Lili of the Valley new release blog hop!

The Lili of the Valley design team are having a blog hop today to show off the new release that will be available from the webite from 31 January.  There are four new rubber stamps and some clear ones too.  I used another adorable bear from the Happy Bear clear stamp sheet for my DT make...

The papers are... guess what... yep, Party Animals by Nitwit Collections and again I used my old Woodware punch for the little stars.

I forgot to mention that I've been colouring in these cuties with my new Polychromos pencils.  Steve bought me the whole 120 set for Christmas - what a lucky girl I am!  Personally, I prefer them to my Prismas as the lead is harder and easier for me to be lighter with them.  I still love my Prismas though so they won't be relegated to the bin!

Back to the hop!  One lucky hopper will win a full set of the new release!  The winner will be announced this Friday.  Here is the hop list...

Andrea

Anne

Becky

Dawny

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kathy

Lou

Mary J (me!)

Mindy

Okay, I'll be back on Friday with my La-La Land Crafts and Alicia Bel DT posts.  Enjoy your week until then!

Sweet Bear bum!

I've got yet another Lili of the Valley sneak peek of one of another adorable bear from the Happy Bear clear stamp sheet that is being released on 31 January.

Look at that cute little bum!  And I really love the font of the sentiment that also comes with this set.  The papers are (again!) the Party Animals by Nitwit Collections and I used a very old Woodware punch for the little stars (although I don't think they are called stars!).

Okay, that is it from me this week.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll see you next week.

Day 1 of the SugarPea Designs September release sweet sneaks!

Yep, there's a new SugarPea Designs release and it's another fabulous one!  We have four days of sweet sneaks for you and they will all be available to purchase from the store from Friday!  So, first up is this super sweet set called Teacher's Pet.  Here is my take on it...

Isn't he one of the cutest bears you've ever seen?!  I love him!  I wanted to colour him in a lighter brown but I've run out of my Copic E31 so he's a bit dark!  Ho hum, still as cute as can be!  I hand cut the apple card (it's about 13cm x 13cm) and used some October Afternoon papers.

Would you like to WIN this stamp set?! Hop along and visit with the SugarPeas and guests, leaving some comment love along the way! One lucky person will be randomly selected to win it!

Rhea	Sarah	Mary	Kim
Jennifer	Wendy	Jenny	Tracy
Anita	Simonne	Stacey	Lesley

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Our fabulous September release will be available in the SugarPea Designs Online Shoppe at 6:00 AM EST this Friday!

I'll be back tomorrow with day 2 of the sweet sneaks!

Day 3 of the Whimsy Stamps July release blog hop!

(Please scroll down for my SugarPea Designs sweet sneak
DT post with the deets on how to win prizes!)

Welcome to the ...
Whimsy Stamps July release BLOG HOP!

The Whimsy Stamps DT and GDT have been sharing some amazing creations made with the new July release stamps and dies over the last couple of days, and today we are celebrating their release with a GRAND BLOG HOP!

The hop starts today (Wednesday July 9th at 12.00PM noon ET) and ends on Friday July 11th at 12.00pm noon ET.

If you would like to hop along with us today, please CLICK HERE to start the hop at Iris's blog.

Here is a complete blog hop list in hopping order:

Iris Wiechmann
Bridget Curnow (GDT)
Jacque Beddingfield
Sue Hughes (GDT)
Simonne Clay
Linda Levoir (GDT)
Ann-Marie Sinfield
Mary Johnson (GDT - me!)
Ellie Stover

PRIZE ALERT ... We have hidden a fabulous prize of a $25 GIFT CERTIFICATE at one of the stops on today’s hop! To enter the draw, simply leave a comment HERE and at EVERY stop along the hop by 12.00pm noon on Friday July 11th.

For today's project, I have inked up the new Wee Stamps called Oak Tree Boy who I think is totally adorable!  I loved making this card...

So now it's time for you to continue today's hop! Don’t forget to leave a comment at every stop along the hop to be entered into the draw to win a $25 gift certificate.

Thanks so much for visiting today.  Happy hopping!

You rock dude!

There is more gorgeous inspiration over at the La-La Land Crafts blog this week and the team have been inspired by a fun photo!  Here is my DT make using Lil' Rocker Luka and the Random Flags Banner die...

I just love this little dude - he is so cool!  I matched him up with Doodlebug papers, used my Crafts Concepts star embossing folder and Memory Box alphas die.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, R20

Hair: E33, E35, E37

Outfit: R20, R35, R37, C01, C03, B21, B23, B26

Guitar: C03, C05, C07

You can see more red, white and blue inspiration over at the blog here.  I'll be back tomorrow with my SugarPea Designs DT post - ttfn!

Ready, set blow!

Today the SugarPea Designs team sponsoring this week's new Curtain Call challenge and here is my take on the photo inspiration...

I used the Blow Me Away set - yes, it is the second time I've used it this week because I love it so!  And I wanted to do a children's card with this cute fella but I don't think it's kiddie enough - once again I was too heavy handed with the Copic colouring!  Here's a closer look at this fab set...

I used papers from the Lili of the Valley Bonnet and Bowties pad and finished off with a touch of twine (it felt good to use up some of this as I have loads of it!).

I'm off to enjoy the rest of my weekend - hope you have a good one too!

Day four of the SugarPea Designs April release sweet sneaks!

It's the last day of the SugarPea Designs April release - not long now until they are in the shop!  Today we are showing you sneak peeks of the super sweet Totes Ma Goat set from the Beanstalk collection.  Here is my DT make...

This is such a great collection with a fab selection of matching sentiments too!  I matched this little fella up with Lili of the Valley papers and created the hills with My Favorite Things landscape dies.  The flowers are punched from a really really old EK Success punch.

Wanna win this sweet set?   Join our hop and leave some blog love each day.  One lucky hopper will win this stamp set and one lucky winner will win the entire April release!  Winners will be announced during the online release party chat on the  SugarPea Designs Facebook page  page on today between 8:00 - 9:00pm EST.  The release will launch in the SugarPea Designs online shoppe immediately following the release party.  

Hope to see you at the release party - can't promise to be there as it'll be 1am here in the UK and should be asleep!  I will definitely be back tomorrow with another post - a very exciting one!

Upside down fun!

The new Lili of the Valley Annabel stamps are available in the shop today from midday!  I love this release so much - I'm going to get a lot of use out of them.  Here is my DT make using Upside Down...

I had so much fun making this card - wheeeee!!!!  Sorry, childhood memories resurfacing there!  I matched her up with papers from the Promises pad and a sentiment from the Scroll Sentiments set.  The embossing folder is by Sizzix and I layered some My Favorite Things grass die cuts for extra depth.

You can check out more Annabel inspiration over at the Ideas to Inspire blog.  I'll see you later on my blog rounds - ttfn!

Love you x

Hello everyone!  I'm here to show you a sneak peek of one of the cute girls that will be on sale from Monday 4 November...

Didn't I say she was cute?!  This newbie is called My Favourite Friends and I matched it up with Perfect Pair papers and a sentiment from the Handwritten Phrases set.

The other newbies coming your way are just as cute so watch out for other sneak peeks over at the LOTV Ideas To Inspire blog!

 

My favourite little robot

How can it be Monday already?!  Hey ho, I suppose it happens every week!  And today I have my There She Goes Trendsetter card using the fabby fun Birthdaybot stamp set...

He's so so sweet!  I matched him up with Echo Park spotty paper and used Lil Inker Designs stitched rectangular die for some added interest.

This week's There She Goes challenge is a colour inspiration - orange, aqua and choc.  Check out the Trendsetter inspiration over at the blog here.

I will be back tomorrow for my very first All Dressed Up DT inspiration post!

 

What can you do with static hair?!

It's also Bellarific Friday and this week we had a sketch to follow.  Here is my take on it...

This very sweet stamp is called Angelina by Mo Manning - what a very cute face and brilliant static hair!  I used Lili of the Valley Perfect Pair papers and a Cuttlebug polka dot embossing folder.

So the next Bellarific Friday is stitching.  Send your creations to Em by next Thursday for a chance to win some Bella Bucks!  I'm hoping to get some blogging done tonight so hopefully see you on my blog round!