Pretty as a Princess

My bestie's daughter turns 8 very soon. I wanted to make her something very special as this will be the last thing she receives from me before she leaves to Singapore on the 15th Jan. Now being nearly 8...and a girly-girl...she LOVES pink, purple and princesses. Hmmmmmmmmm (clunk, clunk, CLUNK!!!!)

I have not utilised Princess Anya for a long time, so I worked around that...whist also trying to maintain my crafting resolutions!!! So....with the brief I had, here is my card....

I did such a happy dance when I put the last touch on the card!! I busted out mu much neglected Nesties for this card (Fancy Tags and Ovals) which also hepled carry the oval/spiral theme through from the Cuttlebug Embossing Folder. I paper pierced her dress with the Tea Party DP and firstly painted her star and crown with bright yellow watercolour crayon and then blinged it with Kindyglitz.



I cut Princess Anya out and mounted her on a white Nesties Oval. That and the Fancy Tag scroll sat up on dimensionals.

I finished off the embellishments with some small paper roses. I think they were the perfect touch. Debbie P uses them all the time in her cards and i have admired them for so very long...so thanks Debbie for that creative kick in the keester!!

I have kept Creative Resolutions towards pink, and using things in my stash (flowers, Nesties and Princess Anya)...so I am still ontrack...Woo Hoo!!!! I am also gunna enter this card in a challenge that Bizzy Becs has put forward to utilise Spellbinders Nestabilities (aka Nesties). She has some great specials on them till the end of the month.

Stuff Used:

CS: (SU) Almost Amethyst (ret), Pretty In Pink, Whisper White, Tea Party DSP (ret), Watercolour Paper

Ink: Black Stazon

Stamps: TGF - Princess Anya

Other Bits: Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Scrollwork, Spellbinders Nestabilities - Fancy Tags and Petite Ovals Large, SU Small and Large Oval Punches, Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencils and Lyra Watercolour Crayons, Kindyglitz Crystalline Glitter, Roses fm stash, Upkit Gold Numbers and Accents, Dimensionals.

Lynda xx

A Bevvy of Boxes - #3

"With a little help from my Friends" is a FAB song and is pertinent for this post. Kerry Bunting as I previously mentioned is a magical friend and I was blessed to receive this a short time back. (Sorry Kez that I have not posted it here yet!!) It is beautiful and takes pride of place on my table.

The birthday bonanza of Sept continued with niece...Miss 15 (the day before my son's b'day). Oh the agony of it all!!! A quick call to her Mum and all she wanted was bangles....EASY!! With such a basic gift it needed spectacular packaging. Now I am NEVER one to bite off more than I can chew (yeah right) and had images of co-ordinated cards and boxes, but sadly time ran out. I looked up and saw my little draw from Kez,...and a MASSIVE lightbulb came on.....a combo effort. Card and box in ONE!!! An e mail later and some information and I was on my way. Kez based her easel draw box on a template from Liam Pucher. Liam is SUPER talented in 3D paper projects. Take a look round her blog if you have not before. It is amazing.

(Sorry to keep rambling) I wanted to use the devine Miss Anya Collection stamps that have sadly sat neglected and unused since I purchased them (a long time ago!!) These 3 savvy young gals are perfect for tweens and teens. Rather than colouring the whole image I paper pierced some of it. This was the result..

and this is how she looked completed.....

I bundled her up with some Grosgrain Ribbon as wrapping....

      




Then.......when she took the ribbon off.......

I was sooooooooooooooooo happy with the result that a (somewhat sad but enthusiastic) happy dance was undertaken. It looked so pretty with the bangles in it!!

The card was a very narrow panel at the back of the easel which cannot be seen when opened, but is there as a special reminder. Here it is from the side and close ups of the delightful draw handle and the sentiment. Given that the inside of the draw gleamed...Happy Birthday did not seem right. "Sparkle" fitted the bill perfectly.

Thanks so very much for enduring this post to the end. The crafting community is such a wonderful and caring group, makes you feel good just to be a part of it.

Stuff used:

CS: (SU) Rich Razzleberry, Old Olive, Orchid Opulence, Whisper White, Watercolour Paper, Cottage Wall DSP.

Ink: (SU) Rich Razzleberry, Black Stazon

Stamps: (SU) Warm Words, Miss Anya Collection (The Greeting Farm)

Punches: (SU) Scallop Oval and Large Oval punch

Other bits: Nestabilities Oval and Scallop Ovals, Faber-Castell Watercolour Pencils, Lyra Watercolour Crayons, SU Dimensionals, handle fm Kez's local craft haunt, Kaiser Clear Rhinestones

Lynda xx