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

Oliver texting

Hello lovely people,

I hope you are all having a lovely weekend.

It's been a quiet one for me, just catching up on a few household jobs...ok, mostly crafting!

Today I have another card for Lili of the Valley using the fab new Oliver images.  If you saw my earlier posts, then please note that the release date has now changed to 15th January, just to make sure there's plenty of stock ready for you all!

If you are thinking this looks familiar then you are right because it has been available previously but only as a digi image so you can now get it in rubber too :-)

I really enjoyed making this trio of Oliver cards and coming up with simple modern layouts that would work for masculine cards...and I never thought I'd find myself saying that - lol!

I still have a couple more cards to share with you from the new release, and of course the rest of the Design Team and Design Collective have also been sharing some fab samples.

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

Lovely things I've used;

Oliver Texting - LOTV (coming soon in rubber but available as digi here)
Beachside 6x6 paper pad - Lawn Fawn
Stitched alphabet - My Favorite Things
A2 Stitched rectangles set 2 - My Favorite Things
Nuvo crystal drops in Caribbean ocean (gloss)

Copic colours;
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Hair: E53, E35, E59
Jeans: B93, B95, B97
Top: W3, W4, W5, W6
Orange details: YR14, YR16, YR07
Phone: W00, W0, W1
Ground: W00, W0, W1, W2, W3

Oliver Music

Hello lovely people,

I'm cracking straight on with sharing my second card with an Oliver image from the upcoming  Lili of the Valley release on 10th January as there is even more I have to show you after this!

Here's another fabulous image with Oliver on the decks...

You will see that I kept the same colour scheme for all of my Oliver cards, but no Nuvo drops this time because I added the little music notes instead.

The die/stamped sentiment combo is from a set that I just *had* to buy, I think about 6 months ago, and yes, hadn't used until now!  As so often happens, I think this will now become a firm favourite of mine and get used loads!

I'll have a little break from Oliver tomorrow and then share the last one at the weekend.

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

Lovely things I've used;

Oliver Music - LOTV (coming soon!)
Beachside 6x6 paper pad - Lawn Fawn
A2 Stitched rectangles set 1 - My Favorite Things
Sentimental Too stamp set - Avery Elle
Sentimental Too die set - Avery Elle
Music notes dies - from stash

Copic colours;
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Hair: E53, E35, E59
Main section of top: W3, W4, W5, W6
Arms of top: B93, B95, B97
Mixing deck: W0, W1, W2, W3
Orange details: YR14, YR16, YR07
Headphone band / records: W5, W6, W7
Table: E30, E55, E35

Game on!

Hello lovely people,

I know you have all been waiting with baited breath for an update so I won't disappoint...

2 sleeps until the final exams for my prescribing course - double eek!

5 sleeps until beer festival

5 sleeps until my next coffee and cake date with my lovely friends Sue and Debs (date moved so now I get to have cake and a little natter followed by beer festival all on the same day!)

8 sleeps until holibobs

15 sleeps until my birthday

I hope you have all had some sunshine over the weekend; I have certainly been enjoying it, especially with a fab trip to Bourton-on-the-Water today for lunch with some family :-)

It was perfect weather for driving in the new car with the roof down and my new sunglasses :-)

Ok, ok, crafting yes...I do have a card to share!

I have been playing with another of the awesome new images from LOTV and after making a few cards with Jasmine, I thought it was Oliver's turn!

I wanted a softer look to the image to match the papers so I stamped the image with dark grey ink and used my Inktense pencils.
I was pretty happy with how it turned out, given I'm still a beginner with these pencils.

Card recipe;

Image: Oliver game boy - LOTV

DP: Home for the holidays - Maja Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Twine: Natural hemp twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Block sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Notebook edge die - Clearly Besotted

Inktense colours;
Skin: 1800 Baked earth, 1740 Saddle brown
Hair: 1720 Tan, 1740 Saddle brown
T shirt / hat: 840 Iron blue, 1100 Deep indigo
Computer / game pad / earphones: 2020 Indian Ink
Pad buttons: 400 Poppy red
Table: 1740 Saddle brown, 2010 Sepia Ink

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