White …

 

 

Good evening all, hope you’ve had a lovely weekend

The Ribbon Girl colour challenge for November, inspired by this gorgeous picture is

 

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I was quite excited to do this one, I’ve never made a white card and I enjoyed it

The design team have really excelled themselves with this theme and there is some gorgeous work to give you some ideas

 

 

 

 

I used white and silver for my card and embossed one of the Lili of the Valley statement stamps, this is from the Just To Say set

Everything else is of course from The Ribbon Girl fabulous online shop;

Tulle

Antique white lace patch

Heart pins

Stickles

Darjeeling white blossom flowers

Darjeeling white mini blossom flowers

2 row diamante trim

Silver Spiders web

White seam binding

Pearl flatbacks

Round diamante spacer

 

 

Hope you like it, it looks a bit clumsy on this picture now I’m looking at it  …it does look nicer in real life!

 

 

Snow & Ice …

 

 

Morning everyone, hope you’re ok today

Before my card, just a quick thanks to those of you that leave me a lovely comment, it’s much appreciated and I really enjoy reading them. Things have been hectic this last couple of weeks and with being poorly I seem to have got a bit behind with everything. I will try a catch up with all your blogs this weekend and see what you’ve been up to

 

It’s time for this weeks Papertake Weekly challenge and the theme is …

Snow & Ice

We just want you to use  blue or 'cold' colours on your card or project or you could also include snow/ice somewhere …or both!

There’s loads of fab inspiration from the design team if you need a few ideas to get you going …and as always there’s a lovely prize up for grabs

 

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I decided to make another little snowy scene, I love doing these and it’s a good way to show off nice papers…

 

 

 

 

These scrummy papers are from the new Lili of the Valley Simple Joys paper pad, I adore this pad, definitely one of my favourites

I cut the image out from an art pad but you can also get her as a stamp, it’s called Skating Along

The sentiment is from my much used Christmas Handwritten Phrases

Finally a couple of DooHickey ‘Slender Firs, 3 Joy ‘Snowflakes’ and some flatback gems along with a liberal sprinkling of glamour dust

 

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Time to go to work, hope you like my card  …have a lovely day everyone

 

 

Lovely Lili challenge – add sparkle!

 

 

 

Morning lovely crafters, thanks so much for stopping by and I hope you’re all having a nice Sunday

It’s a gorgeous day here today, I ended up going back to bed yesterday but this morning I feel much better so I’m going to take Manny for a walk later and blow away some cobwebs; I haven’t moved out of the house for 3 days!

 

It’s time for a Lovely Lili Challenge over at The Ribbon Girl blog today    …and it’s a brilliant one that you’ll all love joining in with   …ADD SPARKLE

 

There are prizes up for grabs from Lili Of The Valley and The Ribbon Girl so worth having a go, you just need to use a Lili of the Valley image or sentiment on your card or project

 

As always there is some amazing inspiration from the design team so do go and see what they made, and you can also find out the full details on there too

 

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There’s loads of sparkle which doesn’t really show, I used frantage and stardust stickles

I used one of the Lili of the Valley art pads (party and cake) Always and Forever papers and a sentiment from set 6 Dreamy Days

 

All the other gorgeous goodness is from The Ribbon Girl (of course!)

Tulle

Flatback pearls

2 row diamante trim

Rose organza ribbon

Stickles

Liquid pearls

Mini glossy accents

Velvet ribbon

Topstitching thread

 

I had a bit of trouble taking a decent picture of this card, the glossy accents on the balloons and the mirror confused the camera as it was so reflective under the light and I couldn’t get it to focus where I wanted!

 

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

 

 

Birthday Bonnet…

 

 

 

Morning all, how are you today?

I’ve not been too well, came down some horrible virus and have been in bed for the last 2 days. I’m feeling a bit better this morning, still a bit woozy but definitely in need of some fresh air!

 

It’s an Anything Goes theme this week at Papertake Weekly, there is as usual an optional extra and it’s to make a Christmas Card

Remember this is only an option and if you don’t want to use this theme then you don’t have to

 

I’m still enjoying making cards with the new Lili of the Valley girlie stamps so I didn’t take the Christmas option. The 5 girls have been really popular and some of them have sold out at the moment but this one is still available, it’s called Birthday Bonnet

 

I recycled a card from last year for this that I wasn’t completely happy with, I can’t bear to throw them away if I’ve used lovely papers so I took off everything I could and re-used the base

 

 

 

 

Here’s everything I used;

Maja Design papers

Birthday Bonnet

Handwritten Phrases

Spellbinders ovals and large scalloped ovals

The rest of the gorgeous goodies are all from the Ribbon Girl, these crystal hearts are scrumptious

Emily lace

Crystal hearts

Hemp twine

Cheesecloth

Kort and Godt rolled paper roses

Heart pins

White beaded sprigs

 

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Hope you like it, I appreciate your comments very much and always enjoy reading them

Have a great weekend all

 

 

My Favourite Friends …

 

 

Evening all, hope you’ve had a lovely weekend

I’ve had a busy couple of days, it was the Lili of the Valley open day yesterday so I was working all day

Today I went into Leeds with Keith, he is the worst shopper ever! He only goes to town once a year before we go on holiday, we haven’t been away this year with one thing and another so he really needed a few things. He said we’ll go shopping and have a wander round so I thought lovely, that it will make a nice change, we’ll have lunch out and I might get a few bits too. We went straight into Next where he bought the first 2 pairs of trousers he saw and a hoodie then said right lets go, we were home 30 minutes later!! We have a Next half a mile away or I could have ordered them from the directory, we may have well just stayed at home   …and I had a slice of toast for my lunch!!

I like to watch the X Factor and Downton Abbey on a Sunday so I always have a couple of lovely crafty hours to myself. The new Lili of the Valley girlie stamps are released tomorrow and DT have loved using them, they are the cutest yet!

 

I’m super late with my Papertake Weekly card but you still have time to enter

As it’s the last one of the month it’s a Sketchie Free For All, you can use any of our sketches but as always there is a new one and I’ve chosen to use it, sketch 84…

 

 

 

 

 

I’ve used one of the new girls out tomorrow and this image is so adorable, it’s called My favourite Friends

The papers are Always and Forever and the sentiment is from Handwritten Phrases

The gorgeous border dies are Joanna Sheen, I’ve had them a while and as I said before I’m making a point of using something I’ve not used before on all my new cards – they have matching corners and are really lovely, in fact I’m mad with myself for not getting them out sooner

 

Hope you like it, enjoy your Sunday evening everyone

 

 

LOTV Blog Hop …

       

 

 

Morning all, thanks for stopping by!

Lili of the Valley are launching 5 cute new girlie stamps over the weekend so we’re having a fun DT blog hop to celebrate!

The stamps will be available to buy on the website on Monday 4^th November and also at the open day in Leeds on Saturday if you are able to come along

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We thought we’d have a change for this hop, you all enjoy seeing how an image can be used in different ways so this time we are showing cards all made using the same stamp

We’ve chosen Getting Ready  ...and she is just adorable!

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Just ‘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

As always we have some hidden prizes along the way, we don’t know where they are so do be sure to visit and comment on every blog

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

 

We have 3 sets of the new stamps to give away, three lucky winners will each get all 5 new designs 

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;

 

Ideas to Inspire

Anne – you’re here

Dena

Elise

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kim

 

Here’s my card for the hop...

 

 

 

 

I used papers from Simple Joys, I love the white pages from this collection – they remind me of a Laura Ashley wallpaper I had many years ago in my bedroom! They can be used for Christmas or general so it’s a very versatile pad

 

I paper pieced the table cloth, I find colouring with deep reds very difficult and they always seem to bleed. The plain red in the pad has a clever embossed effect so it looks a bit like fabric. I stamped the little presents again and cut them out, I stuck these on with foam pads so they are dimensional

You can’t see very clearly on the picture but I put some glossy accents on the mirror to make it look like glass

 

 

Here’s everything else I used;

 

Square doily from Krafty Hands

Cheery Lynn heart dies

Vintage Sentiments – Just to say

 

and from The Ribbon Girl …

Stickles

Heart pin wheel

Mini glossy accents

Spot organza ribbon

Rose organza ribbon

Flatback pearls

 

 

 

Hope you like my version today!

Don’t forget to leave a comment to be in with a chance of winning   …and from here you should be heading onto the fabulous Dena's blog

 

 

One final thing, don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow evening when you can find out who the lucky winners were of the prizes

 

Enjoy the hop…    and good luck!

 

 

 

 

James Bear …

 

 

 

Good morning crafters, I had a busy day planned today but got out of bed at 11am!

I never lie in but have had trouble sleeping lately, I’ve been waking up because my knee was hurting in the night. It’s feeling a bit better now and I had a great night’s sleep, I obviously needed to catch up from the past couple of weeks! But, I don’t like to waste half a day on a Saturday, the weekends pass so quickly as it is!

This card is on the Ideas To Inspire blog today, we have got a Lili of the Valley column in 3 consecutive issues of Quick Cards magazine and I got to make a card for each feature

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This is my card for the first column, it’s edition 119 which is on sale at the moment and I’ve used a fab James the Bear image from one of our Art Pads

It had to of course be a ‘quick card’ for the magazine and these pre-coloured images are so perfect, this one is from Furry Christmas

 

 

 

I used our Candles and Cake papers, the reds and greens in this collection are fab, perfect for Christmas cards I think

Here’s everything else I used;

 Christmas Handwritten Phrases

Embossed white card

Spellbinders standard circles and lacey circles

Cheery Lynn small snowflakes

Flatback gems

EK Success corner punch

Adirondack white paint dabber

 

You can’t really see on the picture but the sentiment is not stuck flat. I like to bring the ends in a bit so that the middle is raised like a banner, it’s a nice effect and adds a bit of dimension to your card

 

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That’s about it from me I’d better get started on some of those jobs I had planned, need to be finished for when it’s X Factor time!

 

Have a great day everyone