Tiffany Doodle's new May release!

It's time for a Tiffany Doodle's new release and the DT are showcasing their makes using them today!  There are seven newbies in total which you can see in the store here!  For my first make, I used the got Lavender set...

As they are png files I just layered several of the images together to create the bouquet.  I matched the image with BasicGrey Wisteria papers and the butterflies are the gorgeous Sweet Butterfly digis available in the shop here.


For my second make, I used the Mushroom Garden set...

Again, I just layered the images together into a row and matched them up with papers from the BasicGrey Max and Whiskers collection - I think they match perfectly!

Okay, you can see more gorgeous DT  inspiration over at the blog here!  That's it from me - thanks for visiting!

I am entering my lavender card into the following challenges:

• Little Darlings - flowers
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - birthdays
• Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
• Fussy & Fancy - punches and dies
• Prairie Fairy Fridays - anything with flowers
• Paper Sundaes - flowers and pearls
• Joanna Sheen - flower power
• Crafty Sentiments monthly challenge - Spring
• Color Me Copic - celebrations (birthday!)
• Bunny Zoe's monthly challenge - ribbon
• There She Goes - flowers
• Anything Goes - things with wings
• Papertake Weekly - anything goes
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Tiffany Doodle's new release!

(Please scroll down for my Cupcake Cards and Crafts DT post!)

It's time for Tiffany Doodle's new release!  There are some gorgeous new designs and I'm really enjoying using Tiffany's designs - it's really helping me to make more 'grown up' cards compared to my usual cutie cards!

Here is my first shabby chic card using Biddie Row and I couldn't stop saying "awwwww" in my head whilst making this card with these cuties!!

I loved making this second one, using Easter Basket going for a more elegant look that I know my Grandma will love..

My last make is more my natural fun style using Chicken Family - I kept singing "chick, chick, chick, chicken, lay a little egg for me" whilst making this one!

I hope you've enjoyed seeing these newbies.  You can see the rest of the new release in store here!

I am entering these cards into the following challenges:

• Simon Says Stamp - anything goes
• Southern Girls - use sentiments
• Phindy's Place - ribbon (top card)
• Anything Goes - Easter
• Sassy Cheryl's - Easter
• Crafty Sentiments - Easter
• Creative Card Crew - Spring
• Penny's Paper-Crafty - Easter
• Fab 'n Funky - Easter
• The Paper Shelter - Easter
• Cute Card Thursday - Easter
• Totally Papercrafts - Easter
• Wags 'n Whiskers - say it with flowers (top card)
• Prairie Fairy - Spring Fling
• Card Making Mama's - Easter
• Sweet Stampin' - Easter
• Catch The Bug - Easter

 

March release over at Tiffany Doodles Digital Stamps!

Please scroll down for my Pixie Dust Studios sneak peek post!

It's time for Tiffany Doodle's new March release!  There are over TEN new designs so I'm sure you'll love one of them (if not all!).  So here are my makes using just a few digis from the new release...

First up are a selection of CAS cards using the Color Me Happy Alpha Set...

I am entering this card into the Cupcake Inspirations photo challenge, Less Is More challenge for using up scraps, Card Making Mama's for birthday cards and Wags 'n Whiskers and Sweet Stampin' for masculine cards.


Second up is another CAS card using one of the digis from the St Patty Cards set...

And, lastly, here is a more grown up card using the Cardinal Pair that I used with Glitz Design French Kiss papers....

I am entering this card into Forever Friends to use ribbons and lace, Crafts and Me to use lace, Simon Says Stamp for anything goes, Di's DigiDesigns for lace and pearls, Paper Sundaes to use circles and Pretty Little Ribbon Shop for anything goes.


This release is so varied and I got to go from one style extreme to another!  You can see all of the new release in the shop here - I'm sure there will be something you'll love!


Back tomorrow with .... guess what .... another circle card!  I hope I haven't put you off, lol!!!

Tiffany Doodle's February release!

Please scroll down for my Flutter By Wednesday DT post!

It's time for Tiffany Doodle's new February release!  There are TEN new designs and in addition to that there are new digital die cuts too!  So plenty to choose from this month!  You might want to get a cup of tea as this is a long post to show you my makes and a box tutorial...

My first card is a sympathy one and I hope not to use it any time soon, but always good to have one in stock...

Not sure if pink is the right colour for a sympathy card, but I wanted to keep to the true colours of this gorgeous Desert Rose - and it is bright pink! - and I used the Floral Curls papers again (this one matches the flower so well!).

My second make is an Valentine's card I made for a retired gentlement (for his wife of course!!)...

For this card I used several newbies.  The paper is called Floral Curls and comes in 6 gorgeous colourways, the flowers are called Little Daisy (which I created two sizes with) and the sentiment is from the Rose Heart digi set.

And finally my third project...

I used the new Note Card Open Box template - it was a breeze to quickly cut, score the lines and stick the corners with double sided tape as directed.  I then used my Martha Stewart deep border punch to make the sides higher and simply stuck the ribbon around it.  It took me less than 10 minutes to make it!  I'm going to put Easter Eggs in this cute box - I'm sure it will fit at least 8 Cardbury Creme Eggs!  That's two for Steve and six for me...

Here is quite tutorial on how to make my box.  What you need is a pre-prepared note card open box, a deep edger punch (mine is a Martha Stewart one), cardstock, a ruler, a scoring tool and double sided tape - that's it!

I should now say that I work in metric!  I would prefer to cut one long piece of card, but as I only have 12x12 cardstock, I have to do this in two sections.  So the sides of the longer and shorter length of the box is 14cm and 11cm (click on the piccies below for larger size views), adding up to 25cm.  I then add another centimetre on that will be used to glue the corners together, making the total lenth 26cm.

Height-wise, for my deep edger punch, I measure up the depth of the cardstock by butting the punch against the cardbase (piccie below) and work out how much of the punched edge I want above the base box.  You can't see it well from the photo, but it came to 6cm. 

So, I cut two pieces of white cardstock each measuring 26cm x 6cm.  I then turn the cardstock so the inside is facing me and score at 14cm and 25cm, as shown below...

On the 1cm edges, I trim the lattice off the top of the border as these won't butt up neatly when you stick these two pieces of cardstock together.  I use double sided sticky tape for this.

 
Before I stick the edges together, I add double sided tape along the bottom of each strip.  I then stick the corners together.  Next I take the cover off the rest of the sticky tape and carefully place it in the box base...

Et voila!  Now all you need to do is decorate it.  I just added a ruffled ribbon, but I have other ideas for this prepared box - but you'll have to come back in a couple of weeks to see this one finished off!

Okay, that is it from me - thank you for your patience!!  You can go straight to the store here to put these in your basket ;) and see more gorgeous makes with this beautiful new release over at the Tiffany's Doodles blog!


I am entering my projects into the following challenges:

• Wags n Whiskers - Valentines (second card)
• Paper Sundaes - Valentines (second card)
• Di's Digis - Valentines (second card)
• Pretty Little Ribbon shop - Valentines (second card)
• The Stamping Boutique - Valentines (second card)
• Digi Makeover - Be My Valentine (second card)
• Crazy 4 Challenges - layers and embellies (top two cards)