Make it Girly

Good afternoon folks, hope you are all well and enjoying this Springlike weather. The sun is still shining here and it´s almost 4pm so no complaints from me as not long ago it was already dark at this time, great to see the nights stretching out a bit.

This week at  Whoopsi Daisy we have a nice easy theme for you

Make it Girly

but if you use an image from the   Whoopsi Daisy Digi Shop the theme as always is Anything Goes and you can always find a freebie or two there too.

Today I have used an image from Sheet # 391 and coloured her with my copics and glittered the cake with some Glamour Dust, backing paper is BG urban prairie, pearls from Mei Flower and sentiment from an old See D set which I cut out with my Spellbinder die. When my daughter came over to visit last week I made good use of her dies and cut out lots of these butterflies and scrolls, nothing better than sharing.

Challenges:

Allsorts - Things with Wings
Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes
Charisma Cardz - Anything Goes
Created With Love - Things that Fly
Dutch Dare - Sketch
Kaboodle Doodles - Anything but Square
Raise The Bar - Anything Goes
Squigglefly - Use a Sentiment
The Corrosive -Rainbow Bright ... fav colour combo ... Blue & Green
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Sorry I´m running a bit late today but I had acupuncture this morning and as we were in town decided to have lunch out too. -x-

Lili´s Little Fairies Challenge #1

Happy New Year peeps, I hope you all enjoyed the Festive Season as much as I. The new Lili's little Fairies Challenge Blog started yesterday, the perfect place to share your love of Lili of the Valley images and the very first challenge is

NEW BEGINNINGS

eg. New Year, Engagement, Wedding, Births, New School, New House etc.

I have inked up Mice are Nice which was released March last year, both this and the sentiment are available from Lili of the Valley, coloured with my copics and of course had to play with the glamour dust again. Papers are Basic Grey Granola Collection, ribbon from stash and pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges

Allsorts - New Beginnings

Basic Grey - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - New Beginning

Kaboodle Doodles - Let´s Celebrate

Paper Cutz - New Year

PaperPlay - Happy New Year

Quirky Crafts - Food Glorious Food

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Sketch #87

The Crazy Challenge - Party

Where have all my flowers gone

Hiya folks, hope you are all well and not feeling the cold too much. Weather is a right mixed batch here and I´m trying to muster up the courage to go out shopping.

What do you think to this wee cutie pie, she is called Cyber Mummy Susie by artist Heather Valentin for Addicted To Stamps and only available from Scrapbook Stamp Society

I have coloured her with my copics, cutting out with nesties and layered her onto BG papers. Ribbon is from Stampin Up, Martha Stewart Lace Doily punch for borders and a rub on greeting which I´ve had forever.

Challenges:

2 Sisters - Punches and/or Dies

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Card with a Sentiment

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Craft Your Days Away - Buttons or Bows

One Stitch at a Time - Be Square

Sketch and Stash - Sketch #76

The Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Totally PaperCrafts - Anything BUT Christmas

Anything but a Christmas Card

Afternoon peeps, hope you are all well and ready for a new challenge at Lili of the Valley. This week we would like to see

Anything but a Christmas Card.

I have inked up April Showers, one of the latest releases from Lili of the Valley, coloured with copics and cut out with my nesties. don´t know how I would manage without them. BG papers, Wild Orchid Crafts flowers and pearls,sentiment comes free with this stamp and gems from stash.

Challenges:

Cooking it up with Katie - Anything Goes

PanPastel - Animals

Saturday Challenge - Borders and Flowers

Stampin´Sisters in Christ - Feature a Bird

Lili of the Valley #96

Good morning peeps, hope you are all well and enjoying some sunshine. We are still recovering from our grandchildrens visit, they were wee darlings but I now realise I´m getting on a bit rofl!

We have a new challenge for you at Lili of the Valley . This week we would like to see

"Ribbons & Bows"

a nice easy theme for everyone and the perfect time to raid your ribbon box.


I have inked up Gwenn and coloured her with copics and prismas. Paper is BG Urban Prairie, Martha Stewart's punch around page, flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and ribbon from stash.

Challenges:

Crafts and Me - Punches

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

Dutch Dare - Winged Things

Papertake Weekly - Fancy a Punch

Stampavie and more - Ribbons

The Crazy Challenge - Anything Goes

Lili of the Valley #93 - Easter

A thousand apologies for my very late posting, I do have a million excuses mainly for my flying visit to UK (Wednesday night and return on Friday night - last night) to bring our grandsons over for the Easter break. I still can´t get over how fabulous the weather and temperatures were there despite the heavy rainfalls in Spain but so pleased to report that the weather here is now glorious.

Anyhoo onto the challenge this week at Lili of the Valley which is EASTER - the perfect time to send your friends and family a special wee card to let them know you are thinking of them so come on in and share your creations with us.

I inked up Easter Bunny from the Spring Collection and coloured with my copics adding a wee bit of chalk, glaze to the eggs and cutting out with my nesties. Papers are Basic Gray and ribbon from stash.

Sorry this is so short and hopefully sweet but with a 4, 6 and 9 year old to care for I am sure you will understand if you too are a Grandma!
Challenges:

Craft Your Days Away - Easter
Cupcakes - Lots of Layers
Dream Valley - Easter
Kaboodle Doodles - Thoughts of Spring/Easter
Little Claire´s - Animals
My Time to Craft - Eater Wishes
Sketchy Colors - Sketch

GDT for The Crafty Pad

Good afternoon peeps, sorry I am so late posting my GDT card for The Crafty Pad but I reckon like me you have all been busy making Sunday Lunch? Ooh a good old roast pork with all the trimmings today .... yum, yum, so pleased poor hubby is now in the kitchen washing up bet hey ho he could have used the dishwasher - what do they say about the Yorkies rofl??? Anyhoo onto the challenge this week at The Crafty Pad. The theme for this week is EASTER (well, what else would it be eh?) and our sponsor is again, that lovely lady of craft JOANNA SHEEN. All the design team have used "Easter Bunnies" available from THE CRAFTY PAD DESIGNS. I have coloured with my Copics added a wee bit chalk to the background and cut out with my nesties. Papers are BG Urban Prairie, roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts and gems from stash. Challenges: Basic Grey - Easter/Spring Creatalicious - Easter and include the colours pink,green,yellow and blue. Crafty Catz - Furry Friends Craft Your Days Away - Easter Dream Valley- Easter Kaboodle Doodles - Cute and Cuddly Animals Little Claire´s - Animals Stamp with Fun - Sketch

Lili of the Valley - A Sketch

Good afternoon peeps, hope you are all well. Do you ever have one of those days when you don´t have enough hours? I am already late for the St. Patrick´s celebrations round a the Peña but hope to get there within the hour unless something else crops up.

Anyhoo onto the new challenge at Lili of the Valley which is a SKETCH by our lovely Bev.


My friend asked me to make a card for her grandaughter because she has just passed her first ballet exam, bless her, I remember only too well running our girls around to their ballet, tap and modern lessons. I knew straight away which stamp to use because "Little Ballerina" fits the bill to perfection as does the circular sentiment also available from Lili of the Valley.

I coloured with my copics and used glamour dust to the skirt of her tu-tu, papers are BG bittersweet, lace, flowers and gems from my stash.

Challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Music & Dance

Creative Craft - Lace

One Stitch at a Time - Glitter and Gems

Papertake Weekly - 3 of something ... flowers and gems

Lili of the Valley #86 and another Sneak Peek

Good morning folks, can´t believe it is Thursday once again - where does the time go? We have another wonderful challenge for you at Lili of the Valley and this week it is a Sketch by our very own Bev.

I have inked up Toadstool for Two which will be available next week. The new Animals Release are gorgeous so don´t forget to check out the Lili of the Valley website on the 9th March to avoid disappointment cos these wee beauties are gonna fly off the shelves for sure. You will also find lots of beautiful creations from the DT using the new releases on the Ideas to Inspire Blog.

I adore this image as it´s so versatile, perfect for anniversaries, engagement, Easter etc. I have coloured with my copics and prismas adding touches of flowersoft and glamour dust. I would be lost without my nesties but decided to use up some old craft stash that has laid about for years. At one point in my crafting I couldn´t live without my peel offs, bet I wasn´t the only one lol, rub on´s were another thing I used a lot before I started stamping and I even pulled out an old punch which hasn´t seen the light of day for I don´t know how long. Papers are BG Urban Prairie, roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and ribbon from stash.

Challenges:

CES - Flowers and Flutterbies

Charisma Cardz - Four Legged Friends

Crafter´s Companion - Easter

Creative Belli- Animals

Flutter By Wednesday - Open, butterflies on my dp.

Lothian Crafts - Bright Colours

Moving Along With The Times - Anniversary Theme

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

LILI OF THE VALLEY CHALLENGE AND BLOG HOP

This week the Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog is being combined with a Blog Hop to celebrate the Release of the Tea and Chat, Party Girls and Sentiments collections, full details of the Challenge and Blog Hop can be found on the Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog.
For ONE WEEK ONLY you can use ANY MAKE OF STAMP OR DIGI IMAGE to make a Card/or gift and join in the Challenge which this week is a theme of "ANYTHING GOES"

If you have arrived here from Claire´s blog you are in the right place, if not then hop over to Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog to begin.

All the DT members will be offering a stamp from the new collection on their Blog and we have a Fabulous Grand Prize on the Lili of the Valley Inspiration Blog.



To Win my Candy Stamp "Feather Boa" please leave a A COMMENT BELOW



She really is a wee cutie and I have coloured her with copics and prismas.




Sentiment is from the "For You" collection, papers BG Urban Prairie, pearls and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I wish to combine my card with
Crafter´s Companion - Sketch + One for the girls
My Time to Craft - Rhaphsody of Roses
The Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or 2 colours only ... I´ve gone with Pink and Mint

The Next stop on the Hop is MARCEA.

I have no idea why Mr Blogger decided to delete my original post so I apologise for any inconvenience during your Hop.

Challenge 72 - One for the Girls

Good morning and welcome to a new challenge at Lili of the Valley , we have a nice and easy theme for you this week

"One for the Girls"

Laila and Lisa have kindly donated a £10 voucher to be spent on the Lili of the Valley website.

Today I have used "Best Friends" from the Tea and Chat collection which will be available at the NEC today through to Sunday then on the website from 12th November.

I have coloured with copics and prismas and cut out with my nesties and paper shapers swirl punch. Papers are BG Sugared, roses from Wild Orchid Crafts , metalic sentiment from Making Memories, pearls, silk flowers and lace from stash.

Challenges:

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Relish to Embellish

My Time to Craft - Quick and Cute

PaperPlay - Circles

The Crazy Challenge - Pearls and Swirls

The Pixie Cottage - Sketch

Autumn

Good morning folks, hope you are all hunky dory. Welcome to a new challenge at Lili of the Valley , this week we would like to see you use the colours of

Autumn

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

I have inked up Big Present , isn´t he adorable? Skin tones and hair have been coloured with copics and I have paper pieced everything else with matching BG papers I used for the background .

Challenges:

I have used the fabulous sketch from Sketchy Colors

Stamptacular - Layer it on

Kaboodle Doodles - Celebrate all the colors of Fall.

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

Fun with Shapes and more - Lace

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

Ching Chou Kuik´s Black Haired Lady

Morning folks, I hope you all had a great weekend ... they sure fly by real quick.
Monday morning again and the start of a new week and fabulous theme at Sweet Pea Stampers. This time round we challenge you to use

Real or Faux Stitching, or perhaps both.

I have inked up Black Haired Lady and coloured her with my copics mounting her onto pearlescent card which I stitched using a Crealies template and punched with a Martha Stewart.

Papers are BG Bittersweet, ribbons, flowers and brads from stash.

Challenges:

Alphabet - F is for Flowers

Basic Grey - Turquoise/Brown/Cream

Crafty Creations - It´s a Stitch Up

Crazy 4 Challenges - Paper Flowers

Fun with Shapes and more - Flowery

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch

Two sketch cards today

Good morning and what a glorious morning it is here on the Costa del Sol, wall to wall sunshine and a kiss goodbye to the rain. I still can´t believe we were in UK this time last week, it sure was a flying visit due to the volcanic dust and cancelled flights but 3 days were better than none and it was wonderful to see our youngest grandson christened and be with our family.

Anyhoo onto today´s cards.
This week at Sweet Pea Stampers we have

A Beautiful Sketch

for you to follow designed by our very own Anne and once again we are sponsored by the very generous Lynette from Sweet Pea Stamps .
I adore Ching-Chou Kuik´s artwork and these stamps are just so addictive.

Challenges:

My Time To Craft - Ruby, Ruby, Ruby, Ruby

Incy Wincy Designs - Anything goes

Materials:

Image: Red Hearts

Sentiment: Sweet Pea Stamps

Ink: Copic Ciao

Papers: BG Indian Summer

Punch: Martha Stewart

Pearls and gems from my stash

XXX

This week´s challenge at Die Cut Dreams has been set by our lovely Susie and she has chosen the theme of

Tilda in Pink

Susie is addicted to Tilda and her favourite colour is pink and she has set this theme for her upcoming Birthday on Friday. Have a great day sweetie!

Challenges:

Charisma Cardz - Girly Card with Flowers

Crafty Angels - 1 Ribbon, 2 Papers, 3 Flowers

Creative Card Crew - April Showers bring May Flowers

Just Magnolia - Sketch

PaperPlay - Pretty Pastels

Totally Stampalicious - Flower Power

Materials:

Image: Tilda with flowing hair

Sentiment: Stampin Up

Papers: BG Sugared

Die Cuts: Nestabilities

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Pearls, lace and ribbon from stash

Going for 6

Evening peeps, oh I am naughty as trying to fit in as many challenges as possible mainly because I am still have trouble with "my peeps", see specialist tomorrow about my cataract, and my leg is still giving me gyp but after a couple of months one would think I should be used to it by now, hey ho here we go.

Stamp Something theme this week is For your Valentine. Whiff of Joy theme is a recipe of 3 Different Backing Papers, 2 Flowers and 1 Brad or Button. ABC is A for Anniversary or as they are being very kind by allowing a Valentine/Love theme too. My Time To Craft theme is Going for Gold. Kaboodle Doodles are celebrating their very first challenge of the year and the theme is a Love Theme and last but by no way least is Arty Girlz with their theme of Flowers.




Recipe.
3 Papers from Sugared pad by Basic Grey.
2 flowers made up with a Papermania silk flower and an Xcut retro flower punch with a flat backed pearl for centre. Just had to add a wee bit art glitter to these.
1 Gold Papermania heart brad.
Melinda blowing Kisses by Whiff of Joy, coloured with prisma´s and touches of glitter. Sentiment is a Studio G stamp.




My dear friend Susie passed this wonderful award onto me and I wish to pass this over to Jacqui at Cat´s Whiskers,Rachel at Papercrafts by Rach, Sharon at Cards n Greetings. Bev at All the things I love and last but not least Marcea at Marcea´s crafting corner.
Be prepared with cuppa in hand as these ladies all make awesome cards and will keep you engrossed for hours.