Christmas Gingerbread

Afternoon All! I have not one but two new images from the October release at The Paper Nest Dolls to share with you today.

I have made a card using both Gingerbread Girl and Gingerbread Boy:

I just thought they looked so cute together.

Supplies:

• Image: Gingerbread Boy and Gingerbread Girl  from The Paper Nest Dolls 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Papermania Craft Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad
• Card: Kraft Card, Red Card, Vellum and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Clear Stamp Set
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black
• Dies & Punches: MFT Die-Namics Stitched Scalloped Border and Precious Marieke Christmas Die (Can’t find the packaging at the moment for the exact name)
• Embellishments: Gems

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

• A Perfect Time to Craft – Anything Goes
• C.R.A.F.T. Challenge – Christmas
• As You Like It – Full of Frills  as it takes me
• Penny’s Paper-Crafty – Anything Goes
• Crafty Creations – Anything Goes
• Creative Moments – Anything Goes
• Through the Craft Room Door – Anything Goes
• Papercraft Challenge – Die Cut/Punches
• My Time to Craft – Use Kraft Card
• Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
• The Holy and the Ivy Challenge – Anything Christmas Goes

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Noelle’s Gift

Morning all. I’ve been struggling with a flu bug for the past couple of days so I’m resting and catching up on a few computer things today

Before the bug hit me I made a card for the new November challenge over at the  Conie Fong Art & Design FB Group. This month we want to see Anything Goes or use Flowers

One of Conie’s newest images is the gorgeous Noelle’s Gift and she was the perfect choice for this make:

I’ve gone a bit floral, with poinsettias on the papers, image and added die cuts as well!

This definitely isn’t a card for posting in the mail though as it has a little too much dimension lol

Supplies:

• Image: Noelle’s Gift from Conie Fong 
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir ColourBlend Pencils and Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens
• DP: Docrafts Papermania and Gold Patterned Vellum
• Card: Kraft Card, Red Card, Green Card and Canson Mi-Tientes Pastel Paper
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinder Floral Oval Dies and Britannia Poinsettia Dies
• Sentiment: From Lili of the Valley
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad
• Embellishments: Lace, Silky Crush Ribbon, Gems and Pearls

For inspiration from the rest of the team and to join us in our challenge be sure to check out the Conie Fong Art & Design FB Group.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Roses are Red

Me again! We have some more New Release inspiration over at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog today.

It’s Day 3 of inspiration and we are showcasing This Rose:

I’m trying hard to use other mediums rather than my alcohol markers so I have used my Aqua Markers on this one.

Supplies:

• Image: Mirror & Feather rubber stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir AquaMarkers
• Skin: Peach, Spice, Tan, Chocolate
• Hair: Black
• Flower/Top/Shoes: Burgundy, Crimson
• Socks: Yellow
• Skirt: Navy, Sea Green
• Green: Evergreen, Bud Green
• DP: Papermania Forever Friends
• Card: Kraft Card, Neenah Solar White Card and Watercolour Card  
• Sentiment: Teenage Girl Sentiments from Lili of the Valley
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Nellie Snellen Pierced Oval Multiframes and Tonic Scalloped Square Layering Dies
• Embellishments: Paper flowers, Doodling, Paper Twine, Wooden Hearts and Clear Sparkle Pen

If you would like to see some more fabulous inspiration using this gorgeous new image please hop across to the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Cup of Love

Morning all! Anyone know why Tuesdays have been a bit boring for a while? Well it’s because us Tiddly Inkers have been having a little crafty rest and recharge, but today we are back with a bang and a brand new challenge.

So for today’s Tiddly Tuesday over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see your Tiddly makes with the theme ‘Love’!

I’ve used Lily Bean Cup of Love:

And even though it’s a Valentines card I had to pair up the red with some blue…one of, my many, favourite combos.

Supplies:

• Image: Lily Bean Cup of Love by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir
• Skin: EB1, FS7, FS9
• Cup: TB5, TB3, TB2, TB1
• Dress & Hearts: EB7, EB4, EB2, EB1, CR11
• Boots and Ground: GG5, GG3, GG2
• Card: Blue Card, Red Card and Copic X-Press it Blending
• DP: Papermania Capsule Collection Parisienne Blue 
• Sentiment: Written on computer and a die cut
• Dies & Punches: Whimsy Stamp Sweetest Birthday Shaker Builder Dies
• Embellishments: Doodling, gems, Wink of Stella and Crackle Accents

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Christmas Pixie

Morning All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I have made another Christmas Card! For a change lol! 

I’ve used Christmas Pixie:

And I’ve dusted off the pencils.

Supplies:

• Image: Christmas Pixie from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: PrismaColor Pencils
• DP: Papermania Craft Christmas 6x6 Paper Pad
• Card:Red Card, Black Card and Kraft Card
• Sentiment: Wycinanka Chipboard from Live & Love Crafts
• Embellishments: Pearls

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Snowman Bell

Morning all! Short and sweet today as I’m still not feeling on top form.

It’s time for another challenge over at the Crafty Sentiments Designs Challenge Blog. This time we have a fabulous theme of   ‘Anything Goes’!

Here is my card using the sweet digi Snowman Bell:

Another Christmas card for the stash.

Supplies:

• Image: Snowman Bell digi from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Red Card, Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Papermania First Noel 6x6 Paper Pad
• Stamps: Clearly Besotted
• Ink & EP: VersaFine ‘Onyx Blank’ Inkpad 
• Dies & Punches: Whimsy Hand Stitched Nested Rectangles
• Embellishments: Pearls, Wooden Star and Glitter Glue

If you would like to see some more fabulous inspiration please hop across to the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Molly Shares

Morning All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I have a card I made for a Summer Card Swap.

I’ve used Molly Shares:

I thought I would personalise the card as well.

And I thought her dress called for some polkadots!

Supplies:

• Image: Molly Shares from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Papermania Vintage Notes 6x6 Pad
• Card: Pink Card, Craft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Teenage Girl Sentiments from Lili of the Valley 
• Stamps: Violet’s Alphabet from Lawn Fawn
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Pearls, Flowers, Doodling and a Pearl Pen

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

• Fab ‘n’ Funky – Anything Goes
• Southern Girls – Anything Goes Team Trace
• Tuesday Throwdown – Anything Goes
• Dream Valley – Pretty In Pink

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Girls Just Want To Have Fun

Evening all. We have something to celebrate over at the All Dressed Up FB Group………we have reached 3000 members……whoop whoop. If you are already a member of the FB group you will have spied the little freebie Wendy is so generously offering to the group

If you are not a member head on over and join to receive the freebie and it may just be the image I used on the card below:

I love red and blue as a colour combo and thought this Lili of the Valley sentiment was just such a perfect match for the image.

Supplies:

• Image: 3000 Member Freebie from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Papermania Capsule Collection Blue 8x8 Pad
• Card: Red Card, Blue Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Lili of the Valley Teenage Girl Sentiments
• Embellishments: Pearls, Pearl Heart and Doodling

Don’t forget to head over to the All Dressed Up FB Group to grab the freebie and see the inspiration from the rest of the team.

Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

I’m with Genius

Hello all! I’m running a bit behind today as I’m under the weather with a nasty case of strep throat! Enough of that though, let’s talk about more cherry things and today it’s Tuesday and that means one thing…… Tiddly Tuesday! Over at the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog we want to see your makes for ‘One for the Boys’!

I fell in love with this image ages ago and I’ve finally gotten round to colouring him up. Here is my make using Genius:

And another picture:

Supplies:

• Image: Genius by Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card:Kraft Card, Black Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Papermania Black Capsule Collection 8x8 Paper
• Stamps: Lili of the Valley Block Sentiments  
• Ink & EP: Ranger Perfect Medium Ink Pad and White EP 
• Dies & Punches: Whiff of Joy Speech Bubble Dies and Arrow Dies 
• Embellishments: Doodling

Don’t forget to pop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the girls.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Over the Moon

Evening all. Did you see that last Monday saw the release of some fabulous new images over at All Dressed Up.

Say hello to For Your Wedding Day, Over the Moon, Gorgeous Bride and The Wedding Cake:

And these fabulous Wedding Papers:

I shared a project over in the All Dressed Up FB Group using the image Over the Moon:

I made a lucky horseshoe decorated with the fabulous image and lot’s of pretty flowers.

Supplies:

• Image: Over the Moon from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Papermania Capsule Collection Black
• Card: White Cardm Grey Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamp: Sentiment Mr & Mrs Inkwell Stamps
• Ink & EP: VersaFine Onyx Black Inkpad and Clear Sparkle Embossing Powder
• Dies & Punches: MFT Flourish Die, Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframe Dies and Spellbinders Picot Edge Circle Dies
• Embellishments: Distressing with Milled Lavender Distress Ink, Paper Flowers and Hearts made with a liquid pearl pen

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Angelic Wishes

Morning All! I’m here with my Tiddly Inks Fab Friday card and I have made a Christmas card using Angelic Wishes:



Supplies:

• Image: Angelic Wishes from Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Cream, gold mirri and Kraft card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Papermania First Noel
• Ink: Distress Ink ‘Tea Dye’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Peel-off border, glitter glue, Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers and Liquid Pearls

I’ll be back soon with today’s Pink Gem post.

Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Poinsettia Pixie–Hannah Lynn

Morning All! We have a new challenge starting over at the Crafts & Me Facebook Group today and we have a fabulous theme of ‘Christmas’.

I have used Hannah Lynn’s Poinsettia Pixie for today’s Christmas Card: 

As I said yesterday I’m really loving traditional colours this year so Poinsettia Pixie was perfect for this. I’m really pleased with her hair as I managed to get a nice light blonde colour.

Supplies:

• Image: Poinsettia Pixie by Hannah Lynn from Crafts & Me 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: An old Papermania Gold Christmas Vellum Pad
• Card: Kraft, Green and Red Pearl Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Floral Oval Dies and a Poinsettia Die free from a previous Papercraft Essentials issue
• Embellishments: Doodling and Pearls

Don’t forget to hop over to the Crafts & Me Facebook Group and check out the creations from the rest of the team and if you entered the last challenge see if you were a winner.

Thank you for stopping by

Lisa

Whatcha Doing?

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 this time around is Let’s Get Krafty, which is a big hurrah from me as I love to use Kraft card on my makes.

I originally made this card for our last challenge but my little triangles under the main image looked to0 much like a square (the challenge was no squares allowed!!) so I made another card knowing I could use this one for this challenge instead.

I’ve used the image Whatcha Doing? and it was a fabulous image to practice my hair colouring on!

Supplies:

• Image: Whatcha Doing?  by Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: A very old Papermania 6x6 Pad
• Card: Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: X-Cut Square Punch, Go Kreate Large Circle Dies, Spellbinder Plain Square Dies and Spellbinder Plain and Scalloped Circle Dies
• Sentiment: Paula Pascual Double Saying Stamp Set
• Ink: Archival ‘Sepia’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Doodling, Lace, Pearls, Glitter Glue and Mini Staples

Hope you can play along with us and thank you  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

Tilly’s Flower Cart – Digi Bells Release Hop

Afternoon all. 

I’m back to share the wonderful new digi image that has been released by Elisabeth Bell called Tilly’s Flower Cart. This image was once available through Whimsy Stamps Little Cottage Cuties Collection, but was far too adorable stay hidden so Elisabeth has released it as a digi and I for one am so happy.

Here is my card:

The blog hop will will run for one week and will end on Friday 1st May April 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 Linda for some more inspiration.

Blog Hop Line-up

• Sebrina
• Lynda
• Pauline
• Lisa (Me)
• Linda
• Maya
• Alethea
• The Digi Bells Blog

Supplies:

• Image: Tilly’s Flower Garden from Elisabeth Bell 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
  • Colours will follow
• DP: Papermania Capsule Collection
• Card: Yellow Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Personal Impressions Paula Pascual Sentiment Set
• Dies & Punches: Tonic Studios Doily Border Punch

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

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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

Let’s Party

 

Morning All…..it's Wonderful Wednesday time ( sounds a lot nicer than Happy Hump Day…lol)! And as a Krafty Guest over at Kraftin' Kimmie  I get to play along…whoot whoot. As always on Wonderful Wednesday it's ANYTHING GOES! So I hope you have some Krafty Fun with your Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps and play along.

There is a wonderful sketch this month, you don’t have to use it but it’s fabulous so you may want to ;-) I used it for one of my March New Release creations but I just had to use it again. Talking about New Releases THEY'RE HERE! The March New Release stamps are in the Krafty store and ready to find a new home!

And here is my card using the fabulous Julie:

I stuck very rigidly to the sketch last time so this time thought I would change it up with a shaped base and instead of having gaps in between the 4 sections I used ribbon instead. Plus I got these fabulous new dies as a Mother’s day present :-) Most of the cards I have seen with them are very Frou Frou and whilst I thing they look stunning it’s not a look I find easy to achieve so this here is my CAS take on it!!

Supplies:

• Image & Sentiment: Julie from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: Papermania Spots & Stripes Festive 12x12 Paper Pack
• Card: Blue and Yellow card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate XXL Frilly Frames #10 Dies and X-Cut Square Punch( For the Fishtail Banners), Fiskars 3-Way Heart Corner Punch (to make the little Hearts)
• Embellishments: Ribbon, Glitter Glue, Gems and Doodling with a fineline black pen

As well as the NEW stamps, there are MORE Coffee Kits available! The last time the kits were listed they sold out super QUICK! There are limited quantities, so get yours before they are gone!

We love having Krafty fun and want as many people as possible to play along….. so your submission can use ANY stamp and can be any theme, any style, any design and it can be a card, a scrapbook page, an altered item....anything you fancy! So hop over to the Kraftin’ Kimmie Blog to see all the details and join in the fun!

Back to my decorating now….thanks for stopping by

Lisa