Christmas angel

Hello lovely people,

It's December!  I have no decorations up, a grand total of 18 Christmas cards made and 2 presents bought - eek!
Ok, that last one is not really a problem as this year we decided not to do Christmas presents other than a small token gift if desired and that could be handmade.

Today, I am sharing one of the few Christmas cards that I have made and I have used lots of lovely LOTV products.

I recently got some larger size circle dies and knew they would pair well with my favourite fancy shaped base.



I think this little cutie is now discontinued...so sad as she is beautiful and really lovely to colour...I do love rich red against Kraft.

I kept the flower detail sweet and simple to complement the design.  I had a little restock of 'essentials' from Wild Orchid Crafts last week and popped a few new items in my basket too...the teeny little white flowers on here are my new favourites :-)

Card recipe;

Image: LOTV (discontinued)

DP: Krafty Christmas - LOTV

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

Tag: Family sentiment tags - LOTV

Tag: Christmas sentiment tags - LOTV
Lace: Sylvie Chantilly cotton lace - Crafty Ribbons

Dies: Circle layering die set - Tonic Studios, Large frilly frames #10 - Go Kreate

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: ??? (probably E51/55/57)
Cape / headband: R27/29/46/59
Wings / dress / candle holder / ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4
Candle: YR30/31/Y35/YR18
Stars: YR33/Y35

I know some of you will already have seen this on facebook but I am over the moon that I passed part 1 (of 3) of my prescribing course :-D
Now for part 2!

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Hole in one?!

Hello lovely people,

I am such a lucky lady to have all you wonderful followers and I see I have gained quite a few more over the last couple of weeks so welcome to all my new followers and I'm delighted to have you along for the ride :-)

I'm sure you're all eager to know who has won my 100 followers candy but you'll have to wait a little longer as I'm currently running around getting ready to head off to Bath for my next 2 prescribing course study days.

Before I go, I just had to share a little sneak peek with you because LOTV have a new release coming up very soon and it's full of cute characters and animals; there will be something for everyone I think.

I have used one of the sporty girls in what can only be described as a very flat card!

Sometimes I get the urge to leave lots of white space around the image and just a few layers of DP...it's a nice way to focus on the image, especially when it's as cute as this!

Card recipe;

Image: Sporty girls - LOTV...COMING SOON!

DP: Pastel dreams - LOTV

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Old Swedish lace - Magnolia Doohickeys

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/57/59
Sun shade / shorts: R81/83/85 (& R39 on shorts)
Top / shoes: BG10/11/53
Golf club: W00/1/3
Grass: G40/YG61/G43/G46

OK, I should probably go and practice my presentation for tomorrow!

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Challenges I am entering;
to be added

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;

Autumn treats from LOTV

Hello lovely people,

It's a beautiful sunny morning here in Gloucestershire and I am just back from my Wednesday 'coffee date' with Dr. Hubby; we like to walk into the village once a week and treat ourselves to coffee (tea for Dr. Hubby!) and cake (carrot cake today - yummy).

So, I'm in a good mood now, and hopefully news of a fantastic sale at LOTV will put you in a good mood too.  Starting right now and running through until Sunday, there are brilliant offers available on selected rubber stamps, art pads and paper pads.

We are also having a Facebook challenge where we want to see your creations using any of the special offer stamps and of course, there are wonderful prizes on offer so we hope you can join us for that :-)

Here's a little inspiration using one of the special offer images and I kept it really simple for this design as I love the paper far too much to cover it up!

This cute image fell into my basket during one of my shopping sessions at LOTV several months ago but I hadn't got around to inking it up, so this was a perfect opportunity to do so.

I've made a cute girly card but this image would work well for men too...just without the flowers and all that pink!

Card recipe;

Image: Watering can - LOTV

DP: Romance and roses - LOTV

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl

Seam binding: Pink tulip seam binding - The Ribbon Girl

Tag: Sentiment tags - LOTV

Dies: Circle stax - MFT Die-namics, Large frames frilly #10 - Go Kreate
Charm: Daisy chain - The Hobby House

Copic colours;
Watering can: T0/1/2/3/4
Bird / seed packets: E40/41/42/43
Seed packet picture background: B0000/000
Flowers: R81/83/85/RV17 & BV02/04
Leaves: YG25/G24
Label / flower centres bird beak: YR30/31
Ground: E42/43/44/47

I hope you will join us for the Facebook challenge; we can't wait to see all your lovely creations :-)

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

Challenges I am entering;

The Ribbon Girl (any image)

Take it slow

Hello lovely people,

Ooooh, has that been a whole week since I last posted?!

I had a little jaunt to Norfolk from Friday - Monday with the Caterham 7 car club and we had so much fun whizzing around in our cars, eating lots of yummy food and generally having a giggle...especially when we got lost!
It was gorgeously sunny the whole time so that was an extra special treat when you are in an open top car!

Then I have been at Bath University for the past 2 days for the first 2 study days of my prescribing course and boy, I now realise what I have let myself in for!
It was great to meet all the other students though and we got to have a play at taking blood pressures on the simulation arm which was fun :-)

Moving on from my little update and we have a new challenge for you at In The Pink with the theme...

1-2-3

So, we want to see 1 of something, 2 of something and...yes, you guessed it...3 of something on your project.
With more pink than any other colour of course!

Our wonderful sponsor this time is The Ribbon Girl with a £10 voucher

The recipe for my design is;
1 image
2 flower clusters and 2 bows
3 DPs

And I think it turned out pretty tasty!

It was love at first sight for me and this stamp, so it was only a matter of time before I bought it, and already I can't wait to colour her again!

There is something so joyful about this image :-)

After I added the top photo I realised the flower charm was a little wonky because the card was lying flat for the photo but it does dangle freely IRL as you can see here!

Card recipe;

Image & sentiment: Tiny Townie Sally and her Snail - Stamping Bella

DP: Always & Forever - LOTV, Country meadow - LOTV

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

Charm: Daisy chain - The Hobby House

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/35/37
All pink bits: R81/83/85/56
All yellow bits: YR20/21/23
Snail shell: E41/42/43/44
Snail body: E40/41/42
Grass / leaves: G20/21/24/YG67

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

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

Challenges I am entering;

Inky Chicks (think pink)
Simon Says Stamp (anything goes)
Craft your Passion (anything goes)

If friends were flowers...

Hello lovely people,

Yes, it's me again because it's time for a new challenge at In The Pink and our theme is...

FOR A FRIEND

Our sponsor is Handmade Bliss with a fabulous £10 prize voucher, but perhaps I should also mention that there is a sale with 20% off everything at the moment ;-)  Check out the Handmade Bliss on Facebook for details.

I had a few ideas floating round in my head for this theme but when I saw this stamp I knew it was the one I wanted to use because the sentiment was just perfect for the theme.

This is dedicated to all my lovely friends out there in blogland; you are all wonderful and your sweet comments and words of encouragement fill me with delight when I read them so thank you all :-)

I actually only used part of the image for this card; the full image has more plants on the left but I didn't want the image that big for this design.

I'm afraid I may have been a little predictable with the embellies but twine and flowers look soooo good with a few die cut swirls!

Card recipe;

Image: Uptown girl Pippa loves to plant - Stamping Bella

DP: Dress Shoppe - LOTV

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

Dies: heart flower lace and heart swirl - Magnolia Dookhickeys

Sentiment: comes with image

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/35/37
Apron / headscarf / gloves: R32/35/37
Lilac flowers / top: BV20/23/25
Shorts: E43/44/47
Watering can: T0/1/2/3/4
Pots: E41/42/43/44
Pink flowers: R30/32/35
Leaves: YG93/95/97
Grass: YG93/95/97/99

If you haven't already done so then do pop over to In The Pink and check out the gorgeous creations from the rest of the Pink Ladies.

We can't wait to see your creations for a friend but don't forget to use more pink than any other colour!

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

Challenges I am entering;

Simon Says Stamp (die crazy)