You Have A Beautiful Heart

Hi everyone,

I hope you all had a great weekend :)  

We didn't do anything special, just hung out at home.  I did however get some designing done.  I finally completed this design that I am about to show you & another that will be posted either tomorrow or the next day :)

I have been updating my Etsy store this week.  They have changed the look of the items page & I have had to update it so it looks 'cleaner' as things have been thrown out of whack a little.  I still haven't got it all done but will be doing more this week.  I will also be re-taking photo's of some of the designs with my new camera :)

Here is one of my latest designs :) 

Introducing the Big Eyed Bestie Tin Girl from the Besties of Oz range.

Over the last few weeks or so I have been receiving new supplies that I have ordered :)  I guess I have been going a little crazy with spending money but oh, it's been such a long time since I treated myself lol.  

One of those new supplies was the frantage that I have used on this design.  Hmmm, I think I overdone it a bit lol  It was a lot of fun but I have to get myself a heat gun.  The toaster just doesn't cut it lol. I like how it turned out though.

I also had a whole heap of fun colouring her in :)  The Copic colours were really easy to work & blend with.

I used the following Copic colours:

Skin: E000, 00, 04, 11, 21, R20

Hair: E21, 25, 29

Tin Outfit: C1, 3, 5, 7

Dress & Bow: YR00, 02, 07

Want to pin the Copic colour combo?

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I used a doily that was given to me as a freebie when I got one of my orders off Etsy.  Don't you just love it when that happens :)  It was the perfect size too which made me even more happy :)

I also bought two new white desks which I have added to my craft studio so that I could make a 'C' shape work area.  I found that I wasn't using my sewing machine much due to having to pull it out all the time, but now I find it easier as I have put it on one of the new desks :)  So, you can see, I have machine sewn this design.  I still have to practice a lot more so that I can achieve better straight lines lol.

I couldn't find a sentiment anywhere either here or on the net that would relate to the Tin Girl & the Wizard of Oz theme.  She needed to see the Wizard for a heart, right? lol  Anyway, I got busy on my laptop & created a sentiment myself :)  I used the Whimsy Stamps Mini Postage Die to cut it out.  Sentiment problem - fixed! lol

Would you believe I actually had a Wizard of Oz themed DP in my paper stash? lol  I couldn't believe my eyes lol.  I felt sooo blessed to say the least :)  

The heart embellie I have had in my stash for quite some time, which I didn't even buy.  I think my Daughter had it for something & she was going to throw it out one day, but I snagged it.  Someone's trash is someone's treasure, right? lol  Besides you never know when a Tin Girl starts wishing for a heart :)

As you can see I mounted this design onto a canvas....& lookie look look.....

I made my own stand :)  What do you think?  

You can just about see it in this pic though lol.  

It took a lot of thought on how I was going to accomplish it but I got there in the end.  It is very sturdy too :)  My canvas designs can now stand up all on their own lol :)  Very happy with this accomplishment :)

I have accomplished quite a lot this week, not with just my designing but also with slowly getting my craft studio looking a lot better than what it was :)  Just a few more final touches & new additions & I will be extremely happy.

If you would like to pin this design to your Pinterest board:

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This design has been popped into my

Dreamtime Designs Etsy Shop :)

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I would like to include my design into the following challenges:

Besties Challenge - School / Fall

Bearly Mine #97 - Sketch

Penny's Challenge #138 - Add some stitching

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

The Paper Shelter #122 - Anything Goes

Alota Rubber Stamps #112 - Recipe (A sentiment, Love heart, Orange, Thread, A doily)

AUD Sentiments #86 - Flirty Sentiment

Crafty Ribbons #55 - Use one or more circles

Cute Card Thursday #280 - Anything Goes

Card Crafters Circle #86 - Dotty for spots

Totally Papercrafts #178 - Inspired by a song (We're off to see the Wizard - Wizard of Oz)

2 Sisters #155 - Anything Goes

Allsorts #218 - Photo inspiration

Totally Gorjuss - Anything goes with pearls

A Gem of a Challenge #91 - Anything Pearlescent

Crafts & Me #139 - Anything Goes

Divas by Design - Favourite Colour Combo

Hanna & Friends #177 - Anything Goes

Oldie But A Goodie - Best Dressed (Heart embellishment)

Top Tip Tuesday #106 - Spooled Items -

(My Tip - Use a toaster for frantage or embossing if you don't have a heat gun :)

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Oh & just a little bit of info for you....  

I am thinking of doing a candy giveaway each fortnight.  

What do you think?  Would you like that?  

Would you prefer specific items like stamps or actual online shop vouchers?  

Let me know as I will be starting this very soon.  I would love some ideas from you, my wonderful visitors, as to what you would prefer as it will be you that it will be on offer for :)  So, feel free to give me some ideas in the comments :)

Well, I had better be off.  I've got to link up the challenges yet...which as some of you would know...is a challenge all by itself lol.

Have a great day everyone :)  Hope to see you here tomorrow.  

Stay safe & creative.

Hugs

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