Summer blog hop …

 

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone!

Firstly, thank you so much for all the lovely comments you’ve all left for me  …I love to read them and will try to return your visit soon

 

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Down to business and it’s time for another Lili of the Valley design team blog hop to celebrate the launch of the gorgeous Summer stamps

There are 10 new designs including fairies, flowers and also some that are a little bit different!

The stamps will be available to buy on the website from midday UK time on Monday 8^th July and will be launched in the shop on Saturday 6^th if you are near enough to visit us

 

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The LOTV design team are all joining in and you may have noticed that there are some new names on the list

We’re all thrilled to welcome our new teamies   ...it’s the very fabulous Kim, Becky and Debbie

 

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

There are some great prizes up for grabs on this hop, we don’t know where they are hidden so do make sure you that you visit and comment on every blog

We will let you know tomorrow evening which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and the winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left on those blogs

 

 

1st prize

The full set of 10 new stamps

2^nd prize

4 new perfectly pretty stamps

3^rd prize

3 new flower stamps

4^th prize

3 new fairy stamps

 

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 prizes are hidden;

 

Ideas to Inspire

Anne (that’s me!)

Becky
Dawny

Debbie

Dena
Elise

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kim

Lou

Mary J

Mindy

Moni

 

 

Here’s my card and I’ve used the stamp called Summer Church …

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are 4 in this set, we’ve called them Perfectly Pretty! …they are a bit whimsical and very cute

I love those little butterflies and I think you could just ink those and use them on their own

 

 

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Your next stop is  Becky  ...and if you get lost along the way you can start again at the Ideas to Inspire blog

Don’t forget to also stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow evening when you can find out who the lucky winners are of those great prizes

 

 

Enjoy the hop  …and good luck!

 

 

 

 

 

Prom time …and a new PTW challenge

 

 

 

Evening everybody, before today's card I thought I’d just share a little pic of Joe ready for his prom at the weekend. It’s the first time I’ve ever seen him in a suit and he looked very smart

I wasn’t blogging when it was Jess’s prom a couple of years ago so I’ve added a couple of pictures of her too. I’ve swapped computers and think the main pictures of hers are on my other one, the second picture is not great but you can see her dress, it was lovely and really suited her

 

 

 

 

 

 

They’ve just grown up so quickly, I’ll put some pictures on from when they were little one day if you’d like to see them. It’s nice to put faces to names I think and we bloggers do like to chat about our families!

 

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Now onto the new Papertake Weekly challenge and as it’s the first one of the month we have our usual

Anything Goes

There is the optional extra to include animals / creatures etc in your card or project   …you could even just use an animal print design paper if you wanted to

Remember this is only an option and if you don’t want to use this theme then you don’t have to, as always there is a fab prize up for grabs and this week our lovely sponsor is Lili of the Valley

 

 

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I’ve used one of the new stamps from Lili of the Valley which go on sale at the weekend (8th on the website) and this one is Flower Fairy

I chose to go with the optional ‘add an animal’ and I’ve used the cute lil’ doggie from Millie - Me And My Dog

I didn’t have a lot of time for colouring so I paper pieced her dress and the flowers to match the background

 

 

 

 

The swirly bits round the edge are from the new Grunge Swirls  (very useful set) and the sentiments is from Handwritten Phrases

Here’s what else I used;

Square doily – Krafty Hands

Papers – K & Co

Clouds – Memory Box

Spellbinders grand labels one

Pearls, seam binding and charm all from The Ribbon Girl

Yellow liquid pearls

 

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Make sure you stop by on Thursday as we’re having a Lili of the Valley design team blog hop. There will be loads of inspiration along the way, some fabulous hidden prizes  …and some exciting news!

 

Have a lovely evening

 

Stamp folder …and my candy winner

 

 

 

 

Afternoon all, hope you’re having a nice weekend?

 

I’ve done a random draw and the winner of my little giveaway is …

 

 

 

 

…that’s you Mojca!

 

Well done, email me with your address

 

Thank you everyone for joining in and for your lovely comments  …I love to read them!

 

 

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This is a little binder I put on the Lili of the Valley blog a while ago so apologies if you came here to see the details then, better late then never!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

 

 

We sell these folders in the Lili of the Valley shop, they cost £3.50 each or 3 for £10  …what a great way to keep all your stamps organised

They are clear so perfect for decorating, I used Country Lady papers and images from the Jack, Patch and Puss art pad

The heart banner die is LaLa land, the scalloped border is Spellbinders and the letters from a Tim Holtz alphabet die

It’s finished with lots of Frantage and some lovely organza ribbon to fasten

 

 

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

 

 

 

     

Sketchy free for all …and some candy!

 

 

Hey everyone, thanks for stopping by, hope you all had a lovely weekend

I got my garden finished and the tubs are looking lovely   …just need some sun now and then we can sit in it!!

 

As promised I’ve put together some candy to celebrate me getting to 300 followers, hooray  …just a few thousand more to catch up with some of the other dt members lol!!

 

Just leave your name in the linky below and I’ll draw a winner in a few days…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here's what's in the giveaway...   a distress ink (I somehow ended up with 2 of the same colour) a ribbon bundle, washi tape, flowers, 2 rubber stamps and a patterned paper pad  …just a little goodie bag to say thanks for supporting my blog

 

 

 

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It’s a sketchy free for all this week over at Papertake Weekly and as always there’s a prize up for grabs for the lucky winner, this week our fabulous sponsor is Simon Says Stamp

 

 

I used Sketch 80 …

 

 

 

 

 

 

…and here’s my card

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used the sunflowers from one of the Lili of the Valley art pads, so many people have asked for this design in rubber that it will be in with the next stamp launch

The DT are starting sneak peeks anytime now and you can get the new stamps on the website from July 8th (or on July 6th if you can visit our shop)

 

 

I put glossy accents on the vases to make it look like glass and some distress stickles in the middle of the flowers

 

 

 

 

 

 

The papers are K & Co, the little flowers were on one of the papers so I just cut them out as they matched and put a blob of liquid pearls in the centres

 

The useful dots around the edge of the image are on the new Grunge Swirls stamp set from Lili of the Valley

 

The sentiment is again Lili of the Valley from one of my most used sets, this is handwritten phrases

 

 

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Leave me a comment if you have time, I love to know what you think  …and don’t forget to add your name to the linky if you want to be in the candy draw

 

 

 

See you soon x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hot Hot Hot …

 

Evening all, my friend is on holiday at the moment so I’m missing my Tuesday night wine. I’m always out on a Tuesday so Keith does his own thing normally  …which means I can spend the whole evening tonight in the attic crafting   …except I’ve just come up here and it’s sooo bloomin hot so I don’t know how long I’ll last to be honest!

It said on the forecast it’s going to be the hottest day of the year so far tomorrow so I don’t think I’ll get up here much then either. It’s great having my own space but it’s freezing in Winter and like a sauna in Summer so not ideal really. It’s been nice today but not sunny, it’s quite muggy and uncomfortable

 

Those of you who read my blog regularly will know that I have a habit of rescuing small animals and I found a little bird today. They’re all over the place at the moment building their nests and flying straight across the road into the paths of oncoming cars. I was just about to turn into my street and saw a tiny little brown bird just sat in the  middle of the road so I pulled up and ran back to him praying that no cars came the other way before I got there. I scooped him up in my hand and he didn’t move at all poor little thing he was just blinking and he had a tiny droplet of blood just above his beak. I think it was a baby and he’d obviously flown into a car. Keith had just ordered a watch and had it delivered to me at work and it was lucky that I had it in the car, I was trying to hold the bird in one hand and open the box with the other so I could put him in it, I don’t know what I would have done if I hadn’t had that box. I rang the local vets and she said just leave him in there for a while in the dark as sometimes they’re just a bit stunned. I didn’t know if to take the box back to where I found him in case his Mum was looking for him but there are a few cats around there so I was worried about that and didn’t want him near the road if he was a bit shocked. After about 20 minutes I was going to have a little peek and as soon as I opened the box he just flew out …hooray. I was cheering and clapping like a mad woman I was so pleased that he was ok. I think he’d just needed some time to come round but he wouldn’t have lasted long on the road poor little chap so I did a good deed today!

 

 

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Onto today's card and it’s time for another challenge at Papertake Weekly and this week our theme is…

 

~~Hot Hot Hot~~

 

This could be a colour theme so using warm colours such as reds, hot pinks, oranges, yellows etc. - or maybe you have another interpretation!!

 

There is a yummy voucher up for grabs from The Ribbon Girl for the lucky winner

 

 

 

 

As always there is some fab inspiration from the design team so pop over and have a look if you need a few ideas

 

I used it as a colour theme, they’re not colours I use very often so it made a change…

 

 

 

 

I used gorgeous K & Co papers and made the flowers with my favourite Crealies die

The Patch and Puss image is from the Lili of the Valley Art Pads, they are fab if you don’t have time to colour

The red lace was a roll end from work, we have this for sale in the Lili of the Valley shop in a few lovely colours

The sentiment is from the scroll sentiments which fit the scroll from the Geisha Girl companion set, both again Lili of the Valley

 

 

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That’s it from me, enjoy the rest of your Tuesday

 

 

 

Ribbon Girl colour challenge …

 

 

Hi everyone, hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend…

glad my little funnies made you smile last night!

 

Time for another colour challenge at The Ribbon Girl and this month we want to see your projects using all shades of pink - our favourite!!

 

 

 

 

 

We have two great prizes for our lucky winner from Lili Of The Valley and Ribbon Girl

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Design Team have created some fabulous projects as always   …and, we have some new teamies joining us so do make sure you go and have a look at the wonderful cards they’ve made to give you some inspiration

 

 

Here’s my card…

it actually turned out to be as much green as pink, it didn’t set out that way but when I stamped the image in pink it didn’t look right

 

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve put 2 pictures up because I couldn’t decide if I liked it with or without the bunting …and then I added a bit more tulle   …just can’t leave well alone!

 

I used loads of gorgeous goodies from the Ribbon Girl, you can find them all on their website…

Kort and Godt rolled paper roses, top stitching thread, Emily embroidered tulle lace, hemp twine, tulle, teardrop pinwheel, pearl bead string, flatback pearls, white beaded sprigs

 

The stamp is one of the new Statements from Lili of the Valley and the little green flowers are Petaloo

I used shabby white Frantage around the edges and also some of their rose fragments. We’ll have a great selection of these in the shop later this week, the Frantage powders we got in for the open day completely sold out so I think you’re liking them as much as I do. They’re great for grunging up your cards and adding some texture while still keeping an element of prettiness

 

 

Hope you like it, make sure you stop by during the week for my 300 followers candy giveaway

 

 

 

Funny!

 

 

 

I’ll be back with the new Ribbon Girl challenge tomorrow but thought I’d just share these tonight

…they made me smile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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