Toot toot!

Hello lovely people,

Phew, another busy weekend for me!
It all kicked off with a night out on Friday with much beer and dancing to celebrate a neighbour's birthday.
This was followed by a visit to friends yesterday, where we were treated to some tasty curry, cocktails and a glass (or 3!) of wine :-)
 After a wonderful cooked breakfast we headed back home and I enjoyed a nice quiet Sunday afternoon of crafting.

Appropriately the card I have to share with you today is the one I made for my neighbour's special birthday and it is also my first October card for the LOTV Design Collective.

I was struggling to find the right shade of red card to cut the numbers out of and then had what I thought was a rather a bright idea to cut them out of my usual white colouring card and colour them with my Copics.  A perfect match and I think the shaded effect looks good too!

He loves vintage cars so the choice of image was a no-brainer and I got to play with this stamp for the first time - yay!

Card recipe;

Image: Toot Toot - LOTV

DP: Country Gent (discontinued) - LOTV

Dies: Large Frilly Frames #10 - Go Kreate, Puffy clouds - Memory Box, Advent drawer deco die set - Tonic Studios

Sentiment: A little sentimental - Clearly Besotted

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E34/37
Car: R27/46/39/59
Hat / glove: E42/43/44
Scarf: B91/93/95/97
Windscreen: B0000/000
Headlights: YR30/31
Greys: W00-7
Ground: E40/41/42/43

I hope you have all had lovely weekends whatever you have been getting up to :-)

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Challenges I am entering;

A present for you

Hello lovely people,

I have scheduled this to post while I am at friends; we are planning a nice long walk and then we will be busy making their Save the Date cards for their wedding next year :-)
We are also having a BBQ...I hope the weather is kind to us!

I'm sharing another card for the LOTV Design Collective and first off I have to say that the image is now retired so I'm sorry if I'm tempting you with something you can't have :-(

This was actually going to be a CAS design but then the layers crept in, so it's not really any more...although I did avoid the temptation to add a load of flowers!

I've covered the ribbon and the butterflies with Wink of Stella and I think you can see some of it in the close up!
I also cut out and layered up the butterflies for a little bit of dimension.

I thought I'd keep with the butterfly theme and use my new memory Box butterfly dies - they do have little bodies as well but I actually really like them without!

Card recipe;

Image: retired stamp - LOTV

DP: Pastel dreams (Nitwit collections) - LOTV

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Dies: tea label tags and old Swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickeys, Leavenworth & Cascadia butterfly trios - Memory Box

Sentiment: from Happy bear stamp set - LOTV

Copic colours;
Bunny: E40/41/42/43
Present / butterflies: BG10/11/32 & BG15/18 for spots
Ribbon / butterflies: R81/83/85

Grass: YG61/63/G94
Wink of Stella (clear) on ribbon and butterflies

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

Challenges I am entering;

Pretty papers

Hello lovely people,

Have you seen the super new papers from LOTV?!
They are available to buy now along with some fab new sentiment sets, and as part of the Design Collective I was lucky enough to get a few samples so couldn't resist having a play :-)

I also wanted to try using an art pad image for the first time and was delighted to find a floral image that co-ordinated absolutely perfectly with some of the new papers!
Using an art pad image certainly speeded up my card making and I just added some teeny dots of liquid pearls to the hydrangeas.

Card recipe;

Image: Beautiful blooms art pad - LOTV

DP: Dress shoppe - LOTV

Twine: Natural button twine - The Ribbon Girl - currently unavailable

Lace: Chantilly cotton lace (Penny) - Crafty Ribbons

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV & Family sentiment tags - LOTV
Dies: Tiny butterflies - Impression Obsession, Filigree corner - La la land

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  A Gem of a Challenge (something blue)
2.  Noor! Design (here comes Summer)
3.  Moving along with the times (happy birthday)

A summer challenge

Hello lovely people,

How wonderful to see some sunshine here today; perfect timing for our Summer Special Challenge Event at  LOTV!

We are having our first Facebook challenge and want to see all your Summer themed cards and projects using LOTV products.

We have some amazing prizes for you too...

For our hand picked top 3;
1st prize: £50 LOTV voucher
2nd prize: £25 LOTV voucher
3rd prize: £10 Ribbon Girl voucher

AND 3 x £20 LOTV vouchers for 3 randomly selected entrants

To enter, you need to like the LOTV facebook page, click to join the Summer Special Challenge Event and add a photo of your creation to that event page.

If the sunshine isn't enough inspiration for you here's my Summer inspired card...

Here are the gorgeous little bears in close up...

As usual I have made a large pull out tag to write a personal message on.
I used the border die to create the little tab at the top.

I have used my fave combo of pretty flowers and swirls to decorate the corner.

Card recipe;

Image: Happy Bears - LOTV

DP: Country Meadow - LOTV

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Heart swirl and Old Swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickeys

Copic colours;
Bears: E40/41/42/43
Pink bits: RV34/17/19
Yellow bits: YR20/21/23
Leaves: YG17
Ground: T0/1/2/3/4

You have until the end of 4th June to join in the fun and we can't wait to see your Summer projects :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Papertake Weekly (anything goes +/- Summer)
2.  Fab 'n' Funky (check it out)

Special delivery

Hello lovely people,

It's my favourite time of the week....the weekend!

I'm about to settle down with a nice glass of red wine and watch a film but first I wanted to share a baby boy card I made for the LOTV Design Collective.

How cute is this little guy?!

I've been at the Christmas papers again for this one but it just shows how versatile they are!
The pretty soft blues are perfect to welcome a new baby.

Card recipe;

Image: Just arrived - LOTV

DP: Winter wishes - LOTV

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: For you circular sentiments - LOTV

Dies: Old Swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickey

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Jumper: B91/93/97
Box: E40/41/42/43
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

It looks like the weather is not going to be up to much tomorrow so that's a day of guilt-free crafting for me - yay!
I will also be thinking of my Dad as he takes part in the London Marathon - very exciting :-)

I hope you are having a lovely weekend whatever you have planned :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;
1.  Papertake Weekly (cute as a button)