Three of a kind

 

I’m up really early this morning the sun shines straight into my bedroom first thing in the morning and it woke me up, but then I never mind being woken by the sun after the rotten winter we have had.  Just a quick reminder that the Lili of the Valley Additions collection will be available on the website tomorrow morning.  This collection, as it’s name suggests, has been created  to complement and add to the normal Lili of the Valley Character stamps, it includes a stunning Ribbon Stamp sheet, Postcards, Labels , Various corners , Tags and more Round Sentiments plus lots m0re, all produced in strong Polymer for easy placement.

 

 

3 more of my new Bildmalarna stamps have been used today, I stamped Mimosa first then masked her and stamped her two little friend on the log over her, the images have been coloured with Copics.  The papers are from Sparkling Spring Collection by Prima, another purchase from The Hobby House at Ally Pally, I already had a couple of these pads at home but thought I would get another just in case they discontinue them, I hate it when that happens.

 

 

I have had the Martha Stewart Butterfly Punch for ages but I think this is the first time I have used it, The Cherry Blossom is from Wild Orchid Crafts as are the pearls.  I have used another of the Bildmalarna Stamps on the base and the sentiment is from the LOTV Additions Range.

 

 

This is a better picture.

 

Hope you all have a great day

Hugs

Jacqui xxx

Stamp With Fun

 

I was so pleased and surprised to see that the lovely girls from Bildmalarna had a stand at Alexandra Palace, of course I had to have some of the sweet stamps and it looked as if lots of visitors had the same idea their stand was really popular.  I just had to ink one up as soon as I got home.

 

 

I think this is my favourite image, its the cat that did it for me.  I am still practising with my ProMarkers and I think I am almost there, the papers were left over from a card I made last week.  I have made a triple bow with Seam Binding from the Ribbon Girl, and the flowers are cut with a Marianne Design Die.  The large swirl is a magnolia die.  I have edged the flowers with a glue pen and Glamour Dust.

 

 

The Sentiment which has again been coloured with ProMarkers has had lots of Glamour Dust and Pearls added.

 

 

The Promarkers Used:

Face: Apricot. Saffron, Ivory

Dress & Hat: Peach, Mango. Saffron, Vanilla, Pastel Beige

Cat: Terracotta, Saffron, Vanilla.

 

Hugs

Jacqui xx

Easter Bonnet

Morning everyone, I hope the sun is still shining everywhere, I am sure this weather is too good to last.  This has been posted in absentia as I am at Ally Pally until Sunday, we always seem to get nice weather there and I am hoping to spend lunch out in the open gazing at the amazing view and having an e-ciggie.



The new Butterfly Collection rom Magnolia is the best yet, there is not one image I dislike.  I ordered some lovely Bo Bunny Gabrielle Papers from Charmed cards and Crafts this week and just had to use them as soon as I opened the parcel.  They are so lush that it really seemed a sin to distress them but it had to be done. 

I have used copics to colour Tilda ,  the filigree doily behind the image is  is a Die from Dies to Die For which I have distressed with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. The Brad, Butterfly and Blue Lace are from an embellishment Pack that matches the paper.



The Cherry Blossom Flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts and have been glittered with Stardust Stickles.



Copics used:
Flesh E02, E01, E00, E000, R20
Dress: B01, Booo, B0000
Shoes Hat & Flower: R02, R01, R00,
Hair: E71, E70, E40

This card is available to buy  from my e-bay site

Hugs and thanks for looking
Jacqui xx

Just Magnolia and Hanglar & Stanglar

I should be on my way to London when you read this, it seems as if I have been away every weekend lately  this is the last one for a little while, but this is my Favourite show there is something about Ally Pally it always seems just so friendly and comfortable, I am off to see Grease this evening with my good friends from Crafters Companion, Sara, Meg, Katie and Sharon cannot wait to see them for a good catch up and have also wanted to see the show for ages.  Don’t forget if you are coming to Ally Pally to come and visit the Lili of the Valley Stand and if   you are around at lunch time perhaps we can meet up for a coffee and chat.



Now down to this weeks challenge on Just Magnolia & hAgnlar and stAnglar Challenge Blog, we have a lovely sketch designed by Kathy for you to follow, I loved this sketch lots of unusual layers.  I have used a new Paper Pad I bought at the NEC it contain lots of vintage teal and brown designs and is just scrummy,  its by g.c.d and is called Ella Blue.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Craft as are the pearls.  Bev thinks this little Tilda looks as if she wants to visit the bathroom but I think she is bending down to look at the little butterfly that has landed on her hand.



I have used copics to colour Tilda but I packed them before I made a note of the numbers, from memory I think I used  E93 and E91 for her trouser, E71, E71 and E40 for her hair and shoes, the usual colours for her face and  C1 for her blouse.

I have scheduled a card for tomorrow hope it works.

This card is now available to purchase on my e-bay site

Hugs
Jacqui xxxx

Lili of the Valley Challenge

Sorry this is an extremely quick post, I have to get ready for Ally Pally, I have managed to get a lift into Canterbury to get my food shopping for Mum over the weekend  and I need to do some washing and get it on the line, making the most of this lovely weather.

 

 

There is a new challenge today on Lili of the Valley Challenge, a colour theme for you PEACH and GREEN, I love these colours.  I have used “Gift Wrap” for my card and have coloured using Promarkers, I am really getting on with ProMarkers now and other than the amount of colours I really don’t think they are much different from Copics, so after 2 years deriding them I know have to eat my words.

 

Will try to back on here later to pad out this post with more info, but my lift has just arrived

Hugs

Jacqui xx

Out of the Box

 

A week or so ago my lovely teamie Kathy from Lili of the Valley Design Team posted a stunning Exploding Box Tutorial on The Lili of the Valleys Ideas to Inspire blog and I have been dying to have a go at making one.  Mum was a bit down yesterday evening and didn’t want to go to bed so I decided to take a few crafting Bits downstairs and sit with her and encourage her to watch TV whilst I crafted on the dining room table, it has been a couple of years since I have actually done this.  I had already coloured this Fairy Friends Image from Lili of the Valley and had bought some Floral Sheets from the lovely Jak Heath at  Harrogate which I had been dying to have a go at so I decided to try making the box.

 

 

I think I will need a bit more practise until mine is as beautiful as Kathys but I am quite pleased with it, even though it looks a bit crowded with flowers.  I didn’t have all the floral dies that Kathy used so had to make do with what I had, the starting point was the flower in the middle of the box which is from the Flower Sheet designed by Jak Heath for La Pashe, there are some fabulous floral sheet to make lots of different 3d flowers in the set, I am going to get Mum ti have a go at cutting some out today will help her to make them up tonight, will let you see what she makes.

 

The Flowers are all punched with Small Floral Punches from The Hobby House, and Paper is from the Tilda Kitchen Garden Pad.

 

 

I am not sure what colours I used as this image was coloured ages ago and never used.

 

 

Here is the Closed Box , if you would like to have a go at making one of these gorgeous boxes you will find Kathys tutorial Here, it takes ages to make ( I started at 9.30pm and finished at 2.30am  last night) but it is well worth it.

 

 

Have a good day

Jacqui xxx

A Spoonful of Sugar Challenge

 

Have you heard the weather forecast for the weekend over here in the UK its going to be sunny and very warm, well about time is all I can say, I have had enough of this long old winter, and as I suffer from SAD the sun can not come quick enough.

My card for todays A Spoonfull of Sugar Challenge is very apt for the sunny weekend, I am not sure if in these days of PCs, X Boxs  and all other computer games, that little boys make their own boats and watch them float in a puddle or down the river,  my brother and I had hours of fun during the summer doing this and playing Pooh Sticks, we also spent hours collection Frog Spawn and catching Sticklebacks, not sure Mum enjoyed finding them in the sink though.

 

 

Down to this weeks Challenge then we would like to see   Ton's of Texture At least two different types of texture on your card, what a great challenge and we are sponsored by Pixie Cottage Stamps.

I dread having to make a boys card, its not the image I dislike its the fact that I am never sure how to embellish them’ but I quite like this one,  “By The River” has always been one of my Favourite Lili of the Valley Boy Stamps, I just want to pinch his little cheeks.  I have used Copics and Polychromos Pencils to colour the image.  The Ticket, Grunge Word and Background stamp behind the image are all from the new Lili of the Valley Additions range which will be on sale at Ally Pally this coming weekend and on the website from 19th April.  I have stamped all this accessories with Forest Moss Distress Ink.  The Raffia is from B&Q and Bakers Twine from the Ribbon Girl.  The gorgeous Mother of Pearl Buttons are from the Craft Fairy.

 

 

Copics Used:

Flesh: E13, E11, E01, E00, E000, R20

Hair E17, E15, E13, E11

Jumper and River: B95, B93, B91

Grass: G94, G82.

Have a lovely day

Hugs

Jacqui xxx

Bunches of Love

 

 

I had a lovely day yesterday, my Dinner date with the Grandchildren was very special, then we spent the afternoon crafting, that is the reason I am so late posting today, I have spent 3 hours clearing up after the “Invasion of The Grandchildren” (good film title) in my craft room.

 

 

This is one of the Fizzy Moon stamps I bought on my visit to Crafts U Love, these bears are just toooooooo cute.  The papers are from the Tilda Pad I bought from Lili of the Valley at the NEC, they eill not be selling these on the website but will have stocks at the shows.

 

The delicious lace is from Wild Orchid Crafts, I really didn’t want to cut this lace its just to pretty.  The Seam Binding and Charm is from The Ribbon Girl.

 

 

I also bought some Doo Hickey Dies at Crafts U Love including the leaf and blossom die I have used here,

 

 

The Copics Used:

Bear: E53, E51, E50, E35, E33, E30 E59, E25

Flowers: R81 RV000, YR21, Y21

Leaves: YG93, YG91

Thought you might like to see the results of the boys efforts at Easter Crafting, Benjamin( 6 )  had to make an Easter Bonnet for his home work, and Robert ( 10) had to decorate an Egg for a School Project.  Benjamin spent ages sticking flowers and chicks onto his hat, I showed him how to make flowers with tissue paper and he made some of these as well as just using the paper and material flowers.

 

 

Benjamin wearing his Hat, and of course Robert had to wear it too:

 

 

and here is Roberts Harry Hill TV Burps Egg: this was his suggestion and the only help he got was to cut out the glasses and attaching the arms to the body.

 

 

I am very proud of the boys

Thanks for looking

Huggles

Jacqui xx

Some Me Time

 

Yesterday I decided to have a little me time and to forget all my commissions, and Design Team work and just do something I wanted to do.  Sometimes I forget that this is a hobby and not a way of life it then becomes less enjoyable.  I took an age making this card but enjoyed every minute of it.  I do realise how lucky I am to be on some fabulous designer teams and have fantastic products to work with and I wouldn’t change it for the world but I must learn not to take it so seriously that it takes over my life. 

 

 

I have used lots of Lili of the Valley Stamps on this little step card, “Together Forever” image and sentiment from the Romance collection,  Ribbon stamp from LOTV Additions and I have added a Cherry Blossom from the Additions range to the main image I wanted to give the impression of the swing hanging from a cherry tree, I think it has worked quite well.  The new LOTV Additions stamps will be available at Ally Pally next week and on the website from 19th April.

 

 

A mixture of Marianne and Doo Hickey Swirl Dies have been used as well as Medium and Small Retro Flower Punch and MS Butterfly Punch, I also had some punched branches punched before my MS Punch died  in my little box of die cut spares, I really enjoyed playing with these until I got the effect I was looking for.  The Ribbon stamp has been coloured with Copics and Glittered with Glamour Dust.  The paper is from a Tilda Pad I bought from Lili of the Valley at the NEC last week.

 

 

The Colours used are:

Flesh: E00, E01, E11, E13

Hair: E53, E51, E50

Dress: R11, R21, R22, R35, and flowers

Jumper: G82, G85, G94, BG99, E43, E41, R40

Swing: E71, E70, E40

 

 

Going to have a shower and hair wash now to make myself beautiful for my Dinner Date.  Have a lovely Sunday everyone

Hugs

Jacqui xxx

Friday Sketchers

Happy Weekend everyone, I find it  really strange that after 4 years of retirement, I still look forward to the weekends, even though there is no difference in my daily schedule
and if it wasn’t for the different challenges and Dt cards I am sure I wouldn’t even know what day of the week it was .    Sunday is Mothers Day here in the UK , and although my 2 eldest sons are away on their annual Fishing Trip to France (Hope Matthew catches a few more fish than he did last year, the only one he caught last year was the record breaking 44lb Carp, whilst Richard was catching them every day on a regular basis and he had the next swim to Matthew) my two youngest boys James and Ben are treating me to a Lovely Mothers Day Lunch, it also means I will spend lots of lovely huggles time with the Grandchildren.



I used one of my Older Sarah Kay stamps for this card, and coloured the image with Copics, and have used the sketch from this weeks Friday Sketchers Challenge, thank you girls it is a great sketch.  The lovely embossed and glittered paper is from the 12x12 K&Co Winter Wonderland Pad.



The Large rose is from Craft Fairy and cherry blossom from Wild Orchid Crafts, I think I bought the gold twiggy things from our local C&H Fabrics, whilst punching the leaves my Martha Stewart punch broke, this is the 3rd MS branch punch that has died on me, has anyone else had the same problem, I decided I was not going to buy another one but this morning have realised just how much I use it so I expect I will trawl the websites today to get one.



The Copics used to colour the image
E00, E01, E11, E13, R20
R11, R21, R22, R35
G82, G85, G94, BG99
E53, E51, E50

Just a quick reminder did you know that First Class Stamp will cost 5p more on Monday, but if  you still have some 1st class stamps you will still be able to use them as there is no price on them, it was recommended on BBC Breakfast this morning that you buy as many stamps as you can today.

THIS CARD ALONG WITH 3 OTHERS I HAVE POSTED THIS WEEK ARE AVAILABLE FOR SALE ON MY E-BAY SITE

To all those lovely Mums out there have a fabulous day tomorrow
Hugs
Jacqui xxx

2 Challenge Cards for Friday

 

Happy April hope you don’t get caught by too many April Fool jokes this morning, I was caught by a story on BBC Breakfast. 

 

This week we are sponsored by Simon Says Stamp with an awesome $25 to spend in their store!!

The theme for our Special Monthly Challenge is "Anything Goes". But this month we have added the option of adding BUTTONS to your creation. You can combine our challenge with any other challenges of your choice as long as the main image on your creation is a hAnglar & sTanglar or Magnolia stamp you will qualify to be in the draw for the fab prize.

 

Another of the lovely new Magnolia Tilda, I think Tilda is sharing the secrets of her heart with her little Bunny Friend.  The papers are a Nitwits Download “Noahs Ark” nice and fresh  colours in this collection.  I have stamped and cut out 2 hearts from the Lili of the Valley Additions range and distressed around the edges with Dusty Concorde DI and Glittered then 3d on top of each other. 

The Bow on Tildas hat has been frosted with Glamour Dust and Bunnys Tail has Polar White Flowersoft added.

 

 

The flowers, Ribbon, Lace and Pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

 

The Copics used:

Face E11, E02, E00, E000, R20

Trousers: BV00, BV000

Hat & Shoes: YG95, Yg93, Yg91, E40

Bunny E53, E51, E50

 

 

Being the 1st f the month it is time for Crafters Companion Monthly Challenge  and this MONTH we have one of my favourite Colour themes for you AQUA AND BROWN.  Sara has again been very generous and offered a £30 voucher to spend on the Crafters Companion Website to our lucky winner.  I do hope you can come and join us.

 

 

I have used Julie from Jayne Nestorenkos Patchwork Polly collection available from Crafters Companion, she has been coloured with Copics, the papers are from DCWV Linen Closet Pad this pad is full of Aquas and Browns and is one of my favourites.  the sentiment is a Time Holtzs Adage Pad Tickets.

 

 

The large rose is a prima flower and the gold balls are from my stash, the white flowers are by Wild Orchid Crafts.

 

 

The colours used on Julie are:

 

Flesh: E21, E000, E0000

Hair

E43, E42, E40

Dress E71, E70, E40

Blouse: B01, Booo, B0000

 

Thanks for looking have a great weekend

Hugs Jacqui xxx