may the magic...........

hi and good morning crafty friends

popping in today with my third sample for Lili of the Valley's up coming Christmas release.

I'd like you all to meet:

for someone special

there are 15 images being released on Monday 24th July at 12 noon GMT

my image has been coloured with copic markers

kit and clowder colouring classes.

here is what I have used:

6x6" white base card

make'it' colour blending card

paper, card and foiled card from my stash

ink:

memento

dies used:

little darlings

joy crafts

stamps:

all Lili of the Valley

colour medium:

copic markers

thanks to everyone who visits my page

have a lovely day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

merry Christmas ho ho ho

good morning crafty friends

sharing a preview of one of the many new stamps from Lili of the valley that's due to be released
Monday 24th July 12:00 hrs, GMT

i would like you all to meet: ho ho ho

lots of new Christmas images all super cute and fabulous

here is what I have used:

6x6" white card base

make'it' colour marker blending card stock - marker geek

paper and card from my stash

stamps:

lili of the valley: circular Christmas sentiment, ho ho ho

dies by:

mft

ink:

memento: espresso truffle, tuxedo black

copic markers:

skin: e000, 00, 04, 11, 21

sack: g21, 94, 99

suit: r35, 37, 39, 59, c5

belt & boots: c5, 7, 9, 10

buckle: yr23

robbins: e41, 43, 44, 47, r37, 39

gift: b12,14,16

beard & suit trim: c0, 01, 03

bow: r37, 39

thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day and craft happy. Ann

  

Merry Christmas

good morning and welcome to my share today

popping in today with another Christmas creation and I'm still dabbling with my prismacolor pencils in-between making Lili of the valley samples for their next release hopefully at the end of this month.

changing the subject a little: this months pencil class over at kit and clowder looks awesome.

(can't wait to get started)

back to my card

I do enjoy making my own backing paper and today I have used my circular Christmas sentiment stamps using a distress ink colour to compliment my image.

here's what I have messed with:

6x6" white base card

Christmas paper from my stash

strathmore coloured pencil paper (image)

fabriano5 water colour paper (backing paper)

stamps:

all lili of the valley: skating along, Christmas circular sentiments

dies by:

Marianne

tonic

ink:

memento espresso truffle

distress: broken china

stampendous: frantage

sakura glitter pen.

just leaves me to say:

thanks for stopping by, enjoy your day and craft happy. Ann

Season's greetings

oh Christmas tree

back again with another Christmas share my hubby thinks I've gone potty

Christmas in July 

as we all know crafters have to be prepared

today's image is another cutie stamp from lili of the valley

'festive tree' 

(I hope that some of you managed to grab some super bargains last week from lotv)

I have used my prismacolor pencils again along with my sakura glitter pens.

onto what I have used:

6x6" white card base

strathmore: colored pencil paper

Christmas paper from stash

linen card stock

dies:

little darlings: fancy rectangles

joy craft: snowflake boarder

christmas tree

stamps:

lili of the valley: festive tree, circular sentiments, tags, snowflake (small one)

snow flake

ink:

memento: espresso truffle

distress ink pad: weathered wood

prisma color pencils:

eggshell, white, light peach, peach, burnt orche, dark green, true green, muted turquoise, cobalt turquoise, light aqua. sunset yellow, sand, canary yellow.

sakura: glitter pens

white chiffon ribbon.

I hope you will all pop back on Saturday for my next share.

have a lovely day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

2017 Lili of the valley Christmas release

whoop whoop

good morning everyone

today I'm sharing one of the new Christmas stamps that are due to be released

at the end of this month from lili of the valley.

I'm so excited to share

'Christmas Snowman'

I have played with quite a few of my dies as you can see.

a couple of close ups

here is what I have played with:

stamps:

lili of the valley:  Christmas snowman and Christmas sentiment circles 

6x6" white base card

paper, card and foiled card from my stash

dies:

go-kreate

creative expression by sue wilson: poinsettia

Christmas tree

swirl die

little darlings: fancy rectangles

ink:

memento: espresso truffle

copic markers:

c's: 0, 1, 3, 5 

e's: 35, 37, 43, 44, 47, 49

r's: 29, 32, 35, 37, 81

g's: 94, 99

sakura glitter pen

at you-spica glitter pen

lots more to see over the few weeks so keep an eye out on all the social media platforms

I look forward to sharing a few more.

thanks for stopping by, have a lovely day and craft happy. Ann



Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas 

good morning everyone

I hope you all enjoyed a very crafty weekend.

just popping in today with another Christmas card using one of my
lili of the valley Christmas stamps

dropping the shopping
 and I have used my prismacolor pencils as my colouring medium.

I have created a clean and simple card.

the image is just so uber chic.

onto what I have used:

6x6" white card base
strathmore: colored pencil paper

fancy Christmas paper from my stash

dies:

MFT: scalloped frame squares 

stamps:

lili of the valley: dropping the shopping, Christmas circular sentiments
ink:
memento: espresso truffle
prismacolor pencils:
white, eggshell, light peach, peach, burnt orche, hot pink, pink, cream, 30% cool grey, 50% cool grey, 70% cool grey, black.
sakura: glitter pens
distress ink:
spun sugar

thanks for stopping by
all it leaves me to say now is:
have a lovely day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

merry Christmas

good morning everyone

well I have to say that Christmas has landed on my craft desk and I'm 

just popping in today with the first of my Christmas cards

today's image is from stampingbella and I have used my distress ink to colour.

just love these ladies the stamp is uptown girls: three amigas 

I have to say that my colouring didn't go quiet as I had planned.

but the finished card looks cool

here's what I have used:

6x6" white base card

fabriano5 water colour paper

paper from my stash

stamps:

stampingbella: uptown girls three amigas

ink:

memento: espresso truffle

distress ink:

vintage photo, tattered rose, walnut stain, antique linen, rusty hinge.

sakura: glitter pens

dies:

joy crafts: merry Christmas

3d foam

#SpotThisStampingBella

all it leaves me to say now is:

have a lovely  day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

wishing you a very happy birthday

hi and good morning everyone

 popping in today with my DC inspiration for Lili of the valley's
July Facebook challenge. 

"Feature a Creature"

I have chosen to use the really cute Balloon Bunny

to create a cas card and I have coloured my image with distress ink

I have kept my colour pallet very simple and I have done a little embossing with one of my dies to frame the image.

here's what I have used:
6x6" white base card
Fabriano5 water colour card
paper from my stash
stamps:
all Lili of the Valley visit: www.liliofthevalley.co.uk
ink:
memento: espresso truffle
distress ink:
antique linen, walnut stain, spun sugar, tattered rose, aged mahogany.
pink satin ribbon
pin flair pearl wand
sakura gel roll pens.
dies:
spellbinder (create a card) squares.

Challenge details:

for more details on the challenge visit:
@liliofthevalleycrafts
if your not on Facebook you can always enter via email: Lucy@liliofthevalley.co.uk

Welcome to the July Challenge - and this month the theme Feature a Creature :-) We have so many cute stamps and Simply Print images with animals you are spoilt for choice :-)

Because we are a bit late starting the challenge this month we are going to make it super long, so you have loads of time to create something and join in x

There are 3 prizes on offer and the winners will be drawn at random from all the entries;
1st - £20 LOTV voucher
2nd - £15 LOTV voucher
3rd - £10 LOTV voucher

To enter, just post your photo in this event - and don't forget to check back to see if you are one of the lucky winners :-)

To be eligible, your card or project will need to fit the theme and feature an LOTV image. 1 Entry per person please. The challenge closes on Sunday 23rd July at 9pm UK time (ignore the time in the challenge details - it won't let me have an event for longer than 2 weeks!) We will announce the winners asap after that.

thanks for visiting today and all it leaves me to say now:
have a lovely day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann