Thursday 25 November 2010

Lili of the Valley #75

Good morning folks, hope you are all well and ready for a brand new challenge at Lili of the Valley . This week we have a fabulous SKETCH designed by our very own Bev and Laila and Lisa have kindly donated a £10 voucher to be spent on the Lili of the Valley website for one lucky winner but remember you have to use a Lili of the Valley Stamp or Die Cut Image to be eligible for the prize.




This week I have used "Collecting the Tree" and pretty chuffed with myself as I am well on target for a change with my Christmas cards. Paper is Joyeax Noel from Papermania, large poinsettia from Wild Orchid Crafts , embossed panel with Ice Crystals Cuttlebug folder and ribbon from stash.



Coloured with copics and prismas and added polar white flowersoft and glamour dust for a snowy effect and cut out with my nesties.


Challenges:


A Spoonfull of Sugar - Anything Goes
Cards for Men- Christmas Cards
Christmas Stampin´ All Year Long - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Christmas is Coming
Simon Says - Snow it Up
The Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or Let it Snow

Sunday 21 November 2010

Guest Designer for The Crafty Pad and a few challenges

Good afternoon peeps, hope you are all well and enjoying the aroma´s coming out of the kitchen from your Sunday roast. I am honoured to be GD with The Crafty Pad and this week´s theme is

Red & Green.

I really enjoyed using the "Christmas Personalised Mini Story Book" which can be found HERE and I hope our adorable grandsons will enjoy reading it as they love nothing better than a good story book and I sit for hours reading with them when I am over.

All papers are from the Joyeux Noel pad by Papermania, poinsettias from Wild Orchid Crafts

I have glittered all the edges and am afraid to say the wording has been blurred out for obvious reasons, sorry.

Sissix die cuts and sizzlets words.

All images coloured with copics and prismas.

Embossed die cuts which I have had forever.
Spellbinders snowflakes and gems from stash.

The images and verses have been cut out with nesties.

I adhered two square cards together to make this wee book which consists of 6 pages.

and you still have plenty of time to make one of these books for those special wee folks in your life. The direct link to the product is HERE


Challenges:
Craft Your Days Away -Christmas Trees
Crafty Creations - Beautiful Insides
Crazy 4 Challenges - Circles
Creative Craft - Starlight starbright
Die Cut Dreams Christmas Club - Christmas Anything Goes
One Stop Craft - Snow People
PaperPlay - Let It Snow
Paper Cutz - Christmas Bling
Secret Crafter Saturday - Handmade Gifts

Thursday 18 November 2010

Lili of the Valley #74 and my Candy Winner

Good afternoon peeps, today we have a brand new challenge for you at Lili of the Valley and this week we would like to see "Glitter & Glitz" so be sure to check out what my fabulous teamies have created - pure eye candy!

Ooh talking about candy and of the most delicious kind I am happy to tell "YOU" ... Crafty Chris that you are the lucky winner of Feather Boa. Please can you email your full name and address so I can pass this on to Laila and Lisa who kindly sponsored my candy.


Today I have inked up "Christmas Candle" and coloured with my copics, cutting out with my nesties and inking the edges. As you can see I have used one of the brand new sentiment stamps too ... ooh I love each and everyone of these. Papers are A Winter´s Tale from Daisy & Dandelion and have been distressed and glittered with gold glamour dust. Roses are from Wild Orchid Crafts and the card candy from stash.

I wish to combine my card with :

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Distressing

Allsorts - A Sketch 4U

Christmas Stampin´ All Year Long - Stripes

Crafts and Me - Glitter

Crazy 4 Challenges - Christmas card or Item

Creative Inspirations - Anything Christmas/Winter

Kaboodle Doodles - A Recipe

Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge - Sparkle & Shine

Simon Says - Sparkle

Southern Girls - Your Favourite Colour ... mine´s gotta be pink and mint

The Stamp Man - Christmas

Thursday 11 November 2010

LILI OF THE VALLEY CHALLENGE AND BLOG HOP

This week the Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog is being combined with a Blog Hop to celebrate the Release of the Tea and Chat, Party Girls and Sentiments collections, full details of the Challenge and Blog Hop can be found on the Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog.
For ONE WEEK ONLY you can use ANY MAKE OF STAMP OR DIGI IMAGE to make a Card/or gift and join in the Challenge which this week is a theme of "ANYTHING GOES"

If you have arrived here from Claire´s blog you are in the right place, if not then hop over to Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog to begin.

All the DT members will be offering a stamp from the new collection on their Blog and we have a Fabulous Grand Prize on the Lili of the Valley Inspiration Blog.



To Win my Candy Stamp "Feather Boa" please leave a A COMMENT BELOW



She really is a wee cutie and I have coloured her with copics and prismas.




Sentiment is from the "For You" collection, papers BG Urban Prairie, pearls and roses from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I wish to combine my card with
Crafter´s Companion - Sketch + One for the girls
My Time to Craft - Rhaphsody of Roses
The Pixie Cottage - Sketch and/or 2 colours only ... I´ve gone with Pink and Mint

The Next stop on the Hop is MARCEA.

I have no idea why Mr Blogger decided to delete my original post so I apologise for any inconvenience during your Hop.

Thursday 4 November 2010

Challenge 72 - One for the Girls

Good morning and welcome to a new challenge at Lili of the Valley , we have a nice and easy theme for you this week

"One for the Girls"

Laila and Lisa have kindly donated a £10 voucher to be spent on the Lili of the Valley website.

Today I have used "Best Friends" from the Tea and Chat collection which will be available at the NEC today through to Sunday then on the website from 12th November.

I have coloured with copics and prismas and cut out with my nesties and paper shapers swirl punch. Papers are BG Sugared, roses from Wild Orchid Crafts , metalic sentiment from Making Memories, pearls, silk flowers and lace from stash.

Challenges:

A Spoonfull of Sugar - Relish to Embellish

My Time to Craft - Quick and Cute

PaperPlay - Circles

The Crazy Challenge - Pearls and Swirls

The Pixie Cottage - Sketch