When Is A Tree Not A Tree????

 

Hi there sweet peeps and hope you are OK today xxx

it’s that time of the week when we head across the water and catch up with our friends over at the Simon Says Stamp Challenge and this week our theme is …

Merry Christmas

wooohooo, it’s nearly here!!!

This week we are showcasing the very wonderful SIMON SAYS STAMP EXCLUSIVES .  If you have them we would love to see them but it's not compulsory to use them if you want to join in :-)

As always, our lovely Heidi is giving away a fabulous …

… for one lucky winner to spend …

…right here (lucky girlie!!)

So ….

… this is what I did.

The title of the post today is when is a tree not a tree and the answer is when it’s a star!!!
It could even be a snowflake as well :)

I used this die here ….

.. which is a Simon Says Stamp MOD TREE Craft DIE and I just cut 6 out, chopped off a bit of the trunks, glued them together in pairs and arranged them to make a star (or snowflake) shape.

 

 

The centre is made from part of a Simon Says Stamp BELLA BLOOM Craft DIE.
I have to say that this is such a quick and easy card to make and put together and is perfect for posting because it is quite flat :)

 

 

 

It does have somebody’s name on it but I can’t say who!!!

Now if you want a treat, nip over and check out the challenge because the cardage is amazing. I mean,.it is always fab but I think today that the girls really have done justice to these wonderful dies and there are loads of ideas there for you to feat yer peepers on!!!

So that’s me done for today but I thought I’d leave you with another bit of Chrimbly hittage and this is another one of those that gets played whist I am doing the sprouts etc on 25th. And yes it is another one that will get me dancing around the kitchen!!

I am not really uncool, it’s just at Christmas when it all seems to go out of the window. The rest of the year I am well and truly down with the kids!!!!

Right enjoy the super talented Mike Oldfield and I’ll see you soon as soon.

Hugs to all xxx

A Verrrrry Cute Lil Pair :)

Hi there sweet peeps and hope you are all OK today.

Don’t come too near to the screen cos I have the dreaded lurgy and I don’t want you to catch anything lol!!! It’s nowt serious, just a dose of man flu really, but it’s made me feel quite yukky and my poor throat feels like I’ve been gargling with broken glass – ouch!!! So it’s going to be a short post today then I’m off back to me bed again :(

But for the minute,  enough of my tales of woe cos it’s time to nip over and catch up with Papertake Weekly and this week it’s all about

Things That Make You Go Awwww :)

So if it's sweet or cure or even if it’s inspirational, then we want to see it.

There’s a fab prize from The Stamp Fairy plus some fab DT cardage so if you get a sec, nip over and have a mooch )

So this is what I did.

I used Ice Skating from  the recent release from Lili Of The Valley . I coloured it with the following Copics -

Skin – E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02

Hair – E39

The rest -  B0000, B000, B00, B005, B93, C00, C2, C3, C4, C5, E31, E33, E34, E35, E39, G21, G94, G99, N00

The papers I used are from the Nitwits Petal Fresh  8x8 paper pads from Lili of The Valley :)

 

Some rather yummy stuff from The Ribbon Girl here.

Royal Peacock Seam Binding, some Natural Button Twine and an Aqua Small Striped Button to be precise, and the sweet tag is from LOTV Christmas Sentiment Tags Set 32 

You’ll notice that the dynamic duo of Magnolia-liciousness is in residence ie the swirl bit of the leaf and swirl die set and some Tilda Lace :)

So there we are all done and on that note I‘m off. 

But please come back tomorrow because I have a card that is really different. Here, have a quick sneaky peekie before I go  ……

… plus we will have the winner of last week’s Simon Says Stamp challenge and someone is going to be verrry happy and it could be you ………………….. :))))

Have a fab night and huggiest of hugs to all, sniff sniff xxxxx

Snowy & Sparkly & A Gorgeous Giveaway Too :)

 

Hi there lovely peeps and hope you are all OK today :)

It’s time to sprinkle a bit of fairy dust and nip over and catch up with the Lili’s Little Fairies Challenge and today it’s all about

Spots Or Stripes

I couldn't decide which one to do, so I did both …..

  

… as you can see!!!

The stripes are on the paper and the spots are on the prezzie on the image.

And speaking of the image ….

… here it is in close up.

It is of course the super sweet Delivering The Presents and I coloured it with the following Copics -

Skin – E0000, E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R20

The rest -

B0000, B000, B00, B02, B93, B95. B97, E31, E33, E34, E35, E39, E50, E79. E81, W00, W1, W3

The papers I used today are from this ……

Petal Fresh 8x8 paper pad from Lili Of The Valley– it’s gorgeous – and the card base is a Craftwork Cards  Elegant Square card blank.

I am loving these at the mo!!!

Some Ribbon Girl pretties here.

The bow was made using Royal Peacock Seam Binding and I made a little topper using a 6mm White Pearl Flat Back which I glued onto a Diamante 11mm Round Spacer. There’s also some Cream Jute Mesh Ribbon and a couple of  White Hat Pins.

 

The sentiment is from one of the new release and it’s set 35, Christmas Handwritten Phrases.

  

So that’s the old card and now it’s time for my monthly gorgeous giveaway which has been very kindly donated by my lovely friends Mary & Andrea at The Ribbon Girl and this month we have a beautiful …..

…. Blue Mini Ribbon Kit to give to one lucky winner.

If you fancy getting your mitts on that lovely kit, then all you have to do is to leave me a comment and then pop your name with Mr Linky. It’s that easy peasy :) I’ll announce the winner next Tuesday when I do me PTW card.

Right I better go. I am just taking Kyla to do a bit of shopping and then if we get time we are nipping in to see my aunt who is in hospital.

Have a fab day and I’ll see you soon if not sooner.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

You Won’t Wanna Miss This Bad Boy!!!!

   

Hi there sweet peeps and hope you are all OK.

Today we’re holding a Lili of the Valley sneakie peekie blog hop to celebrate the launch of the brand new Christmas Animals and Sentiment stamps!  This new release has  10 of the cutest critters ever plus there are 4 new sets of Christmas sentiments. You can get your mitts on them from midnight tonight so not long to go now :)

And of course, the fab new paper pads are also now on sale – I just LOVE them :) 

So on with the hop and the DT are all taking part.

All you need to do to take part is to visit each one of us and leave us a comment. Not only will you be in with a chance of winning the most amazing prize, but you will hopefully get loads of inspiration and ideas along the way. We don’t know where the prizes are so make sure you visit every blog.

The winners will be announced TONIGHT and our 2 lucky winners will be drawn at random from the comments that were left on those cards.

So do you want to know what the prizes are then chicksies?

Well……

Prize 1 – A full set of the brand new Christmas sentiment clear stamp sheets -  1 each of the new designs (it’s worth £50.00)
Prize 2 - the full set of the new Christmas animal rubber stamps (worth £45.00 )

So here’s the sneakie peekie card I’m sharing today ….

... and I’ve used Fir Cones.

I coloured it with the following Copics -

B0000, B00, B39, B93, B95, B97,
C00, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C7,
E31, E33, E35, E39, E47, E49, E50, E57, E79,
N00, N3

The papers I’ve used are both from these new paper pads ….

       

… and they are Krafty Christmas and Frosty Christmas and both have been designed by Laila :)

A little bit of fiddle-de-dee going on here!!!

The tag is from one of the new sentiment sets and the bow and pins are both from The Ribbon Girl (16mm Dark Brown/White No 4003 Berisford Pencil Stripe ribbon and Turquoise Hat Pins)

Other stuff I used is a Craftwork Cards  Fanciful Card base and Magnolia Lovely Fence Die and Memory Box Delicate Fern Die.

Both dies are from Simon Says Stamp

So that’s me card done and now it’s on with the hop.

If you’ve come here from Claudia’s blog then you are in the right place and from here you need to nip over and see our lovely Dena 

In case you get lost etc,  here’s a list of all the blogs taking part and remember you will need to visit them all to be in with a chance of winning;

Anne
Bev
Claudia
Dawny P (moi!!)
Dena
Elise
Fleur
Gretha
Katarina
Lena Katrine
Lou
Moni
Pops

Good luck with the hop and I’ll be back soon as soon.

Have the best day and hugs to all xxx

Sneaky Peeky Papertake Weekly

Hi there lovely peeps and hope you are all OK today :)

Over at Papertake Weekly today, it’s time for our monthly

Anything Goes

challenge which we know you all love as you can really get creative and do your own thing.

As always we have an optional extra for you and this month it is to use felt somewhere on your card or project. But of course you don’t HAVE to – it’s there only as an option

As always we are sponsored by Lisa & Laila over at

Lili of The Valley

and they have given us a …

… to give to one lucky winner.

Hugest of thanks for a fabulous prize :)xxx

So …

… here’s me card and it’s also a bit of a sneaky peekie cos this little cutie will be out in rubber very soon.

He’s called

Pup’s Christmas Stocking

and he’s one of the brand new release which will be out on 22nd August (not too much longer to wait now).

I gave him the Copics treatment and these are the colours I used – E09, E31, E34, E35, E39, E40, E42, E42, E43, E50, E51. E53, E81, G99, R05, R17, R27, R59, YG0000, YG00, YG03, YG63

The papers are all from the Wild Rose Studio Traditional Christmas paper pack – nice and bright and zingy which is just how I like ‘em!!!

Some beauties here from The Ribbon Girl.

A bow made from 15mm Red No.15 Berisford Satin ribbon and topped off with some natural button twine and a Pale Lime Green Small Polka Dot Spotty Button.

I also used some gorgeous 30mm Cream Zig Zag Cotton Lace …. and then went and covered most of it up, being the dope that I am!!!!

A greeting printed onto some SAFMAT Self-Adhesive Printing Film and then popped onto some kraft card.

Why is it that when kraft card was really big, I didn’t like it and now it’s not quite as popular, I am loving it????

  

So there’s the old card done and if you get a sec peeps, nip over and check out the challenge.

I am busy doing my prep for this forthcoming weekend over at the LOTV shop.

My classes are now all fully booked and hugest of thanks to everyone who is partaking – I cannot wait to see you all  :) xxx

I THINK  there may be one or two spaces on Bev’s (and it is literally one or two) so if you haven’t booked and you want to do so, best get in fast before those precious places go. The shop really is a nice place to be – chock full of lots of pretty things -  and it is good for the creative part of the soul  as well. I tell you peeps, the old mojo is well and truly revved up when I’ve been there.

AND if that wasn’t all, you can now get your mitts on the brand new 8x8 paper packs which are exclusive to LOTV.

Some are by Nitwits, some have been designed by our Laila and all are fabulous. They will be on sale on the website soon and will sell at £7.50 which is amazing VFM peeps. Mine arrived here today and I haven’t stopped drooling yet (yes I know that is quite normal for me in my advanced years but it’s even worse now !!).  So if you are coming along to the shop, you will be able to bag yourselves some to take home :) 

Right I better go and start my list of jobs.

Have the bestest day and see you back here tomoz.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

It’s All So Quiet …..Shhh Shhhhhh!!!

Good morning lovely peeps and hope you are all OK today :)

It’s nearly the weekend and I am so excited because tomorrow I get to meet up with Claudia at long last. I am as excited by that as I am at doing one of her fabulous workshops :))))))))) I’m sure there will be pics to share so I’ll pop them on here next week.

But before that,  I have a little sneakie peekie for you and it’s one of the brand new Lili of The Valley Christmas stamps which are out on 25th – not too long to wait now.

This little sweetie doesn’t have an official name yet but we still think he is darn tooting cute!!!

See what I mean – aww bless him. 

He’s sound asleep, waiting for the fat laddie in the red suit to call and dreaming of all the prezzies he will hopefully get.

I can almost hear him snoring!!!

I coloured him with these Copics -

B0000, B000, B00, B12, C1, C4, C5, E42, E43, E50, E51, E53, E81, G0000, G000, G00, G21, R05, R17, R27, Y0000, Y21, Y28

And the pretty papers are all from the Nitwits FQB Holiday Charm collection – aren't they beautimous!!!

The bow was made using Wavecrest Seam Binding and topped off with a sweet Red Small Polka Dot Spotty Button. Both are from The Ribbon Girl, of course!!! I am sooo getting me some more of those buttons ready for Christmas!!!

The borders were done with a Memory Box pearl lace die from Simon Says Stamp.

LOVE this die!!!!

  

I did the sentiment on the computer :)

As soon as I saw the image, I knew exactly what I wanted to go with it.

So that’s the old card done, but before I tootle off, have you heard the news?

Here you go, have a peeps  ………..

… and I for one cannot wait because these Open Days are brilliant.

So make a date in your diaries chicksies and we hope to see lots of you there.

There are different classes on offer including 'Advanced Marker Pen Colouring with Bev,  'Beginner's Marker Pen Colouring with el Piggy here,  'Colouring with Distress Inks with Laila' and 'Beginner's Cardmaking with Anne'. Places are limited so if you would like more information and to book, please email erica@liliofthevalley.co.uk

And finally …..

… have you seen these?

I’ll be making some stuff with them over the next few days so I’ll pop back and share but these really are the best things since sliced bread - perfect for those times when you need a card in a hurry and don't have ages to spend colouring in an image. And super good value as well :)  And you can see them all right here!!

So that’s me done for today and I’m off to pack for the weekend – wooohoooooo!!!

Have a good one, whatever you are doing and I’ll see you next week.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx