Simply Christmas

Evening!

Wow...5 cards in 2 days! LOL! This is one of the many I made at Jen's today...we had a very productive day...she was a real inspiration to me today! Thanks hun! :)

The sentiment stamp is one of Jen's - an Inkylicious one and I stamped it with Flitter Glu and glitter. The poinsettia is Marianne and the ribbon was Jens's too!

Challenges

Mojo Monday - #264

Ooh La La - Christmas Sentiment

Ok...now off to see Skyfall! :))

Lizy x

Baubles of Bling!

Evening!

Here is another card made using my fab new Woodware stamp set...

Challenges

Sunday Stamps - Sketch

Die Cutting Divas - Shimmer, Glimmer, Gloss

One Stop Crafts - Anything Goes

Totally Gorjuss - Bling It On

Willow Sketchie - Christmas In October

Goodnight for now :)

Lizy x

Sparkle and (lots of) Bling for Christmas!

Good afternoon!

It's gorgeous here today! Even got my washing out!

We had a lovely day in Lytham yesterday with my friend Elaine, walking our holiday doggy and enjoying the fine weather, and we even came back through Blackpool Illuminations, listening to the Train gig on Radio 2...a very pleasant day! Today, we are going to visit Jackie in Rochdale...wow it has been such a hectic week off lol! 

Anyway, the reason you're here...a card I made using my new Woodware stamp set I got off Mandi during her clearout...I think she still has some stuff for sale...bargain prices too!

I have simply filled the stamped holes with gems, glitter, peel-offs and raindrops. The ribbon is from my stash.

Challenges

I-Spy Sketches - #38

ABC Christmas - 'U' Up To You

Charisma Cards - Don't Be Square

Crafty Hazelnuts - Black, White & One Other

Die Cutting Divas - Shimmer, Glitter, Gloss

Ooh La La - Christmas Sentiment

One Stop Crafts - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays - Black, White and One Other

Totally Gorjuss - Bling It On

Willow Sketchie - Christmas In October

Ok...best get ready for a dog walk! :)

Bye for now...

Lizy x

Christmas Bauble

Hello! 

Just a quick post from me before I take our current holiday doggy for his afternoon walk :)

I've used some shimmery card, the Memory Box Bauble and and Inkylicious sentiment stamped in Cardinal Versacolour.

Challenges

CAS(E) This Sketch - #2

ABC Christmas Challenge - Up To You

Charisma Cardz - CAS

Ok...time for a nice long walk now! :)

Lizy x

A Golden Anniversary card

Hey crafters!

How was your Wednesday? I had a lovely day...gym, Keiran's Harvest Festival, chilling with Keiran and crafting...perfect! :)

And here is one of the cards I have made...

Another Anniversary card for my box...not specifically for a 50th Anniversary, but it would work well for it don't you think? 

A couple of unnamed embossing folders, some gold shimmer paper from Anna Marie Designs, a Papermania sentiment, and Club Green hearts. Oh and some organza ribbon from my local haberdashery. 

Challenges

Clean And Simple challenges - #210

Less Is More - Love and Marriage (3rd entry this week...making up for missing the last 2!)

I have also got a couple of Christmas cards to blog, but waiting for the right challenges...

Off to watch Hotel GB now...it's quite funny actually! And I do love Gordon, Gok, Mary and Dr Chris!

Lizy x

Thinking Of You

Hello, again!

I've had a really productive evening today! Here is yet another card I made, with more butterflies.

The DP is Wild Rose Studio Butterfly Garden, the sentiment is WRS Everyday Greetings and I finished by stamping and cutting out one of the WRS butterflies from the Wedding Butterflies stamp set. All of this stuff was free from my magazine subscription would you believe?! I matted the papers onto the gorgeous shimmery pink card from Anna Marie Designs.

Challenges

Card Positioning Systems - #285

Flutterby Wednesdays - Open

Totally Papercrafts - Pretty Pastels

Ok, I am giving up for now! Promise!

Hope the rest of your evening is a good one :)

Lizy x

Mini Christmas cards

Yup...me again!

I have been having a play with a new SU! stamp I got from the retiring ones, and this one is Something For Christmas, stamped and embossed with WOW Amber Rose EP. The card is shimmer card from Anna Marie Designs. I love their card!

I have made four for now, and I plan to give them to my work colleagues this year. I may make some more to sell...I'll see!

Challenges

Dynamic Duos - Mix and Match (Cherry Cobbler & your choice)

Ok, more 'playing'!

Lizy x

More packs of Christmas cards!

Hey there! 

I hope this miserable weather isn't dampening the spirits too much. I don't think it has stopped raining for 2 days here lol! 

On the upside, rainy weather means more crafting time! :) Last night I got to making some more packs of Christmas cards...2 packs the same actually...

I have made these using the fab sketch over at Retro Sketches this week, which I think is a the perfect sketch for batch cards. The stamp was in the 99p bin at Hobbycraft and I have stamped with Emboss ink and embossed with Amber Rose and Seafoam White WOW embossing powders. I mixed a little glitter into the white one before embossing for a little Christmas sparkle. The red ribbon is Club Green and the white is just from my stash. All the card is from Anna Marie Designs.

I've made 12 of these cards, 6 of each so I plan to make 2 mixed packs of 6 to sell at my craft fairs this year.

Other Challenges

Anything Goes - Early Christmas

Crafty Catz - Christmas

Creative Card Crew - Tree

Time for lunch, and then lots more crafting! I love Keiran being at school!! LOL!

Lizy x

Second GDT card for Christmas Challenges {with sketches}

Good Morning all!

Here is my second GDT card for Christmas Challenges {with sketches}. We also have a twist to our challenge this week...

White On White

We are sponsored by 

Here is the sketch...

And here is my card...

This very cute little girl is by Heather Ellis and is coloured with Promarkers. The papers are all embossed shimmer paper from Anna Marie designs, and the ribbon and charm are from my stash. The snowflake is a Marianne Designs one and I finished with some snowy Flowersoft!

Challenges

Simon Says Stamp - Bingo (ribbon, die cut, charm)

The Ribbon Girl - Aqua and White

Crimbo Crackers - Cute

Shopping Our Stash - Circles or Dots

Thanks for looking! I will be back later with my candy winner....been a little busy lately!

Lizy x

Purple Thanks!

Helloooo!

I have some totally AWESOME news! Remember the card I made last night? Well, I had an email from Helen at Papercraft Inspirations asking if they can showcase it in the next issue! How cool is that?! I'm very flattered and of course chuffed to bits! :) Click here to have a peek in case you missed it yesterday.

Anyway, Here is a Thank You card I've just made to thank Keiran's Nanna and Granddad for looking after him so much over the last 3 years while I've been working in the evenings. It looks like evening shifts could be a thing of the past for me as things are changing at work! :D

I have finally got round to using some of my new Rich Razzleberry SU card which I made the card blank from. The shimmery lilac paper is from Anna Marie Designs and I used an Andrea Jayne Evans embossing folder. The butterflies are Martha Stewart and the sentiment is the only Hero Arts stamp I own, and the very first stamp I bought for using on the Thank You cards when Keiran was Christened! And would you believe that the sentiment panel isn't actuall the same card as the card blank?? It's some random I had in my purple scrap folder!

Anyway, I really have waffled......sorry! Hope you like the card and I'm off to get my thinking cap on now as tomorrow is One Layer week at Less Is More......See you in the morning! :D

Lizy x

Challenges

Less Is More - Predominantly Purple

Anything Goes - Anything Goes

New Beginnings and/or Thanks

Bling #3

Good morning! Here is another 'Bling' card!

The stamp is a fairly new one to my collection, and I have stamped it using a Versacolour graduated purple ink pad, and then heat embossed with clear EP. I finished with a few gems and a ribbon from my stash. The gorgeous shimmery purple card blank is made from Anna Marie Designs A4 card.

Challenges

Less Is More - Bling

Crafty Cardmakers - Heat Embossing

Thanks for looking!

Lizy x

Less Is More - Bling!

Good morning LIMettes!

Well this is my 300th post! Can you believe it?? I have only been blogging since late February and I'm already at 300! Well it seems fitting that it should be the Less Is More challenge as it's my favourite one every week! ;) Thank you to all my fab followers for your support and wonderful comments. You're all amazing!...almost at 100 followers now! :)

Here is my card for this week's Recipe challenge - A Bit Of Bling....yum!

I have used my brand new Snowflake Ornament die from Memory box, some shimmer card from Anna Marie designs that I printed blue, gems and a freebie sentiment, stamped with SU Pacific Point Stampin' Write pen.

Right it's time for work now, and then a fun crafting afternoon with Jen and our new crafting friend Kim! Can't wait! :)

See you all later,

Lizy x

Starry Angels

Hello again! 

Well just before I go make my lunch I thought I'd post this cute little card I have just made :)

The Image is, of course, Lili Of The Valley and is coloured with Promarkers. Highlighted with various glitters and finished with my new Papermania Scroll stamp.

Challenges

Lili of The Valley - Anything Goes

Fetch A Sketch - #11

I Love Promarkers - Anything Goes

The Crazy Challenge - Shaped Cards

Creative Card Crew - Monochromatic

Divas By Design - Monochromatic

Flutterby Wednesday - Open

My Mum's Craft Shop - Things With Wings

Scrapbook Sisters - Christmas Time

Stamping Scrapping Central - Christmas/Holidays

Thanks again for looking! :)

Lizy x

Golfing on thin Ice!

 Happy Monday Morning everyone!

I'm here with my DT card for this fortnight's Ooh La La challenge which is

BINGO!

And here is my card......

I found the template for this card here, plus a stunning card made with the template!

Anyway, back to my card! The image and patterned paper is from Ooh La La's most recent CD-ROM - Festive Funnies. The artwork is by the very talented Doug Laird and the CD-ROM is totally full of fun Christmas images, as well as some cute ones! 

I glittered the snow, made some background snowflake paper using Wild Rose Studio stamps and white ink. I finished with a couple of Marianne trees, Card Candi and some ribbon from my stash. I have used the middle row of the grid to create my card......Ribbon, Diecut, Sparkle.
Challenges
Cards For Men - It's Nearly Christmas
Charisma Cardz - Cutesy
Craft Your Passion - Let It Snow

Hope you like it! :)

Lizy x

Fa La La

Good evening! 

Welcome to my newest follower, Claire! :)

Well what a very productive day I have had today with Jen! I have managed to make 5 of my commissioned  Christmas cards, all male I might add! I have also made 2 challenge cards and almost finished a commission birthday card too! 8 cards in total!! :D

So here is one of the challenge cards......

This decoupage image is a freebie from a mag with Flowersoft, the papers are Pink Petticoat, and the red embossed paper is Anna Marie Designs, embossed with a Sizzix folder. Oh and the sentiment is one of Jen's new LoTV Christmas ones. I finished with some Club Green ribbon and some Martha Stewart snowflakes (Jen's again!)

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #181

Totally Gorjuss - Christmas Traditions

Hope you like it...I'll post some more tomorrow if I get time :)

Lizy x

Sepia Skiing

Hey again!
Here is another card I made yesterday in my crafting session with Jen......

This little guy is LoTV, coloured with Promarkers. Now I decided I wanted to have a go at colouring with a sepia finish so Jen and I both had a go on different images. Jen wasn't happy with hers (I thought it looked great) but I am very happy with mine, for a first attempt! You would think the fact you're limited to colours would make it easier...... it really isn't! But I am actually pleased with it!

The papers are shimmer paper from Anna Marie Designs, but I did colour the lighter one with a Promarker as it didn't quite match the rest of the card.

Challenges......

Lili Of The Valley - Let It Snow

Friday Sketch Challenge - Sketch #2

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes with a ribbon twist

One Stop Crafts - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Colours Of Autumn (I think it is......)
Ladybug Crafts Ink - No Design Papers

Thanks for looking! :)

Lizy x

Born to Shop!

This card is just another for my stall, using up another image I have had coloured in for a while!

The image is the Born to Shop freebie from DoCrafts mag ages ago, coloured with Promarkers,  and finished with Card Candi. The spotty paper is from Craftwork Cards and the plain is from Anna Marie designs. The sentiment is pc printed with Little Pot font. The sketch is from this week's Sketch Saturday Challenge.
TTFN!
Lizy x