Cupid is here!

Over at La-La Land Crafts blog this week the design team were asked to make a project for Valentine's so I decided to make this card for it...

La-La Land Crafts goodies used:

Cupid Marci stamp

Feathers die

Hanging Hearts and Love Word die set

Stitched Nested Circle die

Copics used:

Face: E000, E00, E21, R02, R05

Hair: E50, E53
Outfit and wings: C01, C03, YR31, YR24, R22, R25, R27, YG01, YG17

I love those feather dies - so beautiful!  I added lots of Stickles Stardust glitter glue to the centres of the hearts and also over the love sentiment to make it pop a bit.

Check out the rest of the DT creations over at the blog here and I will be back later with my SugarPea Designs DT post - see you then!

Batch of Christmas cards using Pink Petticoat

I spent a couple of evenings making these very quick Christmas cards so thought I'd show you the batch now that everyone should have received theirs!

I've always loved Pink Petticoat and it was the very first digi papers I ever bought since starting card making.  Owner Liz's images are always very sweet but not too cute and I loved this set of penguins from the Cool Yule collection...

And these snowmen are so adorable from the Frosty Friends collection...

Here's a close up...

As you can see, I kept the layout really simple with a simple red scallop border (My Favorite Things) and twine from my stash.  The images didn't take long to colour in - I did them all in an hour.  I punched the snowflakes using a very old EK Success punch and covered them in Stickles Star Dust glue as I had run out of glitter cardstock (have since filled up with a ton of it in readiness for next year's cards!).  I popped the white cardstock onto foam pads to give it depth and used a punch for the corners.  I only used buttons on these two cards but not on the rest as I didn't have enough of them!

Well that is all of my Christmas cards done for 2014 - whew!!  I'm now preparing for my 2015 projects - I enjoy the planning bit nearly as much as the creating part.  Yep, I'm a little crazy like that, it must be the project manager in me!

Thanks for visiting me today.  I always really appreciate the support and friendship of my regular visitors so I want to give a very special thank you to you (you know who you are!).

Dies galore

Over at La-La Land Crafts this week's theme is Dies Galore - simples!  There are so many gorgeous dies in the La-La Land Crafts store that it's hard to decide what not to use!  So here is my take on it...

I really love how this card turned out - truly in the Spring spirit!  Although the UK weather at the moment is awful - grey, drizzly and really cold, predicted for -1 degs tonight.  Not good!!  At least it's another long Bank Holiday weekend for us so I'm going to craft, craft, craft!

Anyhoo, back to the card!  I used the beautiful Daisy Fairy Marci along with all of these dies...

Berry Flourish

Picket Fence

Diamond Wire

Cherry Blossom Flowers

Build a Bee

And here are the Copics that I used:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, R20

Lips: R20, R22

Hair: E50, E51, E53

Wings: B21, B23, B26, E40, E43

Outfit and flowers: B0000, B21, G20, G21, E40, E43

Check out more gorgeous DT inspiration over at the blog here and see what they've done with the gorgeous dies!  I'll be back tomorrow with my Lili of the Valley sneak peek of the beautiful new fairy stamps - ttfn.

Fairy good friends

We have been reviewing some of our older fairy stamps over at Lili of the Valley recently so the design team decided to have a fun hop using the very sweet Fairy Friends stamp.  Here is my take on it...

This is such an adorable stamp!  I matched them up with papers from the Promises pad and also die cut the flourishes and punched the flowers out using the new Promises Solids paper pad.  It's so nice having everything coordinated rather searching through my piles of cardstock to match up the colours!  I also added lots of Stickles Star Dust glitter glue to the fairies so they really pop off the card - here's a closer look...

Okay, so back to the hop - there are prizes to be won!  Just join the hop and leave some love along the way.  The winners will be announced on Monday morning over at the Ideas to Inspire blog.

2 lucky random winners will each be able to choose 2 of the small fairy stamps as their prize!

You should have got here from Lou and you now need to hop off to Mindy.  If you want to start from the beginning, go to the Ideas to Inspire blog here where you'll also find all the deets.

Well I'm off now but I'll be back on Friday with my Guest Designer card for La-La Land Crafts - ttfn!

Come sunshine or rain....

Well I wish we had some sunshine but we're still putting up with a ton of rain!  So for my Bellarific Friday DT make today, I thought I'd make this card using the sketch we had for inspiration...

Of course, I had to use Uptown Girl Lolly and her Brolly - nothing more appropriate for the UK at the moment!  I used Bo Bunny papers and coloured in some white Doodlebug flower paper trim with my Copics to match the yellow in her raincoat.  The sentiment is from the Lili of the Valley Scroll Sentiments set.  You can't see it very well from the photo but I used Stickles glitter glue on her clothes trim.

Okay, the next challenge is to use washi tape or ribbon so get your creations to Em by next Thursday for a chance to win some Bella Bucks!

Lollipop love

It's Friday which means it's Bellarific Friday and this week we had the theme of stitching.  Here is my take on it with some simple stitching on the ribbon...

This Uptown Girl is so sweet and aptly named Claudia Has a Candy.  I used My Minds Eye papers (can't remember name as they were just little pieces left in my stash!) and my Stampin' Up embossing folder.

The next Bellarific Friday is this sketch...

Send your creations to Em by next Thursday for a chance to win some Bella Bucks!

 

Getting married

I'm here today with my Bellarific Babe card using Uptown Couple Brett and Brenda Get Married...

I wanted to keep this card as simple and fresh as possible - that gorgeous couple don't need anything else!  I used a Sizzix embossing folder and a touch of ribbon with lots of Stickles glitter glue on her shoes and dress trim.

I'm sorry I've been such a bad blogger recently.  I really want to visit you all but work and DT commitments are keeping me very very busy!  I hope to be back on course soon (famous last words!).

 

Oh my goodness, I used girly pink!

Hello everyone! Just popping in to share with you a card I made with this very sweet Lili of the Valley girl called Flower Fairy...

She is so so pretty!  I had to colour her in pink and lucky enough she matches the gorgeous Lili of the Valley Perfect Pair papers and I used a sentiment from the Handwritten Phrases set too.  Christine - how impressed are you that I used so much girly pink today?!!

I'm off now - got a bit of a hangover so it's hard to be sociable right now!  I will be back later though with my Bellarific Babe DT post - if I can find my mojo, lol!

 

Classy ladies have a fun night out

Me again, back with my Bellarific Friday babe card.  This week we had a sketch to follow so here is my card...

 I love these fun gals!  This stamp set called Uptown Girls Victoria and Juliette's Night Out and I'd like to imagine I look this good when I'm out with my friends!  I really like how this monochrome card turned out - and paper piecing sure saves time!

Next week's theme is also mono!  Send your creations to Em by next Thursday for a chance to win some Bella Bucks!

That really is it from me today.  I will see you later on my blog rounds - ttfn!

 

New Uptown Girl!

It's Bellarific Friday - yay!  And for this week the theme was circles.  I was going to make a round card but decided to surprise you all by not doing that and making this instead...

Don't cha love this gal?  This is one of Stamping Bella's Uptown Girls newbies called Brynn Has a Baby Shower!  I matched her up with Echo Park papers and created a window with my Nesties.  I'll be showing the other new Uptown Girl this weekend - you're gonna love her too!

Okay, so the next Bellarific Friday is this sketch...

Send your creations to Em by next Thursday for a chance to win some Bella Bucks!

Okay, I am off now - see you later on my blog rounds!

 

Snow much fun!

It's a Lili of the Valley design team blog hop to showcase the next launch of more cute Christmas stamps - another great excuse to start making those Christmas cards now!  The stamps will be available to buy on the website from midday on Sunday August 25th (UK time).  I have two design team makes, the first using Sledging Buddies and Christmas Handwritten phrases...

And here is my second make using Snow Buddies and Christmas Hand Written Phrases...

Super cute, huh?!!  I love love love these polar bears!  Don't forget to ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card for a chance to win prizes...

The prize is a full set of the new Christmas stamps...

that’s 20 rubber stamps, one each of all the newest designs!

 

If you're already on the hop you should have come here from the lovely Lou and you now need to hop off to sweet Moni. If you'd like to join the hop, go here for the start and all the deets of the hop Ideas to Inspire blog. 

 

Don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog on Saturday evening when you can find out who the lucky winner is of that great prize!

 

 

Wishes can come true - just believe!

Hi everyone and a happy Bellarific Friday to you!  Yep, it's that time of the week again and this time we had a sketch to follow but before I get onto that I have SAD news - fab Bella Babe Pauline is stepping down from the team.  She is one of the most sweetest and supportive teamies ever but at least I have made a good friend and will continue to stay in touch with her regardless.  Bye bye Pauline - I will miss you from the team!

Back to my Bellarific Babe make, here is my take on the sketch...

As you can see, I flipped the sketch on its side and used Uptown Girl Faith the Fairy along with it's matching sentiment.  I matched her up with Carta Bella Paris Girl papers, some paper flowers and touches of Stickles glitter glue around her dress and shoes.

Our next Bellarific Friday theme is to use buttons - my favourite embellishment!  Email your creations to Em by next Thursday 4 July. Thanks for visiting and I'll be back later with my There She Goes June release post!

Beautiful you

it's Bellarific Friday time and this week the theme is sisters or friends.  Here is my Bellarific Babe card take on it where I've made a card for a friend PLUS I used one of the new Uptown Girls called Polly Loves Her Perfume...

She is so beautiful indeed!  And I love that sentiment that comes with that gorgeous gal!  I matched her up with BasicGrey LilyKate papers, a touch of lace and lots of Stickles Glue on the trims - this shimmers!  Here's a close up...

The next challenge is the sketch below - well, either a square or circle version!  Email your creations to Em by next Thursday 13 June for a chance to win $20 Bella Bucks (either by submitting a project or simply commenting on next week's Bellarific Friday post)!  ttfn!

 

Happy birthday Jessica!!!

Today is owner of There She Goes Jessica Knutsen's birthday!  And in celebration the Trendsetters and friends are doing a blog hop in her honour!  So without further ado, here is my card for Jessica using the new Amalia who will be in the shop in the newly released section at 11pm EST Saturday...

Check out the rest of the gorgeous birthday cards below!

Happy Birthday Jessica!

 

{{hugs}}

Happy Saturday everybody!  I hope you have a lovely weekend planned.  I thought I might do some gardening, but it looks like it's going to rain - what a shame (NOT!!).  He he, I hate gardening so it suits me fine - looks like the craft room is calling instead!

So today I have a Bellarific Babe card to show you...

Oh, we could all do with a hug sometimes, huh?  I love this stamp!  It's called Belinda and Bernadette Bench Buddies and I matched them up with  Zoe Pearn Beautiful You papers, C.C. Designs Cutters Grass die, a Cuttlebug embossing folder and a touch of grass.  And I got to use up more alpha stickers - but I still have zillions left!

Thanks for visiting me - I really appreciate it!  See ya later on my blog rounds!