1st Christmas card of the year

Good morning peeps I hope you are all well and not feeling the cold too much. Boy it´s bloomin freezing here, cold enough for fur lined knickers lol.  I am keeping cozy in my craft room and enjoying getting back into crafting at long last.

Today I have inked up "Willow with Lantern" and coloured her with my copics, such a pity she has lain here a few years without being used especially as she is so pretty and cute. I wonder who she´s looking for!

The papers are old ones too DCWV, Rose Tinted Christmas. Not a bad start to the New Year using up my old stash but method in my madness as there will be more room for the new stash I´ve just ordered. Sentiment was a freebie in a magazine and ribbon and pearls from Mei Flower.

Challenges:

Allsorts - Die Cuts and Punches
Crafty Creations -Snowflakes

Crafty Hazelnut´s Christmas - Rudolph is Resting

Crafty Hazelnut´s Extra - Anything Goes
Divas by Design - Make it girly

Elisabeth Bell´s World - Fluffy White Snowflakes

Everybody Art Challenge - Girl
2 Sisters - Celebrations
Fab´n´Funky -Moving
Paper Pretties - Ribbon

Sarah Hurley - Celebrate

The Cutie Pie Challenge - Sketch
The Corrosive - Out with the Old ... stamp and papers
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

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

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

Flutter By Wednesday - Open

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

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch 128

The Crazy Challenge - 1 Image, 2 Papers, 3 Embellishments - Flowers, Pearls and Ribbon

Totally Stampalicious - Anything 3D

Truly Scrumptious - Christmas with Pearls or Vintage

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

Meet James

Lili of the Valley are helping to satisfy your Christmas stamping desires early with some fantastic festive images!! There will be over 40 designs released in the next couple of months including some gorgeous Kids Nativity stamps which you won’t be able to resist, loads of traditional Christmas characters and scenes which are just so cute, plus Polar Bears, Pups and Penguins and more of their fantastic Bear, now called James! The first set of 15-20 designs are released next Wednesday 14th July so look out for sneak peaks and beautiful cards on all the LOTV Design Team’s Blogs!

I have inked up James the Bear - Pile of Presents and coloured him with my poor neglected Prismas, isn´t he just adorable! He was released on 2nd of July and is available on the new A5 stamps sheets which are currently for sale at only £12!! It's crazy really when you think that there is over £18 worth of stamps on there - but they´re part of Lili of the Valley's Midsummer Madness 10 days which is running from 2nd - 12th July, so not long left before you can grab this bargain.

I cut him out with my nesties then added the necessary sparkle with glamour dust. Papers are DCWV, sentiment by See D, ribbons from stash and roses ofcourse from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Challenges:

Christmas Stampin´All Year Long - Free Challenge

Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - A Very Beary Merry Christmas

Friday Sketchers - Sketch

Winter Wonderland - Twas the Night Before Christmas