Precious moments

A simple Anniversary card made for some friends.  I used a lovely new coloured simply print from Lili of the Valley called Precious Moments.  The sentiment is from The Works and I used some old paper and bunting.  The torn edge stitched die is from Daisy Mae.

I am planning to get some crafting done today and have some new LOTV images printed ready to colour.

 

Happy Anniversary Graham

Today is our Wedding Anniversary and this is the card I made for Graham.  He really liked the cards I made recently using the tree stencil and stamps from Card-io so I made this one.  The previous one I made had hares so this time I used the couple on the fence.  

I bought some more distress oxides as I find they work so well with the stencil and are much quicker and easier to blend than using small stamp pads.  I used a black fineliner to add some definition to the tree and a white gel pen on the flowers and fence. 

We have something special planned for today which I will tell you about another day.

 

New LOTV launch

This is one of the lovely new stamps from the new Lili of the valley launch of Wedding stamps coming on 12th May.  I thought it was perfect for an Anniversary card.  I coloured it with Copics and I must say I am really pleased with the way his jacket turned out.  I used a Daisy Mae torn edge stitched ocal and cut off the bottom.

The papers are First Edition Butterfly Kisses and the sentiment is an old stamp from LOTV.

Gorgeous day here yesterday. Dull and a little drizzle at the moment. Supposed to just be cloudy. We are off the garden centre this morning.

Second sneak peek

There are some adorable teddy bear digis in the new launch coming soon at Lili of the Valley.  This one is Little Ted together.  I coloured it with Copics using chalk for the sky.  I printed the image quite large so kept the design simple.  The paper is MFT and the cross stitch hearts are a Memory Box die.  I added a LOTV sentiment and some doodling.

We are off for routine check ups at the dentist today.  Let's hope we both get away with no fillings.

 

First sneak peek

Lili of the Valley have a gorgeous new launch of digi stamps coming soon.  This one is choccy mice which would be great for a lot of occasions.  I coloured it with Copics.  The paper is MFT and I used a doily and some wooden hearts from Hobbycraft.  Both the sentiments are LOTV.

 

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.

 

Swinging by to say Happy Anniversary

I made this for some friends whose Anniversary was yesterday so I can now share.  The image is an old coloured diecut from LOTV but it is available as a simply print.  The paper is First Edition Making Memories.  I used a Doohickey fence die and a heart die.  The sentiment is LOTV and I added apearl heart.

 

Throwing petals

I have another coloured image from LOTV to share today.  The papers are First Edition Making Memories. This is one of the paper pads I bought from the Craft Label sale. They have lots of The old paper pads at very reduced prices and free postage over £19.  With card blanks at half price I soon spent £20.

I added a random puffy sticker I found in my stash. The flowers are from Wild Orchid and I used a Hobbycraft heart punch and a MFT stitched scalloped die.  I am busy making cards for an order of 11 cards. Luckily she has chosen some of the cards I have already made for some of them.

 

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.

Our Golden Wedding

I can't believe that today we have been married for 50 years! We just don't feel old enough 😊.  I didn't want to make a traditional card for Graham and as music has been such an important part of our lives, and still is.  When we met at a party he was in charge of playing the records on his record player. I was 15 and he was 19 and we were both too shy to talk to each other that night. We soon got together though and the rest is history.

I bought this Nitwits digi kit called Peachy Keen with this card in mind. It hasn't photographed terribly well unfortunately.

I created the arrangement in the corner on the backing paper and then printed all the elements onto card. I decoupaged each of the corner elements and added contrasting card to the lozenge shapes. I typed the sentiment onto one and 2 song titles onto the others. The paint chip already had the sentiment on it and couldn't be better. All I added were the punched musical notes.

We have a meal booked this evening so we will be celebrating 50 happy years together.

 

Campervan celebration

This is one of the new coloured simply prints from Lili of the Valley. I think it is an adorable image. The sentiment is computer generated.  The pretty backing paper is from the new First Edition Oh So Sweet pad. All the embellishments are from my Craft Label Make a wish goodie bag.  See yesterday's post for more details of the goodie bag and how to buy.

 

Art Deco Anniversary

Another commissioned card using an old Docrafts Art Deco pack. I have had these for years and every now and again I make a card with them. They are lovely images though I am less keen on the shiny papers these days. I prefer a matt paper.

I found a lovely font on my laptop, Asimov to use for the sentiment.  I coloured two wooden hearts with a Nuvo sparkle pen and used flowers from Wild Orchid and added some heart bunting.

Golden Wedding #3

This is the last of the Golden Wedding cards I made, this one for my friend to give her husband. I used a large coloured simply print from LOTV called mouse and champagne as the card is 8x8.  I diecut the image with a Go kreate frilly #10 die and inked the edges with wild honey DI.  I used paper from LOTV and added some burlap. I found some gold glitter washi tape in my stahs and used the Dovecraft adhesive gold glitetr card again with a large heart die. I added a few of the waste hearts around the image.  I kept it quite simple as it was for a male, personally I don't like adding flowers to male cards.

Golden Wedding #2

This is the card I made for my friend to give his wife. It is from LOTV called Bunnies, clouds and champagne. I coloured it with Copics. The papers are from an old Santoro pack. I cut the image using the out of the die technique and a Lawn Fawn stitched circle die. The striped paper was cute using dies from the Works. The lace is from my stash, flowers from Wild Orchid and I used an old La La Land banner die adding the waste dies around the image.

Golden Wedding card #1

This is the card I made for our friends' Golden Wedding yesterday using a coloured simply print from LOTV. They asked me to make cards for them both to send each other so I had to come up with three different designs. 

I am not into lots of gold and bling but I did find a gold doily in my stash and used the Dovecraft adhesive glitetr card which I normally only use at Christmas. I found some gold ricrac but that wouldn't stick and I didn't want to wrap it round the paper as they would have made it bulky. I remembered I have a MFT stitched ricrac die so used my adhesive glitter card with it. I also used the card with a sentiment die and my MS fern punch. I have never found glitter card which punches well but this works perfectly. The flowers are from The Hobby House.

Our Wedding Anniversary

Today is our 49th Wedding Anniversary and this is the card I made for Graham. I used a cute Penny Black stamp which is part of a set a very kind friend sent me. I coloured it with Copics. The papers are some old LOTV country lady 8x8 ones as the card is 7x7.  I used a Marianne wooden tree and dune fence and Memory Box butterfly dies.  The wooden hearts are from Hobbycraft.

This won't be the anniversary we had planned. We should have been in Cornwall for 10 days with an overnight stop either way making a lovely 12 night holiday. Instead we will be a home, depending on the weather we hope to venture out somewhere local and quiet. We would have been going out for a nice meal tonight but instead we will be cooking at home. Whatever we do we will enjoy ourselves.

Ruby Wedding Mice

This is one of the cards I was asked to make this week. I used a LOTV simply print, printing out two so I could decoupage the balloon. The paper is an old Craftwork Cards one and I used a doily behind the diecut image. The flowers are from Wild Orchid.

We're off to get our click and collect shopping at lunchtime, such excitement! I'm sure we are all looking forward to the day we can browse the shops safely, have a meal out and feel safe around other people.  That may be some time away I fear. Until then stay safe x

Soulmates

This is one of those images that makes you go awww how sweet. It is called soulmates and is one of the new love stamps from Lili of the Valley. I used MFT papers and a stitched scalloped border die. The ribbon is from Crafty Ribbons and I used Copics for colouring. I used my lovely new flower dies, Hunkdory Moonstone fabulous florals.  The banner die is lawn fawn.  I made this for a friend's anniversary and now I know they received it I can share it with you.

LOTV meets Trimcraft

I received my first DT package as a Trimcraft Maker on Thursday and have been making some samples with the new Paper Posies range. The image is an old diecut from LOTV, wooden hearts from stash.

The new Trimcraft Paper Posies range has lots of very pretty items. On this card I used;

12x12 paper pad £7.99

Washi tape (2 designs in pack) £1.99

Wooden roses £1.75

Sentiment toppers £1.75

Our hearing system developed a fault yesterday afternoon so no heating. The plumber is coming this morning so fingers crossed it is something simple that can be easily fixed.

Showered with love

This is probably my favourite of the new love images from Lili of the Valley, showered with love. I had the idea in my head of a monochrome vintage style card with just a touch of red. Now sometimes I have an idea and am disappointed with how the card turns out but I am really pleased with this one.

Image - LOTV showered with love

Medium - Copics

Flowers - Michaels, USA

Sentiment - LOTV

Wooden heart - Hobbycraft

Distress Ink - Vintage photo

Other from stash - old papers, burlap with lace, cheesecloth, white gel pen on umbrella