Please look at my creations and I welcome any comments or questions.

I hope you find some inspiration here!

Sunday 23 January 2011

Lili Of The Valley Blog Candy

I can't seem to put the Ideas to Inspire sidebar banner on my website so I hope that this will be ok.

Lili Of The Valley are holding a Blog candy for a £10 voucher for their site. It's open until Wednesday! Check it out here: http://ideastoinspire.blogspot.com/.

xx Mia xx

Saturday 22 January 2011

Country Companions Card

Just a quick card. This card is for the following challenges

I used the new Country Companions Collection for this card and the sentiment.

xx Mia xx

Bugaboo Baby Card

I wanted a cute baby image for the next card and I couldn't find anything suitable so I went to my trusty digi stamps site Bugaboo and found this little darling. I made this card for the following challenges;


I used a Heidi Grace Kit I purchased last year from QVC for the papers and flowers. The image was coloured with Promarkers and I added buttons from the Papermania Capsule collection to the center of the flowers. The ribbon and bow is from the new Spring time Forever Friends collection. The die cut is a Marianne's die.

xx Mia xx 

Clean and Simple!

This card is for the following challenges;


I made this card using the Penny Black stamp "Cupful of Love" and coloured it using Promarkers. For the small added embellishment at the top of the card I used some Craft Work cards embossed card and ribbon and a bow from the Papermania Capsule Collection.

xx Mia xx

Hanglar & Stanglar Valentine

This card is for the following challenges:

This card was made using papers, embellishments and greetings from the Country Companions collection and a Hanglar and Stanglar image which I coloured using Promarkers. I also added glitter glue to the flowers on the background paper and the heart.

xx Mia xx

Forever Friends Birthday Card

This card is made for the following challenges:

I used papers, sentiment and decoupage from the Forever Friends collection and cut the footballs out of the design papers.

xx Mia xx

Thursday 20 January 2011

My first Hanglar Stanglar Card

Before listing which challenge this card is for I just wanted to say thank you to Katt Buick who stamped a few sets of Hanglar Stanglar images for me to use on my cards please check out her items here.


This card is for the following challenges;


All the papers are from the Papermania collosal paper stack (sorry I can't remember the exact name). I used one of the images I received from Katt and coloured it using the colours from the Colour Q challenge using Promarkers and a gold pen. The heart die cuts are made using a Spellbinders die and the greeting is from one of the Country Companions Lovers Lane Collection. The plain card is from the DCWV Jewel cardstock stack.

xx Mia xx

Tuesday 18 January 2011

Technology, Aaah!!

There was supposed to be photos with this post but my camera is playing up so I will upload them asap!!

Edit: Yay - photos!


This card is for the following challenges:
I used a Magnolia stamp which I coloured with Promarkers. The papers are from a DCWV Summer Kit that I bought from QVC last year. Its a really good kit and came in a very cute drawer box which I keep everything in. The embellishments are also from this kit.

xx Mia xx

Sunday 16 January 2011

Quote card

This card is for the following challenges:

I used papers and stamps from the Forever Friends Christmas collection and a charm I purchased from eBay and some ribbon from my crafty stash.

xx Mia xx

Edwin Tag Card

I made this card for the following challenges:
 
I made this card using a Magnolia image which I coloured using Promarkers, the greeting is from a Penelope and Percy clear stamp set and the stars are from the Forever Friends Cosy & Warm clear stamp set. The red stamping is done with a sparkly dew drop ink pad. The papers are from Magnolia and Forever Friends Christmas collection.

xx Mia xx

Baby Card

This card is for the following challenges:

I used a Tiddylinks image for the focus of the card and is coloured with Promarkers and a little added glitter glue sparkle. The brown striped paper is from the Hawthorn & Bramble DoCrafts paper collection and the blue is from the Papermania Capsule Collection. The buttons and bow are also from the Capsule collection. The greeting is from Lili of the Valley.

xx Mia xx

Fairy Thank You

This card is for the following challenges:

This card is made using one of my favourite Lili of the Valley stamps and coloured using Promarkers, the greeting is also from LOTV. The Glitter card (Lavender) is from American Crafts and the papers are from the Hawthorn & Bramble DoCrafts collection. The gems are from Hunkydory and I added some extra sparkle using glitter glue.

xx Mia xx

Saturday 15 January 2011

Snowy Tilda Hugs

This card is for the following challenges:

I used papers from the Forever Friends Christmas collection and the sparkly dotty vellum is from my local craft shop Sew Simple. I used a Marianne's designs to cut the silver circle design and a Cuttlebug embossing folder to make the dotty blue circle behind the main design. I used Promarkers to colour the Tilda image and added glitter glue. The silver ribbon is also from Sew Simple and the greeting is from the Forever Friends Cosy Christmas collection.

xx Mia xx

New Colour Scheme

I made this card for the following challenges:


I have never put these three colours together before put once I found these papers, buttons and bow from the Papermania Capsule Collection and put them together I really started to like it. The orange flowers are also from this collection and the turquoise ones are from a QVC kit. The main image of the turtle is from Bugaboo and the Happy Birthday greeting is from Lili Of The Valley. Of course I then had to add some sparkle in the form of glitter glue.

xx Mia xx

Sunday 9 January 2011

Tinkerbell Card

I made this card using Decoupage and backing papers from the Studio Light faeries set.


I also added a little bit of glitter glue to the card and embossed the green portion using a Cuttlebug spotty embossing folder.


This card is for the challenge at The Cuttlebug Spot which asked for something inspired by a book so I went for a Peter Pan.

xx Mia xx

Winter Wonderland

This card has been made using all Bo Bunny papers and embellishments from the Winter Joy Collection. I also used some jewels from Papermania.


The circles are cut using Spellbinders dies. This card is for the Mojo Monday sketch.

xx Mia xx

Green, Gold & Silver

I made this card for the following challenges:


I picked up the patterned papers from my local craft store and they are from craft creations. I recycled the gold and silver ribbon from a Birthday cake and the greeting is cut from the backing paper. On the small piece of backing paper I added some silver swirls which is a Magnolia stamp and the parcels are a Forever Friends stamp. I added silver Kanban jewels and I coloured the Tilda image in Promarkers and gold and silver pens.

xx Mia xx

Cupcake Card

This card is for the following challenges:

I used a Papermania Cupcake card blank, some Nitwits Papers and Papermania jewels. I also used a piece of lace I bought from my local craft shop, Sew Simple. The Tilda image I coloured with Promarkers.

xx Mia xx

Notecards and Card

This card and gift box are for the following challenges:

Note cards
  •  3D Gift and Matching Card (Gift box and note cards) - Fussy & Fancy
Gift Box
Card

I used the Winter Joy Collection from Bo Bunny for all the papers and embellishments. The jewels are from Papermania and the glittery purple ribbon was from my local craft store. I coloured the Tilda image with Promarkers and used some more of the Bo Bunny paper for her dress.

xx Mia xx

Saturday 8 January 2011

Snowy Magnolia

This card is for the following challenges:


  • Old Stash - Cute Card Thursday (blue and silver card, card blank and Spellbinders dies)

I made this card using a Spellbinders die for the snowflakes. The sparkly silvery paper and silver ribbon are from my local craft store. The Magnolia image I purchased from Crafts U Love (see the sidebar). I used Promarkers and a piece of the sparkly paper to fill in the Tilda image. I also used some buttons from the Papermania Capsule Collection.

xx Mia xx

Wedding Cake

This card is for the following challenges:

I used a new set of stamps from Papermania to make the cake and added pearls, ribbons and flowers from my local craft shop Sew Simple. I also used some gold patterned card from my craft stash (I can't remember where I got it from) and some gold angel hair from Papermania. The patterned papers are also from Papermania and the lemon sorbet collection.

xx Mia xx

Wednesday 5 January 2011

Baby Card

This card is for the following challenges:

The papers are from the Nitwits Holiday Magic collection and the image is a Digi Stamp from Tiddlylinks. I coloured the image with Promarkers and added a little glitter glue and jewels from Kanban. The border punch is from Martha Stewart and the flowers are from a QVC kit I purchased last year.

xx Mia xx

House Mouse

This card is for the following challenges:

I used a decoupage image and background paper for the House Mouse range as does the greeting. I kept it simple and just added the banner.

xx Mia xx