Flowery Cupcake Birthday

Another beautiful Lily of the Valley stamp.  She is soooo cute and I just love these colours.

The backgound paper is from Helen Jones Designs and the pad is called Love Tokens.  The LOTV stamp is Hello Cupcake and it's coloured with Copics.  The Martha Stewart punch is Double Loops and the ovals are Spellbinders Petite Ovals Large.

The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, aren't they gorgeous?  The swirly bit is from Marianne dies.

  The Copics I used are:  Clothes V000,12,15,17.  RV000,02,04.  Cupcakes R83, RV02, BV31, B60, C1,3, V17.  Skin E0000,00.11.  R20.  Hair E0000,33.

I really like this card, for a change it turned out exactly as I wanted.  How unusual is that?  Hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and that the weather is not too bad where you are.  It's awful here, wet and windy and not particularly warm.  Hugz, Janice

Fairy in Blue

This is a card I made a wee while ago, I'm still not back to making cards after the kitchen fit.  I might try to fit one in today, I'm beginning to have withdrawal syptoms.

It's a LOTV Tiptoe Fairy stamp coloured with Copics, sorry I don't have the Copics list for this one.  The sentiment stamp is also LOTV, they are sooo handy and fit right in with the Spellbinder dies.  The Spellbinders are Big Scalloped Circles Large and Standard Circles Large.  The leaves are from a Marianne die and the flowers are from George and Basic Shapes on my Cricut.

I'm entering this card into the Stamp Something - Something with wings challenge.

I should get back to making cards soon, if not today.  There's not much work left to do in the kitchen until the fitters come back, it's just getting rid of the dust which gets in everywhere.  Hugz, Janice

Happy Christmas Choir

Another lovely Lily of the Valley stamp.  I made this a wee while ago, can't really do much when the kitchen fitters are in.

I can't give you much in the way of details on the card.  It's a LOTV Christmas Choir stamp, coloured with Copics.  The Spellbinders are Labels Eight and Fancy Tags.  The Happy Christmas is a peel off and the dots are holographic dots in green and red.

Until the kitchen is complete and everything back to normal, this house is a craft free zone.  We had two fitters and two electricians this morning but now we only have the fitters, although the electrics aren't finished yet.  The kitchen was supposed to be finished today but looks like it's going to carry over until tomorrow.  Wish me luck, I just want a working sink and a cooker I can use.  Happy crafting, Janice

Birthday Girl

This will be a very quick post today.  This is a card I made a wee while ago and unfortunately I don't have a list for the Copics.  I hope you like this card, I think it's adorable and I just love the colours.

Both the main image and also the sentiment stamps are Lily of the Valley and our little cutie was coloured with Copics.  The Spellbinders are Labels Five, Standard Circles Large and Classic Scalloped Circles Large.  The pearls are from Kaiser Crafts and I embellished on the cake and around the edges of the spellbinders with Stickles. 

Have a happy Monday and keep crafting.  Hugz, Janice

Snow Time

Back to the size of card I like the best, 6X6 square, with the cutest snowman from Lily of the Valley.  I bought a new punch from Craft World at the weekend, so I just had to use it on this card.

The stamp is, of course, Lily of the Valley Mr Snowman and, cute little thing that he is, he's coloured with Copics.  The Spellbinders today are Classic Squares Small and Labels One, the Martha Stewart punch is Vintage Lace.  The background paper is OLD and I don't have a name to go with it.  There are peel off borders and circles to decorate.  Copics:  Hat & scarf  R22,46,59. Black, C3,5,7.  Body & nose YR02,04.  B60.  Present & baubles G02,05,07. Y15.  Shadows & snow B60. W1.

I'm going to put this card into Winter Wonderland Challenge

My craft room looks like it's badly in need of a tidy up and maybe some different storage solutions for my evergrowing collection of ribbons, not all of them are on spools, most of them are just a metre of this and that.  And my flower collection needs reorganising, sounds like a job for today.  Now I have my day organised, I'm off to make an early start.  Have a crafty day and enjoy yourself.  Hugz, Janice.

Peachy Keane

This is the first time I've tried to make a card up for a challenge, rather than putting in a card I've already made.  Not sooo happy with this, it didn't turn out so well.  It will go into the Lily of the Valley challenge - peach & green.

Peach is not a colour I've used very much, so I had to search the stash in desperation to find something.  The paper is from a magazine I've had at some point in the dim & distant past and I've torn it out and stored it away.  The Spellbinders are Eyelet Circles and Standard Circles Large.  The image is Lily of the Valley - Fairies On Tiptoe, stamped and coloured with Copics.  The flowers are mainly from Wild Orchid Crafts and the pearls are from Kaiser Crafts, Ice Green.  Copics - Clothes R00,02,05. G21. YG11,63,67.  Skin E0000,00,11. R20.  Hair E33,51.  Flowers R00,02,05. G21,85,94.  Yg67,91.

This is only the second time I've entered the LOTV challenge, so wish me luck.  Have a great and very crafty weekend.  Hugz, Janice

A Day Full Of Happiness

This is a card I made last night at my craft club meeting.  I love the soft colours and how they all blend together.  I had a bit of a disappointment when I started the card, the round sentiment stamp is from an A4 sheet by Lily of the Valley.  I bought the sheet at the Glasgow spring craft show from the  LOTV stand and it should have been the Christmas sentiments, however, when I opened it, although the accompanying acetate sheet has the Christmas sentiments on it, the clear stamps themselves were the Dreamy Days sentiments.  Not a disaster as I was going to be buying them anyway but an inconvenience, I have ordered the Christmas sentiments from the LOTV website, and I will check this time that I've got the right stamps.

The beautiful background card is from Kanban, English Riviera Rose, lilac, it's gorgeous, isn't it?  The Spellbinders dies are the  Classic Scalloped Circles Large, the Standard Circles Large and the lovely corner twiddily bits are from the Fanciful Holiday set.  The center doily is a Marianne die, my friend Lesley cut this out for me to use a few weeks ago at our craft club and this is me just getting around to using it, I think I may have to get this one myself.  The sentiment is LOTV  from Set 6 - Dreamy Days Sentiments, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black.  I've used some matching gems to add a little bling, they really give the card a lift.  All in all, an easy and quick card to make. 

I hope you like this card, if you do, be sure to leave a comment or use the reactions buttoms at the bottom of the post.  Have a good weekend.  Hugz, Janice.

Tea For Two

This is a cute little Lily of the Valley card.  I stamped and coloured the image before I gathered together the paper and embellishments for the card and gave myself a headache trying to match things up.  The pink paper looks nice but it's also kinda peachy as well as pink, well, you know what I mean.  It's not pinky pinky, very hard to match.

I'm sorry, I've lost the Copic list for this one but here is what I do know.  The punch is Martha Stewart Double Loops, the Spellbinders are Large Scalloped Circles, Standard Circles Large and Large Labels.  The main image and the sentiment are both from that wonderful company called Lily of the Valley.  The pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the bow was readymade from Papermania bought from Craft World, my local and for me the best craft shop ever.

I hope you like this latest offering, I had fun making it, even though it was a bit frustrating trying to match up the pink.  I'm having a quiet day today, this is the craft club meeting tonight and I need to gather up my 'stuff' to take with me.  I usually try to make about three cards in the three hours, so I need to do all the matching and organising beforehand, can't take all my craft room with me, can I?  We have a great craft club, well, not so much a club, I suppose, as a gathering of like minded people.  We all bring whatever we want to make and then spend most of our time blethering (chatting, for the non-scots), we are very noisy but have great fun and I do enjoy myself.  Have a great day, the weather has finally cleared up here in East Kilbride and for the moment it looks nice and sunny.  Hugz, Janice.

Treasured Christmas Candle

Another LOTV cutie Christmas stamp.  Back to my New Year Resolution again, using up older 'stuff', the paper is maybe 6 or 7 years old and I haven't used any for the past three years at least.

The stamp is LOTV Christmas Candle, stamped on white pearlescent card using Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copics.  The Spellbinders die is Eyelet Squares, threaded with ribbon and decorated with red holographic square  peel offs, and jewels in the corners.  I used border peeloff strips around the edge of the paper because it looked too unfinished and needed that little something.  Copics list:  Clothes R22,46,59. G07,28.  E00,33,35.  Skin R20. E0000,00,11.  Hair E31,33.  Candle & Holly G21,99. Y21,28. YR31. R59.

That's it for today, I'm off up to my daughter's this morning for a spot of clothes shopping at M&S at the Gyle in Edinburgh.  Have a good and crafty day.  Hugz, Janice

A Wee Cutie

This is just a quick post, too much to do today and as usual not enough time.  I don't work anymore but I still have no time, I don't know where it disappears to.  This is a card I made a wee while ago and my daughter has already appropriated it to give to someone.  So here goes and I hope you like it.

I don't remember too many details about this one, my memory is really rotten these days, I think my head is full of dandelion fluff.  The stamp is LOTV - Dandelion Clock and the sentiment is also LOTV.  I used Copics to colour in the image but I don't have a list.  The butterfly is a Spellbinders die.

Sorry, I'm a wee bit short on detail, I hope the nice card makes up for it.  Now I must go and do that horrible thing called HOUSEWORK, starting with the ironing.  Have a good day.  Hugz, Janice

Christmas Time Again

I thought I would do the Lily of the Valley Skating Along stamp in more traditional colours this time.  I really enjoyed making this, I started the card on Friday morning at the craft club and finished it on Saturday.

Again the origin of the paper is lost in the mists of time.  The  Spellbinders die used was Labels Eight and the Martha Stewart punch was Aspen Snowflake.  The ribbons and jewels are from my stash and the sentiment is a peelie.  The image was coloured with Copics: Clothes R22,45,59.  Bags G21,99.  YG63,67.   R22,45. 
skin & hair R20,E0000,33.  Dog E33,35,37,50,51,53,95.  Skates B60. W1,3. C3.

This was a great card to make, enjoyable and easy and very traditional.  Hope you like it, I love the LOTV stamps, they are all sooo cute.  Enjoy what's left of your weekend.  Hugz, Janice.

Christmas Is Here

I'm entering this card  for the For Fun Challenges - Christmas Is Here challenge.  It's a lovely card in nice soft colours and as usual the Lily of the Valley stamp is a cutie.

The background paper and card are from my stash, the paper is from quite a few years ago old and was leftover from another card, so I don't have a name for it.  The stamp is LOTV Skating Along, stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copics.  The Spellbinders die used is Large Labels.  The punches are both Martha Stewart, Double loops and Aspen Snowflake.  I've embellished with jewels from Papermania, the hat and her fur trims have been 'Glamour dusted'.  Copics list:  Clothes BV02,04,31.  Bags BV02,13.  RV000,10,13.  Skates W1,3. C1.  Dog C1,3,5.  Skin E0000,00,R20.  Hair E33.  Ice B60.  I love using Lily of the Valley stamps and I adore Christmas, so making this card was a joy.  I hope you like it as much as I enjoyed making it and that you get some inspiration for your own early Christmas cards.  There are so many Christmas challenge blogs around now that people are starting their Christmas cards earlier than ever. 

Have a fun day and enjoy your crafting.  Hugz, Janice.

Tiptoe Fairy

I was feeling very virtuous when I made this card.  The background paper was a 12X12 sheet I bought maybe 6 or so years ago, and used a fair bit of it on a card at the time, and then the rest just sat in the file doing nothing except taking up space in my already space challenged craft room.  The ribbon was from a visit to Letham Crafts near Forfar and I think this would be from one of my first visits around 8 years ago.  So still true to my New Year resolution of using up older 'stuff'.

I love this Lily of the Valley stamp - Fairies on Tiptoes, I've seen so many lovely cards made with this image, I just had to have it.  It is stamped with the usual Memento Tuxedo Black and coloured with Copics.  My apologies, I don't have a copics list for this card.  The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts, the pearls are from my stash and the sentiment is a peel-off.  The Spellbinders used are Standard Circles Large, Classic Scalloped Circles Large and Labels Five.  The border punch is Martha Stewart Double Loops punched twice and layered. 
 I entering this in the For Fun Challenge - Flowers and a sentiment
I hope you like this one, let me know what you think, leave a comment or use the reactions buttons.  Hugz, Janice

Flutterbye Fairy

I really adore Lily of the Valley stamps, they make such lovely cards.  I think this one might be my first LOTV challenge card.

I have used the Dandelion Fairy, stamped and coloured with Copics.  The spellbinders used were Standard Circles Large and Large Scalloped Circles.  The flowers are, of course, from Wild Orchid Crafts and the wooden butterfly came from Hobbycrafts.  The Martha Stewart punch is Double Loops and the border is embellished with ribbon.  The background paper is from a Paper Cellar pad called Celebrations and the pearls are Kaiser Craft in colours to match and some clear jewels on the butterfly.

Copics list:  Clothes and wings - YG00,03,63. Y00,02,08. B93,95,97. E33,51,53.  Hair - E33,YR23,31.  Skin - E0000.00,11,R20.  Flower - V000,06,12.

The Dandelion Fairy makes a lovely card and I really enjoyed making it, and 'YES' I think I'll put this into the LOTV Challenge this week.  All I need now, is the 'how to' advice from this lovely website http://craftbloggers.blogspot.com/   , 'cos I haven't a clue how to enter it.  Wish me luck!!!!!!!
A Spoonful of Sugar - Ribbons, Pearls and Flowers

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Hugz, Janice.

Birthday Fairy

The stamp is another one I bought at the Glasgow spring craft show, I bought loads of stamps over my two day visit and still don't have enough.  And, of course, the question is 'define enough'?  Yet another Lily of the Valley stamp and this is my first card using it.  I do love LOTV and I'm hoping to work up enough courage soon to go in for one of their challenges, GULP!!!!!!!!!,  especially now I know how to put their banner on to my sidebar.   

The card and paper are from my stash.  I've used Spellbinders Labels One, Labels Five and also their Fancy Tags.  The stamp is called Birthday Fairy and was stamped using the usual Memento Black Tuxedo inkpad, must remember to pick up a refil soon,  and coloured with Copics.  There are jewels all over the place, and the corners and sentiment are peel-offs.

Copics list:  Clothes RV10,21,23,V12,15,17.  Wings BV31,B60,RV000,10.  Skin E0000,R00,20.  Hair YR20,31.  Bear E31,50,51,53.  Present YG0,23, Y00,02,08.

That's it for today, my husband finishes early on a Friday and we usually go down the coast to Ayr and have a fish supper at the shore.  I hope, I get time later to make another card for tomorrow.  Have a good weekend.  Hugz, Janice
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LOTV Christmas Candle

This is another stamp I bought at the SECC Glasgow craft show and was desperate to make a card with it.  I wanted to do colours that were a wee bit different, I'm usually a red, green and gold Christmas person, very traditional (it's my age).  I stamped as usual with Memento Tuxedo Black, onto white pealrescent card and coloured with my Copics.  I made up the 6X6 card blank using the same card, and matted and layered with blue card from the Papaterie and pink Christmas paper from Daisy Bucket Designs called Wrapped Wishes, got this from Craft World.  The die cuts are all Spellbinders and the snowflake border punch is Martha Stewart.  The pins came from Wild Orchid Crafts and I bought the pearls at the Glasgow show.

Copics:  Clothes B00,02,05,RV13,21,23.  Shoes C1,2,3.  Skin E000,00,11,R20.  Hair E31,33.  Candle & holly YR20,23,31,Y20,R59,YG63,65.

Lily of the Valley are my favourite stamps of the moment, I just love them to pieces.  I'm looking forward to using this one again with more traditional colours.  And when I figure out how to enter one of Lily of the Valley challenges I'm going to have great fun.  Well that's all for today, I hope you're having a good weekend and it's not too snowy where you are.  It's still white from yesterday's snow here in East Kilbride.  Hugz, Janice