Easy As 1,2,3 at LLF

We have another fantastic challenge for you today at Lili’s Little Fairies - ‘Easy As 1,2,3’. We want to see 1 image, 2 papers and 3 embellishments (3 in total or 3 types) on your projects. We are being sponsored by Dreamees who are giving away a fab £10 voucher to the winner.

When I joined the LLF team, I thought it would be easy to make a card each fortnight using a LOTV image, but I like all their images so much, it takes me ages each time to decide which one to use, lol! This image was actually part of a set of stamped images free in one of the craft magazines ages ago which I had forgotten I had! I put some glossy accents on the balloon, but the picture doesn’t show it off very well. I have restrained myself from buying any more dies for a while, so the clouds were made using a wooden embellishment as a template! I won the pearls recently – they are so pretty, they are glassy like gems, but smooth and round like pearls.

Image - ‘Balloon Bunny’ – LOTV coloured with Promarkers
Papers ('Perfect Pair') & sentiment – LOTV
Card – Coredinations
Ribbon and pearls from stash
Dies used: SB ‘Circles’ & ‘Scalloped Circles’ & Memory Box ‘Faux Crochet Border’

Challenges:
’Use A Sentiment’ – LOTV Ideas To Inspire 
‘Cute And Cuddly’ – Sweet Stampin
’3,2,1’ – Come & Get It
’3D’ – Whoopsi Daisy
’Anything Goes’ – Inky Chicks
’Pretty Pearls’ – Divas By Design
'Fly Like A Bird' - Cute Card Thursday

Thanks for looking!
Natx

Under The Weather

Morning everyone, I’d like to say hello to my new followers and to say thank you to everyone that takes the time to drop by and comment on my posts – it means a lot!

Today’s card is my DT card for Lili's Little Fairies where the theme this week is ‘Get Well Soon’. We don’t have a sponsor prize this week, but something even better – a 2 week stint as a GDT!! Why not pop over to the Lili's Little Fairies blog for some inspiration from the other DT members and get crafting!

Believe it or not, I do not own any of the LOTV images specifically for ‘Get Well Soon’, so I had a rummage and came up with one of the stamps that I won from LOTV a little while ago. The papers were also a candy win from the lovely Di of Di’s Digi Designs and they are absolutely gorgeous. I had a little splurge (well, little and often is apparently healthy!!!) and bought some Memory Box dies last week. I actually ordered the ‘Precious Stars’, but was sent the ‘Precious Hearts’ by mistake, of course it was a lot easier to keep them and re-order the stars than to send them back, lol!

Image - ‘Summer Lovely Lilis’ – LOTV coloured with promarkers
Papers & pearls - ‘Tea House’ – Dovecraft
Brad, ribbon & flowers from stash
Dies used: SB ‘Floral Ovals’ & ‘Tags’, Memory Box ‘Precious Hearts’ & Cheery Lynn ‘Fanciful Flourish’

Challenges:
’Bright & Breezy’ – Crafty Bloggers Network
’In The Garden’ – Allsorts

Thanks for looking!
Natx

LLF Colour Combo

We have a fab colour combo as our challenge at Lili’s Little Fairies this week - ‘Purple & Yellow’. We also have a fab sponsor who are offering the winner a £10 voucher for their online store.

Purple & yellow are not colours I would normally put together, having said that I’ve just realised that my last card was purple & yellow! Anyway, they go rather nicely, but I decided to do something a bit different from my normal square scalloped card and when I saw this tutorial at Beccy’s Place, I had to have a go. I must admit I had a couple of tries as my Cuttlebug chewed up the first 2 attempts, I realised that I was asking a bit much trying to put through 2 layers of card and some paper! So I changed my white card to a thinner one, changed my Kraft for some thinner Coredinations and it went through fine! I didn’t have the die that Beccy used (it’s been added to my wish list!), but I thought the ‘Labels 25’ from Spellbinders was a good substitute. The photo’s not bad (my son’s camera phone again), but I wish I’d realised that the flourish had got a bit squished! 

 

Image - ‘Balloon Bear’ & dotty purple paper – LOTV coloured with Promarkers
Card (Coredinations), yellow checked paper (Craft Creations), flowers & ribbon – J & C Creations
Gems – Anitas
Dies used: SB ‘Tags’, ‘Labels 25’ & Cheery Lynn ‘Exotic Butterflies’ & ‘Fancy Flourish’

Challenges:
’Dies & Punches’ – That Craft Place
’Anything Goes’ – Lacy Sunshine
’Punches And/Or Dies’ – Creative Card Crew
’Tie A Ribbon’ – Divas By Design
’Use Dies (But No Punches)’ – I ♥ Promarkers

Thanks for looking!
Natx

Best Friends

Today is the start of a new challenge at Lili's Little Fairies and we want to see ‘Thank You’ cards. We have a fantastic sponsor this week!

So, every reason to get crafting! But please remember you MUST use an LOTV image (either stamp or topper). Please pop over to Lili's Little Fairies to see what all the fairies have been up to this week.

At the risk of boring everyone, I have turned yet again to my trusty LOTV sketch pad and paper pad for my card and have coloured up Patch & Puss who are obviously the best of friends! Aren’t they just the cutest?! And - another photo I was reasonably happy about and guess what? I took it with my son’s camera, so it would seem that maybe the problem is my camera and not me after all, lol!

Image from ‘Jack, Patch, Puss’ sketch pad - LOTV coloured with Promarkers
Papers - ‘Perfect Pair’ paper pad – LOTV
Ribbon – Joanna Sheen
Kraft card from stash
Dies used: SB ‘Labels 25’, ‘Floral Ovals’ & ‘A2 Scalloped Borders One’

Challenges:
’Anything Goes’ – Whimsy Stamps Inspirations
’Animal Antics’ – Incy Wincy Designs
'Lots Of Layers' - Cupcake Craft

Thanks for looking!
Natx

First DT card for Lili’s Little Fairies

I’m very excited about today’s card as it is my first DT card for Lili’s Little Fairies and I’d like to say thank you again to the girls for taking me on! We have a lovely challenge for you this week - ‘Lace’. That’s it, easy peasy, just add lace to your creation either real or faux and remember to use a LOTV image or topper.
We have a fab prize this week from Stamposaurus

of these two lovely stamps.

I have a fair few LOTV stamps, but at the moment I have to confess to being in love with the ‘Jack, Patch & Puss’ sketch pad, so here is another gorgeous image coloured with my Promarkers. The lace has been in my stash for absolutely ever and I have no idea where it came from, but it seemed perfect for framing the image.

Image - ‘Big Hug’ – LOTV coloured with Promarkers
Papers – 'Bonnets & Bowties' - LOTV
Sentiment – LOTV
Blue card – Coredinations & pink flowers – J & C Creations
Gems – Anitas
Ribbon - 'Tea Party' - Dovecraft
Lace from stash
Tools used: SB ‘Circles’ & ‘Scalloped Circles’ dies & Cuttlebug ’Swiss Dots’ embossing folder

Challenges:
’Lots Of Layers’ – Tammy's Scrapin Corner
'Bling' - Creative Card Crew