~ Shades of Grey ~

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~ Shades of Grey ~

Finally I took some time for me and my crafting and

played along with some challenges.

With so many challenges out there it's hard to know

where to start, all I knew was there were going to be

Magnolia stamps involved.

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I haven't stamped Romantic Tilda before and I had a

lot of fun with her, she's so pretty.

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My initial thoughts were to colour using pink, but after

choosing my papers I decided for a bit of a monochrome

look with Shades of Grey. Somewhere along my blog

hopping I saw a Vintage Challenge, but now I have no

idea where I saw it.

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Ingredients:

Cardstock

Magnolia Stamp

Papermania Capsule Collection

Bazzil

Copics

Chalk

White Highlighter Pen

Crystal Effects

Doily

Glitter

Punches

Dew Drops

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~ Big Bear Hugz ~

My next challenge was for a Masculine Card. This wasn't

a blog challenge, simply a challenge for me. I steer clear

of male cards generally however there comes a time when

it's a males birthday when I simply have no choice.

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This is my take on the sketch from Sketch Saturday.

I've had this stamp in my collection forever - I think it

was one of the very first stamps that I ever bought.

I think it's very similar to the very popular Popcorn

Bear stamps.

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Ingredients:

Cardstock

Penny Black Buzzin Buddies Stamp

Basic Grey Basics Kraft Pad

Bazzil

Senitments stamp from stash

Copic Markers

Crystal Effects

Dew Drops

Glitter

Nesties

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~ Ahoy There Mateys ~

Surely you didn't think I'd just make one Magnolia card.

The bear card would have been a Magnolia card to if they

made bear stamps!!!!

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Magnolia-licious Highlites are having a Nautical themed

challenge this week - perfect, I got to stamp up one of my

Magnolia Pirates that I so desperately needed and had

yet to use!!!! I think we've all been guilty of that hmmmm.

The sketch is from Friday Sketchers.

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I didn't have any pirate paper so I used the same

Papermania paper pad as I did for my Shades of

Grey Romantic Tilda card.

Somehow I don't think this little pirate is going to strike

up to much fear on the Seven Seas.

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Ingredients:

Cardstock

Papermania Capsule Collection

Magnolia Stamps

Bazzil

Copics

Chalk

White Highlighter Pen

Crystal Effects

Dew Drops

Silver Pen

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Well that's it for today, I have a

batch of cupcakes in the oven, so

my next post will be a yummy one.

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~ Peta ~

~ Magnolia Rose Box ~

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I had sooooo much fun creating this Magnolia Rose Box.

Combining my favourite flower, roses, with my

favourite rubber stamps I was in crafters heaven.

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Firstly I chose the gorgeous baby blue rose paper to

cover the little wooden box. Next I used my Nesties

for the top and bottom of the box.

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Then I had to create two sets of identical twins!!!!!

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Beautiful Prima and Magnolia roses, together with some

punched fern leaves, ribbon and of course, some glitter

to finish of my Magnolia Rose Box.

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Next week I think I'll start to get back into participating
in challenges, but for this week I'll just play around a bit
and refamilirise myself with all my goodies.
After spending a couple of days visiting blogs I've been
flooded with so much inspiration and I've got so many
ideas I can't wait to create.
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Ingredients:
Magnolia Stamps
Copic Markers
Pink Bazzil
Green Bazzil
Nesties
Prima and Magnolia Roses
Fern Punch
Border Punch
Glitter
Ribbon
Chalk
White Marker Pen
Pink Diamanties


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~ Peta ~

Grab and Cuppa and Pull Up a Chair .......

.......... it's going to be a looooooong post.
As some of you have noticed, I haven't been creating for the
longest time. Thank you for the emails I have received asking
about me and my family. No excuses other than I just haven't
had the time. Due to one reason or another life has been
extremely busy not leaving very much ME time, BUT I've
decided that is definately going to change.
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I celebrated my birthday a couple of weeks ago and with it came
the most stunning hand-made card from my dear friend Iris.
When I opened the card I suddenly realised what I had been
missing and decided that I would always make time for my
craft work.
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So, having decided that I headed straight to my craft room
and got to work.
First up I HAD to stamp a couple of the gorgeous Magnolia
stamps that were sitting unused and neglected on my desk.
I seriously can't believe how many of then haven't been
used yet!!!!
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This darling little is sitting waiting for her Prince.
I hope she doesn't have to wait too long.
Along with my un-opened stamps sat a pile of un-opened
Magnolia papers, which much to my pleasure, have
finally been used.
I just love the one with the roses on it.

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A little bit of glitter to jazz up the roses a bit.
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Now just because I haven't been making cards
doesn't mean I haven't been using my card
making supplies.

I recently discovered another use for my Cuttlebug

folders............

CUPCAKES!!!!!!!!!

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What do you think about that - embossing icing with

Cuttlebug Folders - now thats a way to justify spending

money on all that craft equipment!!!!

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Next to crafting, well maybe on par, is my next love of

baking and decorating Cup Cakes.

I love having friends over for afternoon tea and offering

them my latest creating or taking a tray of them to

friends houses.

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All the hard work is worth the effort when a 6 year old

oooh's and aaaah's at how pretty the cakes are before

eating them all up.

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Once the first Tilda had been inked and coloured it

wasn't too long before the next one was ready to be

put on a card.
I still can't get over just how long I've gone without

these little girls - they bring so much pleasure, not

just to the crafter, but to the recipient of the cards.

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This card would definatley have to be one of the quickest

ones I've ever made and didn't take much effort at all, but

none the less I was still quite pleased with the results.

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It's definately the addition of glitter that completes this

card.

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And finally - my green butterfly card.

I don't usually like to use green, I'm generally a pink

person, however I think it came together really nicely.

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I'm sure the inclusion of butterflies on this card

is what's brought it all together.

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I usually like to include a list of all items used

when putting together my blog posts, however

as I've included several different projects I've

passed on the items list this time around.

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If there is a specific paper or stamp you want

to know about, please feel free to ask.

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~ Peta ~