Today's the Day!

Good Morning...

Launch Day is here!...

Today lovely Lili of the Valley are launching their wonderful new range of 

Christmas stamps -  gorgeous Christmas Trios.  

These little sweeties are lovely to colour and can be used for soooo many 

Christmas projects.

Here's a  reminder of the sneak peak cards I made with the Santa Trio.

Thank you for visiting
Happy Crafting!
From Sue...xxx

Remember to pop straight to Lili of the Valley and have a look at all the loveliness there.
especially the fabulous new Christmas Trios which are part of a special launch day offer.

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'Twas the Night Before Christmas....

Good Morning...

Today's card is my second 'sneak peak' of one of lovely Lili of the Valley's new 

Christmas stamp sets - Santa Trio, which is being released on Monday 31st August.

There are five sets of festive trios being released and I can't pick between them - they are all so cute and an absolute delight to colour.

I have coloured these gorgeous Santa's with Copics and used some papers from 

LOTV's 'Twas The Night collection.

I thought the little circles looked 'bauble-like' so I drew a little thread in to hold them up!

... and here we are then ... a super Santa Trio...

Ingredients

Lili of the Valley Santa Trio from new launch collection - 

Release Date Monday 31st August 

Make it Colour Blending Cardstock By Elaine Hughes Marker Geek

Memento Ink pad in Tuxedo Black

Copic Markers

Papers from LOTV 'Twas The Night Collection

Spellbinders Circles Die Set

Die-namics Stitched Circles Die Set

Pigma Micron Pen

Collall All Purpose Glue

Inks Used

Memento Ink pad in Tuxedo Black

Copics - 

Skin R00, R11, E50, R20

Beard W0, W1, W3

Santa Suit & Gloves R24, R56, R59, C0, C1, C3, Yr21, YR23, YR24

Wellies W1, W3, W5, W7

Night Sky B91, B93, B95, B97

Snow BG0000, BG000

Chimney E33, E35, E57, W1

Black Pigma Micron Ink Pen - 01

Thank you for visiting
Happy Crafting!
From Sue...xxx

Remember to pop straight to Lili of the Valley and have a look at all the loveliness there.

....and definitely tie a piece of string to your finger or make a knot in your hankie so you remember to visit on Monday 31st August to look at the wonderful new release stamp sets!

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Water Lily

Good Morning...

Today's card is my DT inspiration for The Sugar Bowl.

The new challenge at 

The Sugar Bowl

is Anything Goes (with a Sugar Nellie Image). 

The prize for the lucky winner is four Sugar Nellie Digital Images, and there is a second prize winner of two Sugar Nellie Digital Images from 

Funky Kits

I have used the gorgeous Sugar Nellie digi,

Water Lily

I have coloured her with Copics. 

This is my first colouring project since I spent a wonderful day with 

Faye Wynn-Jones at her European Copic Class.  

Faye (stampinfluffnstuff) is a very talented colourist and a wonderful teacher, 

if you ever get chance to take part in one of Faye's classes you definitely should go for it!

I used some purple card from my stash which I embossed and die cut along with  gorgeous paper from a collection by Craftwork Cards - Tea Dance (very lucky me as that was a pressie from a lovely crafty friend).

Here we are - beautiful Water Lily...

Ingredients

Sugar Nellie Water Lily Digi Stamp from Funky Kits

Make it Colour Blending Cardstock by Elaine Hughes Marker Geek

Copic Markers

Purple Card from my stash (Quite Ancient)!

Paper  from Craftwork Cards Tea Dance Collection

Cuttlebug Bubbles Embossing Folder

Memory Box Small Ringlets Die

Die-namics Wavy Edge Die

White Opal Liquid Pearls

Star Dust Stickles

Collall All Purpose Glue

Inks Used

Copics - 

Skin E000, E50, E21, R20

Hair E50, E53, E43, E44

Mermaid Clothes and Tail RV52, RV55, RV63

Water Lilies YG01, YG03, YG17, Y00, Y13, Y19

Water BG0000, BG000, BG01 and Blender Pen

Background BV0000, BV000, BV00 and Blender pen

Opal White Liquid Pearls 

Star Dust Stickles - Tail Sparkle

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...
and remember to pop straight to  
The Sugar Bowl 
to look at the lovely DT Creations there and join in with all the fun!

from Sue...xxx

Please leave a comment if you pop by, I really appreciate them and do enjoy reading them all...xxx

A Santa Selfie

Good Morning...

Wow... where did the summer go!  

It does n't seem like two minutes sine we had our last challenge at Creative Inspirations, and after our summer break here we back again with our new one!

This week's challenge at Creative Inspirations is anything goes with the option of a sketch, all the details you need can be found 

HERE

This challenge is sponsored by 

The Paper Shelter

and the prize for the very lucky winner is a $20 to spend in their wonderful online store.

My DT card this week is made with The paper Shelter's gorgeous digi stamp, 

Santa Selfie

I coloured this fab image with Copics and used some Stickles to add some snowy glitter.  
I did try a new technique to colur Rudolph but LOTS more practice is needed -  i think he is a bit spotty!

 To make my card I used some papers I've had a while from a 
Forever Friends Kraft Notes designstax.

I die cut some stars and added them at different depths to try and create a 3D effect.

Here we are a Santa Selfie Card...

Ingredients

Santa Selfie Digi Stamp By The Paper Shelter

Make it Colour Blending Cardstock By Marker Geek
Copic Markers
Die-Namics Sun, Moon and Stars Die Set
Forever Friends 6 x 6 Kraft Notes designstax

Star Dust Stickles
Red and White Baker's Twine

Collall All Purpose Glue

Inks Used

Copics

Santa - E000, E04, E11, E02, E00

W0, W1, W3, W5, W7

C0, C1, C3

 R29, R27, R24, R22

 YG93, YG5, YG97

B32, B37, B39

Rudolph - E21, E23, E25, E37, 

R39, R37, R35, R32

Background - B0000, B000, B00, W0, W1, W3

Star Dust Stickles

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

and remember to pop straight to Creative Inspirations to look at the lovely DT Creations there and join in the fun!

from Sue...xxx

Please remember to leave a comment if you visit, 

I do enjoy reading them and they mean a lot...

Close Your Eyes By Lili of the Valley

Good Morning

Today's card is my second August Design Collective card for lovely
Lili of the Valley

I came over all romantic for this card and decided to use the gorgeous LOTV rubber stamp
Close Your Eyes

I coloured this adorable twosome with Copics and sprinkled some fran-tage around the edge of the image.

I used papers from 
Lili of the Valley's Winter Wishes Collection which I stamped with 
Lili of the Valley's Grunge Corners.

I added a sentiment using Lili of the Valley's Greetings Postmarks Set 18.

I added some flowers from The Ribbon Girl - I decorated the blue rose with 
Frantage Shaved Ice.  

Finally, I added some blue seam binding and a wooden heart button.

...and here we are, such a cute image, I don't know what question he is asking but I would definitely say yes...

Ingredients 
Lili of the Valley Rubber Stamp - Close Your Eyes
Papers from Lili of the Valley's Winter Wishes Collection
Copic Markers
Memento Ink Pad
Archival Ink pad
Make It Colour Blending Cardstock by Marker Geek
Fran-tage Shabby White Embossing Enamel by Stampendous
Lili of the Valley Stamp Set - Grunge Corners
Lili of the Valley Greetings Postmarks Set 18
Blue Seam Binding by Papermania
Wooden Heart and Flowers by The Ribbon Girl
Tim Holtz Paper Distressing Tool
Collall All Purpose Glue
Fran-tage Shaved Ice by Stampendous
Matte Multi Medium by Claudia Helmuth

 Inks Used
Memento Ink pad in Tuxedo Black - Image
Archival Ink pad in Watering Can - Corners and Sentiment
Copics - 
Skin - E000, E71, E11, E01, E00
Hair - E51, E55, E57, E25
Clothes - B32, B63, B66, W0, W1, W3
Flower - YR01, YR02, YR04, YG63, YG03, YG01
Background - B0000, B000, B00, T0, T1, T3

Thank you for visiting
Happy Crafting!

From Sue...xxx

Remember to pop straight to Lili of the Valley and have a look at all the fabulous Lili loveliness.

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Please leave a comment if you pop by, I really appreciate them and do enjoy reading them all...xxx

One Day I'll Fly Away...

Good Morning...

The challenge this time at 

In The Pink
is 'Fly Away' plus the option to feature another colour in addition to pink.

The prize for the lucky winner is a £10 gift voucher from 
Bunny Zoe's Crafts

This card is made with a super cute digi from Make It Crafty - Fiery Dragon.
I have coloured this cutie with Copics and for the first time, completely coloured the background as well!  That was a heart in the mouth moment I can tell you!  Enormous thanks to Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek for the inspiration; I only had the confidence after recently watching a u tube tutorial showing this by Elaine.

I used some papers from Doodlebug Designs Hello Sunshine Collection and added some Bo Bunny Pearls.

Finally the sentiment is from another stamp by Stamping Bella - the prospect of warm wishes from that fiery little dragon just made me chuckle!

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges - 
The Ribbon Girl - August Colour Challenge (Pink)

Ingredients
Make it Crafty Fiery Dragon Digi
Make it Colour Blending Cardstock from Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek
Copic Markers
Papers From Doodlebug Designs Hello Sunshine Collection
Bo Bunny Adhesive Pearls
Collall All Purpose Glue

Inks Used
Copics - 
Dragon - RV21, RV23, RV25, RV29, Y35, YR16, YR07
Background - YG11, YG41

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...
and remember to pop straight to 
In the Pink 
to look at the other lovely DT Creations and join in with the pink fun. 

from Sue...xxx

Please leave a comment if you pop by, I really appreciate them and do enjoy reading them all...xxx

My Besties 'same but different'

Good Morning...

Today's card is my DT card for Sherri Baldy's My Besties UK 'Same But Different' day!

This is a super blog post to take a peak at over at My Besties UK because all the DT work with the same Sherri Baldy My Besties image.  It is totally fascinating to see so many wonderful interpretations of the same cute My Bestie!  Also, if you leave a comment over there you may be the lucky winner of this digi!

This month's image is one of Sherri's new releases and can be found here.

I have coloured this cutie with Copics and gone for a more CAS card than usual - I thought she was so gorgeous she deserved to be the star of the show!

I die cut some papers from Doodlebug Designs to create simple layers and added a die cut sentiment and  some Doodlebug Sprinkles.

...and here we are, such a super cute My Bestie...

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges - 
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes Challenge 386
The Cutie Pies - #90 Cute And Girlie
Sherri Baldy's My Besties International - Anything Goes With A My Besties Image
As You Like It - My Two Favourite Embellishments (Enamel dots and sentiments. - 
 I love both of these because it is always lovely to pick out colours in the card design with gorgeous enamel dots and sentiments make every card so individual and unique)

Ingredients 
Sherri Baldy New Release My Bestie
Make It Colour Blending Cardstock From Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek
Copic Markers
Papers from Doodlebug Designs Hello Sunshine Collection
Lawn Fawn Puffy Clouds Die
Cuttlebug Curls and Swirls Alphabet Dies
Doodlebug Sprinkles

Inks Used
Copics - 
Skin, E0000, E04, E11, E00, R37
Hair, E51, E53, E25, E29
Clothes, Y02, Y21, Y23, Y26, RV52, RV63, RV66, B00, B02, B16, B66
Background, B0000, B01, W0, W1, W3
Sakura Gelly Roll Pen, Clear Star (Petticoat)

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

and remember to pop straight to 

Sherri Baldy's My Besties UK

to look at the other lovely DT Creations and join in the fun.

from Sue...xxx

Please leave a comment if you pop by, I really appreciate them and do enjoy reading them all...xxx

Cute as Apple Pie....

Good Morning...

Well, this is an exciting post... 

...my first as a member of the wonderful My Besties UK Design Team!  I can hardly believe I am typing that!  Thank you so much to Carol and the team for the lovely My Besties welcome...I am still in a state of disbelief that I am going to have the chance to showcase Sherri Baldy's gorgeous images...

Today's post is a special My Besties celebration, an apple blossom party to mark the launch of a gorgeous new range of Sherri's Apple Blossom Papers and Pocket Letters.

These are available from My Besties Shop as a download or paper pack. 

Please make sure you pop and have a look at My Besties UK - there are some beautiful creations by the DT and if you leave a comment you may be the lucky winner of a free Sherri Baldy My Besties digi.

To make my card I have used the My Besties paper pack and digi 'Apple Blossom'.

I coloured this adorable image with Copics and used the Apple Blossom papers to create mats and layers.

I have used some flowers from my crafty stash along with Bakers twine and an apple charm from The Ribbon Girl as embellishments.

Finally, I added some Doodlebug Sprinkles.

...and here we are a 'cute as apple pie' sweetie...

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges -
The Ribbon Girl  - Any Image Challenge 
My Besties International - Always anything Goes (With A My Besties Image) Challenge #16

Ingredients

Sherri Baldy My Besties Digi - Apple Blossom

Papers from Sherri Baldy's Apple Blossom Collection

These items are available from Sherry Baldy Designs
Make it Colour Blending Cardstock from Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek

Flowers From My Stash (mixture of The Hobby House and Prima I think)!

Copic Markers

Baker's Twine and Apple Charm from The Ribbon Girl

Doodlebug Sprinkles

Collall All Purpose Glue

Tim Holtz Paper Distressing Tool

Inks Used

Copic Markers

Skin - E000, E04, E11, E02

Hair - E51, E53, E55, E57

Pie Crust - YR31, YR24, YR27

Hair Band - R21, R22, R24 

Apples - R32, R35, R37, YG01, YG03, YG63

Background - B0000, B000

Thank you for visiting...

Happy Crafting...

and remember to pop straight to 

Sherri Baldy's My Besties UK

to look at the other lovely DT Creations and join in with the Apple Blossom Party

from Sue...xxx

Please leave a comment if you pop by, I really appreciate them and do enjoy reading them all...xxx

When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney...

Good afternoon...

Today's card is a sneak peak of part of a wonderful range of Christmas stamps being launched by lovely Lili of the Valley at the end of August.  (Start saving your pocket money peeps because they are super cute)!

I coloured this gorgeous santa set with Copics.  

I then cut each Santa out and mounted them on a background made with papers from Lili of the Valley's Krafty Christmas collection and an embossed piece of blue card.

I added some postmarks from LOTV's Grunge Christmas Postmarks sentiment set along with some Doodlebug Sprinkles and some Stickles.

Such fun...and there's not a lot else to be done on a very wet afternoon...

so here we are, some super Santa's...(and I can't stop singing 'when Santa got stuck up the chimney'..reminds me of when the boys were tiny tots...all say aaahhh)!!!

I would like to enter this card for the following challenges - 
Winter Wonderland - Christmas Carols/Songs 
(When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney)!
Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes With A Stamp And A Die
As You Like It - My Two Favourite Embellishments (Enamel dots and sentiments. - 
 I love both of these because it is always lovely to pick out colours in the card design with gorgeous enamel dots and sentiments make every card so individual and unique)

Ingredients

Santa stamps from LOTV's New Christmas Trio's Range 

(Launch date end of August)
Make it Colour Blending Cardstock from Elaine Hughes - Marker Geek

Memento Ink Pad

Archival Ink Pad

Copic Markers

Lili of the Valley Grunge Christmas Postmarks Sentiments Stamps

Papers from Lili of the Valley Krafty Christmas Collection

Tim Holtz Core'dinations Cardstock

Xcut Reindeers Embossing Folder

MFT Die-namics Stitched Circle Dies

Lawn Fawn Puffy Clouds Die

Star Dust Stickles

Doodlebug Sprinkles

Collall All Purpose Glue

Tim Holtz Paper Sanding Tool

Inks Used

Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black (Images)

Archival Ink Pad in Watering Can (Sentiments)

Copics - 

Skin, E000, E11, E02, R22

Beard, W0, W1, W3

Clothes, R89, R29, R27, R24, R22, YG93, YG95, YG97, W7, W5, W1, C0, C3

Bricks, E33, E35, E57, E09

Snow, B0000, B000

Background, B39, B37, BV34, B32

Star Dust Stickles by Ranger to paint snow and reindeers.

Thank you for visiting
Happy Crafting!
From Sue...xxx

Remember to pop straight to Lili of the Valley and have a look at the fabulous sale which is happening now!

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Please leave a comment if you pop by, I really appreciate them and do enjoy reading them all...xxx