Forget Me Not Fairy

Day 2 of the Crafters Companion Fairyopolis Sneak Peeks.  On my Sidebar you will see a link to join in the fabulous Blog Hop where the prize for one lucky person is £100 of Goodies from Crafters Companion.



Today its the turn of Forget Me Not Fairy, isn’t she beautiful. I saw this Circular step card on my talented friend Marlene's blog and fell in love with it, luckly she did a little tutorial on making it,  I will not say it was easy but it was well while the effort, thanks Marlene dear MWAH XXX .  I only stook one picture before I sent my samples off, I should of taken a side view to give you the real effect. 

I coloured the image with Copics and used some of the lovely backing paper from the Fairyopolis CD, then just inked the edges of the circle with Faded Jeans DI.



Each of the steps was decorated with Punched Flowers, Butterflies and Swirls, and the sentiment is from the Stamp Sheet.



Have a good weekend and don’t forget to join the Blog Hop.
Hugs
Jacqui xx

Crafters Companion Fairyopolis Blog Hop

 

Hi all, and welcome to the Crafter’s Companion Blog Hop to celebrate the release of the new Flower Fairies: Fairyopolis range.

If you have landed here from  Mandy's blog then you are hopping in the right direction. If not then you need to pop over to the Crafter’s Companion News blog to begin.

Our DT have had a great time creating with the new range from Crafter’s Companion and to celebrate the launch of this stunning new collection on Tuesday 15^th March we have decided to give you a chance to see some Sneak Peeks and also have the chance of winning a fabulous Prize: £100 of Fairyopolis goodies!

All you need to do to be in with a chance of winning this great prize is visit each blog in order, and then go back to the Crafter’s Companion News Views and Inspiration Blog to leave your link on Mr Linky. Along the way you will notice that each Blog will give you a letter - make a note of these as you go along. When you have collected them all, you need to rearrange the letters to make a Fairy-inspired word. We’ll ask you for this word if your number is drawn by Random.Org on Wednesday 16th.

PLEASE DO NOT TELL US WHAT THE WORD IS ON THE CRAFTER’S COMPANION NEWS VIEWS AND INSPIRATION BLOG, WE WILL E-MAIL YOU FOR THE ANSWER IF YOUR MR LINKY NUMBER IS DRAWN.

Here is my first sneak Peek, I have used “Sloe Fairy” on this card.  I am loving all the fairies they are just the perfect size for 6 x 6 cards, they stamp beautifully and the wonderful detail makes colouring them so easy.  And as for the CD wow it is stunning the papers are lush, really vintage and the most gorgeous rich colours.  Later in the week I will show you some of the beautiful decoupage on the CD, I have to say Crafters Companion have really pulled all the stops out with this one there is something there for everyone and if it isn’t a massive hit I will eat my hat.

I have used two different papers from the CD on this card , it has been coloured with Copics, made them quite a while ago and was in a hurry and forgot to make a note of the numbers.  Flowers and Seam Binding from Wild Orchid Crafts.

A Close up so you can see the wonderful detail on these stamps.

My letter is: E

I am the final stop on the Blog Hop you now need to pop back to the Crafters Companion News Blog  and leave your link on Mr Linky

 

We hope you enjoy seeing the sneak peeks – thanks for hopping!

Hugs

Jacqui xx

Just Magnolia & hAnglar & stAnglar Challenge

Bev has created a fabulous sketch for us on Just Magnolia and hAnglar &stAnglar Challenge this week and we have been sponsored by Letraset and Dies to Die for so please come and join us.

 

 

Bad photo again I am afraid, but I think when I went shopping at ASDA this morning I must have left my brain there,  I came home and  spent a happy 3 hours making my card for the challenge, when I went to upload it I realised I had made a card for a completely different week Doh!!!!, so by the time I had spent another 3 hours making this one it was dark.

 

Anyway down to business, the papers are Magnolia, had them for ages, I have used one of the lovely new Die-Namic dies from Dies to Die for for the circle behind the image, and a Martha Stewart Punch for the borders.  The Lace is from my DT kit from Wild Orchid Crafts as are the flowers and flat backed pearls.  The Corner Stamp is from the LOTV Additions collection (due for release in April), I used Bundled Sage to stamp it.

 

 

I have used pencils and Copics to colour the image and added lots of Glamour Dust.  The Copic Colours are :

Flesh: E21, E00, E000, R20, Hat and Trousers E42, E41, E40, Shoes YG93, YG91, E40, Dress YR15, YR21, Y00

 

 

I will be back again at 11am with  a invitation to win £100 of prizes on the Crafters Companion Blog Hop to celebrate their stunning new release.

 

Hugs

Jacqui x

Lili of the Valley Challenge

Time for Lili of the Valley Challenge again, this week our theme is “SAY IT WITH FLOWERS”, and we are sponsored by the Lovely Mary and Andrea from The Ribbon Girl.

I made this card in October last year as part of a commission for Quick Cards Made Easy January Issue.

 

 

The papers are Magnolia and the lovely Die Cut Flowers and Leaves are a Doo Hickey Dye, Roses are from Wild Orchid Craft,  Lili of the Valley stamp “Rosie with Presents” and sentiment also from Lili of the Valley

 

 

Sorry for the rushed post, am awaiting the opticians who are coming to do a home visit to Mum.

see you all tomorrow

Hugs Jacqui xx

A Big Thank You

I happened to mention on my blog the other day that I was unable to get hold of the new Attitude stamps from hAnglar and stAnglar one truly special and generous blogger happened to read this and sent me a Gift of the set, I was blown away by such kindness, you know who are are sweetie and I thank you so much MWAH XXXXX

 

 

So here is my card using the new stamps, I am entering this card for Friday Sketchers Challenge where there is a yummy sketch by Rach for us to follow.  I am still practising with the ProMarkers and decided to colour this image up once with Copics and once with ProMarkers to see which I prefered, and this time ProMarkers came out on top.

 

I have used K&Co papers on here they were a perfect match for my “out of my comfort zone” colour scheme.  The Flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts and the lovely Ribbon and Charm are from The Ribbon Girl, the sentiment is from the Tim Holtzs Adage pad.  Self Adhesive Pearls are also from Wild Orchid Crafts

 

 

the card from a different angle, the colours have been caught better on this picture.

 

 

The proMarkers used are:

Flesh: Apricot, Saffron, Blush, Ivory

Hair: Terracotta, Apricot, Ivory

Dress bright Orange Gold, Saffron, Vanilla

Underdress: Soft Lime, Primrose

Shoes & Ribbons: Forest Green, Apple & Meadow Green

Hugs

Jacqui x

The Last Sneak Peek

Well girls only one day to go now before the release of the Lili of the Valley Animals Collection 2011, so I thought I would give you 3 cards look at today.   Lili of the Valley have grown so much in the last year that Lisa and Laila  have had to move out of their office in the  House to proper Offices, ergo the normal Midnight release will not be possible, so no late nights girls,  The stamps will be up and running at 9am on the 9th March.


Todays first Image is “Leap Frog” which has been coloured with Copics, the gorgeous papers are K&Co Spring Blossom, and the border is a Large Martha Stewart Border Punch, The sentiment is a soon to be released Lili of the Valley Stamp.


Flowers are of course by Wild Orchid Crafts



Copics used: C02, C01, C00, R20  Polar White Flowersoft used on tails.



Second Image is “Birthday Bumps” perfect stamp for a Baby Boy or Girls Birthday.



DCWV Nanas Nursey Boy papers have been used on here and again a Wide Martha Stewart Border Punch, The Sentiment is friom the new LOTV Additions Clear Stamp Range and I have added lots of Pearls on here, do I need to say where the flowers are from.


Copics used: E53, E51, E50, B01, B000, B0000, R20


And finally we have “Messy Messages” don’t forget all of these images will be available on the website from 9am on 9th March.



Isn’t he sweet this is “Messy Messages”, I have stamped him out with all the messages, just to show you the selection but every message fits in the paper he is holding perfectly.  The paper are again K&Co Hopscotch Boy.  I have also used the Oval Label and Button Stamps from the new LOTV Additions Range that will be on sale on the website early in April, I have stamped the buttonsonto card and then used Glossy Accents on them.  The Pearl Brads are from The Hobby House.



I have used ProMarkers on this card, I am getting my colours sorted out now so you will be seeing more images coloured with Promarkers.  The colours I have used on the Bunny are: Apricot, Saffron, Vanilla, Ivory, Pastel Pink.

Hugs Jacqui xx

Whenever we’re together

Had a day off from the PC and Crafting yesterday, I needed it.  I now ready to start a new week.  Today I have a card using some of the new LOTV Additions for you, I think you are going to blown away by this release.



I have used “The Little Things” stamp from the Lili of the Valley Romance release, sorry again about the photo quality, why oh why do I have trouble with REDS!!!!!!

The papers are from K&Co Julianne Paper Pad, this is a stunning pad with a fabulous colour scheme.  The postcard behind the image is one of the new LOTV Additions Clear stamps as is the sentiment.



The flowers as usual are from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I would love to know what you think about these new LOTV Additions stamps are you as excited about them as I am.

Have to tell you I am so excited  the Lili of the Valley Masterclass has been a great success we have people coming from Northern Ireland, Scotland, Isreal and even the USA cannot believe it the Saturday Course is now full, we have had so many people interested that we are thinking of holding the course again on the Sunday so its not to late if you are still interested.  Just click here to find out more

Got lots to catch up on today so sorry I am so brief.

Hugs
Jacqui xxx

Ellie Love

 

Good Morning,  OMG I am so tired this morning I read too much last night.   Today I am showing you another image from the Lili of the Valley Animal release, not long to wait now, they will be released on the 9th March.  This one is called “Blowing Bubbles”, and I love it I am a sucker for elephants anyway and this one is just so sweet.   I also used this card as a showcase for more of the new LOTV Additions stamps that will be released at Harrogate.

 

 

The paper is K&Co Sparkly Sweet  this pack contains wonderful pastel Ice Cream colours good enough to eat.   The image has been coloured with Copics and Polychromos pencils.  I have gone overboard on using the LOTV additiond stamps but I wanted to show you as many as possible.  The stamps used are 2 heart Label stamps and Love sentiment, Corner stamp which has been glittered and Ribbon Stamp that has been coloured with Copics.  Although I am using the stamps on cute images at the moment, I can see them coming into there own on altered art and grunge work.  I am going to give this a try over the weekend.

 

 

 

Ellie has been coloured with Copic colours C03, C02, C01, C00, R81, RV000.

 

 

The Flowers are all from Wild Orchid Crafts, I have created the carnation flowers following one of the videos on the Wild Orchid Crafts website.  

 

 

And here is a close up of the ribbon stamp which has been coloured cut and 3d onto the card.

 

Enjoy your weekend

Hugs Jacqui xxxx

Spring is in the Air

This week on Just Magnolia & hAnglar & stAnglar Challenge Blog Challenge 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 GLITTER 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.



Ohhhhh another card with no flowers, 2 in one week but I hope you will forgive me for the lack of embellies on this card.  The images are from Magnolias new Summer Kit one of the best so far in my humble opinion.  I have used Copics to colour both images then cut Tilda out and 3d her in front of the cart. 

The papers are by Magnolia and Lace is from The Ribbon Girl, the Pearl Centred Brads are from The Hobby House. Flat backed pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts.



Copics used:
Flesh: E21, E00, E000, Hat E42, E41, E40, Flowers, Ribbon and Shoes, R83, R81, RV0000, Clothes: B02, B01, B000, Bunny C3, C2, C0, C00, Hair and Cart: E74, E71, E70, E40, Leaves YG91, E40



The inside has been decorated to compliment the front, the Butterfly is another stamp from the Summer Kit

This card and a few more will be avail;able to buy on my e-bay site later today.

Have a great weekend
Hugs
Jacqui xxx

Some New Additions

Twice in one day you will get fed up of me!! but I had to share some exciting news with you from Lili of the Valley, I know how much most of you love the wonderful stamps they have been bringing us this last 18 months and behind the scenes Lisa and Laila have been working to bring you stamps  that will help to enhance the current range these are called “LOTV Additions”, like Corners, borders, tags, ribbons stamps, button stamps, labels and sentiments.  These are all clear stamps so they are easy to place on your work, a lot of work has also gone into choosing the best formula to use when manufacturing  the stamps as we all know how difficult some clear stamps can be to get great results with, well these have been road tested and are brilliant  not at all tacky, strong and perfect impression every time, now thats coming from me who had a real aversion to clear stamps.   These stamps will be launching at Harrogate on 19th March.



As well as showing you a sneak peek of  “Lucky cats”, I have used A Ribbon Stamp, two tags and words from the new “LOTV Additions Range”, what do you think, I know for sure these are going to be a well used addition to my stamping arsenal ( now I wasn’t going to mention  Arsenal after the weekend).

I have used K&Co “Hopscotch Boy”  papers, and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.  I have used Copics to colour the image and the ribbon & bow, the brad is from The Hobby House.



The colours used today are:
Cats: E53, E51, E50, Horseshoe: C5, C3,. C2, C1, C00, Grass YG23, I have also used Blue Grey and Light brown Polychromos Pencils.

Just a little message from Lucy regarding the Colouring Masterclass  she has had a couple of phone calls today from people who said they had e-mailed her for the booking form and hadn’t heard back, we are really sorry when the post first went on the blogs we had got the wrong e-mail address for Lucy it was changed quite quickly to the correct address but if you are still waiting for a reply can you please ring or e-mail Lucy on lucy.mortlock@btinternet.com,  I am pleased to say places are filling up fast.

Thats it for me today
Hugs
Jacqui xxxx

Lili of the Valley Challenge

 

Good Morning!!, I am going to be busy until Midday so thought I had better get this on at Midnight so I don’t forget,  looks as if it will be a late night for me,  I bought a Kindle just before Christmas and now as well as my cardmaking addiction I have an addiction to reading, so as soon as I have finished writing this I am going to hit the sack and read.  At the moment I am reading a biography of Bess of Hardwick, its so well written and she had such an interesting life that I find it hard to put it down,  so it looks as if it will be another night when I don’t get to sleep until 3am.

 

Its Lili of the Valley Challenge time again, and we have a great sketch by Bev for you and a £10 voucher to spend on the Lili of the Valley website for one lucky winner (just in time to spend it on the new release).

 

 

This image is called “Icing Sugar”, I am loving these little meeces and hope LOTV will be bring out more in the future.  I have used Copic to colour the image and sprinkled  Glamour dust to give the impression of icing sugar (don’t you just adore that little one under the umbrella.

 

I have turned Bevs Sketch upside down and cut the bottom of the curve off of the front of the card, I then added a 6” square of acetate to the front and matted brown, pink and patterned card over the top. (Hope you can understand that!!!),  The flowers and swirls were punched with a selection of punches and I have added flat backed pearls to the middle.  Butterflies and Floral strip were all punched with Martha Stewart Punches.

 

 

 

So sorry I was being very tidy tonight and put my copics away before I had made a note of the numbers Doh!!!!!

 

 

A close up of the flowers.

 

I also made this card with the little Mice.

 

 

This image is called “Cherry on Top” everytime I look at the image I see something else in it to make me smile.  The paper is from  Basic Grey Porcelain Pad and is really yummy.  The sentiment is also from the new release.

 

Again coloured with those unknown Copic colours, I have added glossy accents to the cherries and IRL they look good enough to eat.  I found these stunning wooden buttons on The Hobby House stall at Farnborough, I also bought the Butterflies, Dragonflies and Hearts.  The Seam Binding and Twine are from The Ribbon Girl.

 

Well thats it for now, I am off to read about Bess!!  Have a lovely day.

Hugs Jacqui xxxxx