WOW! 5 already!

Hi everyone!

Wow today is the 5th Birthday of one of my favourite ever challenge blogs, Less is More! I used to enter every week, often up on the dot of 8am to see what the challenge was so I could get my card made! 

Life is a little different these days and I don't enter challenges much now, but when I saw Jen at the hairdresser's this morning and she told me about the challenge I decided I had to enter! I knew exactly what I was going to make, so I made this card, without visiting the LIM blog first. The challenge, by the way, is White on White.

I used the stunning Bloomin' Heart Thinlit die for this. I die cut it from my panel then glued it to the base card. I then popped the panel back on top using Dimensionals.

I added a few die cut flowers with a touch of  clear Wink Of Stella, not that it's showing on here, but believe me, they have a lovely shimmer! The sentiment was then stamped in Smoky Slate, from the matching stamp set, Bloomin' Love, die cut and also popped on Dimensionals.

This is a really elegant card and I'm chuffed with how it turned out!

What I used today....

Built for Free Using: My Stampin Blog

I had a lovely day in Nantwich yesterday, and had the most delicious cheese scones in a wonderful little tea room by the name of Ginger and Pickles. If you're ever in Nantwich, I strongly recommend a visit! All their food and cakes are handmade and they have a wonderful selection of loose leaf teas!

Right, I'm off to Huddersfield now to visit my parents. Have a fab Saturday and hope to see you soon! :)

Irresistibly Groovy Love

Good morning all!

It's Thursday, (or 'the third day' according to Joey from Friends...I've been watching it a lot whilst decorating!), which means it's time for a new challenge at CAS-Colours and Sketches, and this week is a colour challenge...

I almost forgot to make my card this week, due to having been so busy with the painting, but I managed to pull this together at the last minute last night!

I decided to make a Valentine's card, and given the colours, I thought a male card would work well. I used some of the gorgeous free* Irresistibly Yours DSP from Sale-A-Bration as my background, on a Crumb Cake card base. I punched out a heart using the Sweetheart punch, then stamped one of the hearts from the Groovy Love stamp set inside the aperture.

I stamped 'you' from Happy Watercolor and 'me' using Simply Serif, both in black Stazon. I used Stazon as the stripes on the DSP would resist water based inks. I finished with a little heart punched from Cherry Cobbler using one of the Itty Bitty Accents punches.

*Irresistibly Yours DSP is one of the items you can choose free with each £45 spend!

It was lovely to see so many more entries to last week's challenge and we are looking forward to many more this week!

My heart goes Boom Boom!

Hello everyone!

I hope you are well and had a good weekend :)

I had a bit of a problem last week...my laptop died, sadly, which is why I haven't got round to blogging this week. I have figured out how to do it on my tablet for now though, so here I am!

Today, I want to show you a little card I made for my lovely man, Mike. He buys me flowers at least once a month, and it's been a while since I sent him a card, so I have made this and popped it in his bag for him to find later at work :)

I have used the lovely Groovy Love stamp set, which I got earlier this month. I love the shape of the hearts, don't you? 

Can you see my stamping boo-boo?? When I inked up the Lost Lagoon heart I hadn't realised that I had got ink on the blank space, so when I stamped it onto my card blank I got unwanted splodges! I rather like them, however,  so I kept it and added my stamped and punched Blackberry Bliss heart, using Dimensionals. I finished with my sentement and some Basic Black Baker's Twine.

If you would like to order this set you can do so via the link to my online shop over there >>>>>>>

Alternatively I would be very happy to place your order for you so do feel free to contact me :)

Did you get up to anything exciting this weekend? I went to Liverpool to see Bryan Adams, and met a Minion! All good fun!

Have a lovely day!

Lizy xx

Hello Love!

Hello everyone!

Wow! School holidays really do mess with blogging! And I haven't even had Keiran this week as he's with his Dad! I have, however, taken the opportunity to work some overtime, and spend some quality 1-2-1 time with my man, which has been wonderful!

I have managed to make my card for this week's challenge at CAS-Colours and Sketches thought, and this month is Jacqueline's turn to set our challenges. Here is the first...

Now I must admit, I have kind of let my heart rule this one! I made this card entirely with my Mike in mind (please don't puke lol!!!)

I really love these colours together...they make for a manly card! I have used the lovely Hostess set, Hello Love, and I coloured it using my Stampin' Write Markers. I coloured the background cloud in Night of Navy, stamped off once, then coloured the rest of the stamp before stamping onto my Very Vanilla cardstock. 

I embossed a strip of hearts across my Cherry Cobbler cardstock using a retired border EF, then layered it all onto a Night Of Navy card blank. The solid hearts were then filled with Crystal Effects for some dimension. The whole card is a very cute 10cm square.

I love this cute card and sometime soon it will find it's way to Mike's with a suitable soppy message inside I'm sure! ;)

Have a fantastic Thursday!

Feeling soppy!

Good morning!

I am in a very good mood today! Well, actually, I have been for a while now, so maybe I should explain...

*WARNING* Soppy post!!

A few weeks ago I met a wonderful man named Mike, and we have been seeing other since then. He makes me smile all the time and I am very happy! Anyway, I don't get to see him everyday, but I find myself thinking about him all the time, so I decided to make him this little card, which I posted and he got this morning, so now I can share...

I used elements all from the Hip Hip Hooray kit (appropriate name!) and added the sentiment from the Bloom With Hope Hostess set, stamped in Baked Brown Sugar. I also added a little Linen Thread and a heart punched from Baked Brown Sugar DSP with the new Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack.

I do love the sentiment and it's perfect for how I feel these days!

Ok...normal service will resume tomorrow, but I can't promise I won't get soppy again in the future! ;)

Have a lovely Friday!

Exciting news!

Good morning everyone!

I have a little bit of exciting news! I won in the Friday Sketch Challenge a couple of weeks ago, and they asked me to be a GDT for this week's challenge! 

I was given a digi image from FaeryInk so I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get out my Blendabilities!

I really enjoyed colouring this sweet little couple in! The Blendies worked so well, and for the colours I didn't have I just used my Stampin' Write Markers...a great combo and did you know that they blend pretty well too?!

The shoes, jeans, jacket, heart and shadow were all coloured with Stampin' Writes! I printed the image onto Whisper White and both sets of pens worked well on it.

You can get your hands on the latest colours of Blendabilities through my online shop >>>>>>>

Or you can order them through me, if you prefer the personal touch!

I hope you can pop back tomorrow to see my Sketch Saturday DT card!

Bye for now!

Language of Love

Good morning and a very warm welcome to my newest follower, Elaine from Craft-E-Place! I hope my blog serves as inspiration to you! 

And now to the reason you are here...a card! And this one is my entry into the sketch challenge at Create with Connie and Mary this week. I was extremely honoured to have been picked in their Top 3 last week with this card, thank you!

So here is their sketch...

And my card...

I have used some of the stunning brand new Fresh Prints Designer Series Paper from the new Spring/Summer Catalogue, which you can order as from today! Just click on the links in my sidebar to view the catalogue and to buy direct from my online store. 

I used the lovely Language of Love stamp set, which I stamped in Real Red and Pink Pirouette. I then punched a little heart out of the Pink one, using the Small Heart Punch, and mounted it onto the red one before coating it with Crystal Effects. The 2 larger hearts are die cut from the Hearts Framelits and I used the flower punch from the Itty Bitty Shapes punch pack to create the cut out for the ribbon. I finished with 3 dots of Dazzling Diamonds. 

Stampin' Up! supplies used

Please click on the products to buy direct from my online store.

Don't forget, it is also Sale-A-Bration time and that means for every £45 you spend, you get to choose a free item from the Sale-a-Bration brochure! So if you would like a copy of each of the new catalogues, please just contact me and I will get them in the post for you for just £1.50 including 1st class postage!

In the meantime, have a lovely day browsing the new products via the catalogue links in my sidebar!

Pinkies Sale-a-Bration Blog Hop!!

Thank you for joining us on another Pinkies Blog Hop! We're showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using new Stampin' Up!® products that you can earn free during Sale-a-Bration. Simply use the buttons at the end of each post to keep hopping! 

For my card, I have used Banner Blast stamps with matching punch and Decorative Dots Embossing Folder...

I stamped my banners in Soft Sky and Perfect Plum and strung them up with Whisper White Baker's Twine.

I finished with a little purple heart, also from the Banner Blast Set.

There are lots of other wonderful projects in the Blog Hop, so please do keep going and check out all the amazing talent out there!

Click on the button below to see Nicky's stunning card using the You're Lovely stamp set, Decorative Dots EF, Banner Blast and punch and the exclusive Designer Paper stack!

And in case you missed it, click on the button above to see Joanne's gorgeous project!

*Only 1 place left!*

I am starting a brand new Stampers 6 club on the 30th January, details of which can be found here. If you join you will have 3 months' opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the Sale-a-Bration promotion, and with the brand new Spring/Summer catalogue released at the same time, I'm sure you will get yourself some wonderful products for free! Please contact me for more details and to join.

I hope you enjoy the hop and please do leave comments for those you visit...we love to hear what you think!

A preview of Spring/Summer hearts!

Goooood morning LIMettes!!

Yup I'm up bright and breezy, ready for work, but before I go here is my card for this week's Less Is More challenge which is the dreaded one layer card (though not so dreaded anymore!) And this week's theme is 

HEARTS

So here is my card...

I used one of the lovely new upcoming stamp sets which will be available in the Spring/Summer catalogue from 28th January. I stamped it with Strawberry Slush, Bermuda Bay and Pool Party inks. The main heart is heat embossed with Clear Stampin' Emboss. I then scored a line either side of the row of hearts. There is no sentiment as I think the heart speaks for itself!

I am also entering this into the challenge at Freshly Made Sketches.

I hope you have a lovely Saturday...enjoy, whatever you're doing!