Lili of the Valley Wedding Card

Good morning 

Hmmmm, Not sure where yesterdays post went, its not even in drafts, so will have to sort that our later :)

Today I would like to share with you a card I have made for the Lili of the Valley Lili's Little Fairies Challenge. This week the challenge was 'Peaches and Cream'.

I have made an 8x8" scalloped edge Wedding Card. 

The backing paper is from the First Edition pad J'Adore. 

The image is the Wedding Couple stamp from Lili of the Valley.

This was coloured with Promarkers.

The Die cut using Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Rectangles.

The paper behind the image is from Lili of the Valley Country Ladie paper pad.

The gorgeous Lace was from my stash, al;thoug I gently inked it with Tea Die Distress Ink.

The flowers were from Wild Orchid Crafts. 

Finally the Butterfly was from Prima. This was inked gently with Tea Die distress Ink as I felt it was too Stark White on the card.

I would like to enter this card into the Lilis Little Fairies Challenge - Peaches and Cream
and also the Cutie Pie Challenge - Pastel Colours.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Something Different from me.

Hello there

Sorry been missing for a couple of days, had the dreaded lurgy. Hoping that I have seen the back of it for now.

Today I would like to share with you a card that I have made recently. 

Someone was asking me about making up a card and where do I start? Hmmm tricky as I don't have a formula as such. Sometimes I start with the image, sometimes I start with the papers and sometimes I start with an idea of how I want the card to be before I sit down.

So I though back to when I was first starting out making cards and what I did then.

Most of my cards were just an image coloured in or a topper stuck onto patterned paper.

Then I found nesties and fell in love with them. They cut, emboss and stencil the edges of your die cuts. So I started gently inking through the die to give a softer finish to the topper.

Then I started getting a bit braver and experimenting with contrasting panels as a border or just as a feature. Here I used two strips from coordination papers within the range. I tend to do this as I know then that all the colours will coordinate well.

Then I started adding flourishes and other bits and pieces like the green organza ribbon. The green flourishes were die cut using a marianne die.

The I put the finishing touches on, usually flowers and leaves if it is a girly card or, twine, ribbon and maybe buttons for a more masculine version.

On this one I have also added the smallest of the die cuts as a place to add a sentiment.

Well there you have it, how I build up my cards. Or at least how I did this one :)

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Blog Hop

Good morning

Today I would like to share with you a blog hop that is happening over on the Lili of the Valley website.

They are celebrating their 9th Birthday this weekend. Click on the link to the left and join in. See if you can win a prize :)

Little Blossom

Good morning 

Today I want to share with you another stamp from Lili of the Valley, this is Blossom. 

Again I have used a 6x6" card blank. The backing paper is from the Promises paper pad.

The image was coloured with promarkers and then die cut using Nesties Labels 9. The mat for the image was also cut from labels 9. I then used simple strips of the matching paper matted onto the same lilac card to create a bit of interest. The sentiment was stamped into a piece of card which was also cut with labels 9. The sentiment hasn't shown up very well, but reads Because You're Special.

A few perals in the corners just to set it off.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

A Wedding card

Good morning.

Today I am thinking ahead to spring and summer! This got me thinking about weddings in the sunshine :) If wo ever get any this year.

This card has been made using one of the new Lili of the Valley stamp releases called 'Over the Threashold'.

I again have used a 6x6" card blank. The paper is from the Bonnets and Bowties pad from Lili of the Valley.

The image was coloured with Promarkers and then die cut using a Marianne Die, Petra Ovals.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts as is the Heart Pin. The pink spotty ribbon was from my stash, possibly a BoBunny one. I then die cut the smallest die from the set and stamped it with the Always and Forever sentiment from Lili of the Valley, again this was then inked with Victorian Velvet distress Ink

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

More Kanban

Good Morning 

Today i would like to share with you two card which I made from a Kanban Topper Sheet from the Sugar Buttons range.

Both cards are made on a 7x5" card blank. For these the images are so cute and already glittered they didn't need a lot of embellishing. The background paper is from the Lili of the Valley Bonnets and Bowties pad.

This is the inside of the card, I used a strip of the matching paper and put the sentiment topper on this.

The second card was made up in the same way, using a backing paper from Lili of the Valley and just the sparkly topper.

Again I used the sentiment topper inside the card with a strip of the matching paper.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Girl With Kitten

Good Morning 

Today I have another Lili of the Valley card to share with you.

This time I have used a 7x5" card blank. I have used a Lilac colured sheet of Bazzill cardstock. I then used a sheet of paper from the Lili of the Valley Promises pad. 

The image was stamped onto white card with promarkers and then die cut with my Spellbinders Resplendant Rectangles, whilst still in the die I gently inked the image with Milled Lavender Distress ink.
I then Die cut the largest of the Resplendant rectangle die using the same lilac card stock.
I then used an offcut of the paper matted onto some lilac card to make the strip across the middle.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

A stamp from Nellies

Good morning

Today I would like to share with you a card made with a new stamp from the Dawn's Stamps collection from Nellie Snellen.

The card is a 6x6" square, the backing paper is from First Edition Spring Feast pad. The image was then die cut useing nesties labels 26 and was supposed to have been matted onto a larger Labels 26 in pink. Only problem being, I die cut the wrong size, so I turned it through 90 degrees and now I think I prefer it. The flourish if one of the Marianne Dies as is the circle at the top left hand side. 

The sentiment is from a stamp set by Kaisercraft stamoed onto the smallest Labels 26 die.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

All the dies, paper and stamps are available from The Stamp Pad

Lili of the Valley Pearl Challenge

Good morning

Today I would like to share with you a card I have made for the challenge over at Lili's Little Fairies. The challenge this week is to used pearls.

This is a 6x6" card blank made from Purple Bazzill.

The image is Close Your eyes from Lili of the Valley, it has been coloured in with Promarkers and then die cut with Nesties Labels 22.

The paper is from the Bonnets and Bowties collection. This has then also been layered up with the coordinating purple cardstock on the left hand side and then along the bottom. The purple flourish has been cut with a Marianne die. Purple pearls were then added around the stamped image and then on the layere strips.

I would like to enter this into the Lili of the Valley Challenge.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Valentines Day

Good morning 

Today I would like to share with you the Valentines card I made for my hubby. 

This was a 6x6" card blank. The papers are from First Edition pad, Love Letters.

The stamped image is from Lili of the Valley, this one is called The Love Balloon. I coloured this with my promarkers. It ws then die cut using nesties Label 26, as was the mat underneath. I then used the same papers to layer up the left hand side.

The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley, it reads, Wishing you a World full of Joy. The lace was from my stash.

I hope he likes this, if not, I'm not making another one :)

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Kanban Sugar Buttons

Good morning

Today I would like to share with you 2 cards I have made using the Kanban Toppers from the Sugar Buttons range.

Both cards are made from 6x6" card blanks. The Backing paper is from a Forever Friends pad called New Arrivals. The topper was matted onto pink card. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and reads Believe in Faries. This was also matted onto the same paper as the topper. This had been die cut using the eyelet circles nestie die.

The second card also uses papers from The same pad. This time I have used the Blue toned papers to match the blue fairy dress.The topper was matted onto a piece of the blue spotted paper. I also used the same paper as stripes both horizontal and vertically. The sentiment was from Circa Designs and then was punched out.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Baby Girl

Good morning

Todaay I would like to share with you a New Baby card, this time for a baby girl.

This card was made using a 6x6" card blank from pale pink bazzil card stock. The backing paper is from the Forever Friends New Arrival paper pad.
The die cut decoupage was then matted onto a darker pink and the I used a Cheery Lynn die to cut the flourish. I then gently inked the heart shaped doily with my distress ink and placed this under the topper. I addedd three small pink gems in each corner.
The I found in my stash some tiny hand and feet embellishements which I then put in each corner of the topper..

I have found that this card has grown on me!

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

The Bazzill, Gems and Cherry Lynn Die can be bought from  The Stamp Pad

A Lili of the Valley Card

Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you a card I made using the Lili of the Valley stamp Back to School - Girl.

The card is a 7x5" card blank, the backing paper is from the Lili of the Valley Promises paper pad.
The stamp was coloured with my promarkers then die cut using Nesties Resplendant Rectangles. This was then gently inked through the nestie with Milled Lavender distress ink.
I used the largest Rectangle for the mat with a grey/blue coloured Bazzill card.
I then added a few purple coloured gems in the corners of the die cuts.

I hope you like this card.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you another Forever Friends Baby Boy card.

Again this is a 6" square card. I have used blue mirri board for my matting and layering.
The diecut decoupage was made up and put onto the blue mirri card. The papers are from Forever Friends New Arrival Paper Pad. The buttons are from Papermania Capsule collection.
The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

New Baby Cards

Good morning

Today I would like to share with you a new baby Boy card.

I habe had this Forever Friends Decoupage image cut out and made up since before Christmas, when I was wanting to craft, but couldn't focus, spell.

I have used a 6x6" card blank, I am really liking this size at the moment. The papers are from the Forever Friends New Arrival range. I bought this is the 6x6" pad as they are just the right size for my cards.
The dies were cut using nesties Star Circles die, all the dic cut shapes and edges were inked with Chipped Sapphire distress ink.
The ribbon was from my stash and I added a big brad and bow to the smaller star circle.
OK i have decided that it didn't quite look right, so I addedd six buttons to it, top right and bottom left.

Which design do you prefer?

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Bear and Butterfly

Good morning

Today I would like to share with you a card I have made using one of my new Stamps from Lili of the Valley and one of their new Paper pads.

The new sta,p is called Butterfly Meadow, this was coloured with my Promarkers.
The paper is from The Lili of the Valley Paper Pad Country Lady.
The image was die cut using Nesties Marvellous Squares, this is fast becoming a favourite die of mine.
The edges and the image were inked with Tea Die distress Ink. The ribbon was from my stash as was the small doily and the branch die is one of the new Marianne Creatables.
The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I would like to enter this into the Wild Orchid Cahllenge for this week 'Anything Goes'.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

A Memo Block Holder

Good Morning

Today I would like to share with you a memo block holder I amde during a workshop with the wonderfully talented Gwen at  The Stamp Pad in Saddleworth.

I was really looking forward to the workshop, even though I didn't know what we would be making and what it would entail !

We started off with 1mm Greyboard, and some Graphic 45 Kraft Reflections card and some tacky glue.

Then we ended up with this :-

To make this we measured the size of the memo block and then added a few mm's each way to ensure the block would fit. We then cut the greyboard to this size. We then cut four sides 3cm deep and the same width  as the size of the block plus 1mm (for the width of the board). We then covered the pieces, with the exception of the inside of the sides, and then glued together. We then stuck the inside pieces in and then cut the piece of greyboard for the back. For this we used the Tim Holtz Movers and shapers die. We then used the same die to cut 2 covers from the same Kraft clock paper. The we glued it all together.

This is such a great idea and could be made to look so different by using different coloured papers.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Good Morning

Hello there

Today I would like to share with you another card made using another Lili of the Vally stamp. This image is of Rosie with Presents.

I have made this on a 6x6" card blank, which I cut from a Purple sheet of 12 x 12" bazzill. I then used the remainder of the card for my matting and layering to coordinate.

The backing paper is a lilac sheet which I had in my stash, it has words all over it saying Springtime, Blissful etc.

The message was stamped using a Lili of the Valley sentiment stamp. There is a circular doily behind the image (although this doesn't show up very well on the picture.

The card was finished of with three purple nailheads in top right and bottom left hand corner. 

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

A Whimsy Fairy

Good Morning 

Today I would like to share with you a card I have made using the Whimsy Stamp 'Summer Fairy'.

I love this stamp, she is so nice for colouring in, and quite a good size for cards.

I have used a Blue Bazzill 6x6" sqaure card blank. The Pink paper is the reverse of a Craftwork Cards paper, The flowery one is from First Edition Spring Fling Paper pad.

The stamped image was die cut using Nesties Marvellous squares die. As was the pink paper background.

I have coloured her in with my Promarkers. The three flowers in the bottom left hand corner are from a K&Co set from a while back. The gems in the top right and bottom left are from Kaisercraft, as are the ones in each of the corners of the image.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Christmas on the 25th !

Hello there

This year I decided to make a few Christmas cards on the 25th of each month, then I don't have a mad rush in November/December :) Well thats the theory anyway.

So today I would like to share with you the card I made in January. When I say made, I didn;t finish it until this afternoon, as I couldn't get it to look quite right!

For this card I used All Wrapped Up stamp from Lili of the Valley, coloured with Promarkers. The papers are from Lili of the Valley's Classic Christmas paper pad. The image was die cut with Nesties Beaded Ovals die and the easel card was made using Nesties scalloped OvalsGrand Die.
The dies were put through my Grand Caliber, to cut. Ther edges were inked with Distress Festive Berries.
The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley and reads, The World is full of Magic, this was die cut with Nesties scalloped circles.

I would like to entre this into this weeks Lili of the Valley Challenge, Anything but a square card.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill

Good morning

Well I don't know what happened to yesterdays post, it must have got lost!

Today I would like to share with you a project I made a while ago. I had bought a SarasBinder small book which came with inserts and dividers.

If I had been clever I would have taken a photo as it came, before I decorated it :)

This is front cover, I painted the notebook with a paint called White Chocolate :) mmmmmmmm
Then I used a paper collection from Basic Grey called Urban Prairie. This came as a free gift from a craft amagzine ages ago, and I kept didn't really like it but kept it anyway. When I found it again during a tidyup in the middle of a few dark winter days it really looked cheerful so I decided to use it.

For both of the inside covers I used the same yellow paper and then attached some more over the top to make pockets. I have edged the one on the inside front with a strip of paper from another sheet from the range.

The birdies on the left hand pocket and also on the first divider were hand cut from a sheet of the paper. The birds were gorgeous, but I felt that as the paper was very dark, it didn't quite go with the rest so I chopped it up instead!

Each of the dividers have been covered with papers from the same range and edged with red Distress ink.

With the basic kit you also got a couple of pockets This one I stamped around the edge with a flourish stamp and tehn cut a panel from the papers to go in the middle.

This is the back of the pocket which I also stamped. The inside back page pocket wascut at an angle and esged with one of the border stickers which came from the pack. The swirl at the top also came from the sheet of stickers.

This is an envelope which I also decorated to match.

I hope you have enjoyed this little project as a change from my cards.

Thanks for stopping by. 

I appreciate all comments you may have on my creations.

Gill