Thursday 29 August 2013

Lili's Little Fairies DT - and some exciting news!


Good morning everyone, and welcome to another challenge this week with Lili's Little Fairies.  Thanks as always to everyone who rocked last week's challenge of All About The Boys - fabulous entries as always!
 
Now before we get onto this week's challenge we have a few bits of news ... so grab yourself a cuppa and a biscuit and settle down for the goss!!

Firstly ... we are waving farewell to Fairy Nanda this week. So sad to see her go and offer our biggest thanks for sharing all her wonderful work with us.

Also ... we have a Fairy Birthday today - Lorraine is 21 (again!) - Happy Birthday hun.


And now for our really exciting news ....
Times change, and we Fairies are changing with them. This will be the last ever challenge as Lili's Little Fairies. No, please, don't be too sad ... read on.

We have had a fantastic time as LLF but it is time for a new start, so from next week (5 September), we are becoming Crafty Little Fairies, with a new look. We will soon be moving to a new blog address too, but we'll wait until you've found us with our new look for that!!
 

 





Something else new and, we think, very exciting - we are opening the challenge up to use images other than LOTV. So, you can still use your Lili's and we would love to see them, but you can also use other images too. How cool is that?! I am sure the Fairies will continue to share their love of Lili with you all but this does mean more of you will be able to join in the challenges with us.

So, we hope you are as excited about all this as we are - see you next week for the first ever Crafty Little Fairies Challenge!

And so to this week's challenge - it is the turn of Team B and our theme is
 
No Flowers
 
And our lovely sponsor this week is Natali from Iva Nova Chest with a goodie bag of loveliness.
 

Don't forget - this is the last Lili's Little Fairies challenge, so to be eligible for this yummy prize you will need to use a LotV image or die cut topper on your creation.

And because it is our last LLF challenge, the ladies at Lili have offered us not one, but TWO £10 prize vouchers, as a good luck in our new venture.

Thank you Anne and LOTV xx
(the winners of these vouchers will be drawn by Random Number Generator)
 
The rest of the DT has made some wonderful examples to inspire you - here is my card for this week.
 

A card with no flowers suggested immediately to me a Christmas card - goodness knows I've made few enough so far this year!! So here's James the Bear ... and way hay!! my brand new LotV James the Bear Christmas stamps were waiting for me when I arrived home from work this evening, so I hope I'll soon have time to play with them! Not that I could ever ignore this darling stamp - it is one of my favourites!


Stamp: LotV "James Bear - In The Snow";
Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; glamour dust on James's hat and liquid pearls on the snowflakes;
Papers: Docrafts "Tilly Daydream";
Supplies: gems by Papermania; ribbon from The Ribbon Box; peel off greeting from my stash;
Tools: Memory Box "Snowflake Corner" die; Joy Crafts snowflake die.

Challenges:


Papertake Weekly - Sketchie Free For All
(sketch rotated to the left)


Lili of the Valley - Make it Festive
Crafty Boots - Christmas In August
Ooh La La - Inspired By A Song
("I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas")
Ready-Teddy-Go #25 - Die Cuts & Punches
Creatalicious #54 - For The Boys
Pile It On #34 - Designer Paper
Cutie Pie #51 - Anything Goes
Party Time Tuesdays #135 - Anything Goes
Simon Says (Wednesday) - Anything Goes

Well that's all for today. Hope you can join us this week for the last ever Lili's Little Fairies challenge ... and will still be with us next week when we become Crafty Little Fairies.

Hugs,

20 comments:

Claire said...

Such a cute card Pauline, love the adorable James image and fab colour combo. Hugs, Claire x

ribenaruby said...

Gorgeous James card! Wow, lots of changes, it's always a delight to join in LOTV challenges, looking forward to the new blog! Ruby x

Dee's Craft Room said...

Stunning card, I love your design and the little teddy is so adorable.

Thank you for sharing your work with all of us at Crafty Boots Challenges.

Dionne

Squirrel x said...

I think he's the best of all the James stamps and he is looking so fine and handsome here. I could eat him all in one sandwich! Xx

Chrissy said...

He is a little beauty Pauline, love this little Bear, fabulous colouring and design.

Luv CHRISSYxx

Kat W said...

I adore this James bear stamp and am planning to buy him in my next splurge! He looks so fab here with the textured snow and frosty colour scheme :-)
Hugs, Kat x

Sue Nicholson said...

Lovely card thanks for joining us at Cutie Anything Goes challenge, good luck cheers Sue N x

Mayras Designs said...

Such pretty details !! Makes this a really pretty card ! Thank you for joining us at Pile it On Challenges !

Mayra
Mayrasdesigns.blogspot.com

Jennifer said...

James certainly is a cutie, and I love what you have done with him!

Those non-traditional colours look wonderful!

Hugs,
Jennifer. x

Heather said...

A gorgeous card Pauline, I love the papers and soft gentle colour scheme. Fabulous colouring of the sweet James and lovely details!!

Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
hugs
Heather x

susiestacey said...

Beautiful card and such a cute bear too.
Thank you for joining the Cutie Pies Anything Goes challenge and good luck x Susan x

Alli Devine said...

Such gorgeous soft colouring on this image. Love the die cuts too. Thanks for entering our Inspired by song challenge at ooh La La Creations
Alli x

Erica said...

Hi Pauline,

Such a lovely card! I love the gorgeous soft colours and those papers are wonderful!

I'm glad you like James, he's definitely my favourite character! Good luck with Crafty Little Fairies!

Thanks for joining us at the Lili of the Valley 'Make it Festive' challenge, good luck!

Hugs

Erica x

Daniele said...

what a sweet card, love the colour scheme, so glad you joined us at OLL and Sketch n Stash this week
hugs

Purplecat 64 said...

Hi Pauline,
What a great card,
such a cute image,
love your colour combo,
simply delightful,
hugs,
Heather & Bronwyn x x

Lisa said...

Really pretty card Pauline! Gorgeous coloring and great take on the sketch. Thanks for joining us at Papertake Weekly :)

Janet - aka stacky said...

Your card is really lovely and the image is adorable.
Thank you for joining in the fun with us at sketch n stash xx

Unknown said...

it is one of my favourites!
Not that I could ever ignore this darling stamp

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Doreen said...

such a lovely card. Love this image
Many thanks for joining us at Sketch N Stash this week
Doreen xx

Vivi Casale said...

aww this is such adorable card!
Thanks for joining us at Sketch N Stash challenge!
Vivi