teenage kicks...

Good Morning lovely friends

Today's card is a reminder to you all that there is still plenty of time to enter the April Colour Challenge at Lili of the Valley.

Basically, you can make a card using any of the following colours

Aqua, Pink, Red, Ivory, Lilac.

The first letters of each of these spell APRIL!

Clever and simples!

Just follow this link

to add your own gorgeous cards.  

You have until 6pm UK time on Friday 15th March to join in the fun and there are some fantabulous LOTV goodies for the winners.

For my card I have used the fab new LOTV stamp 

Oliver Kicking About

I have coloured him with Copics and set him on a background made with papers from Bo Bunny's Liberty Collection.  The top layer has been Die cut with a Sizzix Mixed Media Die.

Finally I have added a new LOTV sentiment from the Block Sentiments Set 102 along with some enamel dots.

and here we are...teenage kicks - loved that song along with millions of other John Peel fans - (showing my age now)!

Ingredients

Oliver Kicking About from Lili of the Valley

SET 102 Block Sentiments  from Lili of the Valley

Make it Colour Blending Card from Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Memento Ink pad in Black

Papers from Bo Bunny's Liberty Collection from Dies to Die For

Sizzix Tim Holtz Mixed Media Die

Sizzix Tim Holtz Rosettes Die

Enamel Dots from my trinket box

Collall All Purpose Glue

Inks Used

Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black

Copics

hair E31, E35, E37

skin E04, E11, E00, E000

Clothes R24, R17, R14, E41, E42, E43, C1, C3, C5

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.

You can also follow Lili of the Valley on Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram, and the wonderful Ideas to Inspire Blog is now back too, you can see it
HERE

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

Don't worry...be happy...

Good Afternoon lovely friends,

Big apologies from me, I am a bit behind the plot this week, we have had a massive internet 'outage' (technical term).  Apparently Sky customers nationally have all been affected.  Funny how used we all are now to having the www at our fingertips!

So, the long and short of it is that I am so far behind, I think I am in front!  Hope to visit you all soon, please bear with me :-)

Today's card is a preview of a gorgeous new stamp by Lili of the Valley.

It is Oliver Kicking About which is available, along with the full range of Oliver and Jasmine stamps for pre-order HERE

I have have coloured Oliver with Copics and created a little scene for him to stand.  I used my new 'embossing folder and mallet' technique which I described in a previous post HERE.  I embossed the background and inked it up with some Distress Ink and a splatter of Picket Fence Ink.

I added a die cut frame and some sentiments, also part of the new launch from Lili of the Valley and available HERE

...and here we are, Rueful Oliver - a true teenager and as a Mum of two now post teenage boys, I feel quite well qualified to comment!... (He's great though ain't he, and so are my two)!

Ingredients

Lili of the Valley new launch stamp Oliver Kicking About

Lili of the Valley new launch Teenage Boy Sentiments

Make it Colour Blending card from Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)

Copic Markers

Brickwork Embossing Folder by Crafter's Companion

Die-namics Rectangle Stitched Frame Dies

Lawn Fawn Stitched Hillsides Die

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad in Tea Dye and Fired Brick

Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Picket Fence

Papers from Project Life, Becky Higgins, Kraft Edition

Collall All Purpose Glue

Inks Used

Copics

Hair Y21, Y23, E33

Skin E19, E21, E11, E00, E000

Clothes & Accessories B93, B95, B97, B99, T5, E19, E07, Y15, Y17, E19, C1, C3, C5

Thank you for visiting

Happy Crafting!

From Sue...xxx

Remember to hop (-;) straight to Lili of the Valley and have a look at all the loveliness there.

You can also follow Lili of the Valley on Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram, and the wonderful Ideas to Inspire Blog is now back too, you can see it
HERE

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

Lovely Lili Launch Day

Hello again lovely friends.

Just a little reminder that the 'lines are now open' for you to be able to order the gorgeous new release trio stamps from Lili of the Valley

These stamp sets are sooooo useful.  

Each set has three adorable little circular stamps and three matching sentiments.

so, pop to lovely Lili of the Valley now to see all the Lili loveliness and look at the gorgeous cards the Design Team have made with these wonderful new stamp sets.

Good excuse to pull up a chair and make a cuppa I reckon!

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.

If you want to see more of these gorgeous new release stamps be sure to visit 

The Design Collective.

All the beautiful blogs can be found 

HERE

You can also follow Lili of the Valley on Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram

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

Tea & Chat...

Good evening lovely friends...

Only five more sleeps until lovely Lili of the Valley launch the gorgeous sets of trios which the super Design Collective and I have been sharing with you all. 

So...make sure you are all set and ready to hit the 'add to my basket' button at Midday on Wednesday 28th January!

Here is my second Sneak Peek of the really adorable Time for Tea Trio - perfect for me because I am a great lover of tea...we have tea on tap at our house which reminds me of a wonderful phrase from Len Goodman (Strictly Come Dancing).  He recently said..

'I am a cup of tea in a skinny latte world...' 

I know exactly what he means!

For my second sneak peek I decided to make a quirky card/tea gift.  The card is tea cup shaped and opens up to reveal a little pocket with a tea bag in it, attached to a sentiment mounted on the front of the card.

I used my Silhouette Portrait to cut the tea cup and the additional paper shapes.

I coloured one of the trios with Copics and die cut one of the three sentiment that also comes with these wonderful trios.

...and here we are, tea for two.  I think this would make a wonderful little gift for a tea drinking friend...Pity there is n't room in the little pocket for cake as well!

and here is the inside...

Ingredients

Tea Cup Template from Silhouette Design Store

Lili of the Valley new release Trio Stamp Set 'Time For Tea'

Copic Markers

Silver Pentel Pen

Kraft Card

Paper from Craftwork Cards Tea Dance Collection

MFT Stitched Circles and Hearts Dies

Twine

Collall All Purpose Glue

a tea bag!

Inks Used

Copics - 

Tea Cup - BV02, B63, B66, Silver Pentel Marker

Table E51, E53, E55

Background B0000, B000

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.

If you want to see more of these gorgeous new release stamps be sure to visit 

The Design Collective.

All the beautiful blogs can be found 

HERE

You can also follow Lili of the Valley on Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram

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

Tea for Two...

Happy Friday lovely friends

Lovely Lili of the Valley have a new stamp release at the end of the month, so I have a sneaky peek for you today of one of their gorgeous new trios  'Time for Tea'.

This reminds me of one of my absolute favourite sayings -

'a cup of tea never made anything worse'! yay!

I have coloured these beautiful stamps with copics and mounted them on some paper from LOTV's Romance and Roses (retired) collection.

I have use two cloud edge dies to make one largish cloud (and a bit like Eric and Ernie, you can't see the join - showing my age for sure)!

The sentiment is included with the trio of stamps.

and here we are...someone put the kettle on!...

Ingredients

Lili of the Valley new release stamp set 'time for tea'

Papers from LOTV Romance and Roses Collection (retired)

Stitched Cloud Edge Die by MFT 

Doodlebug Sprinkles
Ranger Glossy Accents

Collall All Purpose Glue

Inks Used

Copics

All details - BG10, BG11, BG13, R000, R00, R81, R83, R85, 

YG03, YG17, YG25, C0, C1, C3, E21
plus Copic Spica Pens - pink, lemon, turquoise
Background B0000, B000, B00

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.

If you want to see more of these gorgeous new release stamps be sure to visit 

The Design Collective.

All the beautiful blogs can be found 

HERE

You can also follow Lili of the Valley on Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram

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

Sporty Girls Take Two...

Good Morning Friends...

Today's card is my second 'sporty girl' for lovely Lili of the Valley and is super exciting because it is one of LOTV's new release stamps! 

But...before that I must tell you about an absolutely fantastic LOTV offer - for the next 48 hours there is a fabulous 40% off every order online over £20 ...and free postage!  Wow!! Pop there as soon as you finish reading this!  

Just follow THIS LINK...

Anyway...this adorable stamp is being released at the Hobbycrafts Show at the NEC this 

Thursday 5th November.  

It is being released with a whole host of other cute little folk and critters - every single one of them is totally scrummy!

The stamps are also being released online on 10th November and as always those lovely generous folk at LOTV have arranged a new launch offer. 

Make sure you visit the website on 10th November or better still visit the LOTV stand at the NEC!

My card is made with the second stamp and set of sentiments in the cute sporty girl set.  

I have coloured her with copics and used papers from 

LOTV's Sunny Side Up Collection. 

and here we are...a second very lovely sporty girl...

Ingredients
Lili of the Valley new release stamp - 'sporty girls'
Memento Ink Pad
Papers from Lili of the Valley  Sunny Side Up Collection
Make it Colour Blending card from Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)
Copic Markers
Xcut Oval Dies
Baker's Twine from The Ribbon Girl
Collall All Purpose Glue

Inks Used

Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black

Copics - 

Hair E31, E33, E35, E37

Skin E11, E21, E50, E51, R20

Clothes R29, R27, R24, R22, B99, B97, B95, B93, B91, N0, N1, N3, N5

Background B0000, B000, B00 and Blender Pen

Ground G24, G28, G29, Signo Uniball Gel Pen

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 remember to visit on 10th November!  Wishing a lovely time to everyone who visits the NEC this week too!

You can also follow Lili of the Valley on Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram

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

Sporty Girls

 Good Evening Friends...

Today's card is for lovely Lili of the Valley and is super exciting because it is made with one of LOTV's new release stamps!  

This adorable stamp is being released at the Hobbycrafts Show at the NEC this 

Thursday 5th November.  (Remember Remember the 5th of November)!!!

It is being releases with a whole host of other cute little folk and critters - every single one of them is totally scrummy!

The stamps are also being released online on 10th November and as always those lovely generous folk at LOTV have arranged a new launch offer. 

Make sure you visit the website on 10th November or better still visit the LOTV stand at the NEC!

My card is made with a cute little sporty girl.  There are two stamps with sentiments in this set but you will have to wait a few days to see what second little sweetie is up to!

I have coloured her with copics and used papers from 

LOTV's Pastel Dreams Collection.  The background is embossed with fluffy clouds.

and here we are...cute ain't she - hope she gets that ball in that hole!

Ingredients
Lili of the Valley new release stamp - 'sporty girls'
Memento Ink Pad
Papers from Lili of the Valley Pastel Dreams Collection
Die sire Clouds Embossing Folder
Make it Colour Blending card from Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)
Copic Markers
Twine from The Ribbon Girl
Collall All Purpose Glue

Inks Used
Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black
Copics - 
Hair E53, E55, E57
Skin E11, E21, E00, E000,R20
Clothes RV55, RV63, RV52, G40, G82, N0, N1, N3
Background BV0000, BV000, BV00
Ground G82, G40, G11

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 remember to visit on 10th November!  Wishing a lovely time to everyone who visits the NEC next week too!

You can also follow Lili of the Valley on Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram

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

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.

You can also follow Lili of the Valley on Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram

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

'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!

You can also follow Lili of the Valley on Facebook and Pinterest and Instagram

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