A Birthday Card .................

 

My daughter's birthday is between Christmas and New Year, and I thought the Polkadoodles pre-coloured image of Winnie Bearing Gifts was perfect for her.  I used the pre-coloured image on the front of the card, but the black/white image on the inside with a personal message.     The silver star has been punched from the same sparkly silver card I used as a backing for the gogeous ice skate paper which is from the Winnie Winterland Big Kahuna Digital Download set   The tag is from the same set, and I added the message using my computer

This photo shows the inside of the card

I added some lace, ribbon, flowers, leaves, berries and a clear sparkly button tied with silver twine which were all from The Ribbon Girl who are currently having a 50% off closing down sale

Thanks for visiting

Mary G xx

Party time ........

There is a new challenge over at Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Challenge with a nice prize for the winner.  I hope you will find time to join us and if you pop over to the blog I'm sure you will be inspired.  The DT were tasked with creating something on the theme of 'Party Time' and I thought the image of Winnie on this card was just the ticket!

I made a birthday card using Winnie 'Birthday Balloon' image from Polkadoodles 'Winnie Celebrations 1 collection' on some pretty 'happy birthday'  co-ordinating paper from the same kit.

I added some 15mm pink ribbon, 25mm white daisy lace, an 18mm sparkly button tied with silver twine.  The flowers include 30mm wild rose in pale pink and blue, 20mm open roses in pale pink and blue, rose and daisy leaves and some tiny rosebuds from The Ribbon Girl who are now having a 50% off closing down sale

Thanks for visiting today, see you soon

Mary G x

Vintage Christmas ornament ....

A Vintage style Christmas tree ornament with 10mm flower flatback pearl trim around the edge, rose and holly leaves, a faux snowy fir cone, coral pink 20mm paper rose, rust medium rosebud, green satin edge sheer and pink/gold chevron ribbon all from The Ribbon Girl

thanks for looking, see you soon

Mary G xx

Christmas card

A Christmas card using digital paper from Polkadoodles 'Winnie Winterland' collection embellished with 15mm red satin, 25mm satin edge sheer ribbon, gold twine, holly leaves, Donna ivory cotton lace and double ended red berries all from The Ribbon Girl

thanks for looking, see you soon

Mary G x

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ............

A green and gold 'exploding box' today, its my DT project for the Polkadoodles Digi Choosday Challenge.  It is an 'anything goes' challenge and while the DT were tasked with making something with the theme 'it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas'  you can be inspired by whatever you wish. I hope you will be able to join in, and there is some great inspiration over on the challenge blog!   I used paper from the 'Winnie Winterland' Paper Heaven 2' collection,  and images from the 'Baked with Love' Design Sheet Digital Craft Download Kit.    I used one of the tag images on the lid and added some text, then finished off the lid with some lace, ribbon, pearls, flowers, leaves and random sparkle ivory ribbon.

I cut the pieces for the actual exploding box from two colours of dark green card, then adhered squares of shiny gold mirri card before adding the cute images which were punched from one of the sheets I printed.  The centre of the box holds a small clear 2-part acrylic bauble which I filled with gold tinsel and a gold wrapped ferrero roche chocolate - a nice surprise to find when the lid is removed!  The bauble can be hung on the tree even when the chocolate has been eaten :-)

Here is a close up of one of the jolly images - there are so many of them to choose from and the Baked with Love set I used is very inexpensive, especially considering what you get.

Thank you for visiting my blog, and I really hope you will make the time to join us for this 'anything goes' challenge. 

I will enter this project into the following challenges

Card Addicts Grand Finale December Challenge
Merry Little Christmas Challenge
Through the Craftroom Door Challenge

see you soon, 

Mary G xx

More mini lanterns ....

Another batch of mini lanterns filled with Ferrero Roche chocolate and decorated with holly leaves, deep lilac wild roses, 25mm white organza with silver stars, silver twine all from 

The Ribbon Girl

thanks for looking,

see you soon

Mary G x

3 more gift pouches ............

 

Gift pocket using  LOTV xx  art sheet on Watercolour Dots paper.  I added Maisie 30mm white cotton lace, navy 25mm satin ribbon, silver/white chevron ribbon, 38mm silver lame ribbon, silver twine, white snowflake button and some 3-row 15mm silver flower trim all from The Ribbon Girl

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations Challenge
Merry Little Christmas Challenge
Through the Craftroom Door Challenge

For this pocket I used 55mm Emma ivory guipure lace, 15mm honey gold/gold snowflake ribbon, holly leaves, poinsettia and gold flake ribbon all from The Ribbon Girl.  The image is from the Cosy Christmas  artsheet on Vintage Christmas paper

Gift pocket using the LOTV Vintage Christmas papers and image from Woodland Scenes artsheet.  I added 25mm burgundy satin ribbon,  'Grace' ivory guipure lace, gold stripe ribbon, 17mm gold star trim, gold/ivory chevron ribbon, 25mm random ivory glitter ribbon, holly leaves and a 35mm burgundy cottage rose all from The Ribbon Girl.

Thanks for looking,

see you soon,

Mary G xx

Snowflakes ..................

There's a new challenge over on the Digi Choosday Challenge Blog  (#Week 47) and I hope you will pop over and join us.  There is some great inspiration from the design team.   It's an 'anything goes' challenge but the design team were challenged to make something with 'snowflakes' as the main theme.

I made this aqua-blue and white Christmas card using the cute snowman, tree and tree baubles from the Polkadoodles Winnie Winterland Embellies Digital Download  set and used the gorgeous snowflake digital background paper 'Paper Heaven 1'  

I added tiny white pompom trim and silver/white chevron ribbon.  The bow included a white holly leaf, a 25mm diamante snowflake, white organza with silver star ribbon and more of the silver chevron ribbon.

I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge, there's a lovely prize

I'd like to enter the following challenges:
Creative Inspirations Challenge
Merry Little Christmas Challenge
Through the Craftroom Door Challenge
 

Thanks for visiting my blog

see you soon

Mary G xx

Feed the birds .........

Gift card/pocket with image from LOTV 'Girlie Christmas' art sheet on Grey Frosty Christmas paper.  Embellishments include 25mm red satin, 38mm silver lame, white ruffled trim, 15mm silver flower trim, holly leaves, poinsettia all from The Ribbon Girl

thanks for visiting, see you soon,

Mary G x

Festive friends ......

I chose crisp red and white for this gift pouch, adding 25mm red satin ribbon, 38mm silver flake ribbon and 17mm white 'Laila' vintage style cotton lace topped with a bow made from 38mm silver lame, red check ribbon, a white snowflake button and some 3mm red satin.  I used an image from the LOTV 'Festive Friends' artsheet matted onto 'Scandi Christmas'  paper for this gift pouch.  

Thanks for looking,

see you soon,

Mary G x

The cutest little penguins ....

A Christmas gift pocket with 38mm silver lame, 25mm red satin, 38mm white silky crush, 35mm Christmas rose, green holly leaves, 25mm white satin and 15mm silver sparkle trim all from www.ribbongirl.co.uk

The image and the paper is from the LOTV  Christmas Mix artsheet and the paper is from the 8x8 Grey Frosty Pack.

Thanks for looking, see you soon

Mary G x

This wise little owl is keeping warm with his hat and scarf ......

This plump little owl (from Woodland Scenes LOTV Artsheet ) is keeping warm with his hat and scarf.  I've trimmed this pocket with 38mm faux hessian ribbon, holly organza, cream/gold chevron ribbon, an 18mm rusty bell tied with natural button twine, a snowy fir cone, red oval double ended berries, brown tea dyed cotton ribbon, brown tea towel stripe ribbon, a holly leaf and some white/green speckled berries

Thanks for visiting, see you soon,

Mary G xx

The fox has got his (Santa) hat on .....

I used another image from the Woodland Scenes artsheet on Vintage Christmas 8x8 paper for this pouch.  I trimmed it with 38mm silver lame,   25mm red satin, 38mm 'Jessica' white guipure lace, white silky crush ribbon, white/silver chevron ribbon, double ended oval berries, a white poinsettia, white and green holly leaves.

Thanks for visiting,

see you soon,

Mary G x

Stay warm and cosy little penguin .....

 

This gift pouch in girly colours has the sweetest little penguin having his scarf put on to keep him warm :-)  The image is from the Cosy Christmas Art Sheet from LOTV on 'Galaxy Stars'  8x8 paper pack.    I trimmed this with 38mm silver lame, 25mm blackberry satin, 38mm Phoebe white guipure lace, 23mm lilac organza, a small piece of silver tinsel, some silver twine and a very pretty lilac and white cottage rose

close up of the bow and flower

Thank you for visiting my blog,

see you soon,

Mary G xx

Squirrel gift pouch ......

A gold and green gift pouch trimmed with 35mm Amelia ivory vintage style lace, various gold ribbons, tied with gold twine  (ribbons include gold/ivory chevron, gold metallic edge cream satin, honey gold satin with gold snowflakes, 38mm gold flake ribbon) a Christmas Rose and some green holly leaves. 

The paper is from the LOTV 'Vintage Christmas' 8x8 pack, and the cute image is from the LOTV Art Sheet 'Woodland Scenes'

Thank you for visiting

see you soon

Mary G x

A winter scene .....

I've really enjoyed my time as a Guest DT for Polkadoodles and for this challenge the brief was to create a scene. I used the adorable image 'Polar Friends' from the Winnie Winterland Collection https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-winterland-polar-fri…/ The trees and the cute reindeer are from the Winnie Winterland Embellies collection https://www.polkadoodles.co.uk/winnie-winterland-embellies…/ The scene I created was matted onto sparkly silver card, then some forest green card on a 5 x 7 white card. 

I added forest green satin edge sheer, white/silver chevron and white ruffle edge ribbons, white holly leaves,  snowy fircones and a really sparkly diamante snowflake all from The Ribbon Girl

I hope you will have time to pop over to the Polkadoodles Craft Challenge and be inspired by the lovely makes by the DT.  I am looking forward to seeing what you create!

Thanks for looking,

see you soon,

Mary G xx

Pink and Frosty gift pouch ........

 

A vintage themed gift pouch in pink and silver.  I added 38mm silver lame and 25mm pale pink satin ribbon with some white guipure lace*.  The bow is 38mm silver lame topped with 50mm Pink Twinkle bow topped with a 25mm diamante flatback snowflake.  

close up of the bow and sparkly snowflake

*this particular lace is out of stock but there are lots of other guipures in white and ivory in the store

Ho Ho Ho .......

A gift pouch made with 'North Pole' image art sheet and 'Frozen Snowflakes' paper pack from LOTV

trimmed with 38mm faux hessian ribbon, blue/white striped grosgrain, an 18mm rusty bell, pale blue satin ribbon, black/white divine twine and sky blue/cream rustic check ribbon all from www.ribbongirl.co.uk

Enchanted Unicorn birthday card ....

 

I hope you can join in with The Ribbon Girl November 'anything goes' challenge - I've made a birthday card and used Monique 55mm Guipure Lace, 25mm and 15mm Aqua satin ribbon, an 18mm round brilliant cut sparkly button tied on with silver twine, lilac two tone and a lemon/white two tone 30mm wild rose, pink carnation and some daisy leaves.  The image is from LOTV No 41 Enchanted Unicorns art sheet and the backing paper is from the Watercolour Dots Warm Sunshine 8x8 paper pack- they've got some lovely new art sheets, rubber stamps and packs of paper!

I tried to choose flowers etc to match the colours on the unicorn image

I added a sparkly button to the bow and tied it on with silver twine

I'm looking forward to seeing what you make for the 'anything goes' challenge and there are two lovely prizes to win!

Thanks for visiting, see you soon,

Mary G x

Christmas lanterns ...

 

Some Christmas lanterns filled with a chocolate, please scroll down to see individual lanterns.  I decorated these with cottage and wild roses, faux pine cones, paper roses, holly leaves and vintage style seam binding   

Dark Blue/White 30mm wild rose with Limoges Blue seam binding

35mm Pink/White two tone cottage rose with Siam Pink seam binding

35mm lilac/white two tone cottage rose with Mauve Rose seam binding

Thanks for visiting, see you soon,

Mary G xx

Focus on paper ....

The challenge to the DT and Guests for this challenge was 'focus on paper' so ....

I decorated a plain papier mache box with 3 sheets of digital paper from the Polkadoodles Winnie Winterland collection. (Paper Heaven 4) and Paper Heaven 5. 

I used two sheets for the sides, edge of lid and top of box and with the third sheet  I made 3 flowers from the red/poinsettia sections of paper and some ivy and rose leaves from the green sections of paper

To augment the paper flowers I added some small burgundy medium rose buds, and some tiny pearl clusters on silver stems. To finish the box I added Donna ivory fine cotton lace, khaki sage  15mm satin ribbon, diamante double row round embellishment, pearls for the feet and edges of the lid etc. The centres of the flowers are 8mm sparkly f/b gems which I have coloured with a Copic pen

I hope you will join in with the Polkadoodles Craft Challenge and I'm looking forward to seeing what you make! 

thanks for looking,

see you soon

Mary G xx

Carol singing luxury gift pouch .....

 

For this Christmas gift pouch with a luxurious vintage look, I used one of the images on a LOTV Carol Singing Art Sheet and the green background paper is from the LOTV 'Vintage Christmas' 8x8 paper pack/

For a touch of luxury, I added 38mm gold lame ribbon and 45mm 'Chantal' ivory lace.  The 35mm burgundy cottage rose (which is an exact match for the bears mittens) sits on a multi-layered bow including more gold lame and lace, gold/ivory chevron ribbon, 15mm random glitter ribbon, 38mm gold/silver wired organza,  metallic gold twine, all enhanced with a couple of green holly leaves all from The Ribbon Girl

Thanks for visiting my blog

see you soon

Mary G x

Wrap up warm ....

This is my second project as a GDT for Polkadoodles Friday Challenge Blog and I was challenged to follow the theme 'wrap up warm'.  I used Winnie 'Wrapped up Warm' digital stamp from the 'Winnie White Christmas' collection,  The round sentiment and the lovely digital backing papers are from the same collection.
   I used Copics to colour the image of Winnie trudging through the snow* and I added lots of Stardust Stickles to the fur on her hat and boots.  A little bit of white gel pen added the finishing touches to her hat and scarf with some dots on her boots

I added some 38mm 'Charlotte' white vintage style cotton lace, white silky crush ribbon bow topped with a 25mm diamante snowflake, snowy faux fir cones, shiny red berries, holly leaves and the 'snowballs' in the bottom left are the balls cut from some white midi pom pom trim

* R59, R89, R39, R37, B97, B95, C0, BG0000, E21, E00, E93, E27, E34

I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge!

thanks for visiting my blog

Mary G xx

'Let it Snow' ...

 

A cute Christmas card using an image from the LOTV 'Snowy Friends' Artsheet, just cut your image out and you're ready to go!  I added 15mm and 25mm 'Petrol' satin ribbon, a 25mm diamante snowflake, silver twine, 40mm silver lame ribbon, 55mm 'Monique' white guipure lace, white poinsettia, aqua (robins egg) medium rosebud, an aqua miniature blossom, a couple of holly leaves and a snowy faux pine cone 

By the way, there is a new facebook group called We Love Lili of the Valley   a place to share all your LOTV creations

a close up of the lovely image, the bow and sparkly snowflake

close up of the flower arrangement

Thanks for looking,

see you soon

Mary G x

Ballet birthday card .....

 

A pretty birthday card for a young ballet dancer using one of the gorgeous new Art Sheets 'Ballet' from Lili of the Valley, each sheet has 4 different images  - just cut from the sheet, shape and they're ready to use and excellent quality too.

I added some 22mm 'Margaret' white guipure lace, 15mm lilac satin and 15mm lilac satin edge sheer ribbons, a lilac two tone 30mm WOC wild rose, a pink sweetheart blossom, lilac two tone hip rosebud, green roseleaf, coral pink 20mm paper rose, small lilac beaded berries and a sprig of small pearl cluster flowers on silver stems.  Flowers, leaves, bling, lace and ribbon are all from The Ribbon Girl, Image is from Lili of the Valley

Thanks for looking,

see you soon,

Mary G xx

Vintage Cards with tassels ....

 

I really enjoyed making these vintage style Christmas cards.  I added a tassel to each one and some 50mm gold sparkly stripe organza ribbon, a faux fir cone, various berries, roses, buds and leaves. 

thanks for looking, see you soon,

Mary G x

Chilly Snowman Gift ...

Christmas card with a one of the gorgeous pre-coloured printable Pink Gem image 'Chilly Snowman Gift'  and printable digital papers are from the Festive Hollybobs collection, all from Polkadoodles.   

From The Ribbon Girl I added white/silver chevron ribbon, white organza ribbon, white holly leaves and some tiny pearl clusters on silver stems.  I made the silver poinsettia and added an 8mm crystal sparkle gems flat/back self adhesive to the centre.

Thanks for looking,

see you soon,

Mary G xx

Vintage Father Christmas card ..

 

A vintage style Christmas card  (I love this image by Stamperia) trimmed with 55mm Emma ivory guipure lace, 15mm ivory/bridal white satin ribbon, 25mm Forest Green satin edge sheer and 25mm diamante snowflake.  The floral arrangement includes a 30mm WOC wild rose, a couple of shiny red berries, faux fir cones and two 40mm holly leaves all from The Ribbon Girl

close up of the bow showing the gorgeous diamante snowflake

close up of the floral arrangement

The backing paper is Vintage Style Christmas 12x12 by Craft Sensations 

Thanks for looking, see you soon

Mary G xx