Wyanet (DT) DTDF

Morning all!  A bit earlier for me today but it's dad's birthday and, knowing me, I will be finishing wrapping his presents before we pop over later today with the gifts and some cake!

Today, for my DIES TO DIE FOR make, I am using this little sweetie

So the main ingredients for this are:

Whimsy Stamps (Wee Stamps) - Wyanet (Beautiful)

MFT Die-Namics Blueprints 13

MFT Die-Namics Homespun Stitch Lines

Impression Obsession For You

I painted the image with my usual Distress Inks (ReInkers)

I used some linen card for the matting layer and also the underlay (?) to put the blue behind

the zig-zag holes and coloured both with Copic colours.  I tried to match as near as possible to the Distress Ink colours.  I coloured a scrap of it to use for the die-cut words too, so for me, this is just about coordinated!

Now, Mr Toad has a narrow gauge model railway.  It's been getting bigger, and now he

has ventured into the realms of building scenery.  Scenery (rocks and cliffs at the moment) that involve wet plaster and silicon moulds.

  They come out white and looking like lumps of chalky plaster.

The sets come with little pots of paints.

HOWEVER

He has now decided that the colours of some of my Distress Inks are better.

I've told him to buy his own!

Have a super weekend all

Hugs

Squirrel xx

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In The Pink (DT) Flower Power

Morning all.  I have been a terrible blogger recently and only seem to be popping up on Thursdays with Design Team pieces.  I promise I will try harder, but my change of jobs in April means I have fewer hours in my day now, which makes evening blogging much more of a challenge!  Anyhoo, it's a Thursday, so here I am with another Design Team make.

It's a new challenge from those lovely ladies over at IN THE PINK and this time around the challenge is a perennial favourite (the gardeners among you will spot that pun) and it is FLOWER POWER.

It's up to you how you use flowers on your make, but we want PINK and we want FLOWERS!

Here is my DT make:

So, I have used Dyanne from Whimsy Stamps/Wee Stamps

and painted her with Distress Inks (ReInkers) with some Polychromos assistance

Papers are Nitwits from LOTV (now retired sadly)

The flowery border punch on the gingham is a Martha Stewart punch

and the white daisy border is also a Martha Stewart punch

Custom sized card base

I've not added a sentiment as she could be used for so many occasions

Our sponsor for this petalicious challenge is BUGABOO STAMPS

Looking forward to seeing you there.

Hugs to all

Squirrel xx

AYLI (DT) Favourite Papers

Hello AYLIers, it's your favourite day chaps, time for a new challenge with the talented

AS YOU LIKE IT team

This time the challenge is a tough one, it's your Favourite Papers - and please remember that you need to tell us why they are your favourites.

What a silly thing to make us choose!  Favourite papers, favourite pet, same thing.  OK, if I am forced to make a decision based on what papers do I go to most often, then it's going to be Nitwits, which is what I used for this card.....or Dovecraft, which I didn't.

So for this I have used one of the Flower Fairies from Wee Stamps

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) to match with the

Country Lady paper pad from Nitwits (sold by LOTV)

Sentiment is by Kaisercraft

Top die is from Tonic, one of a set of three

and the one underneath that is a Joanna Sheen edger die I think

and of course we have a super sponsor for the challenge and it is

Crafts U Love

£10 voucher

It's your turn now, you have two weeks to rummage through that stash of papers and choose YOUR favourite!

Hugs to all

Squirrel xx

In The Pink (DT) Fly Away

Morning all, I hope you are all feeling in the pink today, because it's a new IN THE PINK challenge!

The post title might be a bit of a give-away but I am thrilled to tell you that I am now a Pink Lady.  I am doing a job share with my talented blog buddy Annette so you will see us in turns as the challenges go on.

So, for my first official appearance the theme is

FLY AWAY

that's things with wings please

I love these Flower Fairies from Wee Stamps - they are just adorable, and suit pink so well!

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers) with Polychromos Pencils for her hair and flowers, and a sprinkle of Glamour Dust on her wings

Lucy Cromwell papers

Chalked clouds by me

Die-Namics double stitched circle die, Tonic scalloped circle die, Lawn Fawn Puffy Clouds border dies, Die-Namics brushstrokes word die

Of course you want to know who the sponsor is, and it's the lovely Nikki at

BUNNY ZOE'S CRAFTS with a £10 voucher

So come on, you have two weeks to get your wings on and be pink!

Hugs

Squirrel xx

All of a dither

Morning all.  Hope this finds you well - halfway through the week (almost) so nearly the weekend, wheee!

Actually, it's the weekend that has had me all of a dither.  There is a wedding on Toad's side of the family, his nephew in fact, so there was a certain amount of implied pressure for a wedding card to be made.  However, it wasn't all that straightforward as we have been lead to believe that the bride has either been married before, or in a long term relationship, and she has children.  The wedding is a registrar affair in a country house, so it's not all meringues and flounce, well, we don't know for sure, so the card was a bit of a puzzle.

Did I do a normal wedding, a more modern theme, something completely different?  There were two or three dry runs and in the end I thought, oh to heck with it, a wedding's a wedding after all.

So, I have used Whimsy/Wee Stamps - Love Me Do

Painted in Distress Inks (ReInkers), Polychromos and A Wink Of Stella

Sentiment is from LOTV Quotables: Love clear stamps set

Papers are LOTV/Nitwits Petal Fresh and Frosty Christmas (the blue, honestly)

Love die from Whimsy, corner die a magazine freebie

MFT In & Out Stitched Rounded Corner die

and a smudging of Antique Linen Distress Ink around the layers to soften it all up

Toad will be travelling down to the wedding by train.  I'm not going, for various reasons, but we don't feel that we can leave Rosie for such a long day on her own just yet.  Which means, she and I get a crafty day together!

Anyhoo, that's me done for midweek - hope the rest of yours goes well.

Hugs to all

Squirrel xx

Springtime

Morning all.  Well, me and Rosie have been to the vet this morning for her vaccinations.  I had bought a pair of leather gardening gloves in readiness for getting her in the carrier but with a little encouragement from some Dreamies treats I didn't actually need them.  I am pleased to say that even though she howled all the way there, she was putty in the vet's hands (I would have been too, he's very handsome) and she had her vaccine and worming tablet without a squeak.  I am very proud of her.  The return visit in three weeks for the top-up might be a different matter though!

It's said that great minds think alike, and I notice that my bloggy pal Annette has posted a card using the same image today!

This cutie is Springtime from Whimsy/Wee Stamps

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

I have used my favourite dies of the moment

MFT In & Out Stitched Rounded Corner Squares

a border punch from Martha Stewart

Petal Party dies from Memory Box

and a lot of Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet Distress Inks with a blending sponge

Sentiment is from LOTV

and the sparkly gems from my stash

In The Pink - Fussy And Fancy or Clean And Simple

Hope you are having a super day

Hugs to all

Squirrel xx

Without Words (DT) February

Hello chaps!  What a wonderful way to start the week - a new challenge from Without Words!

As it is February, the month of lurrrve, our theme at the challenge is Je t'aime

Yes, we want you to be saying "I love you"

It doesn't have to be Valentine, it could be for a friend, a parent, a sibling, or even a pet, but we want to see you getting loved up and romantic.

Here is my DT card

So, this is one of the four Wee Playful Kittens by Sylvia Zet

Painted with Distress Inks (ReInkers)

Sentiment is Paper Smooches

Shaped die is Spellbinders

Stitched circle die is MFT Die-Namics

and that really is it - small but perfectly formed, lol

We would love you to join in with the challenge but please do remember to check on the rules first, and step away from those pesky embellishments!

Hugs to all

Squirrel xx