Robin Collection - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
I have another sneak peak to share today using one of the brand new stamps from the next Christmas release at Lili of the Valley.
This little cutie is just one of the stamps from the 'Robin Collection'. I've used a smaller card base than usual, this is 5" square.

I've coloured him with promarkers and the background papers are Lili of the Valley - Krafty Christmas which is now available in digi format! The snowflake die is from Joanna Sheen and the sentiment stamp is from the last release at Lili of the Valley and is from the Merry Christmas Greetings Set.

There are more robins to come!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your comments and encouragement.
Lorraine x

Penguin Collection - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
I have another sneak peak to share today using one of the brand new stamps from Lili of the Valley that are due to be released in September.
These little cuties are from the 'Penguin Collection'

I've coloured them with promarkers and the background papers are from Craft Creations. I've used a Spellbinders snowflake die and a Marianne Creatables Snowflake and a Die namics fence die. The sentiment tags are also from Lili of the Valley.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Penny Black and More - All Creatures Great and Small (3rd entry)
Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your comments and encouragement.
Have a lovely weekend
Lorraine x

Cute Santa Collection - Digi Stamp Boutique DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
I have a card to share today using one of the older images from DigiStamp Boutique. This is just one from the set ....

Cute Santa Collection

I coloured them with promarkers, and the background paper is from Echo Park.

                                                    

Don't forget you can enter any of your creations using a Digi Stamp Boutique image into the monthly competition. The prize is a fabulous £15 voucher for the Digi Stamp Boutique Website.

I'd like to enter the following challenges :-
Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas
ABC Christmas Challenge - People, Quick or Red (All 3!)

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your comments and encouragement.

Lorraine x

Reindeer Collection - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
I have a sneak peak to share today using one of the brand new stamps from Lili of the Valley that are due to be released in September.
These little cuties are from the 'Reindeer Collection'

I've coloured them with promarkers and the background papers are from Craft Creations. I've used a Spellbinders snowflake die and a Marianne Creatables Snowflake and tree dies. The sentiment tags are also from Lili of the Valley.

You are going to LOVE this next release!

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Penny Black and More - All Creatures Great and Small
Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your comments and encouragement.
Have a lovely weekend
Lorraine x

James-Daisy - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
I thought I'd have a little break from Christmas cards and I automatically turned to one of my all time favourite Lili of the Valley stamps.  This is James-Daisy.

I've coloured him with promarkers and the background papers are from my drawer of bits and pieces! I've used a Die namics flower die and Lili of the Valley sentiment tags.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Penny Black and More - All Creatures Great and Small

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog and for all your comments and encouragement.
Lorraine x

Snowflakes and Christmas Trees - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
I have a gift bag to share today using the new stamps from Lili of the Valley.  

I stamped the snowflakes from the snowflakes and Christmas tree set with promarkers. The message is from 
the Merry Christmas Greetings set and the tag is from Postage Labels.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Simon Says Stamp - Add a Sentiment
Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog and for all your comments and encouragement.
Lorraine x

Chalkboard Christmas Greeting - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
Firstly I'd like to say a huge thank you to all your comments and birthday wishes for Emma yesterday, she loved reading all your messages. We had a lovely day and the cake didn't last 2 minutes!
Onto my card....
I've used 'Chalkboard Christmas Greeting' from Lili of the Valley. There is a range of sentiment stamps and accessory stamps to be released at noon today. You are going to love these new stamps, they are so useful. 

I've embossed the stamp with silver embossing powder and dry embossed the background card. I've used a spellbinders poinsettia die and added a few pearls.

Today's new release...

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Simon Says Stamp - Add a Sentiment
Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas
Sparkles Christmas Challenge - A Festive Sentiment

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog and for all your comments and encouragement.
Lorraine x

Made by Emma

Hello Everyone, 
Today's card is by Emma, and is all her own work. When I told her that Simon Says Stamp were running a kids competition she wanted to enter. I then told her that the theme was 'sparkle' and her eyes lit up...Emma loves glitter!!

She would like to enter it into the Simon Says Stamp Kids Summer Challenge- Anything Goes with Sparkle

It's Emma's birthday today..10 already...where has the time gone! I need to go and finish her birthday cake so I'll be round to catch up with you all later.

Thanks for taking a look and I'll make sure that Emma sees any comments you leave for her.
Lorraine x

Christmas sentiment stamps - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
Today's cards are made using the soon to be released stamps from Lili of the Valley. There is a range of sentiment stamps and accessory stamps coming out on Monday 21st August. 
I've used various stamp from an A5 stamp set. These are all small 4" cards.

The papers are from Papermania and the tree and sentiment are both from the new set. I coloured the tree with promarkers and added a papermania star gem at the top of the tree.

The snowflake stamp and sentiment are from the new set. I don't have any coloured inks so I have used promarkers to colour the rubber before stamping. You have to work quite quickly as the promarker ink dries before you get the chance to stamp!

For this card I stamped a couple of the trees from the new set, again using my promarkers for stamping. I also added a little bit of glitter to the star.

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog and for all your comments and encouragement.
Have a lovely weekend.
Lorraine x

Anything Goes at In the Pink

Good Morning Everyone,
It's time for a brand new challenge at In The Pink. It's 'In the Pink's' 5th birthday celebrations so we have the nice easy theme this month of.....

Anything Goes
I've used the gorgeous 'Cocktail Imogen' from Digi Stamp Boutique for today's card.

I've coloured her with promarkers and First Edition markers. The background paper is from MFT and my scrap drawer. I've used a Die namics flower die and sentiment tags from Lili of the Valley.

We are sponsored by the fabulous Dies to Die For who are offering a £15 voucher to one lucky winner.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Fab n Funky - Anything Goes

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your comments and encouragement

Lorraine x

Chalkboard Christmas Greeting - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
Today's card is made using one of the soon to be released stamps from Lili of the Valley. There is a range of sentiment stamps and accessory stamps coming out on Monday 21st August. 
I've used 'Chalkboard Christmas Greeting' for today's card.

I've embossed the stamp with gold embossing powder and used gold frantage on the background card. This is way out of my comfort zone (not a promarker in sight!) but I did enjoy doing something different and managed to get glittery bits over everything!
I've used a spellbinders poinsettia die and a Marianne Creatable ivy die.

These new stamps are so useful, you're going to love them!

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog and for all your comments and encouragement.
Lorraine x

Birds of a Feather - Digi Stamp Boutique DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
I have a card to share today using one of the brand new images from DigiStamp Boutique. This is ....

Birds of a Feather

I coloured them with promarkers, and the background paper is from my box of scraps but I think it might be K and Company.  The sentiment comes with the image.

                                                    

Don't forget you can enter any of your creations using a Digi Stamp Boutique image into the monthly competition. The prize is a fabulous £15 voucher for the Digi Stamp Boutique Website.

I'd like to enter the following challenges :-


Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your comments and encouragement.

Lorraine x

Penguins Wreath - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone
I've used another one of the very cute penguin digi stamps from Lili of the Valley for today's card. This is Penguins Wreath.

I've coloured them with promarkers and for the background I've used a Crafts too embossing folder on kraft card. The lampost is a Tim Holst die.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas
Cute Card Thursday - Embossing

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog and for all your comments and encouragement.
Have a lovely weekend.
Lorraine x

Penguins Christmas Tree - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
I know...I've been a bad blogger....again! After everything that has happened over the last couple of months we decided on a last minute break. We have just a lovely week in Abersoch, North Wales. The weather was a bit hit and miss but we managed to get out and about everyday and had a lovely time...but no blogging!! 

I'll start by sharing a card I had started before my holiday. This is one of the fabulous digi stamps from Lili of the Valley called.....Penguins Christmas Tree.

I've coloured these cute little penguins with promarkers and the background papers are from Craft Creations.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge - Anything Christmas
Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas
Christmas with the Cuties - Favourite Digi

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog and for all your comments and encouragement and I promise to get round to all your blogs very soon.
Lorraine x

Not Square at PBSC

Good Morning Everyone, 
It's the first Saturday of August, this year is just flying by!! We have a new challenge at Penny Black Saturday Challenge. This month the theme is...

ANYTHING BUT SQUARE OR RECTANGULAR

I've used one of the stamps from a Transparent stamp set called 'Deck the Halls'.

I've coloured the stamp with promarkers and the background paper is from Craft Creations. I used a Spellbinders grand circle die to create the base and a memory box stitched scalloped circle around the stamp. I've used Spellbinders snowflake dies and added liquid pearls around the edge of the base. The sentiment tags are from Lili of the Valley.

Our sponsor this month is 1-2-3 stitch with a £10 voucher for one lucky winner.
                                                           

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-


Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your comments and encouragement.
Have a lovely weekend.

Lorraine x
                                              

It's cricket!

Good Morning Everyone, 
I have a very quick card to share today using one of the brilliant images from one of Hunkydory's Little Books. These are brilliant when you need a card very quickly and this one was for my Father in Law.

I added a die namics die cut fence, a couple of gems and a computer generated sentiment. Job done!

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all yoru comments and encouragement.
Lorraine x

Christmas Pudding - Lili of the Valley DT

Good Morning Everyone, 
I have another Christmas card to share using one of the gorgeous new stamps from Lili of the Valley .This is...Christmas Pudding.

I've coloured them with promarkers and the background papers are from Dovecraft. I've used a Spellbinders poinsettia die, and a Marianne Creatables ivy die. The sentiment stamp is also from Lili of the Valley - Handwritten Christmas messages

I'd like to enter the following challenges:-
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnuts Extra - Anything Christmas

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your comments and encouragement.
Have a lovely weekend.
Lorraine x