Fishful Thinking!

Today's card is one made for the Lili of the Valley challenge on Facebook which closes at 6pm today - nothing like cutting things fine!

I've used this cute boy image which is one of the pre-coloured die cut squares I've had for ages. I teamed it with some new DPs* bought this weekend. I die cut some stars using a Die-sire die set and also found silver holographic stars deep in the stash drawer. The netting ribbon and Fish sentiment are also from stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girl Blog - May 'Use Any Image'
Creative Fingers Challenge #109
Simply Papercrafts challenge #28
Crafting with an Attitude challenge #15
Crafty Gals Corner Challenges #71 - Polka Dots or Stripes
The Crazy Challenge - #222 Three Layers or more




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*DPs from £-Land - nice quality and 200gsm

Especially for You

Here's a recent commission card make for a husband to give to his wife and as both are very keen gardeners, I thought this would fit the bill.

As usual I played with some Lili of the Valley items.  The image is from Art Pad 24 - English charm and the papers are from the Promises pad.

The sentiment was made using a Tattered Lace words die. I managed to piece together the word 'Wife' using letters from other words. Hopefully the join isn't too noticeable.

I also used Martha Stewart punches and the roses, ribbon and gems are from my stash.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girl March Challenge - Any Image
Lili of the Valley - Facebook April challenge
The ABC Challenge: E is for Everything



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Engagement

Here's a recent commissioned card to celebrate a happy couple's engagement and is destined for Spain although I'm told the proposal took place on the London Eye when they were here in the U.K. for a short break.

I used an 8x8 card blank and DPs from Dovecraft (pale pink) and the dark pink is Love Letters from First Edition - the tag is from this pad also. I used a Martha Stewart Heart Edger punch to add detail. The image is from a LOTV Art Pad and was cut into a heart shape and I used Stickles around the edge to add sparkle.

The flowers, ferns and leaves were cut using a Tattered Lace Midi Blooms die which is so versatile and the large and small Congratulations were cut with Britannia dies.  Gems and ribbon from stash.

Some close up details

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

In The Pink Challenge #85 - Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girl Blog: January Any Image Challenge
Bunny Zoe's Crafts: January challenge - Hearts
Inky Chicks Challenge #61 - Anything Goes
Create and Inspire: Challenge #37 - Anything Goes


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Where's the Sun...??

Where indeed! Well, what another miserable Bank Holiday weatherwise - such a shame for all those events planned. I read in yesterday's paper that we're going to have an Indian Summer so let's keep our fingers crossed.

Today's card features a cute LOTV fairy who is certainly enjoying her summer - love those sunglasses!

Image is matted and layered with Tonic Deco Geometric Layering dies onto Dovecraft DPs. I used Glossy Accents and Stickles to add some bling. The flowers were cut using a Tattered Lace Midi Blooms die.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Try It on Tuesday - Sending You Flowers
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafting from the Heart Challenge 75 - Anything Goes
Cutie Pie Challenge #90 - Cute and Girly
Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge #242 - Girly
My Time To Craft Challenge #303 Flowers




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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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Lilac Bag

Something I've been wanting and meaning to have a try at for ages. So, when I saw a pack of 4 plain brown paper bags for 97p at our local 'value' shop I just had to get them.

I covered the bag front with LOTV Promises paper, trimmed with some cream lace, and added an image from the English Charm Art Pad. A few die-cut daisies (using Sue Wilson's Open Daisies set), a LOTV Circular Sentiment and a Cheery Lynn butterfly to finish off. Gems for the flower centres and Ribbon from stash.

Very easy to do and I'm not sure why I left it so long to try.


I'd like to enter the following challenge:

ABC Challenges: H is for Happy Birthday
Crafts4Eternity - 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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Merry Christmas! part II

Merry Christmas - Nordic style maybe? As I said in my last post I don't 'do' Christmas cards so I haven't got much in the way of Christmas stash. However, as it's the final LOTV challenge I really wanted to join in again and I came up with this idea for a Christmas Tree table centrepiece/decoration.

I used four different papers from LOTV's lovely Petal Fresh pad and my Squeeze Box die from Tonic. I made four separate rounds, stacked them together and topped off with a single box. I then made teeny bows and secured them into the 'tree' points with coloured bobble-head pins. I also did a messy bow type thing for the top.

Edited to add:  I was asked if I had a tutorial for this so I've made a mini one. Click on the Tutorials Tab at the top of the page.

Looking down

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

LOTV Ideas to Inspire - Merry Christmas!
Paper Creator's Crafts Challenge 33 - All About Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Try it on Tuesday: Christmas is Coming
Penny's Paper Challenge - no 205 - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations: Challenge 291 - Seasons Greetings
Moving Along with the Times - Inspired by a Song - Rocking Around
                                                                                     the Christmas Tree
                                                                                   



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Merry Christmas! and A Goodbye

Now I don't 'do' Christmas cards but this month's theme at Lili of the Valley is Merry Christmas and as it's also the LAST challenge I needed to make an effort!

I have chosen to make a bendy card which is a new concept to me. I used this tutorial from Emma Fewkes.

The base is made with a dark red Papermania textured card and I used a Martha Stewart punch at the top corners. The brads have been triple-embossed with holographic powder for extra sparkle. The image is from a Christmas Girls cute squares pack which I've had for ages. I fussy-cut out the image and also the fairy at the left-hand side, added plenty of Glamour Dust for sparkle and also some Glossy Accents to the bear's eyes and nose. The stocking, charm and ribbon are all from stash.

Looking down at the layers

Sideways Views

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


LOTV Ideas to Inspire Monthly Challenge - Merry Christmas!
The Ribbon Girl - Colour Challenge - RED




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Party Girls in the Afternoon !

Not a card for a change. This month's LOTV Challenge is 'Anything Goes' so I put my thinking cap on and came up with these place tag holders - something very different for me.

I used my Tonic Squeeze Box die to make up the bases using papers from LOTV Bonnets & Bowties paper pad. The images were coloured with ProMarkers with a small amount of Stickles and gems added for sparkle and then cut out freehand (don't look too closely). Name labels were computer generated with each holder being finished off with a complementary ribbon bow and charm tied on with matching bakers twine.

Tea Party Girls

The images used are L-R

                               Birthday Fairy    Feather Boa *   Hello Cupcake *

 The cake was good too!!

                                                                    Pretty in Pink

Anyone for Tea?

* stamp being retired at the end of November 2014



             I'd like to enter into the following challenges:



LOTV Ideas to Inspire - Anything Goes    *****  Top 5 Winner *****
            
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Anything Goes 
My Craft Creations - October - Anything Goes     
Party Time Tuesdays - Anything Goes                   
Really Reasonable Ribbon - Chall. 105 Anything Goes   
Creative Card Crew Challenge 73 - Bows             
Country View Challenges - Sparkle and Shine       
ABC Challenges - V is for Vibrant                         





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Posy Teddies

Here's a quick card I made recently using the very cute Posy Teddy Trio stamp set from Lili of the Valley.  This month's LOTV Challenge theme is Anything Goes so this will fit the bill nicely. The DP was a magazine freebie, gems and ribbon from stash. I also used a Dazzler from Creative Expressions to finish off the bow.

Sorry for the rubbish photo - in real life the ribbon is an exact match for the pink flowers and tag.

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

LOTV Monthly Challenge - Anything Goes
Try It on Tuesday - Animals



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Pretty (Pink) Papers

September's Lili of the Valley Challenge is to use Pretty Papers and so I did!!

Sentiment and image also by LOTV and the 3 different papers are from the gorgeous Bonnets and Bowties 8x8 paper pad.

Art Pad 3 Wild Flowers image is framed by Cheery Lynn Polynesian Sails Doily

Close up to show the roses from Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment mounted onto a floral rosette - finished off with a teeny butterfly

Pink and green card and gems from stash.  The leaves were cut with a Martha Stewart punch - as were the fancy corners and the butterfly was cut with an old Hobbycraft punch.

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

Lili of the Valley Ideas to Inspire Challenge - Pretty Papers    ends 30/9
Papertake Weekly - Repeat Repeat  (flowers/gems/corners)  ends 16/9
My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge 21 - Dies or Punches ends 30/9
Craftyhazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge  ends 30/9
Divas by Design - Anything Goes  ends 16/9
Alphabet Challenge - P for Pretty Petals    ends 24/9
Let's Craft and Create - Challenge 96 Anything Goes  ends 23/9

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Christmas in August

Here's a card made for this month's Lili of the Valley Challenge. It closes tomorrow so just one day to spare. I used the sweet Red Squirrels Pine Tree stamp which I won in last year's LOTV Advent Giveaway.  I coloured the image with Promarkers and then mounted it onto white card which had been embossed with a Swiss Dots Cuttlebug folder. Red DP and snowflake ribbon from stash and I used white glitter card to die-cut some snowflakes and make a snowy grass panel at the base of the tree. Sentiment is a rub-on, mounted onto the same red DP as before.

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

Lili of the Valley Ideas to Inspire - Christmas in August  (ends 31/8)
Christmas Cards All Year 'Round - Sparkle & Shine  (ends 31/8)
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes  (ends 3/9)
Crafting From the Heart - Challenge 33 Anything Goes  (ends 31/8)
Cute Card Thursday: Challenge 336 - Anything Goes  (ends 3/9)


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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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