Pretty Pastels …

 

 

 

Good morning everyone, another week nearly over  …I’m such a bad blogger but I just don’t know where the time goes!

 

We have a lovely challenge over at Lili’s Little Fairies this week  …it’s PRETTY PASTELS so we want to see lots of your yummy girlie cards. The fairies have made some amazing cards this week to give you a bit of inspiration

 

 

 

 

To make the card I used backing papers from the Lili of the Valley Promises pad and distressed and inked all the edges. Some of the layers are stuck with foam pads to give a bit of dimension

The dies are Spellbinders and Nellies (this circle is one of my favourite dies ever and we have it in stock in our shop now)

I added the sentiment, some flowers, lace and a few gem stones – an easy card!

I can’t take the credit for the gorgeous colouring – it was done by the very talented Dena using distress inks

 

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I love to read all your comments so do let me know that you stopped by, if you have any questions you can use the little chat box at the side and I’ll get straight back to you

 

Have a lovely day

 

 

Some gift tags …

 

 

Hi everybody, thanks for joining in with the Lili of the Valley blog hop yesterday and thanks also for all your lovely comments.

Don’t forget it’s the last open day of the year tomorrow and if you are near enough to visit we’d love to see you.

We are holding a ‘virtual’ Christmas party on Facebook which is is a bit of an experiment for us.Some of our overseas design team are joining in for demos and chat and there will be prizes. Lucy will be at our shop in Leeds holding the event live so do join in the fun if you can’t get to Leeds 

 

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I have made these little tags using the new Everyday Grunge Sentiments. The Christmas version of these were incredibly popular and I think everyone will love these just as much, they are so versatile and cover almost every occasion I can think of

 

 

 

 

 

 

I used the papers from the Bonnets & Bowties pad, ribbons from The Ribbon Girl and the die is Magnolia DooHickey.

The actual tags are cut out with DooHickey dies also and the middles of the flowers were done with liquid pearls

 

Hope you like them, don’t forget to check back on the Lili of the Valley website tonight to see if you were one of our blog hop prize winners!

 

 

 

 

Lili of the Valley DT blog hop

 

Good morning crafters, thanks for stopping by!

Today we’re holding a Lili of the Valley sneaky peek blog hop to celebrate the launch of the gorgeous new stamps! There are 18 of the cutest baby and animal designs (unmounted rubber) and also 2 new A5 sheets of clear stamps (a companion set and also an everyday version of the hugely popular Grungy Christmas Messages)

The stamps will be available to buy on the Lili of the Valley website from midday on Sunday the 25th November (UK time) and you will also be able to get them at the Lili of the Valley Christmas party at their showroom in Leeds on Saturday (24th) if you are able to make it

The amazing Design Team are all taking part, you just need to ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card

We’ve used all the stamps between us so hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration

We don’t know where the prizes are so make sure you visit every blog. We will let you know tomorrow evening which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and 2 winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left
There will be 2 prize winners, each winning the 2 sets of clear stamps and 6 rubber stamps of their choice from the new designs (each prize value £52.00)

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part  ...and remember you will need to visit them all to have the best chance of winning;

 

Ideas to Inspire 
Anne (you’re here)
Bev 
Claudia Rosa 
Dawny 
Dena 
Elise 
Fleur 
Gretha 
Katarina 
Mindy 
Moni 
Pops

 

 

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I have 2 cards to show you today, the first one is ‘Woof You’

This cute ‘lil doggie comes with his own sentiment but I used one of the new everyday grunge messages

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 2nd stamp I have to show you is Starry Teddy…

 

 

 

 

 

 

Again I’ve used one of the FABULOUS everyday grungy messages – you are going to LOVE these!

 

Hope you like them, make sure you looks at all the girls’ blogs as they have some amazing cards to share with you today   …and don’t forget to leave everyone a quick comment and you could be one of our lucky prize winners!

 

Have a lovely day!

 

 

Commenter's candy winner …

 

 

 

Good evening ladies, unfortunately my blog didn’t have one of the hidden prizes on the mini hop but you all left me such lovely comments on my last few cards that I’ve drawn my own candy winner

 

My winner, drawn from all the comments left over the last week is …

 

Sue W

 

Well done Sue, e-mail me and I’ll send you some goodies anne@liliofthevalley.co.uk

 

Make sure you keep popping back this week for sneak peeks of the new Lili of the Valley stamps and a full DT blog hop on Thursday with some great prizes

 

 

 

I have news …

Good morning crafters, I hope you’re all having a lovely weekend

Thanks for all the comments you've been leaving for me, make sure you pop back tomorrow so see if you were a prize winner in the blog hop draw

I have some exciting news to share today  …I’m officially a Ribbon Girl …whey hey!!

Mary and Andrea are really lovely, I use so many of their products already and I’m absolutely thrilled to be on the team with a very talented bunch of girls

If you haven’t visited their website (where have you been??) then please do go and have a browse. It’s an Aladdin’s cave of gorgeous ribbons, lace, charms, flowers, beads etc etc - very reasonably priced, and they all come delivered to you beautifully packaged

I’m going to be on the colour challenge team, for November the theme is ‘shades of lilac’ and this is what I made…

I did 3 little mini cards using the new baby companion set from the latest Lili of the Valley stamp release – they’re launched next Saturday at the open day and then for sale on the website from the 25th

   

I used the following goodies from The Ribbon Girl to embellish my cards;

Flatback Gems

Tulle

Sweetheart Blossoms

Mermaid Sparkle Ribbon

Tiny Ric Rac

Stickles Glitter Glue

Liquid Pearls

Irridescent Sparkle Bead String 

The backing/insert papers are from the LOTV Bonnets and Bowties pad and the edge was cut using a Doo Hickey die

Thanks for looking, do make sure you have a wander over to The Ribbon Girl blog here, there’s a new challenge twice a month with some fabulous prizes up for grabs

Enjoy the rest of your weekend

Food glorious food …

 

 

It’s the turn of Team A this week over in the Lili’s Little Fairies challenge, and this week it’s a lovely one …

‘FOOD GLORIOUS FOOD’

 

 

Our sponsors this week are the Denise and Jennie from J & C Creations, they have kindly donated at £10 voucher to be spent on the fantastic website

 

 

 

 

 

This is my card and I’ve used one of the sweet little mice stamps – this one is Sprinkled With Sugar

 

 

 

 

The papers are K & Co and I’ve gone round the edge with distress stickles

The leaf and flower dies are Doo Hickey. The brads on the edges and in the centre of the flowers are Tim Holtz

 

 

Thanks for looking, don’t forget to take part in the blog hop further down the page and you can win one of our mystery prizes!

 

Have a good day

It’s mini blog hop time …

 

 

Good morning everyone, it’s the 15th of the month again which means it’s time for another of our Lili of the Valley designer mini hops

 

Today the stamp that we are going to showcase is Bringing Gifts

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The following DT members are all taking part so make sure you hop along from one blog to another and see what the girls have made using this cute little stamp;

 

Anne (that’s me)

Fleur

Gretha

Lou

 

The aim is to to show you some different ways to use the same image  …and hopefully give you lots of ideas!

 

As always we have some prizes up for grabs, all you need to do to be in the prize draw is to leave a comment. Don’t forget that you’ll need to visit and comment on all the cards to have the best chance of winning as the prizes are hidden along the way and we don’t know where they are!

 

 

This is the card I made with the image…

 

 

I thought I’d try something different so I coloured the image with pencils as I was a bit pushed for time with this one. It’s certainly quicker than using Promarkers or Copics but it just looks a bit washed out to me, I think I need to practice!

The papers are Papermania Henbury Lane and the die is a Cheery Lynn doily

The flowers I used are gardenia, asters, sweetheart blossoms, 10mm open roses, gypsophelia and 5mm rosebuds from Wild Orchid Crafts

The fabulous red berries are from The Ribbon Girl as is the white seam binding

The sentiment is from the Christmas Handwritten Phrases

Finally I added some glamour dust …and then went a bit mad with the liquid pearls!

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Hope you like it, sorry it's a terrible picture. Don’t forget to leave me a comment to be in with a chance of one of the prizes

I’ll be back later today with this weeks Lili’s Little Fairies challenge so please do pop back if you have the chance