An Oh So Sweet Blog Hoppity Hop :)

 

Good morning everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Time for another

 Lili of The Valley

design team blog hop to celebrate the launch of our 10 new utterly adorable new Baby stamps

The stamps will be available to buy on the website from midday Monday 2nd December  and also at our  Christmas party in Leeds on Saturday if you are able to go along - and it would be fab if you could drop by and say howdy :)

You know how to play along sweet peeps - just ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card, hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration for using these cute new images

As always we have some hidden prizes along the way, and we don’t know where they are so do be sure to visit and comment on every blog.

We will let you know tomorrow morning which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and the winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left on those blogs

We have 2 full sets of the new stamps to give away, 2 lucky winners will each get all 10 new designs and there will be a 3^rd prize of a clear set of our baby companion stamps

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part, and remember that you will need to visit them all and leave a comment on each one to have the best chance of winning;

Ideas to Inspire
Anne
Becky
Dawny (that'll be me then!!)
Debbie
Dena
Elise
Fleur
Gretha
Jen
Kathy
Kim
Lou
Mary J
Moni

So what did I do then?

Well I bet some of you thought this would be a bit of a pink fest over here, and it so nearly was, but ...

 

... I thought I'd go for a boy's card just for  change!!

Please excuse the grainy pics me darlins - the light here is just awful at the mo.
Dontcha just hate this time of year for that!!

This sweetie lil sausage is called

Bang The Drum

and I coloured him with the following Cop0ics -

Skin - E000, E00, E11, E13, R00, R02
The rest - B000, Boo,  B02,  B15, B93, E31, E33, E35, E39,  E50

I also outlined the image with Glamour Dust  - you cant really see it on here thanks to my amazing photographic skills (hahaaa) but IRL it doesn't half make the image stand out :)

The papers are from ...

 

.. the Winter Wishes paper pad.
The pad was on my desk and I thought they were perfect for a boy or male card as well as winter cards.

 

I got the ribbon from the LOTV shop and the punch is a really old Martha Stewart Embossed Zig Zag punch.
You can still get it from Simon Says Stamp and the link is right here

 

If you are wondering, the base card is 6" x 7.5"

I am so into different sized base cards at the mo and they are really easy to make yourself. - you just need to cut a piece of card to the size you want the base card to be, then cut another card but add an extra bit to the length ( so this was cut at 6" x 8").  Then score it at the correct length (here it was 7.5"), fold it and glue the two pieces together.

OK now back to the hop and the next stop is the gorgeous and ever so talented Miss Debbie but as always, if you get lost you can start again at the beginning and pick the links up from there.

Finally, don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow morning when you can find out who the lucky winners were of the prizes before they go on sale

Enjoy the hop everyone and good luck.

Right, I better get back and finish off the prep for the workshop tomorrow - I cannot wait cos I LOVE meeting up with other crafty bods and there are 5 really lovely projects which we will be making :)

Enjoy your day and huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Oodles of Blooms & A FABULOUS Gorgeous Giveaway :)

 

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

It's that time of the week when we nip over and check out what's happening at Papertake Weekly and this week we are

Hot Hot Hot

Now you can have this as a colour challenge if you want to  ie use warm colours such as red, orange, yellow, hot pink etc or you may have a different interpretation!!

There's a £10 voucher up for grabs from our very own Mary & Andrea over at

The Ribbon Girl

so do nip and check it out of you get a sec :)
We also have another GDT call out so if you'd like to join  us for 3 months, check it all out over at the challenge.

So .....

... this is what I did.

I used one of the new Set 64 - Quotables - Life's Journey and just added a bucketful of beautiful bloomage. And if you've come here from the challenge blog, your eyes aren't deceiving you because I changed the fuzzy bit on the edit here.

I liked it better in white!!

I have to tell you as well that IRL there isn't a grey blob on the card - for some reason it has just appeared when I was editing.
All very weird if you ask me!!!

 

The butterfly was made from LOTV Set 66 - Grunge Elements - I chopped off it's bits and replaced them with some hot pink wire - poor old butterfly :) I must be in chopping off mode today cos I have just had all my hair chopped off as well. I went from medium length to rather short in under an hour. I LOVE it and it's much cooler!!

The blooms are from The Ribbon Girl and include -

Mixed Dahlia Raspberry Delight

Floribunda Roses Raspberry Ripple

Rolled Paper Roses Ruby Red Kort & Godt

Carnation Deep Pink

Beaded Berries Pink/Pale PinkStarburst Stamen Pink

I also added a few pink pearls on wire that were in my stash and  a few leaves made from a  Martha Stewart FROND LEAF Craft Punch.

 

 

I ran a Copic over some 75cm Ivory Jute  -it works so well and you can coordinate it to match your card.

And I .....

 

.... made a fish tail from some 25mm Shocking Pink No 72 Berisford Satin

 

So that's the old card done me darlins and now for my monthly gorgeous giveaway which is as always sponsored by the sweeties that are Mary & Andrea.

  And check out  what’s up for grabs peeps ....

... so if you want to get your mitts on this, then all you have to do is leave your name with old Inlinz andI'll announce the winner next  Tuesday.

Can I also say thank you before I go to those lovely peeps who have come over to the Bloglovin thing as well. Thank you for staying with me chicksies  - I so appreciate it and I will have some followers candy very shortly for you.

Right I'm off to do some work.

Have the best day and I'll see you tomorrow for a transatlantic jaunt across the water.

Huggiest of hugs to all xxx

Hoppity Hop – And a Cute Bear Alert Too :)

Good morning lovely peeps, rise and shine and I hope you are all OK today.

Thank you for stopping by and I’m so glad that you did because today we’re holding a

Lili of the Valley sneaky peekie DT blog hop

to celebrate the launch of the latest release of gorgeous new stamps! There are 18 of the cutest baby and animal designs (unmounted rubber) and also 2 new A5 sheets of clear stamps - a companion set and also an everyday version of the hugely popular Grungy Christmas Messages.

The stamps will be available to buy on the Lili of the Valley website from midday on Sunday the 25th November (UK time) and you will also be able to get them at the Lili of the Valley Christmas party at their showroom in Leeds on Saturday (24th) if you are able to make it :)

The fabulous Design Team are all taking part in the hop and you just need to visit us all,  following the links on everyone’s blog  and leave a comment on each card. We’ve used all the stamps between us so hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration.

So, what did I do then?

Well ……

… here’s my card and the image I’ve used is called

Sleepy Time

It’s sooo sweet and these are the Copics I used -

C00, C1, C2, C3, C4, C5, C7, E50, E81, R85, RV0000, RV000, RV00, RV01, RV02, Y17

and of course there is a ton of glitter sprinkled about!!!

The beautimous papers are all from the Bonnets & Bowties 8x8 paper pack 

I also used some Cheery Lynn dies and some pretty flowers which I got from the Lili of the Valley shop.

I’ve been at the ink again around the edges - it’s quite addictive lol!!!

 

See the cute lil tag?

Well that’s on the companion set, along with some words which you can use to make up your own sentiments :)

 

 

OK so that's my card and now back to the hop.

We don’t know where the prizes are so make sure you visit every blog. We will let you know tomorrow evening which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and 2 winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left

There will be 2 prize winners, each winning the 2 sets of clear stamps and 6 rubber stamps of their choice from the new designs (each prize value £52.00) – what a fab prize :)

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part  ...and remember you will need to visit them all to have the best chance of winning;

Ideas To Inspire

Anne

Bev

Claudia

Dawny P (moi!!)

Dena

Elise

Fleur

Gretha

Katarina

Mindy

Moni

Pops

Good luck with the hop and don’t forget to leave me a lil comment before you go onto the next stop :)

Have a fab day and I hope you enjoy seeing all the new images and the DT cards.

Huggiest of bloggy hoppy hugs to all xxx