Friends 10th Wedding Anniversary

Morning All

Have you ever made a card that you were unsure of how it would turn out, well this is one of those cards.  I must have sat looking at the image and the bits of card and paper that I had mounted up and made into flowers for a couple of days.  Well this is how the card eventually finished up like and if I do say so myself I am really pleased with it.

LOTV - Pre-coloured image
Paper from LOTV Paper pad - Bonnets & Bowties.
Flowers made using a Marianne die
Leaves - Memory box
Sentiment is computer generated
Spellbinders bordabilities die.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

Birthday card for my friends husband.

Afternoon All

My card for today has been made for John my friends husband.

LOTV precoloured image from one of the vintage Art Pads
Nestabilities Cogs
X-cut cogs
Joy crafts - pendants and alphabets
Sentiment stamp free with a magazine
Black candy pebbles
All other card and paper from my stash.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

Fathers day card

Afternoon All

I made the card I would like to share with you today at my friends the other night (Well I started it there and finished it yesterday).  Rachel had some Pan Pastels that she had not tried so here is my attempt at using them.

Stamps - Hobby Art Clear Stamp Set - Fly Past
Image coloured with Pan Pastels
Die - Memory Box Scalloped Buttons
Stamps Fathers day sentiment
Black and white bakers twine
Dotty embossing folder
All other card from my stash

I would like to enter this card into the following challenge: -

Creative Corner Challenge - #21 - Boy oh Boy

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

LOTV Mans card

Evening All

I have another workshop project to show you that I did on Saturday at LOTV this time it is a card.  There is no greeting on this card as I have not yet decided what to put on it.

Image - Ready coloured from the Vintage boys Art Pad
Die cut Fence, grass and clouds
Papers - Vintage mens papers by LOTV
All other card and paper supplied by LOTV workshop

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

LOTV Stamped Candle

Afternoon All

I would like to show you a candle that I made while visiting LOTV on Saturday 1st June.  The workshop was with Dawny P and I can quite honestly say that everyone thoroughly enjoyed doing it.

Image - Wedding couple - ST017
Coloured with promarkers and fleximarkers and decorated with stickles.
Silver Heart ribbon at bottom of candle
Image and candle decorated with Liquid pearls and stickles
Die cut hearts decorated with glamour dust
Other Items used Tulle and flowers.

I would like to enter this candle into the following challenges:-

Passion for promarkers - Week 201 - All that glitters.
I Love Promarkers - challenge 170 use dies but no punches
Great Impressions challenge - June - Leave a little sparkle

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

First Christmas cards for 2013

Afternoon all

In January I signed up for a challenge over on docrafts to make 1 christmas card every week until christmas, well due to having a very busy few months I have only just been able to start making the cards for this challenge.

Here are my first 5 and hopefully there will be more to follow quite soon as I think we are supposed to be on week 20.  Oh well I better go and make some more.

LOTV Pre coloured images
Christmas trees - Dee's Distinctively Dies - Snowy Tree
Holly branch die - sorry don't know the maker but the dies are yellow.
Sentiments - Craftwork cards
All other card, paper and gems are from my stash.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

A few more special anniversary cards

Good evening

I have made a few more special anniversary cards for my card box.

Sentiment computer generated
Cheery Lynn heart border die
Selection of Spellbinders large embossing folders
All other card, Ribbon and paper from stash.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave.

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

Special Anniversary Cards

Afternoon All,

The cards I would like to share with you today are some anniversary cards for those special Silver, Pearl and Gold Anniversaries.  I hope you like them.

Sentiment computer generated
Cheery Lynn heart border die
Selection of Spellbinders large embossing folders
All other card, Ribbon and paper from stash.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

"Take It Easy" LOTV Male Birthday card.

Good evening,

The card I would like to share with you tonight has been made with one of the new LOTV Vintage Boys release.

Image - "Take it easy" LOTV ST414
Coloured with promarkers
Papers - Forever Friends male paper pack
Sentimet - Papermania
All other card, pearls and buttons from my stash.

I would like to enter this card into the following challenges: -

Stampin for the weekend - Button it up.
Sunday Sketch & Stamp- Challenge #156 Francesca's Sketch
LOTV Challenge - Boy oh Boy

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

Ladies LOTV birthday card

Evening All

I made this card the other day using a LOTV pre-coloured topper.

Image - Pre coloured topper
Papers - Country gent by LOTV
La La Land Heart Banner
Sentiment - LOTV
All other card from stash

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

LOTV - Boy Oh Boy - Challenge card

Good Evening,

My card for tonight is for the new LOTV challenge over on the Ideas to Inspire Blog.

After visiting the LOTV open day on Saturday with my friend Rachel which for us was a 4 hour round trip which I must say was well worth the visit and we are already planning to visit on the next open day on the 1st June.  Hopefully we are going to make a day of it and do both the workshops if there are spaces available.

Image is from one of the Art sets (Precoloured).
Papers - Country Gent paper pack by LOTV
Greeting has been stamped directly onto the image.
Pearls are from my stash.

Challenge entry

LOTV - Boy oh Boy challenge

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie

Last of the cards for the Zoo for the moment and a picture of Baby John

Evening All

Well I can't believe where the time has gone, our baby son John is now 6 weeks old and I would like to share a picture of him enjoying his bath.

This picture was taken by his big sister Vicky who is 7.isn't it fab.

Now onto the cards I have managed to finish over the past couple of days.  I know I said my target for the Zoo was 10 cards but I have managed to make 11 in total so they will be sent to Joyce to pass on after the bank holiday.  So here are the final 4 cards.

he images are digi stamps from Delicious doodles.
Sentiments are computer generated.
All other papers, cards, Gems and candy from my stash.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog and for any comments you may like to leave. 

Happy Crafting

Lizzie