Trimming the Tree

Morning All!
Just thought I'd share a card I made using one of the fab Christmas Art Pads from Lili of the Valley. I  matted the image onto a die cut scalloped square of red card and create a background using the lovely papers and cut apart tags in the Love and Peace 6x6 pad from Lawn Fawn.

I love red, black and green together, so I followed this colour scheme with my embellishments by adding black polka dot ribbon and red dotty Card Candi.
Decorating the inside to match, I created a border with a Martha Stewart border punch before adding a sentiment using a favourite Waltzing Mouse Christmas stamp.

Hope you like it! I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:

Lili of the Valley - Christmas in August

Winter Wonderland - Anything Goes for Christmas

Bye for now

Karen x

Birthday Party Wishes

Hi Everyone!
Back this morning with a card I made using one of the Patch and Puss images from the Lili of the Valley Art Pads. These pads are great for quick card making and I especially like the monotone look of this particular set which means you can team them with any colour.

For this card I used Kaisercraft 'Secret Admirer' papers and embellishments, Card Candi and a sentiment from Craftwork cards. I also decorated inside to match. The Happy Birthday stamp is from Waltzing Mouse - I love the font!

Anyway, thanks for popping by!
Back soon
Karen x

PS - I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:
Crafty Creations - Let's Party
Creative Inspirations - Favourite Occasion (Birthday)
The Paper Shelter - Birthday Card with a sentiment

DIY Dude

Evening All!
Back with another quick post! This time with I card I made using one of the fab images from the Lili of the Valley Art Pads - Vintage Boys.

This card came together really quickly when I found some wood panelled paper and matted it and my image onto gold mirror card. A strip of contrasting dotty paper, dark green ribbon and golden gems helped to add a bit of bling, and then I added two brads in the shape of a hammer and a saw - handy tools for this little vintage DIY lad - before finishing off with a sentiment from Craftwork Cards.

Anyway, hope you like it. I'd like to enter it into the following challenges:
Papertake Weekly - For the Boys
Lili of the Valley - Male or Sporty
Cute Card Thursday - So Macho

Best wishes and bye for now
Karen x

Come Fly With Me

Morning All!
Just a quickie. Today I'd like to share a card that - for a change - is not girly! I used a lovely Lili of the Valley image of a little boy with his toy plane and coloured him in soft greens with my Promarkers. I decided to make it into a gift card holder too and teamed it up with Graphic 45 masculine papers and Webster's Pages clock face papers.





Photographing this was a bit tricky but I've tried to show how the two panels open up to reveal the gift card - hope you see what I mean!
Anyway, I'd like to enter this card into Lili's Little Fairies challenge which this week is 'Oh Boy' and Simon Says Stamp's 'Anything Goes' challenge.
Thanks for looking - have a great day!
Best wishes
Karen x

Best Friends

Hi Everyone!
Over at Lili's Little Fairies this week the challenge is to use your favourite LOTV stamp - what a task this is!! Can you whittle down your favourites to just one? Well, I chose this lovely image of a little girl and her dog, sitting on a swing with not a care in the world and just content being 'good buddies'. Its a fab little stamp and I really enjoyed colouring it with my Promarkers.

A trip to a local garden centre with my friend last Friday saw us part with some cash in their craft shop and we both bought the new Papermania Portobello Road papers and these are what I used for my background. I then went very patriotic with a red, white and blue colour scheme and embellished the card with some gems, a Maya Road ribbon flower and some navy lace.
As the background is very dotty I'd also like to enter this card in the Simon Says Stamp and the Moving Along With The Times challenges which this week is to use 'Spots or Stripes' and the Secret Crafter challenge to use a blue colour scheme.

Thanks for looking and I'll be back soon with some more creations! I'm really enjoying scrapbooking at the mo so hope to have some layouts to share shortly.
Best wishes
Karen x

Valentine Bear

Morning All!
Today, I've made a card featuring one of the Lili of the Valley bears being very romantic and holding a rose whilst stood on a little balcony - what a Romeo!
I coloured him in Promarkers and layered him up on some Hot Off The Press papers. I also made a little lacy background feature using a Papermania die which I then cut out the frilly corners using a Marianne die - I thought it gave a romantic feel to the card. Finally I finished it off with a couple of gems and pearly Card Candy. I decorated the inside with matching patterned paper and a heart shaped die cut area punched with my hole punch to write your message. At Christmas I'd received a lovely big card in a gorgeous pinky red envelope so I've been very thrifty and used that envelope to make the bottom mats on this card. How is that for New Year recycling! ha! ha!
I thought this card would be great for the Lili's Little Fairies Challenge which this week is 'New' so this would be ideal for a 'New ' romance and I'd also like to enter it into the Cardmaking and Papercraft challenge to make a Valentine's Card and on the Trip Down Memory Lane blog where the challenge is the letter 'P' for both 'Pink' and 'Polka Dots'.
Thanks for looking and will be back shortly with some more creations!
Best wishes
Karen x

Coffee Break Girls

Afternoon Everyone!

Today I'd like to show you the card I made especially for the Lili of the Valley World Card Making Day challenge. I used one of my favourite stamps of the two girls having a coffee break. I decided to make the card similar to a gatefold but on its side and layered up some of the lovely papers from Papermania's Birdsong collection - I love the natural colours in this set and tried to match the girl's clothing with my Pro Markers. One of the plainer background papers I ran through my Cuttlebug with a 'textile' folder to give a little bit of texture and the sentiment inside was from a stamp by Waltzing Mouse stamps. If you'd like to join in the challenge head over to the Ideas to Inspire website and link your entry by Friday 7th Oct to win some lovely LOV stamps!

I would also like to enter this card into the Papertake Weekly challenge which this week is 'Anything Goes' - pop over to their blog to see some of the great inspiration by the Design Team.

Thanks for looking.

Best wishes

Karen x

Christmas Tilda

Morning Everyone!

I thought you might like to see my latest card. This one features a lovely wintry Tilda stamp all togged up for Chritsmas. I coloured her with my Promarkers and layered her onto papers by Papermania from last year. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the trellis effect behind, added some gems that I also coloured to match with my Promarkers and glittered up little areas with Stickles. The sentiment is from Lili of the Valley which I layered onto gold card that I distressed a little at the edges. The flowers are from Wild Orchid crafts. Anyway, I hope you like it. I'm going to enter it into this weeks Just Magnolia Challenge which is 'Anything Goes', Totally Papercrafts 'Holidays' challenge and Simon Says Stamp 'Christmas in August'. Sorry about the swift post - on my way out and didn't want to leave it until I got back!!

Have a great weekend!

Best wishes

Karen x

Fairy Dust

Hi Everyone!

Hope you've had another fantastic Bank Holiday and enjoyed the great weather we've been having!

This week I decided to take part in the By the Cute and Girly and the Papertake Weekly challenge which was nice and easy as 'Anything Goes' as well as the Spoonful of Sugar 'White and one Colour' challenge. The card I made used one of my favourite Lili of the Valley fairy stamps which I embossed in black embossing powder and very lightly highlighted with a touch of pink souffle pen. I layered it up onto black and pink card and embossed a piece of white card with a Swirl folder and added Diamond Stickles for a little 'fairy dust' ha! ha! The pink organza ribbon and gems just finished it off.

Anyway, thanks for looking - enjoy the rest of the day!

Best wishes

Karen x

Winter Fairy

Hello Everyone

Just a quick post this evening. Over at the ABC Challenge this week the theme is to use your Spellbinders so I thought I would enter a Christmas card I made using the large scalloped dies. The image is a Lili of the Valley fairy and the papers are K&Co Winter Wonderland. Sorry about the glare off the blue mirri card, its not ideal taking pics in the evening light!

Anyway, hope you like it and that you all had a good weekend.

Thanks for stopping by.

Best wishes

Karen x