Holy Light

 

Good evening everyone - here's a card that I made yesterday with another of my new LotV Christmas stamps - "Holy Light". How cute is this little angel??

 

 

I decided to go with a more traditional colour scheme for this one, and found some yummy vintage-style papers lurking deep in my stash.

 

Stamps: LotV "Holy Light" and "Christmas Grungy Sentiments";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; matting distressed with Brilliance pearlescent ivy ink;

Papers: Papermania "Silent night";

Supplies: Papermania "Vintage Notes" lace; pearls from The Hobby House and Basic Grey; cheesecloth from The Ribbon Girl;

Tools: Decorative Labels Eight nestabilities; Marianne D "Poinsetta Straight" die; Cheery Lynn "Holly Flourish" die.

 

 

Challenges:

Passion For Promarkers #211 - Sketch

 

Ribbon Girl Colour Challenge (August) - Red

Winter Wonderland - Red & Green Should Be Seen

ABC Christmas - P is for Anything Beginning With P

(Poinsetta, Pearls)

OSCC #239 - Add Stripes

Penny's Paper Crafty #140 - Lace &/or Ribbon

A Gem Of A Challenge #93 - Punch It Out

Our Creative Corner - Words, Words, Words

Allsorts #220 - Use your New Stash (2nd entry)

 

 Oh well ... another weekend over - thanks for visiting today.

Hugs,

Lili's Little Fairies Team B Challenge - Classic Christmas

Hello everyone - the past fortnight has flown by since the new Lili's Little Fairies DT split into two fairy wings (Team A and Team B); and already it is time for the first Lili's Little Fairies "Team B" challenge. Thanks so much to everyone who entered last week's "Team A" challenge Christmas Card For the Boys - stunning entries as always.

This week's challenge is  another one to help you get ahead with your festive makes, and is

Classic Christmas

We would like to see classic Christmas colours on your creation - red, white and green or white, silver and gold. Of course, many of the LotV Christmas images lend themselves particularly well to a classic look too, so plenty of scope there we think :-)

This week we are sponsored by the fabulous Ribbon Girl

with a yummy mini ribbon kit (pic on main blog).

Don't forget that to be eligible you need to create a new project (no backlinking please) and use a Lili of the Valley image - that's all there is to it!!

The rest of Team B (and some of team A who just couldn't resist joining in !!) have done themselves proud - here is my attempt for this week.

As always my card started from the image ... from the Christmas stamps I have I thought an angel had the most classic feel. The stars on the image led me to the idea of a pearlised white background with star embossing, which then led naturally to identifying a strip of paper with classic Christmas colours ... and some vintage-look ribbon to go with it.  I had already started thinking about this card when I visited Port Sunlight almost a fortnight ago, which is why I purchased the grungy music stamp to go with the trumpeting angel, and stamped it in a vintage style with ripped edges ... and with a sentiment reflecting a classic Christmas carol, the job was almost done.

Stamps: LotV "Little Trumpet"; "Grunge Music", and sentiment from "Christmas Grungy Messages";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; music and sentiment stamped with TH "Walnut stain" distress ink; angel wings decorated with Stickles;

Paper: My Mind's Eye;

Supplies: pearls from The Hobby House, little bells from my great friend Helen; ribbon and lace from my stash;

Tools: "Labels Four" nestabilities; Cuttlebug "Christmas stars" embossing folder.

Challenges:

Sparkles Christmas #21 - Traditional Christmas

Crafty Pad #191 - Vintage

Fab 'n' Funky #142 - Vintage

Pile It on #41 - Vintage / Shabby Chic

Southern Girls #55 - Tie A Ribbon Around It
Crafts & Me #105 - Anything Goes

Divas By Design #56 - Anything Goes

Creative inspirations #184 - Anything Goes

Crafty Mess #19 - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss #152 - Anything Goes

Can't wait to see your classic Christmas creations :-)

Hugs,

Lili's Little Fairies - My First DT Card!

Woo hoo and way hay ... today's the day!! Ever since I found out a week ago,  I've been absolutely beside myself with excitement at the prospect of getting down to business as a member of the fabulous Lili's Little Fairies Design Team.... thanks so much ladies for having me :-) 

So here we are .... it's time for a new challenge and for me to flutter my baby fairy wings. (I think it's a bit like a teeny chick learning to fly ... it may flutter nervously, but it has to jump out of  the nest sometime lol!)

Thanks so much to everyone who entered last week's challenge - don't forget to check the challenge blog to see if you have won last week's fab prize :-)

So ... onto this week's challenge which is

White With A Hint ....

Yes, we would we like to see most of your card (apart from the image) in shades of white, with maybe a little hint of colour in one or two accents.

This week's prize for one lucky random winner will be a £10 LotV voucher  supplied by Mummy Fairy - woo hoo!!

I really loved this theme but boy was I nervous ... as they say you only get one chance to make a first impression lol!! All the other ladies have made such totally stunning cards ... but hey I did my best and this is what I have to offer ...

I started off with my white punched square and embossed panel, but decided to take the approach of layering up my punched snowflake square onto a paper with a "hint" of colour, so that the snowflake cut outs would be more clearly visible.I then tied in he pastel colours on my sparkly ribbon and on the angel's dress to the paper - or at least that was my aim! 

It's not tremendously obvious in the pic, but I have used an absolutely startling white, uber pearlescent card ... I used to use this type of card from a local craft shop in the past, but they no longer stocked it and I had never seen any other that was quite as good for Christmas makes. Last week when I was on holiday I drove out to a little craft place I rarely go to, and BINGO!! not only did they have the white card, but also similar extremely pearlescent card in pink and green - yay!

Stamps: LotV "Christmas Angels - Praying" and "Christmas grungy messages";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers (+ glamour dust!);

Paper: Crafter's Companion "The Snowman";

Supplies: flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts; pearls from The Hobby House; sparkly ribbon from my stash;

Tools: Martha Stewart "Snow Flurry" PATP; Leone Em "Ash Branch" leaf punch; Cuttlebug "Snowflakes" embossing folder.

Challenges:

Penny Black at Allsorts (September) - Early Christmas Makes (3rd entry)

Fab 'n' Funky #140 - Starts With An F (Flowers)
Creative Inspirations #182 - Bingo!
(several lines, including White / Snowflakes / Ribbon)
Party Time Tuesdays #87 - Anything Goes

Simon Says - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp & Show - For The Love of Sparkle

Thanks very  much for visiting today. Hope you will be able to join us at Lili's Little Fairies this week, and can't wait to see what you make!.

Seeing Stars With LotV

After I had finished my DT work on Thursday night, I managed to make a Christmas card with this adorable image that I had coloured earlier - it is one of the two LotV stamps I bought at Port Sunlight

 :-) 

It struck me as being particularly appropriate for this week's Passion For Promarkers challenge theme of Stars, so I piled on the star patterned paper, teeny star gems and these gorgoues little sparkly wooden embellishments I found when I was out shopping in John Lewis (they also had li'l Christmas trees in store, and when i have just been onto their website there are all sorts of other dinky Christmas embellishments on there as well!!)

Stamps: Lili of the Valley "Little Trumpet";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; angel wings and stars dusted with glamour dust;

Papers: Forever Friends Christmas; white pearlescent card embossed with Cuttlebug "Christmas stars" folder;

Supplies: star embellishments from John Lewis; "Joy" charm from The Hobby  House; Papermania teeny star gems; ribbon from my stash.

Challenges:

I used the gorgeous sketch from this fortnight's A Gem of a Challenge #32 (rotated 90 degrees)

Lili of the Valley #117 - Bingo! (Gems / Charms / Emboss)

Charisma #42 - Embossing

Simon Says - Inspired by Rhymes / Fairy Tales

 ("Twinkle Twinkle Little Star")

Passion For Promarkers #122 - Stars

I ♥ ProMarkers #88 - Ain't It Cute!

Top Tip Tuesday #56 - Layer It

ABC Christmas - U is For Unused Stash

(brand new stamp and neglected starry paper)

Totally Gorjuss #103 - Pastel Christmas

Our Creative Corner - Fabulous Faces

Flutterby Wednesday #176 - Open Challenge

 (with fairy, angel or  butterfly)

I really do need to get down to some more serious Christmas card making ... if I could make about 40 more like this I'd be well on the way lol!

Oldie But A Goodie #12 - Have A Heart

Well I would love to say the past two weeks have flown by, but I had a rotten head cold inbetween times so the past two weeks have seemed long, miserable and wintery! But never mind ... I'm feeling much perkier now so I really felt in the mood to make my second DT card for this fortnight's Oldie But A Goodie Challenge.

This fortnight it is Debs' turn to choose the challenge, and she has picked the theme

Have A Heart

So if you haven't started on your Valentine's card yet, now's the time!! But if (like me) you've got that sorted already, there are all sort of ways you can incorporate hearts into your creation - the other ladies on the DT have made some fabulous examples to inspire you.

Debs has also provided the gorgeous prize for this challenge - a yummy set of "Messy Rabbits" goodies - aww!


Don't forget that in order to be eligible for the prize you should submit a new piece of work and use a stamped image (not a digi) that is at least 6 months old ... so put your newest releases aside and have a little riffle through your stamp box to find an old but loved stamp ... and of course have fun!! :-)

Here's my card.


I decided to go with this adorable WOJ image of Belinda blowing kisses ... those little hearts are just flying through the air ... aww!! Since I last used this image I have also bought the LotV circle sentiments, and I thought this "With Much Love" one seemed perfect!!

Recipe:
Main image: Whiff of Joy "Melinda blowing kisses", coloured with Promarkers and Copics and decorated with glamour dust;
Sentiments: Woodware "happy birthday" and LotV sentiment circle; Papers: Pink Petticoat "Vintage Rose" (free with Quick Cards Made Easy magazine);
Supplies: flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts covered in Stickles; pearls from The Hobby house;
Tools: small circles and lacy circles nestabilties; Marianne D Creatables doily die embossed with Cuttlebug "birds and swirls" folder; Leone Em "ash Family" leaf punch; Martha Stewart small monarch butterfly punch.


Challenges:

I followed the fantastic sketch from this week's Creative Inspirations #97:

Whiff of Joy #97 - Love Is in the Air
Crafty Pad #107 - Love Is In the Air
Incy Wincy #80 - Love
Magical Monday #15 - LoveStamp With Fun #97 - Love
Spoon Full of Sugar #138 - Let's See Some Love
Simon Says - Love Is in The Air (3rd entry)
FTTC Bring Back Beautiful - With LoveStamptacular #97 - Hearts Gone Wild
Crafty Cardmakers #39 - Hearts
Shabby Tea Room #48 - Sweet Hearts

(use hearts + photo inspiration .. I was inspired by doilies + flowers)

Hope you can join in the challenge this time - look forward to seeing your creations.

The First Noel

No one could accuse me of getting ahead of myself when it comes to making Christmas cards, so I really had to get myself into gear when I saw a sudden rush of Christmas themed challenges around ... if i don't start now, then when ??

I love this darling LotV praying angel - she is just so cute and tranquil, and always make me steer towards peaceful colours. I also always love to make angel wings sparkle, so I tied that in with some paper with sparkly embossed snowflakes on it, and some shimmery iridescent card to emboss with my Cuttlebug snowflake folder.


Challenges:
Create 4 Fun #27 - Sketch

ABC Christmas - N is for Noel
Fussy & Fancy Friday #14 - Christmas in July
Flourishes Timeless Tuesday #74 - Christmas in July
Corrosive #71 - Christmas Time
My Time to Craft #98 - Angelic!
Bunny Zoe's Crafts #1 - Nice & girly

Winter Wonderland - Punch it out
Incy Wincy #48 - Punches
I ♥ ProMarkers #22 - Distressing

Flutterby Wednesday #112 - angel, fairy or butterfly

Paper Sundaes #25 - White + one (one predominant colour - mine is aqua)

Recipe:
Main image: LotV, coloured wtih Promarkers and deoorated with pearls and glamour dust, inked around the edges;
Sentiment: peel offs;
paper: from my stash;
Supplies: Prima "Christmas Bubble" flower; large pearl brad from the Hobby House; pearl gems and ribbon from my stash;

Tools: "Labels One" nestabilities; Martha Stewart "arctic snowflake" edge punch; Cuttlebug "snowflakes" embossing folder.

It's not exactly my first Chrimbo card of the year, but not too far from it so there is still a long way to go ... ... :-)

Angel wings

I bought a few LotV stamps a few weeks ago as I really love their latest designs, but I've not had much opportunity to play with them until now.

When I saw this week's ABC Christmas Challenge - H is for Holly, and the new Crafts & Me Challenge #1 - Fairies or Wings, I immediately thought of this cute angel with the holly wreath on her head. I also used Helen's fab optional sketch from the ABC Christmas Challenge.


I also made this card for this week's Flutterby Wednesday#104, which is to use an angel, fairy or butterfly with sparkle, and this week's Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Challenge#34 which is also wings. Last but not least, Paper Play #14 has a theme of shiny happy people - ie use a person stamp with shine or sparke on it.

Recipe:
Main image: LotV, coloured with watercolour pencils and wings decorated wtih glamour dust;
Sentiment: Craftwork Cards;
Papers: Kaiser Crafts;
Supplies: pearls from The Hobby House; iridescent gems by Papermania; ribbon from stash;
Tools: "labels four" nestabilities; Cuttlebug "Snowflakes #2" die and "Christmas Stars" embossing folder.

There must be a WOJ angel .....

The Whiff of Joy Challenge blog is one year old this week ... wow how time flies when we're having fun lol! They're having a party over there with a GRAND PRIZE (!) (yippee!!) so I thought it would be rude not to enter!

This week's challenge is a fabulous sketch, so I rapidly got on the case with it.


Here's my card. I used this gorgeous image of "Confirmand Melinda", which was a birthday RAK from the lovely Helen.

I also made this card to fit with the following other challenges:

Pollycraft Challenge #25 - use at least 2 of snowflakes, sparkle, spots, stripes & swirls ... well I have used quite a few snowflakes, and trust me, this card is VERY sparkly!!
Spoon Full of Sugar #71 - Christmas
Creative Card Crew #30 - All that sparkles
ABC Challenge - E is for Embossing

And here's another view to highlight the card's extreme sparkliness!


Recipe:
Main image: Whiff of Joy "Confirmand Melinda", coloured with watercolour pencils and decorated (liberally!!) with glamour dust on the dress and wings - edges sponged with Colourbox Queue pigment ink in "thistle";
Sentiment: E-Z rub-ons individual letters - "silver funky font";
Paper: sparkly snowflake paper by Carol Wilson Fine Arts;
Supplies: glitter card in white, pale blue & teal from Edwin Allen; sparkly brads by Doodlebug; pearls from stash;
Tools: oval and scalloped oval nestabilities; pale blue glitter card embossed using Cuttlebug Snowflakes folder; snowflake shapes cut using Cuttlebug die "Snowflakes #2".

One card fits 6 challenges

Rightee... I have got rather behind this week with challenges, not least because I spent an evening dithering over my first proper DT card for the Penny Black Saturday Challenge (all will be revealed tomorrow LOL!) However, last night I sat down to make a birthday card for my friend Mand (I hope I'm safe posting it as she hasn't had opportunity to blog for a while) .... and I looked around the challenges on the go for some inspiration. Well, I suppose you could say I found plenty, as I think I managed to fulfil SIX challenges with this one .....

1. Whiff of Joy Challenge #7 is a fantastic sketch - I don't own any WOJ stamps (yet!), but I had some fantastic images of Melinda gifted to me by Cathy, so that formed my starting point

2. This week's ABC Challenge is P is for pink .... well to be honest that's not a hard one for me, as pink tends to feature rather a lot (too much??) in my card making ... I've even started making pink Christmas cards now, but that's another story .....

3. Cute Card Thursday #35 is Fairies and Angels .... so the WOJ Melinda stamp fulfils that one nicely :-)

4. Similarly, the One Stop Craft Challenge #2 is Things with Wings ....

5. You may spot (though the photo doesn't make it very clear) that I have made the wings and hearts sparkly with glamour dust ... which is a requirement for today's Daring Cardmakers Challenge which is sparkle and bling

6. Last but not least, Arty Girlz Challenge #59 is to include a hand drawn element ... so at the last minute Igot brave and doodled a little around the edge of my image ... it ain't very artistic .. but it's done now!

I used: main image WOJ "Melinda Blowing Kisses", watercolorued and decorated on wings and hearts with glamour dust; sentiment by Papermania; papers by Melissa Frances; buttons from local market.