Wryn Birthday Girl

Night all. Oh I’m tired as I’ve been packing all day ready for our holiday but I’m here! ….just……for Fabulous Friday again over at Tiddly Inks.

I’m sharing a (sort of) clean and simple birthday card made using the very cute and versatile Wryn Birthday Girl…..hmmmm I think she would look lovely coloured up in traditional Christmas colours.

Off to bed for me now before I fall asleep in front of the laptop!

Supplies:

• Image: Wryn Birthday Girl from Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Forever Friends 6x6 Paper Pad
• Card: Yellow and pale blue card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies, Punches & Embossing Folders: Spellbinders Plain and Big Scalloped Ovals
• Embellishments: Alpha Stickers

Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by

Lisa

School Boy Andy

Morning All. Just a quick post from me as I’m woken up with the sniffles and a bright pink eye, so I’m feeling a bit sorry for myself.

Anyhoo I’m having  quick coffee in peace while the Hubby and Children are out and I thought I would share this card that I have on the Gems of Inspiration blog this morning.

I’ve used School Boy Andy to make a Thank You card for my son’s teacher

Supplies:

• Image: School Boy Andy from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics:
• DP: MME
• Card: Red, Green, Yellow and Blue Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Paula Pascual for Personal Impressions Think Big Sentiments
• Ink: Archival ‘Jet Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Plain and Inverted Scalloped Circles, MFT Boy Meets Girl Dies and MFT By the Letter Dies
• Embellishments: Pearls and doodling

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas Bells

Afternoon all! What a miserable day here in the UK. It’s so grey and raining too, almost put a jumper on so it must be cold as well.

Anyhoo, enough waffle it’s time for a new challenge at Elisabeth Bell’s World Challenge and our theme this time around is Christmas in July and I have used the super cute Christmas Bells…Here is my card:

I have never had success when I’ve tried to make a stepper card before so I thought it was about time I gave it another go. This time I’m really pleased with how it turned out.

The papers are gorgeous and came from my partner from the last Kit and Clowder card swap.

Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Bells  from Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: Copics

• Card: Kraft, Pale Blue and Red Card, Cream Parchment and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Sentiment from  Inkylicious, Faux Stitching from Lili of the Valley
• Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Floral Oval Die and Britannia Poinsettia Dies
• Embellishments: Pearls, Pearl Pen and Glitter Flower Soft

To play along just head over to Elisabeth Bell’s World Challenge Blog for the full details and also see the creations from my fabulous team mates!

’Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Colouring Cutie–Digi Bells Release Hop

Afternoon all.

It’s release day over at Elisabeth Bell and we have a real sweet image for you. Once released by SCACD we now have the fabulous Colouring Cutie as a digi stamp.

The blog hop will will run for one week and will end on Friday 31st July at 9:00am Arizona Time (4pm for us UK ladies).

If you have stumbled upon this post and would like to join us on the hop you will find the line up below. However if you are already hopping along your next stop will be the fabulous Lynda for some more inspiration.

Blog Hop Line-up

• Pauline
• Linda
• Lori

• Sebrina
• Bettina
• Lisa (Me)
• Lynda
• Valou
• Alethea
• The Digi Bells Blog

Supplies:

• Image: Colouring Cutie from Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Dovecraft Back to Basics II 6x6 Paper
• Card: Purple, Lemon and Green Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Personal Impressions Paula Pascual Double Sayings Sentiment Set
• Ink: Adirondack Eggplant Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder Plain and Teardrop Circle Dies and Tonic Studios Doily Border Punch
• Embellishments: Gems, Glitter Dots, Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers and doodling with a fine line pen.

Fancy winning this new digi? All you have to do is hop through and leave comments on EACH blog. Two blogs at random will be chosen, and the winners will be picked from the comments and posted to the Digi Bells Blog shortly after the end of the hop.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Wryn Floating Along

Morning All. I’m just getting ready to do the school run. I think some schools have already broken up for the summer holidays but my eldest has today and tomorrow left before we can relax a little and take a break from the routine.

Anyhoo, it’s time for Tiddly Tuesday over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and we have a new challenge for you.  Our theme for the next fortnight is Summer Song, so we want you to pick a summery tune and use it as inspiration for your card.

I went quite cheesy and picked Summer Holiday by Cliff Richard. My card is definitely something I would love to be doing on holiday but I don’t think it will be warm enough where we are heading in a couple of weeks……North Wales!!

I have used one of Christy’s newer images and this is Wryn Floating Along. Anyone who knows me knows I love cute characters and Wryn is one of my all time faves. I think this Wryn may just top the list.

Inspired by Miss Alyce over at Kit & Clowder I have been trying to colour up some little background scenes for my digis. There were already some artist drawn lines for the waves which I extended and I’m pretty pleased with the result.

Supplies:

• Image: Wryn Floating Along  by Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Pebbles Inc.
• Card: Pale Blue and Aqua Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Doubles Sayings Stamp Set by Paula Pascual for Personal Impressions
• Ink: Walnut Stain Distress Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Flower Die (magazine freebie), Marianne Anja Oval Die, Small Circle Punch and an EK Success Border Punch
• Embellishments: Glitter Glue

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Owlways Love You

Morning All. Off to watch my little boys first school sports day this afternoon. So need to get myself motivated today.  Roll on next Wednesday when he breaks up for the summer holidays. He’s already told me he would like a PJ day on Thursday and who am I to argue!!

Anyhoo, it’s Fabulous Friday again over at Tiddly Inks and I’m sharing a card made using one of Christy’s newer images Owlways Love You:

Supplies:

• Image: Owlways Love You from Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Lili of the Valley ‘Promises’ 8x8 Paper Pad
• Card: Purple and blue card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies, Punches & Embossing Folders: Sizzix Fancy Tag Framelits and a Whiff of Joy Border Die
• Embellishments: Paper Flowers, sparkly hearts and doodling with a fine line pen.

Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Dinkies Stamp Sale at Little Claire

Just a quick post from me as I’m about to do the school run, but if you pop to the Little Claire shop you could grab yourself some bargains as they are having a sale on some retiring Dinkies Stamps.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Zoe Butterfly

Afternoon all. I’m sharing a card today using an Elisabeth Bell cutie called Zoe Butterfly she is one a few cute freebies that you can get by signing up to Elisabeth’s free Creative E-Book and newsletters. More info is here.

I’ve left the card without a sentiment at the moment but more than likely it will end up being a birthday card.

Supplies:

• Image: Zoe Butterfly from Elisabeth Bell
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP:
• Card: Orange and Buff card and Copic X-Press It Blending card
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Floral Oval Dies and Tonic Simplicity Daisy Border Punch
• Embellishments: Gems, Pearl Pen and Twine.

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy what is left of the weekend

Lisa

Mia – Art By Miran July Guest Spot

Morning All. We have a busy day today and are off on a trip to London. My Hubby’s company are having a Summer Party at the Saracens Ground which include lot’s of fun things like bouncy castles and the like. Although the kids are more excited about the train and tube ride to get there!

Anyhoo, back to the point of my post. Several weeks back I got the most fabulous email from Vicky asking if I would like to be a guest for July for the Art By Miran Showcase blog……and it took me all of a few seconds to say a big fat YES!

The theme on their blog for this month is cool colours and here is my take on that using the super sweet image Mia:

Supplies:

• Image: Mia from Art by Miran
• Colouring Medium: Copics
  • Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 and R20
  • Hair: E49, E44, E13, E43, E41 and Y21
  • Clothes:
  • Pink: BV29, R39, RV09, RV06, RV04 and RV02.
  • White: BV23, BV20 and BV0000
  • Starfish: R89, R08, R06, R02 and BG09
  • Sky: BG01, BG10, BG0000 and Blender
  • Rocks: W9, W7, W5 and W1
• DP: Pebbles Inc.
• Card: White and aqua card and Copic X-Press IT Blending Card
• Stamps: Think Big Sentiments by Paula Pascual for Personal Impressions
• Ink: Archival ‘Jet Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Woodware tag punch
• Embellishments: Gems and twine

Have a great weekend an thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Fluttering By to Say Hi

Morning All. It’s time for Tiddly Tuesday over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and we have a new challenge for you.  Our theme for the next fortnight is Anything Goes.

I love butterflies so Fluttering By to Say Hi seemed to be the perfect image to colour up. I had originally picked different papers, but after colouring and when I was about to put the card together I decided they really didn’t work so I spent ages and ages searching for something better and I’m pretty pleased with the result.

Supplies:

• Image: Fluttering By to Say Hi  by Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: First Edition ‘New Leaf’ 8x8 Paper Pad
• Card: Grey and Green Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Comes with the Digi Stamp Paris Dusk
• Dies & Punches: Britannia  Small Elvendene Butterfly Die 
• Embellishments: Gems and Creative Expressions Gilding Wax (used on the butterflies and wings)

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Dress Up Chloe

Morning All. I know I shouldn’t complain but it’s still so hot. It’s been a little thundery here and I‘m almost wishing for a storm so it cools off a little.

Anyhoo, We have a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge today and it is my time to pick the theme. Well it’s 4th July so as it’s Independence Day across the pond I thought I would go with the theme of ‘Red, White and Blue’. I have used Dress Up Chloe and made a cute little birthday card:

Supplies:

• Image: Dress Up Chloe from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Papermania Parisienne Blue Capsule Collection
• Card: Blue, Red and White card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Double Sayings from Personal Impression/Paula Pascual
• Ink: Archival Jet Black Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder Plain and Floral Oval Dies and an X-Cut Square Punch
• Embellishments: Glitter Glue Ribbon Bow, Pearls, Creative Expressions Gilding Wax and Paper Flowers

It’s also my MIL’s birthday today so we are going to visit and go out for a meal. Have a great weekend whatever you are doing and thanks for stopping by

Lisa

My Super Boy

Night All. I’m very late popping in to share today’s card. It’s been a very long, busy and super hot week and I think my brain may have taken a little holiday…..I thought I had scheduled this post! Well how wrong could I be?

Anyhoo, enough waffle it’s Fabulous Friday again over at Tiddly Inks and I’m sharing a card made using the fabulous My Super Boy:

I made a card for each of my kiddywinks to give to my Hubby for Father’s Day. I already blogged the My Batty Hero one that my little boy gave to his Dad and this is the one my little girl gave to her Dad.

Supplies:

• Image: My Super Boy from Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Red, yellow and blue card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies, Punches & Embossing Folders: Spellbinders Pinking Circle Dies
• Embellishments: Alpha stickers, sentiment written on Word and Glitter Glue

Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Beach Hut

Morning All.

Hope you are all enjoying the good weather. It was hard work in the garden yesterday in the heat but I can relax a little now as my new shed and greenhouse are both built. Although I still need to sort all the gardening equipment and  put up hooks and shelves in the new shed to house it all.

Anyhoo enough waffle! Can you believe it’s July already? Me neither but it does mean it’s time for a new digi stamp challenge over on the Little Claire Blog. This month our theme is ‘Holidays’: 

I’ve used Beach Hut which is such a pretty image and I’ve kept the card quite minimal to frame the gorgeous image.

Supplies:

• Image: Beach Hut from Little Claire
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Blue, Lemon and White Swiss Dots Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Sentiment from a Little Claire Stamp Set
• Ink: Archival ‘Jet Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Pearls and a Felt Starfish

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Chloe with Kitten

Morning All.

I’m sharing my July Calendar page over on the Gems of Inspiration blog today. Here it is using  Chloe with Kitten :

Supplies:

• Image: Chloe with Kitten from Pink Gem Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Lili of the Valley ‘ Timeless Victorian’ 8x8 Paper Pad
• Card: Kraft and White Linen Card
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Frilly Frames Dies, Spellbinder Plain and Scalloped Squares Nestabilities and X-Cut Square Punch
• Embellishments: Flowers, Ribbon and Bead Spray

Enjoy your day, I’ve got a cake to finish, a card to make and lot’s of other birthday related bits and bobs for Hubby’s birthday.

Enjoy your day and thanks for stopping by

Lisa