Pretty in pink!

Hi Everyone!  Just popping in to remind you that there is still time to join in with the Lili of the Valley current monthly challenge one that most of you will love - Pretty in Pink!

 

Lili of the Valley Christmas release blog hop!

Lili of the Valley are launching their new gorgeous Christmas stamps and the design team are celebrating with a blog hop!  The stamps will be available to buy on the website from midday on Thursday July 25th (UK time) along with some fabulous new art pads and patterned papers.

 

We are also welcoming new teamie, Kathy!  Welcome to this fab team Kathy!

  

So what's a hop without prizes?  You can win a full set of all 16 Christmas rubber stamps!  We will let you know tomorrow evening who the winner is!  Here's a list of all the blogs taking part, and remember that you will need to visit them all and leave a comment on each one to have the best chance of winning:

 

Ideas to Inspire

Anne

Becky
Dawny

Debbie

Dena Elise

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kathy

Kim

Lou

Mary J (you're here!)

Mindy

Moni

 

So I made two cards and here is the first...

 

This is such a cute stamp!  It's called Polar Pair and I matched the image with October Afternoon Very Merry papers and used my trusty Fiskars snowflake border punch.

 

Here is my second card using Squirrel Snack, a sentiment from the Handwritten Phrases set and matched up with K and Company papers...

 

 

You now need to hop off to the lovely Mindy.  Okay, I'm off now but you can check out the deets of the blog hop at the Ideas to Inspire blog.  ttfn!

 

 

Lili of the Valley sneak peek!

Hi everyone!  Thought I'd show you a sneak peek of the upcoming new Lili of the Valley Christmas release!

So darn cute!  But of course, I wouldn't expect anything less from LOTV!  This sweetie is called Penguin Presents and I matched him up with my Quickutz snowflakes embossing folder and First Edition papers.

There are more sneak peeks over at the Ideas to Inspire blog here so go check them out!

 

Look, I can bath myself!

Hi everyone!  I'm here today with my Lili Of The Valley design team card using the very sweet Bath Time...

Ack!  Soooo cute!!!  I love how this new baby card turned out.  I used a sentiment from the LOTV Handwritten Phrases clear stamp set and papers from the Bonnets and Bowties pad.  I also used my Quickutz polka dot embossing folder and finished it off with a touch of baby blue ric rac.

I gotta go now but thanks for visiting and I'll be back tomorrow with my Bellarific Friday post!

Spit happens

Happy Friday everyone!  Yay, it is predicted to be sunny and warm this weekend - isn't it lovely that our UK summer has decided to join at last this year?!  We will be doing our usual - walk along the coast with our fur babies and then a BBQ and sunbathe at our favourite spot on the beach!  And this is why we want to emigrate to New Zealand or Australia so we can do it more often!

Anyhoo, back today's card.  It is Bellarific Friday and the theme this week was to use buttons.  Here is my Bellarific Babe card...

This little fella is sooooo cute!  I just love that slightly quizzical smile on his face and his bunny is so huggable!  This is Spit Happens by Mo Manning and I love that funny sentiment too!  I used my Copics to colour him in and  papers from the LOTV Petal Fresh 8 x 8 paper pad.  And of course a few buttons to finish it off!

Our next Bellarific Friday is the sketch below to follow...  

Email your creations to Em by next Thursday 11 July. Thanks for visiting and I'll see you today on my blog rounds!

Lili of the Valley Summer release blog hop

Today we are holding a Lili of the Valley design team blog hop to celebrate the launch of their gorgeous Summer stamps!  There are 10 new designs including fairies, flowers and also some that are a little bit different!  The stamps will be available to buy on the website from midday UK time on Monday 8^th July and will be launched in their Leeds shop on Saturday 6^th if you are near enough to visit.

 We are also celebrating with three new teamies!  A big welcome to Kim, Becky and Debbie!!

Of course there are prizes to be won to and all you need to do is visit all of the team posts and leave a comment along the way!  We will let you know tomorrow evening which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and the winners will be drawn at random.

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part...

Ideas to Inspire

Anne

Becky

Dawny

Debbie

Dena 

Elise

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kim

Lou

Mary J

Mindy

Moni

Okay, so here is my card using the very sweet  Cute Fairy, a sentiment from the Handwritten Phrases sentiment set and papers from the Petal Fresh 8 x 8 paper pad...

Adorable, huh?!  I know just the little girl to give this to!  Okay, your next stop is  the lovely Mindy.....and if you get lost along the way you can start again at the Ideas to Inspire blog.  Don’t forget to also stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow evening when you can find out who the lucky winners are of those great prizes

 Have fun along the way!

Still time to enter the Lili of The Valley monthly challenge!

Well, the title says that I'm gonna say again - still time to enter the Lili of The Valley monthly challenge - 3 days in fact!  The theme is to use a sentiment - easy peasy!  And of course don't forget to use your LOTV stamps too!

Get all the deets here!  I'll be back very soon with my next There She Goes sneak peek June release post!

Is this present big enough for you?

I'm here today with another Lili Of The Valley design team make.  I decided to make a birthday card so here it is using the very sweet Big Present...

I just wanna cuddle this little fella!  He is so adorable!  The sentiment in the inside is from the LOTV Handwritten clear stamp set and I used Echo Park papers, finished off with a touch of string.

Okay, thanks for visiting and I will be back tomorrow with the start of the There She Goes new release peeks!

Join the Lili of the Valley design team - moi?

Yes, I have some fab news - I've been invited to join the Lili of the Valley design team - woo hoo!  I love their sweet, sweet stamps but haven't really used them much as I have so much else to play with.  But when I was asked to make some samples with my CAS style I enjoyed playing with them so much that I was happy to then be invited to join the very talented team!

 

Today is my debut and we are also holding a Lili of the Valley design team blog hop to celebrate the launch of their gorgeous Pretty Vintage stamps.  Vintage, you say - but I thought I had joined for my CAS style!  Well actually I think I managed to keep to my style and still loved playing with them!  There are 26 new sets and they will be available to buy on the website from midnight (12am) on Wednesday 12^th June (UK time) 

The prize is a full set of the Pretty Vintage stamps...

That’s 26 A5 sheets, one each of all the new designs, and it’s worth a massive £325

 

Pretty impressive, huh?!  So, for a chance to win this fabulous prize you need to visit everyone on the hop and leave a comment along the way.

 

 I really did enjoy playing with the stamps, so much so that I not only made one card, but three!  And I have more half made that I'll be able to share with you over the coming weeks!  So you may want to get a cuppa while I show you my makes!  So without further waffle, here is my first make....

 

I am really pleased with how this one turned out.  I used the butterfly and leaf stamp from Grunge Elements, a sentiment from the Pretty Grungy Good Times set and the papers are the LOTV Petal Fresh collection. I used a selection of Versamagic inks to give a softer look and added a bit of texture for interest.

 

For my second card I used a stamp from the Vintage Background Script set (using Versafine Smokey Grey ink), the leaf and corner stamp from the Grunge Swirls set, the butterflies and postage stamp from the Grunge Elements and a sentiment from the Quotables Go For It set.

My last card is probably to more natural CAS style.  I simply used the True Love sentiment from the Statements Congratulations set against some grungy floral, gingham paper and topped on foam pads for depth.

 

I hope you like my first makes for LOTV!  You should have come from sweet Lou and you now need to hop off to the lovely Mindy.  If you need to start from the beginning or get lost along the way, go to the LOTV blog Ideas to Inspire.  Don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow evening when you can find out who the lucky winner is of this fantastic prize