Just Magnolia Challenge

We have a lovely sketch for you this week on Just Magnolia Challenge designed by our very own talented Mina, also a fabulous prize donated by The Hobby House.

The lovely and very talented Dawny P has joined us as a permanent member of the DT, welcome Dawny looking forward to working with you dear.


Do you think Tilda is holding this Mistletoe in the hopes she might be able to snatch a kiss from Edwin!!!!

Another Christmas Magnolia from Crafts U Love today, she has been coloured with Distress Inks (what else), the papers and NOEL stamp are also by Magnolia. I have added a few drops of Liquid Pearls to the buttons on her show and the mistletoe berries, and edge the NOEL with Stardust Stickles.


The lovely silver lace is from Bunny Zoes Crafts, and I have used the Martha Stewart Icicle Border Punch.



It time for the Wags'n Whiskers 2nd Challenge. We would like to see stitching, either real or faux, on your creations this week.



The lovely Wags'n Whiskers "Donna and Zoes Snowfun" stamp designed by Crissy Armstrong, has been coloured with Copics with flowersoft on her hat and Glamour Dust on the snowman, I added Twinklets to the snow on the ground love the effect this gives. The fabulous papers, large snowflake and red glittered flowers are all Little Yellow Bicycle Papers which I ordered from Craft Obsession on Wednesday and received today, fantastic service. These papers are just delicious.



Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Whiff of Joy Challenge

This week we have a color challenge for you!!!!!
We would like to see Orange, Brown and Ivory on your cards!!! Cool colors aren't they???

We are going to have a surprise as the prize this week and Katharina will be sending one lucky person a stamp from Whiff of Joy So lets see lots of entry's again this week and remember to be in the draw for the prize you must use a Whiff of Joy Stamp.

To see the fabulous cards by my fellow DT members and to join in the challenge just click Here

Oh dear these colours are so not me, and I thought I would struggle with this one but I really enjoyed making this card in the end and am pleased with the results. Henry has been coloured with Distress Inks and Glamour Dust has been added to the bauble and his hat. The papers are all from my scrap drawer. The snowflakes were punched from acetate with Mary Stewart Snowflake punch then lots of twinklets and orange pearls have been added.


Whiff of Joy Tutorials & Inspiration Blog




Whiff of Joy Tutorials Inspiration Blog

here is a taster of the Easel Card tutorial that I have made for the new Whiff of Joy tutorials and Inspiration blog ..

but to see it your going to have to click on over to the Whiff of Joy Tutorials & Inspiration Blog

Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Fun and Games

BLOG HOP NOW CLOSED. THE WINNER OF MY BLOG HOP IS ANDREA CAN YOU PLEASE EMAIL ME YOUR SNAIL MAIL ADDRESS DEAR AND YOUR CHOICE OF STAMP.

Welcome to your first stop on the Lili of the Valley Blog Hop to celebrate the release of the New Collection of Stamps from Lili of the Valley each Dt member is offering the chance for you to win One of the new stamps of your choice, if you complete the blog hop you will also have a chance to win 6 of the new images of your choice.

To enter all you need to do is work your way through each of the links leaving a comment telling us your favourite LOTV stamp, until you get back to the LOTV Valley Challenge Blog, on the way around each Dt member will give you a letter, make a note of these as they will make up a word which we will ask you for if your comment on the Lili of the Valley Challenge Blog is drawn by Random.Org as the winner of the 6 stamps. We e-mail the winner and if you respond with the correct word the stamps of your choice will be sent off to you.

I have am the first stop on the hop once you have left your comment you need to pop along to Nicolas blog to collect the next letter you will need to be in with a chance of winning the big prize. My letter for you is

"T"

Here is the card I made with My Favourite Fairy Stamp from the New Release, I cannot believe this fabulous stamps cost under £4.00. I thought I would make this into a Christmas Card and I am so pleased how it turned out, she makes a perfect Christmas Fairy coloured in Distress Inks, this is a colour scheme i haven't used before, but will defo be using it again. The lovely papers are by Fancy Pants and called Christmas Magic.

The Blue Rose if one I bought from the Magnolia Stand and glittered to within an inch of its life.

Well I hope you have enjoyed your first visit on the Lili of the Valley Hop now your need to visit Nicolas Blog don't forget to make a note of my letter (T).



Hugs
Jacqui xx

2 more for Christmas

Cute Card Thursday

Challenge 85 - Primary Colours!

This week we want to see your cards/projects with a colour combination of Red, Blue & Yellow....the Primary Colours. Obviously you can use correct colours for hair and skin, and other colours in your image, but we want to see predominantly primary colours.



Another stamp from the new Penny Black Range at the Glitterpot today, she has been coloured with Copics and Prismas, as with my PB Challenge card I have gone for bright colours on this one, so different from my usual colouring but I think it fits the theme of Primary Colours. The Papers are by Bo Bunny. Not to much glitter on this one, the white poinsettias have been distressed around the edge with distress inks and then sprayed with Pearl Glimmer Mist, I have added a tiny bit of sparkle to the pine branch and the edges of the dress.





Now on to this weeks DT card for A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge



Our Challenge this week was picked by our very own Michelle and she asked us to
"Create a Scene"
Our wonderful sponsor this week is Summer From Belles n Whistles.
Summer has kindly donated a fabulous prize which is one of the new Elisabeth Bell stamps called Rockin Around.



This card hasn't photographed very well, the flowersoft on the trees looks a bit messy, it is nothing like that in real life, I think it must be a reaction to the flash. I have used one of the new release snowmen from Magnolia, and also last years Magnolia Fir Trees stamps, I have cut the smallest tree off and 3d it in from of the remaining 2. Lots of Sparkle and flowersoft on this card. The fabby papers are from Magnolia the snowflakes were punched with Martha Stewart Snowflake Punch then glittered with Glamour mist. Snowy has been coloured with Copics.

Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Roses for you and a Pleas for a Good Cause

Sketch Saturday Challenge

There is a fabulous sketch from Debbie this week and a great prize from Crafts 4 Fun to be won on Sketch Saturday Challenge. There are some fabulous cards from the DT and also a wonderful creation from Bev who is this weeks GDT.



I am afraid there will be an overload of Sparkle on my cards from now on, after watching the fantastic Magnolia Demos by our dear Kim on Saturday, I cam straight home and order 6 bottles of Stardust Stickles (over the top I know, but then I am an over the top girl).

Another of the new release Magnolias, I love the way a lot these new Christmas Stamps can be used all through the year you can convince yourself that it was money well spent, lol. I have used Distress Inks again on this beautiful Tilda and added stickles to her headdress and Perfect Pearls for the dots on the bouquet. Distressed all the edges of the Magnolia Papers and the Image. Also added Stardust Stickles to the fabulous large red rose from Tabby Craft, I also bought the Red Tulle from Tab.

Please Help!!!!

I recently found out from Ilas Blog that Sarah Anderson's little 3 year old son Henry passed away from a virus he fell ill with last week.

Lorie Ames has organized a way to donate for a memorial for Henry. Henry loved his local zoo and visited it almost every day in the summer. As a memorial, trees will be planted there in his honor.

Melissa at Pink Cat Studio has created a digital stamp to help raise funds for a tree for Henry. All proceeds from the sale of the digi stamp, minus Paypal costs, will go towards the tree.

If you would like to donate towards the tree, please visit this webpage to purchase the digi stamp: Pink Cat Studios

If you don’t know Sarah and would like to learn more about her, please visit her blog: Scrapinmama
Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Angel Tilda & NEC Update

Happy Sunday everyone. Well what a fantastic day I had yesterday at the NEC, I didn't spend much money and the money I did spend did me no good as somehow I lost the Bag containing my Mini Magnolias and Nesties, can you believe it!!!!! But this disaster was made up for by meeting so many lovely crafters who I feel as if I have known forever. There were too many to mention individually, and I would be so worried about leaving anyone out of the list but just say we took over the conservatory in Witherspoons and I laughed so much that my face is still hurting today, cannot wait to meet up with everyone again, I had the best day EVER!!!!!!!
Thanks to all of you, love you all MWAH!!!!!!!



Am a bit tired today but managed to make this little Tilda Card, I wanted to get it done quickly so I could remember all the fantastic tips I got from the wonderful Kim on how she uses Stickles on her flowers and around her cards. I have just noticed Tilda looks as if she is about to topple over, think she wasn't such an angel last night and had a tipple or two. As usual Tilda has been coloured with Distress Inks, the Paper is Magnolia and I have used the Silent Night Text stamp from Magnolia again, I has distressed all the edges with vintage photo inks.



Now I am off to try a bit of jewellery making, Dear Dawny P gave Rach and I a quick lesson, I cannot believe she got her pliers out right in the middle of the hall amongst the thousands of visitors and showed us how to coil wire what a darling she is, thanks sweetie, lets hope I can remember your instructions

UPDATE on my lost bag of goodies, it has been found!!!!!!!, I was sitting next to dear Caz at lunch and amongst all the fun and laughter our bags must have got mixed up and Caz took mine home by mistake. You can imagine how grateful I am that it has been found and Caz is sending it off to me thank you hun, what a darling you are MWAH xxxx

Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Away In a Manger

Penny Black Challenge

Our theme on Penny Black Challenge is to create a card that relates to a Song Title/Lyrics, had great fun with this, We have a fab Guest Designer for this Month the brilliant talented Debby from Scrap Journey to see Debbys card and the rest of the Dts fabulous ideas just click Here"



I found this fabulous PB stamp on The Glitterpot website and just had to have it. After looking at the fabulous tutorial by Jeanette on the Whiff of Joy Tutorial blog, I thought I would have a go at mixing Prismas with Copics and am really pleased with the results, although it is much brighter than my normal colouring. The papers are all by Basic Grey.



Well by the time you read this I should be whooping it up at the NEC, I am so excited. Give you the low down on the day on Sunday

Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Just Magnolia Challenge and Wags'nWhiskers Challenge

Just Magnolia - Simon Says Stamp Monthly Challenge

As promised, we're back with our first Simon Says Stamp monthly challenge! We are so excited - this has been in the planning for weeks and weeks and today's the day we get to show our creations to you all! Heidi from Simon Says Stamp has very generously agreed to sponsor this monthly challenge and the prize is .........

a whopping .......

$50 voucher to spend on what you want in their store!
With over 100,000 items in stock, Simon is proud to offer the best selection of Rubber Stamps, Scrapbooking, Artist Trading Cards, Altered Art, and Paper Crafting Supplies in the world!
Now, because this is a special challenge with an extra special prize the theme is a bit more challenging but we know you can all do it! This month the challenge is to Distress your card or project. We posted Chris Darks fabulous tutorial on Distressing yesterday, you can find it Here. Just remember to be in the draw for the prize you MUST use a Magnolia stamp.

We also have the lovely Dawny Pas our GDT this month so to see Dawnys fabulous card and the rest of the breathtaking creations from my fellow DT Divas just pop over to the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog.



I was feeling really fed up yesterday, and then plop my fantastic new Christmas Magnolias landed on the doormat, you have never seen anyone cheer up so quickly. I was going to wait until I got to the NEC to get the stamps but when the e-mail from Crafts U Love arrived I couldn't wait.

Tilda has been coloured with Distress Inks, the papers are the New Christmas Release Magnolia Collection. I have roughed up (Distressed) the edges with Tim Holtzs distress tool, then rubbed Distress Ink around them. The Flowers ate from Wild Orchid Crafts and the lace is from Tabby Crafts



Woooo Hoooo only one more sleep before I meet my JM friends and many more of you, cannot wait.



Wags'nWhiskers Challenge

Challenge 1 - Make them Sparkle

The rules are very simple... you need to use a Wags 'n Whiskers image on your card or project. We don't mind you combining other challenges with ours... the more the merrier!!!!

Each week we will choose a winner who will win a Wags 'n Whiskers stamp of their choice!! You already own our first release? No problems... you get first dibs on a stamp from our next release!!!

You don't own any Wags 'n Whiskers Stamps just yet?...... then click Here to purchase.



I have again used Distress Inks to colour my image and added as much Glamour Dust as I could to the Dress, Wings and Butterflies. The papers are again from the my scrap drawer, I am trying to clear as much stash as possible to make room for any new purchases I make tomorrow lol!. Large Rose, Hat Pin and lace are from Tabby Crafts">, and the bling is by Prima.
I hope we see lots of creations from you using these fabulous stamps.



Well what a long post this has been, I will try to shedule my Penny Black Card for tomorrow and will be back on line on Sunday, hopefully with some piccies of NEC.

Have a lovely weekend everyone

Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Lili of the Valley Challenge

Lili of the Valley Challenge

Our Theme for Challenge 40 is a recipe

3 Papers, 2 Stamps (1 can be sentiment), 1 Type of Embellishment

We are really pleased that we have the very very talented Bev as out Guest Designer for the next 2 challenges, I am sure you will be as excited as we are to see her fabulous creations for our challenges.

Don't forget it is not necessary to use Lili of the Valley Products on your entry we welcome everybody to join us in our Challenge.

For all you lucky people going to the NEC don't forget to visit the Lili of the Valley Stand where you will be able to buy the long awaited new release stamps before they go on sale on the Website on the 11th November.



Sorry for the poor quality of the photo today, I am not good at using the camera in the evenings.

This little image and sentiment are both available from Lili of the Valley, and has been coloured with copics with lots and lots of Glamour Dust added. The papers are from scrap drawer again and I believe are a download from The Sweete Shop. I found the white snowflakes amongst my stash and added Twinklets to them for added sparkle.



On a different note have you got stamps you no longer use and would like to swap, then you need to visit a new blog set up by Tasha for just this purpose, I think its a brilliant idea and I will defo be sorting out my redundant stamps. The link to the blog is Here, it is call The Auction Room
Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Forever Friends Candy

FOREVER FRIENDS CANDY - OPEN UNTIL 14th NOVEMBER

THIS CANDY IS NOW CLOSED AND A WINNER HAS BEEN CHOSEN

I thought it was about time I gave out a little bit of sweet love to thank everyone for visiting my blog, so today I am offering A Little Forever Friends Candy. 3 Christmas Stamps, Matching Papers and one extra Pad of Christmas Papers. All you need to do to be in with a chance of giving these sweet little bear a home, is to link the candy on your Blog and leave a link in Mr Linky below before 14th November
Thanks for looking

WE HAVE A WINNER

THE WINNER OF THE CANDY WAS NO 154 that is Beccy aka Lil Sis

Can you please e-mail me your snail mail address please Beccy so I can get them off to you.

Hugs
Jacqui xx

Inky Impressions

Inky Impressions Challenge

Today's Challenge is to use Inky Impressions Stamps/Image to make a card or project using this fun color combo.


or Colors Similar

We would LOVE to see what you create so come on and join the fun.


Sorry everything is so quick today, I just haven't had the time to get up to the craft room to make cards or even use the PC much for the last couple of days. Hopefully my day out at the NEC on Saturday, especially seeing all those lovely blogging friends, will get me back on track.
I do love Lili and I must say I am really impressed by the quality of the stamps, they are so deeply etched and you get a perfect impression each time you stamp. Don't forget the Inky Impressions Blog Hop starting on the 9th November, unfortunately as it stands now I will not be able to join in as I am still a waiting my stamps, but I hope you join in there are some great stamps being given away.



Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Whiff of Joy Challenge

We have a fantastic sketch for you this week from our very own Jane at Whiff of Joy Challenge, I loved working with this one and I am sure you will to.



Willow has been coloured with Distress Inks and the image edge with the same, the papers are a mixture from my scrap drawer. The flowers are white poinsettas sprayed with Old Lace Glimmer mist and the swirls have been punched.



Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge

For our Challenge this week we have a fab sketch created by our very own Sonja for you to follow,Thanks for this Sonja.



I have used another little bear from Lili of The Valley, these gorgeous new stamps will be released at the NEC this week and also be available to buy on line from The Lili of The Valley Website from 11th November. He has been coloured with Copics with Gold Stickles added to the centre of the flowers. The papers are from my scrap drawer and the plain green paper has been run through the Cuttlebug in the Daisy embossing folder. The sentiment is by Whiff of Joy.



Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Snowy Sunday and Some Good News

Wags'nWhiskers

Now Shipping!!!!!

The Wags 'n Whiskers Rubber Stamps are NOW IN STOCK and will be shipping this week!! Yeah! If you have already pre-ordered your stamps, they will be shipped out ASAP!

If you haven't ordered your stamps yet...what are you waiting for? Go order them now Here...

We have some great news to share too. We will be starting weekly challenges next Friday 6th November Here. The team are looking forward to seeing your creations!



I am so happy to be able to show this card today, the stamps plopped through my door yesterday, (Yes we did have a Mail Delivery!!!), I have been unable to produce any DT cards for the last couple of weeks as the Black Double Ink cartridge had run out and although I have a new one on order there seems to be a problem with the manufacturers supplying it, so I couldn't run off any Digi Images.

Today I have used Zoe and Gemmas Snow Fun, what a sweet stamp this is, it has been coloured with Distress Inks, the papers are Bo Bunny, Charm was a Rak from Bev, Snowflake was cut with Snowflake Nestie set and the edges of the snowflake distressed with Worn Lipstick Distress Inks.
My Good News

I was amazed yesterday when I received an e-mail to say I had made the Top 3 on Saturday Spotlight Challenge with my Milk Carton Holder, I made for Lucy. Thank you girls I am honoured to have been chosen for your top 3 especially as there were some fantastic entries.


I was going to be so good yesterday morning and answer all my lovely comments and visit blogs that I have missed this past week, but Mr Blogger was being a naughty boy again, must have been those Halloween gremlins!!!. I understand that I am not the only one who has problems accessing blogs, hopefully things will be better today and I can get around to visiting you all.

Thanks for looking
Hugs
Jacqui xx