Oh Christmas Tree …

 

 

Evening everyone, hope you’re all well?

I’m just watching last nights ‘Great British Bake Off’ final, I’ve watched this every year since it started and I enjoy it.I love baking but don’t very often because I’m the one who ends up eating it all lol

I don’t seem to cook much at all now, Jess isn’t here and Joe is rarely in. It seems so much easier to pop into M&S and get a ready meal and to be honest not much more expensive by the time you’ve bought all the ingredients. I like cooking and made a meal every night when the kids were little and we all used to sit down at the table together for tea. We always did when I was growing up and I suppose it rubbed off on me, it’s nice to chat about the day and have some family time

 

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Don’t forget that there’s another Lili of the Valley show on Create and Craft tomorrow at noon, Dawny is doing the show with Leoni so it should be good – don’t miss it!

 

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Onto this weeks Papertake Weekly challenge and for this one our theme is…

 

Oh Christmas Tree

 

…so please either make a tree or include one in your card or project

 

I made this tree out of Frosty Christmas papers, I saw a tutorial in a magazine and fancied having a go. I was pleased with it, I think it would look lovely in the Classic Christmas papers, red and green, and maybe do 3 different sizes

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

You start by making a cone from card and straighten alomg the bottom so it stands up

Cut strips of paper and curl them

Starting at the bottom using double sided tape round the tree in layers, stick them all the way up. You have to shape them a bit as you get closer top the top and it gets narrower

I trimmed it with a bit of Tim Holtz idealogy silver tinsel

Cut out 5 stars and fold them in half, then stick each half to the next one until you come to the fifth, join this to the first one. I struggled getting it to stand on top so I ended up sticking a cotton bud up into the star and the other end into the tree with some tacky glue

 

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Hope you like it, there’s some great inspiration from the DT ..and as always a prize for the winner who will be announced next Tuesday!

 

 

 

Colour Challenge, Brown …

 

 

 

Morning everybody, what you up to today?

The weather is miserable and I’m still trying to rest my knee so I’ve taken your advice (thanks for that!) and I’m spending some time crafting today

I’ve caught up with my cards so on everything I make from now I’m going to use something that I’ve bought and not used – I’ve set myself a challenge and I’m not going to buy anything new until I‘ve made a dent in the huge stash that I already have here!

On today’s card I used a K & Co paper pad that I’ve had for a while and it’s just been sat there in the pile getting ignored. I think papers are probably the main thing I have far too many of, I love them but can’t bear to use them as they’re so nice!

 

 

 

 

Time for our monthly colour challenge at the Ribbon Girl and this month it’s…

 

~~ BROWN ~~

 

Here’s a lovely inspiration picture for you (yum!!)

 

 

 

I enjoyed making this card, it’s an elegant stepper from Craftwork cards and we now have them in the shop at Lili of the Valley

 

 

 

I don’t usually put up many pictures but it’s so hard to take this from a good angle so I thought I’d just show you them all…

 

 

       

 

     

 

This last one is laid out flat so you can see how I decorated all the panels

 

 

 

 

 

   I used one of the Lili of the Valley art pads, this is in the Romance one and was perfect for the brown theme

 

I used some gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl and you can find them all on their website here

 

rusty jingle bells

pure silk ribbon

eastern spice mixed dahlia

brown organza ribbon

darjeeling white blossom flowers

liquid pearls

stickles

brown and ivory button twine

brown self adhesive pearls

white tulle

 

Here’s the rest of the supplies;

K & Co papers

Handwritten Phrases

LaLa Land flag banner

Memory Box puffy clouds

Doohickey slender firs

 

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Hope you like it, have a fab Sunday all of you and thanks for all the lovely comments, I love to read them and appreciate you taking the time x

 

 

Halloween Hues …

 

 

 

Evening all, the weekend again and I hope you all have something  nice planned

I’m still having trouble with my knee so I won’t be doing much, hopefully some nice crafty time will be the order of the day if I can drag myself into the attic (am sure I’ll manage it!)

 

The challenge this week at Papertake Weekly is…

Happy Halloween Hues

You need to use colours associated with Halloween or Autumn ie oranges,blacks, purples, greens, browns, golds  etc or you can also do a Halloween card or gift if you want to

 

Halloween cards are not really something I make usually but we needed this one for the showroom using our cute Abracadabra stamp so it was good timing for this challenge

 

 

 

 

It’s a simple card, I printed the words on the computer and used a Memory Box Cosmic Star border die

The bottom half is sprinkled with white Frantage

 

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Hope you like it, have a fabulous weekend everyone

 

 

Lovely Lili challenge …

 

 

 

Hey everyone, I’m back, hope you’re all well!

We had a lovely long weekend in London, went to some museums and did some shopping …saw a couple of shows …generally ate and drank far too much  …and certainly spent far too much (we could have had a week abroad for what we spent!)

I twisted my knee which slowed me down a bit for the last day so now I’m trying to rest it, I think it was just all that walking my poor joints are not used to it!

 

I missed the announcement of the exciting news over at The Ribbon Girl last weekend so here’s my little midweek newsflash!!

I’m thrilled to be on the DT for Mary and Andrea’s Lovely Lili monthly challenge

 

To kick off the new challenge we want to see your 'Anything Goes' projects that include a LOTV image or sentiment stamp or a pre-coloured Artpad image

There are some fab prizes up for grabs and the challenge will close at 9pm UK time on Saturday so still plenty of time to enter

 

I used one of the new art pads for my card…

 

 

 

This little cutie is in pad 7 Just For Girls and the brown colours went perfectly with the gorgeous ribbons and lace which are of course from The Ribbon Girl

Here’s a list of everything I used;

K&Co papers

Handwritten Phrases

Petaloo flowers and leaves

Marianne dies – stitched circle and border

Liquid Pearls, Stickles, Flatback Pearls (chocolate and peaches & cream) Organza ribbon, Silk ribbon and Chocolate beaded tulle lace – all from The Ribbon Girl

 

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I’ll have my papertake weekly card tomorrow so if you get the chance then do stop by

 

 

 

Two by Two …

 

 

Hey fellow crafters! how are you all this evening?

It was the Harrogate show last weekend and it’s one that I enjoy, it’s local to me and it’s always good to see some friendly faces. Quite a few of our customers attend and also some of my blogging friends who live in the area came along. Thanks for stopping by to say hello, I’m so sorry that I was too busy to have a chat with some of you

When I got I home I was sorting through my stash, I have things that I’ve bought at previous shows over the last couple of years (that I just had to have at the time  …you know!) and they’re still sat in the drawer unopened. I’m making myself a promise to use something on every card I make that I’ve not used before  …so watch this space, it could take some time!

 

I said I’d do a little candy draw so I got Joe to pick a name from the comments that were left on last weeks card

He chose …

 

Annette

 

Thanks to everybody who comments on my posts, I know some of you visit regularly and I appreciate it, it’s great to know I’m not talking to myself!

Let me have your address Netty  anne40@gmail.com and I’ll send you out a little prize

 

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So onto the new challenge at Papertake Weekly and our theme is…

Two By Two

…quite simply we just want you to use 2 of something on your card this week
This could be two papers, or two different types of embellies ie a ribbon and some flowers. There could be 2 people/characters in your image, or you may want to use 2 different stamps. So lots of ideas there but as always, how you interpret this is up to you :)

There is some fab inspiration from the DT and this week’s smashing prize is from from Whiff of Joy

 

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For my 2 items I used 2 different colours of liquid pearls on the flowers  …

 

 

 

 

 

Here’s my list of supplies;

 

Lili of the Valley Hydrangeas

K & Co papers

Liquid Pearls

Magnolia Doo Hickey border die

Sizzix bigz doily die

Flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearly bits and ribbon from The Ribbon Girl

Stickles

 

Hope you like it, enjoy the rest of your evening!

 

 

 

Snowball Fight …

 

 

 

Evening all, thanks for stopping by and I hope you’re all well

Can you believe it’s October already? the time is just whizzing by so quickly  …I think as you get older each year goes quicker than the last. We just seem to start a new week and then it’s Friday again before I know it!

It’s the Harrogate show this weekend and I’ll be there on Saturday so if you’re going along then do stop by the Lili of the Valley stand and say hello. It’s a nice show and I’ll be taking some pennies with me as I have a shopping list (as always)

 

The challenge at Papertake Weekly this week is…

 

~Anything Goes~

 

…as always there is an optional extra and this time it’s to make a Halloween treat holder

You don’t have to use the option and I didn’t this time, but, there are some fabulous projects from the DT if you need a bit of inspiration

I had some display cards to make for the showroom so I’ve done a Christmas card this week…

 

 

 

 

Here’s a list of everything I’ve used;

Lili of the Valley Snowball Fight and Christmas Handwritten Phrases

Raspberry Road ‘Snow Flurries’ papers

Noor Snowflake dies

Frantage chunky white and shaved ice

Organza looped trim from The Ribbon Girl

 

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Hope you like it, it’s a while since I had some candy so I’ll do a little giveaway this week and draw a name from the comments that are left

 

See ya

 

Sketchie free for all …and a giveaway

 

 

 

Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by and I hope you’re all well?

Jess came home at the weekend and it was so lovely to see her. I think she only comes home to see Manny, she spent the whole weekend snuggled up with him on the sofa! Her job is quite physical and they seem to go out a lot on an evening as they’re all about the same age so when she comes home she just catches up on sleep!! She’s settled in nicely now and really enjoying herself, I’d like her to be closer to home but she’s happy  …and if she’s happy I’m happy!

The weather has been nice here so I’ve got some cutting back done in the garden and tidying up ready for Winter. My tubs have been lovely this year, I keep dead heading hoping to get another week or two but they’re starting to look a bit sad. Keith had a hernia operation a few months ago and he’s not been able to cut the hedges so they were getting overgrown. My neighbour has a gardener so I collared him yesterday and asked him to do them for us. It was money well spent, they look nice and neat now and it’s made a real difference

 

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Mary and Andrea at The Ribbon Girl have another lovely giveaway this week…

 

What would you make with this?

 

 

Look at these gorgeous vintage style goodies!!

'Princess' faux pearl and diamante vintage style brooch

A bunch of 10 Wild Orchid cream open roses

1 metre of ivory 3mm x 5mm oat shape pearl bead string

1 metre of 15mm cream satin ribbon

1 metre of 'Josephine' ivory vintage style fine cotton lace

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is visit their blog and leave a comment telling them how you would use this beautiful collection of goodies and leave a link to the Ribbon Girl store on your blog - the winner will be chosen on Saturday 28th September

 

 

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Time for this weeks challenge at Papertake Weekly and as it’s the last one of the month it’s a Sketchie Free for all

Dawny has done a new sketch for you, number 83 …

 

 

…or if you would prefer to use another sketch then please feel free to use any Papertake Weekly sketch you fancy

I chose Sketch 81 from the list and this is my card…

 

 

 

I want you to be honest because I had my doubts about this card, I don’t know if it’s the papers that are just too busy with the flowery image but it all looks a bit messy

I used one of the Lili of the Valley art pad images, these are great for a quick card and the sentiment is from their Handwritten Phrases

The papers are from the ‘Pocket full of posies’ stack

 

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There’s some great inspiration from the design team and as always a smashing prize up for grabs, this week it’s a voucher from Simon Says Stamp so have a look at the sketches and get your entry in

 

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Enjoy the rest of your week everyone