Thursday 30 September 2010

Lili of the Valley #67

Good morning peeps, hope you are all well. Wow where has this month gone? Can´t believe we are into the last day of September already.
This week at Lili of the Valley we have another fabulous SKETCH for you to play with, designed by our very own Bev and Laila and Lisa have kindly donated a £10 voucher to be spent on the Lili of the Valley website. Remember to be entered for the prize you must use a Lili of the Valley Stamp or Diecut Image on your creation.
Did you know that Lili of the Valley are now stocking fabulous Super Smooth card for stamping and colouring with Copics and Promarkers? You know how hard it is to get a really good quality card that enables you to blend perfectly, well this card really does that and it is such a reasonable price too - 50 A5 sheets for £5 so if you would like to purchase some of this card just click HERE to go direct to the page.

I have inked up New Hat cutting out with my nesties and coloured her with my copics and prismas, added liquid pearls to her dress and smidgings of stickles.

Roses from Wild Orchid Crafts also got the stickles treatment cos I love my glitter.

Papers are BG´s Urban Prairie, thank you Sylvia I love these. Sentiment is Stampin Up, lace and card candy from stash.
Challenges:
Creative Card Crew - Bloomin Marvelous
Creative Craft - Glamour Puss

Monday 20 September 2010

Just for You

Good morning and welcome to a new challenge at Die Cut Dreams . This weeks challenge is to use

VELLUM

on your creation. If you need a little inspiration just take a look at the stunning creations my DT buddies have made, links are on my sidebar.

I went back to another of my old loves and did a wee spot of pergamano. Can´t believe at long last I found a use for these opaque buttons.



Challenges:

Creative Belli - B themed ... butterflies and buttons

Cute Card Thursday - A Tweet and a Flutter

Daring Cardmakers - Come Fly with Me

Fairy Fun Friday - Embossing

Flutter By Wednesday - use Buttons along with your fairy, butterfly or angel

Saturday Challenge - Anything Goes

Thursday 16 September 2010

Lili of the Valley #65

How times flies when you´re having fun is so true, I can´t believe it´s Thursday already and if I´m not careful Christmas will be upon me before I can blink. Mind you I´m not too worried because I am getting well ahead with my Christmas cards this year thanks to the adorable images available from Lili of the Valley .

This week at Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog our very own Lena Katrine has designed a fabulous

SKETCH

for us and Laila and Lisa have kindly donated a £10 voucher to be spent in the Lili of the Valley website for this weeks Prize. To be entered for the prize you must use a Lili of the Valley Stamp or Diecut Image on your creation.

I have coloured Presents for 2 with copics and prismas, cut out with my nesties and of coarse just had to add a wee bit of glamour dust. Roses and poinsettia are from Wild Orchid Crafts , papers are DCWV and the gorgeous pin from Posh Pins & Charms.

Challenges:

A Pocket Full of Posies - Floral Fantasy

Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - Childrens Christmas

Moving Along With The Times - Christmas

My Time to Craft - Jewelled

Papertake Weekly - Picture Challenge

Pixie Dust Studio - Fur or Feather? - use an Animal



Monday 13 September 2010

Christmas Teddy

Good afternoon folks, hope you have all had a wonderful weekend. I decided I needed a day off so had a little play. I love all the stamps from Lili of the Valley and have inked up Christmas Teddy - Big Star from last Christmas release. In my opinion these stamps will never go out of date cos they´re all so adorable. A wee note to my American and Canadian buddies - these beauties can also be purchased from Simon Says Stamp.




I have coloured with my copics and prismas as always and added gold glamour dust to the star. Poinsetties have been glittered with stickles and these and the flat backed pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts. Papers are BG Eskimo Kisses, image was cut out with my nesties and the ribbon is from my stash. I can´t believe how well I am doing with my Christmas cards this year so there should be no last minute panic for a change!

Challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Challenge and Simon Says Stamp and Show have joined together to bring us their Stamp - Tember Hop - I have chosen Christmas for their theme of Holiday Fun.

Sketch and Stash - this fabulous Sketch

Bah Humbug - Favourite Mediums ... mine are my copics and prismas

Kaboodle Doodles Photo Inspiration ... I have gone with the colours

Thursday 9 September 2010

Down By the Riverside

Good morning peeps, hope you are all well and enjoying yourselves. Time, for me at the moment is very precious and I have had to take a back seat with blogging but do hope to catch up with all my buddies real soon. The de-cluttering process is going great, I should never be allowed so much storage space cos I am a hoarder but whey hey I have reduced a triple double wardrobe to less than one and helped clothe the homeless into the bargain! OMG it was like Hazel giving Viv the same treatment in Emmerdale. Thank goodness only 3 more bedrooms to go and smaller wardrobes so should be much easier!

This week we have a fabulous theme for you at Lili of the Valley

One for the Boys

I now find this challenge so much easier especially with the wonderful range of stamps available at Lili of the Valley and what a snip they are at only £3.75 each. Have you checked out the fabulous new Christmas Range yet, if not, why not - go on take a look and spoil yourself, you know you´re worth it?



I have coloured "By the River" from the Boys/Mens Collection available from Lili of the Valley , with both copics and prismas and added only the lightest touch of glamour dust - cutting out with my nesties. Papers are My Mind´s Eye Bloom & Grow, sentiment from Stampin Up, gems and charm from stash. I did pinch a wee bit of hubby´s twine, which he uses for the rigging on his model ships, to attach the charm.

Challenges:

Crafty Creations - Transportation ... my charm
Crazy 4 Challenges - Anything book related ... Down by the riverside ... Tanah Keeta Song Book
Cupcakes - Books and Stories ... As Above
Fab´n´Funky - What'eva
The Crafty Pad - Lemon, Lime and Mango
Stampin´Sisters in Christ - Water either in word or image
Truly Scrumptious - Sketch with optional extra to use a knot ... I tied 3 on the twine

Thursday 2 September 2010

Lili of the Valley #63

Good morning and welcome to a new challenge at Lili of the Valley , I don´t know where the last week has gone and can´t believe we are into September already!

We have a fabulous SKETCH for you to follow, designed by our very own Bev, this was a dream to work with and one I will definitely use many times again.

This week we are being sponsored by the very kind Paul and Siri from Wild Orchid Crafts so do check out Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog to see the amazing prize you could win and don´t forget that to be entered for the prize you must use a Lili of the Valley Stamp or Diecut Image on your creation.



I have used Baby´s First Christmas, coloured with copics and prisma´s and of course couldn´t resist getting the glamour dust out . Sentiment is also from Lili of the Valley, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts , papers from Bearly Mine Designs and ribbon and pearls from my stash.

Challenges:

fab´n´funky - Living in a material world

Secret Saturday - Make a start on Christmas

The Crafty Pad - Simply Pearls

The Creative Cottage - Celebrations