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