Wednesday 23 November 2011

Meet Krystal

Evening folks, hope you are all well and busy with your Christmas crafting and shopping. Ooh you could have knocked me down with a feather when I received an email from Heather Valentin inviting me to be on the Dream Team for Scrapbook Stamp Society - have you seen their digis??? OMG they are gorgeous and it took me but a split second to say yes. Well you cannot blame a gal for wanting to play acan you!

Isn´t she just a wee beauty! "Krystal" is a Limited Edition holiday digi created by artist Heather Valentin and she is available only from Scrapbook Stamp Society. They are a new company less than a year old which was created by Sherri Baldy and started out selling artists work on Fabric Blocks, from there they went into Rubber & Digi Stamps ... when they did, they fell in love with the scrapbooking world and now create even more products which are offered at Scrapbook Stamp Society..... do check out all the fabulous images which are perfect for both scrapbooking and carding alike cos they´re all gorgeous! Also check out their sister site Addicted To Stamps for new releases and freebies too, what ya waiting for!


I have used copics, glamour dust and flowersoft on this wee cutie and cut her out with my nesties. Papers are from the Christmas Stack by DCWV, poinsettias and pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts, glitter flowers and metal snowflake from stash.

Challenges:
Crafty Sentiments - Metal ... snowflake
Creatalicious - for Christmas and make sure it Sparkles
Creative Craft - Free for All
Digital Tuesday - Sparkle and Shine
Everybody Art Challenge - Christmas Card
Kaboodle Doodles - Baby it´s cold outside
Lothian Crafts - Christmas
Magical Monday - Use Those Scraps
One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly - Christmas Crackers
Sketch Saturday - Sketch 182
Winter Wonderland - Awwwww what a Cutie




Thursday 17 November 2011

Lili of the Valley - Icy Angel

Good morning folks, hope you are all well and not feeling the cold too much. It is a beautiful sunny morning here and to be honest it has been very mild which has been a blessing after almost 18 years in Spain, bet we will feel it soon though!
A fabulous new challenge has started today at Lili of the Valley so I do hope you will join us with

A Christmas Card For Someone Special

Remember you must use a Lili of the Valley image to be in the Prize Draw.


I have inked up Icy Angel, one of the latest images released at Lili of the Valley, and coloured her with copics then cut her out with my nesties. Any excuse to play with my beloved glamour dust, I just love this stuff for that added sparkle. Flowers are made up with Xcut and Woodware punches and topped with pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts. Papers are DCWV, Winter Wishes sentiment comes free with this stamp and ribbon from stash.

Challenges:

Bunny Zoe´s - Anything Christmas with Pearls
CCEE Stampers - 2 Diecuts or 2 Punches
Craft Your Days Away - Embellishment Bingo - Pearls, Flowers and Ribbon
Delightful - Bingo - Pattern Paper, Punches/Diecuts and Flowers
My Time to Craft - Take Two - Flowers
Paper Pretties - Colour Challenge - Non Traditional colours to create a Christmas Card
Southern Girls - Embellishment Bingo - Glitter, Ribbon and Embossing
The Crazy Challenge - 1 Image, 2 Papers, 3 Embellishments - Flowers, Pearls and Ribbon
Truly Scrumptious - Christmas with Pearls or Vintage



Friday 11 November 2011

All Our Dreams

Here is another of the fabulous stamps which was released yesterday and is available online at Lili of the Valley, this wee cutie is called "All our Dreams" and the sentiment is included free.

A side view, funny how colours change with angle of light or perhaps my lack of photography skills.


A wee close up of the free sentiment, image and flowers.


I love this sentiment, sooo true!

I have coloured this adorable image with copics, highlighted the spots with liquid pearls and cut out with my nesties.


Flowers are available from Wild Orchid Crafts and have been glittered with stickles, lace from my stash.

All OUR dreams came true on 2/11/11 with the birth of Jessica, our very 1st granddaughter born at 23.36 and weighing 6lbs 12.5oz. She is so beautiful and looks like her brother Daniel, we can´t wait to see her in the flesh and get loads of cuddle time which unfortunately is on hold until both hubby and I are on the mend.


Isn´t she a wee darling!


Challenges

CES - Song or Film ... what else but Rock a Bye Baby
Crafty Ann´s- Floral Frenzy
Crafty Sentiments - All about Babies
Fun with Shapes and more - Make 3 ... Pearls and Rosebuds
Southern Girls - Can you hear the Music? ... Rock a Bye Baby and Lullabies
Totally Stampalicious - Anything Goes
Truly Scrumptious - Bingo Time ... diagonally Lace, Flowers and Ribbon



Friday 4 November 2011

Lili of the Valley - Bright and Sparkly

Good morning peeps,sorry I'm a day late sharing my card but hubby has been pretty poorly.I have nothing but praise for the NHS and still can't believe a rapid response doctor was here within 3 minutes. Help sure is at hand when most needed.

Anyhoo onto this week's challenge at Lili of the Valley which is Bright and Sparkly, just up my street cos I simply love glitter.


This is a sneak peek for Lili of the Valley and this wee beauty is called Summer - Garden Angel and the sentiment comes with her too. She will be available online from 10th November along with another 27 gorgeous images but you can get your inky mitts on them if you are lucky enough to be visiting the NEC. Be sure to visit LOTV´S Ideas to Inspire blog to view the new releases created by my teamies.
I have coloured with copics and used lashings of glamour dust, ooh I just love the stuff! Papers are MME Bloom & Grow, flowers from WOC and Prima, couldn´t make a card without my nesties and just love my MS punches.

Challenges

Great sketch from Sunday Sketch & Stamp
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes