What every girl needs - Handbags!

Hi there. Hope you're having a good day.
Handbags, every girl has a least one but my best friend Heather has lots and lots of bags so when Lotv brought out some new stamps including one with handbags I thought it was ideal for my friend's birthday. I also got to use one of their new paper pads Antebellum and try to do another vintage card.

 

 

I'd like to enter this card in following challenges-

 

Lotv's monthly challenge Ribbon and Lace 

 

LLC's  September Challenge

Card Recipe

 

Card blank 6x6 and stamping card- Craftwork Cards

Paper- Lotv- Antebellum

Pens- Coptic Ciao

Ink for stamps- Memento- Tuxedo black 

Stamps- Lotv -Handbags, Grunge Elements (set 66, butterflies), Simply Sophisticated (set 26, sentiment)

Die- Spellbinders- Opulent Ovals

Ink for inking edge of die cut and paper lace heart and butterflies - Colorbox Queue- Rosebud

Paper Lace Heart- Dovecraft

Ribbon- Pink Organza and Butterfly Satin Ribbon from stash

Flatback pearls- Anita's gemstone wheel

Other bits used- Stampendous Frantage aged silver,

                           Décor Glamour Dust

                           Silver handbag charm from stash

 

 

 

 

These will be the first challenges I've entered from my blog, I've only done a Lotv one via email before so I hope I've done it right!

Just a quick thank you to Dawny for her comment on my last post and following me, you're so kind Dawny :-)

I really appreciate you all for following me and your lovely comments, and anyone who comes for a visit when I'm so new to blogland, it makes me really happy!

 

 

                                Have a big hug from me,

 

                              Debra x

My Lucky Day!!!

I don't often win things. Tombolas and raffles, I joke, is me making a donation to charity in a more fun way. So when my son made me a blog, to join in on blog hops and comment on other crafters lovely makes, I was really happy when Lotv picked me out to win a voucher in their draw a little while back. I thought that that was my winning something over for at least a decade, but no, I've  had another win!
When Lotv did two shows on Create and Craft on tv, I set the recorder, rang my mum to remind her about it and settled down to watch Dawny, one of the wonderful design team, and Nigel, the presenter. I sent my first ever email in as a show of support and managed to watch Dawny make two fabulous cards when Stuart came home for lunch and asked to watch 'something other than C and C again'. Well I admit I do watch it quite often .....ok a lot, but Lotv are by far my favourite company and I had been looking forward to it. Anyway I turned over, only fair during his lunch time. A bit later my mum rang, all excited, as my email had been pulled out and I had won a Dawny creation!   
The card arrived a few days later and is beautiful and is signed by Dawny and Nigel. Dawny has kindly said that it's fine to put it on my blog to show you. I'm sure you'll agree that it's gorgeous and I'm very lucky..........maybe I should start doing the lottery, lol.

Anyway, enough of my rabbiting on, here's the card I won,

If you want to see more of Dawny's fabulous work head over to her blog pinkpiggywiggy.blogspot.co.uk
Also, Lotv and Dawny are back on Create and Craft in October so check out Lotv for details liliofthevalley.co.uk

Thanks for your visit! Have a great day.

 

 

Debra x

Silver Wedding Anniversary

Hi there on this overcast but still warm day here. It was our Silver Wedding Anniversary on the 3rd of September. It doesn't seem that long ago since Stuart and I got married but we've done quite well since Stuart's grandad pointed out, when we had booked the wedding, that that was the date World War 2 started. I'm pleased it wasn't a bad omen for our marriage!  So the cards I've put on today are the card I made for Stuart and the card my mum made for us. 
As Stuart doesn't like fussy cards I made a simple card in white and silver. The background paper is a pearlescent silver and not as dark as it looks in the photo.
My mum's card is beautiful, made with Hunkydory products. No one would believe she was partially sighted on seeing it!

This is her lovely card

Stuart's card

Card Recipe

Card blank 6x6- Craftwork Cards
Backing paper- pearlescent silver from my stash ( try Craft Creations for similar)
White card- from my stash
Embossing folder- Crafters Companion embossalicious 6inx6in -Lattice
Dies- Spellbinders-Vines of Passion
          Cuttlebug- Olivia alphabet
Gilding Flakes- Indigoblu- Winter Dawn with flitterglu
Stamps- Lotv- set 26 Simply Sophisticated
Embellishment- Silver sparkle flat back dots from stash


I want to say a big Thank You to Nicky from
http://nicky-aglutenfreelife.blogspot.co.uk/
who given me advice for my blog and encouragement to just try doing the computer stuff. It worked Nicky I managed to do the link to you! Thanks again :-)


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Sailing Boat

Hi there. Sorry I haven't posted for a little while but I haven't been feeling 100%, still a bit dizzy but Stuart would say that was normal!

I'm back to my LOTV stamps for today's card. It's a simple boy/man's card without a sentiment until I decide who to send it to. 

 

Card Recipe

Card Blank- Craftwork Cards
Card Stock- Papermania textured card
Stamps- Lotv Sailing boat, Craftwork Cards Alphabet
Pens-Copic ciao
Paper- Lotv Petal Fresh
Die- Marianne Creatables LR0232
Punch- Eksuccess Swirl Edger
Twine- American Crafts


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Fabulous Fashion

Hi there. The card I'm posting today is another type of card I don't normally make, a CD-Rom and a decoupage card both of which I said I didn't like and would never use. The CD-Rom I used is from Katy Sue Designs called Fabulous Fashion which appealed to my girly side with its different collections of really sweet dresses, hats and handbags. I thought I would try the decoupage because it didn't look like some of the old-fashioned varnished ones I'd seen before and disliked. I was really happy how this card turned out and wanted to give it to someone special so I sent it to Lexi, Chris' girlfriend for her birthday. I hope you like it.

The colours haven't come out as well as I hoped in the photo but they are a lovely shade of pale blue and lavender.



Card Recipe

Katy Sue Designs- CD-Rom Fabulous Fashions- Decoupage sheet collection 1, 2 coordinating backing papers.
Stamp- Katy Sue Designs fabulous sentiments
Card Blank- 8x8 Craftwork cards
Spellbinder- Classic ovals large
Punch- EkSuccess- Arch Scallop
Lavender A4 sheet of card from my crafty stash
Paper Flowers-Papermania
Copic Ciao blue pen to colour center of flowers and to colour the flowers on the sentiment
DecoArt Glamour Dust- for center of flowers, on the sentiment and the last layer of decoupage
Andy's Crafts- Pearl Perfect flat back pearls







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                                                              Debra x

Bumble Bee Fairy

Hi there. Today's card is a cute stamp from LOTV ( lili of the valley ) called Bumble Bee Fairy. I made this card for my mum for Mother's Day using some of the butterflies I bought in Georgetown in Washington last year on our epic USA holiday. I'm amazed that we managed to get my craft supplies back home in one piece as our luggage was searched several times after my mum tried to take a banana into America. I think we were put on a blacklist as banana smugglers! I hope you like this card. Have a good weekend.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

                          Sorry for the photo background. I hadn't found a good place to take my photos at this point.


                                               

Card Recipe

Card blank- Which craft
Stamping card- Craftwork Cards
Stamps - Lotv bumble bee fairy, Craftwork cards alphabet.
Coloured with- Copic Ciao pens
Cardstock- Papermania Textured Cardstock
Paper- LOTV  Promises 8x8 pad
Embellishments- Martha Stewart  butterfly stickers, Papermania paper flowers (coloured with chalks), Craftwork Cards candi- white ( coloured with the pens to match the paper)
Other Stuff used- Glamour dust





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Vintage Voyage

Hi there. I hope you're all having a good day. Today's card is not my usual kind of card as I love the LOTV stamps but a lady at my craft class wanted a 80th birthday card with a ship theme. So this is my attempt at a vintage card for a man. I hope you like it.

Card Recipe

Card- Craftwork Cards
Stamps- Inkylicious Vintage Voyage, Clear Stamp Exchangeable Travel, LOTV Tags Monsieur.
Inks- Memento tuxedo black, Distress inks- walnut stain, old paper,tumbled glass.
Dies- Spellbinders labels one, Cuttlebug olivia alphabet.
Indigoblu- Gilding Flakes Lancashire rose
Stampendous Frantage- aged silver.

American Crafts- navy frayed twine

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