Butterfly Kisses

Hello all. The new images have released at Lili of the Valley…..have you bought any yet? If not head to Lili of the Valley for the rubber stamps and LOTV Digi Shop for the digi stamps.

If you saw my other post you will have seen that I made Miss 6 a bookmark, well Mr 9 wasn’t going to be left out and he too requested one:

It was a bit of challenge making this one a bit less girly, but still cutesy….I think it worked out OK.

Supplies: 

• Image: From Lili of the Valley
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir Original Markers
• DP: First Edition
• Card: Vellum, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Fanciful Circle Nested Dies and Swirl Die
• Stamps: Hobbycraft Alpha Stamps
• Ink: Bundled Sage Distress Inkpad
• Embellishments: Hessian, Enamel Dots, Bakers Twine and Piercing

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Spring is Coming

Hello all. I have some absolutely fabulous news…..I’ve joined the Lili of the Valley Design Team and I’m jumping straight in with a make for their upcoming release.

The new stamps are being launched at the Make-It show in Farnborough at the weekend and the digital stamps will be in the Etsy soon after.

Miss 6 requested yet another bookmark using this cute bunny.

Supplies: 

• Image: From Lili of the Valley
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir Original Markers
• DP: Dovecraft
• Card: White card, Kraft card, Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Picot Edge Circle Dies and Joycraft Flower Dies
• Stamps: Hobbycraft Alpha Stamps
• Ink: Tea Dye Distress Inkpad
• Embellishments: Cheesecloth, Enamel Dots, Silky Crush Ribbon, Doodling and Spectrum Clear Sparkle Pen

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Pretty in Pink

Morning all and happy Friday! It’s time for a new challenge over at Polkadoodles Challenge Blog and even though it’s Anything Goes the team are showing some creations showing Lots of Love.

I have made a tag using papers from Little Miss Sugar Pops Mini Download Collection and a Helga Hippo digi stamp called Pretty in Pink:

Helga is so cute.

Supplies:

• Image: Pretty in Pink from Polkadoodles 
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• DP: Little Miss Sugar Pops Mini Download Collection printed on White Linen Card
• Card: Kraft Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Nellie Snellen Pierced Circle Multiframes and WRMK Corner Punch
• Embellishments: Doodling, Stamps, Stencilling, Ribbon, Hessian and Nuvo Drops

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

• Crafty Catz – Anything Goes
• Moving Along with the Times – Have a Heart
• Cute Card Thursday – Critters

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Pretty Peacock

Afternoon all. Did you all see the Metallic Markers on Hochanda yesterday afternoon? They had the original 12 colours but also a set of 12 new colours and they are lovely.

This is tag I made and it also uses the stamps that were available on the show and also on the Crafter’s Companion website:

For the back ground I coloured the tips of an old paint brush and brushed in over the card. For the peacock I coloured my stamp with the markers and then quickly stamped. Once this was dry I added some more shimmer by scribbling the markers on my glass mat and picking up with a water brush and painting onto the image.

The little feather in the background was stamped with VersaFine onto Hessian and then coloured with the markers

Supplies:

• Rubber Stamp: Graceful Peacock Stamp Set from Crafter’s Companion
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir Metallic Markers Antique Elements Set – Antique Pearl Vintage Satin and Tarnished Silver
• Card:   Vellum, Purple Card, Centura Pearl Fresh White Card and Matt Black Card.
• Embellishments: Pearls and button (coloured with a metallic marker), Twine, Ribbon and Hessian

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

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Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Na na na na…..Batman!

Morning all. Over at A Gem of a Challenge it’s we have a new challenge for you and we have a fabulous theme of ‘Children’s Playtime’. So show us Children or Children Playing.

I have used the super cute Super Hero Andy:

It’s another bookmark, because as soon as Mr 8 saw this image he requested another one.

Supplies:

• Image: Super Hero Andy from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: White Card, Grey Card, Yellow Card, Navy Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Plain and Pinking Circle Dies
• Ink: Faded Jeans Distress Ink
• Embellishments: Ribbon, Wooden Stars, Glitter Glue and Gems

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Born to be Wild

Afternoon all. I have a Spectrum Noir make to share with you today. And it’s something a little bit exciting…….new pens!

The new AquaTint pens launch on Hochanda tonight t 6pm with the lovely Sheena Douglass. These pens are very similar to the Sparkle Pens, but with out the shimmer! I love the fabulous bristle/brush tip and the colours are divine.

Here is a tag I have made using the pens and a lovely Sheena Stamp:

 

The pens are such lovely colours and a dream to use

The image was coloured direct to paper with the pens and the background was created by blowing Pebeo drawing gum through a star and when dry washing with colour.

Supplies:

• Rubber Stamp: Sheena Douglass ‘Born to be Wild’ A Little Bit Sketchy from Crafters Companion 
• Colouring Medium: AquaTint Pens 
• Card: Kraft Card, Watercolour Card and Centura Pearl Fresh White Card  
• Misc: Old book page, Pebeo Drawing Gum and a straw 
• Embellishments: Cheesecloth, Pearls and Doodling

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Princess for a Day

Morning all. It’s time for a new challenge over at A Gem of a Challenge and it’s mine turn to host the challenge with a fabulous theme of ‘Spring Flowers (but any flowers will do!)’.

Here is my card using Princess Chloe: 

I’ve gone with flowers on my papers, on my image and embellishments.

Miss 5 has already claim this bookmark.

Supplies:

• Image: Princess Chloe from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Sheena’s Stamping Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: Maja Designs
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Picot Edge Circle Dies, Spellbinders Plain Circle Dies, Stitched and Pierced Nested Circle Dies and Go Kreate Nesting Tag Dies
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Stamp Set
• Embellishments: Mesh, Pearls, Paper Flowers, Mini Staples and Ribbon

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Bad Hare Day

Afternoon all! The last couple of days saw some Crafters Companion & Spectrum Noir goodies launched on Hochanda. Brand new ColourTint Pencils and some gorgeous new stamps from Sheena Douglass.

Well the pencils and some of the stamps will be launching on HSN today.

This is the Hare stamp set.

And I couldn’t resist the little play on words.

Supplies: 

• Stamp: Sheena Douglass A Little Bit Sketchy Hare Stamp Set from  Crafters Companion
• Ink: Archival Sepia Inkpad and Black Soot Distress Ink
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir ColourTint Pencils
• Earth Green, Maize, Caramel, Café Au Lait
• Card: Kraft Card, Watercolour Card and Matt Black Card 
• Dies: Spellbinders Plain Circle Dies and Nellie Snellen Laced Edge Circle Dies
• Embellishments: Doodling, Seam Binding, Cheesecloth and an Old Book Page

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Mermaid Kisses

Morning All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and decided it was about time I made another Mermaid tag.

I’ve had this little cutie from the Amy and her Mini Mermaid Friends coloured up for quite a while:

I have nearly complete the little set of tags, I just have one more mermaid to go.

I coloured the watery background with Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens and although it doesn’t show in the photo it gives a nice shimmery effect.

Supplies:

• Image: Amy and her mini Mermaid Friends from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics and Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens
• DP:
• Card: Blue Card, Mint Card, Terracotta Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From a Crafters Companion stamp set 
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Embellishments: Gems, Raffia Twine, Canvas and Cheesecloth

Don’t forget to hop across to the Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog to see some more fabulous Tiddly Inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Take to the Slopes

Me again. The start of the month saw some fabulous new images from Wendy at All Dressed Up. Here are Merry & Bright, Take to the Slopes, The Night Before Christmas, Winter Must Haves:

I’ve already played with The Night Before Christmas and this time for some inspiration over at the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog I’ve used Take to the Slopes to make a little tag: 

The image comes with little trees, but I fussy cut the image and replaced the trees with a some cut one and some torn paper snow drifts, to create a little scene.

  Supplies:

• Image: Take to the Slopes  from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Blue Card, Red Card. White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Dies & Punches: Marianne Designs Christmas Tree Die
• Stamps: Hobby Art Sentiment
• Ink: VersaFine Onyx Black inkpad
• Embellishments: Doodling, Glitter Glue and Bakers Twine

Please hop over to the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog  to see some fantastic inspiration for the rest of the team using the new images.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Halloween Josh & Jodie

Morning all. Hope you all have a good weekend planned. We are off out for a walk and then off to my sisters for tea.

Anyhoo, over at A Gem of a Challenge it’s the Pinks turn to host the challenge and we have a fabulous theme of ‘Halloween’.

I’ve used Halloween Josh and Halloween Jodie to make a couple of cute tags:

I’m having  a lot of fun making tags at the moment!

Supplies:

• Image:Halloween Josh and Halloween Jodie from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Black Card, White Linen Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: an old Bearly Mine Digi set unfortunately now retired
• Dies & Punches: Whiff of Joy Doily Die and Spellbinders Plain Circle Dies:
• Sentiment: From a Whiff of Joy set
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ inkpad
• Embellishments: Cheesecloth, Staples, Ribbon, Pearls, Crackle Accents and Chipboard Hearts

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Hey Mermaid!

Morning All! I am heading to the kitchen this morning as I have a little baking to get done. Lemon Drizzle and I’m going to try a chocolate cake with an orange drizzle to see how that works out….nom nom!

Anyhoo, I’m popping on now to share this week Tiddly Inks make. I am still making my little selection of tags with the Amy and Her Mini Mermaid Friends that I coloured up a while back.

Supplies:

• Image: Amy and Her Mini Mermaid Friends  from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Copics 
• Card: Aqua Card, Teal Card, Red Card, Maroon Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: Violet’s Alphabet from Lawn Fawn
• Ink: VersaFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Nesting Tag Dies and Polkadoodles Cherry Blossom Branch Die
• Embellishments: Gems, Glitter Adhesive Sheet, Crackle Accents, Wink of Stella Glitter Pen, Ribbon and Doodling

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

12 Tags of 2012 March

Last post tonight…I promise.

I’ve always wanted to join in on Tim’s 12 Tags of Christmas but it’s always such a busy time of year, even more so now I have a Little One. So I was really pleased when I saw that the tags are going monthly.

Here is my take on March's Tag:



There is quite of bit of improvisation (AKA Make Do and Mend) on my tag as I don’t have many of the products Tim used (I think Glossy Accents maybe the only one…lol….no hang on there’s Walnut Stain DI on there too!!).

It’s a little different from my usual makes but I like it and for now it’s going to hang on my notice board but when I have made a few more I might try making it into a little tag book.

Thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Craft Barn Alcohol Ink Challenge

I love looking at the Craft Barn Wishing Well posts, but don’t always any of the products to be able to enter the challenge. Well this week it was Alcohol Inks and I have some of those so I’ve had a play…

I was inspired by Andy Skinners technique as I’d never thought of using them in water and onto porous objects. So I gave it a try with a plain white tag, some flowers punched out of copy paper, some white card, some white textured paper and I even tried it on some ribbon and this is what I came up with:




I wanted to stamp some lines but of all the background stamps I have I don’t have lines so I inked a strip of the corrugated card and used it as a stamp. A few extra bits were added, some liquid pearls, some twine, a button, some inking around the edges and some embossing powder and after a nice messy inky play I’m quite pleased with the results.

I’d also like to enter my card in the Simon Says Stamp Challenge of Anything goes.

Items: Alcohol Inks Cranberry, Espresso and Butterscotch, All other items from my stash: button, twine, flower punches, white card, brown corrugated card, ribbon, Perfect Medium inkpad, gold detail embossing powder, Whispers brush marker, sentiment from Little Claire and Ranger Liquid Pearls.