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 Challenge #91 - Peach & Green

Good morning folks, hope you are all well and enjoying warmer climates now that April is here. Thursday always brings us a fabulous new challenge from Lili of the Valley and this week we would love to see

Peach & Green

I have inked up one of Mollie Harrison´s fairies and she is called "Free", such a pity this is the first chance I have had to ink her up but rest assured you will be seeing her much more on my blog, can´t get over my obsession with fairies lol. I have coloured her with my copics and cut out with my nesties. She just cried out for the glamour dust treatment to her wings and being a lover of glitter how could I deny her this small pleasure! I adore the Clear Additions also from Lili of the Valley and this sentiment is one of my favourites.

Papers are a mixture of MME and PM, roses and pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts .

Challenges:

Crafts and Me - Glitter

Flutter By Wednesday - Open but use a fairy, butterfly or angel

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes with an optional extra of Something New ... my stamp

The Corrosive - Pastel Colours

The Crazy Challenge - Just Add Flowers

The Pixie Cottage - Sketch

Lili of the Valley Challenge #90 - Spring

Good evening peeps, so sorry this post is so late in the day but I am having mega problems with Spantel, my ISP server, but whey hey better late than never! Thursday always bring a brand new challenge from Lili of the Valley and this week we have a theme of

Spring

When I think of Spring I always think of Weddings, mainly because I think I too was a Spring bride many moons ago!

I have inked up I Do, coloured with my copics and cut out with my nesties. Papers are Stampin Up, pearls and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Flowers have the stickle treatment and veil has wee touches of glamour dust.

Challenges:

CCEE Stampers 113 - BUTTONS, BUCKLES, BOWS, BRADS.....NOT!!!!!

Charisma Cardz - Bling & Sparkles Cooking it up with Katie - Sparkle, Shine & Shimmer Colour Create - Pastels Cute Card Thursday - Couples Paper Pretties- Bring on the Bling Papertake Weekly - Dawny´s 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 #87 - Say it with Flowers

Good morning peeps, hope you are all well. It is another bitter cold day here on the Costa del Sol, wish the sun would come back instead of this horrible rain and wind!

We have a fabulous theme for you this week at Lili of the Valley - SAY IT WITH FLOWERS - so let´s see all your gorgeous creations ladies.

I have inked up Spring Swing, one of the new Animal Releases which became available yesterday at Lili of the Valley. These little beauties are so quick and easy to colour, I used my copics, added a bit of flowersoft and glamour dust to his cute wee tail and cut out with my nesties. Papers and lace are from my stash and roses and pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts.

Challenges:

Little Claire´s - Flowers

Sarah Hurley - Four Legged Friends

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Southern Girls - Use Flowers

The ABC - P is for Pearls

The Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or Easter

Lili of the Valley ... New Releases Available NOW!

Good morning crafters, what an exciting day this is with the release of the brand new Animals Stamps at Lili of the Valley . They are all adorable and so versatile so I advise you to place your order quickly to save disappointment cos they are gonna fly off the shelves for sure.

Be back tomorrow with another of these fabulous images.

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

Sneak Peeks at Lili of the Valley

Good morning folks, hope you are all well and ready for a new challenge with Lili of the Valley

This week we would like to see CIRCLES on your cards and the lovely Laila and Lisa from Lili of the Valley have kindly sponsored us again with a £10 voucher for one lucky winner but remember you must use a Lili of the Valley stamp to be in the draw.

Ooh just wait until you see the Sneak Peeks on the DT´s Blogs and also on the Ideas to Inspire Blog using the gorgeous new stamps which will be released on the 9th March, they are all so cute and will fly off the shelves for sure.

I have inked up Birthday Bumps - coloured with copics and prismas, paper pieced the blanket and cut out with my nesties. Sentiment is also Lili of the Valley , papers are Daisy and Dandelion, roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and pearls from stash.

Challenges:

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Birthday Wishes

Everybody Art Challenge - Sketch

Sir Stampalot - All Creatures Great and Small

Lili of the Valley - My Favourite Colours

We have a wonderful theme for you this week at Lili of the Valley - My Favourite Colours.
Ooh there are so many gorgeous colour combos and Pink and Mint have always been one of my favourites so have gone along with it for this week.

I have coloured Pom Pom with copics and prismas, isn´t she adorable? Papers are K&Co, ribbons from Stampin Up and sentiment is a See D.

Challenges:

Crafts and Me - Things with Wings

Paper Pretties - Card for a Child

Sketch and Stash - Fabulous sketch from Jackie - just perfect for my new stamp

How wonderful to be back into crafting and blogging after 3 long months of ill health, glad to say I am more or less back to my old self at long last and hope to catch up real soon.

Lili of the Valley #75

Good morning folks, hope you are all well and ready for a brand new challenge at Lili of the Valley . This week we have a fabulous SKETCH 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 for one lucky winner but remember you have to use a Lili of the Valley Stamp or Die Cut Image to be eligible for the prize.

This week I have used "Collecting the Tree" and pretty chuffed with myself as I am well on target for a change with my Christmas cards. Paper is Joyeax Noel from Papermania, large poinsettia from Wild Orchid Crafts , embossed panel with Ice Crystals Cuttlebug folder and ribbon from stash.

Coloured with copics and prismas and added polar white flowersoft and glamour dust for a snowy effect and cut out with my nesties.


Challenges:


A Spoonfull of Sugar - Anything Goes
Cards for Men- Christmas Cards
Christmas Stampin´ All Year Long - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Christmas is Coming
Simon Says - Snow it Up
The Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or Let it Snow

Guest Designer for The Crafty Pad and a few challenges

Good afternoon peeps, hope you are all well and enjoying the aroma´s coming out of the kitchen from your Sunday roast. I am honoured to be GD with The Crafty Pad and this week´s theme is

Red & Green.

I really enjoyed using the "Christmas Personalised Mini Story Book" which can be found HERE and I hope our adorable grandsons will enjoy reading it as they love nothing better than a good story book and I sit for hours reading with them when I am over.

All papers are from the Joyeux Noel pad by Papermania, poinsettias from Wild Orchid Crafts

I have glittered all the edges and am afraid to say the wording has been blurred out for obvious reasons, sorry.

Sissix die cuts and sizzlets words.

All images coloured with copics and prismas.

Embossed die cuts which I have had forever.
Spellbinders snowflakes and gems from stash.

The images and verses have been cut out with nesties.

I adhered two square cards together to make this wee book which consists of 6 pages.

and you still have plenty of time to make one of these books for those special wee folks in your life. The direct link to the product is HERE

Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away -Christmas Trees
Crafty Creations - Beautiful Insides
Crazy 4 Challenges - Circles
Creative Craft - Starlight starbright
Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - Christmas Anything Goes
One Stop Craft - Snow People
PaperPlay - Let It Snow
Paper Cutz - Christmas Bling
Secret Crafter Saturday - Handmade Gifts

Lili of the Valley #74 and my Candy Winner

Good afternoon peeps, today we have a brand new challenge for you at Lili of the Valley and this week we would like to see "Glitter & Glitz" so be sure to check out what my fabulous teamies have created - pure eye candy!

Ooh talking about candy and of the most delicious kind I am happy to tell "YOU" ... Crafty Chris that you are the lucky winner of Feather Boa. Please can you email your full name and address so I can pass this on to Laila and Lisa who kindly sponsored my candy.

Today I have inked up "Christmas Candle" and coloured with my copics, cutting out with my nesties and inking the edges. As you can see I have used one of the brand new sentiment stamps too ... ooh I love each and everyone of these. Papers are A Winter´s Tale from Daisy & Dandelion and have been distressed and glittered with gold glamour dust. Roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the card candy from stash.

I wish to combine my card with :

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Distressing

Allsorts - A Sketch 4U

Christmas Stampin´ All Year Long - Stripes

Crafts and Me - Glitter

Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas card or Item

Creative Inspirations - Anything Christmas/Winter

Kaboodle Doodles - A Recipe

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Sparkle & Shine

Simon Says - Sparkle

Southern Girls - Your Favourite Colour ... mine´s gotta be pink and mint

The Stamp Man - Christmas

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

A Card for Daniel

I have made this card for a very special wee boy who turns 13 on the 7th November. Daniel is the son of my DT buddy Claire aka CraftyC´s Crafting Library and as many of you know he is on the Autistic Spectrum suffering from Aspbergers Syndrome. Basically its the inability to socialise or interact socially with others. Do pop over to Claire´s blog and see how you can help make Daniel´s birthday extra special.

He's very much into computers and gaming but loves dinosaurs, robots etc. Spongebob & Pokemon are a firm favourite so I thought this computer 3d easel card from Scrapbookingmad would be perfect for him.

Spongebob is a freebie on the net and the paper is another freebie from Bearly Mine Designs

Challenges:

Cards for Men - Anything Goes

Charisma Cardz - Match Master ... a matching pair

Crafty Sentiments - Male Card/Project

Just Inspirational - Shaped Card

Lots To Do - Easel or Shaped card

Moving Along With The Times - Card for a Child

The Crazy Challenge - Tons of Shapes

Lili of the Valley and a couple of Sneak Peeks

Good morning folks, hope you are all well and ready for a new challenge at Lili of the Valley.
This week we have another fabulous SKETCH by our very own Bev, I do so love her clean and easy designs and look forward to viewing your take on this.
Laila and Lisa have kindly donated a £10 voucher to be spent on the Lili of the Valley website for one lucky winner using a Lili of the Valley Stamp or Die Cut Image.

You may have noticed the DT showing Sneak Peeks of the new stamps which are being released next week at the NEC then they will be available on the Lili of the Valley website from 12th November.

Today I have another sneak peek, "Time for a Cuppa" from the Tea and Chat collection, coloured with copics and prisma pencils.


Sentiment is also a new release and is from the Dreamy Days collection.




Flowers and pearl sprays are from Wild Orchid Crafts , dp is Papermania, gorgeous pins again from Posh Pins & Charms , MS punch, and brads from stash.

Challenges:

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Let´s get Punchy

Creative Card Crew - Let´s Punch It

Simon Says - Punch Em

The Crazy Challenge - Tons of Shapes

The Pixie Cottage - Guest Sketch and/or Metal ... used the metal

Lili of the Valley - Challenge # 70

Good morning folks, hope you are all well. Brr the temperatures are falling here now and I can´t remember the last I had to put on a cardie late afternoon in October.
We have a fabulous challenge for you this week at Lili of the Valley with a £10 voucher to be spent on the Lili of the Valley website kindly donated by Laila and Lisa but remember you have to use a Lili of the Valley Stamp or Die Cut Image to be eligible for the prize.

I would like to extend a warm welcome our new talented DT member Edna , great to have you onboard sweetie.

This week our theme is "Winter Fun" and I knew the stamp, Woodland Christmas, fit the bill to perfection. Coloured with copics and prismas and glittered all over with stickles makes me want to be a kid all over again having fun in the snow!

I have distressed and glittered all the edges of my papers, A Winter´s Tale by Daisy and Dandelion, ribbon from stash, Wild Orchid Crafts poinsettia and the gorgeous pearl pins from Posh Pins & Charms .


Challenges:

Allsorts - Pearls, Stickles and Ribbon

Card Patterns - Sketch

Southern Girls - Glitter It Up

The Crafty Pad - Distressed or Torn Edges

The Ribbon Girl - Red and Green

Lili of the Valley #69

Good morning folks, hope you are all well. Thursday is upon us once again and that always brings a brand new challenge at Lili of the Valley . This week we have a fabulous sketch for you, designed our very own Bev and Laila and Lisa have kindly donated a £10 voucher to be spent on the Lili of the Valley website for one lucky entrant. To be entered for the prize you must use a Lili of the Valley Stamp or Diecut Image on your creation.

Today I have used Baby Christening which I have coloured with copics adding the lightest touch of stickles. Papers are SU, roses from Wild Orchid Crafts , lace and gems from stash.

Challenges:

Craft Your Days Away - Babies

Craftalicious - Anything Goes

The ABC - F is for Flowers

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.