As Clint Would Say, Are You Feeling Lucky?

 

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

This post is going out at 7am on the 7th day of the 7th month – lucky seven if you are superstitious (I am a bit!!). 
But as it happens, if you are after some new Lili of The Valley stamps then you are indeed in luck.  Before I get to me project, check out the pic above and if you want more details, then bob on over to the Ideas To Inspire Blog and check it all out.

What a lovely way to start the week with some good news.

And doesn’t it make a change!!!

Ok now for today’s project and here ….

… it is.

I’ve made a window box using our beautiful Antebellum papers and apart from the leaf vine and grass, everything here is made from the pad.

I really like this pad – it ticks so many boxes, pardon the pun!!

Can you imagine that wood on a vintage Christmas card?
I whispered that last bit – oooh it’s a bit too early for that sort of festive talk!!

The actual window box was made using an Eileen Hull Window Box die which is made by Sissix.
Isn't it fab peeps : )

Not only that but it’s so easy to put together – I LIKE that.

I made a blind using a MS Doily punch and the teeny flowers were made from the middle bits of a Susan Tierney Sunflower Thinlits die – they're the tiny little brown bits you can see in the middle of this flower here …. .

Now before you think that I have wayyy too much time on my hands to sit and shape every one of those tiny things, the way I did this was to die cut it (they are all together on one die – you can see what I mean on the pic),  but before I popped them out, I positioned the die over a moulding pad (or you could use an old mouse mat) and I popped them through with a small embossing tool.
They shape as they drop out – easy peasy.

 

The grass and leaf vines were cut using Memory Box dies – Lavish Branch and Grassy Border.

 

And the flowers were just made using a medium Woodware punch

 

So that’s me done for today.

Did you watch the tennis?  Talk about nail biting and tense. I have to admit that I would have liked to see old Roge win if I could have chosen and indeed if you had been near our house as this awesome match was going on then you would no doubt have heard old fog horn Lil here cheering him on!!

It wasn’t to be.

But for all of us tennis fans, above anything else, it was one of the best finals I’ve seen in many a year – truly a fantastic game of tennis.

Right, I’m off to do the dreaded weekly weigh in – it’s just a short hop to the bathroom lol. I’ve been good apart from (there’s always an ‘apart from’) going out for dinner on Tuesday and even then I had diet Coke and only a few chips (she say, polishing her halo!!).

I’ll let you know tomorrow if the results were good or bad.

Till then have a fab day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

It’s A Holly Holly-Day

Morning peeps and hope all is well with you today :)

It’s that time of the week when we nip over to the US of A and see what’s happening with the good people at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and this week it’s all about

Christmas In August

and there is a whopping ….

to spend right here ….

Now I know I moaned about My Harrods etc yesterday but like I said it’s different for us poor souls (and poor being the operative word espesh when we can’t say no to new stash!!) who make cards. We need to start early cos heaven forbid that we would have to go and BUY them!! If you send people bought cards they see it a a bit of a slight when you make them yourself don’t they :(

Anyhoos this is what I did.

I used this cute Penny Black stamp – it’s called A Thorny Affair and you can see it here. I coloured it with the old Copics but no list today hunny-pies cos the dope chucked it out trying to have a tidy up!!!

The base card was made using  these Spellbinders Grand Nesties …

      

… and if you click on the pics they will take you to the right place in the Simon Says Stamp Store

I used an old Sissix holly die and a hole punch to make the berries (or cherries as Kyla calls them!!)  but you could easily draw a couple of leaves if you don’t have the die.

I really like this card and it’s so quick and easy which is just the ticket if you have a mountain of Christmas cards to make.

So that’s me done for today – another shortie as work is coming out of me ears!!! Don’t forget to check it all out if you get a sec and also we have our dinks challenge which you can read about here if you missed it.

So I’ll see you tomoz with something fairy-ish!!! No sneakie peekie cos it’s still not quite done.

Enjoy your day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

It’s Been A While ….

Morning chicksies and hope all is well with you today xxx

Today over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge, it’s eyes down etc etc cos we are off to play bingo and here’s ….

… the bingo card!!

So all you have to do is pick 3 in a row in any direction and use that combi on your card.

There is a fab $50 spree up for grabs as well

 

The DT this week have all used The Greetings Farm images and I have to say that it’s been ages since I used one and I’d  forgotten how sweet they are.

So this is what I did - I went diagonally from left to right and used buttons, lace and a sentiment :)

 I coloured this little cutie with Copics and polychromos pencils and added a little bit of glitter along the way :)

Speaking of glitter, I tried to cover a button with the stuff but it wasn't THAT successful as this close up shows.  But as my old Dad would have said, a blind man on a galloping horse won’t notice!!!

These lovely papers are Basic Grey Olivia and of course there’s a bit of paper lace courtesy of my old fave Magnolia Tilda Lace die as well :)

 

So that’s the card done peeps.

We had a great time last night watching Mamma Mia. I haven't been to one of the ‘Chestivals’ before but I’d certainly go again. We took a picnic and sat on the grass in the amphitheatre and watched the film in the glorious sunshine. Of course everybody was singing and dancing - you can’t not when you hear Abba. Kyla told me she liked it better than The Sound of Music which is high praise indeed coming from her as that was one of her fave films. She was impressed that the ‘man from Nanny McPhee’ was in it and I think a lot of the ladies watching were also impressed  that he was in it ……. but for very different reasons lol!!!

So I’ll say toodle-pip and I;ll be back tomoz with more cardage.

Enjoy the rest of the day and hugs to all xxx

Happy Happy Birthday – The Simon Says Stamp Challenge is 2 :)

Morning lovely peeps and welcome to the Simon Says Stamp Challenge 2nd Anniversary Celebrations :-)

This week we have an ANYTHING GOES theme and a BLOG HOP, wooohoooo :-)

If you have just arrived here by chance and would like to join in the hop you will need to start at the beginning on the challenge blog. If you have arrived here from Tara’s blog you are going in the right direction :-)

There are 3 fabulous prizes from our lovely Heidi at Simon Says Stamp that 3 lucky entrants, drawn at random, will win !! You can see the piccies of what’s on offer on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog.

And if that wasn't enough, we ALSO have a $10 Voucher to spend in the Simon Says Stamp Store to give away at every blog along the way !!

To be in with a chance of any of the prizes you MUST join in the challenge and complete the hop, leaving a comment on EVERY blog along the way :-)

So this is my card.

I used this sweet Tilda Hello Little Butterfly image and coloured it with these Copics -

E00, E21, R11, R20 (skin), E40, E42, E50 (hair),  B0000, B00, Y00, Y02, Y06, YR31 (clothes etc)

You can just about see the Sissix Flourish & Leaf Die hiding behind the  Magnolia Doily Flower die which I’d layered and then topped off with a little button.

The papers I used are from the Echo Park  Springtime Kit and seeing as I love Lord Tim of Holtz’s Scalloped Die so much, I used it three times lol!!

So that’s the old card done peeps and now back to the blog hop.

From here you need to hop on over to Domi's blog ( Domi has also recently celebrated her birthday on 24th so Happy Birthday chick xxx)

Thank you so much for joining us for our very special celebrations and don't forget to add your name to Mr Linky so that I can get Mr Random Thing to choose a winner for my $10 voucher and leave me a comment before you hop along :-)

Enjoy the rest of the hop peeps and have a great day and hugs to all xxx

Brace Yerslef Sheila!!!!!!!

Morning peeps and as promised yesterday, the pig sty has gone all bright and cheery today. Most definitely NOT my usual colours, that is without doubt, but you know what?

I kind of like them :)

And I may very well use them again sometime but I will give you fair warning so that you can psyche your eyeballs up lol!!!

Today over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge we are saying

Happy Birthday

and it isn't just a random thing either cos today is our Lols birthday – woohooo, so

Happy Birthday chicksie xxx

As always there is a fab prize of  ….

… which you can spend …..

… right here :)

OK, here we go for the entire card so full on eyeball torture coming up …..

… right now!!!!

And if you think it’s bright on here, you should see it IRL  :)

To be fair, it’s actually for one of our Kyla's little pals and she is only 5 and they do like that sort of thing – well I HOPE she will!!

I used another of the new CC Designs Swiss Pixies – this time Birthday Gretel– and the bright bad boy Copics that I used are ….

E00, E21, R11 (skin),  E40, E42, E50 (hair),  BG0000, BG01, BG05, R17 , R27, R37, R46, YG01, YG03, YG23 (clothes etc)

Here’s a cheeky bit of Lord Tim of Holtz’s Scalloped Die which you can get from the store – click the pic and it will take you right there :)

    

 

So there you have it.

Right I am off to do some work and then put the finishing touches to my LOTV card for tomoz so have a great day and see you back here then.

Enjoy your day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Oldies But Goodies :)

Morning lovely peeps and hope the weather is as nice and Spring-ie for you as it is here in Chester today :)

And it’s that time of the week when we mosey on over and see what the Papertake Weekly girlies have been up to. It’s the first challenge of the month so it’s sponsored by those lovely peeps over at Lili Of The Valley.

and there is  a

up for grabs which is going to wing it’s way to a lucky peepsie next week :)

As regulars will know, the first challenge of the month is where you get to just have fun and create something nice cos our theme is

Anything Goes

We do always have an optional extra for those who still want a challenge and this week it is to use something either old or something that you haven’t used for a while on your cards.

So I totally forgot to put something old on it which proves there is something old involved here, namely moi. but the quote of the week for me was from our Sharon who said that the old thing she used on her card was her hands lol!!!

Love it Sharon :)xxx

The LOTV image I used today  is this little sweetie Dandelion Clock – one of my faves. I used a colour combi that I don't use very often, namely pink and lemon and the Copics I used were -

E00, E21. R11, R20 (skin), E42, E50 (hair), C1, RV0000, Rv00, RV10, Y38,YR0000, YR68

The papers and pretty bloom were from  Do Crafts kit that I got from Purple Butterfly Crafts – it’s called Lemon Sorbet and it’s just gorgeous.

Great value as well cos it’s chock full of yummies :)

This GORGEOUS pink and white striped ribbon is from The Ribbon Girl as are the teeny pretty spotty buttons

   

Do the clickie piccie thing to see them on the shop website :)

And I am so pleased to say that this month I am going to be a

wooohoooo :)

The lace was lurking at the bottom of the  ribbon box – not sure from whence it came sorry.

But I do know that the pink sparkly gems were from Wild Orchid Crafts and I used my Lord Timmies Scrollwork On The Edge Doe which you can get here from the  Simon Says Stamp Store

     

So that’s the old PTW card done peeps. But talking  of Simon Says Stamp. I’ll leave you with a bit of a sneakie peekie from tomorrows Simon Says Stamp Challenge card.

I’ll warn, you , it’s bright so shades on …..

… see I did warn you.

So see you back here tomorrow when you can be dazzled a bit more lol!!

Have a fab day and hugs to all xxx