Lili Of The Valley - Happy Christmas #2

Good Morning

I'm back again, as it's pre-order day of the new Lili Of The Valley (LOTV) 'Happy Christmas' polymer stamp set. To pre-order them simply head to the LOTV Etsy store (link below) and if you like and wanted them, simply order away. To give you a little more inspiration, on my card today I merged 2 of the stamps together to create a snowy scene, which I coloured with Prismacolor pencils. I hope you like it. x

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV website which hosts freebies and tutorials, and the LOTV Etsy Store so you can check out all the stamps. FYI you can use both sites to access all the stamps. 

Here's What I Did & Used

I trimmed down some lovely Christmassy patterned paper big enough to fit the front of a 6" x 6" card blank, leaving a slim border around the edge. The paper was glued flat onto the card front, and a white die cut fancy frame was added over the top.

Next I printed my digi sentiment onto my colouring card and hand stamped Father Christmas (FC) underneath it. FC was stamped again onto masking paper, and fussy cut out. The masks was placed over the top of the stamped FC and the tree was stamped next to him; the mask was removed. A line was drawn across the bottom to ground everything. The scene was coloured using Primacolor pencils.

The finished scene was die cut into a circle and mounted onto a pierced circle, cut from red card. The completed topper was adhered to the centre of the fancy frame. 

To finish the card, I added white dots to FC's cheeks and eyes, several white die cut stars and a little glitter to the star.

Polymer Stamp Set: Happy Christmas

Digital Sentiment: Elegant Christmas

Prismacolor Pencil: Skin - White, Light Peach, Peach, Burnt Ochre, Pink, Poppy Red / Beard & Hat Trim – White / Hat & Outfit – Pink, Carmine Red, Poppy Red, Crimson Lake, Crimson Red / Belt & Boots – Cool Grey 50%, Black, Canary Yellow, Yellowed Orange / Tree – Yellow Chartreuse, Chartreuse, Apple Green, Grass Green, Burnt Ochre, Tuscan Red  / Star & Baubles – Canary Yellow, Yellowed Orange, Pale Vermillion, Light Aqua, Aquamarine, Peacock Blue, Lilac, Parma Violet, Dark Purple, Pink, Poppy Red, Crimson Lake / Snow – White, Light Cerulean Blue, Cool Grey 70%

Other: White 6" x 6" Card Blank, Desert Storm Neenah Card, Red and White Card, 'I'll Be Gnome for Christmas' Paper Pad (The Works),  Square 'Postage Stamp Frame' Die Set (Creative Expressions), Glitter, Double Sided Tape, White Pen, Black Fineliner, Black 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 - Happy Christmas #1

Good Morning

I'm back in the Christmas spirit....early I know. Sorry!!! Today I'm sharing a new polymer stamp launch from Lili Of The Valley (LOTV) called 'Happy Christmas', which will be available on pre-order from tomorrow (Monday 11th November). For my card today I dusted off my Prismacolor pencils, I made a quick and simple card as I know many people have to batch make at Christmas time. I hope you like it. x

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV website which hosts freebies and tutorials, and the LOTV Etsy Store so you can check out all the stamps. FYI you can use both sites to access all the stamps. 

Here's What I Did & Used

I die cut piece of candy striped patterned paper with a postage stamp die. The die is a great size, as it's big enough to fit the front of an 5" x 5" card blank leaving a slim border around the edge. This was glued flat onto the card front. 

First I printed my digi sentiment onto my colouring card and hand stamped the star above it. The star was coloured using Primacolor pencils. The scene was die cut into a small square, and mounted onto a square postage stamp frame, cut from red card. This was in turn mounted onto a larger white postage stamp frame, and adhered to the centre of the card front.. 

To finish the card, I added white dots to the star's cheeks and eyes, and a little glitter to the fur trim on the hat.

Polymer Stamp Set: Happy Christmas

Digital Sentiment: Elegant Christmas

Prismacolor Pencil: Star - Canary Yellow, Yellowed Orange, Pale Vermillion / Hat - White, Blush Pink, Carmine Red, Crimson Lake, 50% Cool Grey

Other: White 5" x 5" Card Blank, Desert Storm Neenah Card, Red and White Card, 'I'll Be Gnome for Christmas' Paper Pad (The Works),  Square 'Postage Stamp Frame' Die Set (Creative Expressions), Glitter, Double Sided Tape, White Pen, black 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 - Bear Hug Tags

Afternoon everyone

I'm back again to share more Lili Of The Valley loveliness with you. As I've mentioned in my previous posts I'm highlighting the new polymer stamp which were released on New Year's Day. The launch includes 'Sweet Bears', 'Bear Hug Tags', 'Cupid Tags', 'Love Sentiment Tags', 'Heart Mini Image Icon Tags', 'Mason Jars', 'Love Definitions' and 'Love Gnomes'. Definitely check out all the different sets! 

For today's card I used 'Bear Hug Tags' and combined 3 of the tags and sentiments to make a simple DL card. I used colouring pencils on Kraft card for a different look. I hope you like! I'll be back in the next day or so with more sweet images. 

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did & Used

I covered the front of a DL white card blank with a piece of trimmed down brown textured card. The gorgeous little bear tags and sentiments were stamped out onto Kraft card and coloured with Prismacolor pencils. The tags were fussy cut out and foam pads were added to the back and then attached to the card front. 

To finish the card, hearts die cut from red glitter card were added to the gaps between the tags and at the top of the tags. 

Polymer Stamp Set:  

Polymer Stamp Set - Bear Hug Tags

Prismacolour Pencils: Bears - Cream, Burnt Ochre, Terracotta, Tuscan Red, Dark Brown, Blush Pink, Pink, Black / Hearts & Balloon - Pink, Carmine Red, Crimson Red, Crimson Lake / Envelop - Cream, Yellow Ochre, Sunburst Yellow

Other: DL White Card Blank, Kraft Card, Brown Card, Red Glitter Card, Heart Die Set (The Works), E33 Copic, White Pen, Double Sided Tape, Black Ink, Glue, Foam Pads

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 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 sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - Purrfect & Woof You Stamps

Hi everyone

I'm sharing the first of my Lili Of The Valley cards using one of the brand-new polymer stamps sets which are launching on Create & Craft TV on Friday 11th November at 4pm (GMT). The stamps will then be added to the LOTV Etsy store after this, depending on available stock. The new sets include - 'Purrfect', 'Woof You', and 'Oh Mice'. For today's card I combined 2 of the characters from the 'Woof You' and 'Purrfect' stamp sets, aren't they cute. I hope you like it. As soon as the stamps have launched, I will add the links to the stamps. 

 

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did & Used

A piece of brown patterned paper was trimmed down and added to the front of a 5" x 7" card front, leaving a slim border around the edge. 

The cute cat and dog plus a sentiment were stamped next to each other onto tan colouring cardstock. I used Prismacolor pencils to colour both of the animal characters. The scene was then die cut with a rectangle die and mounted onto a white and brown rectangle mat. The complete topper was glued flat onto the card front. To finish the card, I added a stamped and die cut paw print, and white highlights to their eyes. 

Polymer Stamp Set:  

Woof You - Create & Craft and Lili Of The Valley store 

Purrfect - Create & Craft and Lili Of The Valley store

Prismacolor Pencils: Cat - White, 20% Warm Grey, 50% Warm Grey, 70% Warm Grey, Black, Light Peach, Peach, Blush Pink, Pink / Dog - Burnt Ochre, Sienna Brown, Light Umber, Dark Brown, Terracotta, Blush Pink, Pink Carmine Red, Cream, Sand, White, Lemon Yellow / Ground - 50% French Grey, 70% French Grey 

Other: 5” x 7” White Card Blank, Desert Storm Neenah Card, White & Brown Card, Paper Pad (unknown), Mats & Layers - Rectangle Die Set (Crafter’s Companion), ‘You Have My Heart’ Stamp & Die Set (MFT), Gathered Twig Distress Ink, White & Black Fineliner Pens, Double Sided Tape, Black Ink, 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 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 sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - Little Ghosts

Afternoon everyone

I'm sharing the last of my Lili Of The Valley Halloween cards using the new polymer stamps sets which have just launched in the LOTV Etsy store. As I mentioned in my previous post the new sets include - Little Ghosts, Hello Pumpkin, Cute Witches, Spooky Silhouettes, Halloween Gnomes and Autumn Sentiment Tags. 

For my cards today I used the 'Little Ghosts' stamp set again, I love these little ghosts as they're a lovely size -approx 2"-2½" high, and so easy to colour up. I decided to create a couple of Halloween party invites as they're really good for batch making. I used Prismacolor pencils and grey card designed for pastel pencils, to give them a little texture. I hope you like them. 

 

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did & Used

I used the same process for both cards - I added grey grunge paper to the front of white 5" x 5" card blanks, leaving a slim border around the edge. Next the cute ghosts and a couple of sentiments were stamped onto grey card and die cut using a square die. The images were then coloured up using Prismacolor pencils, and finally mounted onto fancy edged black die cut squares. The completed toppers were glued to the front of the card blanks. Glossy accents was added to all the eyes on both cards to make them shine. 

To finish the cards, I added die cut black stars and a little glitter to the pumpkin and wand. 

Polymer Stamp Set: Little Ghosts

Prismacolor Pencils: Ghosts - White, 20%, 50% & 70% Cool Grey, Blush Pink, Pink, Black / Hat - 20%, 50% Cool Grey, Black, Lilac, Parma Violet, Dark Purple / Wand - Canary Yellow, Yellowed Orange, Sienna Brown, Tuscan Red / Pumpkin Bag - Canary Yellow, Sunburst Yellow, Pale Vermilion, Yellowed Orange, Chartreuse, Grass Green

Other: White 5" x 5" Card Blanks, Grey Pastel Card, Black Card, 'Grunge - Dark Tones' Paper Pad (Craft Consortium), Decorative Nested Square Die Set (Craft Buddy), Swirly Stars Die Set (Sizzix), Starry Skies Die Set (Lawn Fawn), Glossy Accents, 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 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 sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - Gingerbread Girl & Boy

Hi everyone

Today I'm sharing a sneak peak of more of the soon to be launched Lili Of The Valley Christmas polymer stamps. The collection launches on Saturday 10th & Sunday 11th September at the Crafterama event in Harrogate, then in the LOTV Etsy shop on the 12th.

For my 2 cards today I'm highlighting the adorable gingerbread girl and boy plus a few of the sweet tags and cookie stars.  These guys are really large, and there's gingerbread house in the set too. I used my pencils on Neenah cardstock to colour them up.  I have included the details for each individual card for your information. I am going on holiday on the 10th Sept so I will upload all the links etc once I'm back. But don't forget you can simply go to the LOTV Etsy Store to and search under the polymer stamps listing from the 12th Sept onwards. I hope you like them.

CARD #1 - Here's What I Did & Used

I trimmed down a piece of Christmas patterned paper and attached it to the front of a 6" x 6" white scalloped card blank leaving a slim border around the edge.

I stamped the cute gingerbread girl, tag and cookie star onto Neenah cardstock and coloured everything up using pencils. White dots were added to the dress and bow. The gingerbread girl and tag were die cut it into a circle and adhered onto a red scalloped mat. Funky foam was added to the back of the topper to raise it up a little, and then glued to the front of the card. The cookie star was fussy cut out and attached to the bottom of the card using a foam pad. 

To finish the card, glitter was added to the icing (frosting) on the gingerbread girl and the star along with a small enamel dot. 

Polymer Stamp Set: 'Gingerbread' - to be added

Prismacolor (P) & Caran D'ache Pencils (C)

Gingerbread Girl, Tag & Cookie Star - Burnt Ochre (P), Sienna Brown (P), Terracotta (P), Blush Pink (P), Pink (P), Cream (P), Burnt Sienna (C) / Icing - White (P), Cream (P), Naples Ochre (C), Yellow Ochre (C) / Dress & Bow - Pink (P), Blush Pink (P), Poppy Red (P), Crimson Red (P) - Candy Canes - White (P),  Crimson Red (P) / Ground - 20%, 50%, 70% Warm Grey (P)

Other: White 6" x 6" Scalloped Card Blank, Red Card, 'I'll Be Gnome for Christmas ' Paper Pad (The Range), 'Scalloped Stitched Circle' Die Set (Creative Expression), Desert Storm Neenah Card, Enamel Dot, Funky Foam, Foam Pad, White Pen, Glitter, Double Sided Tape, Glue

CARD #2 - Here's What I Did & Used

I trimmed down a piece of Christmas patterned paper and attached it to the front of a 6" x 6" white scalloped card blank leaving a slim border around the edge.

I stamped the cute gingerbread boy, tag and cookie star onto Neenah cardstock and coloured everything up using pencils. White dots were added to the jumper and tag. The gingerbread boy and tag were die cut it into a circle and adhered onto a blue scalloped mat. Funky foam was added to the back of the topper to raise it up a little, and then glued to the front of the card. The cookie star was fussy cut out and attached to the bottom of the card using a foam pad. 

To finish the card, glitter was added to the icing (frosting) on the gingerbread boy and the star, along with a small enamel dot. 

Polymer Stamp Set: 'Gingerbread' - to be added

Prismacolor (P) & Caran D'ache Pencils (C)

Gingerbread Boy, Tag & Cookie Star - Burnt Ochre (P), Sienna Brown (P), Terracotta (P), Blush Pink (P), Pink (P), Cream (P), Burnt Sienna (C) / Icing - White (P), Cream (P), Naples Ochre (C), Yellow Ochre (C) / Jumper - Light Cobalt Blue Pink (C), Phthalocyanine Blue (C), Prussian Blue (C), Naples Ochre (C) / Holly - Pink (P), Poppy Red (P), Crimson Red (P), Tuscan Red (P), White (P), Spring Green (P), Grass Green (P) / Ground - 20%, 50%, 70% Warm Grey (P)

Other: 6" x 6" White Scalloped Card Blank, Blue Card, 'Snowy Christmas ' Paper Pad (The Works), 'Scalloped Stitched Circle' Die Set (Creative Expression), Desert Storm Neenah Card, Enamel Dot, Funky Foam, Foam Pad, 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 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 sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x

Amanda Jayne Designs - Playful Penguins

Hi everyone

I'm sharing a my latest card  for Amanda Jayne Designs. I used a few of the penguins from a newly launched collection called 'Playful Penguins'. I used Kraft card and pencils to colour the little trio in and added a sentiment and paper from my own stash. I hope you like it. (For sale - £4.50 + P&P - requests by email please)  

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 or go to Etsy and search for Amanda Jane Designs 80 to check out all her lovely digi stamps and papers.

Here's What I Did

I trimmed down some red tartan paper to fit the 5" x 7" top fold card leaving a slim border around the edge. The 3 penguins were imported into my software and resized to fit my project. I printed out everything onto Kraft card, then coloured them up using pencils. The finished scene was die cut into a rectangle and the sentiment was stamped in black ink in the top portion. When the ink was dry the scene was matted onto a red card. To finish the card I added white snowdrops and stars in the background. The completed topper was added to the card front. 

Here's What I Used

Digi Stamps: Amanda Jayne Designs - Playful Penguins

Prismacolor Pencils: Penguins - 20%, 50%, 70% Cool Grey, Black, White, Light Peach, Pink, Blush Pink, Canary Yellow, Yellowed Orange / Hats & Scarf - Pink, Carmine Red, poppy Red, Crimson Red / Lollipop & Lights - Aqua, Aquamarine / Snow  - White, 50%, 70% Cool Grey

Other: 5" x 7" White Card Blank, Kraft Card, Red Card, 'I'll' Be Gnome for Christmas' Paper Pad (The Range), 'Christmas Greetings' Sentiment Stamp Set (Lili Of The Valley), White Pen, Black Fineliner, 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 designing for Amanda Jayne Designs and I receive her lovely digi images and papers 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 - Bunny On Swing

Hi there

Well today I have another gorgeous Easter bunnie digi stamps to share with you from Lili Of  The Valley. LOTV really know how to do bunnies, I just love them. I'm late with my posts as I was trying my hand, might I say miserably, at watercolouring. Esh, I had a right old time and it didn't go well. In my early cardmaking days and pre Copic and Promarkers I did watercoloured my images, but since buying my pens I rarely do it...and it showed. I really need to put some practice in, so that's exactly what I'm planning on doing. Wish me luck! I'm also going to start Art Journaling as I have so many wonderful stamps and that I rarely used and some haven't even seen the light of day. Plus I want to get back to being creative for 'me'. :) 

Anyhow back to the matter at hand and today's card. So today's card is using the very sweet Bunny On Swing and an sentiment from the Spring Mix of 32 Sentiments collection. I used Watercolour paint and pencils over the top to colour with.  I hope you like it. (For sale - £4.50 + P&P - requests by email please )  

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did

I cut to size a piece of pretty two-tone patterned paper to fit the front of a 6" x 6"card blank, leaving a slim border around the edge.. 

Using my software I imported the sweet little bunny and a sentiment, then resized them both to fit my project. The scene was printed onto watercolour card and die cut into a circle. I lightly watercoloured the image and added pencil over the top. The finished scene was mounted on a purple circle mat then a lilac scalloped circle mat. 

Foam was added to the back of the completed topper and glued to the centre of the card front. To finish off the card I add a pearls around the card. 

Here's What I Used 

Digi Stamps: Bunny On Swing 

Simply Print - Bunny On Swing

Digi Sentiment: Spring Mix of 32 Sentiments

Prismacolour Pencils: Bunnie -Burnt Ochre, Light Umber, Sienna Brown, Beige, Blush Pink / Swing - Terracotta, Gingeroot /Thistle & Grass - Lilac, Parma Violet, Chartreuse, Olive Green 

Other: White 6" x 6" Card Blank, Bockingford Watercolour Card, Lilac & Purple Card, 'Pastel Ombre Designs' 6" x 6" Paper Pad (The Range), Stitched Scalloped Circle Die Set (Creative Expressions), Scalloped Circle Die (Spellbinders), Distress Inks, Funky Foam, Double Sided Tape, Pearls

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 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 sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Hugs

x Janine x

Lili Of the Valley - Farm Cows

Afternoon everyone

Wow, I can't believe we're now in March. It's scary how fast the months are going, the upside is that Spring is definitely on it's way. Sooo, to celebrate this Lili Of  The Valley card have launched a selection of new digi stamps - cute farm animals, rabbits and dragons. My first card for this month is using the sweet Spring - farm cows set (the set includes 2 baby cows). To add colour I used my Copics and Prismacolor pencils.  I hope you like it. (For sale - £4.50 + P&P - requests by email please )  

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did

I added a piece of  gorgeous daisy print patterned paper to the centre of a 6" x 6" white card blank. 

Using my software I imported the sweet little calf and resized it to fit my project. The cow was coloured with Copic pens and pencils, when it was finished it was fussy cut out.

A circle was cut from pale blue and green card. From the green circle I die cut 2 grassy borders and glued them on top of each other at the bottom of the blue circle. Using the cut out cow as a placement guide I glued a few die cut clouds and flowers in place. The finished scene was matted onto a white scalloped circle, then funky foam was added to the back to give extra dimension. The topper was glued into the centre of the card. The cow was added to the created scene using foam pads. 

To finish off I added a few pearls to the bottom of the card and a banner embellishment to the top.

Here's What I Used 

Digi Stamps: Farm - Cow

Copics: Brown Fur - E31, E33, E35, E51, R11 / Nose and Hooves - R000, R11 / White Fur - W1, W2

Prismacolor Pencils: Fur - Light Umber, Terracotta, Dark Brown, 20% French Grey / Hooves, Nose & Ears - Light Peach, Peach, Blush Pink / Horns - Beige, Light Peach

Other: 6" x 6" White Card Blank, Make It Colour Blending Card, Blue, White & Green Card, Yellow Glitter Card, Paper Pad (??), Stitched Scalloped Circle Die Set and Blossom Patch Dies (Creative Expressions), Grassy Border Die (Lawn Fawn), Cloud Dies (Joy! Crafts), Banner Die (MFT), Foam Pads, Funky Foam, Pearls, Glue, Double Sided Tape

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 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 sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

Challenges entered:

Hugs

x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - Love Swing

Hi there

Well February is well underway now, and Valentine's Day is fast approaching. Soooo, on that note I have another Lili Of The Valley card to share with you, this beautiful digi stamp is called 'Love Swing'. To add colour to the images I used my Prismacolor pencils. The digi stamp is part of the 'love' collection and is available in the store, where there's 20% off everything, so grab yourself a bargain. I hope you like it. (For sale - £4.50 + P&P - requests by email please ) SOLD 

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did

I added a piece of  red dotty paper to the centre of a 6" x 6" white card blank. A white frilly edged square was glued flat into the centre of the card. 

Using my software I imported the teddy bears and sentiment and then resized them to fit my project. The scene was printed straight onto Neenah card and die cut into a square, then coloured with pencils. The finished scene was mounted onto a piece of red square card, and foam was added to the back to give dimension. The topper was added to the card front, and to finish off I added a few small pearls.

Here's What I Used 

Digi Stamps: Love Swing

Digi Sentiment: Sketchy Wishes

Prismacolor Pencils: Bears - Beige, Burnt ochre, Chocolate, Light Umber, Sienna Brown, Blush Pink, White / Swing - White, Cream, Sand / Ribbon - Blush Pink, Pink, Carmine Red, Crimson Red / Flowers & Hearts - Poppy Red, Crimson Red, Canary Yellow, Pale Vermilion Apple Green, Olive Green

Other: 6" x 6" White  Card Blank, Desert Storm Neenah Card, Red Card, White Card, With Love Paper Pad (Me To You), Decorative Nested Square Die Set (Craft Buddy), Square Die (Tattered Lace), Funky Foam, Pearls, White Pen, Black Fineliner, Glue, Double Sided Tape

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 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 sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Love stamps. TTFN

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x Janine x

Lili Of The Valley - Love Letters Owl

Hi there everyone

Today I'm sharing a piece of art I created on a wood slice using one of the new stamps released by Lili Of The Valley last week. The stamp is from the 'Love Letters' collection and I used Prismacolor pencils to colour with. 

Did know, you can stamp your image onto wood using a permanent or waterproof ink like Stazon or Ranger Archival ink; then colour with it whatever takes your fancy eg pencils, Copics and even paints such as watercolour and acrylics etc. However, what's unusual about my piece of art is that I actually used a digi stamp and pencils on wood. I flipped the image, printed it out and coloured it with my pencils. I know crazy eh! After doing lots of research I found a way to do this. You should also be able to use paints if you print out using an Epson printer as their ink is usually water resistant - however, I haven't tried this as I've only got a Canon  Pixma printer atm. Check out below how I did this, then have a go and send me your feedback. Obviously you can use this for any digital stamp. :) 

Please note that as a LOTV Design Team member I was given permission by the company to use the digital version of the image, as the polymer stamp version wasn't available at the time.

For your information, here is the link to the LOTV Etsy Store to check out all the digi stamps, and the LOTV online store to check out the rest of their goodies.

Here's What I Did

First I made sure the wood slice was smooth, dry and dust free. Next I imported the owl into my software program and resized it to fit a 4" x 4" circle and flipped it. I printed this onto a piece of copier paper so I knew what the image placement was. I use a top loading printer (it feeds in from the top) and made sure that the image was sited on bottom of the page, meaning it printed out last. This ensured that the plain copier paper would feed into the printer first, which was crucial for the next step. 

Once the image has been printed out I attached a piece of wax paper sufficient to cover the image and tape this in place with removeable tape. I changed my printer setting to 'Photo' printing, and choose the Glossy photo paper option (this ensured that the ink stayed wetter for longer). I put the paper back into the printer ensuring the wax paper was going to be the last thing to print out, and pressed print. 

The next step was crucial, I very carefully removed the wax paper from the copier paper and placed it face down onto the wood slice. I made sure that I did this confidently so as to not move or smudge the image once it was down. Whilst keeping the paper in place with one hand, I carefully pressed and smoothed out the lines of the image (from the centre outwards), I just used my fingers (but I did use an old credit card on another image). Keeping the paper in place I lifted a corner of the paper to check everything was ok, as the transfer only takes a few seconds. Once I was happy with everything I removed the wax paper. I wiped over the surface of paper with a paper towel just to make sure there was no ink residue left, as this can be reused again, and again. The image instantly dried onto the wood, so I coloured the image in using my pencils. To finish off  I added a little glitter to the heart, a printed out sentiment and a little bow. FYI - if I was planning on giving this away I would probably spray it with varnish to protect it. 

If I get enough requests I will create a proper handout using this method. :)

Here's What I Used 

Polymer Stamp:  Love Letter Collection

Digital Sentiment: Embossed Labels

Prismacolor Pencils: Owl - Bunt ochre, Sienna Brown, Light Umber, Blush Pink, Pink, Beige / Flowers & Crown - Blush Pink, Pink, Canary Yellow, Yellowed Orange, Spring green, Olive Green, Envelop - White, Blush Pink, Poppy Red / Branch - Light Umber, Spring Green, Olive Green   

Other: 4" x 4" Wooden Slice, Wax Paper, Copier Paper, White Card, Glitter, Embroidery Thread

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 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 sneaky peeks of the fabulous new LOTV Spring stamps. TTFN

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x Janine x

Craft Consortium - Sandy Paws Collection

Hi everyone

I'm sharing my latest Craft Consortium projects with you. The new collections 'Sandy Paws' offers lots of fabulous summertime magic and fun. The new collection has been created in partnership with the super talented Helz Cupperditch. Helz is the talent behind the 'Snomes', 'Gift of Giving', 'Polar Playtime' collections. The collection boasts cute dogs, cards and birds all in amazing seaside settings. Everything is just totally adorable! I used a mix of  Copic pens and pencils to colour up the stamps, and for my last project I made a 'Holiday' activity book - it includes scribbling, doodling and colouring pages along with 'colour me' postcards and crossword puzzles. The collection includes beautiful paper pads  (6" x 6" and 12" x 12"), stamp sets and embellishments. 

I'm sharing all 6 of the projects I made using the gorgeous stamps, papers and embellishments. The collection as already launched in the Craft Consortium shop and in good craft retailers. Links are given below the pictures.

This collection and other collections are available from the Craft Consortium's website and good craft retailer's websites. In the USA, it will be distributed by Notions Marketing. You can also go direct to the Craft Consortium's website here and sign up for an update on any future product launches. 

Bon Voyage

Fresh Fish & Sandcastle 

Ice Cream

Sandcastle

Craft Consortium Product Used

Stamp Set: Bon Voyage, Sandcastle, Ice Cream, Fresh Fish

Paper Pad: 12" x 12" Sandy Paws Pad and 6" x 6" Sandy Paws Pad

Embellishments: Sandy Paws Enamel Rings, Sequins, Life Ring Charms and Little Crab Charms

Other Things I Used: 

A5, 5” x 7”, 6” x 6” White Card Blanks, Make It Colour Card, Copic Pens, Prismacolor Pencils, Solar White & Desert Storm Neenah Card, Watercolour Card, Red Card, White Card, Tumbled Glass & Salty Ocean Distress Ink, Cloud Stencil (MFT), Stitched Scalloped Rectangle & Square Dies (Creative Expression), White Pen, Black Fineliner, Glossy Accents, Shadow Box Creation Die Set (Tonic), Acetate, Red Liner Tape, On The Edge Die (Crealies), My SVG Design, Gold Adhesive Foil, Electronic Cutting Machine, Cinch Machine & Wire (WRMK), Envelope Maker (WRMK), Doflex, Grey Board, Lined Paper, Copier Paper, Crossword Puzzles, Ribbon, Paper Clips, Funky Foam, Black Hybrid Ink, Double Sided Tape, Glue,  

If you would like to know how I made a specific card or would like the colour list either email me (my address is on the right). Alternatively leave your request and your email address in the comment box. YOU MUST leave your email address otherwise I cannot reply to you. Thanks you. xx 

Why not follow us on Facebook - Craft Consortium Network, Craft Consortium Ltd or our our Instagram page. We'd loved to see you. Thank you so much for dropping by, don't forget to say hi :) 

Please Note If you purchase any Craft Consortium products could I politely ask that you give feedback on their facebook page or website and let them know what you think.  Please support our Craft suppliers. Thank you. xxx - I am part of the Craft Consortium's Design Team and I receive their lovely products to play with and share with you; I do not receive any kind of payment for my samples or my participation. Thank you. x

I'll be back tomorrow with another card made using this fabulous collection, so see you then. TTFN!

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x Janine x