At the Beach with Tiddly Inks

Oh boy I’ve had a very tiring day, but not actually achieved a lot. My Little Girl is teething and has cried and cuddled a lot, but I can’t complain as I love cuddles.

I’m probably up later than I should be (its 1am here) but I wanted to get this posted in peace and quiet and if I’m on cuddle duty again tomorrow posting this one handed may not be quite so simple!

The other week when I was away on holiday I took my ProMarkers and a host of images with me to do some colouring in. This gorgeous Tiddly Inks image Wryn Beach Babe was one of them and I finally sat down Saturday afternoon and put this little card together…

I created a card with a little scene the other day, using plain card and papers, so I wanted to give it another go with patterned papers and I’m pleased with how it turned out.  My (very honest) 3 year old said ‘Mummy that’s a pretty sun in the sky’ so it if he likes it can’t be half bad, lol!

Supplies:

• Image: Tiddly Inks ‘Wryn Beach Babe’ 
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: MME 6x6 paper pad ‘Everyday Flair’
• Card: Kraft Base from Anna Marie Designs and other card from Paper Mill Direct
• Dies & Punches: ‘Happy’ and ‘Birthday’ from All Occasion Dies, Sizzix Fancy Tags Framelits, Circle Nesties, Memory Box Puffy Clouds, Nellie Snellen Multi Frame Round Dies and an X-Cut flower punch
• Embellishments: Tickets and tags cut from the patterned paper, punched flowers, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Faux Stihing and Doodling with a black fine line pen and ranger stickles glitter glue.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Dream Valley – Summer Days
• Created with Love – Anything Goes and Hop (10)
• Creative Creations Challenge – Anything Goes
• Make it Monday - #151
• Simons Says Monday Challenge – Ode to Sunshine
• Inky Chicks – Summer Colours
• Oldie but a Goodie  - Best Dressed (old stash is the DP)
• Papertake Weekly – Die-ing for a Punch
• Tuesday Throwdown – Toes in the Sand
• Crafts & Me – Anything Goes
• Divas by Design – Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday – By the Seaside
• Stampin with the Dragon – On the Beach
• Allsorts – Kraft It
• My Mums Craft Shop – Just for Girls
• Heck of a Challenge – The Sea
• Emergency Crafters – Summer
• Country View Crafts Challenge – Summer Sizzler

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Summer at the Digi Bells

Edited: Problem solved and pictures now uploaded :-)

The Digi Bells, the design team for the fabulous Elisabeth Bell are having a GDT call and have been trying to find time all weekend to enter. I finally got chance this afternoon to sit down and play….the difficult part was deciding which of Elisabeth's gorgeous digis to choose from.

I decided on one of my two favourites and here is my card using ‘A Tasty Read’ available in Elisabeth's on line shop…

 

I have made a nice Summery orange card, the lovely warm colours makes me think of all the warm weather we have been having here in the uk at the moment.

• Image: Elisabeth Bell ‘A Tasty Read’
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Dovecraft ‘Sugar and Spice’
• Card: Kraft Base from Anna Marie Designs and other card from Paper Mill Direct
• Dies & Punches: ‘Happy’ and ‘Birthday’ from All Occasion Dies, Sizzix Fancy Tags Framelits and Tonic Studios Border Punch
• Embellishments: Paper flowers, twine, gems and pearls

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Dream Valley – Summer Days
• Creative Creations Challenge – Anything Goes
• Inky Chicks – Summer Colours
• Papertake Weekly – Die-ing for a Punch
• Top Tip Tuesday – Spooled Items – Twine (Tip: Keep cord, string and twine from New Clothes Tags to recycle on your projects – This twine came from the tag on my Hubbies new Jeans)
• Crafts & Me – Anything Goes
• Divas by Design – Anything Goes
• Paper Shelter – Anything Goes
• Stampin for the Weekend – Sparkle and Bling (Gems, Pearls and Stickles)
• Allsorts – Kraft It
• My Mums Craft Shop – Just for Girls
• Country View Crafts Challenge – Summer Sizzler

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Punches and Dies cut at Paper Crafting Journey

…and a little Whimsy Inspiration.

It’s time for another challenge at PCJ and this time the challenge is Punches and/or Die Cuts.

We are being sponsored by Whimsy Stamps and as I’m lucky enough to be on the Digital Design Team for Whimsy Stamps I’ve used this gorgeous image Gracie from StampArt by Kathryne…

I have made a circle easel card and used a lot of dies cuts and punches - clouds, flowers, leaves, borders, sentiment and Nesties.

• Image: Gracie from StampArt by Kathryne
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: MME Magazine Freebie (from a few years ago)
• Card: Pink card from a DCWV Mat Stack and Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm.
• Stamps: Sentiment – Fanciful Birthday Notables 1 Whimsy Stamps 
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Graphite Black’
• Dies & Punches: CC Designs Cutters Phlox Flowers, Butterflies and Leaves, Whimsy Notables 1, Memory Box Puffy Clouds, Nesties and a MS Border Punch
• Embellishments: Gems, Raffia Lace, Viva Decor Pearl Pen and Stickles Glitter Glue ‘Fruit Punch’

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Dream Valley – Summer Days
• The Corrosive Challenge – Fancy Folds
• Creative Creations Challenge – Anything Goes
• Inky Chicks – Summer Colours
• Papertake Weekly – Die-ing for a Punch
• Passion for ProMarkers – Easel Does It
• Top Tip Tuesday – Spooled Items – Raffia Lace(Tip: If you want to match ribbon or lace to the colour of your project colour it with an alcohol marker)
• Divas by Design – Anything Goes
• Paper Shelter – Anything Goes
• Alphabet Challenge – L for Lace (hope my raffia lace counts)
• Totally Papercrafts – Lace (hope my raffia lace counts – it’s real not punched lol)
• Fussy and Fancy – More than one fold
• Stampin for the Weekend – Sparkle and Bling (gems and Stickles)

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas in July at Lexi’s Creations

Just a quick scheduled post as when you read this I will be surrounded by a room of noisy children….my little boy is having the 2nd of his settling in days at pre-school ready for when he starts in September.

A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to win a guest spot over at Lexis Creations . So here is the card I made for the new challenge using the fabulous Ice Skating Pengy from Fairy Dust Crafts Store.

 

I wanted to create a little scene so have stayed away from the patterned paper and used some paper tearing to create the snow.

• Image: Ice Skating Pengy
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Blue and Aqua Pearl card from Limetree Craft and Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm.
• Stamps: Sentiment – Pink Gem Design
• Ink: Memento ‘Paris Dusk
• Dies & Punches: Martha Stewart Snowflake punches
• Embellishments: Gems and Stickles Glitter Glue ‘Icicle’

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Cards for Men – Christmas in July
• Creative Belli Challenge – Christmas

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Whimsy Inspiration - Flora Fairy

Morning all, hope all of you here in the UK are enjoying the weather. It sure makes a change to come home from Holiday and for the weather to be as warm, if not warmer than it was when we were away.

Here is a little Whimsy Stamps Inspiration for you using the cute Flora Fairy from StampArt by Kathryne…

• Image: Flora Fairy
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and Purple card from Papermill Direct
• Patterned Papers: My Minds Eye Bloom & Grow 8x8 Paper
• Stamps: Sentiment – Personal Impressions ‘Big Sentiments’
• Ink: Memento ‘Sweet Plum’
• Dies: Whimsy Mini Lace Doily Corner
• Embellishments: Viva Decor Pearl Pen, Papermania Glitter Dots, Ribbon and flower.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• One Stop Craft Challenge – Summer Colours
• Totally Gorjuss – Something Sweet
• Craft Your Passion – Thank You
• Created with Love – Anything Goes
• Incy Wincy – Things with Wings
• Love to Create – Fairy Tale or Fantasy
• Make it Monday - #149
• Whoopsi Daisy Challenge – Use your markers
• Crafts & Me – Anything Goes
• Crafty Ribbons – Anything Goes with Ribbon
• A Creative Romance – Ribbon or Twine
• Card Crafters Circle – Lavender (Purple)
• Totally Papercrafts – Things with Wings
• Emergency Crafters – Summer
• My Mums Craft Shop – Just for Girls

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Spot & Stripes at A Gem of a Challenge

Morning All. Hope you all have good weekends planned. As you read this I will be heading home after a beautiful weeks holiday in Jersey and wasn’t I lucky with the weather? We have had a fabulous time, the children have loved it and I would thoroughly recommend it as a place to visit.

Anyhoo I’ll stop waffling as it’s time for a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and this week the lovely Helen has chosen the theme of…

Spots/Stripes (or both)

Here is the card I made…

• Image: Faye
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Joanna Sheen Elegance Ice White 300gsm and Mustard card from Papermill Direct
• Patterned Papers: Bazzill Basics Vintage Marketplace 6x6 pad
• Stamps: Sentiment - Whimsy Fanciful Birthday Notable Rubber Stamps
• Ink: Brilliance ‘Coffee Bean’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Indigo Blu ‘Morris Dance’ Mega Flakes, Viva Decor Pearl Pen, paper flowers, glitter glue, Glossy Accents and raffia lace.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• One Stop Craft Challenge – Summer Colours
• Totally Gorjuss – Something Sweet
• Crafts & Me – Anything Goes
• A Creative Romance – Ribbon or twine (please delete if my Raffia Lace doesn’t count)
• Totally Papercrafts – Things with Wings
• Emergency Crafters – Summer
• Country View Crafts Challenge – Summer Sizzler

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Whimsy July Digi Stamp Release Blog Hop

Monday 1st July – This is a sticky post and will remain at the top of my blog until 8th July when the blog hop ends.

Welcome to the July digital release blog hop!

We have lots of new images to share with you today created by:

 

All Whimsy Stamps digital images are 300dpi for high print quality. You can re-size, flip, or rotate to fit your own project.

Here is my card using the wonderful new Grandmas Garden 2 by Moon Cookie Gallery

I have coloured the image with my ProMarkers and have also used other fabulous products from Whimsy Stamps (the dies and the stamps). To find all of today's new fabulous new digital releases please visit the Whimsy Stamps Store.

Whilst you are hopping don't forget to leave comments on each blog along the way as there will be two mystery DT Members who will each be choosing a winner from the comments left on their hop posts!

These winners will each win a Whimsy digital image of their choice. The Grand Prize winner of the hop will be chosen from the very last stop, which this time is ME. This winner will receive 5 digital stamps of their choice from the Whimsy Stamps Store.

The hop will run for one week and end on Monday 8th July at 12 Noon EST, when the lucky winners will be announced on the Whimsy Blog.

Below is a complete list of the hop in case you get lost along the way:

1. Tammy Ortiz

2. Marjolein Dekker

3. Charlene Brown

4. Ilonka Heuverkamp

5. Kelly Mannix

6. Judith Gowdy

7. Kim Taylor

8. Lisa West

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Clear It Out - Theme: Make someone's day! Stash: use something sparkly!
• Created with Love – For the Girls
• Incy Wincy – Summer Lovin’
• Make it Monday - #147
• Creative Card Crew – No Designer Paper
• Card Crafters Circle – Happy Birthday
• Sweet Stampin’ – Not Cute
• The Corrosive Challenge – Summertime
• Country View Crafts Challenge – Summer Sizzler
• Emergency Crafters – Summer

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Pink & Sparkly at Sarah Hurley

A new challenge has just started over on the Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog and our theme this month is…

Pink & Sparkly

I’ve used papers from Sarah's All Sewn Up A5 Paper pack along with the Baby Feet Clear Stamp set to create this very pink and a little bit sparkly 'New Baby' card.

I have mat and layered Sarah’s papers on a mix of plain pink and pearlescent pink card and added some doodling with a black fine line pen. The stars and the Giraffe have been stamped onto the same pink pearlescent card and heat embossed with white embossing powder.  I’ve also added some glitter glue some gems and some thread and a sentiment.

There is tons more inspiration from the rest of the DT some pop over to the challenge blog and take a look.

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Clear It Out - Theme: Make someone's day! Stash: use something sparkly!
• Created with Love – For the Girls
• Make it Monday - #147
• OLLCB – Welcome Little One
• Dream Valley – Make your own embellishments (my stars)

• Creative Belli Challenge – Stars

• Bunny Zoes Monthly Challenge – Pink and White

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Ribbon & Lace at Whimsy

It’s time for a new challenge at Whimsy Inspirations Challenge and our theme this month is…

Ribbon & Lace

I’ve used one of the gorgeous new digis that was released on July 1st, Muffin by Lia Stampz:

The image has been coloured with ProMarkers.

This month our prizes are…first winner:

Second winner:

And third and final winner:

A Mystery Rubber Stamp

Please hop across to Whimsy Inspirations Challenge to see what the other designers have created and to check out the challenge rules.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Clear It Out - Theme: Make someone's day! Stash: use something sparkly!
• Created with Love – For the Girls 
• Make it Monday - #147
• Anything Goes Challenge – Checks, Stripes and Flowers (On my patterned papers)
• Card Crafters Circle – Happy Birthday
• My Mums Craft Shop – Just for Girls

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

A Day at the Seaside

Unfortunately the blog title is where I would like to be right now and not where I am. We certainly haven’t had many days warm enough to visit the beach and today is no exception as it’s been rather dull and overcast.

The blog title is also about my card for this weeks Less is More challenge, which is ‘Sand’.

I had some scraps out on my desk and some new card blanks I picked up from Anna Maries Designs on my trip to the Sincerely Yours Show in Portsmouth on Sunday. So it would have been silly not to have a little play. Here is my effort….

I cut an aperture into the front of my card blank and placed strips of card behind it to make the sand, water and sky. I doodled a few birds in the sky and used a mask, ink duster and yellow ink to create the sun. The waves were doodled with a Quickie Glue Pen and covered with clear glitter. Lastly I added a Paula Pascual for Personal Impressions sentiment using Coffee Bean Brilliance Ink and a little boat made from scraps of card cut freehand with some scissors.

Now to me it seems CAS but I’m not sure whether it has enough white space, let me know what you think.

I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

• Crafty Cardmakers - Holiday
• Lexis Creations – Summer Holidays
• Incy Wincy – Summer Lovin’
• Creative Card Crew – No Designer Paper
• Country View Crafts Challenge – Summer Sizzler
• Heck of a Challenge – The Sea
• Emergency Crafters – Summer
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Colour Challenge
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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa