Roses gift bag

 A simple gift bag using a coloured simply print from Lili of the Valley. I used some older papers, lace and roses. The tag was cut with a tag punch which I find really useful and quick to use. I added some sparkle to the roses with a clear sparkle pen.

We are going out today, starting at a jigsaw festival in Suffolk then stopping at a lovely restaurant and farm shop on the way home where we will have lunch.

Graham is driving the rescue boat on Sunday and Monday at the powerboat racing so I will have two days to myself. I shall mainly be crafting apart from some ironing, a necessary chore. I am trying a new craft which I will share with you soon. 

Rainbow bear

I have another of the new coloured simply prints from Lili of the Valley on today's card.  This one is rainbow bear.  I used another of my new Daisy Mae die along with some old Cheery Lynn toadstools, ribbon from stash and a butterfly punch.

I had a lovely play with a new stencil and Card-io stamps following a youtube video on Tuesday afternoon.  It was a great learning exercise and although I am not happy with all of the finished work I learnt a lot so will be having another go. I have kept the one I did so I can see what I like about it and what I don't or didn't quite work as well as it should.

Graham has a training day on Saturday ready for the start of the powerboat season so I will have a crafting day.  The divers and rescue team who are all volunteers have to practice getting the divers out of the water, boat handling etc so he will be enjoying himself as will I at home.

 

Perfect Day

Thank you for all your lovely comments on Mum's painting.  Carol said she hoped I would frame it but it is a canvas so Mum has to varnish it and then it will be hanging in her lounge.

Today's card uses one of several new coloured simply prints from Lili of the Valley.  This one is perfect day.  The paper is First Edition Butterfly Kisses.  I used a new Daisy Mae oval die and and old Doohickey fence, one of my most used dies and some old butterfly dies.

Off to have my nails done this afternoon.  I think I have decided what to go for this time.  I love the purple and daisies I currently have.

 

Little gardener

Another commissioned card this time using a coloured simply print digi from Lili of the Valley.  The vintage boys are some of my favourites.  I used First Edition gardenia papers and various dies including MFT stitched clouds and Marianne wheelbarrow and watering can.

 

Champagne anyone?

Another coloured simply print from Lili of the Valley, this one is Little Ted Champagne.  I used the vintage hearts digi papers from the new Love range at LOTV.  The sentiment ribbon is Dovecraft paper posies, the sentiment is LOTV and I used Hunkydory Moonstone flower dies.

 

Rosy and Cosy

I love the name of this sweet image, Rosy and Cosy. The papers and coloured image are more from the Love Range launched recently by Lili of the Valley.  These papers print so well really showing off the gorgeous colours.  I used my fave Marianne fence die, Crafts Too butterfly and Sue Wilson sweetheart flower dies.

 

Amongst the roses

Another sweet card using the new Love Affair digi papers and a coloured simply print image from LOTV.  This one is Love Swing.  The stamp is a wooden one from The Works.  I used a stitched circle Lawn Fawn die and some Prima Roses.

 

More teddies

Following yesterday's post I have another of the new coloured simply prints from LOTV to share.  This one is Teddy and roses and I used two of the new vintage heart digi papers. The sentiment is LOTV, stitched scalloped curved die is MFT.

I mentioned I play Wordle every day well I have discovered Quordle now.  I have played it for the last two days and love the extra challenge of guessing 4 words in 9 goes where the letters you put for the first word are for every word. Really gets the brain going. 

 

New simply prints and digi papers

These are from the latest Lili of the Valley launch.  I used some gorgeous digi papers from the Love Affair range and Little Teds Together coloured simply print.  The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and I used some old Dovecraft bunting.

Hope you are all staying safe from Storm Eunice.  As I type this the rain has just stopped and it is windy but nowhere near as bad as predicted yet. Am hoping it doesn't get worse later.

Edited well it got much worse after lunch, more heavy rain and very very windy but thankfully not as bad as some other places.

 

Romantic Rock again

I had an order from my regular customer and she asked for a card with this image so I decided to print off two and make two similar cards.  I used the LOTV coloured simply print, the most used of my simply print images as she keeps asking for cards with her.  I too love this image.  

The papers are Bo Bunny Penny Emporium.  I used a new Impression Obsessions die I got in my Secret Santa from Dies to Die For.  The tags are new stamps from LOTV and the flowers were a Christmas pressy from Hobbycraft.  I also used a Lawn Fawn pierced rectangle die.  

I have added a sale page. Please take a look.

 

Snowball fight

I used an old coloured art pad image from Lili of the Valley for this.  I love the monochrome with just touches of red and kept to that colour scheme .  The papers are First Edition Winter Rose.  I found a matching border in an old diecut pack and added some ribbon from Crafty Ribbons.  I used Dovecraft adhesive white glitter card with a Marianne tree die and MFT layered snowflake dies.

Pauline C thanks for all your lovely comments. I follow your blog but can’t comment on your blog on my Ipad as you have embedded comments. If you could change to a pop up box I can comment on your lovely work. Interesting comments from you on inking. Look forward to seeing more on your blog.

 

Getting there with Christmas cards

Just a few Christmas cards left to make now. I used a coloured digi from Lili of the Valley, Christmouse house.  The papers are some old ones and I used some old Memory Box holly and ivy dies.  The glitter tape is new.  I bought a pack from The Works, lots of lovely colours.  The sentiment is LOTV and I found the star in some old diecuts in my Christmas stash.

I am at a craft today and another tomorrow.  These are my last two this year, both 11-3 which suits us nicely.  I think that is long enough for a craft fair.  Any longer and you probably get the same amount of people just spread over more hours.  We were going to do another next Saturday but I decided a couple of weeks ago not to do that one as I didn't have to pay until the day and it was further to go. Hopefully I will be able to start fairs earlier next year but that all depends on Covid of course.  

Stay safe and have a lovely weekend.

 

Sharing an umbrella

I am short of Anniversary cards for my stall so used this coloured simply print from Lili of the Valley to make a card for stock.  This one is showered with love which I diecut and added to a red doily.  The wooden and burlap hearts are from Hobbycraft a few years ago and I added some tiny red pearl hearts to the corners and a couple of pearl hearts to the image.

 

Back to Christmas

Yes another Christmas card.  I have a few fairs booked now for later in the year so thought I should get some more Christmas cards made plus making mine to send of course.  I used a lovely coloured digi from Lili of the Valley which I teamed with First Edition North Star papers.  I added some diecut Christmas trees which I cut from Dovecraft adhesive glitter card.  The sentiment is LOTV and I added some Martha Stewart punched snowflakes.

We were at the theatre again last night to see the 35th Anniversary show of That'll be The Day show.  We have seen them many times as they are fantastic singing songs from the late 50's to 80's with an emphasis on 60's songs which we love.  As it is a long show and was in Lowestoft we stayed overnight at a Premier Inn.  This morning we will be going to the beach for a walk and brekkie before heading home.  It is so nice to be seeing live performances again.  We felt perfectly safe at the show on Sunday night though we were surprised at how few people wore masks given the ago group of people going to a 60's show.  We wore ours until we sat down and again in the interval and when we left.

Have a good weekend everyone.

 

Playing with my some of my new goodies

When we were in the New Forest I was delighted to find Emerald Crafts were still trading in Lyndhurst. They have a lovely shop packed with crafting goodies. I bought some lovely papers, a few essentials and a couple of dies and couldn't wait to try them out.  I used a Craft Deco star circle and Christmas roses and foliage dies by Creative Expressions.

The lovely image is a coloured digi from Lili of the Valley.  I used one of their older sentiments and papers from First Edition.  After I diecut the roses I wanted to add some sparkle.   The sparkle pen wasn't giving much sparkle so I squeezed the nib and got more sparkle than I expected.  I really like the effect on the plan card though so glad it turned out well.

Winter

Anotehr of the coloured simply prints from Lili of the Valley.  This one is countryside Winter.  I teamed it with First Edition Winter Rose papers.  I wanted to add some foliage to match the image.  I used a Xcut embossed ivy punch and Crafter's Companion berries die and Sue Wilson twiddly dies.  The sentiment is LOTV.

We are going out this evening to the theatre for the first time since Covid.  We are going with friends and having a meal at Bella Italia first.  We shall be wearing our masks in the theatre until we take our seats, which are in the front row luckily.  It feels quite strange to be going but we have to try to get back to normal whilst staying as safe as possible.  It's a 60's music show so most of the audience will be our age and hopefully mostly double vaccinated.

 

Bunny Blooms

After doing so well having a blog post every day this month I haven't had anything to share the last three days. I had my hair cut and coloured on Monday and by the time we then had a late lunch and did the shopping it was 5pm.  Yesterday morning we were gardening so I finally managed to get into the craft room yesterday afternoon.

I have several cards to make for my regular customer and this is the first one.  I used the coloured simply print digi from Lili of the Valley called Bunny Blooms.  The papers are MME on the bright side 2.  I used a stitched scalloped MFT die. The sentiment is a much used Inkylicious one, flowers and wooden leaves from Hobbycraft and the pretty wooden butterfly was a surprise find in my stash.

I had trouble with my printer again yesterday as it said it was offline when it wasn't.  Thankfully I rebooted the router and the printer worked.  However I then switched it off and decided I needed it back on again and got an error code.I couldn’t solve it so rang the service centre who made various suggestions, all of which I had already tried. I searched online for a new printer and nearly everywhere is out of stock. The only place I could find one was Amazon so had to order one even though it was £30 more than John Lewis and Argos. No good them being cheaper though if they don’t have any. I hated getting problems with printers when I was at work and find it such a nuisance when it happens at home now. I rely on it working so much.

 

Shall we dance on our way home

How cute is this new image from Lili of the Valley. I used the coloured simply print and actually made two cards almost identical. One was for an order and this one was for some friends.  The paper is Joy with love.  I went for a distressed look, adding some cheesecloth, roses from Wild Orchid and some waste hearts left from the sweetheart flowers I die cut a while ago.  The sentiment is LOTV.

We are on our way home today from a fortnight's holiday.  We stayed overnight the first night and last night at Premier Inns and spent 12 days in the lovely cottage we have been to for the last three years. we were so lucky to be able to enjoy a lovely holiday for our Golden Wedding.  I managed to schedule lots of posts whilst we were away. 

We should be home around lunchtime and then will be unpacking and shopping.  As the cottage has a washing machine there won't be too much washing to do at home.

Cycling

I was asked to make a cycling card and didn't have anything suitable. Off I went to have a look in the Lili of the Valley shop and found this coloured vintage sports cyclist image. I was so pleased when I received my First Edition Bon Voyage papers to find a cycling patter. All the papers are from this new pad which has lots of simple designs plus some travel themed papers. I remembered i had a Die-Versions corner sentiment die which I have hardly used. I don't know why as it is really effective. Note to self, use sentiment dies more often.

 

Here she is again

I have been busy crafting but haven't had a chance to schedule any blog posts. I am working my way through my June cards I need to make and my friend's July order of 10 cards,  Thank goodness for coloured images as I just don't have time to colour images for every card.

This is the coloured simply print of Romantic Rock from LOTV which my friend loves as much as me and keeps asking me to use for cards. This time she wanted a modern look so I used MFT papers, Lawn Fawn pierced rectangle and Sue Wilson sweetheart flower dies.  I love these dies and the waste hearts come in handy too.

Housework this morning and then more crafting this afternoon I hope.