LOVT Romantic sneak peek

Hello, today I can show you a sample of the new Lili of the Valley images. They will be released on Monday 21.

The image I had to use, was not really my first choice. All the ones I wanted to make a card with were already picked, YOU GOT TO BE FAST when choosing images.. who snoozes looses I should know better by now.
I just like to color and this image barely has any space to color, if you come to my blog for a while.. you also notice that I hardly ever make Wedding cards or baby cards.. its just not my thing, as you can tell I am not too happy with my sample.
Oh well…. moving on.

However … the image might be a really good choice, for those who need a cute stamp to mass produce little Wedding invites or “Thank you” notes?!

Stamps: Lili of the Valley Wedding couple
papers: Lili of the Valley paper pad Promises
Sentiment: Stampin up
Die: Spellbinder Label 10

2 Peas awhh.. kitten in a pod

Hello ladies…
I am still trying to catch up with the season appropriate cards. This is the first year I feel I am dragging behind. The “master plan” for 2013 is that I make at least 1 Christmas card per month throughout the year. geezzz…. I have gotten all those lovely Magnolia stamps and barely had a chance to use those.
Anyhow.. time for those Valentines cards… this period to make those kind of cards is way to short anyways. I found this animal printed paper in a Basic Grey pad (black dress) and I never used any of the papers… but the print of this sheet was nice and small and spiced up with just some pinks it turned out really cute with this new kitten stamp from Lili of the Valley.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley “pods of love”
Sentiment: Lili of the Valley “Grunge sentiments”
Paper: Basic Grey Black Dress
Other: small paper doily, silver heart charm, lace, wide grosgrain ribbon Stampin up, natural hemp, Distressing tool, Stickles

Thanks for visiting me today.
With love
Claudia

Grateful

 

Hello friends, I hope you  have had a great Christmas and I am sure since we all have been good through out the year you all got spoiled with lovely gifts.
I sure was and I am so grateful for all the big and little surprises I have received from my family and friends.

No better reason to start to make some “Thank you” cards to give to those wonderful people.
I was as most of you quite busy before the holidays and I did not feel like coloring skin in, worrying about shadows etc, every time I feel that way I love to go though my Lili of the Valley animal themed stamps. They are first just so cute and second you get away with almost anything There are no “mistakes”.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley Teddy and Robin
Sentiment: Lili of the Valley Clear Additions tags
Paper: Basic Grey
Dies: Magnolia so Lovely Tag, long fir Set of 2
Memory box” snow border”
Other: Hemp, flowers, ribbons silver string, gauze from stash

Christmas Greetings

Hello, well… as the time gets closer to Christmas I like to share some of my personal Christmas cards I did make.
I love that Magnolia came out this year with some more animals – I hope we are going to see more of those new ‘characters” in the future.

Stamps: Teddy “Cocco” with present
Sentiment: postmark sentiments and the vintage letter is from Lili of the Valley
Papers: Stampin up
Dies: Magnolia – Snowflake, Tag

Merry Christmas

Hello, thank you for your visit. Today I had a little spare time to make a card. I knew I wanted to give this year a ITunes card away – they are always great for kids or adults plus gift cards are so lightweight it’s a good pick for those presents that go overseas

Stamps: Lili of the Valley “Merry Christmas Penguins”
Papers: My Minds Eye “Merry”
Embellishments: as ribbons, buttons, snowflake came all from Michaels
Die: Memory box

It was the night before Christmas…

Hello, I would like to show you one of the cards I have made for a very sweet and kind lady. I know she likes my Lili of the Valley cards the most so I hope she will be surprised and like this one too.

Most of the accessory supplies used to make this card can be found at Sir Stampalot
Stamps are by Lili of the Valley (child and sentiment front)
Sentiment inside: Merry Christmas – this one is very large is by Magnolia"
Papers: Lingon berry red paper, blue paper Magnolia Ink, stitched red “Merry Christmas” paper entire line of XMas 2011 papers can be found here
Dies: tall skinny fir set of 2
Embellishments: red gingham, Stickles

Thanks for your visit! With Love
Claudia

Lili of the Valley DT Blog Hop

Happy Thanksgiving and good morning crafters, thanks for stopping by!
Today we’re holding a Lili of the Valley sneak blog hop to celebrate the launch some new stamps!
There are 18 baby and animal designs and also 2 new A5 sheets of clear stamps. The stamps will be available to buy on the Lili of the Valley website from midday on Sunday the 25th November (UK time) and you will also be able to get them at the Lili of the Valley Christmas party at their showroom in Leeds on Saturday (24th) if you are able to make it.
The Design Team girls are all taking part, all you just need to ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card. We’ve used all the stamps between us so hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration.
From all comments left there will be 2 prize winners, each winning the 2 sets of clear stamps and 6 rubber stamps of their choice from the new designs (each prize value £52.00). We don’t know where the prizes are so make sure you visit every blog. We will let you know tomorrow evening which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and 2 winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left
Here's a list of all the blogs taking part  ...and remember you will need to visit them all to have the best chance of winning.

Ideas to Inspire , Anne, Bev, Claudia Rosa (you are here), Dawny P, Dena, Elise, Fleur, Gretha, Katarina, Mindy,
Moni and Pops

LOVT November release sneak peek

Hello,

Soooo hard for me! I always thought… men! I wished I would have had a chance to practice water coloring BEFORE that challenge came around, but as always time flew and I quickly made this one yesterday.

The card features a soon to released “baby” image by Lili of the Valley. It is called starry bunny and as some of the other recent images it is quite interesting with the frame the artist drew around the image to frame it additionally. I checked if the image would fit in a circular shape of my largest Spellbinder die and it did fit! Which is always neat, at the end however I cut my focal point picture into a square – lots of shapes going on, on my card

Stamps: Lili of the Valley “Starry Bunny”
Sentiment: Stampin up!|
Papers: Magnolia – pink quilt, yellow bunny,
Dies: Magnolia – tag trio set, Magnolia – cloud Tag,

A batch of easy Christmas “Thank you” notes

Hi there, I have had one of these weeks where I did want to craft but hardly found the time to do so.
So today I would like to show you a few simple cards I have made using Magnolia Mini stamps.

All card bases came from Michaels $1 Dollar bin and were on sale 50 percent off so I got by example the pack of 6 cards you see on the first photo (with gold embossed frame and “Thank you” really inexpensive.

I did keep the set of blue cards on purpose rather simple and flat, because they went into my personal mail and the first card went as sample to Sir Stampalot. Did you know that Janice and Andy have a selection of Magnolia Mini stamps? It is just hard to locate them on the web page. Please click on the link and it will get you right there.
As you can tell.. this week was really busy, I did not even bother to carry the 3 cards into my photo tent. I took the photo of the cards in front of my stamp storage. All my stamps are stored by collection in a plastic clam shell container, they can be easily labeled with a Dymo writer if you need or just leave it. They are my best investment for small craft areas. You can stack them really neatly on top of each other or sideways, you can see what you have in them and just pull it out. They do NOT open! I have everything sorted in them… from flowers by color, brads, bling stickers, lace , buttons and so on you name it. While I was in England this year I noticed in the shop that Sir Stampalot does carry them. If you like to have a look, hey are available 3 different sizes, thin, medium thick and the largest, like you see on in my photo.

Magnolia Mini stamps through Sir Stampalot
Spellbinder Pinking Circle
Magnolia die 1, Magnolia flower, Magnolia mistletoe
Sentiment: Lili of the Valley
Plastic storage containers

I almost want to apologize for my rather basic cards I show you today but I do need them often for my personal use and I do not always post them on my blog because I feel like that’s not what you guys really want to see

hugs

Just one more night to sleep…. Santa will be here

Thank you for visiting me today!

Dear Patricia ordered a card using Lili of the Valley’s “Sleeping boy”
I used some vintage looking My Minds Eye papers (last year Christmas)
and a lot of Magnolia sentiments
”Sweet Christmas dreams” is stamped onto a tag which can be pulled out and maybe be replaced with a gift card.”
”Santa is coming” is from a older Magnolia release.
Tag die can be found here

Magical Birthday

Hello, here is an other peek card of the newest Lili of the Valley Fairy and Mermaid collection. I choose one card from the Mermaids and one from the Fairies. I think I was able to find some papers to match with the fairy so the card does not look too summery and can be used at this time of the year.

If you like this card – I just listed it for sale over on Etsy. thank you very much for your consideration!

There is a little “twist” on this card than my other cards. The focal point image is adhered over an other flap that opens and can reveal a sentiment, a handwritten or even a little photo. (All sides are decorated with Designer paper)

Stamps: Bumble Bee Fairy by Lili of the Valley
Sentiment front: Lili of the Valley
Sentiment inside: computer generated by my friend Tammi
Papers: Basic Grey
Other: Flowers, Gems, Paper Flowers, silk ribbons from stash
Copics, Prisma Color Pencils

Thank you so much for visiting me today!

Ever wondered what mermaids do all day long?

Well.. I guess they swim with sea horses and tickle sea stars

Hi, thanks for visiting me today.
I have a card for you to show using one of Lili of the Valley soon to be released Fairy and Mermaid stamps.

Stamps: Lili of the Valley “Fairies and Mermaids”
Papers: Stampin up
Sentiment: all Stampin Up!
Dies: Spellbinder, Cheery Lynn, Magnolia flowers and tag, Memory Box floral oval
Other: bakers twine, seam binding ribbons, gems

Sending A Kiss

Don't forget... FREE demos this Saturday at Sir Stampalot, Peterborough

Hi there… Well as you can tell.. I can’t really get all into back into Christmas. I have made in September some things for Magnolia Ink and after that I had a hard time getting all back. I still have one larger 3 D item sitting behind me to finish up which obviously I did not get ready to post to Sweden. Oh well..
Today I have a little Saturated Canary card to share (BTW… I did list the Magnolia card from yesterday and this card over on Etsy – if you are interested?)

I wanted color Circus Trixie in for a long time! I was a bit intimidated by the layers and her hair but boy it was so fun to do it and time flew by quickly. I think I was inspired by Lili of the Valley’s lovely paper pad.. it matched perfectly the image.. it gave me tiny hearts like the one Trixie has on her cheek and some papers that have no flowers on them. I must say I do like that option in a pad. For my card I used plaid, polka dots and the hearts you can probably see it better on some of the next pictures.

These are the supplies I used:

Stamps: Circus Trixie can be found at Little Darlings shop if you are in the USA or if you like you can purchase her at Sir Stampalot
Sentiment: Stampin up
Papers: Lili of the Valley “Bonnets and Booties” – Stampin up and Bazzil
Coloring: Copics and Prismacolor
Dies: Magnolia – Tag and Star
Additional: Blending Solution, Blending Stumps, Memento, Flowers, Bakers Twine

Dies: Magnolia Tag and heart
Inside is still blank, since the card is listed on Etsy I can stamp a matching sentiment after a request.
Speaking of Etsy, did you spot the lovely digital papers Mindy designs?
I knew that Little Darlings has some of her cool and modern designs as 6x6 paper pads but now for those of you who like Digital papers have a look.. they are gorgeous and I am sure Mindy is coming up with many more – so keep an eye out for those.

Get Well Soon

Hello friends, I totally forgot to post today I stumbled and fell down the basement stairs on Friday morning and my old body is bruised and hurts like hell. Have been hardly moving or sleeping the past couple of days. hahaha.. I swear… I feel on my left knee cap and on my thigh on the right, both of my arms are hurting because I tried to catch myself and than at the end, elegantly fell with my chest (poor boob) on the edge of a couch. I must say I am happy about that, as I was falling all I could think of were my teeth. Do you ever feel like that? I always worry about my teeth! There are no worse trips for me than to the dentist or the pain.

oh well.. here are the supplies I used to make this card:
Lili of the Valley girl with puppy on Swing
Papers: Maya Design – Through Timbroscrapmania
Sentiment: Whimsy and Stampin up (inside)
Dies: Magnolia, Spellbinder, Memory Box