Friday 21 July 2017

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

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:
colour medium:
copic markers

thanks to everyone who visits my page

have a lovely day, enjoy and craft happy. Ann

Wednesday 19 July 2017

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
  

Monday 17 July 2017

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:
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


Friday 14 July 2017

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


Thursday 13 July 2017

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





Tuesday 11 July 2017

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




Sunday 9 July 2017

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

Friday 7 July 2017

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