Love & Cherish

Morning All! Today I have some inspiration using one of the new releases at Crafty Sentiments Designs. 

We have had some fabulous makes using the new images over on the Crafty Sentiments Designs Inspiration Blog and today I’m showcasing Love & Cherish:

And I think a Wedding card is the perfect excuse to go a little wild will all the frou frou bits and pieces!

And I just love these delicate papers from Craft & You

Supplies:

• Image: Love & Cherish rubber stamp from Crafty Sentiments Designs
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP:  Wedding Garden 6x6 Paper Pad from Craft & You
• Card: Kraft Card, Sheena’s Stamping Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card 
• Sentiment: From a Lili of the Valley Clear Stamp Set 
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Elegant Oval Dies and MFT Stitched Basic Edge Border Dies
• Embellishments: Pleated Ribbon, Silky Crush Ribbon & Lace (all from The Ribbon Girl), Pearls, Sequin Heart and Chipboard Heart Background.

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

Happy Couple

Evening All! It’s Fab Friday over at Tiddly Inks Challenge Blog and I’m a little bit late sharing my make with you as I’ve been in party prep mode for Miss 5’s Birthday party tomorrow.

I wanted to share with you the guestbook I decorated for my Niece's Wedding. Christy has some of my favourite wedding themed images in the shop and this one is After the Vows: 

The wedding had a red and gold theme and very Christmassy, with table decorations using Holly and Pine Cones, so I incorporated this on the book

And I had my first play with some Foamiran to make the Poinsettias.

Supplies: 

• Image: After the Vows from Tiddly Inks
• Colouring Medium: Spectrum Noir 
• DP: A ix of First Edition and Pion Design
• Card: Red Card Cream Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card 
• Dies: Mr & Mrs from Crafters Companion and Holly Flourish from La La Land Crafts
• Embellishments: Pearls, Wooden Numbers, Metal Corners, Frantage, Foamiran, Crackle Accents

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

2016 in Review (Part 1)

Evening all! We have taken today to chill out and get a few things ready for back to work, school and routine tomorrow. So I thought I would pop on and do a quick review of my favourite cards from 2016.

Today I’m going to share January to June and so the post isn’t too picture heavy I will share July to December tomorrow!

January

Straight into the new year is always a busy month for Birthday cards for me, but this thank you card using Shy Violet from Tiddly Inks was my favourite make of the month:

February

New Arrivals are probably my favourite (other than Christmas) occasion to make for and this very pink New Baby card was my favourite make of the month. It uses the Wavy Baby stamp set from LC Designs: 

March

I remember falling in love with this paper pad when I saw it in the Range and I loved it even more paired with this wonderful All Dressed Up image, Gorgeous Bride: 

April

Needs a post all by itself! Mr Mojo was definitely alive and kicking and I didn’t think I’d be able to choose a favourite. However, I spotted this Pink Gem Designs Pirate Barclay card and remembered feeling so chuffed as I coloured it all with PrismaColor pencils (not my usual Copics):

May

I had a little bit of a clean and simple thing going on in May and this Christmas card using It’s Snowing from All Dressed Up was this months favourite, possibly because I love love love red and blue as a colour combo:

June

I was thrilled to be asked to be a Guest Designer at Crafty Sentiments Designs at the end of May and this card using Isobel Thinking of Spring was this months favourite as I love the bright summery colours:

 

As I said above, I think that’s quite enough pictures for one post, so I’ll pop back tomorrow with July to December.

If you have done your own round review of last year please let me know in the comments as I would love to pop by and take a look.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Wedding Teddies

Afternoon All. Hope you have a good weekend planned, I’m still battling this silly sore throat so we are just chilling out and relaxing.

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

Continuing my addiction to the Pink Gem Designs Teddy Bears,  I have made a  Wedding Card using Wedding Teddies:

Another pic:

Supplies:

• Image:Wedding Teddies from Pink Gem Designs 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• Card: Kraft Card, White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• DP: A discontinued MR Designs digi set from Whimsy Stamps
• Dies & Punches: Spellbinders Plain Circle Dies
• Sentiment: Lili of the Valley Block Sentiment Stamps
• Ink: VersFine ‘Onyx Black’ Inkpad (2nd stamp so not as dark)
• Embellishments: Hobbycraft Laser Cut Doily, Ribbon Bow and Heart Pearl

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Gorgeous Bride

Morning All. This last week there were some fabulous new images and papers released 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’ve already shared the Lucky Horseshoe I made for inspiration over in the All Dressed Up FB Group but as one of my lovely team mates Claudia is poorly, I’m sharing some extra inspiration today with a project featured over on the All Dressed Up Challenge Blog.

This card uses Gorgeous Bride:

So often when I make wedding themed cards I sticks to pale colours, especially creams and white so I thought I would aim for something a little more colourful and I’m really pleased with how this one turned out. 

Supplies:

• Image: Gorgeous Bride from All Dressed Up
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: DecoTime Cardboard Patterns (from The Range)
• Card: Kraft Card, Ivory Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Stamps: Sentiment Tags from Lili of the Valley
• Ink & EP: Brilliance ‘Jet Black’ Inkpad
• Dies & Punches: MS Flower Border Punch (showing only the tiny scalloped edge) and Spellbinders Floral Oval Stamps
• Embellishments: Pearl Heart, Seam Binding, Stamens, Pearls and a Pearl Flower

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

Love & Marriage

Morning All. It’s time for a new stamp challenge over on the LC Designs Blog.

Our theme for Febriary is 'Love & Marriage'

And here is our prize for February, a fabulous £10 voucher  to spend on the LC Designs website!

Here is my card using Wavy Wedding :

Supplies:

• Image: Wavy Wedding Stamp from LC Designs
• Colouring Medium: ProMarkers
• Card: Red and Silver Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Ink: Ranger Perfect Medium Embossing Inkpad and Memento Tuxedo Black Inkpad
• Embossing Powder: Ranger Platinum
• Dies: Spellbinder Oval Nestabilities and Whimsy Corner Dies
• Embellishments: Paper Flowers

For the full details of the challenge and to see the makes from the rest of the team please hop over to the LC Designs Blog.

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Beautiful Bride

Evening All. The downside to sleeping so much last night and this morning is that I now find myself quite wide awake, but the migraine is almost gone, just a small ache now, thank goodness. So I’m catching up on a couple of things.

Over at Saturated Canary Krista has released some fabulous new images recently and one or two (and one of the bundles) may have slipped into my shopping basket

I made this card using Beautiful Bride and had it finished yesterday afternoon but Mr Migraine has delayed me posting until now. I thought I would enter this into the Summer Saturated Canary GDT call over on Facebook.

I’ve gone for quite a clean monochrome look on this one, but I couldn’t resist a little sparkle……but I have a secret…sshh….the papers are from a Christmas Paper Pad!!

I added a pretty sentiment, a bow and a couple of pretty hearts that I was fortunate to receive from my Kit & Clowder card swap partner.

Right, time for some Hot Choccy and then I’m going to try and get to sleep.

Night All and thanks for stopping by.

Lisa

Love You Mostest

Morning All. It’s time for Tiddly Tuesday! Did you see the new wedding images Christy released a few weeks back? There are so darn romantic that I had to colour this one up and although I don’t know anyone getting married at the moment, I thought I would make a wedding card to keep in my stash.

As it’s Tiddly Tuesday it means we have a new challenge and our theme for the next fortnight is Easel Cards! Here is my card using Love You Mostest:

Supplies:

• Image: Love You Mostest  by Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
• DP: An old Magazine freebie from Pink Petticoat
• Card: Pale Blue Pearlescent Card, Neenah Solar White Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Sentiment: From a Woodware Set
• Dies & Punches: Go Kreate Large Circle Dies
• Embellishments: Doily (sponged with Gesso, silver Acrylic paint and weathered wood DI) Pearls, Paper Flowers, ribbon trim and Sparkly Heart Gem

Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Fabby Friday at Tiddly Inks

Morning All. Did you see the post title?? Whoop whoop whoop, when I entered Tiddly Inks DT call I didn’t imagine for one minute that I would actually get chosen. My luck was in  and I got picked to join the team. I can’t begin to tell you how excited I am :-)

Here is my first post for Fabby Friday and I’m sharing one of the new digi stamps that Christy released on Tuesday. This one’s called Wedding Bells. It comes with and without a veil, so is perfect for Engagement, Valentines and all sorts of cards as well as Wedding Cards.

I coloured the background with my Copics and tried to make the little clouds heartshaped. I love lot’s of white space on wedding cards, so to stop it looking too plain I’ve used a lovely Sizzix Heart embossing folder.

Supplies:

• Image: Wedding Bells from Tiddly Inks 
• Colouring Medium: Copics
  • Skin: E04, E11, E21, E00, E000 and R20
  • Hair:E49, E39, E37, E35 and E33 & Black, C7, C5, C3 and B60
  • From Memory will update the rest when I find my list!!
• Card: Neenah White Card, Pink Pearl Card and Copic X-Press It Blending Card
• Ink: Broken China Distress Ink
• Sentiment: Written on Microsoft Word
• Dies, Punches & Embossing Folders: Spellbinder Plain and Scalloped Circle Dies, X-Cute Square Punch and Sizzix Heart Embossing Folder
• Embellishments: Paper Flowers and a Sparkly Heart

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

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Thanks for stopping by

Lisa

Critter Sketch Challenge #78

Another fortnight has gone by and it’s time for another challenge at Critter Sketch Challenge but before I get to that I just wanted to let you know there is a DT call going on at the moment, please click the badge to go and find out all about it.

Right back to the challenge and the theme this week is:

WEDDINGS

Well it’s not a traditional wedding card but there’s a reason behind it….my Sister is getting married for the second time and her and her future husband are going to marry in St Lucia next year. My sister opted not to have a big white wedding the first time round and is keeping it even simpler this time round! So, I have used the colour of her dress as my inspiration and as we won’t be there on her big day I have made this card for her to open on the morning of her wedding as a good luck card and it will take the place of a big hug from me.

I have used this super cute image from Bugaboo and although it doesn’t show in the photo I have glossed the dress with some Pinflair Glaze. I am addicted to it at the moment, it’s fab as it glosses but isn’t raised liked glossy accents would be. I wanted the focus to be on the dress so have kept the rest of the card quite simple.

Don’t forget to stop by Critter Sketch Challenge and see what the rest of the DT have made.

Items: Card from stash, Image a freebie from Bugaboo, MS Half Daisy Border punch, Sentiment from Kaisercraft, ProMarkers, Stickles Lavender, Pinflair Glaze and Whispers brush markers.

Less is More – Week 20

Just a quick post from me tonight as I wanted to share my creation for this weeks challenge over at LIM where the theme is Monograms.  My followers will know I have been on holiday for a week and only got back this afternoon. So I have had a week to think about this challenge and really I’ve been a bit stumped all week. It wasn’t until I actually sat down with my stash that this idea came to me. My card is a wedding card for my Sister and I’ve used her and her fiancé's initials as the Monogram:

Apologies for the poor photo, it’s so gloomy here this afternoon and that always makes for a bad photo.  Anyhoo onto the card… I stamped a strip of purple card with a small flourish stamp from a Hearts set by Hero Arts, embossed and then washed over it with a mix of Perfect Pearls and water. The Monograms were also stamped and embossed and then I stamped the heart (from the same Hero Arts set) over the top, also adding glitter glue to the letters. A bit of matting and layering on some purple, white and black card and finally a rub on sentiment.

I’ll edit with the supplies later.

Ta for now xxx