Time for a Cuppa!

It's time for a cute card just for me!
I love the sweet stamps from Lili of The Valley and although I don't have many I am trying to grow my collection :) This particular one is a super cute reminder of home to me and so was a perfect choice for my card for me this week.

Challenges:
The Shabby Tearoom - Vintage Charm (blue, pink, cream and a charm)
Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes with a LOTV image
Cheery Lynn Designs - Texture (and a CL die)
Bunny Zoe's - Pink, Lace and Pearls
House of Gilli - Emboss It
Stamping Scrapping - Embossing (items in store are Copics and Spellbinders)
Catered Crop - Circles
Crafty Boots - Home
Die Cuttin Divas - Shimmer, Glimmer, Gloss (and a die cut)
Ladybugs Crafts Ink - P is for...Pink, Posies, Pearls

Card Recipe:
Image - Time For a Cuppa by Lili of The Valley
Sentiment - Studio G
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Summer Breeze by Limited Edition
Doily Die - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Embossing Folder - Sizzix
Flowers - Recollections
Lace - Wrights
Felt Trim - Hobby Lobby
Tulle Trim - May Arts
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Heart Charm - Hobby Lobby
Twine - The Twinery
Glitter - Crystal Stickles

I liked how easy this image made it to make a slightly shabby chic style card but I couldn't resist adding a little touch of glitter as she is a girl after all :)
I hope you enjoyed this and be back later for a very special extra Scor-Pal surprise project
Katie

Hugs and Kisses Easel Card

Happy Tuesday!
I have a great crafty week as all my afternoons and evenings are free as my husband and children are off at Twilight Camp!
I have plans to make the projects that are due while I away in England later in the Summer but I couldn't help making just another card with this super sweet Lili Of The Vally image.

Challenges:
Amusing Challenges - Anything Goes
The Secret Crafter - Anything Goes
Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes
Fat Pages and Cards with Attitude - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Totally Papercrafts - More than One Fold
Crafty Ribbons - Easel Card
The Crafty Pad - Ribbon
Ribbon Girls - Ribbon or Lace
Lets Ink It Up - Favorite Embellishment (5 entries, must stamp)(mine is anything on a spool)
The Shabby Tearoom - Sweet Summertime (photo inspiration with Aqua, Pink and Brown)
My Time To Craft - Hats or Handbags (I used both)



Card Recipe:
Image - Emma Pot Plant by Lili Of The Valley
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Crafty Secrets Heartwarming Vintage Classic Paper Pad
Label Die - Spellbinders
Doily Die - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Flowers and Leaves - Recollections
Ribbon - Michaels
Lace and Trim - Wrights
Sentiment - Cloud 9







I'm not happy the leaves in this card but they stuck down really quickly and so I could move them unless I started from scratch so they had to stay. I do love the soft shabby styles papers though, I got them ages ago and will be sure to use some more soon.
Pop back tomorrow for a new Tilda card, yes not for anything other than I just wanted to make it! LOL
Katie

For You Mom Lili of The Valley Easel Card

Now it's Friday so that means a Just Because card!
Now with Mothers Day being on Sunday here in the US there are a ton of Mom themed challenges and so I thought I'd play along with them (yes the list is long, probably took me longer to go through the challenges than it did to make the card!)
Challenges:
Paper and Such - Flowers
Do You Stack Up - Flowers (3 entries only)
Lili's Little Fairies - Favorite Tool (My Scor-Pal and Punches/Dies)
Cheery Lynn Designs - Shades of Purple
Crafts 4 Eternity - Color Combo
Crafts and Me - Punches and Dies
Oldie but a Goodie - Die Cuts/Punches (the papers are years old)
Tammys Scrapin Corner - Die Cuts/Punches
Crafty Creations - Frame It
Bunny Zoe - Ribbon or Twine
Lexi's Creations - Ribbon and Lace
Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Pearls and Lace
Papertake Weekly - Cute Cute Cute
Deep Ocean - What a Wonderful Woman
For Fun - For a Woman
Lollipop Crafts - Mamma Mia
Ribbon Carousel - A Word to Your Mother (and something spooled)
Party Time Tuesday - Mums the Word
Critter Sketch - Mom
Kaboodle Doodles - Mom
Pennys Paper Crafty - Mom
Love To Create - For Mom
Use It Tuesday - All About Mom (my hoarded stash are the flower borders and alphabet heart beads)
The Pink Elephant - All About Mom
Tuesday Throwdown - Motherly Love
Especially Made for You - Mothers Day with Ribbon
Always Something Creative - Mothers Day with Pearls and Lace
Stamp N Doodle - Mothers Day
Going Grey - Mothers Day
Creative Stamp Friends - Mothers Day
Addicted to Stamps - Mothers Day
Celebrate The Occasion - Mothers Day (1 entry only)
Crafty Sentiments - Mothers Day (1 entry only)

Card Recipe:
Image - Bunches of Love by Lili of The Valley Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Unknown (really old, I don't seem to buy a lot of purple)
Punch Around the Page set - Martha Stewart Deco Flowers
Circle Die - Quickutz
Flower Border - Martha Stewart Crafts Die-Cut Adhesive Borders Flowers
Fence Die - Woodgrain Fence by My Favorite Things
Grass Die - Grass Border by Cheery Lynn Designs
Doily Die - English Tea Party by Cheery Lynn Designs
Lace - Hobby Lobby
Flower - Wild Orchid Crafts
Ribbon - Michaels
Pearls - The Paper Studio
Heart Alphabet Beads - Unknown
Brad - The Paper Studio

So if you made it down that huge list to look at the card then give yourself a pat on the back!
Have a wonderful weekend and to all the US Moms have a wonderful Mothers Day on Sunday!
Katie

Happy Birthday with Lili of The Valley!

It's a new week and a new card!
This time we are going into the garden to make some Daisy Chains! I remember fondly going to the park as a little girl and being taught how to make Daisy Chains and I carried on making them even as a teenager at lunchtime at school sitting on "the bank" at Arnold Hill School!
So this image was a must have as soon as I saw it

Challenges:
Lili's Little Fairies - Anything Goes
Just Keep on Creating - Anything Goes
2 Sisters - Anything Goes
Catch The Bug - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Creative Craft 2 - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
Secret Crafter - Sketch
Simon Says Stamp - Birthday
One Stop Craft - Celebrations
CCEE - Gingham
CRAFT - Buttons
Crop Stop - Embossing
House of Gilli - Embossing
Pixie Dust - Flowers
Little Darlings - Flowers
Crazy 4 Challenges - Outdoors
Oozak - Spring Colors (3 entries only)
Crafts and Me - Favorite Color Combo (I love Pink and Green together)
The Shabby Tea Room - Pink, Green and Cream with Roses
Freshly Brewed Monthly - Bingo! (I chose Die Cuts, Buttons and Ribbon)
Scrap Stamp and Doodle - Ribbons and Bows
Jelly Park - Girlie Girl (2 entries only)
Crafty Pad - Girly Girl
Stampin For The Weekend - Layers (at least 4)(1 entry only)

Card Recipe:
Image - Daisy Chain by Lili of The Valley
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper and Border - Martha Stewart Vintage Girl
Woodgrain Fence Die - My Favorite Things
Heart Square Die - Spellbinders Heart Squares
Flowers - Recollections
Buttons - Unknown
Ribbon - Wrights
Sentiment - Imaginisce Birthday Bash Snag 'Em Stamp - For Me?
Embossing Folder - Daisies by Crafts Too
Border Punch - Martha Stewart Eyelet Lace
Scoring Tool - Scor-Pal

I made a big rosette using my Scor-Pal, I got the idea from a card I saw on Stampin Mindy's blog but I wanted to use a border punch on the edge so mine is deeper/more raised up. But as I rarely mail my cards I'm not worried about it not fitting in an envelope :)
Katie

Swinging By With A Birthday Hi!

Happy Tuesday and welcome to the 1st day of May!
I decided to ink up another of my Lili Of The Valley stamps and play along with their latest sketch challenge.
I found a few more challenges to help me the creation of this cute birthday card :)

Challenges:
The Poodles Parlour - Anything Goes (3 entries only)
CRAFT - Animals
Cute Card Thursday - Animals
Alota Rubber Stamps - Animals
The Secret Crafter - Cute and Fluffy
Lili's Little Fairies - Sketch
Crafty Ann's - Stitching (real or faux)
Scrap, Stamp and Doodle - Birthday
Catered Crop - B is for Birthday, Bunny, Blue

Card Recipe:
Image - Spring Swing by Lili Of The Valley
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Dilly Dally by My Minds Eye
Border Punch - Fiskars
Oval Doily - Polynesian Sails by Cheery Lynn Designs
Sentiment - Printed
Ribbon - Unknown

This was a pretty simple card for me, just a couple of die cuts and a border punch for the decoration as I really love the papers and I wanted them to be the focus (along with the cute image of course)
I hope you enjoy it too!
Katie

For You with Diamonds and Pearls

Now this is a strange occurrence for me, a card just because I wanted to make it! A few weeks ago I treated myself to a few new stamps from Lili of The Valley and this week decided to ink one just because:)
Of course that doesn't mean I did add some challenges

Challenges:
Lili Of The Valley - Diamonds and Pearls
Creatalicious - Butterflies and Flowers
Cupcake Craftroom - Things with Wings
Crafty Ribbons - Things with Wings (and ribbon)
Ribbon Carousel - Bright Colors (and ribbon)
Top Tip Tuesday - Spots and Dots
Card Makin Mama's - Make It Girly (2 entries only)
Paper Pretties - Girls
Simon Says Stamp - Sketch
Papertake Weekly - Stitching
Crafts 4 Eternity - Something New
Fussy and Fancy - Punches and/or Dies
Phindys Place - Stitching and Square

Card Recipe:
Image - Lili of The Valley
Medium - Copic Markers
Paper - Howdy Doody by My Minds Eye
Butterfly Punch - Martha Stewart
Butterfly Embossing Folder - Lifestyle Crafts
Sentiment - Studio G
Die - Polynesian Sails by Cheery Lynn Designs
Ribbon - Michaels
Lace - Wrights
Pearls - Brides dept
Rhinestones - Michaels

Now I enjoyed this and have made a promise to myself to do more cards just for me and of course to share with you :)

Katie

Pile It On - Operation Write Home

This is a very special challenge at Pile It On this week. We are working alongside Operation Write Home to provide handmade cards for our troops overseas to send home to their loved ones. There are guidelines that you have to follow to make these cards so this week the team won't be showing their sparkle as glitter is a big No No but we still made some fabulous samples for you!
OWH accepts all types of cards but are especially looking for Birthday, Anniversary or Christmas cards at the present time so that is what we are asking you to make this week.

Challenges:

A Crafty Little Place - Sketch
Totally Papercrafts - Go Dotty
Stamp Something - Spots and Stripes
Ooh La La - Stripes
Timbro Scrapmania - Anything Goes
Fab N Funky - Anything Goes
Gingersnaps - Punches
Paper Pretties - Brads
Lili of The Valley - One for The Boys (with a Lili image)
Karners Challenge - Card for A Boy
Going Grey - Card for a Child
Incy Wincy - Celebrate
Pennys - Birthdays
Creative Cottage - Celebrations
Paper Romance - Clean and Simple




Card Recipe:
Image - Lili of The Valley
Paper- DCWV from years ago!
Medium - Copic Markers
Sentiment - 7 Gypsies
Border Punch - Martha Stewart





These two little guys look so happy to be sharing a quiet moment together.
We'd really like you to make a card or two for Operation Write Home too and if you send them to Dalis at Pile It On you'll get a little RAK for all your hard work.
All the details are on the challenge blog about where to send them.

My BlogAversary!!! A Little Candy and a New Card too!

A year ago yesterday I first put fingers to my keyboard and made my first blog post.
I'd be holding off FOREVER as it seemed like it would be more work and not enough fun but I couldn't have been more wrong!
In just a year I've made over 400 posts, have over 250 followers and over 54000 hits!
I've met some fabulous people, seen some superb creations and hopefully brought a smile to others through sharing mine.
To say a great big thank you I have a little package to giveaway.
To be in with a chance of winning please add a link and photo to your sidebar or a quick post about it and add yourself as a follower too if you aren't already.
The candy with run for 2 weeks and I'll draw a winner over the weekend of June 12th with the winner being revealed June 14th.
You could win this little bundle!



Creating Keepsakes 2 Minute Memories
Small Wooden frame to alter
Set of Chipboard coasters (perfect for altering)
96 Chipboard letters
3 sets of Clear Stamps
7 Chipboard accents

So please make sure you join in and add your link at the bottom in the gadget :)

Of course I couldn't really make a post without having a card and some challenges too so here you are!

Lili Of The Valley - Sketch
CRAFT - Blue and Green
ABC - V is for Vintage (I thought the image worked for this theme)
Creative Inspirations - Distressed
Crafts and Me - Distressing
Craft Your Passion - Distressing
Stampin Sisters in Christ - Distressing
Creative Challenge - Blooming Charming
ECP - Buttons
Gingersnaps - Read
Inky Impressions - Choice, I chose F for Flowers, R for Ribbon and Distress and S for Stitching
Sew Many - 3 techniques and a charm (coloring, distressing, faux stitching)



Card Recipe:
Image - Little Girls Story Time by Lili of The Valley
Paper - Unknown
Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts
Swirls - Quickutz
Sentiment - Studio G
Border Punch - Fiskars
Die Cuts - Spellbinders Label 11
Medium - Copic Markers
Ink - Memento and Chalk Ink







I thought you may like to see which Copic markers I used to color the image.

I really like how this one turned out and the chair reminds me so much of one my Nana has, even down to the throw pillow and matching antimacassar covers.
Lili Of The Valley has some fabulous stamps and there are a brand new set being released soon and they have a fabulous blog candy giveaway of all the new stamps!
You can find all the details at their blog

I hope you like this one and please join in my giveaway, the more people that play the more fun it is!
Please add your name to the gadget below and add a link/post on your blog to advertise the candy.
Thanks and Good Luck!
Katie

50K Hits so it's time to PARTY!!!

Happy Monday everyone!!
I can't believe it, at the end of this month I will have been blogging for a year and last Friday I passed the 50,000th hit here! I can't believe how many of you keep coming and looking at my work and each day I feel blessed by you all.
To celebrate I'm going to have a little candy for you :)
To be in with a chance to win all you have to do is leave your name and a link to your blog in the gadget at the end of this post.
If you'd like to add my candy and a link to your sidebar you can do, the more players we have the more fun it is :) but you'll still be entered if you don't.
This is what you could win:





4 wood mounted stamps
2 sets of chipboard letters
Sentiment stamp by The Pixie Cottage
Chipboard coasters
30 roses by Wild Orchid Crafts
Set of Tiny Type letter stickers

Now obviously I couldn't blog without a card and this one has a message for all of you that have been with me through the last year:

I Love Digi - Thank You card
ABC - T is for Thank You
Color Dare - Old Olive, Summer Sun, Certainly Celery and Very Vanilla
Lili Of The Valley - Here Comes Summer
Sweet Stampin - It's Summertime
Sweet Sketch Wednesday - Sketch
Stampin Royalty - Use Your Punches
Creative Card Crew - April Showers bring May Flowers
Cutie Stampers - Flowers
Alota Rubber Stamps - Flowers
Beary Scrap - May Flowers
Simon Says Stamp - Buttons, Bows and Bling
Handfull of Stamps - Look What I Got (new stash, the BG paper)
Alphabet Challenge - A is for Animals
Allsorts - Animals
Just Cute Bears - Buttons and Bows (and a bear)



Card Recipe:
Image - Meljens Designs Freebie
Paper - Basic Grey Origins
Border punch - Martha Stewart
Medium - Copic Markers
Rhinestones - Michaels $1 spot
Trim - Joanns
Buttons - Spare Parts by Hobby Lobby





I thought this was the perfect image to say how I feel about all the support you've all given me over the past year and please add your name and link below to be a part of my candy.
The link gadget will stay open for 2 weeks so get your entry in by May 17th for a chance to win.
Good luck!!!



Katie

More Easter Fun from Digital Delights (Grab your shades for this one! LOL)

Happy Monday Everyone!
It's getting closer and closer to Chocolate Day, oops I mean Easter :), and Wendy has created some more super cute Easter designs that are just perfect for Easter cards, gifts, baskets and scrapbook pages too!
I couldn't resist the latest Boy and Girl especially as the boy reminds me so much of my 3 year old son Carter. In fact when he saw the card he said it was him and was insistant that the Easter Bunny would be bringing him an egg almost as big as he is!


As well as the cute images I had to include a few challenges too:

Stamp, Scrap and Doodle have a recipe and want Pink or Purple and Buttons and Ribbon
Lili Of The Valley want an Easel Card
Sketch Saturday had a great Sketch that worked with the two images and the easel card
Paper Sundaes wanted a Multifold Easter or Spring
Sassy Susie wanted Easter
Secret Crafter had an Anything Goes week
Totally Gorjuss wanted Something Sweet and Easter Eggs sure are sweet!
My Time To Craft wanted Kids Kardz!
Paper Popsicles had an Easter theme



Card Recipe:
Images - Easter Boy and Easter Girl from Digital Delights
Paper - DCWV Flower Shower
Buttons - The Paper Studio for Hobby Lobby
Medium - Copic Markers





These certainly are a cute pair and I know I'll be using them again before Easter is over.
I hope you liked them too :)
Katie

The Pixie Cottage Challenge - Hearts and Love

Happy Wednesday,
I don't know where the time is going but it's time for another challenge over at The Pixie Cottage
To celebrate the upcoming Valentines Day we'd love to see your creations featuring "Love and Hearts".
If you've got a Pixie Cottage stamp then we'd love to see it used but if not you can use any image you like.

I've added a few (35) other challenges along with the team one.

OCC had a wonderful sketch
Charisma had an "I Love You" theme
Simon Says wanted to know "What's Love Got To Do With It?"
My Time To Craft ha a Hearts and Kisses theme
Tellens Place wanted a Valentines theme with at least 5 hearts
Jacksonbelle had a "Love is in The Air" theme
Tuesday Taggers had a Love is All Around theme
Humble Pie had a Love theme
Crazy Challenge had their 1st theme and it is Love
Craft wanted Love/Valentines
Pennys wanted Love/Valentines
Everybody Art wanted Valentines
Created By Hand wanted Valentines
Quirky Crafts wanted Valentines
The Pink Elephant wanted Mushy Gushy Valentines
Gingersnaps wanted Romance
Ooh La La want Love
Die Cut Dreams wanted Love
Cupcake Crafts wanted Red and White all Over , I hope they don't mind a little black too :)
Incy Wincy want Pink or Red and Black
Little Paper Shop want Red, Black and White
Creative Inspirations Challenge want Valentines with Black and Red
Cute Card Thursday wanted Spots and Dots
Lexi's want Spots or Stripes
Lucys Cards wanted Polka Dots
Divine Diva's had a photo Inspiration
Lili of The Valley had a Valentines theme
Fussy and Fancy want Hearts
Die Cut Dreams wanted you to Have a Heart
Crafty Calendar - Love/Friendship with an option of Hearts
Stamp With Fun wanted Hearts
Cutie Stampers wanted Hearts
The Crafty Pad had a recipe of 1 Fancy edge, 2 Hearts and 3 Papers
Other Lovlies had a theme of "Sweet" and I think this image is certainly sweet!
Stamping Vacation had their Pick 3 and I chose; Match the base cardstock with the ink (both black), Image with eyes, Use black and white cardstock and another color (black, white and red


I chose one of the latest stamps drawn by Eileen Gutierrez and this little guy is so super cute!
I colored him with Copic's.
The dp are just from my stash (and I have a lot of chose from afer 11 years of paper crafting ;))
I used two different Martha Stewart, the hearts border and a brand new one that punches both sides at once making a strip of paper lace in just one pass! I'm totally in love with this punch so be sure to look for it a lot.
I printed the title and cut and matted it with a scalloped circle Nestie.
I added tiny rhinestones to the paper lace.
The metallic paper is American Crafts.

Inside is more dp and a message mat with more of the paper lace.

Who wouldn't want to accept this little guy's heart?
So if you haven't already made your Valentine be sure to do so and enter The Pixie Cottage challenge and you could be our winner!
Katie

Cute Daisy May - Vintage

Happy Monday,
It's time for another challenge at Cute Daisy May
This time the challenge was set by super creative Design Team member Beccy who has wonderful creations on her blog at Beccy's Bits that you really should drop by and take a look at :)
Beccy wanted us to try our hands at the Vintage look this week and it's not something I find easy so it really was a challenge for me.

To help me I added a few other challenges along the way:
Lili Of The Valley had a wonderful sketch
The Craft Garden had "New" as the theme and this image is really new.
Crafty Catz had a Love theme
One Stop Craft had a Love and Kisses theme
Totally Gorjuss wanted Dimension
Incy Wincy wanted Buttons, Bows, Ribbons and Lace
Ooh La La wanted to see Distressing


This wonderful image comes fom one of Linnies latest sets, Sheet 166, and I thought she was perfect for the Vintage theme.
The dp is K&Co McKenna.
The lace was white but I inked it to go with the theme. The flowers are Prima, the pearls are Queen and Co and the sentiment is Making Memories.

Inside is more dp and a message mat.

Here is cute Daisy May taking a gift to a special someone.

I hope to see you joining in with the challenge this week at Cute Daisy May, you could be the winner!
Katie