World Of Warcraft

Challenges

Crafty Creations (56) - Cut It Out & Pop It Up
Daring Cardmakers - Here Comes The Sun (Red/Orange/Yellow)

OK, so there's no sun in this one - but I have used the right colours!!! This is a card I made for my youngest son's birthday and as you can see he is into the 'World Of Warcraft' video game. I found the images on the internet and used one for the background, one for the title and another which I printed several times and decoupaged. The decoupage and title have been layered and popped up with 3D foam pads. Although it was kept simple he was absolutely thrilled with it.

Thanks for looking.

Primrose

Challenges

Sunday Sketch & Stamp (22) - Sketch
C.R.A.F.T. (39) - Ribbons & Sparkle
Cute Card Thursday (101) - Ribbon-Tastic
The Rainbow Lady (92) - Stamping On Unusual Materials (on ribbon)

For this card I have used pearl cardstock & paper throughout. Having cut the base card and punched the border strips and layered them with the yellow ribbon I then added a CD which I sparkled-up using a brilliance inkpad and embossing powder. (When doing this put the CD on a heatproof surface and don't overheat the CD. Also, make sure it has cooled down before touching it or you could burn yourself!). I used a die-cut image of Primrose for the centre adding sparkle to her wings and colouring the flowers with a Sakura Stardust pen. The greeting was stamped and layered with a bit of glitter glue brushed over the top. I then stamped a small butterfly on the ribbon and added more glitter glue to it. The roses have also been dipped in glitter before adding them to the rest of the flowers and punched leaves. To finish off I added a few pearls. I think I went a bit glitter mad on this one! Hope you like it.

Card Recipe

Cardstock/Paper - Craft Creations
Image - Lili Of The Valley
Stamps - Inca Stamps/Tapestry
Flowers/Pearls - Stash

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Last LOTV Sneak Peek

Challenges

Stamping For The Weekend - Sketch
Stamp Something - Touch Of Spring
Cute Daisy May - Flowers

Here is the second girlie from the new Lili Of The Valley stamps to be released on 10th March. This one is called 'Me And My Cat'.

Again I have followed a great sketch and tried to use 'Spring' like colours. I have added the words 'friends forever' to the stamped image, they are NOT included on the stamp. I have also added the little dragonflies to the sentiment. The flowers are punched from cardstock.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Lili Of The Valley/Woodware/Tapestry
Papers - Crafts Beautiful Freebie
Brads - Stash

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Fifth LOTV Sneak Peek

Challenges

Paperplay - Sketch
Colour Create (38) - Red/White/Chocolate/Pink + Silver & Hearts

Here is the first of the two new girlie stamps to be released by Lili Of The Valley on 10th March. This one is called 'Me And My Pony'. A great stamp for all those pony loving little girls.

I have followed the lovely sketch from Paperplay and used the colour combo from Colour Create. I even managed to add the optional extras in the shape of silver hologram hearts AND silver horshoes (which I toned down with metallic rub-ons).

Card Recipe

Stamps - Lili Of The Valley/Papermania
Papers - Summertime Designs
Horseshoes - Cake Decorations from stash.

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Fourth LOTV Sneak Peek

Challenges

Crafty Creations (55) - Stitching
Friday Sketchers (90) - Sketch
Stamptacular (46) - Going In Circles
Creative Inspirations (28) - Thank You
Stamp With Fun (47) - Stitch

Here is the last of the new puddy-tat designs being released by Lili Of The Valley on 10th March. Two girlie ones to come... This one is also very versatile as it is suitable for so many occassions and ages.

Following the great sketch from Friday sketchers, I have covered the base card with a lovely bright, circle patterned paper (to take the harshness off of the black card). The reverse of this paper is the plain green bit I have used for the rectangle behind the image. I coloured the image with pencils to try and give him a 'dark tortoiseshell' colour (I had a lovely cat this colour once). I added some faux stitching along the edges with a MLP pen. I finished off with a couple of sentiments and some fabric flowers. Hope you like it.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Lili Of The Valley
Papers - Craft Beautiful Freebie
Flowers/Brad - Stash

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Third LOTV Sneak Peek

Challenges

Charisma Cardz - Sketch

Here is another of the cute little puddy-tats that Lili Of The Valley are releasing on 10th March, this time with a lovely birthday cake. I have followed the fantastic sketch from Charisma Cardz for this card. I have kept the card simple but think I should have gone for darker punched flowers, although, they do show up better in real life.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Lili Of The Valley
Papers - Scrapbox
Brads - Stash

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Another Sneak Peek!

Challenges

Sketch & Stash (29) - Sketch (New Stamp)
Pollycraft (34) - Double Up
Allsorts (40) - Tag, Ticket or Label
Cupcake Crafts (79) - Friends
Ooh La La (48) - Acetate

Here is another of the cute puddy-tats that are being released by Lili Of The Valley on 10th March. This one is so versatile as it can be used for so many different occassions, and isn't his little friend adorable?

The image is coloured with pencils and I added Diamond Glaze to the glasses and bubbles. I then put it behind acetate and cut a frame with Nesties to put on top.I added a stamped tag and some little gems to finish it off.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Lili Of The Valley/Stampin Up
Papers - Papermania/Crafts Beautiful Freebie
Gems - Stash

Thanks for looking.

Sneak Peek!

Challenges

Cute Daisy May - Bright
Creative Card Crew (45) - Get Well Soon
Simon Says - 3 Embellishments/2 Papers/1 Image
M.A.W.T.T. (34) - Sketch/Mum
Cute Card Thursday (100) - Metal Mania
Secret Crafter (71) - Mother's Day

ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET..... NO! You'll have to wait until 10th March to get your hands on this cute little Puddy-Tat and three others like him, along with a couple more girlies for your collections from Lili Of The Valley. You will have to be quick though as at £3.75 each they are sure to sell fast! Check out the other LOTV DTs blogs as well for more sneak peeks of these gorgeous stamps.

I am entering this card for the above challenges and as you can see it is a bright, get well soon card for Mum (check out the tag on the bunch of flowers). The three embellishments are - triple embossed hearts/metal heart brads/glittery gems. Hope you like this one.

Card Recipe

Stamps - LOTV/Papermania
Papers - Joni Gray
Brads/Gems - Stash

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Wedding Carriage

Challenges

Lili Of The Valley (4) - Sketch (DT Card)
Ooh La La (47) - Love
ABC - O is for One Paper

This week at LOTV we have a lovely sketch for you to follow, I have turned it around for my card. I decided to try a wedding card this week and used one of the new LOTV Spring stamps that are selling fast. This one is called 'Wedding Carriage' which I think is delightful. I also wanted to try out a slightly different colour scheme, what do you think? Does it work?

The base card is cream/gold pearl card and what looks brown is in fact bronze/gold pearl card. The backing paper is gold pearl that I embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The flowers are punched with pearl centres. The image has been coloured usingpencils and Sakura stardust pens for the bride's dress and veil. I finished it off with some matching organza ribbon down the side. Hope you like it.

Card Recipe

Stamp - Lili Of The valley
Pearl Card/Paper - Craft creations
Pearls/Ribbon - Stash

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Playing Around...

I can't believe it is a fortnight since I last posted a card, where has the time gone??? My apologies to all my lovely, patient followers. I did, however, have a little play around the other day with my heart-shape Nesties and thought you might like to see what I came up with.

This was the first card I did with the hearts cut from card, shaped and layered.


For the second one I decided to emboss the larger petals.

For the third one I had a go with paper instead of card and scallop-edged hearts instead of plain.

Which one do you like best?

Challenges

Cupcake Craft (78) - Keep It Simple
Daring Cardmakers - Have A Heart
Papertake - Check This Out

Card Recipe

Stamp - Whimsey
Papers - Monti's Pixel Papers/Other
Brads/Gems/Filigree - Stash

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LOTV DT CARD & A FEW CHALLENGES

Challenges

Simon Says - Photo Inspiration
C.R.A.F.T. (36) - Love/Valentine
Charism crafts (5) - I Love You
Paperplay (5) - Love Notes
Delightful Sketches & Challenges - Love

This week at LOTV we are challenging you to make a Valentines card. As you can see I have made another easel card (I adore these cards!).

Having made the base card I then covered each section with silver mirri card and a heart design paper. I then cut a strip of red card and onto this placed white paper with a heart border edge and added some red ric-rac ribbon. This was placed along the bottom of both sections. I stamped and layered the sentiment and attached to the lower section with foam pads. The image on the top section is one of LOTV's new Spring release stamps called 'Over The Garden Wall' which I coloured with pencils. I finished the card by adding punched flowers and a silver heart button.

Card Recipe

Stamps - LOTV/Penny Black
Paper - Mad About Cards
Ribbon/Pearls/Button - Stash

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Sweet Valentine

Challenges

Cute Card Thursday (97) - Blooming Gorgeous
Penny Black (86) - Someone Special
Secret Crafter (68) - Hearts
Cupcake Crafts (76) - Four Legged & Furry
Cute Daisy May - Oh Sweet Valentine
A Spoonful Of Sugar (89) - Let's Get Sketchy
Creative Card Crew (44) - Valentine's
Papertake - Love Actually

This sweet valentine card was another commission which I made earlier today (in my favourite colour). The image was coloured using pencils and the bubbles were highlighted with Diamond Glaze for a watery effect. The hearts were die cut using Nesties and embossed with a Cuttlebug folder. The flowers were punched from matching paper and a gem added to the centres. Another MS border punch was used on the card strips.

Card Recipe

Stamps - Penny Black/Papermania
Papers - Summertime Designs
Gems/Bow - Stash

Thanks for looking.

Engagement Card

Challenge

One Stop Crafts (65) - Make It Personal

This is a card I was recently commissioned to do and I just heard today that the happy couple loved it, phew!

I made an offset gatefold card using pearl card which I punched down the edges using a MS border punch. I then cut out and deoupaged the cute image and placed it on the front. I won't be doing this one again in a hurry, it took me ages to cut the trellis arch. I then cut out the tag and placed this on the other side and finished it off with peel-offs for the names etc. Inside, the verse was computer generated and placed onto card and paper layers that also had the edges puched.

Card Recipe

Decoupage - Morehead
Peel-Offs - Stash

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Baby Boy

Challenges

Doodle Palace - Something New (Baby/Ribbon)
Simon Says - New Baby

Finally, a new card!!!

Another easel card, can't make enough of these lately... The image is one of the new LOTV stamps which you can now buy here. As usual it is coloured with pencils and I have used chalk around the edges. I recently found the ribbons in a discount store (5 x 1 metre) for only £1.00, what a bargain!

Card Recipe

Stamps - LOTV/Stampin Up
Papers - Montis Pixel Playground
Ribbon - Discount Store
Buttons - Stash

Thanks for looking.