Tra La La

Evening all. It’s time new challenge over at the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog. The theme is always Anything Goes but you have to use an All Dressed Up image.

I’m back making more Christmas cards again and Wendy has loads of fabulous Christmas images to choose from. For this card I’ve used Tra La La:

…..I will have enough made on time time this year!!

Supplies:

• Image: Tra La La from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Echo Park Very Merry Christmas 6x6 pad
• Card: Black Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Whimsy Stamps Corner Die and MS Border Punch
• Embellishments: Doodling, Liquid Applique (snow puffs), Gem, Wink of Stella Pen and Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Pie on the Window Sill-Digi Bells Release Hop

Afternoon all.

I’m here today with the new release over at Elisabeth Bell and this month we have an adorable new digi stamp:

Pie on the Window Sill Peeker 

And here is my card:

The blog hop will will run for one week and will end on Friday 25th February 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 onto the Digi Bells Blog to complete the hop .

Blog Hop Line-up

• Sebrina
• Lisa (Me)
• Anet
• Alethea
• Lynda
• Shannah
• Jeanette
• The Digi Bells Blog

Supplies:

• Image: Pie on the Window Sill Peeker from Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Echo Park Spring Time Paper Pad
• Card: Mint Card, Yellow Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Joy Crafts Fancy Square Die and Nellie Snellen Pierced Multiframe Circles
• Embellishments: Paper Flowers, Pearls and Doodling

Fancy winning these 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

Santa’s Hat

Morning All. Half way through the week already! Who has their Christmas decorations up? We do, it may not be proper but it’s nice for the children to enjoy them for as long as possible in the lead up to Christmas Day!

We have a new digi stamp challenge over on the Little Claire Blog today and we have a theme of Favourite Christmas Digi Stamp.

Well you know me I love love love Christmas, so picking a favourite digi is a near impossible task. In the end I settled upon Santa’s Hat as it is super cute, quick to colour as makes a fabulous card….making it up there amongst my faves!

I made a couple of cards using the same layout but changing the papers and colours slightly. :

Supplies:

• Image: Santa’s Hat Digi Stamp from Little Claire
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Red and Black Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Lili of the Valley and Echo Park
• Stamps: Little Claire Dinkies Stamp
• Ink: Archival ‘Jet Black’ inkpad
• Dies: Die-Namics Double Scalloped Border Die
• Embellishments: Glitter Glue, Pearls and Felt Star

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Very Merry Christmas

Me again! Not quite so behind now as this one should have been posted this morning.

We have a new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge where The Pinks team have a theme of ‘Inspired by a Christmas Carol/Song’.

My inspirations is Shakin Stevens Merry Christmas Everyone, especially the line ‘Snow is falling, all around me. Children playing, having fun.’

I have used the super cute Andy on Sledge 

I can’t seem to keep away from traditional Christmas Colours this year!

Supplies:

• Image: Andy on Sledge from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Echo Park ‘Very Merry Christmas’ 6x6 Pad
• Card: Kraft and Black card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies and Punches: Spellbinders Plain and Pinking Circle Nestabilities, All Occasion Snowflake Dies and Die’sire ‘Seasons Greetings’ Dies
• Embellishments: Paper Raffia, Doodling. Gems, Pearls, Viva Enamel Dot Pen and Glitter Glue

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Santa Baby

Evening All. Sorry I’m a bit late posting today, my Sinus problems have got a bit worse again and I’ve been battling an awful headache again I have to liven myself up as we have parents evening in about half an hour so I thought I would pop on and share today’s make.

It’s time for Tiddly Tuesday over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog. We have a new challenge for you and this fortnight our theme  is Baby Inks and I’ve used Santa Baby:

Supplies:

• Image: Santa Baby by Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Black and Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Echo Park ‘ Very Merry Christmas’
• Sentiment: Clearly Besotted 
• Ink: Memento ‘Tuxedo Black’ Ink Pad
• Embellishments: Doodling and Black Enamel Dot Viva Pen

Hope you can play along with us and thank you  for stopping by.

Lisa

Let It Snow

Morning all. Did you celebrate Bonfire Night yesterday? We have a family fireworks party and BBQ every year on whichever Saturday is closest to Bonfire Night so we will be enjoying our fireworks tomorrow night

Anyhoo, back to the point of my post and it’s time for another Fab Friday post over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog. you may see a bit of a theme with most of the cards I’m making and posting at the moment………I’m in full on Christmas mode!! This card uses Snowy Wishes and Snowman :

I have to keep reminding myself not to get carried away with the embellies on the the Christmas cards that I will be posting,  but this one really didn’t need anything extra anyway!

Supplies:

• Image: Snowy Wishes and Snowman from Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Echo Park ‘Very Merry Christmas’ 6x6 Paper Pad
• Card: Red and Black card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card

Have a great weekend and thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Sweet Country Harvest–Digi Bells Release Hop

Afternoon all.

It’s release day at Elisabeth Bell and we are really being spoiled this month! We not only have ONE new image but TWO fabulous new images.

Sweet Country Harvest was previously released as a rubber stamp by Treasured Times and Harvest Puppy who was once part of the "Change-a-Belles Collection for Belles 'n Whistles, however, he has been tweaked a little to fit the Harvest season.

For my first creation I’ve made a card using Sweet Country Harvest:

And for my second creation I’ve made a tag using Harvest Puppy:

The blog hop will will run for one week and will end on Friday 2nd October 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 Valou for some more inspiration.

Blog Hop Line-up

• Lisa (Me)

• Valou 
• Sebrina
• Bettina
• Lynda
• Alethea
• Linda
• The Digi Bells Blog

Supplies:

• Image: Sweet Country Harvest and Harvest Puppy from Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Echo Park and My Minds Eye  (scraps I’ve been saving)
• Card: Kraft,and green card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Hobbycraft Heart Punch Spellbinder Label 1 Dies and Nesting Plain Square Dies, Go Kreate Tag Dies, Whiff of Joy Fence Die, Clearly Besotted ‘Thanks’ Word Die and Britannia Small Ivy Flourish Die
• Embellishments: Seam Binding, Wooden Heart, Doodling, Glitter, Gilding Wax

Fancy winning these new digis? 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.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

For the card:

• Crafting for All Seasons – Layer It Up
• Lil patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes

For the Tag:

• Crafting for All Seasons – Layer It Up
• Fab n Funky – Cute Critters (and/or Christmas)
• Lil patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Spring Like Lilybelle

Afternoon all! It’s time for another challenge at Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and I’m joining in as a Krafty Guest.  This week's challenge is for Easter/Spring Krafty Kreations! And if you thought it couldn’t get any better than playing with your Krafty Stash, think again as there is the chance to WIN a $10 gift card to the Kraftin' Kimmie shop.

I don’t send (or make) Easter Cards so I have made a spring themed card and I’ve used ‘Lilybelle’ again…..I just love fairies:

I dug deep into my paper stash and re-discovered a much loved Echo Park paper pad that I haven’t used in a long time. It’s very aptly named Springtime and the colours are so pretty and perfect for a Spring themed card

Supplies:

• Image: Lilybelle from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
• Sentiment: Springtime Friends from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Echo Park ‘Springtime’ 6x6 Paper Pad
• Card: Lilac Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Large Circle Dies and Fiskars 3-in-1 Heart Corner Punch (for the little hearts)
• Embellishments: Pearls, Glitter Glue, Clear Wink of Stella Pen, Ribbon and Doodling with a Black Fine Line Pen

If you are in need of a bit more Krafty Stash there are loads of fabulous NEW goodies in the Krafty Store and the Frugal Friday goodies are listed here. So now is as good as time as any for a shopping trip. Make sure you take a peak at the March New Releases as well while you’re there!!

Also the fabulously awesome Coffee Kits are available, the pre-orders sold out so quickly but Kimmie was able to get more goodies and make more kits. This is the last weekend they are available for purchase and they can be found here.

Now it’s your turn, create a card, scrapbook page or altered item with a Kraftin' Kimmie Stamp or any other stamp and be sure to use our THEME as a starting point for your creation! You have until 3rd April at 11:55 pm EST to get your entries in! And don’t forget to share your makes over at Kraftin’ Kimmie's Krafty Friends Facebook Group!

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Girls go fishing too…

Hello. Hope you all had a great Easter Break. We visited family and after quite a hectic weekend felt like a little chill out when we got home this evening.  So we put our feet up with a takeaway and a movie. Hence I’m a little late posting today.

Just wanted to show a little more of the card I shared over on the Whimsy Inspirations Challenge today. This card uses Marie from StampArt by Kathryne.

I’m not usually a fan of orange but I quite like how this one turned out.

Supplies:

• Image: Marie  from StampArt by Kathryne  
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• DP: Echo Park ‘A Walk in the PArk’ 6x6 pad
• Card: DCWV Textured Card, and Crafters Companion Classic Crest Solar White Car
• Stamps: Circle Sentiments from Whimsy Stamps  
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder Circle Nestabilities
• Embellishments: Paper Flowers, Wink of Stella Clear Brush Pen, Ribbon and Doily

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

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Flowers at A Gem of a Challenge

Before I get to this weeks challenge, I just wanted to say if you are a reader of Papercraft Essentials you will see my first article, since winning Papercrafter of the Year back in December, on page 34 of the new issue. When I got my copy yesterday I was so excited and spent the rest of the day with a grin stretching from ear to ear. I created 5 cards using Studio Calico Wood Veneers and seeing how the cards have been photographed and how the final article looks is the most amazing feeling.

Anyhoo, back to the point of the post… It’s Team Gems turn to post a challenge card this week over at A Gem of a Challenge and Helen is our host. She has chosen the theme of...

Floral Frenzy

I have used the adorable Sitting Chloe to  make a Mother’s Day card for my MIL…

I have coloured Chloe with my ProMarkers and a touch of white pen. My patterned paper came from my scrap pile and is half of a left over double sided 12x12 sheet of Echo Park Paper. Matted onto some pink card and some scraps of teal Core’dinations card. I also used a flower embossing folder (sorry can’t remember the make) and lot’s of dies…Joy Crafts 5 Petal Flower, CC Designs 5 Petal Flower, CC Designs Leaves, MFT Die-Namics Double Scallop Border and a set of Nesting Sizzix Tag Framelits that I picked up last Sunday at the Make-It Craft Show in Farnborough, the sentiment is from a Magazine Freebie and the flower centres and pearls are from my stash.

The challenge will end at 6pm on 15th March, so please hop across to the A Gem of a Challenge blog to see what the rest of the team have created and while you are there join in with us.

Lastly I just wanted to say ‘Hello’ to my new follower and sorry if I am being a bad blogger at the moment but as I mentioned before I am stopping by your blogs while I’m breastfeeding Emily but leaving comments is a little trickier with only one hand ;-)

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

• Allsorts – Springtime
• One Stop Craft Challenge – Spring
• Totally Gorjuss – For Mum
• The Corrosive Challenge – Glitter and Bling
• Creative Creations Challenge – Just for Mum
• Whoopsi Daisy Challenge – 2 Patterned Papers
• Joanna Sheen Challenge – Mum’s the Word
• Oldie but a Goodie – Feeling Floral (Embossing Folder)
• Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes
• Passion for ProMarkers – One for the Ladies
• Crafts & Me – Tag It
• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Cute and Cuddly
• I Love ProMarkers – Anything but Square
• Southern Girls – Tag You’re It
• Paper Shelter – Punches and Dies
• Craft Us Crazy – Anything Goes
• Cute Card Thursday – Spring Fever
• Stampin with the Dragon – Anything Goes
• Totally Papercrafts – Punch It (dies or punches)
• Fussy and Fancy – Flowers
• Heck of a Challenge – Spring/Butterflies and Pearls
• My Mums Craft Shop – Spring Has Sprung
• The Cupboard Trilogy – A Mother’s Love
• Incy Wincy – Things that begin with F (Flowers)

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

PCJ Midway Reminder

 

Morning all just a quick reminder from me that you still have a week left to enter the current challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey where the theme is:

Anything Goes

For this fortnightly challenge, we are sponsored by Pink Cat Studios. I coloured up a lovely image called Lily Sugar Plum Fairy (using ProMarkers), and here is my card:

 

The patterned papers are some scraps of Echo Parks Springtime paper pad. The other card is from my stash. The sentiment stamp is from a Paula Pascual Personal Impressions set. The metal corner and pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts. And last but not least the gorgeous crocheted flower is handmade by my sister.

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

• Totally Papercrafts – Cute and Girly
• Fussy and Fancy – Pearls and Flowers
• Allsorts – Young at Heart
• One Stop Craft Challenge – Anything Goes
• Dream Valley – Anything Goes
• The Corrosive Challenge – Flutter By
• Oldie but a Goodie – Anything but Christmas
• Papertake Weekly – Flower Power
• Divas by Design – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Anything for Kids

Hands up….who’s enjoying all of this lovely weather we are having? Don't get me wrong I love the nice weather but to have a little cool down I thought I would stop for a cuppa (hot drink to cool down!!! it may sound mad but it works for me) and tell you all about the special new challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey.

We are linking up with the Send a Smile 4 kids challenge blog this fortnight and our theme is:

ANYTHING FOR KIDS GOES

So make anything but it must be for kids. Here is my card:

I’ve  used a gorgeous digi from Digi Stamp Boutique. I picked this as I’m sure lot’s of little girls would love to be a ballerina. She has been coloured with a mix of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers. I’ve kept the rest of the card quite simple, with some paper from Echo Parks 6x6 pad Walk in the Park, some Kraft card, some ribbon, pearls, MS Border punch and my new favourite dies the CC Designs Phlox Flower Cutters and the CC Designs Leaf Cutters. The flowers have been cut from felt.

It would be fantastic if you could send your cards off to Send a Smile 4 Kids. They do great work and how amazing would it be to know that your card could put a smile on the face of a child?  You can read more about the work which Send a Smile 4 Kids does here.

So because PCJ are linking up with SAS4K, we will be accepting back links from 19th May 2012 but only if you have entered your card into the SAS4K challenge! Lisa (our PCJ Boss Lady) will be checking.

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

• Ladybug Crafts Challenge – Something with Wings
• My Time To Craft – It takes two (flowers)
• Oldie but a Goodie – Things with Wings (old stash is PP and the digi)
• Passion for ProMarkers – Special Challenge – Birthdays
• Crafts and Me – Fabulous Flowers
• I Love ProMarkers – Use Die Cuts
• Southern Girls Challenge – Dying to Die Cut
• The Paper Shelter – Bling it On
• Alphabet Challenge – Handmade Flowers
• Card Makin Mamas – May Flowers
• Sweet Stampin – Faeries or Angels
• The Corrosive Challenge – Flowers/Doilies/Bling (I’ve used Flowers and Bling)
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Things with Wings
• Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog – Happy Birthday
• Sundays with Crissy – Things with Wings
• Digi Stamp Boutique – May Challenge
• Milk Coffee Challenge  - Die Cuts
• Dies to Die for challenge – Anything Goes with Die Cuts

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

PS: I’ll be back later with my post for Sarah Hurley Challenge Blog.

Black plus One at PCJ

Afternoon all, I’m here to share my card for the new challenge over at Paper Crafting Journey. The theme this time is:

BLACK PLUS ONE OTHER COLOUR

I already had this cute little Tilda coloured up as a Bumblebee (although I think she’s supposed to be a Dragonfly!) so it seemed an obvious choice to go with Black plus Yellow as my colour scheme.

I’ve followed this weeks fab sketch at Sketch and Stash and rotated it 90 degrees anti-clockwise:

Tilda has been coloured with a combination of ProMarkers and FlexMarkers and I’ve teamed her with some fabulous papers from the Echo Park Springtime paper pad and also from the Yellow Papermania Capsule Collection. I’ve also used black card from my stash, my nesties, a Tim Holtz border die, a mix of stamps from a Woodware set and a Paula Pascual Personal Impressions set, ribbon, flowers from WOC, hatpins from The Ribbon Girl, gems and pearls from Kanban, Memento Tuxedo Black and Dandelion inkpads and a Brilliance Graphite Black inkpad.

Don’t forget to head over to the challenge blog and see what colours the rest of the DT picked as their plus one.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

• I Love ProMarkers – Hats Pins or Charms
• Just Magnolia - Anything Goes
•  Sketch and Stash – New stash are the pearls and the sentiment, old stash is the Papermania Paper and the Tilda.
• Anything Goes Challenge Blog – Things with Wings
• Oldie but a Goodie – Diecuts and Punches (old stash is the Tilda and the PP)
• Crafts and Me – Punches and Diecuts
• Paper Play  - Stamps with pins and pearls
• Stampin for the Weekend – More than 4 layers
• One Stop Craft Challenge – Celebrations
• Crafty Calendar Challenge – Things with Wings

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Almost back…

I’ve nearly gotten rid of this awful throat infection and I’m starting to get some energy back so I thought I would catch up on some challenges that I have not posted yet.

Let me start with Paper Crafting Journey (I’ll catch up later, or tomorrow, with my posts for Sarah Hurley Challenge and Critter Sketch Challenge). Even though I am late posting this you still have a whole week left to enter the current challenge over at PCJ which is…

THREE OR MORE PATTERNED PAPERS

Now I must admit I cheated a little here. I really didn’t feel up to crafting and as I didn’t want to miss a challenge I used a card I made some time ago but never got round to posting here.

It doesn’t show well in the picture but it’s an easel card and I have used at least seven different patterned papers all from Echo Park to create a little scene. Hope you like?

Don’t forget to hop over to PCJ (at the new address of http://papercraftbliss.com/thejourney/) to see what the rest of the DT have made.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa