Shabby chic candy jar

Hi there everyone!

Today i want to show you a candy jar i have altered. My oldest daughter came to me wondering if i could help her make a birthday present for her best friend. And i just couldn`t say no. She has never asked me to create something for her, so the pressure to make something extraordinary layed heavy on my shoulders, lol. But i was very proud to be asked. So i just had to get started.

She had this empty candy jar she wanted med to turn into something nice. I`m sorry byt i forgot to take pics before i started but i have LOTS of pics of the end result, lol. So i just have to warn you that this is a picture heavy post. 

A while back i purchased some vintage ephemera print outs on Etsy from a company called By Digital Paper. She has a lot of gorgeous ephemera. And for this jar i used the Sweet Angel bookmarks. 

 I decoupaged the paper to the jar and glued on the bling strips in between the sheets.

Aren`t these totally adorable? I just looove these images. 

On the top of the jar i cut out the centre of a doily to make place for the handle. I then adhered it to the top. 

Next i put on a lot of trims around the jar and the top. 

To finish it off i put on a lot of different flowers, a resin element and a charm.

As a last touch i gave the flowers a little touch with some glitter glue.

Thanks for visiting me today. Hope to see you back here soon.

New Faerie Drop Sentiments Release & Giveaway

Hi to everyone crafty out there!!

we have a new Sentiment  Release for you today..yay!!!

The Faerie Drop Sentiments

These gorgeous Sentiment Stamps have been designed by 1 of our own Emerald Faeries Garden Design Team lady Anita Marie

are now for sale at
 THE EMERALD FAERIES ONLINE STORE

 Here is my Card I made using the new Faerie Drop Sentiments

  

Be sure to check out what

 The Emerald Faeries Garden Design Team  have created with this Awesome New Sentiment release ..

 here is their Blog List for you

Deb Mitchell-: http://atouchofdeb.blogspot.com/

Donna Smith-: http://bearlymine.blogspot.com/

Vicki Bailey-: http://vicmbeescards.blogspot.com/

Tracey Manderson's Blog-: http://traceyscountrycraft.blogspot.com/

Julie Hill's Blog-: http://juliehillscrap.blogspot.com/

Debra James's Blog-: http://james-ee.blogspot.com/

Suzi MaManus's Blog-: http://wwwsuzies.blogspot.com/

Mona's Blog-: http://monasbittelillescrappekrok.blogspot.com/

Tracy Jackson's Blog-: http://stampingseasons.blogspot.com/

Viv Pert's Blog-: http://doggonecrazy-viv.blogspot.com/

Natalie Z's Blog-: http://fifishobby.blogspot.com/

Anita Marie's Blog-: http://neat-n-crafty.blogspot.com/

Debbie pamment's Blog-: http://debbiepsplace.blogspot.com/

Nela's Blog-: http://nelasbasteleien.blogspot.com/

Sandie's Blog-: http://sandieshores.blogspot.com/

Carol's Blog-: http://carol-mylittlepieceofheaven.blogspot.com/

Marika's Blog -: http://marikavaan.blogspot.com/

For the giveaway please hop over to The Emerald Faerie Garden challengeblog for the info.

These are the challenges i`m entering:

Craft your days away
Challenge #26 Birthday celebrations
Elephantastic
August challenge, Add some layers
Card Makin` Mamas
Challenge #26 Birthday cards
Frosted designs
Animals
Gingerloft
Challenge #22 Make it sparkle
Kortgleder
August utfordring, Bruk diesene dine (jeg har brukt Magnolia doohickey`s, Swirl)
Nordsalten Hobbyklubb
Utfordring #35 Dyr

Thanks for looking!

Phabulous Phindy Phriday

Hey peeps!

Today my post is rather late. And i`m sorry about that. I have been really under the weather. I have had the worst headache ever. And it made me throw up too. But now i have gottn some sleep, so it`s luckely getting better.


This is the first friday this month and it means we are having Phabulous Phindy Phriday over at Phindy`s Place. The theme is as usual anything goes, but you have to use a Phindy image. The image i have used for today`s card is called "Tender tootsies" and is a digi from the Plump`uns collection. You can find it right here.

The ProMarkers i used for this lovely image are these:

Dress and hat:
Duck egg, Soft green Pastel green, Arctic blue, Sky blue

Hair:
Buttercup, tan

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Other colours:
Poppy red, bright green, lush green, soft peach.

All the papers are digis from Bearly Mine Designs. The die cut is from Marianne Designs and the glass drops are from Magnolia.

These are the challenges i`m entering:

Hanna and Friends - Challenge #105 Dots or stripes
Divas by Design - Challenge #7 Summer
AI Factory - Anything goes challenge
Craft us Crazy - Challenge #14 Anything goes
My mum`s Craft shop - Challenge #17 Monochromatic
The Paper Shelter - Challenge #25 Flowers, flowers, flowers.
Stampavie and More - Challenge #148 Summer

My first card for the Emerald Faeries Garden Challenge

Hey my lovelies!

Here`s my post #2 for the day. I`m really on a roll here, lol. Today is actually my first official card as a part of the DT at the Emerald Faeries Garden. And i just love how it turned out. I actually coloured up 3 different images before i was satisfied. Not that i didn`t like how the colouring turned out, but i didn`t think they was exactly what i was looking for. This image is called Kayla and Twinkie and you can find it right here in the Emerald Faeries Garden store.
It is Team B`s turn to host the challenge this upcoming fortnight. And the theme is: all things nice (Girly). You won`t believe all the beautiful creations by the dt, so you just HAVE to hop on over to the challenge blog to take a peek. Dont`t forget to enter while your visiting, lol.


I`m so happy!!! I have finally received my new Big shot, yeay!!! I was a bit scared to use it course i thought i was breaking the plates, lol. But it was just the paper that made the cracking noice, lol. I am so excited about it. Just look at the lovely dies. Finally i can have some swirls on my creations too, lol.

I used a lot of colours on this image so the list is going to be long.

Skin:
Vanilla, Saffron, Oatmeal, Tan

Hair:
Walnut, Terracotta, Spice, Honeycomb

Wings:
Forrest green, Bright green, Lime, Lime Zest

Pants:
Satin, Putty, Tan

Shirt:
Maroon, Mulberry, Cerise

Headpiece:
Maroon, Mulberry, Blossom

Shoes:
Pumpkin, Cocoa

Baby`s Blanket:
Coral, Pastel pink

Baby`s headpiece:
Baby pink, Coctail pink,

Flower:
Gold Yellow, Sunflower, Lipstick red, Forrest green, Bright green, Lime

The sentiment is one of the new ones designed by Donna. One of our talented DT ladies. The butterfly i made myself. I saw a tutorial on this at the Wild Orchid Crafts and i just had to try it. I really love how it turned out. The papers i have used are from Bearly Mine Designs, except the dividing paper in the middle.



Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T - Challenge #111 Butterflies
PaperPlay - Challenge #11 week 28 Things with wings
Pixie Dust Studio - Challenge #83 Girly, girly
Stampin` B`s - Challenge #119 Bling
Simon says stamp - Simon says...anything goes
Stampin` for the weekend - Challenge #12 Wings and things
Totally Papercrafts - Challenge #75 Girly girls

Hope you like my little creation. Thanks for looking!

Hugs...Mona

Pastels over at Phindy`s Place

Hey Peeps!

The weeks are going by so fast and the weather hasn`t been much to brag about. Well...it`s not all bad. Bad weather is good crafting weather, isn`t it, lol?

Today we are having a new challenge over at Phindy`s Place. We want to see pastels. This is just right up my alley. I`m in a shabby chic period and pastels are perfect to do shabby style with.

I have used a digi called "Something Sweet". And i think she really is sweet.

The ProMarkers i have used are these:

Skin:
Vanilla
Saffron
Oatmeal
Tan

Clothes:
Slate
Lilac
Lavender

Hat:
Orchid
Blossom

Other colours:
Lime Zest
Bright Green
Yellow
Baby Pink
Antique Pink
Walnut

The papers are from Websters pages except for the circled one. And the big flower is from Prima. I also used gesso to paint the edges of the back panel. I also have got a hold of some liquid pearls that is so easy to apply. You just apply the liquid pearls and just tap your finger on the backside of the card. Just make sure to hold the card horisontally when you tap so the pearls keeps in place.




If you want some more inspiraton, hop on over to the Phindy`s Place challenge blog to see the fabby creations from the rest of the DT. And don`t forget to join the challenge either.

Challenges i`m, entering:

Crafty Purple Frog - Summer fun challenge
Pixie Dust Studio - Challenge #83 Girly, girly
Stamp Insanity - Challenge #68 Summer colours
Divas By Design - Challenge #6 Pastels
Simon says stamp - Simaon says....anything goes
Creative Craft challenges - Pretty Blossoms
Tuesday Throwdown - Challenge #57 Fun in the sun
Fuzzy and Fancy - Challenge #41 Summer
Totally Papercrafts - Challenge #75 Girly girls
Really reasonable ribbon`s ramblings - Challenge #28 Cool it. Use ribbon or lace on your project.

Thanks for looking

Hugs...Mona

We love pink at WhoopsiDaisy

Hey my sweet friends!

I`m so sorry that i didn`t deliver on the candy i promised you yesterday. I got held up and didn`t get the time to put it all together. I will make it up to you by adding a little something. I haven`t decided yet what i should put in there, but i will post some images tomorrow.

Today at WhoopsiDaisy we are all celebrating our love for PINK!!! Yes!!! Pink is the best colour to go with sweet, and Linnie`s images is nothing but SWEET!!! Just pop on over to the challenge blog and look at all the yummy and pink creations the girls has put together.


And also, don`t forget to enter the challenge! We know most of you love pink too, lol. Make sure you visit the WhoopsiDaisy shop too. Linnie has a totally cute freebie for you.

The ProMarkers i used for this image are:
Hair:
Caramel
Tan
Putty
Satin

Skin:
Vanilla
Saffron
Oatmeal
Tan

Dress:
Baby Pink
Pink Carnation
Antique Pink

Both the swirl and the big flower is from Prima and the paper is from Melissa Frances.

These are the challenges i`m entering:

I did it Creations - Challenge #63 Floral
Cupcake Craft Challenges - Challenge #150 You`re favourite cupcake challenge (mine is #43 something sweet)
The Shabby Tearoom - Challenge #70 Flower Power
Kort O Mania - Utfordring #43 Anything goes
Scrappekammeret - Utfordring #34 Ett mønsterark (one designpaper)

Thanks for looking!

Hugs...Mona

Violet - Brand new digi-stamp at Crafts and Me

Hey Sweet Crafters!

Teresa has got some new an incredibly gorgeous digis in her Crafts and Me Store. Today i`m gonna show you Violet. She is designed by the very talented Hannah Lynn. I have hyped her up with some blue hair, lol. It is so fun to use unusual colours on these gorgeous fantasy images. If you love this beauty, she is to be found right here in the Crafts and Me store. The papers i have used are from Melissa Frances.


It is a few days since i coloured this image so with my Alzheimer light, lol, i don`t remember what colours i used. Except for the skin colours. They are my usual vanilla, safron, oatmeal and tan.


The ribbon is some leftovers from my marriage last year. I think it is so beautiful with the pattern. Tomorrow i am posting my celebration candy, so stay tuned.


These are the challenges i`m entering:

Allsorts - Week 111 Free and Easy July.
Fairy Fun Fridays - Challenge #56 Swirls and Pearls
Inspire me Fridays - Challenge #14 Allways anything goes
Kort o Mania - Utfordring #43 Anything goes

Thanks for looking!

Hugs...Mona

Hot, hot, hot at WhoopsiDaisy

Hey Sweet friends!

Ooohhh i`m so excited!!! Are you wondering why, lol? Well, i have finally invested in a big shot. Or correctly...my hubby has, lol. We have recently celebrated our first year of marriage and he gave me a gift certificate for a big shot. Yey!!!! Guess if i was happy, lol? So today i went ahead and ordered one online. I am so excited and i allmost can`t wait to get to play with it.

In the meantime i have made a red and yellow card for our hot challenge over at WhoopsiDaisy. I think this fairy looks rather hot, don`t you. I just love how her dress flows around her. And i just looove the deep red colour i managed to colour her with. This image you can find her on sheet #280 in the WhoopsiDaisy shop.


The swirl is a Prima one that i have butchered. I just love these pearl and bling swirls from Prima but they are a bit too big to have the whole thing on a card. The difficult part is to separate them without making them look odd. This time i got lucky, lol.

The ProMarkers i used for the image are:

Hair:
Cool grey #3,4 and 5
Black

Skin:
Vanilla
Saffron
Oatmeal
Tan

Dress:
Poppy
Crimson
Burgundy
Shale

Wings:
Gold and Canary

The two petals in the back i have coloured with my ProMarkers to get the colours i wanted. I used gold for the dark one and canary for the biggest one.


These are the challenges i`m entering:

Allsorts - Week 110 Free and Easy
Catch the bug - July, anything goes challenge.
Bling it on - Challenge #5 Anything goes
By the cute and girly - July challenge, Things with wings
Sir Stampalot - July challenge, Anything goes
Fairy fun friday - Challenge #56 Pearls and Swirls

Phabulous Phindy Phriday!

Hey Everyone!

Today is our first Phabulous Phindy Phriday over at Phindy`s Place. What`s up with that, you say? Well it means we are adding a new rule to our challenge. Every first friday in each month we are having an anything goes challenge. Only it is with a twist. You MUST use a Phindy image to enter. So for at least the next 3 months we are having a Phabulous Phindy Phriday. That`s great for you too course now you can make a creation in good time for each challenge.

Well, for my creation today i have used only digipapers from Bearly Mine Designs. I have been so satisfied with the freebies i have picked up from them, that i just had to buy some collections to try them out. And i just love the result. I think purple and yellow is such a beautiful colour combo, that i had to try it for this card. I hope you agree with me, lol.

These are the ProMarkers i have used:

Skin:
Vanilla
Saffron
Oatmeal
Tan

Hair:
Walnut
Terracotta
Spice

Hat:
Gold
Canary yellow

Dress:
Orchid
Amethyst
Slate

Dotts:
Satin
Putty
Blush
Dusky Rose

Other colours:
Bright green and Pine
Cool Grey #1,2,3,4 and 5
Poppy and Cardinal red

These are the challenges i`m entering:
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Ai Factory - Embellish it challenge (my favs are flowers and pearls)
Art Impressions Stamps - Challenge #22 Distressing (don`t know if it shows too well, but it is there, lol)
Digi Doodles - Challenge #65 Anything goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Challenge #13 Anything goes
Southern Girls - Bring out your inner child
Crafty Catz - Challenge #89 Colours of summer
Wags`n Whiskers - Challenge #57 Summertime

Happy Birthday at Crafts and Me

Hey Peeps!

It`s my turn to host the challenge over at Crafts and Me Challenges today. The theme i have chosen for todays challenge is Birthdays! We all love birthdays, don`t we? Birthdays are a wide theme. You can create just about anything. You`ll just have to smack on some birthday sentiments and there you have it.

Do you want to have a try as a GDT on our fabulous team? Hop over to the Crafts an Me shop blog and find out how.

For my inspirational sample i have used the wonderful digi Aliah. She is designed by the talented Hannah Lynn. You can find her right here.


The paper is from Melissa Frances and the die cuts i got from my lovely and generous friend Johanna aka Pojjo, in Sweden. The sentiment is a freebie from Bizzy Becs and the bling is a butchered swirl from Prima. Seambinding is from Wild Orchid and the flower is from Mulberry Crafts in the UK. The doily i got from my sweet friend and co-designer at WhoopsiDaisy, Nataliya in Canada. The lace is from own stash.


Don`t you just love how her hair is flowing down? I think she looks so beautiful. I actually was quite satisfied with the colouring this time. These are the ProMarkers i used:

Hair:
Walnut
Terracotta
Spice
Honeycomb

Skin:
Vanilla
Saffron
Oatmeal
Tan

Arctic blue and cool aqua for the eyes
Blossom for the lips
Bright green and marsh green for the leaf
Pale pink and antique pink for the flowers.

Please hop on over to the other girls in the DT and give them some love. And don`t forget to enter our birthday challenge over at Crafts and Me Challenges.

Challenges:

Divas by Design - Challenge #5 Die cuts or punches
I love ProMarkers - Challenge #72 must include flowers
Totally Gorjuss - Challenge #86 Ribbons and Lace

Christmas in june at WhoopsiDaisy

Hey all you lovely crafters!

How about getting a headstart on those Christmas cards you all know you`ll have to make for Christmas? This is the perfect excuse to start creating. God knows how many cards that has to be finished in time so we all can send them to our friends and family in due time before the big day! At WhoopsiDaisy we are going to help you a bit on the way, lol. So lets get crafting! Hop on over to the WhoopsiDaisy challenge blog and join us.

For my Christmas card i have created a cold white and blue coloured card, with some specs of traditional christmas colours on the image. This image is one of four goregeous new digis from sheet #265 in the WhoopsiDaisy shop. Isn`t it cute?


I`ve got some new goodies and i loooove them so! The lace, ribbon and stamens are from Wild Orchid Crafts. I was really impressed with the quality of the lace and it is so lovely.

These are the ProMarkers i used:

Poppy
Crimson
Burgundy
Pine
Bright Green
Marsh Green
Powder Blue
Cool Grey #1,2,3,3 and 5
I also used Stickles Chrystal

Thanks for looking and don`t forget to enter our challenge at WhoopsiDaisy. We can`t wait to see what you can come up with. Oh and one more thing...Linnie has a lovely freebie for you, waiting in her shop.

Hugs...Mona