Easy Breezy :)

 

 

 

Good morning sweet peeps.
It’s my turn to host the post over at the DTDF Cutey Craft blog today.

And ….

… this is what I did.

The super sweet  image I used is called Breeze and she is one of the new CC Designs images.

I coloured her with the following Copics -

Skin E000, E00, E13, R00, R02,
Hair E31, E35, E39, E50
The rest E30, E31, E35, E50, G99, V000, V04, V06, V12, V15, V91, V95, YG00, YG03, YG95

The pretty paper is Maja Design - Coffee in the Arbour - Grandma's Old Porcelain.

I really struggled to choose which side of this paper to use as they are both so gorgeous.
Mrs Predictable wanted the plaid and Mrs Dosomethingdifferentforachange  wanted the floral.

Mrs Predictable won.

She usually does, bless her!!!!

 

 

The bloom was made using Marianne Design Creatables - Flowers Style 1  and Marianne Design Creatables - Flower – LR0107 dies. 
Apols for the blurry pic!!).

I topped it off with one of Marys  14mm Acrylic Gems from The Ribbon Girl.

 

I printed the sentiment out and added the little flourish from the Marianne Design Creatables - Flowers Style 1 set

The little clouds are Joy Crafts Clouds – sooo sweet : )

 

 

A double double bow made from Mary’s gorgeous Vintage Seam Binding.
The colours I used are Mauve Mist and Mauve Lilac.

 

 

So there you go – all done, and I was quite pleased with the way this bad boy turned out.

Right I’m off.
Have the best day and I’ll see you soon as soon.
Till then, hugs to all xxx

It’s Just NOT Fair :(((

 

 

 

Good morning sweet peeps.
Dawny P here and a happy Thursday to everybody.

I did the dreaded weigh in on Monday and I was not a happy bunny.
More of that in a sec.

It’s my turn to do the post today over at the DTDF Cutey Craft blog and my card features a very sweet lil poppet called Dawn : )

She’s Little Dawn to be exact (oooh I wish!!) and she’s a Nellie Snellen image.

Her full title is Little Dawn - Watering and here’s …..

… what I made with her.

I coloured her with the following Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E13, R00, R02
Hair – E31, E34, E35, E50
The rest – E30, G0000, G000, G21, G94, YG00, YG03, YG95, YR02, YR04, YR20, YR61
and I outlined her with Glamour Dust.

The papers are from an Echo Park Sweet Day 6x6 Pad – such sunny colours : )

 

I thought I’d add a few clouds to mirror the paper here and these were made using the Joy Crafts Clouds set.
I gave them a bit of bling as well (sometimes I just can’t help myself!!).

 

These blooms were made from the paper pad and I used a Die-namics Rolled Daisy die. 
You can just about see the Francesca Border here and there’s also some leaves which I punched from a Martha Stewart Punch - Frond Branch.

 

 

 

I made a little bow arrangement thingie using some 23mm White Organza Ribbon, some Peach Seam Binding, an Aqua Small Striped Button and a bit of string I found in the bottom of my haberdashery stashery!!!

The ribbons and button are from my lovely Mary over at The Ribbon Girl.

 

I also used some DCWV hessian paper but I have to say I am not at all fussed on it if I’m being honest.
I couldn't get it to cut very well through the die cutting machine and it didn't guillotine well either – sorry, I’m just sayin peeps!!!

 

Well I was not happy on Monday I can tell you.

On Sunday, Rich and I sat discussing the weight loss thing – he is on the diet as well – and he fessed to having had  a Freddo bar AND a ruddy Ripple this last week. Well I told him that that was his weight loss down the Swanee fo sho. And then  proceeded to feel vey smug because apart from going out last Tuesday, I have stuck religiously to the diet.

So Monday is our weigh in day.
Guess who hadn't lost a single bloody ounce and guess who had lost 2lbs?

So the tables were well and truly turned and it was his Lordship's turn to feel smug while I just felt thoroughly hacked off.

Not a single drop of vino has passed my lips in weeks, no cakes, no choccie, no biscuits, no nothing.

I could have cried.

I was probably being paid back for being a smug old smart ass.
That will teach me I guess.
Next time I will just smile sweetly and say well done dear for having all the choc and 25 portions of pudding and  a huge plate of ribs with JD sauce (while I just had steak and veg) and still managing to lose weight while I have lost nowt, yadda yadda.

I’m not at all bitter, (cry cry) !!!

I haven’t told him but I had a sneaky weigh in this morning and there’s a 1lb gone – woohooooo : ))))

Right I’m off.

I’ll see you soon as soon,  have a great weekend and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

 

A Perfect Pair :)

    

Hi sweet peeps and hope you are all OK on this lovely Spring day (or at least it is in Chester :)

It's time to nip over and check out what's happening over with the Papertake gang and in keeping with the weather, our theme this week is

Spring Has Sprung

so you can either do a Spring card or use Spring colours (like what I did !!).

And ...

.. this is my card.

I used of of my faves from the new Lili of The Valley release and this is Annabel Upside Down.
She looks like she's having a whale of a time I think :)

I coloured her with the following Copics -  

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02
Hair -  E31, E33, E35, E39, E50
The rest -   C4, C7, C9, E31, E35, E39, RV00, RV10, RV34, YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG95

The papers are Perfect Pair - they're so gorgeous and this is again one of my fave ever LOTV paper pads.

 

You can say anything you want (within reason,  natch lol) with these fab tags - they are from SET 24 - Sentiment Tags.
What ever did we do without them!!

 

 

Some fab stuff from our Mary & Andrea over at The Ribbon Girl -

15mm Shocking Pink No 72 Small Check Gingham 15mm-meadow-green-microdot-ribbon-p-536.html">15mm-meadow-green-microdot-ribbon-p-536.html">15mm-meadow-green-microdot-ribbon-p-536.html">15mm-meadow-green-microdot-ribbon-p-536.html">15mm-meadow-green-microdot-ribbon-p-536.html">
15mm Meadow Green No 664 Microdot Ribbon 

 

And I used a couple of Cheery Lynn dies -  Francesca Border and French Pastry Doily, both from Sir Stampalot

The tree is a Memory Box Twiggy Die  and the clouds are dies from Joycrafts

 

So there we are for another week and before  go I have to say a mahoosive thank you to the lovely ladies that came to the shop for the workshops on Saturday.

Here's a couple or three pics ....

The morning colouring group.

 

The afternoon Birthday Planner ladies - or rather,  half the room.
Some of the morning group stayed over for the afternoon workshops as well :)

 

 

And look who's here.
In the background you can see Tracy Thompson and Susan Stacey, and in the foreground concentrating very hard is our lovely Marjorie who is one of our Guest Designers at Papertake, along with her daughter Debs.

I also had a very special encounter with my little pal Bobby who is Tracy's boy.
This kid is a real sweetie and I just love him  -  I overlook the fact that he is a Leeds supporter. Anyway he brought me a box of choccies, bless his little heart and thank you Bobby xxx

Now in the past I have asked him for a hug and a kiss but of course he doesn't do such soppy stuff - he is far too old for that kind of thing now.  But at the last  open day our Lou took him some sweets and she didn't mess about, she just planted a big kiss on his cheek and gave him a hug.

Well I was most put out I can tell you.

So this time, I didn't ask, I just sort of got him in a head lock and nicked a kiss as well!!!.
He did walk back to his Mum wiping his  face (yes Bobby Thompson I saw you!!) but I didn't care.
He makes my day when he comes into the shop, little poppet.

Anyway we al had a smashing day and everybody said how pretty the shop looked, as it always does. I am hugely looking forward to the next workshops so watch this space lovely peeps :).

Right I'm off to do some work so I'll see you soon as soon and till then, have the most fabulous of  days.

Huggiest of hugs to all  xxx

 

Absolutely Delighted :))))

Morning me darlins and I hope you are all having a lovely Saturday.

The weather is so nice here but right now the peace and quiet is shattered because they are felling trees in the wood next to our house, grrrr!!!!

So between chainsaws and 'oy Brian, over here' etc it aint very peaceful right now!! How I haven't stuck my head out of the window and told 'Brian' to just move his sorry ass over to where it should be I do not know!!!

Never mind, I am off to Leeds shortly so I will swap the noise here for the noise of some carefully chosen tracks which I seem to have to play at 50 decibels!! I scare myself sometimes when I get in the car after me - how do I manage to listen to it?? No wonder I am going deaf!!!

OK, today I have a card to share with you which is pretty special to me.

A few weeks ago my dear friend Katharina asked me if I would be a guest blogger for her in July and of course I was delighted to say yes.

I have known Katharina since we were teamies over at Papertake and she is a real sweetie. Katharina was there before I was and back then there weren't that many of us blogging so we all knew each other. If you get a sec, do nip over and check out the post on Katharina's blog - you can find it right here :)

So ....

 

.. this is what I did.

 

The oh so sweet image is called Maya's Best Friend - Simply Maya and I coloured with these Copics -

Skin – E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02
Hair – E31, E35, E39, E50
Clothes – B0000, B000, B00, B05, Y08, Y17, Y38, YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG23, YG95
Dog – E31, E35, E39, E50
Grounding – E30, E40, E42

I'll leave you to look at the pics and I'll put the shopping list at the end ....

 

 

      

... and this is the stuff I used -

Papers – Echo Park Hello Summer (must get some more, it is beeeyoutiful!!).

Dies – Joy! Craft Dies - Clouds 3, Oval Nesties, Cheery Lynn Francesca Border, Cheery Lynn French Pastry Doily Die, Memory Box Lavish Branch, Go Kreate Large Square Frame Frilly #6

The frame was covered in Stampendous Frantage Shabby Blue Embossing Powder

So that's me done and I have to say a huge thank you to Katharina for asking me.

Enjoy the rest of your day  and I'll leave you with a sneakie peekie of what's coming tomorrow .....

... more bright and sunny!!

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

An 'Isn't She Lovely' Sneekie Peekie Kinda Card :)

 

Hi there me darlins and hope you are all OK today :)

I'm a tad on the late side with this card here because it's my card for yesterday's  Papertake Weekly

Anything Goes

challenge.

There's an option to include and animal or creature or you can use animal print papers. I'm not sure if a little fairy qualifies as a creature but even so it don't matter cos it's only an option and you don't have to go with it.

So....

 

... this is what I did.

The image I used is called Cute Fairy (isn't she just) and she is one of the new Lili of The Valley release which is due out on the 6th so not long to go now. And more about the 6th in a tick

And I coloured her with the following Copics -

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R02
Hair - E31, E35, E39, E50
The rest - BG0000, BG10, BG15, BV0000, BV000, BV00, BV02, BV13, E30, E41, E42, E43, E85

I used a combi of 2 8x8 Paper Pads from LOTV and they are Promises and Bonnets and Bowties.
I think they work really well together :)

 

A selection of prettiness from The Ribbon Girl  - Vintage Seam Binding  in  Royal Peacock  and Sky Mauve Lilac and topped with an Aqua Small Striped Button.

And there's a cheeky bit of Cheesecloth peeking out as well :)

The cute little tags were made from this ...

... Joy Crafts Labels & Tags die set.

I got mine from LOTV and they may still have some so it's worth a quick call if you are placing an order and they can get them to you if they have any in stock.

Verrrry sweet and pretty and ohhh so useful :)

 

The card base was made  from my new Go Kreate Frilly Frame #6 die - I did warn you that it would be used on here a lot!!! It's one of those things that now I have it, I wonder how I ever managed without it!!!

 

OK so that's the old card done.

This weekend I'm going over the big hill up to Leeds to the Lili of The Valley shop because we have some fab workshops going on with yours truly, one of which is our popular 'Perfect Card' workshop. Last time we made a card for a boy or man as it was close to Father's day so this time we are going all girly and making something pretty and sweet - I will be in my element!!! 

I do believe that there are a few places still left so if you fancy coming along, give Erica a ring at the shop or e-mail her at erica@liliofthevalley.co.uk  and she will be happy to help you.

As well as the workshops, you will be able to get your mitts on the brand new release, plus you can browse all the loveliness in the shop and take away loads of ideas and inspiration too :).

So that's me done and I'll be back tomorrow cos there's a bit of a hoppity hop going on.

Till then, have the fabbiest of days and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

We're Back To Normal :)

 

Hi there sweet peeps and hope you are all OK today.

It's a bit damp and overcast this morning but we can't moan seeing as we have had a run of over a week of sunshine here, woohoooo!!
Maybe it will come back?

Who knows!!!

Firstly, thank you so much to everyone who visited yesterday for the hop.

If you haven't entered, you have until 6pm tonight (UK time) and the winner will be announced later over at the Ideas To Inspire blog.  And thank you for all of your sweet comments, plus one rather strange one  - quelle dommage, you can't please 'em all lol!! It WAS something very different and I think it's good to take yourself out of your comfort zone occasionally. You may not get it right every time but it's good to try :)

So back in the aforementioned comfort zone today cos it's time to head on over to Papertake Weekly where we have a bit of a male thing going on. This week, our theme is

Hello Boys

and we just want to see your Father's day / male cards - simples :)
We have lots of lovely DT cardage plus 2 fab prizes and sponsors so if you get a sec, nip on over and check it all out.

So ....

 

.. this is what I did.

It's actually the card we did at the June  Lili of The Valley workshop and here's what I used to make it -

From LOTV -

Image – Vegetable Patch from Art Pad 1 – Vintage Boys

Sentiment – Sent With Love x from Sentiments To Fit Scroll set

Papers – Country Gent 8x8 paper pad

Dies -

Memory Box Grasslands Border Die (negative used)

Joy! Craft Dies - Clouds 3

Magnolia Lovely Fence Die

Apart from the Magnolia die, the others are available from the LOTV shop.

 

 

 

I decided that I liked the negative of the die cut better as it was a bit chunkier and looked more like a hedge.
I love it when you can use both parts of the die cut :)

I bevelled the fence using some foam pads - it may be a bugger to post but I like the way it looks and you could always box up the card.
It would make it more special then :)

 

 

LOVING these little clouds - they are soooo sweet and quite trendy at the mo.

 

 

These sentiments are for life and not just for the scroll set!!!

 

I made the little brown dots from card punched out with a tiny hole punch.

 

So that's the old card done and if you want to enter the blog hop from yesterday (and if you haven't please do have a go cos there is a whopper of a prize up for grabs), then you can check it all out here sweet peeps.

Right I'm off - I have a busy busy day ahead of me and I need to get a wriggle on or it will be lunch time before I know it and half the day will have gone!!

Enjoy your day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx