Nothing's better than special delivery

Well, of course there's chocolate and champagne but getting a handmade card through the post feels really good too!  I made this card using some gorgeous SugarPea Designs goodies...

I this this set is great for guys - cute but not too cute!  I used the Happy Mail stamp set and the paper planes are from the Special Delivery set, cut with the die from the Special Delivery Accents die set.  I created the frame using two different sizes from my Nesties squares dies.  And do you like the blue and orange background?  I can't tell you about them yet, but consider it an unofficial sneak peek!!

For the background I used one of the borders from this month's freebie stamp set (you can get if you spend more than $60 in the store) called Build-A-Background - Basics.

That's it from me today.  Thank you for visiting and I'll be back later in the week so for now - have a great week!

Back to school Luka

It's another La-La Land Inspiration Friday and this week the design team had the theme of...

Back to School

...inspiration!  Here's my make using the very sweet Back to School Luka and Picket Fence die...

Copics:
Face: E000, E00, E21, R20
Hair: E33, E35, E37
Outfit: B93, B37, B39, Y13, Y35, Y38, C01, C03, C05, C07, R22, R27, R29

It always amazes me how creative and crazy talented this team is!  Don't forget to check out all the current goings on over at the La-La Land Crafts Facebook Page and on Twitter!

Thanks for visiting and have yourselves a fab weekend!

Sorry for you England footie fans out there!

I should start off by saying that I really don't like football - I hate the aggressive behaviour that often comes with it (and I've experienced it first hand!), but I do like the way it brings people together.  So I'm really sorry that England are already out of world cup and I know there are quite a few of you who are really disappointed.

I was hoping my Lili of the Valley DT card today would be rallying the troops, but instead it will have to be a commiserations card instead!  Here it is using Super Striker and papers from the Petal Fresh pad...

I love this guy!  I think he's perfect for any footie mad guy - I think my 50 year old bro will even love it!

Check out more fab inspiration over at the Ideas to Inspire blog here.  I'll be back tomorrow with my Doodlelicious Diva make - see you then!

Celebrate - it's a new Whimsie Doodle release!

It's time for the new Whimsie Doodles June release and this month we have a cute Sheldon digi available in the store here and the new Miss Adventure stamp sets available in the A Jillian Vance Designs store here.  I used the cute girl and sentiment from the Celebrate stamp set...

Of course she is perfect for those 4th July celebrations but I think she'd be great for any celebration.  This set is a limited edition one so you'll have to get her from the store soon before they run out!  I matched her up with Doodlebug papers (a pressie from my fab blog friend Sally) and used my Nesties to die cut those buttons.  I also used my rectangular Nestie dies to create the white frame.

You can check out more Doodlelicious Diva inspiration over at the store here.  I'm off now but I'll be back tomorrow with my La-La Land Crafts post - see you then!

Happy 10th birthday Lili of the Valley!

Lili of the Valley is 10 years old and it's not surprise that they are still open what with their gorgeous, sweet, versatile range.  I don't know anybody that doesn't like their range!  To celebrate we are having a 10th Birthday Weekend which kicks off at 10am today!  

There are whole load of new goodies being released today including new Fairy Stamps,Art Pads and two floral pads. We're also introducing our new Paper-crafting Crafty Kits for some easy peasy quick-to-make projects.  Plus there will be offers online and in the shop and competitions and opportunities to get involved on our virtual party on Facebook.  Plenty to look forward to!

The big highlight for me though is being on-site in the bricks and mortar Lili of the Valley shop today!!  There is a whole room dedicated to the Design Team who will be demo'ing a range of techniques and I will be showing you how to make CAS cards as well giving some hints and tips on fussy cutting.  

The thing I am most looking forward to though is meeting some of my crafty mates in person!  It's free entry and free parking so I hope you can come along so I can meet you!

One of the prizes from the day will be a set of cards created by the design team.  Here is my card using Birthday Fairy...

Another adorable image!  I matched it up with Bear Necessities papers and used a sentiment from the Simply Sophisticated set.  The embossing folder is by X-Cut (thanks to Sally that introduced me to another new folder!) and I used my another current favourite La-La Land Crafts bunting die.

Check out all of the deets on the Ideas to Inspire blog and I hope to see you in Leeds from 10am today!

Day 4 of the SugarPea Designs May release sneak peeks!

It's day four and the last day of the sweet sneaks of the new fab SugarPea Designs May release and today we are showing you Pure Magic.  Here is my take on it...

It really is pure magic, isn't it?  I love this guy and he was so fun to colour in too.  I didn't use any designer paper (very unlike me!) and simply used my Nestie star die to embellish it.

I know you want this set!!  And wouldn't it be even better if you won it?!  Well just hop along to each of the designer's posts leaving comments along the way and one lucky person will be randomly selected to win this stamp set!

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We will announce the winner of today's stamp set AND the winner of the ENTIRE MAY RELEASE at our online release party on the SugarPea Designs Facebook page this Thursday night between 8:00 and 9:00 PM EST!  Hope you can make it!

Our fabulous May release will be available in the SugarPea Designs Online Shoppe at 9:00 PM EST this Thursday night!

I will be back tomorrow with my La-La Land Crafts guest designer post - ttfn!

Sea-ing you makes me smile

It's time a new Whimsie Doodles challenge and for April the theme is April Showers - so basically anything associated with water!  Here is my Doodlelicious Diva make using the new Seas The Day stamp set that you can buy from the Jillian Vance Designs shop...

Isn't he adorable?!  I love the font of the sentiment - whimsical yet cool!  I created the background using the bubble stamp in the set with Versamagic Sea Breeze ink and used my Nestability circle dies with metallic cardstock to create the porthole (I love doing this!).  And I got to use some of my zillions of brads up too!  Take a closer look at this fab set...

Check out the rest of the gorgeus Diva makes over at the blog here.  Have a lovely day and I'll see you tomorrow with our Lili of the Valley blog hop!

Day one of the SugarPea Designs April release sweet sneaks!

It's the start of the sweet sneaks of the SugarPea Designs April release! And this month we have the very talented and very talented Jessie Rone as our April guest designer.  I love her style and I can't wait to see her SPD makes!

So today we are showing off the very fun My Hero set from the Bean Stalk collection and here is my DT make using it...

This fella is totally FAB!  I matched him up with My Minds Eye Alphabet Soup papers and used my Nestabilities star dies.  This card will be perfect for one of my work friends - they're all accountants and I think he looks like a mini-accountant!

I bet you'd love to own this set and if you join today's hop, you may win him!  And one lucky winner will win the entire April release!  Winners will be announced during the online release party chat on the SugarPea Designs Facebook page on Thursday between 8:00 - 9:00 PM EST.  The release will launch in the SugarPea Designs online shoppe immediately following the release party.  

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I'll see you tomorrow with day two of the SugarPea Designs sweet sneaks!