.

The pearly flourish is one of those made ones that i do laying down the glue dots and then popping the pearl on the glue.

the sentiment is a computer generated one, layered onto one of the smaller dies that came with the fleur de lis pendant.
the organza ribbon from my stash and the bead pins are also made by yours truly just added additonal beads to a pearl head corsage pin and two bugle beads to the bottoms with glue in theme so the points wouldnt stick out and prick the recipient.

Well enjoy enjoy our challenge this week, i am busy trying to pack house and not actually getting very far, pack one box and then unpack another searching for items that i still need while we are in limbo between moving and staying where we are.
smiles
Paola

Magnolia-licious dt

2011-07-26T08:49:00.002+02:00

I am finally posting something again, i know i seem to be quite absent, hope the dry spell on my blog wont linger too long. We have a fabulous new challenge on Magnolia-licious challenge blog and the theme this week is a nautical wedding picutre inspiration:

Sometimes i take things pretty literary and so after seeing the fabulous cake that Angela Wood my fellow teamy here on Magnolia-licious and on Tomic made i just had to give it a go.

I made all my boxes using the circle and pinking methos for the sides of the boxes and added a strip of ribbon on the undersides of each of the boxes so they could be easliy opened. My thought was to add some gimicky lengerie to the boxes for the newly married couple.

Each of my boxes was embossed with various Cuttlebug embossing folders, i added some lace, flowers and pearls and then some tulle to cover the bottom of my images at the very top tier.

This Bridal couple is available from Magnolia-licious, item # 158, where Diana will give you amazing service and great discounts, colored with copics and given a good going over with some star dust stickles, my all time favourite stickles, i dont think i ever color an image and it doesnt get stickles.

Do head over to the challenge blog and check out all the inspiration the team have come up with.
Have a great week and i will see you back here soon
smiles
Paola
P.S: gonna enter the following challenges with this little ensemble:
Magnolia Mania: ribbons and lace
Anything goes: pick of the bunch flowers
Oh la la: circles
Simon says stamp and show: anything goes

Mo's challenge dt

2011-07-21T09:45:00.000+02:00

I know my blog has been pretty quiet of late, but there is a lot happening in my real life at the moment, so please be patient with me, things will sort themselves out soon, and i am also trying to catch up with dt work so when i have to move house and be without my craft room during my move i will still have been one step ahead enought to be able to post on my blog.

ok now that i have had my little winge, on with this weeks challenge on Mo's dp2 challenge blog its a "summer vacation challenge" while we in Africa are freezing our tooshies off.
I have used Lacie with ice-cream available from Mo's store, i love this image, have used her before, but what can i say, Mo's images are so fabulous i can use them over and over and never tire of using them. I colored her with copics, listed colors below:

My paper is from Prima and i love this paper, when i started out with this paper it was bright and cheerful with loads of summer colors and once i started layering, it just kinda got lost in the creative process, but you can still see it on the inside of my card.
The corner i used are available from Wild orchards but i found a local supplier that has basically the same products, however i dont need to wait for them to come from the UK what a win! I used my top boss pad on the corner and then added some white embossing powder to it and then a touch of the ol" glittah that we cant do without.

Doily, flowers and pearls from my stash. The dt have again outdone themselves so do pop over to the challenge blog to be inspired and join in the fun
smiles
Paola
Copics used: skin: E21, E00, E000 Pinks: R83, R81, RV00 Yellows: Y13, Y11, Y00 Green: G85, G82, G40 wood: E25, E53, E31

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-07-14T18:16:00.000+02:00

We have a great new challenge up on Mo's dp 2 challenge blog, "black and white with a touch of color" and nothing new with me, late as usual. I have spent the last two days demonstrating at a show for suppliers of PNA who are the largest franchise of stationary and craft items in South Africa, hoping they are all gonna cotton on to the demand of copics in the crafting industry.

For my card i am using Guilty Rocco and Guilty Bert available from Mo's store.
Colored with my copics all cool greys. Added some ribbon and buttons, the stamp with the together sentiment is a random ticket stamp that i had in my stash, paired up with a stamp i got from 7 gypsies ages ago.

I am so tired after the last two days so i am sorry if my post is rather short and boring, but i sure did enjoy making this card, i amy start using only black and white with a touch of color for all my cards, lol
smiles
Paola

Magnolia-licious dt

2011-07-12T09:04:00.000+02:00

Tuesday is here and its time for another challenge on Magnolia-licious challenge blog, the photo inspiration is a great one:

Not sure exactly what i was thinking when i colored my image, with all those pleats, this image was done quite some time back while i was teaching a workshop for copics. I just love this image: available from Magnolia-licious store #3060 Secret Tilda.
Image colored with copics: B97, B95, B93, B91, B000, hair: C7, C5, C3, C1, Reds: R29, R27, R24, R22, all our little Tilda's lace got a good going over with star dust stickles, the stars around my image were stamped using one of those random stamps that we all have in our stash, i then gave each of the stars a rhinestone centre, a girl can never have enough bling!

the sentiment is one that i got last year at the NEC from LOTV. Border punch is a MS punch, the doily is one from Nellie Snellen mfd dies, and the flourish is a Marianne die.
the paper was really old so i have no idea where its from and the lace is a vintage lace that i found at one of the local suppliers. I just had to add the stitching to the card to finish it off.
the girls on the dt really outdid themselves with this fab challenge i look forward to seeing what all of you come up with so head over to the challenge blog and join in the fun
smiles
Paola

MDUC challenge

2011-07-11T21:21:00.000+02:00

Made this little printers tray/ key holder to keep all our keys safe in our new house when we move, all the details are on my Magnolia blog, i am just gonna share the pics here and if you want all the details then you can head off to check it out on my Maggie blog.

Entering this into the challenge on MDUC since they are looking for kitchen projects.

smiles
Paola

Mo Rocks!!

2011-07-09T09:56:00.001+02:00

Dollar Donation Digi -- Bronte Kisses.

In honor of Molly, Bronte, and all our beloved pets -- those here and those departed.

All proceeds for sales of this stamp (including three "doggie" quotes) while it's $1 will go to Pet Orphans of Southern California: http://www.petorphans.org/
Just click here and you'll be magically tranported to Mo's Digital Pencil so you, too, can get this little cutie for your very own digi library...AND help "rescue animals" as an added bonus!

have a great crafting weekend

smiles

Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-07-07T16:29:00.000+02:00

As usual these days i am a little late with my post, have been really busy filming dvd tutorials for Copic SA as we are attending a huge wholesale show next week and they wanted something to put up on a big screen to punt copics in SA and hopefully encourage those that are lagging behind a little to get up to speed and start to use a medium of coloring that actually gives your cards the WOW factor. So yes i am late, but i do have a good excuse, lol

Our challenge this week on Mo's challenge blog is Vintage with distressing and lace" duh! i forgot the lace bit. Ah well, if you look at my card i think i got the vintage wrong too, but there you go the dt sometimes get it wrong too, kwim.

So for my card i did manage to get the distressing right and distressed all the edges, going over them with vintage photo once distressed to death. Layered onto a spellbinder fleur de lis.

Added my flowers and for a final touch a butterfly that i added some flat backed pearls to the centres of.
the image is an older one of Mo's, but i just love her, especially the angle from which she was drawn and you can purchase her Here from Mo's store
smiles
Paola

NEWS FLASH!!!!!

2011-07-05T17:39:00.000+02:00

I am so STOKED to share with all of my friends in blog land that after lots of trying, i am on the Magnolia Sweden dt. Unfortunately due to postage etc i have not made anything for the upcoming issue of the Magnolia Ink, however am looking forward to submitting some of my work for the next issue.
I had applied so many times to get onto the dt that i was losing hope, my last try was about a month ago and i had almost forgotten that i had sent the email when i recieved an email from a person whose name i didnt recognise. Having been warned by my son never to open up emails that you dont know the sender, yep, you geussed it, i opened the email and thank goodness i did. At first i didnt see anything in the email pertaining to Magnolia, reading through the email i was sceptical, till i got to the bottom and saw MAGNOLIA SWEDEN, well i closed it and marked it unread, i couldnt believe it, then i reread it and closed and marked it unread, perhaps five or six times, and then it was like a bomb had gone off!!!! i was screaming and hyperventillating, and shaking and running around the room like a jibbering idiot!!!! i couldnt talk and couldnt explain to anyone. So my DH, bless him says "they can hear you in Sweden" Yes, yes yes, was all i could say. He got it right first time, and then when i told him he was so chuffed for me, and made all the right noises.
I do hope you will support me on this new adventure and pop in as i am sure that MY MARVELLOUS MAGGIES BLOG is gonna become A LOT MORE BUSY.
smiles
Paola

Commissioned cards

2011-07-04T22:37:00.001+02:00

This post is very picture heavy, i got a commision this weekend to make all of these cards, then while making them i decided that perhaps i could make one of them following the challenge on the Sugar bowl, which was nice and easy as its a sketch. They also asked for hand made flowers so i whipped these flowers on the above card together in a flash and thought they came out pretty good for hand made by yours truly, i added some dusty concord so that they would match my card too, and also added a flourish from a MD. The border across my card is an EK punch.

All the images are colored using my preffered medium of copics and embellished with items from my stash.

I know they are very different to what you normally see me do, but the recipient asked for very clean and simple, and i geuss this is as clean and simple as i can do.
Hope you like them
smiles
Paola

Scarecrow Maggie and a rant!

2011-07-01T10:50:00.002+02:00

I have a card to share and along the way i am gonna get on my soapbox and have a little rant, so if you just wanna look at my creation, thats fine too.

We as bloggers/ crafters/ card makers mostly blog and craft to share and inspire one another, i also skype with quite a few of my crafty friends and often share whatever card i am working on while skypeing with my friends, however i never expect them to reuse my ideas before i get a chance to share my creation on my blog. Well i think we can deduce from this who our friends are. I know when i create something and someone uses my creation for inspiration i am positively THRILLED that i may inspire someone. However i see it as a slap in the face when my sharing gets abused! Ok now i can get off my soap box and share my card

I recieved a parcel from the OH SO GENEROUS Diana from Magnolia-licious and just had to dig right in and start a card with my newest little Maggies. I used #298 Scarecrow Tilda and #253 Garden Tilda, colored with copics, i masked my image and used a Hero arts background stamp for the corn field look, and then sponged and airbrushed a sunset background.

All my edges were distressed with a distressing tool and given a lavish going over with vintage photo, i stitched around the edges so that i could enter the challenge on MDUC where they want: stitching and swirls, we all know how i feel about my pearly swirls, he he.

Then i wanted to use the same card for TOMIC: shimmer and pearls, also right in there with what i love and my little bees and Tilda's lace got the stickle treatment. This card fits the bill for the challenge on Stampalot it will be entered there too.

The fence is a little wooden one that i have had in my stash for quite some time now, and the tag sentiment is a computer generated one, the hessian is from the stash and the little watering can i thought was perfect for this. The little corn shoots on the iside of my card and laying next to our little gardener are made by yours truly using florist wire and a little daisy punch.
have a great weekend
smiles
Paola
P.S: i was chatting to a friend about this and she said its like a "friend" dating an ex-boyfriend and only finding out via the grapevine i thought it was a great analogy

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-06-30T21:14:00.000+02:00

This week on Mo's we have another fab challenge, before i get to it, let me vent my frustration. We have been off line all day today, no cell phones, no internet, GGGGRRR!!! this is possibly the tenth time i am writing this post too since blogger kept giving me an error code.

Ok for our challenge this week on Mos challenge blog our challenge is "Inspired by a book or story"
My story is actually a movie, "A star is born" now i know that its a movie, but surely it had to be a story fist.

The image i am using is Wednesdays child available from Mo's store Here
image colored with copics and then i had this fluff laying around in one of my drawers from some styrofoam balls and used it on her coat, has a lovely shimmer to the white.

I used an Ek success to add the punched border around my image i thought it almost looks like the punched edge of a film strip and then i airbrushed a spotlight for my little diva.

have a great weekend
smiles
Paola

Magnolia-licious dt

2011-06-28T09:06:00.000+02:00

Time again for another Magnolia-licious challenge and i am your host again this week.
I found this image on the net and loved it, sure by now you know that i have a weakness for pinks and shabby chic/ anything pretty.

For my card i used: #532 Romantic window and #377 Travelling Tilda available for purchase from Magnolia-licious store where you will get amazing service from Diana aswell as discount.

My image was colored with copics, sorry i know i have gotta try and remember to add my colors, i just had to add loads of my teeny tiny pearls, i just love these, and keep your eyes peeled as i am gonna be sharing soon, as really i just have more than any one person should own.

I distressed all my edges for the shabby feel and added a doily for the chic bit, there is also a bit of hessian peeping out there and cotton lace, finally a lush piece of tulle that i found in my sewing kit. Last but not least flowers and a couple of hat pins made by moi.

Please do come and join us the girls on the team as per their usual style of fabulous have some awesome creations to inspire you.

Hope you are all having a wonderfully creative week
smiles
Paola.
P.S: i would also like to quickly thank everyone who continues to visit and leave me such encouraging comments, i apologise if i havent visited you for a while, however am really busy with lots of behind the scenes things in my real life and promise to try and make more of an effort. See you soon.

Stamp club kit inspiration

2011-06-24T12:50:00.000+02:00

I wanted to get right in and play with my new stamp kit, especially since it has had a few negative remarks. Personally i LOVE this new kit and am sure that there will be lots of inspiration to come, so if you still have yours, dont be hasty in selling it or giving it away.

My first ensemble is a rocket party favour that one could fill with smarties or astros, any small sweets i geuss.
I made this rocket with an old toilet roll inner and just embossed some silver paper, wrapped it around and adhered it. The top is a cone shape that i made using the principle of cutting a circle and then cutting away a quarter of the circle to make a cone. When i covered the round toilet roll inner i made sure that the top of the paper would extend over the top of the tube so that i could make slits in it and then adhered those slits to the inside of the cone.

i then just covered the bottom opening with a circle. Cut triangles for the legs, only needing three as Tilda then is the fourth support. Added lots of rhinestones from my stash. Tilda was oclored with my copics and i gave her fishbowl a good going over with glossy accents.

My second little ensemble is a card using the new "cheerleader" and i love the red and white combo that some of the cheerleaders wear so thats what i used. She is colored with copics and her pom poms were given a lavish going over with stickles, i also found a gelly roll in amongst my pens that i had clean forgotten about and i used it on the trim of her skirt and also on the boots of our little Astronaut, love the effect and far more slimmer than the spica. My red and white paper was made by Moi, using a stamp and some white embossing powder on the red cardstock and plain ol ink on the white.

I added loads of flowers from my stash and a Marianne flourish to finish it off.
the sentiments are computer generated.

Have a great weekend and hope that those of you that got this stamp club kit will use it and share all your great creations with the rest of us humble bloggers.

smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-06-23T12:17:00.000+02:00

We have a great new challenge on Mo's DP2 challenge blog, "Flowers, fairies, folourishes, etc all with "F's"
you can choose all or one.

I chose them all cos hell why not!
My Fairy is "Fairy Kiki" available from Mo's store
colored with copics and given a good going over with stickles on the wings, it adds a real pop to the wings of fairies. My image was cut using nesties. the border i used a MS punch for and i had to add a few of these bridal garland to my flower arrangement for the added touch of the whimsical.

A simples easel folded card using one of the shaped cards kindly donated to me by my dear friend Shazi from Cape town, thanks girlfriend!

Now head over to the challenge blog and see all the "F's the girls used, he he
smiles
Paola

TOMIC entry!

2011-06-23T11:19:00.000+02:00

Hi friends, i am gonna share a quick card that i made with a bookmark for a special friend in Cape Town.
All the image i have used are available from Magnolia-licious store the item numbers and stamp names are Pirate Edwin #156, Pirate Tilda #230 and Jolly Roger #248, barrel #558. The backgrounds are hand drawn

The paper was a wrapping paper that i adhered to card to give it a firmer base;
Cardstock is basil. I distressed all the edges and gave thema good coat of distress ink, dont recall which color.

All the pearls, rhinestones and charms are from my stash.
P.S: i have some very good news to share, just have to keep your eyes peeled for when i have the go ahead to share it and i am DYING to share it, as we all know i am terrible at secrets.
smiles
Paola
I am entering this into the challenge on TOMIC: where they wanted to see something with a theme of summer

Emerald Faerie

2011-06-19T13:10:00.000+02:00

hi friends, today i wanted to share this amazing image from Emerald Faeries, i received a couple of these images in a swap a couple of weeks ago and thought i just have to use this, are they not darling?

Then while chatting to a friend of mine she reminded me that they are having a challenge on Emerald faeries challenge blog where their challenge is for "petals", and i am sure by now you all now how much i love my flowers, so i just had to do something with this image. I colored the image with my copics and added lots of stardust stickles to the wings. Added a few teeny tiny pearls around the image so it would look as if there was a bit of pollen flying around and the magic of spring. I used one of my nestie labels to cut my image and a MS border punch to add another layer for my ribbon to go across.

Added some corsage pins to the bow and a "few" flowers. With another one of my pearly flourishes along the side of my card.

I decorated the inside of my card as well which i just think finishes off a card nicely.

Hope everyone is having a fab weekend
smiles
Paola

Totally Tilda

2011-06-19T08:38:00.002+02:00

Hi blogettese, a couple of weeks ago i entered the challenge on Totally Tilda and was pleasantly surprised to win! Well for the prize you got to be the geust for their challenge, so this is my geust spot on the Totally Tilda challenge blog and they want you to use your darling little Tilda on anything but a card.

Well after searching through my repetoire of crafting knowleged i recalled having made these candle a lon while ago and thought there would be no harm in redoing it.

So for the challenge i colored my image onto vellum, which is not easy as the vellum has a smooth surface, then i took a piece of sandwich was wrap, wrapped it around the candle and image, and heated it with my heat gun, VOILA! its stuck to the candle.

A simple trick but looks so sweet and the recipient always thinks you so clever when you give it to them.
I then had to make a box to put it into, so cut a little lantern type box with acetate windows, a firm box in the centre to stablize the candle and a ribbon wrapped around it with a ribbon on the top, done! The image i have used is a mini available from Magnolia-licious store and she is Christmas morning Tilda item #3009.

Do pop over to Totally Tilda challenge blog and join the challenge
till next time
smiles
Paola

Sweet Pea Stampers dt

2011-06-17T08:53:00.000+02:00

This is my first post for the dt on Sweet Pea stampers challenge blog and let me just add that the talent on this team is phenomenal so you have to go and check out the inspiration that the girls have come up with.

For this weeks challenge it is "swirls of summer" being sponsored by the awesome Crafty purple frog

hop over and see the amazing choice of digital decoupage!
The prize on offer this week is 3 digital sheets of your choice!!!

for my card i am using an image by "Meridith Dillman" available from Sweet pea stamps

The papers that i've used are all from Prima and i just love these, so i am sure you will see me using them quite a bit in the future. the punch i used around my card is an Ek success punch and the pearls are from my stash, as usual i stuck them down individually sinc ethe pearls i use are not self adhesive, so i lay down dots of glue and then add the pearls.

Well thats it for now, do pop in and see the awesomeness on our challenge blog and join in the fun.

have a great weekend

smiles

Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-06-16T13:33:00.000+02:00

time is just flying by and its itme for another fab challenge at Mo's dp 2 challenge blog and this week its "tags"
i never make tags and in the last two weeks i have made two sets of tags. i did think i could get an early start to my Christmas stash, i know we dont celebrate Christmas, but it doesnt mean that i dont have friends that celebrate and would love a little gift with a cute Mo tag.

so after all the deliberating i made Christmas tags, had to print the images quite small for the tags, but i love the way they turned out. The images i used are all available from Mo's store.
I used a Marianne die for the tags and a Nellie Snellen punch for the flowers adding lots of stardust stickles to my imges as well as the flowers, and these great pearly brads that i got at the NEC last year and clean forgot i had them.

I look forward to seeing what everybody else will do with their tags, so do pop in and enter our challenge.
smiles
Paola

Magnolia-licious dt

2011-06-14T08:45:00.001+02:00

Hi friends we have a new challenge on the Magnolia-licious challenge blog hosted by your truly "me"
I just have such a weakness for "PINK" so i added this little pic for the inspiration!

I have been meaing to get a new address book for ages now since i have so many overseas friends/ blogger buddies that i had to do something. What better than to use one of our darling Tilda's to alter the cover.

Used a few of my NS punches to add "call me" to the cover, a new MS border punch and a few butterflies.
I popped my image for a bit of dimension, and have already started adding all my friends names and addresses and will probably need another one any day now, lol

This dahling little Tilda is #321 available from Magnolia-licious store where you will be sure to get excellent service, with a smiles!
Do pop past the Challenge blog and check out what the rest of the dt have made to inspire you and join in our fab challenge

smiles
Paola
P.S: gonna also enter this into the Magnolia down under challenge where they want you to alter something.

Announcement!

2011-06-11T18:45:00.000+02:00

I am so pleased to share with all my friends that i tried out for the Sweet Pea dt call and i made it, so please keep a look out for my projects using amazing fairies.

will be back later with a card or project to share
smiles
Paola

Totally gorjuss dt

2011-06-11T07:50:00.000+02:00

Its that time of week when we have a new challenge for you on Totally gorjusss and this week i am sure you'll all wanna join in since the challenge is "flower power" i know this is right up my alley since i add flowers to most of my projects.

for my card i am using one of my LOTV stamps that are starting to collect dust in the drawer, poor dears. She is colored with my copics and i just had to add lots of flower soft to that lovely scarf she has wrapped around her for the added pop.

My image was cut out with a Nellie Snellen, i sometimes find them a little small for my images, but the LOTV images are the perfect size. I added lots of pearls around the die and then added a lovely flourishy pearl down the side of my card, made with laying down the dots of glue and then adding these teeny tiny pearls.

My dp is a Mellisa Francis and the flowers are from my stash. Now pull out all those flowers that you're hoarding in your stash and use them to wow us for our challenge.
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-06-09T19:08:00.000+02:00

Hi blog friends, hope no one has been missing me too much, we have just ended two days of jewish holidays, is the reason why i am so late with my post. We have a fab new challenge on Mo's dp 2 challenge blog set by our very own Dawn, and here's what Dawn has set for us:
"Create a card or project with one element in this recipe. It could be an image with 2 people, an image that portrays love or a sense of humor. You could even create a card with a recipe included or something that has to do with cooking. Mo has so many images that could be used here. Especially the new cooking line.

Well i gotta admit i scratched my head for quite a while before i decided to add to my dil's recipe book. I made a simple cross over pocket, slipped a recipe card into it and didnt over embellish since this is going to be added to the book that is already a work in progress.

I used "whats cookin" from Mo's store, an ek success punch with some lace added to the scalloped edge which is a grater arount the whole card, paper from MME, and of course my image was colored with copics.

The girls sure do a fab job over at MO's, so i hope you will come and join us this week as i love seeing what all the participants do with Mo's fabulous images.
smiles
Paola

Red, white and blue Tilda

2011-06-06T21:18:00.000+02:00

I did say i would be back shortly, oh yeah feel like i am coming back with a vengeance, he he

I have a quick card to share that i am gonna be entering into the challenges on: Magnolia stmap lovers: where anything goes and then also into Totally Tilda: their challenge is the red, white and blue.

For my card i am using Princess Tilda #263 available from Diana's store Here

the papers i've used are really old from Daisy D's, MS punches for all the decorative borders, and a Marianne die for the leafy flourish,
Flowers, pealrs and embellies all fromt he stash. i just had to give the girl loads of my favourite stickles, star dust.

copics used are: hair: C7, C5, C3, C1, skin: E21, E00, E000 Reds: R29, R27, R24, R22 and E17 to deepen the shadows, blues: B97, B95, B93, B91 and B000 for the white bits i added a bit of C3 and C1 to give the white a bit of shadow.
I am so pleased with myself for having remembered to note the colors i used, lol, must be the new laoptop
smiles
Paola

I'm back!!

2011-06-06T19:22:00.000+02:00

Did anyone notice i have been MIA? No, ok well iiiiii"mmm bbbbaaaccckk!
Dont you just love this new laptop? PINK!!!

OH YEAH! so after the old one just perished on me while i was on a roll, i went into a deep dark decline.
My darling husband took pity on my sad face and bought this beauty for me to keep me up to speeeeeed!
This darling little "Dell" seems to be super fast, one click and its happening, i am over the moon, to say the least.

I have some news to share so i will be back shortly and i do have a few cards to share which i will load shortly i just wanted to share this new enabler with all my friends. I see you scratching your head, Enabler? it enables me to be a better person by allowing me to share what i do and make lots of cyber friends, lol

smiles
Paola

CANDY!!!!

2011-05-31T19:38:00.002+02:00

WE HAVE A WINNER!! i couldnt copy and paste the numbers here, soo challenged as far as this technology thiny goes, but the random number generator spat out number 61.
Now i have had to go through all the commentors and find out who commented 61st and that is :
CHANTAL
PLEASE SEE THE TOP OF MY PAGE HERE FOR THE EMAIL ME and send me your full postal details so that i can get your candy into the mail asap.
i do feel like a real shmuck since i dont have my laptop and finding my way round this home pc is totally doing my head in so i apologise for not being able to copy and paste the actual draw to this post, i do hope you will understand.

Hi all my faithfuls, yeah thats you my friends that visit and leave comments and make this whole blog worthwhile, i have been dying to get my Candy up since i hit that 500 followers mark a week or two back, but life gets int he way of all good intentions, will update you on Thursday, he he, yes me who is so bad at secrets, has a little secret up my sleeve.

This candy is for my followers and those of you that stumble across my blog and want to follow me.
1)So one of the requirements is to follow my blog: i will be checking, lol
2)Please spread the word on your sidebar or in a little post
3) Leave a comment below so that i can find you again later.
I will, i promise to get my head around this techno thingy and figure out how to use the random org thingy so that it is fair.
One entry per person, and there will be only ONE winner! for this candy!
I will add to this candy during the running course, those will be as per my own discretion for those that i recognise as regular visitors of my blog.
Here's a list of whats up for grabs:
$10 voucher from Mo's fabulous new store: Kindly sponsored by Mo

The following items sponsored by ME!

1 chipboard word book to alter ( FRIENDS)

Box of glimmer chips from Tattered Angels

Tim Holtz clear mosaicz

Tree house printed chipboard junior

Making memories simmer flourish chipboard

Martha Stewart floral pigment ink stack

2x pill boxes filled with various size and color flat backed pearls

Bazzill Basics flowers and flourishes template: ( to used with your rhinestones and pearls)

Pack of adhesive crystals

Basic Grey designer half pearls

Fancy pants acetate overlay

Victoria and Albert clear stamp

Inkadinkadoo clear stamp

Snag em stamp: carriage

Snag em stamp: castle

Stampies set of clear stamps: Mothers

Stampies set of clear stamps: Fathers

Bottle of stickles star dust

3 copic ciao: skin tones: E00, E21, R20

Zig 2 way glue

Please leave a comment below and i will assign numbers to the names at the end of the month for the draw on Tuesday May 31st hopefully by Random org.
Thank you all for your support over the last two years and for all the lovely comments that make blogging a pleasure. I will post worldwide and it shall be marked as a gift without monetary value.
smiles
Paola

Mo's dp 2 challenge

2011-05-26T12:47:00.000+02:00

A reminder that there is a new challenge on Mo's challenge blog looking for pearls and flowers, and this challenge was set by me, unofrtunately i have a tale to tell:
BOOM CRASH!!! my poor laptop has finally decided to give up the ghost! My son the hunny, took my laptop to do an overhaul about three weeks ago, the thing came back working like a demon. It was super fast, everything was one click away, so yesterday morning i had some running around to do and left it on, no problem there, however when i came back to it i noticed that it had fallen into sleep mode, SLEEP MODE? try as i may, i couldnt rouse him , it seem after i called my son the IT doc, the prognosis was very poor. Seems my two year old laptop has seen the last of me. I must have worked the poor thing to death!
So now i am on the home PC thats older than my ancestors and doesnt support the software on my camera, do you think i can find the disc to reload to my home pc, thats no where to be seen.
Oh well will try and get sorted soon, please be patient while i try and sort out this nightmare i call my life.
see y"all soon
smiles
Paola

Magnolia-licious new challenge dt

2011-05-24T08:17:00.000+02:00

Do you ever start a project having something in your minds eye of how it will turn out, finish the project and it doesnt look anything like you were hoping? This is one of those times for me.
We were given a photo inspiration for this challenge:

i loved this picture when i saw it and straight away my mind was racing with ideas. I have used "ribbon haired Tilda #221 mini, available from Magnolia-licious store, the background stamp is a local South African company, "County Crafts" i was so happy with my paper choice and colors, until.... i colored the sky, it really looks like poor Tilda is waiting for a storm, but because of all the lilac tones i couldnt make the sky too blue, and then of course as we all know, we run out of time to redo things.

The team have really done a fantastic job on their cards so please head over to the Magnolia-licous challenge blog to check out the inpiration and join us, i look forward to seeing all the great work.

smiles

Paola

Tilda tags

2011-05-23T17:31:00.000+02:00

This will be one of those real quick posts as i am alone AGAIN! yep my dh is off on another business trip and this time round i am having a hard time getting my head round this idea that he gets to check out from the constant demands of little ones and jet off to sleep in a hotel for a few days and sleep in if the mood stikes him, ah!!! those were the days, when i could sleep all day, lol

Ok on to my tags, they are having a tag challenge on Totally Tilda and since i just needed to do something i decided to make my three tags. I colored my images with my warm gray copics. Each of my images have been cut out. I then stamped a second image and colored parts of the image in color, so that i could then punch out a section of the image and add it to the centre of another stamped magnifying glass, i added some dimensional glaze over this and voila! it actually looks magnified!

These darling little Tilda's are all available from Magnolia-licious store their number and names are listed below:
Tilda with wedding gifts: #249, Christmas Eve Tilda i think that this one is out of stock as i couldnt find it listed and then lastly Christmas party Tilda #3022.
smiles
Paola

Totally gojuss dt

2011-05-21T06:46:00.002+02:00

Time for another challeng on the Totally gorjuss challenge blog and this week, challenge 81 we want to see "Water", anything depicitng water.

When i saw the challenge this week i remembered making a card very similar to this a llllloooonnnnggg time ago and decided to give it another go. When you think of water, dont you think of seeing a reflection in the water? i do!

The image is from Mo's store here, oh i just love this image.

To do this with a digi image is real easy and of course you can since it doesnt come with the clause of not duplicating via a printer. Once you have imorted the image to your document for printing, just flip the view horisontally and print two images, VOILA!! i did however soften the ammount of ink it would print with as i didnt want a crisp image for the reflection, colored my two images identically and then just added a bit of my white gel pen for shimmerz on the water, to give the rippled look of water.

All the embellies are from the stash.
Hope you are inspired to join in with our water challenge
smiles
Paola
Gonna enter this card into the challenge on:
Prairie Fairy Fridays: more that one fold

Mo's dp 2 challenge dt

2011-05-19T07:03:00.004+02:00

We have a new challenge on Mo's dp2 challenge blog, "distressing" you can interpret this however you like, distress the edges with distress inks, rough up the edges, whatever!

For me that means free reign, lol. I used both the distressing techniques i mentioned and had so much fun!
My dear friend Sharon sent me a little parcel sharing her new found wealth of stash, just when i was thinking about what i was gonna make for this challenge. The shaped card base is from Sha, the blue flower i used on the card, from Sha, THANKS HONEY!!

the little leaves that you see around the flower are a new Marianne die that i got a few weeks ago and hadnt really had much of a chance to use.
Since we are distressing and i love the idea of the feathers on the wings of Tuesday"s child, available at Mo's store i thought that the feathers around the edges of my card would give it an added whimsical, distressed look.

the butterfly got a good going over with star dust stickles, and a little bow to finish it off.
The inside of my card just got the feather and another butterfly, i am so pleased with the end result.
Now for my little secret: while this post goes live, it is a scheduled post, i am at the offices of one of the sattelite channels for dstv in SA, we are filming a show of me showing how i use copics, promise when they give me the show on dvd i intend to share it either on my blog or on You tube, sure that will be a good laugh!

Now head over to the Challenge blog and join in this weeks fun
smiles
Paola

Fairy new obsession

2011-05-18T21:11:00.001+02:00

I recieved some fairies in the post the other day after ordering from Sweet pea stamps, let me tell you from a customers perpective, THIER SERVICE IS EXCEPTIONAL! When i ordered i noticed on their site it says to give them time for manufacture, posting etc, i thought, here goes....... its gonna take forever, hell no, i had my stamps within two weeks of my order, and i live in deepest darkest Africa. Thats what i call service.

Ok now onto this amazing new little fairy, "blue Fairy, from Melissa Dillman
Colored with my trusty copics, cut with labels fourteen, her wings got a good going over with stardust sticles

Patterned paper from Graphics 45, you will definitely see more of this gorgeous paper in the future i love it!
Sentiment stamp from LOTV

Ribbon, flowers and butterflies from my stash, i had to color the butterflies to match my card so used my airbrush with copics.
Added some dazzling diamonds to the edges of all my layers.

Gonna enter this card into the following two challenges:
Sweet pea stampers: showers of flowers
In a sweet pea dream: bling it up
smiles
Paola
P.S: i found that the challenge on Crafts and me is anything goes, with an optional extra of Kraft, so am gonna enter this on their challenge, even although i didnt use the kraft paper it is anything goes and the kraft is optional

Easel cake card

2011-05-16T20:30:00.001+02:00

Hells bells i am ot sure if you call this an easel cake card, i dont even remember where i saw it, but there have been a few around of late. There was a tutorial that i came across also, but all in inches and 5/8ths etc, didnt make sense to me so i just did this on a wing and a prayer.

This delightful little image Tilda with small gift is available from Magnolia-licious, however so popular that she is unavailable right now, sure it wont be long before Diana has her back in the store.

I had so much fun putting this together and managed to dig in and use some of my new punches, die cuts, paper and flowers. I also have loads of paint, dont know when or why i thought i was gonna become a Picasso rip off artist, but i have a weakness for anything craft related, sure we all have, lol. I dug into the paints and found this fab puff paint, when you heat it, it puffs up, so i thought it would be great to do the icing with.

I am gonna enter the following challenges with this little ensemble:
Addicted to stamps: Pink and brown
Magnolia down under: Favourite things, mine are all over the place like a rash, pearls, flowers and of course Tilda
DYSU: Add a tag
Just Magnolia: Lace
Thats it for now, have a great week
smiles
Paola