Congratulations & Teddies

Here is a sweet Congratulations card, very pink and girly!

I started with a kraft card base and matted and layered various elements onto kraft card so it would all tie in. The image is from LOTV - one of their cute squares. Don't you just love those bouncing teddies.

The design papers are a mix of Dovecraft and My Mind's Eye. Ribbon, paper flowers and gems from stash and I used Spellbinders circles and ovals for the matting & layering.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley September Facebook Challenge
The Ribbon Girl Blog September Challenge: Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations: Challenge 257 Anything Goes + Option Sketch
Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge: 294 - Anything Goes
ABC Challenge: O is for Open

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Pink Star card

Here's a recent birthday make - not yet given but I'm pretty sure the recipient doesn't see my blog - fingers crossed anyway.

This card is very much inspired by a post from Ruth Hamilton on the Tonic blog here. I've done my own version as my star dies are much smaller than the Tonic ones.

I used the Circle Trellis dies from Tonic, the Stars are Die'sire Essentials and the fronds are from the Spellbinders Floral Flourishes set. The flower is made with my Cheery Lynn Daisy strip and the DPs are Vintage Rose collection from Pink Petticoat. Pink Candi from Craftwork Cards.

I'd like to enter the following challenge:

In The Pink: Challenge #74 - Starry, Starry..... Pink
Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Anything Goes
ABC challenge - O is for Open
4 Crafty Chicks: challenge #257 Anything Goes




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Floral Anniversary

Here's an Anniversary card and I've used blue for a change. The image is from LOTV's Art Pad 3 - Wild Flowers which I matted onto a Spellbinders Timeless Rectangle. The DPs are also LOTV, matted onto Centura Pearl. LOTV Circular sentiment was matted onto Spellbinders plain and scalloped circles. The daisy was cut from a Cheery Lynn die, butterfly border is from Memory Box. The RH corner flourish is a Signature die from Joanna Sheen and I finished off with a messy bow topped with a square dazzler.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge - #235 Anything Goes      (ends 14/7)

Get Creative Challenges #18 - include Flowers                  (ends 13/7)

Sister Act Challenge #113 - Anything Goes                        (ends 10/7)

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3 Today

Poor neglected blog - not sure where the time goes but here we are in June already and where's the sun?

Anyway, this card is hopefully bright and summery. It has been made for a friend's granddaughter who likes all things pink and girly so I think it fits the bill. I managed to get this card done and entered into LOTV's first Facebook Challenge.

I used:

Image:  LOTV - Birthday Fairy - coloured with ProMarkers and added Stickles
DP:       LOTV Bonnets and Bowties: Butterfly Kisses
Flower Punch: Nellie Snellen medium flower
Butterflies:  Hobbycraft punch
Dies:    Spellbinders Scalloped Circle, Sue Wilson Petite Vinery, Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Anything Goes #option Summer
Paper Creator's Crafts: Challenge #39 Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge #376 Summer Colours
In The Pink: Challenge #70 - Things with Wings



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Girly Birthday

Happy Bank Holiday Weekend although the weather isn't up to much is it? Quite cold here and the heating is on low!

Here's a recent birthday make using a pre-coloured LOTV image. The papers used are from LOTV's Bonnets & Bowties paper pad. The sentiment is from Craftwork Cards.

Image was die-cut and matted using Spellbinders scalloped circles. The flowers are made with a Cheery Lynn die and the corner flourish is a Signature die from Joanna Sheen.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - May Card Challenge
Cute Card Thursday - #371 Use a Sentiment
4 Crafty Chicks - #244 Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes


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Retirement

Here's a card I made last year and forgot to blog. Amazing what you find when you're sorting out your computer files!

I started with an 8x8 scalloped card blank and used lots of my LOTV goodies. The papers are from the Bonnets and Bowties pad and go really well with the Wild Flowers Art Pad image. I matted them onto a pale green shimmer card and rounded all the corners. Sentiment is from the For You Circular set. 

The flowers and the two dragonflies were cut with my Cheery Lynn dies and I also used Spellbinders Circle and Timeless Rectangle dies.  The gems, card candy, bakers twine and ribbon were from stash as was the sweet butterfly brad used to secure the ribbon.

Close-Up details

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - #364 - Celebrate
Crafting from the Heart - Challenge #51
Live & Love Crafts challenge #33
Bunny Zoe's Crafts - March challenge



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Bright & Sassy (very)

Something a little different from me today. You may need sunglasses! This is the card I made last year  for my son's girlfriend. I really like the colour combo but my DH said he wasn't keen! Anyway 'L' was very pleased with it and that's what matters.

Image is Scruffy Little Cat - Perry - and has been coloured with my ProMarkers - plenty of glamour dust added - and then matted and layered onto Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles. I matted the white rectangle onto a cut and embossed pink rectangle then drew around the die to get the slightly larger black frame. The flowers are cut with a Cheery Lynn Daisy die and the leaves are also by Cheery Lynn - Ivy Strip.  The bunting is a La-La-Land die which I shadow cut. Sentiment is LOTV and was a magazine freebie. Handbag charm is from stash as are the gems and ribbon. Butterfly punched using an old punch from Hobbycraft. The background DP is LOTV Bonnets & Bowties.

Detail close-ups

I'd like to enter the following challenge:

Ribbon Girls - Everything Goes - Birthday
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes
In The Pink - challenge 64 For a Special Lady






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70th Celebrations

Here's another recent make using a pre-coloured LOTV image which was matted and layered onto Spellbinder circles. The butterflies on the right-hand side were cut using Tonic Butterflies & Blooms - Ringlet Rest.

The ribbon, fabric flower and gems were from stash. The flower centre is a pretty enamelled butterfly brad which I think came from The Works. The sentiment is from a Hunkydory kit which was a magazine freebie. Numbers cut using my Cuttlebug Olivia Alphabet dies.

I'd like to enter into the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girl January Challenge - Pink
Sister Act - Challenge #89 - Anything Goes
Scrap & Craft challenge #1 - Anything Goes



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Lilac romance

Here's my entry for December's Lovely Lili challenge on the Ribbon Girl Blog.

I used one of the pre-coloured Romance squares which I matted and layered onto Spellbinders Plain & Scalloped Ovals. Backing papers are Dovecraft's Back to Basics IV. The ribbon, flowers and gems are from stash and the pins and dazzler are by Creative Expressions. The ivy leaves were cut with my Cheery Lynn die.

Finished card size 8x8 inches

close-up of the florals

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girl Blog - Lovely Lili - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - #87 Anything Goes
A Creative Romance - Anything Goes

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Just for You

Here's a birthday card I made recently. I used a pink/white colour combo for some winter brightness. The flowers were punched with a Martha Stewart punch, some have card candi centres and some have gems. I used a Cuttlebug Divine Swirls embossing folder on the pink card. The side edges and sentiment topper were cut using Spellbinders Shapeabilities Parisian Accents.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Papertake Weekly Challenge: Paper Play

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Too Old.........Never !!

For cupcake(s) that is!! So here is my final entry for this month's LOTV Take Two challenge. I managed to use one image, two sentiments and three design papers!  This is my second attempt at a pop-up box card and it went reasonably well although my green card isn't quite up to the task of supporting the flowers and went a bit 'wobbly'.  Hope to add a daylight photo tomorrow.

edited to add Daylight photo taken this morning

Cupcake Fairy was stamped in Memento Black ink and coloured using my Promarkers. Her wings are glittered with Glamour Dust and the cupcake icing had the Glossy Accents treatment.

The flowers were cut in LOTV Petal Fresh DPs and white card, using assorted dies including Cheery Lynn; Sue Wilson Classic Rose;  Marianne; Martha Stewart punch and an old Hobbycraft punch. The green swirls are a Spellbinders Floral Flourish die.

I'd like to enter this into the following challenge:

LOTV Ideas to Inspire Monthly Challenge - July - Take Two
Crafting from the Heart - Challenge 29 Anything Goes
Fan-Tastic Tuesday - challenge 46 Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Challenge 44 Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Challenge 68 Anything Goes
Divas by Design challenge - Anything Goes
Craft Your Passion Challenges: 224 Flower Power
We Do Doobadoo - Challenge 11 - Celebrations

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Take Two - Floral Birthday

Oh  dear it's been far too hot today! Sorry to be a spoilsport but I just don't like the heat and always head for the shade!

Here's a recent birthday make and sort of my version of a CAS card. I used one of the images from LOTV Art Pad set 3 - Wild Flowers. I matted it onto the largest Spellbinders Timeless Rectangles which was cut from plain white card first.  I then trimmed down the image to fit as the die is just that bit too big to cut straight from the art pad sheet which is a shame. The design papers are both LOTV - from the Petal Fresh 8x8 paper pad. The daisies were made using a Cheery Lynn Daisy Strip and the sentiment is from Craftwork Cards. Gems are from stash.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Lili of the Valley Monthly Challenge - July - Take Two
Crafty Catz Challenge 239 - Flowers
Try it on Tuesday - Colours of Summer






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Just for a Change ...............

I've made a Male card!!  This is a card I was asked to make by a friend who this week celebrates 59 years of marriage (I'm already booked for the 'Big" card next year). My friend worked as a Librarian and so this LOTV image seemed ideal.

As you can see it's a very LOTV card. I used a For You Circular Sentiment which actually says On Your Anniversary but I managed to 'un-ink' the 'Y' - it took several attempts though.  I also used papers from the Petal Fresh and Bonnets & Bows pads. The yellow paper is, I think, Dovecraft Back to Basics IV. Everything was matted onto Centura Pearl and the image is matted onto a frame cut with Spellbinders Captivating Squares S4-414.

The raffia ribbon (which I should use more often) and gems are from stash and the paper bow was very kindly given to me by a crafting friend. (I think it is the Sue Wilson Classic 3D Bow).

Bow detail

So sweet!

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley Monthly Challenge - Male or Sporty
Clear it Out Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Country View Challenges - Only Men Allowed
Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Layers
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

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Dandelion Clock

Here's my card for this month's Lili of the Valley challenge and the theme for May is Fairies. This is Dandelion Clock, one of the older stamps but my favourite (I think, until I see another favourite!!). I used a ready-coloured topper which has been cut using a Spellbinders plain circle die and then mounted onto a Cheery Lynn Large Sunflower Die (DL181). The butterflies are also Cheery Lynn (B266) and the LOTV sentiment is mounted onto a Nellie's Multi-Frame die (MFD 005).

Design paper is from Dovecraft and the flowers and gems are from my stash. I added plenty of Glamour Dust for extra fairy sparkle. Card size is 8x8.

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:

LOTV Monthly Challenge - Fairies



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Pop-up Box

Here's my first attempt at a pop-up card - made for a friend's special 'big' birthday. It was fun to do - even the fiddly bits - and I'd certainly do another one. I used the most gorgeous papers (which were a freebie from Cardmaking & Papercraft magazine)  - 'Spring Jubilee' by pinkpaislee.  I used the same papers to die-cut the flowers, leaves and flourishes.

I followed the tutorial from the Craftworkwork Cards blog  but made my own template.

close up of flowers, leaves and flourishes

and a sideways view

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:

Crafty Boots Challenges - Milestone Birthdays
Simon Says Wednesday challenge - Spring Flowers
Crazy 4 Challenges - April Showers bring May Flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Here Comes Summer
Divas by Design - In the Pink challenge

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Birthday Fairy

I treated myself to a Tonic sentiment die set and this is its first outing. I used a LOTV Cute Square fairy image called 'On Tiptoe' which I cut with a Spellbinders circle and layered on to this gorgeous Cheery Lynn sunflower doily die. I absolutely love it but it does need to go through my machine 3 or 4 times. It's worth it though! I used an 8x8 scalloped card base, some Dovecraft papers and matt gold mirri card. Gold ribbon is from stash.

Butterflies cut with Cheery Lynn die B266 - Tiny Things with Wings

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Spring has Sprung
Crafting for all Seasons - challenge 74 Dies and Punches
Lili of the Valley Monthly Challenge

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LOTV 10th Birthday

Lili of the Valley are celebrating their 10th birthday in May and their latest blog challenge is to make them a birthday card. Here's my make (and it also fits in with April's Ribbon Girl challenge).  It's very lilac - LOL - hope you like it.

Decorative front made with Martha Stewart PATP punch

I used one of the Fun-Time Teddies images and added Glossy Accents to his shirt and plenty of Glamour Dust to her dress and headdress. LOTV sentiment matted and layered with Spellbinders to match the image matting and layering. The flowers are punched from Dovecraft papers using  a mix of two punches; the smaller one is Nellie Snellen and the larger is Martha Stewart. All covered in Glossy Accents and finished with a gem centre. I tied the butterfly ribbon into a double bow and finished it off with a lilac dazzler from Creative Expressions. The three tiny butterflies are made with an old punch which I think was from Hobbycraft. 

close up of the ribbon bow and flowers 

another shot showing the butterfly printed ribbon

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

LOTV Ideas to Inspire Monthly Challenge - 10th Birthday
The Ribbon Girl Blog: April Lovely Lili Challenge

My Mum's Craft Shop: challenge 16 Anything Goes
Challenges4Everybody - challenge 40 Anything Goes

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On Your Wedding Day

Recently I was asked to make a wedding card featuring powder/baby blue colours and this is how it turned out. I used one of my favourite LOTV Big Squares and added a little Glamour Dust sparkle to the bride's veil. The background is embossed with Creative Expressions' Heart Lattice A4 embossing folder (very kindly loaned to me by my crafty friend M). It's on the wish-list!

As you can see I went a bit mad with the die-cuts - but it's a wedding card!

close up of the flowers

butterfly vine, more flowers and ivy leaves

Box decorated to complement the card

Supplies used:
Image & Sentiment - Lili of the Valley

Centura Pearl cardstock

Blue card, blue ribbon & pearls from stash

Dies used:
Cheery Lynn B259 Daisy Strip and B304 Ivy Strip

Memory Box Butterfly Vine

Joanna Sheen Signature Die - Flourish Corner SD043

Spellbinders Plain Circles

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley Ideas to Inspire Challenge - Crafty Bingo  (Ribbon/Pearls/Flowers)
Crafts and Me March Challenge - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everybody no.39 - Anything Goes
Natalie and Amy: Challenge 18 'Flowers'

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Pop-Up Book Birthday Card

So, this is the card I made for my Mum's birthday. I had seen a beautiful card on Jules'wonderful blog 'Always With a Heart' and wanted to have a go at this fold myself. I'm pleased with my effort but I will attach my ribbons differently next time- as per Jules' example - as it's really tricky to get the bow looking nice the way I did it!  Link to Jules' card Here.

I used my new papers from Lili of the Valley - 3 different designs. The die-cut oval is a Cheery Lynn design which I added tiny pearls to and finished off with a Hunkydory sentiment. The letters were cut using Spellbinders Donnas Alphas.

                                                                  Front view

Inside view

Inside the card is decorated down each side with Spellbinders borders which have tiny pearls attached. (Bit difficult to see but they are there).

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

The Craft Garden - Pastel Colours
Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes
Challenges 4 Everyone - no. 39 Anything Goes

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Love Is In The Air.....

..... and it's not a Valentines card that I'm sharing today. This is an engagement card that I was asked to make and the brief was to keep it fairly flat as it had to be packed in a suitcase going to Spain. So I wasn't able to go too mad with embellies this time. I started with an 8x8 scalloped card base, covered with DP from First Edition Love Letters pad. The image is from LOTV (of course) and I added Glossy Accents to the roses and shoes and Glamour Dust to the girl's hat. I used some ivory Centura Pearl card with a combination of dies - Spellbinders, Memory Box, Cheery Lynn & Signature by Joanna Sheen. The small tag and the two letter tiles were from the Love Letters paper pad. I finished off with gems, heart brad and a heart charm.

This picture (taken with flash on) shows the sheen from the Centura Pearl card                                             

Dies used:

Spellbinders - Captivating Squares
Memory Box - La Rue Heart
Cheery Lynn - Small Exotic Butterflies #2
Joanna Sheen Signature Dies - Bunting SD064

I'd like to enter this card into the following challenge:

LOTV Ideas to Inspire Monthly challenge - Name that Tune
Papertake Weekly - With a Heart
****   In The Pink - Challenge 37 - A Little Pink Love  ****   Top 5 Winner
Cute Card Thursday - challenge 308 Clever Cutting
Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Hearts/Love
Divas by Design - With Love



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