happy birthday

hi and good evening crafters just popping by with a couple of really simple cas cards for the men in our lives.

i've been playing with some new stamps i have acquired from noordesignshop-uk. and the set is called retro autos by joycraft with superb vintage automobile images, seven stamps in total so plenty of choices to make more male cards. i have to add the service was excellent from their online store my parcel arrived within 48hrs making me really crafthappy and impatient to create.

happy birthday

happy birthday

  i don't know about you but i really enjoy the challenge of creating men's cards.
onto what i have used:

card:

6"x6" white card base.

papers:

kraft card; crafterscompanion and paper from my stash

dies:
spellbinder
ink:
memento: espresso truffle
stamps:
joycraft: retro autos
paper smoochies: sentiments
and finally:
3d foam pads

a huge thanks to the lovelies for commenting on my projects i really appreciate and enjoy reading them and many thanks to my new follower i hope more of you will join my little patch of heaven.

all it leaves me to say is have a lovely crafty evening, enjoy and craft happy.

30th best wishes

well good evening my lovelies. i just have to say i can't believe it's Thursday where has this week gone.
i have to say very little crafting done : ( this week by me time has just flown by.
tonight i am sharing a celebratory card and i hummed and eyed over which stamp i was going to use for this special card and i decided to go with Opal the Optimist by Stamping Bella as this little cutie is toasting with a bottle and glass filled with bubbly. so cute.

happy birthday, stamping bella

 
i have coloured this cutie with distress ink, created another embellie, framed my image with my newest super lovely die: gilded oval, die cut some sentiments and created an optical illusion with my 30th floating over the embellie on acetate.

close up

onto what i have used:

materials used:

stamps:
opal the optimist: stamping bella

daughter-in-law & happy birthday from my stamp haul
card:
7"x7"" white card base.

papers:

never ending summer: 12x12 lemoncraft

base paper and white card from my stash
dies:
gilded oval (little darlings), spellbinder sentiments, number die, jumbo banner.
ink:
distress re-inkers and markers:

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, antique linen, aged mahogany, forest moss, broken china

sakura gel roll pen

emebllishments:

woc mulberry roses, gypsophilia, dried gypsophilia, cheese cloth, stamens in blue and white.

a huge thanks to the lovelies for commenting on my projects i really appreciate and enjoy reading them and many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty evening, enjoy and craft happy. Ann. yeah time for a brew

so Sweet.

what a lovely weekend it's been here in sunny Westhoughton. and this evening is moving along nicely my garden has been tided, disappointing solar lights bought on friday removed from my bay tree to go back to the garden center.
i have to say in-between all my house titty vatting  i've had a lovely crafty afternoon playing and making various bits and bobs to embellish my makes, and on my card this evening is one of them.
my share tonight is a baby girl card and she is so sweet. i have painted her with my distress ink hope you all like what i have created:

rocking horse, lili of the valley

close up

for my embellishment i have followed along with anna-marie's tutorial substituting various things with what i have in my boxes, but i do like the end results.

materials used:

stamps:
lili of the valley: rocking horse
card:
6x6" white card base.
papers from stash, linen card
dies:
gilded oval (little darlings), heart banner, twin heart. spellbinder sentiments,
heart tag, swirl flourish
ink:
distress re-inkers and markers:

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, antique linen, aged mahogany, pumice stone, forest moss

emebllishments:

woc mulberry roses, gypsophilia, dried gypsophilia, cheese cloth, stamens in pink and white, pink mini peg.

a huge thanks to everyone for commenting on my projects i really appreciate and enjoy reading them and many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty evening, enjoy and craft happy. Ann   

for all those who entered lotv's face book challenge it's now closed and good-luck to everyone who has entered.

thanks - may facebook challenge

good morning crafters, well i'ts almost the weekend and lili of the valley's face book challenge is coming to an end. just so you all know it closes at 6:00p.m. (uk time) Sunday 15th May. i hope that you have enjoyed all of our samples and had a dabble.

today's share is my second card.

for this one i have used an image from the art pads, hellebore are such lovely flowers aren't they. the art pad image lends itself to a variety of card creations, birthday, anniversary, thinking of you etc. and today mine is simply to say thanks and again i've chosen to follow the sketch fairly closely. 

onto what i have used:

DL Base card

lotv art pad image (retired)

spellbinder die,

memento ink: espresso truffle

white card and pink paper from my stash

paper smoochie sentiment stamps

i hope you have enjoyed the challenge and maybe you have joined in.
at the end of the challenge 5 winners will be picked at random to win a £20 or £10 LOTV voucher (2 x £20 and 3 x £10)

a huge thanks to everyone for commenting on my projects i really appreciate and enjoy reading them,
many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.
all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

on your retirement

good morning lovely crafters.
happy Thursday..  and a quick sneak in post before my next challenge inspiration.
have i told all you lovely crafters i am a sucker for cute stamps and that i adore lili of the valley stamps, for me they are sweet, innocent and beautifully drawn and i know no matter which stamp i choose to use they stamp perfectly every time.

today i would like to share a retirement card for one of our colleagues who finishes in the next couple of weeks (lucky lady).
for her card i have chosen to create a vintage style and gone for sepia theme and the  papers i've used bring it all together beautifully.
my colouring medium for my image is distress ink.

on your retirement, time for a cuppa, lili of the valley

onto what i have used for my card:

materials used:

stamps:
lili of the valley: time for a cuppa, for you, circular sentiments
card:
6x6" white card base.
papers from stash (by craftstyle) and white card.
dies:
scalloped circle die, foliage die

polka dot ribbon

paper and mulberry roses, dried gypsophila
ink:

stazon jet black
distress re-inkers and markers:

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, antique linen, aged maoghany
sakura gel pen.

a huge thanks to everyone for commenting on my projects i really appreciate and enjoy reading them.

all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann  

may the joy of christmas

hello and good morning to all.
i'm back with another christmas card in between my inspiration cards for lili of the valley's face book challenge using a sketch. i hope all the samples from the team are inspiring you all to take the plunge and have ago (there is a link above my tabs to enter via facebook).
back to my card:
well i caved in and bought the beautiful die gilded oval (ldrs) it is gorgeous and for this card i have gone for a white on white-ish design using the last of my embellies (need to make some more). i have used one of the super cute images from lotv: shine a light stamped with black memento ink and my colouring medium is with pro-makers (it was coloured ages ago i found it in my box at the bottom : ) ).

shine a light, christmas, lili of the valley

sadly i cannot list the colours used other than i've die cut it with the oval and dusted the edges of my image with distress ink walnut stain and antique linen.

for my card:

• i have cut my plain and shimmer card down to size, added double sided tape all around the edge of my plain card. 
• peeled the tape off, add and rubbed in the white glitter to the adhesive remove the excess. 
• stamped my sentiments on shimmer card die cut them and added to the right of my card with a slanted angle.
• my first layer matted onto my base card with double sided tape, second layer mounted with three d foam pads.
• added my image to the left (should have added 3d foam pads underneath the fancy cut oval too)
• positioned and fixed my embellishment to the top right hand corner of my card to finish.

onto what i have used:

materials used:

6x6" white card base.

white shimmer and plain card from my stash.
white glitter
stamps: shine a light and christmas sentiments both lotv
ink: memento espresso truffle and tuxedo black
distress ink: walnut stain and antique linen
dies: gilded oval, spellbinders labels eight

embellishment:

dried cones, mullberry flowers, pearl teardrop stems, pearl ribbon, white cheese cloth
tacky-glue and collall glue

a huge thanks to everyone for commenting on my projects i really appreciate and i enjoy reading them,
many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann 

birthday recipie

good morning and happy Monday

i hope everyone has had a good weekend.
i'm back today to share my card inspiration with you for lili of the valley's may facebook sketch challenge. sketch has been created by the lovely Jen Nelson.

i have chosen to use the cook image from lotv's little folk cops and cooks and it has been a bit of a challenge creating a minimalistic card but it has been good doing something a little different limiting myself with my papers and i've kept it simple based on a chefs uniform.

here is my card:

a birthday recipie, lili of the valley

May facebook Challenge is based on a sketch by the lovely Jen and you can either follow it closely or use it for inspiration and give it your own twist. The Challenge runs from Sunday 1st May until 6pm UK time on Sunday 15th May.
To be eligible, your card will need to fit the theme and feature an LOTV image. 1 entry per person, please. The challenge closes at 6pm UK time on Sunday 15th May and we will announce the winners asap after that. 5 winners will be picked at random to win a £20 or £10 LOTV voucher (2 x £20 and 3 x £10)
Please post your card in this Event page

We’ll have lots of inspiration for you over the next 2 weeks and you can either enter by posting your card in the may fb events. to find it go to lili of the valley fb page select the Events tab and click on the challenge link (or click the fb may challenge link at the top of my blog page) or by emailing it to lucy@liliofthevalley.co.uk

good luck everyone.


back to my card here is what i've used:

materials used:

stamps:

lili of the valley: cops & cooks, recipe sentiments

card:

6x6" white card base.

navy gingham check papers from stash.

dies:

rectangle and star

ink:

 memento espresso truffle

alcohol markers: copic

e000, e00, e04, e11, e21

e44, e47

c9, c7, c5, c3, c1, c0

b93, b95, b97, b99

a huge thanks to everyone for commenting on my projects i really do appreciate and enjoy reading them,
many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.
i hope all you lotv fans and crafters will join in, lots of lovely prizes to win.

all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann  

may the christmas season bring.............

good morning and happy Saturday to everyone.
i can't believe the weekend is here again lets hope its going to be glorious, sunny and warm.
and i hope that you all manage to get a bit of crafting in somewhere in the middle of house work ; ), i'm going to try and sneak a little in this afternoon.
onto todays share, i can't believe i've made a christmas card but i have. i have used another of the embellishments that i made a few days ago, i think they have a very Christ-massy feel to them.

stempleglede sentiments, christmas

 for my card:

• i have cut my plain and shimmer card down to size, added double sided tape all around the edge of my plain card and rounded the corners off both my layers and base card. 
• peel the tape off, add and rubbed in the glamour dust to the adhesive remove the excess. 
• stamped my sentiments to left side of my shimmer card.
• added my stick-on pearls to three corners.
• my first layer matted onto my base card with double sided tape, second layer mounted with three d foam pads.
• positioned and fixed my embellishment to the top right hand corner of my card to finish.

onto what i have used:

materials used:

6x6" white card base.

white shimmer and plain card from my stash.
glamour dust, stick-on pearls
stamp: stempleglede christmas sentiments
ink: memento espresso truffle

embellishment:

dried cones, mullberry flowers, pearl teardrop stems, pearl ribbon, white cheese cloth

a huge thanks to everyone for commenting on my projects i really appreciate and i enjoy reading them,
many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.
i will be back on Monday to share my fb sketch challenge card and on Wednesday with another christmas card using another one of my handmade embellishment.

all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty weekend, enjoy and craft happy. Ann  

mr & mrs

evening to one and all
just popping by with a fairly quick crafty post tonight: a wedding card i have made using one of the beautiful embellishments i have recently made
(if i do say so myself : ) ).
i have created a basic cas styled layered card using patterned papers and plain card from my stash, with some 3d foam to give me a little depth and one of my recently acquired new dies from crafters companion: mr&mrs.

mr & mrs, wedding

i am so please with how this has turned out.

side view 1

 side view 2

onto what i have used:

materials used:

6x6" white card base.

papers (raspberry road mr & mrs) white card from stash.

silver mirri board

dies: 

oval die, mr & mrs sentiment die: crafters companion

embellishment:

dried cones, mullberry flowers, pearl teardrop stems, pearl ribbon, white cheese cloth, white stick-on pearls

a huge thanks to everyone for commenting on my projects i really appreciate them and enjoy reading them,
many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.
i will be back on monday to share my lili of the valley facebook sketch challenge inspiration with you all (what a mouth full).
i hope all you lotv fans and crafters will join in, lots of lovely prizes to win.

all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty evening, enjoy and craft happy. Ann  

Hand made embellishments

i just had to have a go, make and share these. i watched a tutorial after seeing another post on docrafts. the tutorial is by Anna Marie from AnnaMarie Designs. enjoy watching.

she uses some fabulous products, some of which i have in my floristry boxes and the rest i will probably end up buying.
and these are my contribution after watching. i so enjoyed creating these.

embellishments

embellishments

i have used bits and bobs from my tubs all i have to do now is create some cards to add them to i'm so craft happy lol.

materials used:
paper roses, mulberry roses, pearl stems, pearl ribbon
satin leaves, cheese cloth, various bits and bobs from my box.

a huge thanks to everyone for commenting on my projects i really love reading them.
many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

all it leave me to say is i hope you have all had a lovely crafty bank holiday weekend. craft happy. Ann  

with love on your christening

hi and good morning to all.
for today's post i am sharing a family card i have made for my great nephew who is being christened as we speak. Jack is a feisty little boy who is now coming on leaps and bounds considering the length of time he has spent in and out of hospital with his CDH bless him.
i am a huge hoarder of lili of the valley stamps (i have a lot of them lol) i just love the cuteness of these images drawn by a very talented artist and today i have used baby christening (retired) and i have chosen to use my distress ink to colour.

baby christening, lili of the valley

i have also used lots of dies to embellish my card including the stunning gilded oval from little darlings ( i so need to buy this die, it was a sample extra in my recent purchase from dies to die for).

close up of image

onto what is have used for my card:

materials used:

stamps:
lili of the valley: baby christening (retired), vintage sentiments occasions
card:
6x6" white card base.
papers from stash.
kraft card
dies:
stitched oval, joycraft corner, dohickey vintage coffee box, sizzix border, ldrs gilded oval
distressing tool

ink:
distress re-inkers and markers:

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, antique linen, faded jeans, weathered wood

a huge thanks to everyone for commenting on my projects i really appreciate them and many thanks for stopping by to visit my blog.

all it leave me to say is have a lovely crafty bank holiday weekend, enjoy and craft happy. Ann