What A Sneakie Peekie Lovely Pair :)

 

Hi there possums and hope you are all OK today :)

I'm sharing the card that I did for yesterday's challenge over at Papertake Weekly which is

Die-ing For A Punch

and all we want to see is, well, dies and punches and either / or is fine.

So I thought I'd combine the challenge with another sneakie peekie from the soon to be released Lili of the Valley Christmas images - you will be able to get these tomorrow and we do hope that you enjoyed the blog hop yesterday (there may still be time to enter if you're quick). 

So ...

.. here's my card and I used

Festive Post

I have to apologise again for these pics.
My camera is majorly playing up and I think it's time to bin it - it keeps putting a shadow on the pics that isn't there IRL, grrrr!!!

Anyway I coloured the images in these Copics -

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02
Hair - E31, E35, E50, E98, E99
The rest - BV000, BV00, BV01, BV02, BV13, C00, C1, C2, C3,  C4, C7, E30, W41, E42, E43, E50, G99, YG00, YG03, YG95

I used papers from 2 of the 8x8 paper pads - Frosty Christmas and Promises. I think the blues and lilacs work really well together, especially for cold and frosty Christmas cards :)

I do quite like using dies etc in ways that are a bit different and this Magnolia fence die is great for bending!! I also got the old ribbler out - it's pretty ancient but it still does the trick. You can't really see the corrugated effect in the main pic cos of the light but it shows up better here.

The sentiment is from the LOTV sentiments to fit scroll set but they look fab on their own as well - I just love that font, and the words are perfect to go with this image :)

 

A pretty double bow made from mauve lilac seam binding and topped off with three silver jingle bells - they are the jingliest jangliest bells ever, and of course both of these are from The Ribbon Girl

You can just about see 2  white holly leaves (it's called artistic licence I think lol) tucked behind the bow and I punched them using one of the best holly punches about - the Super Duper Holly Punch which I got from Janice at Sir Stampalot.

 

So there we are all done and if you want to take part in the blog hop, you can see it all right here.

I hope you've enjoyed the sneak peeks and that you've picked your faves - I still haven't to be honest cos I like them all!!!

Enjoy the rest of your day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Tennis-Tastic Tilda :)

Hi there possums and a very happy Sunday to everyone.

Can you believe it's time for another  Ribbon Girl Magnolia Only challenge  - wow that's gone quick - and it's a super easy challenge this month, just ....

use two backing papers

We have two fabulous prizes for our randomly chosen winner:

A Magnolia stamp all the way from the home of Tilda and Edwin kindly donated by Magnolia of Sweden

plus ....

... a £10 voucher towards a spending spree at The Ribbon Girl online store

So 2 great reasons for dusting down your Tildas and joining is :)

So what did I do then?

     

Well as you can probably see, this is actually for my friend (Annie) who is at Wimbledon at the mo.
She won't be back until next week so Mr Postie is taking it to her.

I used Tennis Tilda which is available at Sir Stampalot and coloured her with these Copics -

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02
Hair - E31, E35, E39, E50
The rest -   E30,  E31, E35, G99, RV0000, RV000, RV00, RV10, RV34, YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG59

This is my first attempt at doing grass. It isn't perfect but hey ho!!!

But what is perfect is the papers -which are  Lili of The Valley Paper Pad - Perfect Pair

A double bow made from Siam Pink Seam Binding and topped with another bow made from the ivory twine from a  Card of Brown Earth Mix Hemp Twine.  And of course there is a Sweetheart Blossom in Baby Pink & White and a sweet little Tennis Raquet Charm as well :)

Anything else just wouldn't be, well, tennis !!!

 

Still loving the Magnolia lovely fence and Borderabilities - Curved Borders One dies.

 

I added a bit of Ivory Jute Mesh Ribbon to look like the net :) and also a strip of 9mm 9422 Pink Beauty Velvet Berisford ribbon cos it was so pretty .

And I used my new Go Kreate Frilly Frame #6 die to make the card base.
I'm sure this will appear on here again (and again and again ......)

So there we are all done for today.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll see you in the week.

There will lots going on I think because I have quite a few cards to share so see you soon as soon and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

These Are A Few Of My Favourite Things :)

 

Morning peeps and it’s anther cold one here today, brrrr is is freezing again, literally!!!

So it’s that time of the week when we head across the water and catch up with our friends over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and this week our theme is …

What’s Your Favourite?

and all we want you to do is use your fave tools, stamp or products.

As always, our lovely Heidi is giving away a fabulous …

… for one lucky winner to spend …

…right here (lucky girlie!!)

So ….

  

.. this is what I did.

So I used some of my fave products here.

Of course, I do love love LOVE the old Magnolia stuff and the image is Tilda with Snow Heart  from the  Sweet Christmas Dreams 2011 collection.

I coloured it with the following Distress Inks -

Skin – Tattered Rose, Tea Dye
Hair – Scattered Straw, Frayed Burlap, Walnut Stain, Antique Linen
The rest – Barn Door, Fired Brick, Tumbled Glass, Broken China

Note to Dawny – you need to leave the image TO DRY before you add the glitter. It also needs to dry so that it WON’T SMUDGE!!!!!

Guess who is still in Copics mode then :(

The papers are Bazzill AVALON 6 x 6 Paper Multi-Pack – even though they are quite summery papers, there are designs in there that you can use now.

I did a bit of bending with a fence cut using  a Magnolia Lovely Fence Die.

Just something a bit different I thought!!!

 

And the old Martha Stewart ARCTIC SNOWFLAKE Craft Punch was put to good use again. This is my fave snowflake punch this year and I have used it lots (you probably noticed!!).  I layered them up this time for a bit more dimension.

Ohh and the border which you can just about see was made using a strip of lace punched with a  Martha Stewart Punch DOILY LACE TRIM Deep Edge Edger punch which I cut in half.

 

 

So that’s the old card done and before I go (I’m at it again lol) I have another Chrimbly vid to share.

Now all I will say about this one is that mentioning no names, when a certain somebody is sorting out the Christmas dinner whilst  the Now That’s What I Call Christmas CD is playing in and after they’ve been sniffing the cork on the sherry bottle,  this person cannot help herself but dance along to this. Well when I say dance, it’s more like bobbing up and down to the dabadaba dum dum dabadaba dum bits, singing at the top of her voice!!!

Unlike a puppy, Jona Lewie is not for life, he is actually just for Christmas (although occasionally you can always find him in the kitchen at parties!!).

And you want to see what happens when Shakin Stevens’  Green Door comes on.

Or maybe you don't actually - it isn’t pretty!!!

Enjoy and see you soon and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

All together now …..  dabadaba dum dum dabadaba dum  :)

 

A Bit Of A Magnolia Fest :)

So hi there lovely peeps and hope you are all OK today xxx

It’s that time of the week when we head across the water and catch up with our friends over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and this week we have a little sketchie for you ……

… and it’s this one here.

Don't forget that you can flip it and resize the elements etc and as long as you can still see the sketch, it’s fine :)

As always, our lovely Heidi is giving away a fabulous …

… for one lucky winner to spend …

…right here (lucky girlie!!)

So ….

   

… this is what I did. 

The image is  Tilda With Two Little Gifts and I coloured her with these Copics -

Skin - E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02

Hair – E31, E34, E39, E50

The rest – G99,  R05, R17, R17, R59, YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG23, W00, W1, W3

I added a bit of glitter here and there as well!!

The papers are from the October Afternoon 8 x 8 HOLIDAY STYLE Paper Pad ….

… this one here - it’s really nice I think.

I inked the edges with this Color Box Fluid Chalk Inkpad in Chestnut Roan. I am doing this more and more of late but I still cannot decide if I prefer inked or un-inked!!!

A pretty snowflake :)

And oops, I just saw that my machine missed a stitch!!

Why oh why do I never spot these things until I am doing me write ups peeps?????

 

The Ranger STICKLES DIAMOND White Clear Glitter Glue  I put onto the tree looks all sorts of colours on this and the next pic but  IRL it’s clear.

I blame the photographer!!!!

So that’s the old card done and here’s the rest of the supplies I used.

All the  pics are linked so you are just one click away from the right place at the Simon Says Stamp Store.

                         

Right, that’s me done and and I’ll be back tomoz – yes I will fo sho because there is something a bit special going on so I’ll see you bright and early then.

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

You Won’t Wanna Miss This Bad Boy!!!!

   

Hi there sweet peeps and hope you are all OK.

Today we’re holding a Lili of the Valley sneakie peekie blog hop to celebrate the launch of the brand new Christmas Animals and Sentiment stamps!  This new release has  10 of the cutest critters ever plus there are 4 new sets of Christmas sentiments. You can get your mitts on them from midnight tonight so not long to go now :)

And of course, the fab new paper pads are also now on sale – I just LOVE them :) 

So on with the hop and the DT are all taking part.

All you need to do to take part is to visit each one of us and leave us a comment. Not only will you be in with a chance of winning the most amazing prize, but you will hopefully get loads of inspiration and ideas along the way. We don’t know where the prizes are so make sure you visit every blog.

The winners will be announced TONIGHT and our 2 lucky winners will be drawn at random from the comments that were left on those cards.

So do you want to know what the prizes are then chicksies?

Well……

Prize 1 – A full set of the brand new Christmas sentiment clear stamp sheets -  1 each of the new designs (it’s worth £50.00)
Prize 2 - the full set of the new Christmas animal rubber stamps (worth £45.00 )

So here’s the sneakie peekie card I’m sharing today ….

... and I’ve used Fir Cones.

I coloured it with the following Copics -

B0000, B00, B39, B93, B95, B97,
C00, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C7,
E31, E33, E35, E39, E47, E49, E50, E57, E79,
N00, N3

The papers I’ve used are both from these new paper pads ….

       

… and they are Krafty Christmas and Frosty Christmas and both have been designed by Laila :)

A little bit of fiddle-de-dee going on here!!!

The tag is from one of the new sentiment sets and the bow and pins are both from The Ribbon Girl (16mm Dark Brown/White No 4003 Berisford Pencil Stripe ribbon and Turquoise Hat Pins)

Other stuff I used is a Craftwork Cards  Fanciful Card base and Magnolia Lovely Fence Die and Memory Box Delicate Fern Die.

Both dies are from Simon Says Stamp

So that’s me card done and now it’s on with the hop.

If you’ve come here from Claudia’s blog then you are in the right place and from here you need to nip over and see our lovely Dena 

In case you get lost etc,  here’s a list of all the blogs taking part and remember you will need to visit them all to be in with a chance of winning;

Anne
Bev
Claudia
Dawny P (moi!!)
Dena
Elise
Fleur
Gretha
Katarina
Lena Katrine
Lou
Moni
Pops

Good luck with the hop and I’ll be back soon as soon.

Have the best day and hugs to all xxx

Sweet Tilda :)

  

Hi there peeps and hope that you are all OK today xxx

Scuse my little rant the other day but I was soooo hopping mad – you may have noticed – that I had to vent a bit!!!

Anyway all is calm again now

It’s time for another Simon Says Stamp Challenge ….

…. but before we get to the actual challenge bit, the DT would like to ask you if you would please join in with the Cards for Maddy Card Drive. Maddy is a 13 year old girl who is undergoing treatment for Acute Myeloid Leukaemia.

For further details please see THIS post on the Simon Says Stamp Blog
Thank you for looking :-)

So onto the challenge and this week we have a sketch ….

… this one here by yours truly, and of course there is a fab prize from our Heidi of a whopping ….

... which our lucky winner will get to spend in the store ….

… right here :)

The DT are showcasing 
MY FAVORITE THINGS
products this week - you don't have to use them to join in but we would love to see them used if you have them :-)

So ….

… this is what I did.

I used my new Tilda image and coloured her with these Copics -

Skin -  E000, E00, E11, E21, R00, R02

Hair – E43, E50, E81

The rest – C00, C1, C3, C4, C5, G99, R02, R17, R27, R59, YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG23

The papers are from the My Minds Eye Life of The Party 6 x 6 Paper Pack – those colours are amazing.

The bloom in the centre is made from a Mini Rolled Roses Die-Namics Die set and I sat it on a Magnolia Doily Flower which I’d coloured with Copics YG0000. I used a Martha Stewart Frond Leaf punch for the leaves.

I put the sentiment which I printed out onto  SAFMAT Self-Adhesive Printing Film onto a die cut made from a MFT Bracket Tab Die-Namics die. I really love the shape of this :)

  

So there’s the old card done,.

I am once again doing the mad dash thing cos I am out of the door in about 5 minutes so best get me skates on!! If you get a sec do nip over and check out the challenge peeps cos there are some fab pieces of work to be seen over there.

I’ll be back as soon as soon but until then have a fab day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx