Lili Of The Valley - James Fishing

Morning Everyone

Yep it's me again...:) I'm back again to share with you another sneak peek of the wonderful  James Bear  from Lili Of The Valley, this time he's fishing. As I mentioned yesterday there are 2 brand new James stamps - 'James Fishing' and 'James Gardening' which will be available as both digi stamps and in a polymer stamp set. The polymer stamps sets will contain the new stamps plus a few oldies - the sets are called - 'James Take It Easy' and 'James Thinking Of You'. The sets are on advance order and will be shipped from the 7th April. Definitely check them out, they're all simply adorable!

For my card today I'm using the sweet 'James Fishing' polymer stamp, and I've coloured him up using my distress re-inkers. I've used a similar layout as yesterday as I'm in love with my new edger dies. 

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Online  Shop and the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the stamps. FYI you can use both sites to purchase the stamps. 

Here's What I Did & Used

I trimmed a piece of watercolour card down to 4½" x 6½" and die cut the top section with the 'Hello' edger die. The lovely James Bear was stamped on the bottom left of the card, and coloured up with distress re-inkers. A sentiment was stamped with black ink just below the cut out section at the top of the card. A postage stamp rectangle frame cut from green card was glued flat to the front of the card. 

I die cut another rectangle and inked up the top section using blue, green and brown ink and added some green splatters to give it texture. When the ink was dry it was added to the green frame on the card front. The painted scene was mounted flat onto the card front and a little gold paint was added to the fishing rod.

To finish the card, the word 'hello' was die cut twice from green card then glued together, this was placed in the corresponding space on the top section of the card.

Polymer Stamp Set: James Take It Easy

Digi Stamp: TBC

Distress Re-inkers: Bear - Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Spun Sugar / Fishing Rod - Mowed Lawn, Rustic Wilderness / Grass - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn / Background - Tumbled Glass, Weathered Wood

Other: 5" x 7" White Card Blank, Watercolour Card (Ecoline), Green Card (Tonic), 'Hello Edger' and Stamp Set (Penny Black), 5" x 7" Die Set (Gemini - Crafters Companion), 'Postage Stamp' Rectangle Die Set (Creative Expressions), Tumbled Glass, Peeled Paint & Tea Dye Distress Ink, White & Gold Pen, Black Waterproof Ink, Double Sided Tape, Glue

If you wish to ask a question about any of my cards please leave me a message in the comment with your email address, otherwise I cannot contact you. Alternatively email me at jsnine.quinn@gmail.com

Or why not join us on social media at  'We Love Lili Of the Valley' Facebook Group run by the Design Team, the official Lili Of The Valley Facebook page and on Instagram.  We'd loved to see you.

Please Note - I am part of the Lili Of The Valley's Design Team and I receive their lovely images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any monetary reimbursement for my samples, however on occasion I receive a free stamp set as a thank you gesture for my advertisements or participation. I do, what I do for fun and relaxation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - James Gardening

Afternoon Everyone

Well as I promised I'm back with more James Bear stamps from Lili Of The Valley. In fact there are 2 brand new stamps - 'James Fishing' and 'James Gardening' which will be available as both digi stamps and in a polymer stamp set. The polymer stamps sets will contain both the new stamps and a few oldies and are called - 'James Take It Easy' and 'James Thinking Of You' - the sets are on advance order and will be shipped from the 7th April. They are all adorable!

Anyhow, for today's card I've used the 'James Gardening' polymer stamp and coloured him up using my distress re-inkers. I created a CAS card by teaming up the cute James stamp with a large edge die. 

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Online  Shop and the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the stamps. FYI you can use both sites to purchase the stamps. 

Here's What I Did & Used

I trimmed a piece of watercolour card down to 4½" x 6½" and die cut the top section with the 'Happy' edger die. The lovely James Bear was stamped on the bottom of the card and coloured up with distress re-inkers and pencils; blue and brown distress ink was applied around the edges to create a vignette. A sentiment was stamped just below the cut out section at the top of the card. 

A piece of the same red card was trimmed down to approx 4¾ x 6½" and using a heart stencil I applied brown distress ink right across the card to add a kittle extra interest. When the ink was dry it was added to the card front. The painted scene was mounted flat onto the card front.

To finish the card, the word 'happy' was die cut twice from red card then glued together, this was then placed in the corresponding space along with a some tiny flowers.

Polymer Stamp Set: James Take It Easy

Digi Stamp: TBC

Distress Re-inkers: Bear - Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Spun Sugar / Spade - Barn Door, Aged Mahogany,  Hickory Smoke / Grass - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn

Other: 5" x 7" Scalloped White Card Blank, Watercolour Card (Ecoline), Deep Red Card (Kanban), 'Happy Edger' and Stamp Set (Penny Black), 5" x 7" Die Set (Gemini - Crafters Companion), 'Blossom Patch' Die Set (Creative Expressions), 'Falling Hearts' Stencil (Simon Says Stamps), Tumbled Glass, Vintage Photo & Tea Dye Distress Ink, White & Red Pen, Black Waterproof Ink, Double Sided Tape, Glue

If you wish to ask a question about any of my cards please leave me a message in the comment with your email address, otherwise I cannot contact you. Alternatively email me at jsnine.quinn@gmail.com

Or why not join us on social media at  'We Love Lili Of the Valley' Facebook Group run by the Design Team, the official Lili Of The Valley Facebook page and on Instagram.  We'd loved to see you.

Please Note - I am part of the Lili Of The Valley's Design Team and I receive their lovely images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any monetary reimbursement for my samples, however on occasion I receive a free stamp set as a thank you gesture for my advertisements or participation. I do, what I do for fun and relaxation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x

Amanda Jane Designs - Butterfly Mouse

 Morning Everyone

As I mentioned in my last post I have the pleasure of being a Guest Designer for Amanda Jane Designs (AJD) for March, April and May. I look forward to sharing some of Amanda's fabulous stamps with you.

So, for the 2nd of my March cards I have used one of the sweet mice and toadstools digi stamp called 'Butterfly Mouse', it is also available as part of the  'Love & Friendship Bundle'. The 'Happy Birthday' sentiment was typed up moi, the font I used is called 'Dreaming Outloud Script Pro'. I used distress re-inkers to colour with. I hope you like it. (For sale - £4.50 + P&P - requests by email please)  

At the moment there is an amazing 60% off everything in Amanda's store, so why not grab yourself a bargain. :) 

Amanda has a lovely array of digi stamp, papers and sentiments in her Etsy shop, along with some pre-coloured images and papers. For your information, here is the link to the Amanda Jayne Designs Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps and papers.

Here's What I Did

I trimmed down a sheet of muted floral paper to fit the front of a 6" x 6" white card blank, leaving a slim border around the edge.

I imported the cute mouse/toadstools stamp into my software and typed up a sentiment, both were resized to fit my project. The scene was printed onto watercolour cardstock and coloured with distress re-inkers. When everything was dry the scene was die cut into a circle, and mounted onto a deep red scalloped mat. Funky foam was glued to the back of the circle and adhered to the card front. Die cut flowers were added to both sides of the topper.

To finish off the card I added a few red pearls and a little glitter to the toadstools and butterflies. 

Here's What I Used 

Digi Stamp: Butterfly Mouse

Bundle: Love & Friendship Bundle

Sentiment: Typed my own

Distress Re-inkers & Pencils: Squirrel - Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Saltwater Taffy / Mushrooms - Spun Sugar, Festive Berries, Hickory Smoke / Flowers - Squeezed Lemonade, Carved Pumpkin, Saltwater Taffy / Grass - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn / Butterfly - Wilted Violet

Other: 6" x 6" White Card Blank, Langton HP Watercolour Card, Deep Red & Dark Green Card, Gold Glitter Card, 'Secret Garden' Paper Pad (The Works), Scalloped Stitched Circle Die Set (Creative Expressions), 'Be Bold Blooms' Die Set (Spellbinders), Funky Foam, Glitter, Pearls, Glue, Double Sided Tape

We have a lovely facebook group called Amanda Jayne Design Inspiration Group, or why not follow Amanda Jayne Designs on Instagam @amandajaynedesigns

If you wish to ask a question about any of my cards please leave me a message in the comment with your email address, otherwise I cannot contact you. Alternatively email me at jsnine.quinn@gmail.com

Please Note - I am Guest Designing for Amanda Jayne Designs and I receive her lovely digi images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any monetary reimbursement for my samples, advertisements or my participation. I do, what I do for fun and relaxation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more cards using Amanda Jayne Designs stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x

Amanda Jane Designs - Daffodil Squirrel

 Evening Everyone

I was delighted to be asked to continue to Guest Design for Amanda Jane Designs (AJD) for the next few months - March, April and May. Thank you Amanda. x 

So, for the first of my March cards I have used one of the cute squirrel digi stamps, this one is called  'Daffodils Squirrel', which I combined with a digi sentiment from my stash. I used distress re-inkers to colour with,  I hope you like it. (For sale - £3.50 + P&P - requests by email please)  

At the moment there is an amazing 60% off everything in Amanda's store, so why not grab yourself a bargain. :) 

Amanda has a lovely array of digi stamp, papers and sentiments in her Etsy shop, along with some pre-coloured images and papers. For your information, here is the link to the Amanda Jayne Designs Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps and papers.

Here's What I Did

I trimmed down a beautiful sheet of shimmery peach paper to fit the front of a 5" x 5" white card blank, leaving a slim border around the edge.

I imported the sweet squirrel stamp and my sentiment into my software and resized them both to fit my project. The scene was printed onto watercolour cardstock, then die cut with a ornate frame with the  rounded square section cut out. The image was coloured with distress re-inkers and pencils, and white pen was added to the squirrels cheeks. 

Next I die cut the ornate square frame three times (1 x cream shimmer card for the top layer and 2 x white card) and glued them together; the completed scene was glued onto the centre panel. The whole frame was added to the centre of the card front. To finish off the card I added glitter to the flowers, along with a few pearls. 

Here's What I Used 

Digi Stamp: Daffodils Squirrel

Sentiment: Spring Mix of 32 Sentiments (Lili Of The Valley)

Distress Re-inkers & Pencils: Squirrel - Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Saltwater Taffy / Daffodils - Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade / Stems - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn / Ground - Tea Dye, Vintage Photo / Butterfly - Wilted Violet, Kitsch Flamingo / Sky - Tumbled Glass

Other: 5" x 5" White Card Blank, Langton HP Watercolour Card, Light Cream Shimmer Card, White Card, 'At Home in the Wildflowers' Paper pad (Craft Consortium), Ornate Square Frame (Polkadoodles), White Pen, Glitter, Pearls, Glue, Double Sided Tape

We have a lovely facebook group called Amanda Jayne Design Inspiration Group, or why not follow Amanda Jayne Designs on Instagam @amandajaynedesigns

If you wish to ask a question about any of my cards please leave me a message in the comment with your email address, otherwise I cannot contact you. Alternatively email me at jsnine.quinn@gmail.com

Please Note - I am Guest Designing for Amanda Jayne Designs and I receive her lovely digi images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any monetary reimbursement for my samples, advertisements or my participation. I do, what I do for fun and relaxation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more cards using Amanda Jayne Designs stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - James Butterflies

Hi again

Today I have another 'James Bear' stamps from Lili Of The Valley (LOTV) to share with you. Did I happen to mention there might be a few additions to the 'James Bear' range coming soon....sssh don't tell anyone!! So watch this space. :) Lol

So, for today's CAS card I used 'James Butterflies' digi stamp and coloured him up using my distress re-inkers and pencils. There are lots of James Bear stamps in the LOTV store available as both digi stamps, pre-coloured Simply Prints and Cross Stitch patterns. 

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Online Shop and the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the stamps. FYI you can use both sites to purchase the stamps.

Here's What I Did & Used

I imported the sweet James Bear into my software program and added my own sentiment. Everything was then resized to fit the square die I planned to use. I printed the scene onto watercolour card and die cut it into a square. 

The whole scene was coloured with distress re-inkers and pencils. I glued together 3 die cut banners made from different material and added them to the top of the card. The topper was mounted onto a piece of deep pink card cut using a postage stamp die, this was then added to the middle of a 6" x 6" card front. To finish the card I added glitter to the butterflies and flowers.

Polymer Stamp Set - Thinking Of You - On Advance Order (shipping 7th April)

Digi Stamp Set: James Butterflies

Distress Re-inkers: Bear -Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Spun Sugar / Flowers - Spiced Marmalade, Festive Berry / Grass - Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn / Butterflies - Wilted Violet / Sky -Tumbled Glass

Other: 6" x 6" White Scalloped Card Blank, Watercolour Card (Bockingford), Pink Glitter Card, Kraft Card, 'Pastel Watercolour' Paper pad (The Works), Square 'Postage Stamp Frame' Die Set (Creative Expressions), Banner die (MFT), Heart Die (Misses - Karin Jones), White Pen, Glitter, Double Sided Tape, Glue

If you wish to ask a question about any of my cards please leave me a message in the comment with your email address, otherwise I cannot contact you. Alternatively email me at jsnine.quinn@gmail.com

Or why not join us on social media at  'We Love Lili Of the Valley' Facebook Group run by the Design Team, the official Lili Of The Valley Facebook page and on Instagram.  We'd loved to see you.

Please Note - I am part of the Lili Of The Valley's Design Team and I receive their lovely images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any monetary reimbursement for my samples, however on occasion I receive a free stamp set as a thank you gesture for my advertisements or participation. I do, what I do for fun and relaxation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - James Umbrella

Hi there

I'm back this week to highlight the super cute James Bear stamps from Lili Of The Valley (LOTV). Hey, can you keep a secret? If you love this little bear, there might be a few additions to the James Bear range coming soon....sssh!! So watch this space. :)  

Anyhow, for today's card I used 'James Umbrella' digi stamp and coloured him up using my distress re-inkers and pencils in a CAS style. There are lots of James Bear stamps in the LOTV store available as both digi stamps and as pre-coloured Simply Prints, which are great for quick cards. 

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Online  Shop and the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the stamps. FYI you can use both sites to purchase the stamps. 

Here's What I Did & Used

I imported the lovely James Bear into my software program along with a sentiment that I sourced on the internet that seemed apt. I resized them both to fit the die I planned to use. I printed the scene once onto watercolour card and die cut into a rectangle, then onto masking paper. I fussy cut out the bear and his umbrella and cover him up on the watercolour card, then using blue and then purple ink I created a stormy sky behind him. When everything was dry I coloured the rest of the scene the ground with distress re-inkers and pencils.

The scene was reprinted onto masking paper again and the inside of the umbrella was carefully cut out together with all the segments. First I covered the scene with the mask leaving only the umbrella visible, next I added 3 of the segments masks and inked the open spaces with a tiny dotted stencil and white ink. The mask segments were removed, and the other 3 were put into place and the process was repeated with purple ink.

The completed scene was mounted onto a lilac postage stamp mat and added to the middle of a 5" x 7" card front. To finish the card I added glitter to the puddles and splashes.

Polymer Stamp Set - Thinking Of You - On Advance Order (shipping 7th April)

Digi Stamp Set: James Umbrella

Simply Print - James Umbrella

Typed Sentiment - Courtesy of Charlie Chaplin

Distress Re-inkers: Bear -Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Spun Sugar / Umbrella & Puddles - Wilted Violet, Hickory Smoke / Ground - Tea Dye, Vintage Photo / Umbrella Dots - Wilted Violet, Picket Fence

Other: 5" x 7" White Card Blank, Watercolour Card (Bockingford), Lilac Card (Tonic), Rectangle 'Postage Stamp Frame' Die Set (Creative Expressions), Small Cloud Stencil (MFT), Tiny Dots Stencil (Simon Says Stamps), Tumbled Glass, Picket Fence & Wilted Violet Distress Ink, White Pen, Glitter, Double Sided Tape, Glue

If you wish to ask a question about any of my cards please leave me a message in the comment with your email address, otherwise I cannot contact you. Alternatively email me at jsnine.quinn@gmail.com

Or why not join us on social media at  'We Love Lili Of the Valley' Facebook Group run by the Design Team, the official Lili Of The Valley Facebook page and on Instagram.  We'd loved to see you.

Please Note - I am part of the Lili Of The Valley's Design Team and I receive their lovely images to play with and share with you; I do not receive any monetary reimbursement for my samples, however on occasion I receive a free stamp set as a thank you gesture for my advertisements or participation. I do, what I do for fun and relaxation. Thank you. x

Thank you so much for dropping by, and please don't forget to say hi :)  I'll be back soon with more sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x