Birthday Wishes Just For You ...

A card for no reason other than I fancied making it and I love this little Fairy Girl :)

I used:

Artpad Image #8 Fairies,  Snow Princess 8x8 paper pad and Handwritten Phrases sentiment stamp all from LOTV

Clementine lace, gingham ribbon, satin ribbon, heart dangle beads, stardust Stickles, 20mm paper rose and oodles of Liquid Pearls all from The Ribbon Girla

Nesting circles, nesting scallop circles and nesting threaded scallop circle dies from Tonic 

Square frame frilly #7 die set from Go Kreate

Not A Square ...

The new challenge over at The Ribbon Girl Blog is Magnolia Only Anything But A Square. I made a get well soon card in nice bright cheery colours

I used:

Clementine lace, yellow polka dot organza ribbon, golden yellow gingham ribbon, mixed leaf and heart pins, butterfly dangle beads, natural hemp twine, liquid pearls all from The Ribbon Girl

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

October Afternoon paper

Shaped card cut with Silhouette

 LOTV sentiment stamp

A Wedding Card ...

I used:

Papers - FQB Sew Fitting Collection from Nitwit Collections

Image - Artpad 4 True Love from Lili Of The Valley

Flowers and Liquid Pearls from The Ribbon Girl

A New Challenge ...

There is a new type of challenge over at The Ribbon Girl blog - Anything Goes With An Image - the theme is birthday but they have opened up the challenge to include any kind of image

I used:

Glossy Accents and Mixed Pretty Blooms from The Ribbon Girl

Image from Here Comes Annabel Art Pad and papers from One Birdie Lane and Butterfly Kisses from Lili Of The Valley

Birthday Wishes ...

It's a card challenge this week over at The Ribbon Girl blog - easy peasy just add flowers! I think I was channeling my inner pinkness!!

I used:

Saddlestitch ribbon, mixed pretty blooms, polka dot button, Divine Twine bakers twine, pink heart dangle beads and stardust stickles all from The Ribbon Girl

Art Pad #6 Fairies image, One Birdie Lane paper pad and Greetings Postmark sentiment stamp from LOTV

Little Miss Frou Frou ...

I love this new stamp from Lili Of The Valley - this is Frou Frou with her little doggy of course! I used more of those gorgeous pink papers from Nitwit Collections as well as lots of goodies from The Ribbon Girl

Stamp - Frou Frou from LOTV

Papers - Love Struck Collection from Nitwit Collections

Lace, saddlestitch ribbon, pins, satin ribbon, dangle beads and resin charm from The Ribbon Girl

I also made a coordinating gift box using papers from the same kit

Lovely Lili at The Ribbon Girl

I'm sharing my card for The Ribbon Girl Lovely Lili Challenge today. There are two fab prizes from LOTV and The Ribbon Girl and the challenge is to 'add a charm'

I used:

The Ribbon Girl - Daisy and Margaret guipure lace, check and dusky pink lacey edge ribbons, spotty organza ribbon, ricrac, dummy and pram charm, bakers twine, heart pin, liquid pearls, stickles

Lili Of The Valley - ArtPad #12 'Toddlers' and Greetings Postmarks sentiment stamps

Nitwit Collections - Love Struck Collection papers

Baby Girl ...

I love making baby cards and gifts, I think it's because you can go to town with the pastels ... and pink! :)

For this card I used an image from Lili Of The Valley's Artpad #12 Toddlers  - perfect for making coordinating cards and gifts as you get multiple precoloured images in the one pad so everything can coordinate. I also played with new papers from the gorgeous Love Struck Collection from Nitwit Collections (so pretty!!)

I used: Toddlers Artpad image from LOTV

Lovestruck Collection papers from Nitwit Collections

Stretch lace,  guipure lace, picot ribbon, gingham ribbon, trinket pins and liquid pearls all from The Ribbon Girl

I used more of the gingham paper from Nitwit Collections  and another identical image (the beauty of LOTV Art Pad images is several of the same designs in each pad!) to make this cute bauble gift (saddlestitch and spotty ribbon from Ribbon Girl) The plastic bauble is also from The Ribbon Girl

LOTV Blog Hop ...

Hello welcome to the LOTV blog hop to celebrate the new release of stamps. There will be 4 new rubber stamps released on Saturday 31st January as well as 2 sets of cute mini images which are clear stamps and some sentiments to compliment the stamps. Of course we have a fabulous prize too of a full set of the stamps which will be drawn and announced on Friday

Here is the full list of the Design Team who are taking part in the blog hop:

Andrea - that's me!!

Anne

Becky

Dawny

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kathy

Lou

Mary J 

Mindy

For my blog hop project I made another hanging bauble decoration. I think these make fabulous gifts and I am just a little bit addicted to making them!

I used:

Little Fairies clear stamps and coordinating sentiments from LOTV

Timeless Victorian 8x8 paper pad from LOTV

Acrylic bauble, taffeta ribbon, sheer ribbon, teeny tiny pompom trim and clear dewdrops all from The Ribbon Girl

MFT and Tonic Studio dies

Birthday Wishes ...

The new challenge over at The Ribbon Girl blog is 'seeing spots' and this is the card I made for it. Pop over to check out the rest of the Design Team, we have two fabulous prizes from Magnolia and The Ribbon Girl

I used:

Magnolia stamp coloured with Copics

Microdot satin ribbon, 10mm pale pink roses and white Liquid Pearls from The Ribbon Girl

Spellbinders, MFT and Tonic Studios dies

A cutesey little sentiment tag stamp and Country Meadow paper pad from LOTV

You Make My Heart Flip ...

Hello, I am back again with another sneak peek of a new stamp from LOTV, this little fella is called 'Pancake Day' and he is totally scrummy :)

I used 'Pancake Boy' rubber stamp from LOTV (released January 31st)

Ricrac, ribbon, heart pin and heart dangles from The Ribbon Girl

October Afternoon paper and Martha Stewart border punch

The sentiment was printed from my computer

 Before I go have you seen these - can't wait for all these stamps to be released - they are gorgeous!!

LOTV Sneak Peek ...

I'm back to share a sneak of a new Lili Of The Valley stamp due to be released on Saturday January 31st. 

I made something different today - a hanging decoration (inspired by what I have been seeing on Pinterest and by the lovely Christmas decoration my friend Jean made me for Christmas) using half of a clear acrylic bauble (the type that come in two halves and clip together)

This stamp is called In Love and it's just so sweet, I couldn't wait to colour it in and it would make a great Valentine, Engagement or Anniversary project :)

I used:

True Love stamp (released 31.1.15), papers from the Bonnets and Bowties paper pad and a tiny tag stamp from Set 24 Sentiment Tags all from Lili Of The Valley

Spotty organza ribbon, Ruffle edge ribbon, Dewdrops, Liquid Pearls and a Diamante Heart embellishment all from The Ribbon Girl

Spellbinders, MFT and Tonic Studios dies

Ribbon Girl Challenges Are Back ...

The Ribbon Girl blog has started up it's challenges once again now that everyone has had a well deserved rest over Christmas and New Year and it's a colour challenge this week ... PINK! my favourite :) We're sponsored by Marianne Designs and The Ribbon Girl this week

I used:

Lacey edged pink check ribbon, daisy guipure lace, natural hemp twine, pink heart pin and star dangle beads all from The Ribbon Girl

Jenny Bear Artpad image, Country Meadow paper pad and Pretty Grungy sentiment stamp from LOTV

You're Lovely ...

I got some new stamps! I've had my eye on these little beauties from LOTV for a long time and on Saturday they landed on my doormat so I just had to have a little play with them and with some of the new ribbons that the Ribbon Girl has in too

I used:

Pretty Grungy Sentiment stamps (Good Times) from LOTV

Pastel Dreams and Country Meadow 8x8 paper pads from LOTV

Aqua daisy and sage green lace edge ribbons, natural hemp twine and dangly beads from Pretty Little  Bottles - Jewel and Pearl

**I LOVE these Pretty Little Bottles from The Ribbon Girl!

Up, Up & Away ...

I've been missing from blogland for a while due to a broken laptop but I've now got a shiny new Macbook and I'm back in the game again and here to share my latest paper project for Lili Of The Valley

I made this lovely hot air balloon using papers from the Up, Up & Away and Pastel Dreams paper pads and the basket was made by weaving strips of the solids from Always and Forever the gingham ribbon and pompom trim are from The Ribbon Girl