You passed!

Hello lovely people,

I'm here to showcase yet more images from the upcoming LOTV release on 15th January...yes, more!

We have a couple of fabulous images of Jasmine and Oliver passing their driving tests, which will only be available as digi stamps and simply prints.

I thought I'd share both cards in the same post so first up it's Jasmine, and I appear to have chosen the same colour for her car as mine - lol!

I've used a similar style but different layout for the Oliver image, and used the shortened form of the sentiment.

I also appear to have chosen the same colour car for Oliver as Dr. Hubby's - lol again!

I think these will be really useful images to have in your stash, and don't be put off by colouring the car as it is broken up into sections so you can colour each one by one.  Also, my top tip is just don't print it too big; I printed these images at 5.5 x 8.5 cm, and the card base is 12.5cm square.

I also thought I'd share a little tip that I used when designing both these cards;

I wanted to mount the image onto a stitched rectangle but didn't have one that would leave the same width border all round the image, which would have irritated me!  So, I chose a stitched rectangle that was the right width and just hid the bottom end under the sentiment strip so you can't see that it is actually too long at the bottom.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Lovely things I've used;

Jasmine driving test and Oliver driving test - LOTV (coming soon!)
Dots and Stripes 6x6 paper pad - Echo Park
Let's polka in the meadow 6x6 paper pad - Lawn Fawn
A2 stitched rectangles set 2 - My Favorite Things
Essential sentiments - My Favorite Things
Essential sentiments Too - My Favorite Things
Blueprints for sentiment strips - not sure which ones!

Copic colours for Jasmine;
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Hair: Y21, YR23, E35
Top / shoes / hairband: R81, R83, R85
Trousers: E40, E41, E42, E43

Copic colours for Oliver;
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Hair: E21, E27, E29
Jumper / shoes: N0, N1, N2, N3
Jeans / T-shirt: B93, B95, B97

Car and frame colours for both images;
Car: R24, R27, R46, R39
L on L-plates: R24. R27, R46
L-plates background / number plate: N0, N2
Car grill / tyre: N4, N5, N7
Headlights: YR30, YR20
Windscreen: B0000, B000
Frame: N0, N1, N2, N3, N4

Studying hard

Hello lovely people,

Is everyone getting nice and warm now?!  I am soooooo hoping for a long sunny bank holiday weekend :-)

This is the last DT card I have made so far for the launch of all those fabulous new LOTV images.  I am not surprised that they have been hugely popular so far.  I know there are loads more I can't wait to use!

This is a fantastic image for good luck cards and especially at this time of year as many kids/teenagers start to get their heads down and study for exams...I'm glad those days are behind me - lol!



Jasmine seems to have it all under control with everything organised and her books carefully marked with little flags.  I used to do that too!

I found the perfect little tab detail in one of my MFT Blueprint sets.  I absolutely love how useful these are and can feel a new addiction coming on!

The sentiment banner is from a different MFT Blueprints set...see, sooooo useful!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Lovely things I've used;

Jasmine studying - Lili of the Valley	Beachside - Lawn Fawn	Inside and out stitched rounded square STAX - My Favorite Things	A little sentimental - Clearly Besotted
Blueprints 29 - My Favorite Things	Blueprints 31 - My Favorite Things	Ivory button twine

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Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/35/59
Jumper / bow: RV23/25/29
Jeans: B91/93/95/97
Desk / chair: N0/1/2/3/4/5
Lamp: N0/1/2/3
Lightbulb / glow: YR30/Y23/YR12
Book / pen pot: BG53/57
Pale book: BG0000/000
Book pages: E40/41

Relaxing with a coffee

Hello lovely people,

Happy weekend to you all!
I am not planning on leaving the house all weekend; as far as I'm concerned it's a good weekend for crafting, watching a film or two, and plenty of coffee!

Today I have a project to share with some gorgeous goodies from The Ribbon Girl because our new 'Use any image' challenge is starting.
As usual, there are 3 fabulous prizes up for grabs so do check out all the details on The Ribbon Girl blog.

Now, talking of coffee...

I have used pink for this image twice now, so thought it was time for a change, so here is Jasmine in blue!
Ok, I still snuck in a little pink for the mug - lol!

The corrugated card is back again, but for this card I actually peeled the back layer off to make it less bulky and rigid.

For the large flower I pulled the stamens out of a cherry blossom and added the pearl and diamante flatback instead, which I think gives a lovely touch of glamour.

I hope you are all staying warm and cosy this weekend and having fun whatever you are up to :-)

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

The Ribbon Girl products;
Maja Design Vintage Romance 6x6 paper pad
White sweetheart blossoms
Miniature pale blue blossoms
Dusky blue 10mm open roses
Ivory 20mm open roses
Teresa lace now unavailable but Iris or Astrid are similar
Ivory button twine
11mm round pearl and diamante flatback

Other products;

Image: Jasmine - coffee by LOTV
Other flowers: from stash

Sentiment: computer generated

Ahhhhhhhhh!

Hello lovely people,

I'm here to showcase some LOTV products today as part of the Design Team and I fancied a little coffee date with Jasmine!

I definitely go 'ahhhhhhhh' when I get served a really really good cup of coffee, preferably a cappuccino.  This actually happened today as, unbelievably, I hadn't had a cappuccino for a few days and it tasted sooooo good.  Plus I had a slice of amazing chocolate orange Jaffa cake with it, which may have helped ;-)

But enough of me so here is Jasmine with her coffee...

I realised after I picked the papers that I had chosen the same colours (pink and grey) as the last time I used this image (here), but in much softer shades, and using my Inktense pencils this time.

It seems that quite a few of you are interested in me sharing my thoughts on colouring with Inktense so I will hopefully have a few posts coming up with that; it's nice to know you are interested!

This was originally going to be a CAS card but I gradually added a few extra bit and pieces until it wasn't CAS any more!  Like the pretty die cut borders and the swirly bits - these are 2 of my favourite dies :-)

I shall be continuing my love affair with cappuccinos and cake all week since I am on holibobs; it's a good job Dr. Hubby and I shall be doing plenty of walking too!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Card recipe;

Image: Jasmine Coffee - LOTV

DP: Nyhavn - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts

Sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Heart flower lace & heart swirl - Magnolia Doohickeys

Inktense colours;
Skin: Baked earth, Saddle brown, Carmine pink
Hair: Mustard, Tan, Willow
Dress: Crimson, Shiraz
Cup / saucer: Crimson
Chair: Oak
Tablecloth: Neutral grey
Book: Sepia Ink

New LOTV - Jasmine coffee

Hello lovely people,

I don't know about you, but I always find teenage cards tricky to make.

So I was delighted to find that LOTV have come to the rescue with an amazing new range of teenage images featuring Jasmine and Oliver - hurrah!

The images are out at the end of March but you can pre-order them right now and here's a card I made using one of the Jasmine images.

Oooooh, I do love reading a book or magazine with a cup of coffee...never mind teenagers, this could definitely be me!

I have also used one of the new sentiment stamps...there are so many gorgeous sets to choose from and this one's from the Teenage Girl set, which I think co-ordinates perfectly with the image :-)

I am really excited by the new sentiment stamp sets and think they are going to be really popular.  You are certainly going to be seeing them pop up on quite a few of my cards in the near future!

Card recipe;

Image: Jasmine - coffee - LOTV
Sentiment: Teenage girl - LOTV

DP: from stash

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl
White dots: Nuvo crystal drops (gloss white) - Tonic Studios

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/57/59
Dress: RV11/R83/R56 & W7/9
Cup: RV11/R83
Tablecloth / magazine: W00/0/2
Chair: W6/7/9

I have had a great weekend and enjoyed all my catching up with friends.  Our walk on Saturday morning was really lovely, we watched a film in our cinema room, and I've done lots of crafting.
So pretty much a perfect weekend for me :-)

I hope you all had a fab weekend too!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,