Launch Day for Lili of the Valley and a sneaky sneak peek!

Good morning, this is a very early post because I don't want any of you to miss out on the brand new launch from Lili of the Valley. As you all know, LOTV is one of the must have stamp brands and just wait until you see the brand new cuties that are being launched today!!!! You better be quick because you know these fly off the shelves so fast! And at less than £4 a stamp they are such fabulous value for money. I am sure you have all seen the many sneak peeks over the last few weeks by the Design Team, if not have a peep at my sidebar for links to all their blogs or you can see all the stamps HERE!

Here are a couple of the gorgeous new images of Thomas the cat which are now available!!


The next stamp is NOT available yet but I just wanted to show you a sneak peek - I think I have caused a little confusion earlier in the day - apologies for this xxx

Now I am being a little bit naughty because I know it is launch day but I couldn't resist showing a peek from the next lot of stamps that will hopefully be launched next month. You can slap my hands if you like but I just had to share this cute bear with you. If you like bears you will love the next launch .... that's all I am saying for now! I just love teasing you all :o)



Copics

Dress - RV02, RV23
Apron - YG03, YG11
Cake - Y11, Y21
Bear - E50, E51, E53
Cat - W1, W3, W5



Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #93
Kaboodle Doodles - Happy Birthday
Creative Card Crew - It's a Celebration
My Time to Craft - Kidz Kardz

That's it from me for now .... a day at uni ahead of me so I will have brain strain by this evening. I hope you all manage to get the stamps you want before they sellout. See you all later xxx

Crafts & Me DT card and a bit of waffle too!

Good morning everyone. I know I was supposed to post over the weekend but it has been so hectic here that my 'special' project will be up in a day or two. We have had an exciting weekend, as many of you know Ryan , my son plays for Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Brass Band , one of the best bands in the world!! Anyway, it was the regional finals yesterday and they did AMAZING and have qualified for the National finals which will be held in the Royal Albert Hall in October - they were so brilliant, I am so proud of him and what he has achieved so far at only 16 years old! We are all tired today, we didn't get home til around 1 am but it was all worth it!

Now I have that out my system here is my card, lol ....


Copics

Hair/scales - YR16, YR20, Y35, Y38
Clothes/tail - G000, G00, YG41, BG34
Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20
Lips - R85
Stars - BV31, V15
Background - RV000, V12


Challenges

Simon Says - Mothers Day/Girly
Hanna and friends - Sketch
Paper Play - Just Because ...
Alphabet Challenge - Stamping
Fussy & Fancy - Movies ...'Mermaid / Splash'
Stamp SOmething - Something Girly
Totally Papercrafts - Mother's Day/Special Lady
Cupcake Craft - Flower Power



Are you drooling yet over this beautiful Sweet Pea Stamp .I just love her so much as I do all of the images by Ching-Chou Kuik. This beauty is called Spring Luna and is available as asingle stamp or as a set of 4 with 2 sentiments on Sheet 8, plate 30. Did you also know that Crafts & Me is the only place you can buy these beautiful stamps from in the UK. Teresa has lots of wonderful new stamps in stock and there are more available onpre-order so pop over for a look whenyou get chance, you will not be disappointed! The gorgeous flowers are a real selection from the bloom kits which you can also subscribe to at Crafty Feeling. As I already mentioned the lovely sentiment is from Sweet Pea Stamps and my paper is another fab one from Papermania. Gems and brads from my stash and I have used my good old faithful MS DoilyLace border punch from Dies to Die For. Tracy has a huge range of Punches available and her prices are very competitive so do have a look!
Right, that's it from me ... off for a spot of retail therapy ..... gutted because I was supposed to be going to see Lady Gaga tonight but the concert was rescheduled last week because of a 'logistical error'. I am so upset because I have really been looking forward to it. It has been moved to the end of May so a few more weeks to wait. I am sure a new pair of shoes etc will cheer me up, lol ..... catch you all later xxx

Just Magnolia Monthly Challenge

Good morning, oooh aren't I good .... I have managed to get my post sorted lol. It is time for our special monthly challenge on Just Magnolia and we have a great tutorial by the lovely Dena who shows us all how to make a tent card. I am also so happy to announce that she will be joining is on the design team ... woohoo!

Copics

Dress - R00, R11, R20, R22
Socks - Y00, Y21
Shoes/bows - YG06, YG11, G14
Hair - E50, E51, E53
Lamb - W1, W3, W5
Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20


Challenges

Stampavie and more - Spring
Magnolia Down Under - Easter
By the cute & girly - Spring is in the air
Kaboodle Doodle - Fancy Folds
Simon Says ... - Mothers Day/Girly



Materials

Stamp - Fab new Tilda with lamb that was sent to me in my Magnolia DT kit - released next week I think/on preorder now
Papers - Basic Grey
Flowers - Tabbycrafts and Wild Orchid Crafts and Joanna Sheen (I think)
Ribbon - Joanna Sheen

Make sure you pop back tomorrow for a very special creation ..... time to try something completely new! xxx

Lili of the Valley

Good morning, oh dear it would appear I left my brain somewhere and I have forgotton to do my post .... eek. I have pinched my card off the Lili of the Valley challenge blog and promise to be a good girl and sort my post out later after work (slap my wrists, lol)


Challenges

C.R.A.F.T - Mother's Day/Flowers
My time to craft - Just for mum
Sketch and Stash - #30 neglected papers
Allsorts - Mother's Day
Totally Gorjuss - It's for your mum
Simon Says ... - Mothers Day/Girly

Do make sure you pop over and join in our challenge ..... our theme this week is to make an easel card and you could win 2 gorgeous LOTV stamps!!! I have used the really cute Teddy for mum stamp which is available on the LOTV site. See you later .... ok so I didn't put up my piccies but promise to try to do it over the weekend - lots of late nights just now with band rehearsals every night - it is the regional finals on Sunday so hopefully we will have a nice quiet week next week! xxx

Pickin' apples on a lazy Sunday morning.

Happy Sunday everyone, I hope you are all having a nice weekend so far. Well as promised I am back again with a new card for you all, I am really on a roll at the moment and I am enjoying my mojo whilst it has decided to grace me with it's presence! I am really enjoying using lots of different types of images at the moment and the freedom to experiment with different colour combos, don't you just think that stamping is the best hobby ever!

Copics

Top - W1, G21
Hat - E50, E51, E53
Trousers - YR20, YR21, YR23, YR31, B32
Basket & Hair - E31, E33, E35, E37
Flowers - Y35, YR31, YG03, YG11, YG63
Apples - YR61, G11, YR23
Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20


Challenges

Friday Sketchers - Sketch #95
Lexi's Creations - Anything Goes
Simon Says ... - Vintage with flowers (vintage colours/flowers on image & papers)
Copic Creations - Colouring Embellies ... I coloured my card candy



Materials

I dug out this oldie but oh so beautiful Sugar Nellie stamp to play with, I just love her and she melts my heart every time I look at her ..... such a perfect image. I have used an unusual colour combo for me but I was inspired by the beautiful colours in the BG wisteria pad which I was lucky enough to win as part of a recent challenge. Nikki from Bunny Zoe Crafts had it out to me straight away and I was able to get my hands on it within a couple of days - thanks for such a speedy service hun! Very little else to tell about my card apart from I coloured the card candy from Craftwork Cards with my copics and that's about it. No fuss with this card, I figured it did not really need anything else - sometimes less is more, don't you think!

Birthday Lilacs

Good afternoon everyone, oh what a fabulous night we had with our friends last night. We saw an amazing singer for the first half of the evening and then we hit Flares and danced til the early hours, my feet are killing me but it was so much fun. I thought I would share the card I made for Beccy (it was her birthday yesterday), isn't this image so much fun!



Copics

Dress - Gooo, G00, BV02, BV31
Flower - G000, G00, BV02, BV31, YG11, G14
Skin - E000, E00, R20
Hair - E50, E51, E53



Challenges

Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch #38
Susie's Sassy Challenge - Lilac & Aqua
Cute Daisy May - Flowers
Cute Card Thursday - Ribbon-tastic
Pixie Dust - Think Birthday
Crafty Catz - Fancy Edge and Ribbon


Materials

So for this little gem of a card I have used the very funky Kraftin Kimmie image which I got from Tracy at Dies to Die For. The papers are some of my absolute faves by Making Memories and I have these in several colours, they are just so gorgeous. Flowers are a mix from Poppicrafts and Crafty Feeling and the lovely gem brads are by Papermania (I think). Another fab craftwork cards sentiment (you can buy some HERE and they are so handy to have in your stash, lord only knows how I managed without them. They fit beautifully in my fancy tags by Spellbinders. The lush ribbon is a real steal from the Paper Mill Shop at only £2.99 for 12 metres and comes in loads of colours in both satin and organza. Oooh, almost forgot my Martha Stewart Border Punch .... eek. Little sparkly gems from Papermanis to finish and thats it, another card finished. Please pop back tomorrow because I have a really gorgeous image to show you .... have a fab day xxx

Just Magnolia - Birthdays

Good morning and woohoo, it is Friday!!!!! I am off shopping for something new to wear tonight - we are going our with friends in York so I am lookig forward to that and I will try to get a piccy or 2 to share with you all. This week on Just Magnolia we would love to see Birthday Cards ..... how easy is that! I happened to spot a couple of other challenges with the same theme so remember to get combining those challenges, lol.

Copics

Dungarees - G000, Goo
Top & Shoes - Y00, Y11
Skin - E000, E00, E11, R20
Hair - E50, E51, E53
Ground - W1, W3


Challenges

Sunday Sketch & Stamp - Sem's Sketch
Stamptacular - Going in Circles
Cute Card Thursday - Ribbon-tastic
Pixie Dust - Think Birthday
Crafty Catz - Fancy Edge and Ribbon

Flutterby Wednesday - Open theme
Materials

Well, I am still in love!!!! How amazing are these papers!!! As you all know from my previous post Tracy from Dies To Die For sent me these delish new My Minds Eye 'Lush' papers in aqua and they are FABULOUS!!!!!!!!! The polka dot one is flock and so lovely to stroke that I nearly cried punching and cutting it! I have kept my embellies quite simple using a yellow flower and ribbon (very pleased with my bow!!) from Crafty Feeling and gorgeous rose from Wild Orchid Crafts. My usual Martha Stewart branch and border punches (how did I manage without my branch punch for so long??) and I have placed the craftwork cards sentiment on a Spellbinders fancy tag. Little bit of my fave Startdust Stckles to Tilda's wings to give her just the right amount of bling and job done .... easy!