Back With Some Bunnies (They're Not Just For Easter :)

Hello lovelies.

Hope you are all OK and suitably 'jabbed' and safe and well.

Well what a week!!

I've been so busy but it was lovely to be back at the Craft Store with some beautiful Lili of the Valley images that I just adore, this time in digi format.

So in case you missed it, I thought I'd share the card I made using the digi image from the Bunnies USB.

The beauty of these digis is that you can re-size so what I did here was to print out one of the Mystical Skies backing papers (you can see them here - https://www.etsy.com/.../lili-of-the-valley-backing-paper...) and then fed that printed paper back through the printer with the leap frog bunnies, which I'd re-sized.

You don't want them too small or it won't look as good.

It creates a brilliant over print and then all you have to do is to colour in using a black pen.

Simples!!

I did all this in Word and I am not the most tech savvy, but it's ever so easy to do.

The sentiment is from the USB stick as well - it's perfect for this image I thought.

There are 20 different images on the stick and you can re-size, flip, mirror them etc etc. Also there's a sheet of easy prints which give you 4 of each image on the sheet, plus loads of sentiments that will work with the images. 

So bunnies are not just for Easter.

I coloured these using a black Micron pen but any black pen you have would work. 

And it's super quick because there's no detail to add.

It really is one of my faves and not an ink pad in sight lol.

I think this would look nice in a frame - I might well do that!!

I believe that the sticks aren't on the Craft Store website now but if you want to get your mitts on one, you can email Lisa at  lisa@liliofthevalley.co.uk  and she will be able to get one to you.

Well have a lovely day - the weather here is really nice at the moment. I'm back in my shed but I have the doors open to let the fresh air in and I can hear the birds singing as well, which is nice.

Take care and lots of love xxx

 

The Copics Are Out!!!

Hello lovelies and a very Happy Easter Sunday.

I'm sharing a card today which I coloured using Faith from Lili of The Valley ( you can get here here - LOTV Faith ).

I had a lovely time colouring her in - it's been quite a while really.

And ...

... this is what I made with her.

I coloured her with these Copics - 

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02

Hair - E17, E27, E35, E39, E50, E51, E55

Dress - R85, RVO00, RV00, RV02, RV10, 

W00, W01, W02, W03, W05

Star - Y11, Y21, Y28, YR31

Grounding - W00, W01, W02, W03, W05

I must confess that I don't know where the grey paper came from but the pink checked paper is from Tonic Studios Sweet Sorbet 6x6 pad. And the lace border and all the bits and bobs in white are Tonic dies. 

They look fab in white I think, against the colour.

Here's some more pics ...

And there she is all done.

Enjoy the rest of the Bank Hol and I'll see you back here very soon xxx

 

Hugga Mugga Doggie : )

Morning sweet peeps and ohhh what a lovely day it is here on Chester today.

NOT that I am seeing much of it because I am super busy with work etc, but at least it’s nice to look out of the window,  and I don't really do sitting in the sun any way lol!!

So today I have a card this week’s Papertake challenge which is

Take Your Pick

and I went for the sketch option and used ….

... this one here.

And this is what I did.

Do you like the sweet image?  It’s a bit of a sneakie peekie, and he is called

Mug of Tea

He is one of the new  Lili of The Valley release which will be out soon.

I coloured him with Copics – not too may used and he is very easy to colour as well – and these are the colours I used -

E35, E40, E42, E43,  R05, R17, R27, R59, W00, W1. W3

The papers which I LOVE are LOTV  Sunny Side Up, and the sentiment is from the Sentiments to Fit Scroll set.

Here’s a few pics -

A gorgeous double bow made with Black Seam Binding from The Ribbon Girl : )

Sorry about the pics today – we are taking up the floor in the conservatory which is where I do my photos usually,
so I had to go somewhere else  and the light isn't nearly as good. The last one is a bit blurry : (

Right, enjoy your day, whatever you're doing,  and I’ll see you soon as soon.

Hugs to all xxx

Pretty Pink Heart

 

Good morning  peeps and I hope that you are having a lovely week so far.

It’s time to head on over to Papertake Weekly and this week our theme is

Ooh So Pretty

and we just want to to make something pretty or add something pretty to your work.

There’s a fab prize from The Ribbon Girl as well so go and have a butchers if you get a sec xx

The card I’ve made today is a bit special because it’s actually for somebody – often my card aren’t, but this one is.

So ….

 

… here is is.

It’s another quick and simple card and I’ve used some gorgeous Tonic Studios Dies mixed with some Ribbon Girl pretties.

The older die is the Tonic Studios Affections Insert Die – On Mother’s Day – and I  just cut the largest inside edge  into a piece of white card which I then layered onto some pink before sticking to my card base.

I then used some of the Tonic Heart Stamp and Dies Sets and the pink heart in the centre is cut using the outside edge from the Paisley set, then I cut another one exactly the same in white and added the inside edge from the Floral set

I LOVE how all of these sets works so well together and they are available on pre-order from Crafty Devils .

 

 

A bit of pretty here.

I went around the edge with some Nuvo Pearl White Crystal Drops then added a sprinkling of Candy Pink Nuvo Glitter.
I also used the Nuvo Glue pens on part of the heart design and added a bit more there.

 

Once again I have used one of the tail parts of the Large Lacy Bow set to stamp my sentiment onto.

And WHAT a sentiment – this is from Set 92 Birthdays & Best Wishes from Lili of The Valley  and it is fabulous value. You get 12 wavy sentiments for only £8. And there’s a cracking Christmas offer on right now as well – go and have a mooch because you snooze you lose peeps lol xx

 

 

A pretty little sparkly made with some hot glue and Candy Pink Glitter : )

And those gorgeous bows are made from 25mm Rose Pink No 57 Large Check Gingham ribbon and  9mm White/White Spot Organza ribbon, both of course from The Ribbon Girl.

So that’s my card for today and thank you for stopping by.
Have the fabbiest of days,  whatever you’re doing, and huggiest of  hugs to all,

 

A Really Quick Card For All Occasions

Good evening peeps.
I’ve had a really busy day today between my day job and our baby chicks, so I’m a bit late putting this post on – but better late than never I suppose : )

I have another card to share using the awesomely versatile  Tonic Studios Topnote and Petunia Trellis die sets,

and …

… it’s this one here.

This is such a simple, quick and easy card to put together and you could make this work for just about everything I reckon – even the sentiment is generic.

I made the base card using the largest outside edge from the Topnote set.
I cut 2 out, made a little fold across the top of 1 of them, added some tape then stuck them together.

Then I used the smallest inside edge from the Petunia Trellis set, taped it to the front of the card base then ran it through the machine. The beautiful pattern then remains in the card. I cut out the largest outside edge from black card and stuck that down behind the pattern. You could substitute this by adding an insert if you wanted.

Then just a circle cut from black card using the largest of the 2 Petunia circles and a white one cut from the smallest circle and these went into the centre using dimensionals. Then a little helping of Ebony Nuvo Crystal Drops around the edge of the pattern – don’t you just love how they shine.

Finally a  little sentiment form my beloved Lili of The Valley  Sentiments to Fit Scroll set stamped onto a tail cut from the Tonic Large Lacy Bow set, a heart button and a beautimous double bow made from 25mm Black No 10 Small Check ribbon from The Ribbon Girl  and that, my sweet peeps, is that.

It probably took longer for me to type this out than to put the actual card together : )

Enjoy the rest of your day and make the most of  the sunshine because apparently it’s all going to change for the weekend, boooo hisss.

Why does it do that when most of us are off work?

And I heard the dreaded ‘f’ word mentioned on the weather as well.

Yes frost (what did you think I meant, naughty naughty!!).
AND I have put our hanging baskets out as well, and if you read my Facebook post today, you’ll know that I’ve had one disaster already with them.
Anyway, I thought we would be past that now.
Ricardo reckons it won’t happen and I hope he’s right!!! 

See you soon and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

And Something For The Girls : )

 

Howdy peeps and it’s another sunny morning here in Chester.
That’s 3 days in a row now!!!

So after the masculine card yesterday, I thought I’d even it up a bit and share one which is a bit more girlie, and ….

 

… it’s this one here.

I made this card up when I was demoing at Bolton and I used creams and whites, and I was quite pleased how it turned out. So I made it up again using pinks : )

I used one of my fave EVER Tonic Studios Dies and this is the beautiful Deco Oval Trellis set.
The base card is an 8x8 and it’s cut  to just over 5 1/2” wide, and I added a pink mat using dimensional pads. Then I cut a slightly smaller piece in white and using the largest inside edge, I ran it through the machine, then stuck it down onto the pink mat, again using dimensionals.

Then I cut another piece from white card using both the outside and inside edges, added some Nuvo Diamond Glitter around the edge using a Nuvo Glue Pen, then I stuck it down onto the card, lining it up carefully with the pattern underneath.

Finally I cut another in pink from the smallest outside edge and added that, again using dimensionals.
LOVE the layers : )

 

 

I made some little blooms using the flower elements from the Tonic Entwining Trellis Plush Peony Die set.

For the 2 largest flowers, I cut one in white and another from pink using the largest flower die, then I used tweezers to gently curl the edges back before running a ball tool over them to bring the petals up. Then I layered them together. I cut another in white using the second smallest flower and then ran the ball tool over it and then stuck it down.

I made one more using the second largest and the smallest flower dies, which I stuck down onto a bow I’d  made using Mermaid Pale Pink Sparkle Ribbon from The Ribbon Girl.

 

 

Next I added some Nuvo Crystal Drops in Pearl White to the edge of the centre pink mat and also the centre of each bloom.

 

 

Finally I cut a small oval using one of the elements from the Tonic Tent Gift Bag Die Set, stamped one of my beloved Lili of The Valley sentiments onto it then – it’s the Sentiments to Fit Scroll set -  stuck it down.

All the Tonic Studios products I’ve used here are available from Crafty Devils, as is the Papermania Capsule Wild Rose A4 cardstock.


 

And that’s the card all done.

Thank you for stopping by today and enjoy the sunshine.

Huggiest of hugs to all xx

One For The Boys : )

Good morning lovely peeps and I hope that you are OK today.
It’s another sunny day here in Chester and it’s so nice to wake up to this rather than rain and wind, although I will be moaning when it gets too hot lol.

So it’s time to head on over to the Papertake Weekly challenge and this weeks our theme is

Something For The Boys

and as father’s day is looming, we hope you find lots of inspiration over there cos the team have been busy busy.

So what did I do?

I did this : )

I made the base card using the largest outside edge from the new Tonic Studios Topnote Trellis set.
I cut 2 out, made a little fold across the top of 1 of them, added some tape then stuck them together.

I then added some of the gorgeous new Lili of The Valley Sunny Side Up papers  and these were literally some scraps I had left over from the 2 other cards I’ve shared on here recently. Waste not want not!!!

The centre panel is made using one of the centre dies from the Tonic Studios Garland Fancy Idyllics set from Crafty Devils and the sentiment is from another Idyllics set – Delicate Drape. The Garland Fancy set is on offer at Crafty Devils at the moment so if you’ve been thinking about it, now’s your chance : )

Here’s a coupe of pics ….

 

Some beautiful Tonic Studios  Ebony Nuvo Crystal Drops ……

…. some string, buttons and and lots of dimension, and it’s finished.

You could easily convert this into a girls card by swapping the papers, using ribbon rather than the string and using a different colour card for your base.

So that’s me done for and thank you for stopping by.

Have a lovely day and huggiest of hugs to all xx

A Brand New One

 

Good afternoon crafty peeps.
Have you been enjoying the Tonic Studios shows on Create & Craft?

I thought I’d share one that I made that didn't make it down to Jodie in time but which uses the new dies from the shows, and …

 

 

…it’s this one here which uses that ever so gorgeous Petunia Trellis Die set.

I made the base using the larger outside edge and folded it in half so that the 2 petals were even across the bottom.
Then I added one of the elements from the Thinking Of You set before topping it off with  the smaller outside and inside edges from Petunia and the 2 small circles.

 

The flower was made using the larger of the small Petunia circles.
I just cut three of them cut one round off then joined then together to make as spiral shape before rolling up.
I ran a Nuvo Glue pen over it then sprinkled it with Diamond Nuvo Glitter.

Those pretty leaves are from the Flora Frames Topper Set – I use these loads because they are a nice size and really sweet I think.

 

A little tail from the Tonic Studios Large Lacy Bow Die Set - a perfect base for your stamped sentiments : )

This sentiment is from Lili of The Valley Sentiments to Fit Scroll set.

The card btw is Papermania Oyster Blush A4 card from Crafty Devils



 

And there’s my card all done.
I hope you like it and thank you for stopping by. 

Enjoy the rest of your day and crafty hugs to all xx

Sunshine & Paper Strips

Good morning peeps and I hope that you are all OK today.

The sun is shining and there's blue sky - maybe it;s this heat wave we’ve been told about or maybe summer is on its way?

Well OK,  maybe the sunshine won't last but I've got a nice bright sunshine-y card to share today,

and .....

...it's this one here.

For this card I used the  Tonic Studios Deco Geometric Layering dies which are available from Crafty Devils. 
I LOVE the shape of these dies, I really do.

To get the striped effect, I cut 1" strips of paper and glued them down onto a piece of thin card stock, then once it was all dry, I die cut the shape using the second largest die in the set. The mat behind it was cut using the largest die.

It's a great way to use up those strips of patterned paper that we all have lying about our craft rooms (or is that just me??)

And the GORGEOUS papers are from the same pack that I used on yesterday’s card and they are Lili of The Valley Sunny Side Up.

For the sentiment, I used the tail part of the Tonic Studios Large Lacy Bow set.

They are perfect for making fishtails to put your sentiments on.

.... see what I mean?

I  curved the tail so that it stood out on the card : )

So that's my card for today and I hope that you like it.
Enjoy your day whatever you are doing and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

You’re A Star

Hi there peeps – hope you are all OK today.

I’ve not posted for a while as I’ve had all sorts of stuff going on – none of it good really – but we are all OK now and it’s back to crafting again.

Before I get to the card, I just have to tell you that I have set up a brand new blog which is specifically for my Tonic Studios makes ( I’ll still be using this one as well) . But everything ‘Tonic’ will be put on there and all in one place so it will hopefully make things a lot easier to find. You can check it all out right here.

So the card I made here is for the challenge over at Papertake Weekly and we have our

Anything Goes

theme with the option of making something summery.

And …

.. this is what I did.

I used beautiful Tonic Studios Star Layering die set which is available from Crafty Devils and I created lots of dimension by scoring the stars from the tip of each point, right the way across to the other side and I did this on all 5 points, then I simply valley and mountain folded the creases.

The beautiful papers are Lili of The Valley Sunny Side Up and they will be available from this Saturday 6th June.

 

The white star background was made using the dies from the set as well. 
I used the 2 smallest dies and cut several out and then glued them randomly down onto a piece of card.

Then I ran a Nuvo Glue Pen around the outside of each star and sprinkled it with  Nuvo Pure Sheen Diamond Glitter.

Do you like the little sparkler?
I nicked this idea from Jodie so I can't take the credit, but what a fabulous idea.

She used the new Tonic glue gun and just put a blob onto a glass craft mat then covered it with glitter.
A few minutes later, you have a gorgeous little embellishment that has cost you next to nothing to make and looks lovely.

So that’s my card and thank you for stopping by today.
I hope you like the new blog and  that it makes life easier if you are just looking for the Tonic stuff.

Have a great day and hugs to all xxx

A Bit Of A Tonic Triptych :)

Morning peeps and it’s nearly time for a looong weekend, yayyy : )

But before that we have to head on over and catch up with the Papertake Weekly gang and as it’s the last challenge of the month, it’s time to

Take Your Pick

I combined the colour challenge which this month is pastels,  with the technique challenge which is to make a treat holder for Easter and I also snuck in an oval so that’s the product challenge as well.

I used the amazing Tonic  Tent Gift Bag die which you can get from Crafty Devils and they are super easy to put together and also very quick.

You get a shed loads of little extras in this die set as well which you can use for other things.
I enjoyed making them so much that I ended up making three lol.

And here they are -

This first one uses some of the extras from the set, including the gorgeous filigree plate and the oval.
I covered the plate with some Tonic Nuvo Diamond Glitter – this stuff is great – it doesn't seem to drop like others do and you can burnish it once it’s dry (you've probably seen Jodie doing this on the telly) .

I added a bow made from 38mm white organza and topped it off with an aqua spotty button, both from The Ribbon Girl

The papers are Up Up & Away from my beloved Lili of The Valley

 

The second bag uses the same papers and one of the extras from the die set.
I’ve also added some Nuvo Crustal Drops in Pearl White.
The bloom is made from Tonic Plush Peony Entwining Trellis and Delicate Daisy Entwining Trellis.
There’s a close up at the top of the post and if I get a sec I’ll pop a quick tutorial on here to show you how I made it.

And for the last one …

… I used a Tonic Deco Trellis Base Die Set and a layered up Tonic Studios Rococo Petite Die - Butterfly Sprig with some Tonic Studios Neptune Nuvo Crystal Drops, again from Crafty Devils. I added some knotted 15cm white tulle from the Ribbon Girl and finished it off with a rhinestone sparkler.

So that’s my little bags.
I thought I’d do a treat holder for an adult as a change from the ones I do for the kids – hope you like : ))

Right I’m off to get some work done.
Enjoy the rest of your day and if I’m not back in the land of blog before then, have a fabulous Easter.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

 

Happy Happy Happy : )

Good morning and a very Happy St Patrick’s Day to everybody.

We’re heading on over to the Papertake Weekly challenge and this week our theme is

Happy …. Anything

…and all you have to do is to make a card or project for a happy event such as Happy Birthdays, Happy St Patrick’s Day, Happy Easter etc.
Anything you want, as long as it's happy!!

We’re sponsored by our Mary at The Ribbon Girl so our winner is also going to be very happy indeedy.

So ….

… this is what I did.

I used a couple of Tonic dies which I got from Crafty Devils and they are -

Deco Trellis Base Die Set (I made the base in the same way as I did for the owl a few posts back)

Topper And Frames Die Set - Flora

The beautiful card is also from Crafty Devils and it’s Papermania A4 Cardstock Packs - Capsule Collection - Wild Rose.
Such soft and muted colours  – I love it.

The bow is made using 15mm White No. 1 Berisford Satin ribbon and I topped it with a
40m Pale Pink Daisy, both from The Ribbon Girl

The sentiment is from my beloved Lili of The Valley Sentiments to Fit Scroll set – what ever would I do without this set!!!

So that's me done for today.
I’m going to be AWOL for a few days because I’m setting off to jolly old Brum tomorrow for 4 days of crafty fun at the NEC. I’ll be doing my Tonic thing on the Crafty Devils  stand so if you’re passing, do come and say howdy – it is always fab to see lovely crafty friends.

Take care and if you are going to the NEC, have a great time and I’ll see you soon as soon.

Huggiest of hugs to all xx