Busy Little Gardeners

Morning Crafters,

It's a bank holiday in the UK today and the sun is set to shine, yippeeee.  Well my Son has started to venture off on longer journey's in the car on his own this weekend and it's kinda of weird.  I'm so used to having him home that he left after Hubby had programmed the Satnat to avoid the motorway, and me and Hubby went for a walk with Ollie.  I said goodbye to my Daughter and reminded her to lock up after she goes out for the evening.  We arrived back home an hour later and I said to my Husband have you got the key..... he looked at me and said no, have you.. Lol, we were locked out.   I had to call my Daughter and ask her to come home to let us in, she wasn't happy with us, lol. Guess we'll get used to noone being at home anymore.... sob, sob, sob. 

My card today is my DT card for Live and Love Crafts, the theme that the DT are following this week is "Animals".  The Girls are really so talented that hop on over and become a follower if you aren't already, you won't want to miss the inspiration and all those yummy goodies that LLC stock. I have used a Lili of the Valley image,  and water coloured with distress inks, aren't these two gardeners just the cutest.  The laces are absolutely gorgeous and I have used 3 varieties, all thumbnail links below as usual.

The beautiful papers are by MajaDesign Vintage Summer Basics 1921, really love this paper, in fact I have just ordered some more, lol.

 The mini bark heart was stamped with the text from the Magnolia Butterfly kit.  The wooden butterfly was embossed with the shabby white frantage and an Idea-ology game spinner and pearl added to the centre.

I have used shabby rose frantage on the 2mm beads around the image. Add edges have been distressed with gesso and snowtex.  The little watering can charm is from TheRibbonGirl and perfect for these little cuties.

Hugs Tracy x

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Inky chicks - Shabbychic
Creative Craft - All about animals
Fashionista - Shabby/vintage

Maja Design � Vintage Summer Basics -1921	Mini Bark Hearts (25mm)	Maya Road Wood Butterflies	Melissa Frances Resin Embellishment - Garnish Applique	Stampendous Fran-táge Embossing Enamels
Claudine Hellmuth Studio Gesso	Pearl String, 2mm pearls	Poppies	Kort & Godt Hortensias	Flower Sprays
Kort & Godt Chrysanthemums	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Game Spinners	Lace "Reinette" (40mm)	Lace "La Vie En Rose" (35mm)	Rhinestones Lace (12mm)
Snow Tex

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Ho Ho Ho

Hi Peeps,

Don't know about you but I still have alot to do for Christmas.  I haven't personally written one card and this may surprise you as a cardmaker, but I absolutely hate writing Christmas cards, always have and probably always will, lol.  I haven't even had the time or energy to put up any dec's but hopefully this weekend I will spring into action.

Today is the last challenge of the year for Marianne's Divas and guess what it is.....  yep, real easy "Christmas".  I'm sure this one will be extremely popular and we have some fab prizes so hop on over HERE to check out all the deets.

My card was a commissioned card and they wanted a Santa so I coloured up this cute little LOTV Santa.

 Ingredients:-

Marianne D Creatables Finnish Ice Star LR0125,

Marianne Design Flowers
Lots of glitter snotex, love this stuff
Martha stewart branch punch (available from BunnyZoe)
Papers by Webster

I stamped  Santa onto Perfect Colouring Cardstock and used my beloved copics.

I put the whole card together using this fabulous tape from Xpress It.  It comes in 3mm, 6mm and 12mm widths and it comes in 25 and 50 metre reels which is just what I need as I hate it when the tape runs out in the middle of making a card and I'm sure you do too! 

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

4 Crafty Chicks - Christmas
Paperplay - Christmas
Pixie Dust - Stitching
ABC Christmas Challenge - Anything Goes
Freshly brewed - Christmas
Little Darlings - Christmas
My Mum's craft shop - cute and funky christmas
Sisterhood of crafters - Christmas
Creative Craft - Stitching
Scrap creations - first snow
Hooked on crafts - Christmas
Polycraft - Christmas fun
Paper Sundaes - Christmas

Don't forget my special Candy at the top of my blog!

Star of Wonder

Hiya Peeps,

I have a Christmas card for you today but have not used christmas paper.  I have used Lili of the Valley's "Star of Wonder". I had made a similar card on my blog a little while ago and a chap I work with wanted me to make a similar card again using the Lili of the valley image. I wasn't too sure about the paper choice at first but after I had coloured up the image and put it altogether I really liked the result. Hope you do too.

I have used my grey tones for shading, C5, C3, C1. 

I have shaded the image using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Broken China.

Copics Used:- 

Hat/Skirt - B04, B02, B01, BOO

Top - E31, E25, E50

Gold Star - YR24, Y15, Y11

Skin - E00, E01, E11, E000

Tree - YG67, YG63, G20

Other Materials:-

Magnolia Doohickey Tilda Lace Die

Marianne D Creatables Leaves LR0192

Marianne D Creatables Bell and Bauble LR0182

Magnolia Doohickey Heart Swirl

Wooden ornaments

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut Stain

Stickles Stardust

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:-

Lili of the Valley - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps - Christmas
Incy Wincy - Trees
Pollycraft - Christmas Fun
SirStampalot - blue/green

Guest at Papertake Weekly

Hiya Peeps,

It's me again. I'm worn out and with good intentions this week of joining the gymn.  Even more to juggle in my life but something that needs to be done! Onwards and Upwards as they say...  I was asked sometime ago if I would Guest Design for Papertake Weekly which I had to put off until now, due to my busy workload,  but now they have me for the whole of July so I hope I was worth waiting for, lol.........

The theme for this week's challenge is Anything Goes with the option of Buttons.  The sponsor this week is Lili of the Valley so what better excuse was there to use one of my gorgeous LOTV stamps.  Although I've just realised I haven't coloured the spots on her hat, lol, never mind.

 

Aren't they just soooooo cute.

Here's a close up of the lasercut chipboard dragonfly coated in black acrylic paint.  Very intricate wouldn't you agree.  You can get these lasercut chippies from Make It Crafty and Quixotic Paperie.

Ingredients:-

Image by Lili of the Valley

Papers by Websters

Lasercut Chipboard Pieces (corners, dragonfly and swirl flourish) from Make It Crafty or Quixotic Paperie

Lace, Seam Binding, Brad from stash

Flowers from 99p shop and WOC

Martha Stewart PATP

Nesties

I have entered my card into the following challenges:-

Craft your passion - Anything Goes

Hooked on crafts - Flowers

Oh La La - Summer Flowers

Simon Says Stamp & Show - Flourish

Squigglefly - Summer

DreamValley - Ribbon

Stamptacular - 2 of something (corner flourishes)

Challenge up your life - 1 Die, 1 Lace, 1 Brad

Alphabet - I for Insects
Wags n Whiskers - Summertime
Lili of the Valley - Celebrate
Bearly Mine - Anything Goes 

Friendship Recipe - Anything Goes at Bearly Mine

Morning Peeps,

Today's post is my DT card for Bearly Mine where the theme is "Anything Goes". I have used Vintage Papers stitched to bazill cardstock and distressed with white acrylic paint, well kind of distressed everywhere with white paint, lol.

Don't you just love this Friendship sentiment from Lili of the Valley.

And those cute little mice

I'd like to enter my Easel card into the following challenges:-

Lili of the Valley - Punches/Dies

Corrosive - Summer Colours

Crafty pad - Stripes

Drunken Stampers - Birthday

Marks Finest Papers - Flowers

My Creative Moments - Tails

Alphabet Challenge - Easels

Fabulous Friday - Friends/Friendship

Stamping with the Dragon - Easels

Wags n Whiskers - Stitching

Stamp Insanity - Anything Goes

Card and Scrap - Flowers

Bizzy Becs - Lace

Young Love

Evening Peeps,

Just a quick post so I make the Lili of the Valley challenge.  I've been itching to ink up these stamps and I took my camera to work with me today to take a picture in natural light, and how's your luck, battery was too low and just cut out on me.  So I am not happy with the picture that I took this evening and hopefully will get a better one tomorrow.  So here we go:-

Update: HERE's the picture I took today, or should I say pictures.....

That's better.

Aren't they cute?

Here's the lasercut chipboard from Make It Crafty.  I used my copic to colour the black and red and then added clear embossing powder and voila!

Materials Used:-

Coloured with copics as usual and prisma pencils for shading.

Papers are by Magnolia

Magnolia Doohickey Border die

Hear is grunge board painted with white acrylic paint and then the sentiment stamped on it and then distressed with walnut stain distress ink

Back panel is stitched using my sewing machine

Gorgeous heart flourish lasercut chipboard die has been coloured with black and red copics and then embossed with clear embossing powder

Little red heart pearls are from Bizzy Becs store HERE

I have entered this card into the following challenge:-

Lili of the Valley - Sketch

A spoonful of sugar - Valentine

Flourishes - Add some hardware

My time to Craft - Embossing

Scrap Creations - Red/Black/White

Tuesday Throwdown - Distressing

Bunny zoe - Love is in the air

Craft your passion - 2 patterned papers

Critter Sketch - Distressing and add a circle

Lexis - Valentines

The Pink Elephant - Red/Pink/Brown

Paper Sundaes - Distressing

Secret Crafter - 2 Characters in your main image

Totally Papercrafts - Add a heart

You can enter my candy HERE and below this post you could win yourself more candy of two new release sugar nellie simply Sassy Stamps, woo hoo!

Anyone for Cupcakes

Evening Peeps,

Just a quick post with my new Lili of the Valley Stamp.  I am in the middle of making a card and I can't find my new Marianne Design mini poinsetta and it is driving me mad!!!  I know I wont be able to rest until I do so I'm back into the craft room so you might not see me for a couple of days, lol.  I think it's time to tidy up :(

 I have tried to colour her with copics to reflect the distressed look and I have shaded using my new prisma pencils.

Materials Used:-

Image by Lili of the Valley

Medium - Copics/Prisma Pencil

Bearly Mine Design Papers - Summer Collection, available HERE

Nestabilities

Sentiment is from Bizzy Becs (freebie) available HERE

Flowers are made using 3 different sized retro punches

Martha Stewart Punch

Marianne Design Creatables Swirls

Star Dust Stickles

Pearls/trim from stash

Tim Holtz Black Soot Distress Ink

I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Lili of the Valley - One for the Girls

Incy Wincy - Sketch

Craft your passion - 2 of anything

Creative Friday - Anything Goes

Fairy Fun - Make your own flowers

Crazy for Challenges - Square Cards



Lili of the Valley Sketch

Hi Peeps,

Just a quickie post, just trying to catch the Lili of the Valley challenge before it closes. 

I've still got 40 pages left in my book, grrrrrr, and when my son asked this morning where I was up to, he said, yeah, but there's a twist at the end, so grrrrrrr, got to finish it tonight!!!

Today's card is using one of those totally adorable Lili of the Valley images, I just love them....

Materials Used:-

Image by Lili of the Valley

Medium - Copics

Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Snowflakes

Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page Snowflake Die

Marianne Design Poinsetta and Swirls die.

Sentiment is from Craftwork Cards

Ribbon trim and diamante brad is from stash

Lots of Star Dust Stickles



I have entered this card into the following challenges:-

Lili of the Valley - Sketch
A spoonful of Sugar - Sparkle & Shine
Anything Goes - Christmas
Diecut Christmas Club - Ribbon (white trim across middle), Glitter (lots of) & Gem (centre of poinsetta)
Paper Sundaes - Something from your Stash
Cutie Stampers - Anything Goes
Stamp Something - Something to Celebrate
Charisma - Christmas Crafting
Sweet Stampin - Punches
Stamptacular Sunday - At least 5 layers
Incy Wincy - Sparkly Glitter



Fairy Wonderland

Morning Peeps,

Gosh the weekend's aren't long enough and for some reason I seem to have lost my mojo. This card has taken me two days to finish, yikes!! This is my first attempt at masking a rubbersstamp with a digi image. The digital Fairy House is from Make It Crafty and the current challenge is to "make a scene". There are some fab tutorials on their site so would recommend you popping over. Here's the finished result:-

I used the gorgeous fairy from Lili of the Valley, just love their stamps, with the Fairy House from Make It Crafty and coloured the images using my favourite medium, Copics.  The task of making wasn't without a few teething problems, lol.  I followed the tutorial for Word and first stamped the Lili of the Valley stamp onto my Cryogen cardstock and then measured according to the tutorial. I then printed it out on paper first to check it was all in the right place before putting the cryogen through the printer.  My first problem is that everyone seems to be out of stock of the eclipse masking paper so I had to use a post it note.  Whilst trying to roll my repositional tape on the back of the post it note due to  several places being rather thin, i.e the wand, neck, wings etc. it tended to rip so my mask was in about 4 pieces in the end., but it did hold up. But I wasn't giving up so easily.  My next problem was when I put my cryogen through the printer I forgot to change the size as the cryogen is shorted in length than A4 so my measuring was all out and I had to start again, grrrrrrrrrrrr.  So I can guess, you can see why this card took me two days!

But as you can see I got there in the end. 

Because the image was quite large I had to cut it out, again alot of tricky areas but my fiskars finger knife came in very handy, and overall I'm happy with the result.

I have entered this labour of love into the following challenges:-

Make It Crafty - Create a scene
Lili of the Valley - Sketch

ABC Challenge - D for Distressing

Sundays with Crissy - Sparkly and Shiny

Sir Stamp Alot - Distressing