LOTV Final Sneak Peek - Jasmine Coffee

What a beautiful morning it is down here in Kent, maybe I will manage to get some time in the garden, it certainly needs some work as I was unable to do anything in it last year.

Well the waiting is nearly over and all of you who have pre-ordered your Lili of the Valley Teenage stamps will soon hear them popping through your letterbox, you will not be  disappointed I promise, they are just so useful and a joy to colour.

So today my final sneak peek is of my favourite stamp Jasmine Coffee, this is a CAS card for me but the fabulous backing paper seemed to fit the image perfectly and need no additions.  The paper was from Maja Designs "Coffee in the Arbour" 6" x 6" paper stack available from Ribbon Girl this pack also contains a couple of sheets of Butterflies that can be cut out and used on your creations as I have done , they have some delicious papers in stock, click here to go and take a look, I really want them all :).

I have also used a sentiment from LOTV Teenage Girl Sentiments - Set 100.

Does anyone know where I can get a Watermark made, when my old PC crashed I lost mine.

 Copics used on this image:

Skin: E21,E51, E50

Pinks: R85, R83, R81, RV0000 plus grey Polychromos Pencil.

Table Cloth:C3,C1,C0

Hair: E74, E71, E70, Plus Dark Brown Polychromos Pencil,

Coffee Cup: E43,E40.

Have a good day, thanks for visiting

Hugs

Jacs xxxxx

The Beautiful Game - LOTV

 Who says girls don't play football? I am sure we all know girls who are as good or if not better than the boys, my Grand-daughter Lucy is one of them, the first thing she does on Saturday morning is get the football from the garage and have a kick about.  So this fabulous stamp from Lili of the Valley Little Folk - The Beautiful Game is perfect.  The Little Folk stamps come 2 to a sheet with plenty of sentiments as well, great value I am thinking.

The papers are from stash I think they were by Craft Creations, I have used 2 of small clouds from a die set, as the dies are not in their original packaging I am not sure where they came from, sorry,  The bunting was cut from both backing papers and glued just along the top edge, so it looks as if its blowing in the wind, the Bunting Die is by La La Land crafts.

The photos are still not the best, but I am slowly getting there.

Copics used:

Reds: R89, R29, R24, R22,

Skin: E11, E21, E50, E51

Hair E74, E71, E40, E59

Greys: C3, C1, C0

I am entering this card for the great sketch on Sketch Saturday Challenge

LOTV Teenage Stamps - 2 more days to go

       

Hi peeps, had a fabulous few days away, I do love Yorkshire such great scenery and historic building to be visited, but it is cold!,I would like to take a weeks coach trip up there in the Summer.  It was great to see Lisa, Laila, Rik &Andrea again, we had a brilliant catch up.  

Well the wait for the release of the Lili of the Valley New Teenage stamps is almost over, don't forget they will be released 31st March, and from what Lisa and Laila were saying they are going to be a hit, so get in quick.

Today I am showcasing Jasmine - Phone, and a sentiment from the Teenage Girl Sentiment Sheet.  The fabulous papers are again from the Lemoncraft Forget me Not 6" x 6" Paper Pad available from Ribbon Girl.

Jasmine has been coloured with Copics, colours are listed below.

Dies used are:  Cheery Lynn English Tea Party Doily Die, Doo Hickey Swirl Die and a Butterfly from Joy Designs Cutting & Embossing Circle with Butterflies,, available from Noor Designs UK .

32mm Anne White Lace & White Seam Binding , are both available from Ribbon Girl.

Hope you are enjoying a peaceful Easter Monday and last nights winds did not cause any damage, we have a smashed gate, and a few broken flower pots, so not too much damage. 

Copic Colours Used:

Skin: E21, E51, E50, R20

Dress & Jacket: BG02, B01, B00, B0000

Hair: E57, E35, E33, E31

I would like to enter this card for : Cute Card Thursday - To Die For

Thanks for visiting

Hugs

Jacs xxxx

A Little Bit of Magic

Hi, a little bit of magic for you today using Lili of The Valley Trio Stamps this set is Fairytale Trio, the sentiments are also on the stamp sheet, brilliant value.

The lovely papers are from a Lili of the Valley Paper Pad, no longer available, I have used Copics to colour the images and cut them out with a Scalloped Circle Nestie.

A Martha Stewart Border Punch was used, and a Doo Hickey Die was used for the leaves.  The Flowers and :Pearls are from my Stash. 

I used the 3rd of the Trio Stamps on the bottom of the card.  The White Seam Binding  is available from The Ribbon Girl.

Sorry this is rather a sparse post, but I am in Yorkshire until Saturday so have scheduled my posts, will be popping into  The Loft Coffee Shop  in Leeds on Wednesday hopefully to see Lisa, Laila and of course Richard and Andrea, looking forward to trying Andreas cakes which look delicious, and try one of Richards coffees, really looking forward to seeing everyone.

Copics used:

Pinks: R85, R83, R81, RV000

Blue B00

Greens: YG15, Y08, Y02, Y000

Browns: E35, E41, E40

Thanks for visiting I really appreciate it

Hugs

Jacs xxxx

Housework can't kill you !!!!!!!

Something a bit different this morning, I had a delivery from USA  today, I hadn't expected the package quite so soon, thank you so much Stamping Bella for your excellent service.  

I haven't ordered stamps for ages and had seen a few of these images during my blog hopping so somehow I ordered 5 stamps, well it would have been rude not to wouldn't it.

New Photo taken this morning not sure its any better

This little cutie is called  Uptown Girl LILI loves LAUNDRY, the sentiment, which I love, comes with the Stamp, she has been coloured with Copics, the papers are from my stash and must be ages old I know they are by Fabscraps, but as they only were scraps I am not sure what the designs were called.  A Cheery Lynn Doily Die and a couple of Doo Hickey doiley dies were popped behind the image.  The lovely 28mm Pale Pink Prudence Lace, Siam Pink Seam Binding,  Pale Pink Ballerina Blossom, Large two tone pink rose-bud , Pink Cherry Blossom  are al available from the Ribbon Girl.  The Clock Button is from Lemon Craft- House of Roses self adhesive Buttons, available at  Noor Craft UK

The Copic colours are more vibrant than they appear here sorry about that but here are the numbers:

Skin E11, E21, E51, E50, R20

Hair: Y23, YR24

Dress: R85, R83, R81, RV0000

Mop, Ironing Board, Washing Basket: BV01, BV00, BV0000

Blue on Apron: B41, B000

am entering this for the following challenges:
Simply Papercraft - Anything Goes
Our Crafty Corner Challenge - Anything Goes
Ribbon Girl - Any Image Challenge

Thanks for visiting

Hugs
Jacs xxxx

Time for Coffee

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Hi my Lovelies another sneak peek featuring Jasmine-Coffee, from the stunning Lili of the Valley Teenage Stamps Release which can be pre-ordered from their website for release on 31st March.

I am afraid you will be seeing rather a lot of cards using these colours and papers as last week I ordered the Paper Pad by Lemoncraft called Forget Me Not from the Ribbon Girl and as soon as it was delivered I just had to use it, in fact I have already ordered another pad of the same paper, can you tell I love it.  Gone to town of the embellies and dies on this one, but I have actually made a card using the same Stamp that is really CAS, keep your eyes open it will feature here in the future.  

2 sentiments from the Teenage Girl Sentiment Stamp Sheet also able to be pre-ordered  from Lili of the Valley have been used, plus lots of flowers from my stash.  

Now here is a list of the various dies I have used, most of these are from Noor Designs UK,  Cutting-Embossing-Butterfly-Die-2-pcs, Cutting & Embossing Circle with Butterflies, Cut & Embossing Banners.   

Finally the White Seam Binding is from the Ribbon Girl.

And Now the Copics Used:

Skin: E21, E51, E50, R20

Dress & Cup: BG02, B01, B00, B0000

Tablecloth: E43, E41, E40

Hair: E57, E35, E33, E31

Chair: E57, E31

Well that was a long one, thanks for visiting, have a good day

Hugs Jacs xxxx

Birthday Wishes

Hope you are all having a good weekend, I was really tired and cold yesterday really didn't feel like doing anything but chilling, but have woken up full of the joys of spring, pity the weather doesn't match my mood.

Todays card features Lili of the Valley - My Birthday Cake  this little Poppet has been coloured with Copics as usual, I have popped on to a 6"sq base card, the backing papers are from Lili of the Valley Paper Pads which unfortunately are no longer available.  There is a square of Cheesecloth behind the image, which together with the White Seam Binding and assorted Mulberry Flowers are available from the Ribbon Girls website.  The oval Doily Die is an old one from Cheery Lynn and the Round one is Joy Craft Cutting & Embossing Viewmaster Die available from Noor Designs UK.  I have distressed arpound the edges of the Layers and Doilys with Gathered Twig Distress Ink.

Copic Colours:

Pinks: R85, R83, R81, RV0000
Mauves: V15, V12, V01
Hair & Table: E71, E43, E40
Teddy E53, E51, E50
Greys: C1, C0

Thanks for visiting hope you like what you have seen, have a Good Sunday, see you next week

Hugs
Jacs xxxx

When All Else Fails There's Football

A bit late today, in fact I wasn't sure if I would have a card to post, but found some spare time this afternoon, so its back to Lili of the Valley Sneak Peeks.  This is going to be the most useful of the new Stamps for me as 3 of the Grandsons are avid football players and fans, I cannot say I am enamoured of their choice of teams, 2 support West Ham and the other Tottenham, as a life long Arsenal Fan you would think one of them would side with their Nan.

Enough Football and down to the card, I have used Oliver - Kicking About.  with Sentiments from Teenage-Boy-Sentiments, there are 30 sentiments on this sheet lots of unusual but useful words.  Oliver has been coloured with (Copics colours below) and is a very simple layout for me, just one die and no embellies I had to sit on my hands to stop myself adding anything else, ended up having to have a stiff cup of tea after finishing.  The Banner was cut with a Joy Craft  Cutting & Embossing Die - Banners from Noor Designs UK 

Copics Used 

Hair: E18. E15. E51

Jacket: E43, E42, E40 Dk Brown PC Pencil

Trousers: E74, E71, E70

Trainers: E43, E40, 

Rucksack: Y28, G81, E43, R89, R39

Football: C8, C5, C3, C1

I am g0ing to enter my First Challenge since my Comeback this is for:
http://craftyhazelnutspatternedpaper.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/craftyhazelnuts-patterned-paper-march.html

Have a good Friday evening or what is left of it, thanks for visiting

Hugs

Jacs xxxxx

To a Treasured Friend

Morning my lovelies, a change from me today, it is still a Lili of the Valley Stamp and Sentiment, but not a sneak peek, New Hat is one of Returning Friends Release, I am so pleased to see these old favourites back as they have made me dig out my older stamps and use them again, the sentiment is from Vintage Sentiment- Just to Say Sheet.

I have used mostly older stash on this card, the flowers are a mixture from The Ribbon Girl and Wild Orchid Crafts, Seam Binding is also from the Ribbon Girl, The string of pearls I found on E-Bay last year.  Tags are a Doo Hickey Die absolutely ages old, I do have a link for the Vintage Flourishes Leaf Die, they come from a fantastic range by Joy Design sold by Noor Designs UK, I added a touch of Frantage to the image just because I could lol!!!

I  bought a copy of Corel Paintshop Pro last night and hope to download it today,  maybe it will help with the quality of the photos, Of course the image has been coloured with Copics - what else- the colours are below:

Skin E11, E21, E00, DE0000

Hat C3, C1, B32, B41, Y11

Dress B32, B41 & Colourless Blender

Hair Y11.

Thanks peeps for visiting, hope you enjoyed looking, have a brilliant day

Hugs Jacs xxxxx

Jasmine - Phone

I am still struggling with my photos, I am sure I will get there in the end, if I remember correctly it took me an age when I first started blogging.  Today surprise, surprise its another sneak peek from the Lili of the Valley Oliver & Jasmine Collection.  I understand you have all been popping over to the shop to pre-order yours, if you haven't yet you still have until the 31st March.  Today we are showcasing Jasmine - Phone with a Sentiment from Sweet & Simple Sentiment Sheet

I have been out of the loop for so long that I have been blog hopping for the last few evenings and have found so much inspiration.  I was going to change my style and have a go at CAS, but when all is said and done I am a sucker for dies and flowers and as for backing papers I just cannot resist.

These delicious Pion Design Easter Greetings papers are from the Ribbon Girl they come on a 12 x 12 sheet with 4 -6 x 6 designs on each sheet, love them!!! also from the Ribbon Girl are the Roses,

Lilac Aster Flowers and the Ice Lime Green Seam Binding.  A Mixture of old and new Dioes hjave been used I think I can remember the Oval Doily was by Cheery Lyn, the Labels by Do-Hickey, my new dies both purchased from Noor Designs UK (I must say the Tracy's service is second to none, thanks dear), they are Joy Crafts Cutting & Embossing Viewmaster, and Joy CraftsCutting & Embossing Swirl Leaf Die.

The Copics used are:

Greens: YG63, G21

Mauves: BV00, BV000

Skin:  E000, E0000, E21, R20

&

for the Hair I used 3 Promarkers & PolyChromos Pencils

Buttercup,Mustard, Raw Sienna.

Hope you all have a fabulous day.

Hugs Jacs xxxxxx

LIli of the Valley Sneak Peek 3 - Oliver Skateboard

Hi all another day at Dennis Towers, should really be getting on with the housework as I was invaded by 4 energetic grandchildren this weekend and the house looks like a bombsite but I am sure it will keep for another half hour.

I apologise for my photos, another thing I have to practise, when my Craft room was in the attic I only had artificial light, now I have moved it downstairs I am sitting right in front of the window the lighting is completely different, never mind I will work it out.

Todays sneak peek from Lili of the Valley is Oliver - Skateboard he has been coloured with Copics, colours below, I have also used The Happy Birthday greeting from The Block Sentiment Sheet.  Papers are from Stash, Star Die I believe is Memory Box, Metal Embellies are from my Tim Holts collection and the Ribbon  and  Hessian are both from the Ribbon Girl.

Thanks for visiting I really appreciate it,. and don't forget if you haven't already pop over to Lili of the Valley  and get those Pre-Ordereds in.

Hope you have a great day, here is a list of the Copics I used.

Jeans: B24, B23, B21, B41

Skateboard: B69, B66, B63

Jumper: B89, B56, B39

Shoies: E43, E40

Hair: E55, E57, E59

Skin: E21, E000, E0000

Greys C5, C2

Hugs

Jacs xxxx

Jasmine Laptop - LOTV Sneak Peek

Good Morning all, I would like to start with a thank you to all those who left comments and for your lovely thoughts, Ohhhh!!!!! its great to be back blogging.

Todays Lili of the Valley Sneak Peek is Jasmine Laptop,  don't forget you can pre-order her now, I know lots of you have already been on the website and ordered these little beauts I wouldn't be surprised if they were a sell-out as they meet a much needed hole in the market.

I hope you will bear with me for the next few months as far as giving you names and suppliers of my embellies & Die Cuts, all my crafting stash has been in the loft for 2 years and I have forgotten the make of most of  them, like a doughnut none of my dies are left in their packaging doh!!!!!!!!

I can tell you that Flowers, Lace and Ribbon are from either Ribbon Girl or Wild Orchid Crafts, I have edged the flowers with Star Dust Stickles.  The fab sentiment is from one of the new releases from Lili of the Valley this one is from the Sketchy Wishes Stamp Sheet, there are 6 new Stamp sheets and all are really different.  The image was coloured with Copics the numbers are below.

Hair: E55, E57, E59

Jumper: B21, B23, B24, B41

Jeans: E71, DE43, E41, E40

Laptop: C3,C1, C0

I am off to do some housework urgh!! then to get down to more colouring, thanks for visiting today, and in case I do not have time to post over the Weekend I hope you have a good one, at least the weather forecast is cheerful.

Hugs 

Jacs xxxxx

OLIVER GAME BOY - SNEAK PEEK

BACK TO WORK WITH AN LOTV SNEAK PEEK

After rather a long break (2.1/4 years to be exact), I am struggling to remember how to post here, I am sure I had a programme where I wrote the blog and added images then imported it, if you have any idea what I mean I would be glad of some help Pleeeease.

Mum finally gave up her struggle with that wicked disease Dementia (after 10 years) about a month ago, she was still at home and went peacefully surrounded by the people she loved.  I am telling you because so many of you lovely people always asked about her, of course I miss her and there is a massive hole to be filled in my life after all this time, so it was with pure joy that I took up the offer from my dear sweet friends Lisa and Laila from Lili of the Valley to once again work on some sneak peeks from my favourite stamp company.

So may I present Oliver Game Boy he can be pre ordered from the website as of now for despatch on 31st March.  There are 4 new Oliver Stamps in this new release and all are great for those difficult Teenage Boys cards, as a Nan to 5 Grandsons these fantastic images will be a godsend to me.  

I am still struggling with my Copics at the moment been practising for a few days but the fact that I threw away my stamping card last year and am working on some old white card I found may be part of the reason.

I have listed the Copics I have used at the bottom of this post, do people still do this, I always found it so helpful so I will continue if you would like me to.   The papers  are from an old pad I bought at The Range about 4 years ago, have lost the front cover so cannot give you the name of it.  Buttons and Twine are from the Ribbon Girl, the Sentiment is from another new release available to Pre Order this one is Teenage Boy, are 6 new sentiment sets in this release.  Whilst on the website don't forget to check out the return of some old favourites.

Well other then giving you the list of Copics, I will stop boring you and say thanks for looking then sign off, wow it feels as if I have run a marathon lol.

Copic Colours

Flesh: E11, E21, E00, E0000

Reds: R46, R17, R02, R89

Greens: YG09, YG07, YG05, YG06

Greys: CV9, C7, C5, C3

Hair E71, E40, E43

Big Hugs and its great to be back

Jacqui xxx