Happy Birthday to you

Hi guys, it's hubby's birthday soon and I just couldn't resist this gorgeous stamp from Lily of the Valley, it's one of the new ones and I bought it from their fabby shop the other week, if you get chance to go to the shop do go, it's well worth it,
they have a monthly challenge  too, which I'm going to enter this in lol,

I've coloured Take it easy with my distress re-inkers and mated it onto kraft card stock,

the fabby papers are from My Crafty Heart and are from the Prima lifetime pad and Almanac pad,  I love how Prima pads go so well together,

The metal corner die and the Joy die bottom left I have added frantage too in aged Ivory, the Joy die 6002/0149 I just cut in card stock first then added my frantage on top then heated and did another layer on top of that, to finish it off I added a brad for a little detail, love how this stuff makes card look like metal lol,

Closer view of Take it easy,

To finish off the card I used some brown and cream bakers twine from the pretty little ribbon shop, which has a closing down sale on too at the moment and I added a clock charm from My Crafty Heart too,

To get hubby to be like this will be a miracle though as he never stops and I'm constantly telling him to have a rest, do you think he may get the hint?!!!!!! lol

Challenges

LOTV'S Ideas to Inspire ~ boy oh boy
Crafts and me ~  lots of layers









Catch up with you soon,
hugs Liz xx

Sassy Lady

I'm back today with a card that I've coloured with my copics for a change, while I've been resting I've coloured a few images up depending what mood I was in I chose either distress re-inkers or copics,

I saw a challenge at Saturated Canary with  fab inspiration  for emerald colours and purples, and just couldn't resist having a go lol,

I've used my light box in another place too so hope the piccies are ok,

The papers are a mix of Fairy Belle and some old Basic grey I've had ages, I need to ge myself some papers with a hint of lilac/purple in them as It's not a colourway I have a lot of lol,

The flowers are from my stash and the ribbon is from The Pretty Little Ribbon shop who sadly is closing down, Thanks Sarah I loved being on your Design Team,

Go check out her shop as there is a mega sale on now,

The gorgeous pearl string is from the ribbon girl as is the beaded stem, I will  direct link  the products  I used from My Crafty heart below,

Challenges
Saturated Canary - colour inspiration challenge
Totally papercrafts - Diva young or old

Copic colours used

Skin - E000, E00, E21, E11,

Greens - G05, G07, G17, G29

Purples - V04, V06, V09,  V15, V17,

Hair - W0, W1, W3, W5

Shadow - C0, C1

Hugs liz xx

Whoop Whoop!!

It's the last day of my treatment today yeah!!!!

boy am I ready, going to the hospital every day for three weeks is something I'm glad that's over lol,

The treatment has made me quite tired and so I have not been blogging much or making cards but I've made this one for My Crafty Heart DT

The gorgeous image is coloured with my distress re-inkers and is so adorable and she's a dream to colour,

The main shape is a Go Kreate die, and I've coloured her in these colours to match n with the fabby papers,

Hopefully I will have a link list below of the products used, if not \i will put them on later lol,

Challenges

Elisabeth Bell's world - April showers bring forth May flowers

Hugs Liz xx

Sweet Pea Tilda

Hi guys, just popping on with a card I've made for my mums 83 rd Birthday, she loves pretty colours and I thought sweet Pea Tilda is so cute she is defo one of my favourites at the moment lol,

I've coloured her with my distress re-inkers and used a spellbinders ovals die for the shape, underneath I have sewn tulle which I cut into about a one and a half inch strip this I then pleated by hand and sewed in place as I went along, this so reminded me of when I sewed for a living doing pleated edges for cushions etc lol,

To finish off the tulle, I sewed the pleated strip underneath my ovals die cut to keep it in place, this I then layered onto a spellbinders floral ovals die cut, which I cut out of pink cardstock,

My mum doesn't like dark colours so I have kept her fairly light and kept the background that way too,

The other dies I used are a Tim Holtz on the edge border die called butterflight which I love to use,

I cut out two layers one in cardstock and one in matching  Pion paper then laid them onto each other, I was trying the technique I've seen in blogland where you then pull the top layer off to reveal the bottom layer, only just as I stuck it down my neighbour called for a coffee and when I got back to it it had stuck good and proper so it left the white backing paper off the top one showing, it wasn't quite the effect I was after but it still looked ok and it kept the light look too lol,

The gorgeous pearl string and the beautiful roses came from the ribbon girl, I so need more of these as they are gorgeous and when I've finished my Radio therapy treatment which I have just started I will be going on a shopping spree to treat myself he he,

Recipe

Melissa Frances attic treasures ivory pearls @ MCH

Tim Holtz - on the edge butterflight die

Magnolia stamp - Sweet Pea

Distress re-inkers
Go Kreate die

Tulle @ The pretty little ribbon shop ( wow! on sale now)

Papers - Pion

Pink roses/ pearl string @ the ribbon girl

Metal corner - live and love crafts

Spellbinders - floral ovals

spellbinders - petite ovals large

doily- stash

Challenges

The Ribbon Girl - Add a die

Midweek Magnolias- Tic Tac Toe - Pink/ Flowers/ stitching real or faux

Tilda's Town - May day and Flowers

Fussy and Fancy - vintage

Hope your all ok,
thank you to my new followers too,
catch you later,
Happy Crafting
Hugs Liz xx

She's back

Hi guys, just popping in again with another of the Aliah digi  stamp from crafts and me that I love to colour with my copics, actually I love her coloured with my distress re-inkers too lol,

anyway enough of my waffle!

The gorgeous papers are Pion and were a fab candy from a lovely friend, thank you hun, I've cut out the shapes using a Go Kreate die then I've edged the edges with vintage photo distress ink then I've added aged ivory frantage as well, so loving this stuff like so many of you do too, I've also done the hearts at the side and will put a little tutorial at the end of how I did them,

As you can see I've used a little frantage on her flowers and left a few dots of it on her hair for the effect of blossom, if you don't like this effect you can remove it before heating,

The gorgeous cream lace at the bottom already had the pearls on, then I've added a large cream flower from my stash then added a beaded stem, and an ivory paper rose from The ribbon girl,

the key is also from them but I've frantaged this too,

I have had to do my short tutorial with a couple of  pictures, so hope you will be able to follow it lol

you will need a embossing pad of some sort, ie versamark or perfect medium, mine is  an emboss by tsukineko, but I've had it years and  don't know if you can still get them!

pictured also are the Stampendous aged ivory frantage, long handled tweezers so you don't burn your fingers and the memory box die cuts I've used, one showing before and the other after,

I die cut my hearts out of kraft cardstock, then put my die onto my embossing pad direct

 I've seen a fab tutorial by  Tracy  of crafteezzee and is well worth watching, but I thought I'd just show you on how I do the metal effect on cardstock,

when you have got the die embossed with  the embossing pad add the frantage on the that  side, I laid mine down on my craft mat then added the powder on top, this I then picked up with my long handled tweezers and heated from underneath to begin with as I find it raises it nicely, then I finished it off on the top,

 if required  you can then add another layer of emboss by going over with your pad again then adding more powder on the top and heating again, this causes a lovely metal effect which is nicely raised,

I hope you've been able to follow my short tutorial as I needed another pair of hands for the camera while I held my die and being on my own I didn't have a pair handy lol

copics - skin E000, E00, E11, 

Hair E21, E25, E27, E29

Flowers - E50, E51, E53

leaf - E40 E41

Beaded stem, paper ivory rose,  pearl lace trim, beaded pearl embellishment, key charm @ The ribbon girl

Memory box precious hearts die @ MCH
Melissa Frances attic treasures ivory pearls @ MCH

Aliah digi stamp/ Hanna Lynn - crafts and me

frantage aged ivory, large cream flower, doily copics,- stash

vintage photo distress ink,

Go kreate die,

Challenges

The ribbon girl - Cream or ivory colour challenge
copic marker europe - girls aloud
Totally Gorjuss - embossing
crafts and me - bling it up

Just letting you know Teresa from My Crafty Heart
has a 15% sale on now on Butterflies and flowers till Thursday till 10pm GMT
do check them bargains out,
there is also an extra sale section too!

catch up soon,
hugs Liz xx

Just for you

Hi guys, I'm back today with a card using a gorgeous Saturated canary stamp called gardener Gayle which I got from the lovely Teresa at MCH, she has loads of gorgeous other stuff too so do pop over and have a look!

I coloured her with distress ink markers for a change and for the background I also used  aged Ivory frantage just loving this stuff!

I made the grass using themarkers too and added picket fence for the flower heads,

The fabby mini frame which  are in a set I used from MCH and are so cute, I  then added a sentiment behind which I stamped onto the same papers I used  in the background to tie it all in,

Closer view,

The other side view, all products I will list below,

Here's a view of the hidden tag which I again frantaged the edges on,

Recipe

Saturated Canary - Gardener Gayle rubber stamp @ MCH

Prima - lifetime collection paper pad @ MCH

Prima Serenade pink flowers @ MCH

Melissa Frances - Vintage petite frames @ MCH

Enchanted lace - MCH

Prima pearl swirl @ MCH

Memory box - Gloriosa die @ MCH

Cheery lynn - butterfly die

Kraft cardstock

Stampendous aged ivory embossing enamel

Distress markers

Tim Holtz stampers anonymous sentiment stamp

Doo Hickey tag die
Natural twine @  The pretty little ribbon shop

Challenges
Saturated Canary - anything goes
The ribbon girl challenge - add flowers
Bunny Zoes - favourite colour combos
Live and love crafts - lets play bingo -/ lace/ vintage/pearls
crafts and me - lace and pearls

I will check for more later as I'm full of a cold at the moment lol,
Thanks for all your comments and get well messages guys, I'm defo getting better if  I can just get rid of this cold,  and get my next treatment out of the way! lol
hugs liz xx

Happy Birthday

Hi guys, just popping on a card I've made for a friend who's Birthday is was this week, 

it's a bit different for me lol,

The gorgeous stamp is from Anna Marie and I saw her do a card using  similar things and just had to have a go, lol

the stamp is heat embossed onto her range of vellum papers then I stamped a text stamp from my own stash for the background to give added interest, the vellum is then roughly torn to give yet more interest, this is a bit tricky, well I found it tricky anyway lol,

the main image is coloured using a white gel pen and a paint pen, to add a little something different I used  fran-tage shabby white embossing powder randomly around the image too,

the gorgeous paper I used behind the image is from MCH and is from a Prima paper pad called Divine,

the paper rose is from The Ribbon Girl as are the rose buds, the dried flowers are from Anna Marie designs, the ribbon is from my stash.....

To finish the card off I used the same embossing powder on the sentiment and added a few pearls from MCH coloured with my copic black marker to tie in the black,

recipe

Prima pad - Divine @ MCH

Mellisa Frances attic treasures ivory pearls @MCH

Anna Marie Designs - Vellum/ stamp/ flowers

black embossing powder/ ribbon/ gel pen/ stash

Stampendous frantage shabby white embossing powder @ live and love crafts

kraft cardstock

Martha Stewart punch

Paper rose/rosebuds @ The ribbon girl

challenges
crafts and me -spring flowers
Bunny Zoe's - girly

Just letting you know I'm feeling a lot better, it's still sore but getting there and I feel more myself lol,

I'm crafting when I can but it's taking me longer to make a card then normal he he,

Hope your all ok, I'm trying to get round to thank you cards for all of you who sent me such beautiful ones and gifts, they will be with you as soon as lol,

all for now!

love and hugs Liz xx

Happy Birthday dear daughter

Hi guys, just popping on with a card I made for Kay for her birthday which I made just before my op,

it's her Birthday today so I can post it now lol,

I've used this gorgeous Aliah digi from crafts and me by Hanna Lynn, as you know  love her, this time for a change I coloured her with my distress re-inkers,

the main card shape is a Go Kreate xxl frilly square 7# die and the papers are a mixture of pion and some gorgeous new Prima  papers from Teresa at my crafty heart, wow they are gorgeous and have little tags on one of the paper designs which I've used on the right of my flowers,

Recipe

Prima sunrise-sunset _@ MCH

Prima Lifetime collection @ MCH

Charms @ MCH

flowers ~ stash and the ribbon girl

Doo hickey swirl

Tim holtz clock die and spinner

cheese cloth

Aliah digi ~ crafts and me

distress re-inkers

Natural twine @ the pretty little ribbon shop

Pink butterfly stash

Picket fence crackle paint

I'm feeling a lot better now, less tired and more myself lol, 

the steri strips came off my stitches on Friday and the District nurse said it looks really good and has signed me off he he,

I still have some radio therapy treatment to come later, so my blogging maybe a little hit and miss for a while lol,

Just  want to thank you again my blogging friends, for all your beautiful gifts, flowers cards and concern shown to me,

 it is so lovely to know your so thought about and I appreciate each and every one of you so very much,

 I will be back ??????????????????

lol

love and hugs Liz xx

I'm home lol

Hi guys,

 Just letting you know I had my op on Friday and got home yesterday, I'm sore and tired but fine,

thanks for all your lovely comments and concern,

thinking of you all, hugs Liz xx

For my Valentine

Hi guys,

I'm posting on here today with my card for Totally Tilda which this time is Valentines Tilda,

I made this card a few weeks back and coloured Tilda using my distress re-inkers,

The book I made using a Marianne die, I die cut a few pages using vellum then on the last one printed out the words on my printer,

I added Tilda on the top with a few foam pads so she could be placed in front a little,

I glittered the heart up with glamour dust, just love the sparkle,

Full view again lol,

the sentiment I also wrote on my computer then die cut it using a  Spellbinders labels die which I left in the die then inked the edges using the same pink colours,

.................................................................

You may have noticed I've been very quiet lately, quite a first for me I know lol, but I have to have an operation soon then radio therapy treatment after that, so i will be missing for a  little while,

it has been hard to take in but think my op will be within a fortnight,

I am looking forward to being back with all my blogging friends and making cards again,

hope you are well and happy,

love and hugs Liz xx

ps thanks for all the lovely e-mails and texts my friends, you so do me good!

catch you all later!

hugs Liz xx

Anything goes at The pretty little ribbon shop challenge

Hi guys,
 for my challenge today at the pretty little ribbon shop I've made a box, the gorgeous image is from Sureya called 

RU looking at me
 and I've coloured it with my copics,

It is available to download free with lots of others too, which I have, but just not coloured yet he he,

I love to use my copics but I am never truly happy with the result, though this took me ages so it wasn't going in the bin lol, have you seen the gorgeous box with made using Fushia wrinkle silk ribbon,

I added hints of glitter to the butterfly body and flowers,

I cut the image out using a large sized nestie and scalloped nestie then layered that over a 4.5" doily too,

Sideways view showing the falt lace I used round the box and on top, I edged the top one with a little pink pearl string too,

Front top image again

Recipe

Butterfly charm @ TPLRS

Flat lace @ TPLRS

Fushia silk wrinkle @ TPLRS

Purple rose hip buds @ TPLRS

Doily 4.5" @ TPLRS  (in the sale)

RU looking at me by Sureya

Tim Holtz film strip

Stickles Icicle @ MCH

Melissa Frances attic treasures pearls @ MCH ( coloured with my copics)

Prima papers ~ Firefly @ MCH

copics ~ stash

other flowers ~ stash
hope you'll join us in the fun,
hugs Liz xx

Pearls and swirls at ATSC

Hi guys, sorry I'm late posting this it was my Birthday yesterday and I was out all day so I forgot to schedule post it lol,

anyway  over at Addicted to stamps we have a fabby challenge for you 

pearls and swirls, I have also done my crafty heart dt card for this too,

I've used Zoe again from Saturated Canary and coloured her with copics, I cut round the bottom part of her dress so it came out of the oval nestie frame, I then layered a couple more frames up for a little interest,

I used a Magnolia Doo Hickey die for the doily and edged it with distress ink,

Recipe

Little darlings Saturated canary stamp ~ Zoe @ MCH

Prima Serenade pink flowers @ MCH

Melissa Frances attic treasures Pearls ~ @ MCH

Enchanted Lace @ MCH

Mesh butterfly @ MCH

Butterfly charm @ MCH

Memory Box ~ elegant scrollwork die @ MCH
Prima paper pad Tea thyme @MCH

Deep Ocean DT

Hi guys, did you see my title, yes that's right I am now part of the Deep Ocean Design team,!!

YEAH!!

our challenge this time is Love and Lace

so plenty of fun to be had with this one lol,

Well it had to be Tilda didn't it! again coloured with my distress re-inkers, I've been colouring a bit with my copics lately which is totally different so need to use my DI'S again to get back to using them lol, the background is also done with them too though its not showing up too well!

the gorgeous lace heart was a gift with some other gorgeous crafty goodies for Christmas from Kay, she knows her mum too well lol,

the heart die cut was a gift from a lovely friend too,

the papers are by Tim Holtz, have loved this pad!

again I've glittered her heart,

we are being sponsored by Bunny Zoe crafts, with a fabby

 thanks hun,

Recipe

 Lonely Tilda with her heart

pink pearl string @ The Ribbon Girl

 Marianne - Eiffel Tower die cut 

Guipure Lace @The pretty little ribbon shop

Doo Hickey heart lace die

Memory Box - Tiffany frame die

 Spellbinders oval Heart die

flowers/butterfly/feather/ pearl string/ stash

Picket fence paint, ( edges of the flowers)
Tim Holtz /Idea-ology - Game spinners

Challenges
Magnolia down under ~ wings

Catch up with you all soon,

Happy Crafting

hugs Liz xx

Yum Yum!

Hi guys, were back today with another fab challenge over at Totally Tilda,

this time we have an inspirational photo for you, which I will put on further down my post, because if you see it you will get not further lol,

I made this card for a lovely friend, who was very lovely to all us Tilda girls over Christmas, thanks again hun,

Tilda with dot bow is masked together with the Chocolate stamp then coloured using my distress re-inkers,the papers are by Magnolia too,

I've used a white gel pen for the dots in her hair bow and added glamour dust to the heart,

the heart die is a Doo Hickey, I added small pearl dots to keep in with the dots around the image lol,

now for the inspirational photo!

See what I mean lol, it makes you want to rush out and get some lol!!!!

we are being kindly sponsored by the ribbon girls again, with a 

£10.00 voucher, thanks girls xx

challenges

The ribbon girl ~ Ribbon or lace

Bunny Zoes's crafts ~ anything goes

Midweek magnolias ~ anything goes

Crafts and me ~ vintage

Live and love crafts ~ something old/ keys, lace/ DI's/ pearl string

Hope you'll be inpired by our lovely piccie and look forward to seeing what you come up with,

happy crafting,

Hugs Liz xx

MCH DT Card

Hi everyone, I'm here today to show you a card I've made using another Saturated Canary stamp Teresa has got in at My Crafty Heart called Cherry Blossom, she's gorgeous and i so love oriental so it's right up my street lol,

Again I've used my copics, but a couple of my colours were running out which I didn't know when I started! grr,

I've used the gorgeous paper pad Serenity by Bo Bunny which has all these fab colours and design in which are perfect for this stamp,

the text stamp is a stamp I've had in my stash years, as is the picture scene on the right hand side, see I told you I liked this type of thing lol,

Recipe

Saturated Canary ~ Blossom stamp @ MCH

Bo- Bunny /Serenity paper pad @ MCH

Prima Serenade Flowers /Blue @MCH

Memory box die - Party Lanterns @ MCH

Butterflies, skeleton leaf/feather/pearls/ fan- stash

Star dust stickles @ MCH

Edited to add Teresa has a fab sale on atthe moment too, go grab yourself a bargain
click here for details

will check for any challenges later,
thanks for looking, happy crafting guys,
Hugs Liz xx

Third post today, last but not least lol

Hi guys, well hopefully you will have noticed I've already done two posts today before, scroll down if you would like to see them,

this time I'm here with the lovely hAnglar or sweet Magnolia challenge and it's

Ribbon and/or lace
we are being sponsored by the ribbon girl,

 thanks so much girls

This is also on The Totally Tilda challenge Midweek post too which is for Tilda wearing trousers,

here's my take on it,

You could say she's in the pink he he,

I think I must have been having a pink moment when I made this lol,

Tilda is aptly called pink ribbon Tilda and is coloured with my distress re-inkers, and I've added hints of glamour dust on the bow and pant suit, The papers are from the Tea Thyme paper pad by Prima available from Teresa at my Crafty heart,

the adorable Guipure lace is from the pretty little ribbon shop and the gorgeous pink silky crush ribbon is from the Ribbon Girl.

Closer view of Tilda,

Recipe

 Prima ~Tea Thyme paper pad @ MCH

Guipure lace @ TPLRS

Pink silky crush ribbon @ TRG

Pink beaded twirl stem @ TRG

Pink rolled paper roses @ TRG

Viva decor pearl pen /Ice white @ MCH
Trellis rose pale pink @ TRG

Challenges
Midweek Magnolias ~ Pink/ pearls/ ribbon

 Phew, Well that's it for me today,
see you soon,
happy Crafting,
Hugs Liz xx

The Ribbon Girl GDT

Hi guys, back today with my second post this time with my second and last post as a guest DT for the lovely Mary and Andrea at the ribbon Girls,

the challenge this time is a combining the card and colour challenges and the challenge is

Ivory/ pinks

you may enter any project for this as long as it fits the colour theme,

I've made a card and decorated a candle too

My card is made using a Go Kreate die with Inkido papers, I coloured Magnolia Tilda with my distress

 re-inkers , to finish off the card I've used some gorgeous goodies all from the Ribbon Girl, they were all lovely to use and the hardest part is choosing what to pick from their fabulous list of products,

I will put the list at the end of my post,

Closer view of Magnolia Tilda on my card, you can see I added stickles on her hem and flower centre for a little added sparkle,

This is the first time I've done a candle using an image and tissue paper, but thankfully it turned out ok lol,

the colours always look a little paler when finished and of course they were coloured with my copics as distress ink would have been to wet for the tissue paper,

again I added a little stickles to tie in the images,

recipe

Pink crystal heart stems @ TRG

Heart engraved style charm @ MCH

4mm pink pearl bead trim @ TRG

Lily flowers Pale pink and white @ TRG

Rose buds large deep pink/two tone @ TRG

38mm Ivory silky crush ribbon @ TRG

Ivory pearl rose organza @ TRG

Rolled paper roses Ivory @ TRG

Challenges
Crafts and me ~ new, all embellishments, technique,
7 kids collage fund ~ something new and old from stash ~ new/ all embellishments, old/ candle, papers
My mums craft shop ~ anything goes
Stamping for the weekend ~ something girly 

I just wish to thank Mary and Andrea for having me as a Guest Designer, I've enjoyed working with your beautiful products very much,

I'll be back later today at 2 with my third post of the day lol,

happy crafting, hugs Liz xx

Addicted to stamps DT card

Hi guys, I'm posting the first of three posts today, can you believe three challenges are all on the same day that I have been on the DT for,

our challenge over at Addicted to stamps today is too use material/ Texture

I've used this gorgeous Saturated Canary digi stamp called Princess Rose red,and I've coloured her with my copics,

this is the card I made for my sisters Birthday yesterday,

for the texture I added some raffia ribbon, a doily, flowers and distressed the edges of my papers,

the papers are a mixture of Magnolia and Tim Holtz, the text I wrote on my computer,

happy Birthday stamp is from the pretty little ribbon shop

flowers stash,

charm from My Crafty Heart,

the scroll die is a Doo Hickey

Closer view of  Princess Rose Red, wow isn't she gorgeous,
I coloured this up a bit ago so my hair still needs practise! lol

sorry I've mislaid my copics colours list,
Challenges
Crafts and me ~ new/ new digi, flowers,
Copic marker europe ~ aything goes

Will be back at 9 0'clock with my second post for today,
Happy crafting,
hugs Liz xx