The perfect tree ....

I don't usually do 'clean and simple' cards, but I was inspired by Shirley and came up with this.  I stamped the image and sentiment then coloured the LOTV image 'the perfect tree' with inktense pencils.  I added Stardust Stickles and some 7mm red satin ribbon and some 3mm pearls from the Christmas mix

Ribbon and pearls and Stickles are from The Ribbon Girl

see you later with the complete opposite of 'clean and simple' lol

Mary x

Humphrey has fun in the snow

It's make a treat holder OR 'anything goes' at todays Papertake Weekly  -  I really love doing my DT projects for PTW each week as it really makes me think of a new and different way to display the challenge.   I went for 'anything goes' and I coloured this delightful Humphrey image I've had for ages.  I used inktense pencils and die cut a pair of windows (my new window dies are from Dies to Die for.  

It took a while to work out how to make opening windows - I cut two windows for each side and sandwiched a piece of clear acetate between as 'glass' then made a paper hinge down the outer edge  and glued it behind the image.  I added tiny silver brads so the windows resembled french doors.  The tiny sliver of background paper is from the LOTV classic Christmas pad

My flower arrangement includes a red poinsettia, ivory hip rosebud, white sweetheart blossom, white tiny rosebud and white beaded swirl all from The Ribbon Girl

I hope you will join in with our challenge at PTW - the design team have made some lovely projects to inspire you and we are looking forward to seeing your creations

Mary x

Glitz and dazzle .....

The October Card Challenge over on the Ribbon Girl challenge blog is 'glitz and dazzle' and there's no better time of year than the few months leading up to Christmas to pile on the bling!  

I coloured this lovely LOTV image 'cold hands warm heart' with Inktense pencils then added a 22mm diamante snowflake on top of some mauve rose seam binding, a flower from the vintage lilac mixed dahlia pack, a lilac Kort & Godt rolled rose, a stem from the lilac/white beaded berries, a lilac/white cherry blossom flower

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 I finished the card with lots of Stardust Stickles and some self adhesive gems

Flowers, diamante, ribbon, Stickles and Gems are all from

The Ribbon Girl

I hope you will pop over to the challenge blog - you're sure to be inspired and I m looking forward to seeing what you create!  oh, and as usual there are lovely prizes to win!

see you soon,

Mary x

Golden gift box ..

Today I have embellished a kraft pillow gift box with 38mm gold lame ribbon, a shimmering gold poinsetta flower and some 40mm gold glitter mesh ribbon

I used some 6mm sticky tape to join the gold lame then stuck the flower and ribbon on top to hide the join.

see you soon

Mary x

Sending hugs ....

It's sketchy time at PTW and I used sketch number 94 but you can use any of the PTW sketches.

  I coloured up an image from the Stempleglede Vintage Garden collection with inktense pencils then added some WOC 20mm lilac open roses, mauve rose vintage style seam binding ribbon and 10mm daisy flat back ivory pearls.  I added 5mm ivory pearls in the corners as well.

I hope you will have time to join us over at Papertake Weekly - the design team have made some fabulous creations to inspire you and as usual there is a lovely prize to win.

Flowers, ribbon, pearls are all from The Ribbon Girl

see you soon, Mary x

Tilda with pearls ....

My DT card for the Magnolia Only Challenge 'add pearls' over on the Ribbon Girl blog.

I coloured Tilda with inktense pencils and added Stardust Stickles.  'Flora' cream guipure, ivory lace butterfly, pale peach satin ribbon, apricot sheer ribbon, WOC peach cherry blossoms, a peach carnation, 3 stems of tiny pearl flowers, 6mm ivory flat back pearl trim, 5mm self adhesive pearls

Ribbon, flowers, pearl stems, pearls, lace, lace butterfly and Stickles are all from

The Ribbon Girl online store

see you soon

Mary x

Through the arched window ....

My first attempt at making a window card so you can see the image through the panes of glass (acetate sheet) - will keep trying!!   I somehow thought the die would cut the window shape directly from the card blank!! I am such a plonker.  When I discovered it didn't, I had to cut a hole in the card blank then position the die cut window and acetate over it - I'll keep practising :-)

 I used an image from the LOTV XL artpad Christmas Eve.  I added some punched out holly leaves, a snippet of 5mm red gingham, a piece of 7mm red satin, a tiny holly leaf charm tied on with red button twine

ribbon, twine and charm from The Ribbon Girl

see you soon

Mary x

Humphrey is so cute ......

We'd like to see your 'cute' cards over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge this week  -  I dug out this cute little Humphrey stamp and coloured him up with Inktense pencils.

I added Moss Green seam binding ribbon, 12mm white cotton lace, a cream daisy with the centre removed and a 12mm flower shaped pearl flat back inserted, ivory cherry blossoms and some tiny white rosebuds.  I finished off the card with a white guipure lace butterfly in the top left corner.

I hope you can join in with the PTW challenge this week - good fun and a great prize as usual!

Ribbon, flowers, butterfly and lace are all from 

The Ribbon Girl online store

see you soon, Mary x

Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow .....

We'd like to see your pastel creations for the September Ribbon Girl Colour challenge - this is my DT card - I coloured a LOTV image called 'Cold Hands Warm Heart' with Inktense pencils and added Stardust Stickles.

I die cut 3 little trees, one from silver glitter card and the others from the Pastel Dreams LOTV pad to match the backing paper.  I added some pale rose pink tiny ric rac, 'Laila' white vintage style lace, medium white pom pom trim, paradise aqua seam binding, 3mm pale pink bead trim, pale pink cherry blossoms and Kort & Godt rolled roses in pink and aqua

Flowers, ribbons, trim, pom pom, lace and Stardust Stickles are all from

The Ribbon Girl online store

I hope you will be able to pop over to the Ribbon Girl blog - there are some fantastic projects by the design team and as usual, great prizes to be won!

see you soon Mary x

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas ...

The image is from LOTV and I coloured it with a Neutral Grey inktense pencil then used a tiny amount of water to blend.  The background is embossed  and layered onto silver mirror card

close up of the image

 I added some Silver Glacier Satin Ribbon, topped with a 23mm diamante snowflake embellishment and a bow made from silver twine

For my flower arrangement I used RG white beaded twirls, Kort & Godt white chrysanth, WOC white sweetheart blossoms and hip rosebuds, an ivory gardenia and a stem of RG white beaded stamens.

I'm entering this card into the Cute Card Thursday challenge

Christmas Card Challenge

ABC Christmas Challenge

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge

Ribbon, twine, diamante embellishment, flowers, twirls are all from

The Ribbon Girl

see you soon Mary x

Build a snowman .....

Cute image 'Build a snowman' from LOTV which I coloured with Inktense pencils then I added Stardust Stickles -  the papers are from the LOTV I think they are 'Promises' and 'Pastel Dreams' .  This is my DT card for Papertake Weekly where the challenge is 'punch it out' 

I've made three types of leaves from silver glitter card using punches, two were by Martha Stewart

I added a silver colour snowflake charm, 'Lyra' white guipure lace, medium white pom pom trim, 5mm clear s/a gems, Kort & Godt aqua rolled rose, WOC sweetheart blossoms, 10mm ivory open roses and white tiny rose buds.  The sentiment was computer generated and amazingly I didn't add a single piece of ribbon!!!  Charm, lace, trim, flowers, Stickles are all from

The Ribbon Girl

I hope you will pop over to PTW to be inspired by the fabulous creations by the design team and we look forward to seeing what you make!

Mary x

Birthday wishes little ballerina .....

For the September 'Lovely Lili' challenge on The Ribbon Girl Blog we'd like to see you add flowers to your projects - I coloured up Little Ballerina with inktense pencils and used LOTV Shabby Shack paper then added pink organza rose trim, 25mm shocking pink satin, Olivia white vintage style lace, ballet shoes charm, fuschia pink 20 and 10mm WOC open roses, baby pink sweetheart blossoms, ivory rose coloured with Inktense Pencil, Stardust Stickles and gems from a 3-5mm Aurora mixed gems

I hope you have time to pop over to the challenge blog and be inspired to take part in the challenge - there are great prizes to be won!

see you soon, Mary x

Let it snow .....

I inked up this LOTV stamp and coloured it with my Inktense pencils.  I used LOTV Krafty Christmas paper then added brown tea dyed cotton ribbon, white 'Olivia' vintage style fine cotton lace, a brown two tone 30mm WOC wild rose, coffee sweetheart blossoms, Kort & Godt ivory beaded berries and some mocha beaded stamens.  The green holly leaves were punched.

I distressed all edges with walnut stain then added Stardust Stickles, three 5mm pearls and a computer generated sentiment.

Ribbon, lace, flowers, berries, pearls, Stickles are all from

The Ribbon Girl online store

See you soon, 

Mary xx

More vintage roses ....

My second card this week using an image from the Stempleglede vintage garden set which Andrea got me a year past Christmas - it's a bit like buses, wait ages then two come together :-) and that's exactly what's happening over at Papertake Weekly today - the challenge is 'repeat, repeat' so on this card I have used 2 of everything!

I coloured the stamped image with Inktense pencils then added Stardust Stickles.  I used 'Clementine' 32mm ivory lace studded with 5mm ivory pearls, 2 rows of 6mm ivory flat back pearl trim, 2 ivory tulle butterflies, 2 bows made from 7mm gold yellow satin, 2 ivory Kort & Godt rolled roses, 2 heads of mocha beaded stamen, 2 WOC ivory 20mm open roses, 2 ivory cherry blossoms and a 2 x 30mm ivory roses coloured with copics.

Flowers, lace, ribbon, pearls, butterflies and stickles are all from

The Ribbon Girl

There are some great interpretations of 'repeat, repeat' over on the PTW blog and I really hope you will have time to join us in this fun challenge!

I'm entering this card into the Deep Ocean Challenge 'vintage'

Mary x

Add ribbon .....

My DT card for the September Card Challenge over on The Ribbon Girl Blog this morning - I finally got around to colouring up a Stempleglede image which I've had since a year past Christmas (a gift from Andrea :-) ) with inktense pencils and added Stardust Stickles.  

I rarely make a card without using ribbon and this time I used 38mm lilac organa ribbon, 'Michele' white guipure lace with some 5mm pearls stuck on to the flower centres, edged with purple spotted lace edged bias binding.  

My flower arrangement includes WOC 20mm lilac open roses and some sweetheart blossoms sprinkled amongst a stem of clear crystal hearts.  I popped a small white lace butterfly in the top corner with more 5mm ivory flat back pearls.

I hope you will be able to join in with the challenge and there are lovely prizes to be won and fabulous projects by the design team to inspire you!

Ribbon, lace, butterfly, bias, Stickles, pearls and flowers from

The Ribbon Girl

see you soon, Mary x