Love Is In The Air!

Hello Again,

Love is in the air over at the Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog and I'm here to share my DT inspiration for the current theme Valentine's or Love Sentiment!  And remember the sentiment is a must for Aud Sentiments Challenge Blog so don't forget to pop one on :D

Our fab sponsor this time is Lacy Sunshine and we got some gorgeous digi's to play with..I chose one of my total fav's as you will see....here she is....

It's either the new paper pack or these fabulous digi's but again I really like how this one came out :D

Here's what I used:
Image: Rory Love Letters by Lacy Sunshine
Colour and card: 300gsm super smooth card from That Craft Place coloured with my Graph'it Marker pens (sorry no colours but her hair is my fav blonde combo of late and is 1210, 1230, 1280, 3125 and 3160)
Backing paper:  Postcards from Paris paperpack by Craftwork Cards from That Craft Place
Sentiment: I hand wrote my sentiment of 'Love You' in black micron pen and put it in a tiny frame from my stash.
The die cuts were done on my sillouette and the Embellies were all from my stash, which I re-stock monthly from the fabulous That Craft Place

Here's how:
This one is simple layers.  The image is matted on white and then edged with cosmic shimmer blue guilding wax and distress ink in Victorian velvet.  I have also coloured the die cuts with Victorian velvet.  The postcard edging at the top and the extra layered up postcards are cut from the off cuts of the backing paper!  The papers in the pad are so very versatile that I am in love with it so much!
I then just added a variety of embellies, pink metal paper clips and a wooden bird until I was happy with the finished result (I don't really plan or if I do it always ends up being completely different that I first thought lol).

Here's the close ups:

Isn't she just gorgeous!  I do love all the Rory images from Lacy Sunshine xxx

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Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges:
Lil patch of crafty friends - #3 AG
Glitter and sparkle - #122 AG
Papertake weekly - AG
Not just cards - #12 AG
Craft your passions - #247 AG
Creative inspirations - #299 love is in the air
Crafting for all seasons - #95 have a heart (heart paperclips)
Scrap and craft inspirations - #2 love and valentines
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - January, hearts (image, letters, basket and heart paperclips)
Lacy Sunshine challenge - Feb 1st have a heart

Happy New Year! Let's start with a challenge....

Hello again and a Happy New Year to you all xxx

Wow, Christmas went fast!  Just love seeing the kids so happy and the family all together and as you can imagine with 8 children its a fun time indeed in the Gough household lol

I won't bore you all with pics from our family Christmas, instead I am going to share my make for the brand new Challenge starting today over at Crafting Muskateers Challenge Blog.  The theme for January's challenge is Valentine or Hats!  so lots of room for interpretation there xx

Here's my make:

I have to say this one gave me a little smile when I'd finished rather than my normal 'are you sure its all-right' face I usually pull at my family lol

Here's what I used to make it:
Image: Rory and Mickey Flowers For You by Lacy Sunshine
Colour and backing: coloured with my Graph'it markers (no colours sorry, holiday chaos and I lost the post it lol), coloured on 300gsm super smooth card from That Craft Place (its excellent with copic's too)
Backing papers: Craftwork Cards, Postcards from Paris from That Craft Place
Sentiment: also Craftwork cards but its from my stash...I have a pack of die cut sentiments I picked up from the NEC show ages ago
Embellies: Heart doily, burlap, bling ribbon, flowers and pearls all from my stash that I re-stock from That Craft Place
Crafty Expressions edging die (cut twice and off set for the top)
Cosmic shimmer embossing powder in silver and mint is around the image with a few blobs of cosmic shimmer pink pva (also from That Craft Place, are you sensing its a fav one stop shop of mine lol)

Here's how:
I've used a 5x5 inch card base (I know!  smaller than my usual lol) and cut the base paper to fit exactly.  The I cut a heart doily in half laying it on either side.  I always use cosmic shimmer acrylic glue for paper, its my new go to stock item and is totally awesome.  I hot glued the burlap and bling ribbon (that is actually on a reel and about 4 inches wide! but its so easy to cut down to make it thinner and perfect over burlap for a mix of textures).
Then I die cut the flourish edge twice so I could off set it to get a shadow effect at the top of the card...see I'm still going bigger than the base card lol.  And then I added a little twine bow and some flowers and a little bling.
The sentiment says 'Hey You', rather than anything mushy because that's more me!  One of our little jokes with my OH is that on all of our cards for Birthdays or Valentines we just use Him and Her...so my Valentines to my OH will read To Him, From Her!  So Hey You fitted :D

Here's the close ups:

And there it is :D  Thank you so much for popping by and I really hope you had a fabulous holiday period and wish you all a super splendid New Year xxx

Don't forget to hop over to the main blog to see what the team have been up to by clicking HERE

Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges:
Glitter and Sparkle - 117 AG
Papertake Weekly - pick a fav, AG
Not Just Cards - #9 AG
Inspiration Destination - #14 AG
Crafty Catz - #260 AG
Creative Fingers - Dec anything goes
Art by MiRan - #22 AG
613 Avenue Create - #104 AG
Scrappers Delights - #37 AG