Feel Better Soon

Good afternoon! (or is it evening now?)

I know...a very late post for me. As you may remember me saying yesterday, I had a bad stomach upset....well, it has taken a while to shake it, and even now I'm not convinced it's gone as I keep getting cramps. So I didn't craft anything yesterday, hence no blog post this morning.

I am pleased to say that I do have something to show you now though, that I made this afternoon :) I wonder if I surreptitiously made this for me?! ;) 

I have used a couple of lovely stamp sets and a sentiment set for my card. I first of all cut the aperture in the top card layer using a Framelit from the Ovals Collection. I then stamped the oval from Oh, Hello in place on the base card using Lucky Limeade.

My lovely little 'kissed' bird was inked up with Tempting Turquoise, then 'kissed' with the same oval stamp as in the aperture before fussy cutting him out. The sentiment is from Express Yourself and cut out using Bitty Banners Framelits. Isn't that ribbon stunning? That is the new Calyso Coral Chevron Ribbon. I have it in all the colours and it really is lush! I think I shall be using it an awful lot!

Supplies

Stamps - Morning Meadow, Express Yourself (both Hostess), Oh, Hello

Ink - Tempting Turquoise, Lucky Limeade

Framelits - Bitty Banners, Ovals Collection

Ribbon - Calypso Coral Chevron

If you would like to order any of the other fabulous new products, and have the opportunity to earn some of the gorgeous hostess items, please do contact me and I will be very happy to place your order for you.

Please click on the catalogue link on my sidebar to browse the yummy new catalogue, or for £4.95 inc. p&p I can send you your very own copy to drool over and write your wishlist in!

Challenges

Paper Players - #155

Sister Act - Anything Goes

A Random Thursday - Anything Goes

Divas By Design - Anything Goes

Thank you for bearing with me today...I hope to back on top form tomorrow morning for the LIM challenge! ;)

Cheers for A 40th Birthday!

Good morning!

Ok, it's Saturday morning which means it is a new challenge at Less Is More!

Unfortunately, I am away for the weekend so I shall have to wait until monday to enter!

I do, however, have a card for you today, which is one of the commission cards I have been working on.

I have used the fab Happy Hour stamp set, the gorgeous new Mosaic embossing folder, and a few retired bits of paper, ribbon and buttons.

Supplies

Stamp - Happy Hour

Ink - Tempting Turquoise, Raspberry Ripple, Lucky Limeade, Island Indigo

Tools - Simply Scored

Other items are retired

If you would like to order any of the products I have used, or any of the other fabulous new products, please do contact me and I will be very happy to place your order for you.

Please click on the catalogue link on my sidebar to browse the yummy new catalogue, or for £4.95 inc. p&p I can send you your very own copy to drool over and write your wishlist in!

Challenges

Mojo Monday - #302

Colour Q - #198

Ok I'm off for a fun day in Cambridge...hope you have a good day too!

Up, Up & Away!

Happy Monday! No? Oh well....sorry lol!

Have you had a good weekend? I had a lovely one spent with my gorgeous little man!

I did manage to quickly make a couple of cards though, after he'd gone to bed...here is one of them.

This is the last 'retiring' card...I have used Up, Up and Away...another fab set that I'm sad to see go. I stamped it perfectly using my Stamp-a-majig tool in Lucky Limeade and Pumpkin Pie.

I again stamped the background using the 'acrylic block' technique!

Aren't they fab? I really love these little balloons...just wish I'd used them more!

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Stamp - Up, Up and Away

Ink - Bashful Blue, Lucky Limeade, Pumpkin Pie

Designer Series Paper - In Colours 2011-2013

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Challenges

(CAS)E This Sketch - #34

Addicted To CAS - Take Flight

Partytime Tuesdays - Anything Goes
Cupcake Crafts - Anything But Square
613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Sweet Stampin' - Not Cute
2 Sisters - Anything Goes

I hope you have a lovely Monday and that it's not too hard on you if you've had a heavy weekend! ;)

Remembering Granddad

Hello!

How are you enjoying the sun? I can't get enough! My garden is looking neat and summery, and somehow I'm managing to fit it in amongst work, Keiran and crafting!

Speaking of which, here is a card I made yesterday, which is part of a commission order...

I have used the lovely Pleasant Poppies stamp and stamped and coloured with Poppy Parade, Always Artichoke, Basic Black and Lucky Limeade.

I finished with an Old Olive button.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Designer Series Paper - Brights

Stamp - Pleasant Poppies

Ink - Poppy Parade, Basic Black, Always Artichoke, Lucky Limeade

Ribbon - Seam Binding, Taffeta Ribbon

Tools - Distressing Tool

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

Challenges

Friday Sketch Challenge - #44

Partytime Tuesdays - Father's Day

Simon Says Stamp - Father's Day

Love To Create - Father's Day

Totally Gorjuss - Anything Goes With Flowers

I'm off to work now...have a lovely day!

Pretty Poppies

Hey all!

Hope you're having a nice week? I am! 

Here is a card made with another one of my new stamps. It's called Pleasant Poppies, but I prefer 'Pretty Poppies' as they really are very pretty!

I stamped mine in Poppy Parade (what else??) and Old Olive inks then coloured them by using one of my blender pens to added soft layers of colour direct from the ink pad. 

Supplies

Cardstock  - Riding Hood Red, Whisper White

Stamps - Pleasant Poppies, Petite Pairs

Ink - Poppy Parade, Old Olive

Punch - Scallop Trim Border

Ribbon - Lucky Limeade Ruffled Edge

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do visit my shop or contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges
Colours and Sketches #26


613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
Crafting When We Can - Punches/Dies
Creative Card Crew - Punches/Dies

Thanks for popping by!

Just for you...

Morning all! Here is a quick card I have made for the Less is More  one layer on a coloured card blank week...

I say 'quick'...hmmmm well... I tried a number of ideas and didn't really like any of them, so they got scrapped, but this one I really quite liked! I stamped the flower from the Oh Hello set onto my Bashful Blue card blank in Raspberry Ripple and Wild Wasabi and coloured in the 'white' bits with Rose Red and Lucky Limeade.

I then stamped the sentiment, paper pierced the circle, and sponged Whisper White Craft Ink into the circle.

Supplies

Cardtock - Bashful Blue 

Stamps - Oh Hello, Teeny Tiny Sentiments

Ink - Raspberry Ripple, Rose Red, Wild Wasabi, Lucky Limeade, Whisper White Craft Pad

If you would like to find out more about the gorgeous Stampin' Up! products, or to order any, please do contact me and I will be happy to help!

I also hold Stampin' Up! parties and workshops, so if you would like to find out more, please don't hesitate to get in touch!

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!!Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges

Less Is More - One Layer

Just Us Girls - Use a White Colouring Medium

Simon Says Stamp - Flower Power

I'm currently working on something that isn't a card, and it is actually for me to use around in my bedroom, so stay tuned and hopefully I will have it posted soon! :)

Colouring on Black

Good morning!

After showing you the effects of colouring on Crumb Cake card, I thought I would share the same effect on black! 

For this card, I stamped my image from Flowering Flourishes onto the Basic Black card using my Whisper White Craft pad. I then used my Stampin' Write markers to colour over the white ink. I think it's a lovely and striking effect! :)

Supplies

Cardstock - Basic Black

Designer Series Paper - Brights

Stamps - Flowering Flourishes, Elements of Style, Papillon Pot Pourri

Ink (markers) - Lucky Limeade, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral

Ink (craft pad) - Whisper White

Punch - Bitty Butterfly

If you would like to order any of these beautiful Stampin' Up! items, please do contact me. 

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges
CAS on Sunday -#7

Let's Craft And Create - Flowers

Thanks for saying hi today!

Zesty Birthday!

Good morning!

Here is one of the cards I made yesterday after it started raining whilst I was trying to plant some seeds....don't think I'm ever going to grow anything this year! :/

I have very simply made a 1cm thick frame out of Crumb Cake, coloured the Stacks of Wishes Hostess stamp in Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo and Pumpkin Pie, and finished with a triplet of nail gems. A very sweet and simple card...great to have in the stash, just in case!

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Stamp - Stacks Of Wishes (hostess)

Inks (markers) - Lucky Limeade, Melon Mambo, Pumpkin Pie

If you would like to order any of these gorgeous items please do contact me!

Challenges
Colour Q - #186

CASual Fridays - CAS Birthday
My Time To Craft - Using Kraft
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

I'm working today so I'm off now...see you tomorrow!

Roar! (is dinosaur for Happy Birthday!)

Good morning!
here is another card from the sesh at Jen's on Saturday...

I'm loving these stamps...if they stay in the new catalogue, I will definitely be buying them! :))

Supplies

Cardstock - Very Vanilla, Crumb Cake

Stamp - Dinoroar!

Ink - Crumb Cake, Old Olive, Lucky Limeade

Embossing Folder - Woodgrain

If you would like to order any of the products I have used, please do contact me and I would be happy to help. Alternatively, you could join my next Stampers 6 club starting in June...see here for more information, and please feel free to ask any questions!

Challenges

Colours & Sketches - #20

Cards For Men - Anything Goes
Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Time for me to go now...we have a meeting at work about the new shop we're moving into on Monday! Exciting times!! 

Have a great Wednesday!

100 posts - Cheers!!!

Good morning LIMettes!

As I came to type this I realised that this is my 100th post since I started this blog...wow!! So the card kind of fits! At Less Is More this week, it's One Layer week and the theme is

A FILM

Soooo.....a quick text to Jen to see if I could borrow her, as yet unused, not even delivered to her Happy Hour stamp set! Of course, she said!

So here is my little card...

Hard to photograph in this sun (yes, SUN!) but basically I stamped the glass in Basic Gray and Blushing Bride (one of the returning colours), the olive in Old Olive and Lucky Limeade and the Umbrella in Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral. All the stamping was perfectly placed using my Stamp-a-Majig! 

The score line were done using my Simply Scored tool and I scored two line one way, then turned the card over and scorder the middle line...it gives a more interesting effect don't you think?

The sentiment is Gray and Coral too. 

EDIT - I forgot to say that my film is.....
COCKTAIL!

If you would like to order any items from me, please don't hesitate to contact me as I would be delighted to help you build your stash!

Right, I best get to work now, then time for a crafty afternoon with Jen...YAY! :)

Have a lovely day!

Lucky Limeade sparkles

Good morning LIMettes!

I am back to early morning creations after my GDT spot last week, which I was so honoured to accept! The Less is More challenge has really helped my card designing grow...I am no longer afraid of white space and one layer! So thank you to Chrissie, Mandi and Jen for their inspiration!

Ok onto this week's challenge which is a colour challenge and it is 

LIME & BLACK

Interesting! 

Ok so if you've been following my blog this week, you'll know I've become a bit of a dress designer lol! Well, those gorgeous dresses are still on my mind, and I have a few cut out as I've been playing with different styles, so here is another!

Ok so for this dress I used both the Framelits in the Dress Up set. I ran the top half through the bigshot with one, and the bottom half with the other...very easy really. Then I cut off the straps to create a strapless evening style dress. I then coloured it with my Lucky Limeade marker, mounted it on my die cut stand, added some Lucky Limeade organza and a sentiment from the All Dresses Up stamp set, punched with the Word Window. The embossed  frame is made using one of the Apothecary Accents dies upside down with a silicone mat under the card. I finished with some gems and black organza from my stash.

This picture shows the difference in the Silver Glimmer paper once it's coloured...now I know it works, I shall be using it a lot more!

I'm also entering this into CAS(E) This Sketch #22

Well it's the Grand National today so I'm guessing we'll be busy lol! I don't personally like to watch the race until near the end as I hate seeing horses fall, and I don't gamble, but if you fancied a flutter, I think Seabass is a pretty good bet :)

Anyway, I better get myself to work, so bye for now and hope you have a lovely weekend! :)

A little packet of diamonds!

Good morning!

Ok....who hid spring??? Either that or I fell asleep last night and woke up next winter!

Oh well....perfect crafting weather! ;)

I have to make the most of today as I won't get too much crafting time this week, as Keiran is off for Easter. 

So it's deadline day! It is the very last day to order for this year's Sale-A-Bration promotion! I am very sad about it, I have to say :( It has been wonderful and I am so proud to have been a part of it in my first year as a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator.

So, to bid a fond farewell, I have a little something to show you that I had sent out in my ladies' parcels earlier this month, that showcases some of the gorgeous SAB freebies!

I used Vintage Verses & Bloomin' Marvellous stamps and Sycamore Street Papers.

Each little envelope had a thank you card and a few of the stunning Vintage Faceted Buttons inside, like a package of little diamonds!

I finished with a little thank you from the Itty Bitty Banners set.

Supplies

Cardstock - Whisper White

Designer Series Papers - Sycamore Street (SAB)

Stamps - Bloomin' Marvellous, Vintage Verses (SAB), Itty Bitty Banners

Framelits - Bitty Banners, Labels Collection

Ink - Pool Party, Rich Razzleberry, Lucky Limeade

Punch - Bitty Butterfly

So, if you would like to take this chance to get any of the Sale-A-Bration items free, please do email me at lizyshouseofcards@mail.com or call me on 07915 698577 before 5pm today, and I will happily place your order for you!

Challenges

Anything Goes - Seeing Double (2 wallets and cards)

Charisma Cardz - Die Cuts

Craft Us Crazy - Anything But A Card

Crafting For All Seasons - Anything But A Card

I'm off to make the most of my guilt free craft time now!

Enjoy your day, whatever you're doing! :)

Plaited Organza Ribbon (not easy!)

Hellloo!

How was your Monday? No Monday blues I hope!

I have just spent about half an hour trying to plait 3 pieces of organza ribbon for a card! Now you would think it would be easy right? Well I guess it would be if I had any bulldog clips to hold it to something so it doesn't keep coming undone! Ah well, I got there in the the end!

So here is the card I made using it...

I also used Pink Pirouette DSP, Secret Garden Bundle, Summer Silhouettes and Teeny Tiny Sentiments.

I tore and distressed the edges for a bit of definition.

Supplies

Cardstock - Sahara Sand, Whisper White

Stamps - Secret Garden, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, Summer Silhouettes

Framelits - Secret Garden

Paper - Pink Pirouette Designer Paper (Subtles)

Ribbon - Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral Organza

Don't forget, there are only 4 days of Sale-A-Bration left, so get your orders in now so you don't miss out on the free products for every £45 spent! If you would like me to order any of the items for you, please do get in touch!

Challenges

Create With Connie & Mary - #243

Fab Friday - #14

Craft Your Passion - Ribbon or Lace

Less Is More - Frame It!

2 Sisters - Flowers for Spring

Right, gonna get a cuppa and catch up with the Sky plus!

Have a good evening!

A Perfect Day!

Good evening!

Well, I think my mojo has popped back to say hi this evening, thank goodness! I've made a couple of cards...here is one of them...

I have used my new Vintage Verses freebie from Sale-A-Bration....isn't it just gorgeous?! I've also used some Brights Designer Series Paper...loving it! :)

I inked the stamp up with markers and finished with some Ruffled Edge ribbon...I really love this ribbon too! Altogether, a very girly, but simple card!

Supplies

Designer Series Paper - Brights (Regal Rose)

Stamp - Vintage Verses (SAB)

Ink (markers) - Early Espresso, Lucky Limeade, Regal Rose

Ribbon - Pool Party Ruffled Edge

If you would like to get your crafty hands on these gorgeous stamps, free if you spend £45 before 22nd March, then contact me and I'll be more than happy to take your order!

Challenges

Retro Sketches - #54

The Paper Players - #136

Divas By Design - Put On Some Pink!

4 Crafty Chicks - CAS

Right I'm off to put the kettle on...cuppa anyone?! ;)