Hello Boys! …and a lovely giveaway

 

 

 

 

Good evening crafters!

Hope you all enjoyed the blog hop yesterday, thanks you so much for all the lovely comments on my card   …the new Pretty Vintage stamps will be on the Lili of the Valley website at midnight and we’ve had a fantastic response to them so far

 

I’ve reached 300 followers, yippee!

As a little thank you I’ll get some candy together and do a giveaway shortly so watch out for that

 

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Mary and Andrea over at The Ribbon Girl have a scrummy June wedding giveaway this week…

 

 

 

 

2 metres of cream satin ribbon

1 metre of 'Josephine' ivory vintage style cotton lace

1 metre of flat ivory pearl lace trim

1 bunch of small ivory gardenias

1 large diamante heart buckle slide

1 floral heart, a padlock, a shiny heart and small key charm

 

 

 

 

Just visit their blog, leave a comment and mention this give away on your own blog to be in with a chance of winning this gorgeous bundle. The lucky winner will be drawn at random on Saturday 15th June

 

 

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This weeks challenge at Papertake Weekly is ‘Hello Boys’

Father's Day is just around the corner so we want to see any 'male' cards or projects …easy as that

 

I used one of the new Vintage Backgrounds on my card and this one is Clocks & Cogs (try saying that a few times quickly!!)

 

 

 

 

I don’t usually decorate the middles of my cards but I was quite pleased with this. I used one of the new Art Pads from Lili of the Valley, these images are so great for a quick card when you don’t have time to colour

I cut out the bag from a second sheet and put that in the middle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I went a bit mad with the Frantage but I love the stuff, it adds such a great extra dimension to your card

Other supplies are Bazzill craft card, Walnut Stain distress ink and from The Ribbon Girl I’ve used button twine and jute mesh ribbon

The alphabet letters are a stamp set from Craftwork Cards

 

 

 

Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by

 

 

 

Pretty Vintage Blog Hop …

 

 

 

Morning morning morning!  hope you all had a lovely weekend

I’m nearly at 300 followers so make sure as you stop by that you are a follower and I’ll have a candy draw when I get to 300. Thanks so much to all of you who visit me regularly, I know I’m a  bit sporadic with my posts and I do appreciate your support

 

 

Today we are holding a Lili of the Valley design team blog hop to celebrate the launch of their gorgeous Pretty Vintage stamps

 

 

There are 26 new clear stamp sets and it’s a fabulous mix of backgrounds, sentiments, quotes, tags and more...

They keep up perfectly with the current trend for all things vintage and grungy whilst still retaining a bit of the feminine charm that you’ve come to expect from Lili of the Valley!

The stamps will be available to buy on the website from midnight (12am) on Wednesday 12^th June (UK time)

 

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The LOTV design team are all joining in and you may have noticed a new name on the list

We’re all thrilled to welcome our new teamie ...it’s the very fabulous Mary J

 

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You just need to ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card, these stamps are a little bit different so hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration along the way for using the new images

There is an amazing prize up for grabs on this hop, we don’t know where it is hidden so do make sure you that you visit and comment on every blog

We will let you know tomorrow evening which was the ‘lucky’ blog and a winner will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left on that blog

The prize is a full set of the Pretty Vintage stamps...

…that’s 26 A5 sheets, one each of all the new designs, and it’s worth a massive £325

 

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part, and remember that you will need to visit them all and leave a comment on each one to have the best chance of winning as we don’t know where the prize is hidden;

 

Ideas To Inspire

Anne (that’s me!)

Dawny

Dena

Elise

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Lou

Mary J

Mindy

Moni

 

 

 

Here’s my card and I’ve used one of the new Statement stamps…

 

 

 

 

This one is from the set called ‘Fabulous’ I stamped it in Wild Honey distress ink

I used the same ink along with Weathered Wood to make the background paper using some swirls and dots from the new Grunge Swirls set

 

 

 

 

 

The lovely little butterflies are from a set that you do not want to miss, it’s called Grunge Elements

I stamped them onto watercolour paper, coloured them in and then embossed with clear powder and they turn out like stained glass

There are 3 sizes of them on the sheet along with a fab clock, leaves, a key and loads of other useful bits

 

Hope you like it!

 

 

Don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow evening when you can find out who the lucky winner is of this fantastic prize

 

 

Enjoy the hop… and good luck!

 

 

 

Anything goes …

 

 

Hey everyone, OMG I’m such a bad blogger  …

if you stopped by from the ideas to Inspire blog to see the details of my little folder I am so sorry that I didn’t do the post, where did the week go?? I promise that I will put it on in the next couple of days

The weather has been fabulous, I think Summer is here hooray and I’ve been enjoying the sunshine. I haven’t been near the attic where my computer and crafting stuff live as it’s been sooo bloomin hot up there!

 

We had a great time at the Lili of the Valley open day on Saturday, it’s always lovely to catch up with the dt girls, and a few friends old and new dropped in for a chat. You all loved the new stamps which we were very pleased about because they are a bit different from what you’d expect from LOTV

 

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It’s the first week of the month which means over at Papertake Weekly it’s the usual Anything Goes theme

…there is an optional extra to make a non square card but this is only an option and if you don’t want to do this then you don’t have to

 

As our regulars will know, the first challenge of the month is sponsored by Lili Of The Valley

 

 

… and there’s a lovely £10 voucher for one lucky winner

 

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I re-jigged a card that I made last year and was never quite happy with. I liked it too much to throw it away so I took the original sentiment off and added one of the new Lili of the Valley Quotable stamps. This is much better, I think if the sentiment is going to be the focus of a card then it needs to be a good size

The swirly and dotted bits round the edge are from their new Grungy Bits and Grungy Swirl sets as are the scrumptious little butterflies which are in 3 sizes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The lace, button twine and rolled paper roses are all from The Ribbon Girl

 

I used K&Co papers and Spellbinders Grand Decorative Circles

 

 

 

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Hope you like it, thanks for stopping by  x

 

 

Sneak Peek and PTW Sketch Challenge …

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone, thank you for stopping by and I can’t believe it’s a week again since my last post!

I always have such good intentions, I have lots of cards to show you and then another week has whizzed by before I even know what happened

We’ve had a glorious weekend here in Leeds, doesn’t it cheer you up when the sun is shining?

 

 

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As promised I’ve drawn a name from the comments I had left last week and the winner is…

 

 

Anne-Marie

 

 

Well done Anne-Marie, email me anne40@gmail.com with your address and I’ll send you a little prize

Thanks for all your comments, I do like to know what you think and especially today because this card is something very different for me…

 

 

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The challenge this week over at PaperTake Weekly is a sketch…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As always there are prizes up for grabs and loads of fab inspiration from the DT

 

 

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I’ve used one of the new Lili of the Valley stamps which are out soon, it’s a fantastic selection of backgrounds, tags and sentiments

This style of stamp is are very popular at the moment and the DT are busy playing with them so watch out for lots of sneak peeks over the next couple of weeks

 

 

 

 

 

The main stamp is one of the new Background Bits. There are 4 on a sheet and they match the larger Vintage Backgrounds which have 2 on a sheet. This one is on a set called ‘Old Romance’

 

 

 

 

 

 

The tags are brilliant, these are going to be so useful and there are 3 sets…  Madame, Monsieur and Le Jardin

These 2 are from the Le Jardin set

 

 

 

 

 

 

I stamped in black ink and then embossed it with clear powder and coloured in the design with distress inks

You can see on the main picture that I also used the stamps randomly on the background paper in the top and bottom right corners to add a bit of interest

 

Here’s a list of everything I used;

 

K & Co papers

Memory box lattice die

Prima paper flowers

Button twine and lace from The Ribbon Girl

Distress stickles

Tim Holtz Ideaology brads

 

 

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Hope you like it, I’d very much like to hear what you think either way (I know it’s not going to be everyone’s cup of tea)

 

That’s it from me, I have a few things to share so I promise to post a bit more regularly this coming week!

 

Have a good day

 

 

 

If the paper fits …

 

 

 

Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by

 

The theme this week for the Papertake Weekly challenge is …

 

If The Paper Fits

 

So all we want you to do a bit of paper piecing somewhere on your card or project - it's as simple as that!

This weeks prize is a fab voucher to spend in the gorgeous Ribbon Girl online shop

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I was thrilled when I saw this weeks theme, I love paper piecing  …and I got chance to play with my new favourite stash

These amazing new Prima Paper Dolls by Julie Nutting are fabulous …

 

 

 

 

 

 

I paper pieced her hair, shoes and ruffle with some red card and then her dress, cardigan and headband with some of the gorgeous papers I used on the tag which are from Raspberry Road (Memories of Mom)

 

 

 

 

 

The lace border die is Magnolia Doohickey cut out of Coredinations and then sanded back. I used the same card to print out the sentiments

The flowers are cut with my Crealies die, I use this a lot and I put a brad in the centre of each (American Crafts)

I sneaked a bit of tulle and white ric rac on there too from The Ribbon Girl

 

 

 

 

 

I took this close up to show you the backing paper which I made by overstamping the lovely Raspberry Road paper with a Stampers Anonymous honeycomb (or maybe it’s chicken wire??) and also one of the brand new background stamps from Lili of the Valley. This release is a bit of a departure from the usual Lili of the Valley style and I think you’ll really like them. Watch out for sneak peeks from the Design Team over the next couple of weeks

 

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Hope you like it, I enjoyed making something a bit different!

 

 

I think I’ll do another little random prize draw from all the comments that are left just to say thanks for stopping by so make sure you let me know what you think

 

 

Have a lovely evening

 

 

 

Peekaboo!

 

 

 

Morning all, hope you're having a nice weekend so far. The weather has been just awful here, …cold, wet and miserable although it does look a bit brighter this morning.

Thanks for all you lovely comments about errant teens, it’s nice to know I’m not the only one living with Kevin the Teenager!

 

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Time for the May colour challenge at The Ribbon Girl, and you need to use lavender or lilac on your cards for this one

The design team have outdone themselves with some fabulous colour samples for you so be sure to pop over and have a look even if you’re not joining in

 

There are prizes as always, and this week you’ll have chance to win The Ribbon Girl and Lili of the Valley vouchers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s a gorgeous inspiration photo for you, I just love these colours …

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used one of the pictures from the new Lili of the Valley art pads, they are so great for a quick card. I do love colouring but don’t always have the time

This image is Peekaboo from the Jack, Patch and Puss pad, the image is also available as a stamp

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There’s quite a long list of supplies for this card;

 

Spellbinders curved borders one

Magnolia heart tag

Noor design leaves

Core’dinations card

Adirondack snow cap dabber

Tim Holtz chit chat stickers

EK success corner punch

4mm rosebuds

 

and from the fabulous Ribbon Girl…

Kort and Godt rolled paper roses

Beaded sprigs

Heart pins

Seam binding

Tulle

Button twine

Heart charm

Flatback pearls

Jute mesh ribbon

Lace

 

 

 

I printed the greeting on the computer and the little heart tag can be either taken off or tucked behind the image

 

Hope you like it, enjoy the rest of your Sunday x

 

 

 

Ribbon Girl giveaway …and the some of my favourite things!

 

 

Morning everyone, hope you’re all ok

I’ve had a busy weekend, Jess has gone back to Doncaster to start her course again so fingers crossed that her knee has fully healed

She’s going to have to be careful but she was excited and I’ll miss her, she’ll be back home in August which seems such a long time away

 

My son Joe came home with his tongue pierced after we’d told him he couldn’t have it done, he seems to think now he’s 16 he can do what he likes and is giving us more than a few headaches at the moment. He finishes school on Friday and can’t wait to leave, he will be on what they now call ‘stand down’ and just go back in for exams and revision. He doesn’t seem to be doing much work at home, I remember ‘swotting’ for hours when I did my O levels (showing my age there!) but he can’t wait to leave. He’s never liked school so I’m just really hoping once he gets to college doing something he enjoys that he’ll buck his ideas up

 

 

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Before my card I have news of another fabulous Ribbon Girl giveaway

   

Mary and Andrea are introducing a brilliant new product to their already very extensive catalogue, a new range of 100% hemp twine in beautiful colours and in 2 different weights

Hemp is a pure, natural eco-friendly alternative to synthetic products. The winner will get one roll of 20lb hemp cord in dusky pink, one card of 10lb weight cord in vintage colours and a packet of Vintage Pink Anemone flowers which are made from earth-friendly handmade paper produced from recycled cotton

All you have to do is mention this giveaway on your blog and link back to The Ribbon Girl - the lucky winner will be picked at random on Saturday 18th May. We will send the prize anywhere in the world.

 

The new hemp twine products can be found on the Ribbon Girl website here

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The Papertake Weekly challenge this week is a fab one…

 

The Sound Of Music

 

I had to make my card in a bit of a rush but I wish I’d had more time because there are so many possibilities with this, I used one of the new Lili of the Valley art pads. This is pad number 6 Fairies, they are so good when you need a quick card and I thought this little fairy was perfect for…

 

‘girls in white dresses with blue satin sashes’
 

 

 

 
 
 

I used papers from one of my favourite Lili of the Valley pads, Bonnets and Bowties and a Spellbinders floral ovals die
 

The little flowers are Petaloo jewelled florettes and I sneaked on a couple of the new Impression Obsession heart stems that I had already cut, you can just about see them and I think this die is going to be very useful

The scrumptious crumpled seam binding was sent to me by a very lovely lady who has given me tips on scrunching my own, it’s lovely stuff but it’s so boring when it’s flat – I love this effect

 

Sorry there are so many pictures, I couldn’t get a good one showing how it folds, I will put a sentiment on the large area but ran out of time

 

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That’s it from me, have a lovely day folks x