Hoppy Easter

Good evening crafty friends!

I hope you had a lovely Easter (didn't have too many Easter Eggs?) and, if you're in the UK, have been enjoying the fabulous weather - most unusual for a Bank Holiday weekend 😂

It's time for the second half of the All Dressed Up Blog Team to celebrate Wendy's new images, and you are not going to be disappointed. Check these beauties out:

From left to right we have Happy Easter, Little Butterfly Girl, Pretty Lashes and Wedding Balloon. They are all available now over at the All Dressed Up Shop.

I have been lucky enough to play with this gorgeous Easter Bunny, and here is the card I sent to my nieces with their Easter gifts.

My card recipe is as follows:

• Card base - is Cream Centura Pearl which I have cut, scored and folded to make a 10cm square card
• Design Papers - are from my "go to" digital paper place, Pixel Scrapper Digital Scrapbooking. I found a lovely set by Marisa Lerin and used the paper from the Easter Mini Kit and made a digital design using faux stitching and the brown flower from the Easter Elements Kit
• Image - is, of course, Happy Easter by the ever-so-talented Wendy Burns, the artist behind All Dressed Up Digital Stamps. I have brought this cutie to life using a Bonus Colouring Class from the fabulous Alyce at Kit and Clowder and my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers. Alyce provides a bonus colouring class each month for the monthly subscribers of either the Pens or Pencils colouring classes. And her video tutorials make everything so very easy to follow!

For more inspiration using these fabulous new images, please head over to the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog and check out the gorgeous creations by my talented teamies. 

Whilst you're there, don't forget that we have our monthly challenge Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up Image ending on 14th May 2019 and the Facebook Dressy Girls monthly challenge Animal Madness with an All Dressed Up Image ends on 30th April 2019. Entering either or both challenges will give you the chance to win some of Wendy's fabby images 😄

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Challenge #11 - Easter/Anything Goes at Creativ Fusion Arts and Crafts Blog
• April Challenge - Include an Animal at Dragonfly Dreams
• Anything Goes 4 Kids at Send a Smile 4 Kids Challenge
• Challenge #289 - Spring or Fall at Brown Sugar Challenge - I've gone for Spring with this cute Easter Bunny and her pretty flower!
• April Challenge - Easter or Anything Goes at Scrapper's Delights
• Challenge #113 - Spring Celebration at The Card Concept - I would say my style is Clean and Graphic (always a bit more than Clean and Simple!) and I have used the pink/purple colours and bunny as inspiration for this card.

Hope you enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday!

Hugs, Helen x

My Little Japanese Girl

Good evening crafty friends and hope you've been enjoying another lovely weekend.

It's New Release Inspiration Day from the second half of the blog team over at All Dressed Up and Wendy has designed 4 wonderful images which are going to be perfect for your Spring into Summer projects.

From bottom left going clockwise we have Play Day, Counting Sheep, Oriental Girl and Sassy who was only available as a freebie via the Kit and Clowder Facebook Group earlier this month.

I am using this oh-so-very-pretty Oriental Girl, and here's my card:

My card recipe is as follows:

• Card base - is black card which I have cut, scored and folded to make a Free Standing Pop Up Card following this tutorial from SplitcoastStampers
  
• Design Paper - comes from the Kimono Papercrafting CD-Rom
• Image - is Oriental Girl by the very talented Wendy Burns, the artist behind All Dressed Up Stamps. I have brought this gorgeous girl to life using a mixture of Copics and Spectrum Noir Marker Pens. I have used a couple of technique classes from Kit & Clowder to help with my colouring: Skin & Hair Class for the slightly darker skin tone than I normally colour and also a bonus Monochrome Class for the black/grey hair.

I've left this card sentiment free as she's currently destined for my "box" awaiting a recipient!

I do hope that you'll come over to All Dressed Up and maybe treat yourself to a digi or two! And don't forget to enter our challenges. The Blog Challenge is always Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up Image and on the Facebook Page, the April Challenge is Flora and /or Fauna. Hope you'll be able to join us!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Challenge #4 - Anything Goes with option of Dimensional Projects at Crafter's Castle
• Anthing Goes with Patterned Paper at CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge
• April Challenge - Anything but Square at Delicious Doodles
• Challenge #64 - Favouring the Feminine at Scribble Designs Challenges

Have a great week!

Hugs, Helen x

Flowers for you

Good evening crafty friends and hope this post finds you well.

It's New Release Inspiration Day from the second half of the blog team over at All Dressed Up and Wendy has designed 4 wonderful images perfect for all kinds of card, including those "oh-so-tricky" early teenage boys. Here are the images:

From top left going in a clockwise direction there is Busy Little Bee, Little Squeak, Surfs Up and Summer Time - just click on the image name to be taken straight to it in the shop!

I've used Little Squeak for my card this month (as we have a little squeaky house guest with us, having his own holiday whilst his family are away!) and here it is:

My card recipe is as follows:

• Card base - is a pre-made card base in A6 size
• Design Paper - is from a freebie Brambly Hedge download by Crafter's Companion way back in May 2013. Unfortunately it doesn't seem to be on the website any longer 😞
  
• Image - is Little Squeak created by Wendy at All Dressed Up Digital Stamps Esty Store. I have brought this cutie to life using my Spectrum Noir markers  using some of the techniques for texture in the March 2017 Monthly Class from Kit and Clowder before die cutting it using one of my Die'sire Create-a-Card "Emma" dies
• Sentiment - is by Lili of the Valley and comes from the Swirly String Sentiment Set. As mine is a clear stamp rather than digi, I have stamped it directly onto my DP using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
• Ribbon - is from my stash and tied into a double bow using the bow maker on my Ultimate Pro

I hope that I have inspired you to head over to the ADU shop and treat yourself to some of these images, but do head over to the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog to see the other wonderful creations using these 4 new images.

Don't forget that we're hosting our usual Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up Image challenge on the Blog and that our Facebook Teamies are hosting their own challenge for August and the theme is Girlz Rule with an All Dressed Up Image.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Favourite Embellishment and Why at As You Like It Challenge - ummmmm, embellishments? They're the things that everyone puts on their cards to make them look gorgeous and if I try the same, mine look like something the dog brought in - right?!!!!!!! 😅 Having said that, even I can make a piece of ribbon look nice courtesy of the bow making prongs on my Ultimate Pro and a big double bow like on this card hides a multitude of sins, including the fact that my die cut has a straight edge underneath the bow - shhhhhh, don't tell anyone will you!!!!!!!
• Challenge #40 - Animal Kingdom at Craft Rocket Challenges
• Week 429 - Forest Friends at Allsorts Challenge Blog
• Challenge #5 - Anything Goes but Feature a Creature at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies
• Challenge #5 - Anything Goes but must have something related to an Animal at Crafty Animals
• Animals at Dragonfly Dreams

And just in case you were wondering about our house guest, here's a pic of Willy the guinea pig enjoying some spinach!

That's all from me for now - enjoy the rest of your week.

Hugs, Helen x

Way down deep in the middle of the Jungle ...

... I discovered some these friends having great fun!

Good evening crafty friends and it's All Dressed Up New Release Inspiration day! Wendy has again produced 4 stunning images, and us Dressy Girls have been falling over each other to use them!

I'm delighted to share with you Bon Voyage (top left), Jungle Friends (top right), Sea View (bottom left) and Strawberry Patch (bottom right) all available in the All Dressed Store now!

I have been playing with Jungle Friends and here's my project for you, a fun new baby card:

My card recipe is as follows:

• Card base -  is Centura Pearl Ivory made into a "wonky circle rocker" card using the largest rosette from the "nest" on the Ultimate Pro Embossing Board Springtime Sweets and Cupcake Treats which I used as a die, embossing, cutting, scoring, and folding the rosette.
  
• Image - is Jungle Friends by Wendy at All Dressed Up Digital Stamps. I have coloured these cuties using my Spectrum Noir Pens in the listed colours, before die cutting them using an "out of the box" techniques using my largest Die'sire Essentials Circles die.
• Tree and Leaves -CG4, LG5, CG3, TN3, TN7
• Elephant - HB2, HB2, HB3, IB2
• Birds - IB1, IB2, PP6
• Giraffe - CT1, CT3, OR1
• Flowers - PP4, PP6
• Sentiment - is by Debbie at The Crafty Pad (available at Card Making Downloads) and is called Handle with Care which I've cut out and added to the back step of the card.

Do head over to the All Dressed Up Store and treat yourself to one of these beautiful new images and don't forget to check in on the Blog and Facebook Page for more inspiration from the Dressy Girls using these fab images. Our challenges are still running too: on the All Dressed Up Blog we've got our Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up Image challenge and our teamies on the Facebook Page have got their own challenge running until the end of the month and their theme is A World in Bloom. Hope you'll be able to join us!

I would like to enter this project into the following challenges:

• Challenge #2 - Anything Goes at Crafty Animals
• Tic-Tac-Toe at Whoopsi Daisy - I'm claiming the top row of Digi, Sentiment, Embossing
• Challenge #2 - Anything Goes with a Critter at 2 Crafty Critter Crazies
• Challenge #88 - Include an Animal at Creative Craft Cottage
• Challenge #73 - Shaped Cards/Projects at Dies R Us Challenge
• Challenge #92 - Four or More Legs at Sparkles Monthly Challenge
• Challenge #81 - Animals at Crafting with Dragonflies Challenge
• Challenge #122 - Fun Folds at Cut It Up! Challenge
• Challenge #95 - Animals at Aloha Friday Challenge - Kitty Bee Designs

Have a great week!

Hugs, Helen x

Walkies!

Good afternoon blogging buddies and I hope that this post finds you well. If's nearly the end of the Easter holidays here at Casa Mia, but I'm going to enjoy the weekend!

Over at All Dressed Up this afternoon, it's time to see how the second half of the Dressy DT have inspired everyone using the New Release Images for April. As usual, Wendy has outdone herself with some stunning digis, and here they are:

The new images are Butterfly Bunny (top left), Happy 40/50/60th (top right) - and yes you really do get all 3 images for the price of one!, Pretty in Plaits (bottom left) and Spring Walks (bottom right). The links will take you directly to the image in Wendy's Etsy shop.

I've been lucky enough to play with Spring Walks, and here is my card for your inspiration:

My card recipe is as follows:

• Card base - is Centura Pearl Ivory cardstock which I have cut, scored and folded to make a 15cm square card base
• Design Papers - are from the Crafter's Companion Club Inspire October 2016 Download of the Month Times Gone By. This set of shabby chic style papers is a "card companion" meaning all you have to do is press print and affix the result to your card (ideal if you're card making in a hurry) but all 3 papers come individually in the download too, together with some sentiments and ephemera.
  
• Image - is Spring Walks and this girlie and her canine friends out for a walk (perhaps in the Bois de Boulogne 😉!) come from the pen of Wendy Burns, the artist behind All Dressed Up Digital Stamps. I have brought this trio to life using my Spectrum Noir Markers Pens in the listed colours, before fussy cutting them out and adding them to my card.
• Skin - FS2, FS3, FS4, TN4, FS8 (Blush)
• Hair - TN3, EB3, EB8, AP4, Silver Gel Pen
• Top - AP1, AP2, AP4
• Trousers - EB1, EB2, Blender Pen
• Sandals - EB2, EB6
• Small Dog - EB2, EB3, EB6, EB8
• Large Dog - EB1, EB2, EB6, AP4
• Flowers - AP2, AP4, CG2
• Grass - CG2, CG3
• Outline - BT1
• Flower - is made from the same Times Gone By paper as the top layer of my card companion. I have used my Die'sire Classiques Delicate Flower die and then bent all of the petals over to give a 3D effect. I have also popped a small silver gem from my stash in the centre of the flower.

Please do head over to the All Dressed Up Blog where you can see all the New Release Images showcased by the Dressy Girls. And when you've treated yourself to this image, don't forget that the Blog Challenge is running until 14th May where it is always Anything Goes with an All Dressed up Image and the Facebook Dressy Girls have their own challenge and the theme until the end of April is Feature a Creature - this image would be perfect!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Favourite Colour and Why at As You Like It Challenge - I always seem to have a large area of neutral colour on my cards at the mo, and brown/tan/beige/cream seems to be fitting the bill nicely because these neutral shades tone in well with many other colours, pink in the case of this card
• Challenge #49 - Easter/Spring at Animal Friends Challenge
• Challenge #1 - Anything Goes at Crafty Animals
• Challenge #7 - Spring is in the Air at Daisy Chain Challenges
• April Challenge - Shabby Chic or Vintage at Eclectic Ellapu
• Challenge #91 - Your Favourite Colour Combo at Sparkles Monthly Challenge - pink and brown are a classic shabby chic combo and one of my "go to" combo's when inspiration is lacking! I was helped by the card companion here in just the right shades to go with the Vintage AP colours of the girl's top
• April Showers and/or Spring at Crafty Calendar Challenge
• Use Something Digital at Di's Digi Designs Challenge - the image and my papers are digital compositions

I hope you enjoy the weekend!

Hugs, Helen x

I'm going on an Easter Egg hunt!

Good evening crafty friends and hope this post finds you fit and well. Sorry for my slight absence over the last week and a half - I was covering at work for my colleague and then had a surprise 50th Birthday Party planned for Papa Mia who hit the big Five-O last weekend. You might find you get a "post fest" from me, as I try (desperately) to catch up with everything!

It's the second chance to see DT inspiration using Wendy's March Releases over at All Dressed Up, and here are the new images:

Top left is Flowers for Mum, top right is Clunk Clunk, bottom left is Feeling Spoilt and bottom right is Pretty Bonnet and they are all available now over at the All Dressed Up Digital Stamps Etsy store.

I've been given Pretty Bonnet to play with, and here is my inspiration for you:

My card recipe is as follows:

• Card base - is Centura Pearl Snow White Silver which I have cut, scored and folded to make a 15cm square card base
• Paper - is from a retired digital paper collection by Summer at Summertime Designs called It's a Spring Thing. I've used this pretty Floral Paper.
  
• Image - is the very sweet Pretty Bonnet by Wendy at All Dressed Up Digital Stamps. I have brought this cutie and her fluttery friend to life using my Spectrum Noir Markers in the listed colours, before die cutting it using my largest Sizzix Framelits Ovals die.
• Skin - FS2, FS3, FS4, TN4, FS8 (Blush)
• Hair - TN3, EB3, EB8
• Basket - BO1, BO2, BO3, BO4
• Dress - AP1, AP2, AP3, AP4, GB3
• Hat - AP1, AP2, AP3, AP4, IB3, BGR4
• Flowers - GB3, IG1, IG2, CG3, LG5
• Eggs - RB1, GB3, AP2, CG3, IB3
• Butterfly - AP1, TN3
• Banner - is a Die'sire Classique die called Traditional Bunting which I have used to cut the Blue Paper from It's a Spring Thing paper collection
• Ribbon - is from my stash and I've wrapped some around my paper as well as making a bow.

I hope I've inspired you to head over to All Dressed Up Digital Stamps and treat yourself to this image, but if you're in need of any further inspiration then do head over to the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog where my very talented teamies have made some gorgeous creations with this wonderul images. Don't forget we're also hosting our current challenge Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up Image which ends on 14th April. Our Facebook team-mates are hosting their own challenge 1 - 2 - 3 with an All Dressed Up Image on the All Dressed Up Facebook Page until the end of March, and you can combine your entries with both challenges.

I'll be back a little later to link this cutie up to some challenges.

Hope you have a lovely evening!

Hugs, Helen x

Bunny and me

Good afternoon crafty friends and happy Thinking Day/Founder's Day to any friends who are current or former members of any Girl Guide Association or the Scout Association!

To those of you who don't know what I'm talking about, today would have been the birthdays of Lord Robert Baden-Powell (founder of the Scout and Guide movements) and his wife Olave who became the first World Chief Guide. Today is the day when Rainbows, Brownies, Guides, Senior Section members and all leaders are encouraged to participate in activities to learn more about their fellow Guides and Girl Scouts all over the world. Although I'm no longer in uniform, I have been very lucky to have been chosen to represent Girlguiding UK abroad 3 times and I have to say, there is something very, very special about singing Taps at the end of a campfire with 50 other members from many, many different countries, each young woman singing in her mother tongue but to the same tune. Just writing about it now, is making the hairs on the back of my neck stand up! Once a Guide, always a Guide and it is something still special to me.

February sees us celebrating the first new release of 2017 over at All Dressed Up and this month, Wendy has brought us some wonderful images celebrating Love. Of course, Valentine's Day has been and gone for this year, but these delightful images would be a great addition to your stash:

Top left is Love Heart, top right is Some Bunny Loves Me, bottom left is Be My Valentine and bottom right is Little Birdie all available now over at the All Dressed Up Digital Stamps Etsy store.


I have been lucky enough to play with Some Bunny Loves Me, and here's my card:

I've made a K-card which, once made, looks like a variant of a swing card.

My card recipe is as follows:

• Card base - 2 pieces of A5 lightweight card onto which I've printed my papers which came from the January 2017 Download of the Month at Crafter's Companion and this collection is called Be Mine. The front portion of the card has been scored to make an A6 card base, and the middle portion of the card was scored in a concertina fold. I then used the heart embossing shape on my Ultimate Pro to emboss my K/swing portion, cut half of this out and brought it to the front of my card (if you click on the image closeup photo, you can just see the cut marks around the left edge of the white heart!).
  
• Image - is the utterly gorgeous Some Bunny Loves Me by Wendy at All Dressed Up Digital Stamps. I brought this cutie and her little rabbit friend to life using my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Marker Pens in the listed shades, before embossing round them using the same heart shaped template on my Ultimate Pro, cutting them out and fixing them to the swinging portion of my card.
• Skin - FS2, FS3, FS4, TN4, FS8 (Blush)
• Hair - TN3, EB3, EB8
• Bunny and Girl's Bunny Ears - GB8, GB9, GB10, PP3, PP5
• Top - IG1, IG2
• Skirt, Scarf, Hair and Shoe Bows - BT3, BT5, BT9
• Shoes and Belt - True Black
• Pull Along Cart - CR7, CR9, CR11
• Grounding - IG2

So, a really clean and simplish card from me this time; just letting the pretty papers and adorable image speak for themselves 😊

For more ideas using these beautiful images, please head over to the All Dressed Up Blog to check out the other gorgeous creations from my talented teamies and the first half of the Blog Dressy girls showcased these images here.

Don't forget that we've got our current Blog Challenge Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up Image running until 14th March 2017, and the All Dressed Up Facebook Group have their own challenge of Romance and/or Red - why not combine the two by using one of Wendy's newly released images?

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

• February 2017 Challenge - Anything Goes with bonus theme of Love/Friendship at Spectrum Noir Facebook Page
• Friday Challenge 72 - Any Kind of Hearts at Quick Quotes - there are hearts on my card front on the DP and also my aperture and image are heart shaped!
• Challenge #5 - Have a Heart at Daisy Chain Challenges
• February Challenge - All You Need Is Love at Dare2BArtzy
• February Challenge - Love is in the Air at Crafty Calendar Challenge
• Challenge #108 - Simply Love at The Cutie Pie Challenge
• Love/Romance Challenge at Whoopsi Daisy Challenge
• Challenge #124 - Love at Simply Create Too
• February Challenge - Love/Romance at Craftaholics R Us
• Challenge #56 - Love is in the Air at Paper Creator

Hope you have a great evening!

Hugs, Helen x

I Love Christmas!

Good afternoon my crafty friends - hope you are well and are nearly prepared for the Big Day on Sunday. No? Nor me, having been thrown a flanker by some of the stores I thought would be open for late night shopping last night and they in fact closed earlier than I had thought. So here we are on 22nd December, and I still have a few presents to buy - eeeeeek!

It's the second half of the blog team's turn to showcase this month's New Release images at All Dressed Up and this time Wendy has some fabulous wintery images perfect for your December crafting! I've been lucky enough to have a go with Merry and Bright and here's my card for you:

My card recipe is as follows:

• Card base - is Centura Pearl Ivory which I have cut, scored and folded to make a 14 x 15 cm card base
• Paper - is from the CD-Rom which came with the Winter 2015 issue of Crafter's Inspiration magazine. It's a shaped card from the Romany Christmas part of the CD and I've given it a bit of a digital "makeover" to have the hessian background on the right hand side of the tree and less on the left
  
• Image - is Merry and Bright by Wendy, the artist behind All Dressed Up Digital Stamps. I have brought this girl enjoying a Christmassy evening to life using my Spectrum Noir Pens in the listed colours, before die cutting her using my largest Sizzix Oval Die and working out which bit of the tree to cut so I could layer it on top of my die cut. Once adhered in place, I then trimmed the bottom and side edges of the die cut to match the edge of the paper.
• Skin - FS2, FS3, FS4, TN4, FS8 (Blush)
• Hair - CT1, CT4, GB3, GB7
• Hairband - CR9, CT4, TN3, TN8
• T-shirt - IG1, IG2, CR9
• Trousers - BG1, BG3, BG5, Blender Pen
• Glass - GB2
• Presents - EB1, EB2, PL1, PL2, PL4, PL5
• Grounding - IG1
• Outline - BT1
• Gems - from my stash completed the garlands on the tree

I hope I have inspired you to treat yourself to a new image or two, but if you are need of further inspiration, please head over to the Challenge Blog and see what the other Dressy Girls have done with these fab images.

Don't forget that we have a new Blog Challenge running until 15th January 2017 and it's always Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up Image, and the Facebook Dressy's have their Challenge running until 31st December and their topic is Sparkle!

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas at CD Sunday - if only I looked this cool and organised on Christmas Eve!!!!!!!!!
• Challenge #146 - Christmas at Dream Valley Challenges
• Time for Christmas at Melonheadz Friends
• Christmas/Winter Holidays at Whoopsi Daisy
• Anything Christmas Goes December at Jingle Belles
• Challenge #184 - Anything Christmas Goes at A Gem of a Challenge
• Challenge #72 - Get your Christmas On at Crafting with Dragonflies

Hope you find some time to join us over the festive period!

Hugs, Helen

And Now For Something Completely Different !

And readers of a certain age may well, like me, be humming the theme tune to Monty Python's Flying Circus at this point!

Good evening my crafty friends and hope that this post finds you well.

It's the second showcase of this month's New Release images at All Dressed Up and this time Wendy has outdone herself with 4 fantastic images just begging to go on your Christmas projects! If you missed the first DT showcase of the new images then click here to see the wonderful inspiration we have lined up for you.

I'm thrilled to share Christmas Snow Globe (top left), Christmas Tree Fairy (top right), My First Christmas (bottom left) and the sensational Party Season (bottom right) and just click on the image name to be taken straight to it in the shop. I can tell you that a high number of the DT girls were falling over themselves to play with the gorgeous party girlies first 😉 !!!!!!

I was asked to showcase Christmas Snow Globe and I thought I could do a shaker card but I didn't want to detract from the pretty card Nancy did. Then I thought I could do a rocker card but that didn't look like it was going to work out properly. So then Mr Mojo went into complete overdrive and I found myself unwittingly heading towards my Shrinkles Plastic and this Tree Ornament was the result:

My ornament recipe is as follows:

• Base - is a sheet of Shrinkles Plastic cut to around 13 x 14 cm which I had calculated using my Shrinkles Magic Ruler (my tutorial is here which gives some tips on how to make and use it) would leave me with a finished project size of 4.5 x 5 cm once the plastic had shrunk in the oven
  
• Image - is Christmas Snow Globe by Wendy at All Dressed Up Digital Stamps which I printed out at about 12cm and then I used masking tape to fasten my square of plastic over the printed image. I then used my Spectrum Noir Pens in the listed colours to bring this fawn and her clearing to life, using several techniques in the November 2016 Monthly Markers Colouring Class at Kit and Clowder. I cut a narrow border around the snowglobe, punched a hole in the top to hang it and then "cooked" my plastic in the oven to shrink it as per the manufacturer's instructions
• Fawn - EB2, EB3, EB5, True Black
• Flower Spray - CR8, CR11, DG4
• Trees - DG2, CG4, DG3, DG4, TN4, TN7, TN9 
• Snow - IG1, TB1, TB4
• Snowflakes - TB1 and Glitter Embossing Powder
• Star - LY3
• Outlines - True Black
• Ribbon - is from my stash

I hope I have inspired by to head over to the shop and treat yourself to a new Christmas-y image. Don't forget that once you've coloured your image up you can enter it into the Celebrations with an All Dressed Up Image Challenge over on the All Dressed Up Facebook Page (until 30th November 2016) and/or enter it into the current Blog challenge, Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up Image (running until 14th December 2016).

Can't wait to see your creations with these fabulous foursome!

I would like to enter this decoration into the following challenges:

• Week 390 - O Christmas Tree  at Allsorts Challenge Blog
• CHNC 308 - Cute or Anything Goes as long as it's Christmas at Crafty HazelNuts Christmas Challenge
• Poinsettias or Snow is Falling at Winter Wonderland - I think I can possibly claim both with the floral arrangement on the fawn's head and the softly falling snowflakes (embossed with glitter) coming down !

Hope you have a great week.

Hugs, Helen x

There's Magic in the Air!

Good evening crafty friends!

Hope everyone is well. Phew, we've made it - half term beckons, so it's a week off from the alarm clock! :oD If you've already had half term in your area, sorry :o( !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's New Release Inspiration time at All Dressed Up and Wendy has drawn 4 super-cute digis that are perfect for October crafting - you may have already seen the first New Release Inspiration post (click here if you haven't as you don't want to miss the wonderful creations by half the Blog DT!) and now it's time for the other half of the Blog DT to have fun with these images:

Top left is Double the Trouble, top right is Have a Magical Evening, bottom left is Little Birdie and bottom right is Monsterific and if you click on each image name you will taken straight to that image in the shop!

I've been working with Have a Magical Evening and here's my card:

My card recipe is as follows:

• Card base - is black cardstock which has been cut, scored and folded to make a DL cardbase
• Design Paper - is by Summer at the now closed Summertime Designs. This paper comes from Summer's digital kit Happy Halloween and is called Web Paper
  
• Image - is the super cute witch Have a Magical Evening drawn by Wendy at All Dressed Up Digital Stamps. I've brought this swinging witch to life using my Spectrum Noir Pens in the listed colours before adding a dash of white glitter to the moon and stars:
• Skin - FS2, FS3, FS4, TN4, FS8 (Blush)
• Hair - IG1, IG2, IG3, CR1, OR3, TN4
• Hat - FS5, CR1, OR3, TN4, TN8, IG3, IG5, IG7, IG9
• Dress and Boots - IG3, IG5, IG7, IG9
• Underskirt and Stockings - FS5, CR1, OR3, TN4, TN8
• Moon - IG1, IG2, IG3
• Outline - IG1, IG2
• Black Ribbon - from my stash

I hope I've inspired you to head over to the Esty Store and pop this cutie in your basket, but if you're in need of further inspiration please head over to the Blog and check out the other beautiful creations by my clever teamies.

Don't forget that we have our Anything Goes with an All Dressed Up Image Challenge on the blog until 14th November 2016 and the Facebook Dressie Girls are hosting their Halloween/Autumn challenge until 31st October 2016.

I've been inspired by and would like to enter the following challenge:

• Sketch #374 at Tuesday Morning Sketches - I have flipped the sketch so my image and bow are on the opposite sides to yours!
• Halloween Colours at Spectrum Noir Facebook Page

I would also like to enter the following challenges:

• October Challenge - Halloween at Crafty Calendar Challenge
• Halloween at Di's Digi Designs Challenge
• Challenge #120 - Black + One other Colour at Inkspiration Challenges
• Aloha Friday Challenge #83 - Halloween at Kitty Bee Designs
• Challenge #151 - Orange you glad it's Autumn (with ribbon) at Really Reasonable Ribbon
• Halloween at The Stamping Boutique Challenge
• Challenge #448 - Halloween at Cute Card Thursday
• Challenge #269 - Halloween at The Paper Shelter

Hope you have a great weekend!

Hugs, Helen x