Sweet Baby Girl

Success at last! I have tried several times to load this card but for some reason it wouldn't. Now I don't know how to crop it which it needs. Never mind I'll leave it for now so you can see  I do enjoy stamping too.

This pretty baby is from Lili of the Valley stamps and has been coloured with Promarkers.

I'm off on holiday tomorrow for a couple of weeks but I'm taking stamps and pens with me just in case I get bored. I'm also taking my laptop so I can play around with Craft Artist and all the new digikits I have loaded onto it but not had time to use. 

Flower Power

I'm not very happy with the photo of this card but I wanted to post something today. In RL I'm actually quite happy with it.

I have foxgloves self seeded around my garden, they look so elegant and eyecatching. On close inspection they are all varying shades of magenta to pale pink. No white ones this year although I have had them in the past.
This makes it sound like I have a lovely garden but the truth is it is a mess. We inherited lots of concrete, gravel and paving slabs and are still no nearer creating a beautiful garden that I dream of.. I suppose I should post a photo but I don't have one. May be I'll add one later.
I have this beautiful foxglove stamp so decided this would fit into a few challenges. The flowers are painted in H2O's with glamour dust in the centres for extra sparkle. The strip along the top is from a quilling flower cutout I had left over.

Materials

DCWV paper

Jayne Netley Mayhew - foxglove

LOTV - birthday sentiment

Martha Stewart - doily punch

Butterfly and ribbon from stash

Nestability saclloped rectangle die

Challenges

A spoonful of sugar - flower power

Truly Scrumptious 58 - summer sparkle

Whoopsi Daisy - ribbon and lace

Oh La La Creations - birthdays

Simply Stamping 9 - floral frenzy

Sarah Hurley - summer

Chocolate cake

Wouldn't you just like a bite of that chocolate cake - check there's no mice droppings in it first though!

I've glazed the jam but it wasn't dry when I took the photo so looks a bit cloudy - I was too impatient to wait - just like eating cake really.   I've got a Victoria sponge in the oven while I'm doing this - it's 7.30 am and I realised I didn't have anything to go in my sons lunch box! Smells delicious but I'll have to wait until my friend comes around for coffee later for a piece.

Materials

Stamp - LOTV Sprinkled with sugar

Backing paper - My Minds Eye Summer 

Flowers - Xcut punch and gems

Lace - Martha Stewart doily punch

Challenges

LOTV - animal antics

Cute Card Thursday - I like chocolate a lot

Moving Along With the Times - Have some cake

Sketch and Stash - sketch 61

WOYWW 100 or perhaps not?

What a horrible wet and windy night it was here in the UK we were spoilt after so many weeks of glorious weather.

This was my workdesk early this morning ( I'm an early riser ) - even though the Inktense pencils are there the LOTV image was coloured with Promarkers.

Note the syringe that had Pinflair glue in that went semi solid while I was away - I'm now letting harden completely before I can clean it out, LOL

And here's the result from this mornings work.

How's that for cutting it fine I love Promarkers challenge closes today by I wanted to enter this card which I have keep simple so as not to detract from this sweet Lili of the Valley image. I don't usually do DL cards but on this occasion it fitted the shape of the frame I'd made. The flowers have been glittered and the apple, apple core, girls boots and ponies eye have been glazed to make them stand out.

Materials

LOTV stamp

Frame cut with Silhouette coloured with Tim Holtz distress inks

Sizzix labels die

Sentiment printed on computer

Pearls and ribbon from stash

Challenges

I Love Promarkers - no designer papers

WOYWW 100

Silly me I've just had to add this as I realised today is only Tuesday,  it's actually WOYWT

Love is in the Air

This weeks Lili of the Valley Challenge is Love is in the Air . Anytime I'm asked for a wedding card out come this cute  couple.
Coloured with Promarkers and layered over the embossed background.The flowers have been glittered but this doesn't show too well in the photo. 

I found these wonderful words on the internet to use inside,

"Love begins in a moment

grows over time

and

lasts for eternity"

Materials

Papermania Sumer Bloom paper

LOTV Wedding couple

Sizzix swirls

Swiss dots embossing folder

Martha Stewart Heart punch

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Challenges
Lili of the Valley - Love is in the Air

Special Card for a Horse Lover

I'm afraid this will have to be my last posting for a few weeks as I'm off to France on Friday and have loads to do before then. We have a home there so the grass will be hiding elephants and the weeds will have taken over. That's the first week taken care of. The 2nd week we are taking our camper away for a real holiday - this will be a novelty as last summer we went for 4 weeks and only had one day out. It's no wonder our son thinks holidays are boring! For the 3rd week Robin's French friend who has moved to the South is coming to stay which will be lovely for him and a chance for him to talk in French again. He is fluent after going to school there for 2 years.

I'm taking paper, stamps ( all those I haven't played with yet ), Promarkers and my Inktense water colour pencils so I'll have plenty to keep me happy.

I have been asked to make an 18th birthday card for someone's Grand-daughter who loves horses so thought I'd use this stamp that I've had for a while from Lili of the Valley. Isn't she just a gorgeous sweet girl with her pony. Spot the cheeky little mouse eating the apple core.

             

I stamped 3 images, cut out  for various layers, coloured with Promarkers and used a Nestabilities Labels die. 

                                       

Materials

Daisy and Dandelion Picnic Patch paper

LOTV  Me and My Pony stamp

Promarkers

Sizzix Bigz dies - swirls

Gems

Challenges

Everybody-art-challenge - pink and brown ( hope there's enough of each )

Oh-la-la creations - special friend

Allsorts - mum / special lady

Charisma Cardz - birthday for a teen

Pixie Dust Studio - Let's go to the movies ( Black Beauty)

Lili of the Valley - Gwenn

Wow. What a beautiful sunny morning it is today, it makes you want to go and work in the garden and to take my dog Ice out for a long walk. 

Why is it these look so much better in RL than in the photo!

I've followed the sketch on Lili of the Valley's Thursday Challenge for this card using the lovely Gwenn.  

Materials used 

 Promarkers - Leaf Green, Tea green, Orchid, Sandstone, Pastel Beige, Ivory and Blush.

Backing Papers - My Mind's Eye, Artylicious Essence of Nature, and one made using the Lavender flower.

The wings are glittered which don't show too clearly in the photo.

Punched flowers, and gems from stash.

Challenges - Lili of the Valley 88 and Papertake  ( 3 of anything )