What a nice surprise!

I had completely forgotten that I had completed a magazine commission last November for Lili of the Valley and it was being published this month so what a nice surprise I had when I saw it on the shop shelf today with one of my cards making the front page!

Yep, that's my girlie card on the front - I am sure Christine will be very proud of me using so much pink!  Here's a peek at the cards I made...

I used papers from the Country Meadow and Snow Princess pads and you can find all of the girl stamps in this section here.  I used my new Polychromos pencils and lots of My Favorite Things dies.

I'm off now to do all of my post holiday ironing and later going for a family dinner to celebrate Chinese New Year.  Enjoy the rest of your weekend and I'll be back on Tuesday with my SugarPea Designs DT post.  Ta ta!

Last day of sneak peeks of the SugarPea Designs January release!

(Please scroll down for my La-La Land Crafts DT post!)

Now yesterday I promised you that we'd be showing a very sweet, adorable stamp set from the SugarPea Designs January release - you won't be disappointed!  It's called Fairy Sweet and this is what I did with it...

I really enjoyed putting this card together.  I even managed to colour her in softly - not my usual heavy handed Copic colouring!  The paper is by Simple Stories and I used glitter cardstock to die cut that cut little heart.  I stamped the sentiment from the set onto a die cut from the SugarCuts Layered Treat Labels die set (available in the store!).

Okay, you know the drill by now!  Join the blog hop and leave a comment on this post and on each of the SugarPea Designers' blogs listed below and you could WIN this stamp set!  All winners during our January Product Release will be announced on Sunday, January 11th.

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Our entire Holiday Release will be available in the SugarPea Designs Store at 6:00 PM EST TODAY!!   And we starting an incentive program to all of our loyal customers!  If you place an order of $60 or more (shipping not included) you will receive a FREE stamp set that will not be available for sale in the store until the next bi-monthly release!  That's right!  You will receive a FREE stamp 2 months in advance of its release in the SugarPea Designs online shoppe!  This month you can earn our Build-A-Background - Basics stamp set which I used earlier this week on this post and this post.  Here's a closer look at it...

I hope you've enjoyed this week's SugarPea Designs January release.  I totally adored working with all of these sets and have already made another four more cards that I'll be showing you over the coming weeks.

Thank you for visiting me and I'll see you later on my blog rounds - ta ta for now!

Did you ever want your very own pony?

I know I did!  And I saved every penny when I was a young girl so I could take the long bus ride to the nearest stables to ride a pony!  But alas, I never did get to own my very own but I do get to see them nearly every day now I live in the countryside.  *Sigh* - such beautiful creatures!

But, hey, you haven't come here to hear me reminisce!  But the card I am sharing today brings back those memories and I just adore the new Annabel Saddle Up stamp now available in the Lili of the Valley store.

Isn't she pretty?  And I also used the pretty papers from the Pastel Dreams pad and the sentiment is from the Scrolls Sentiments set.  I used Lawn Fawn's Stitched Scalloped Border and the that's a CC Designs Cutter grass border die.

Thank you for visiting me today - have a great day and I will see you again soon!

Lili of the Valley blog hop time!

The Lili of the Valley design team are having a blog hop today to showcase 6 new stamps of sweet girlies!  As you all know, the LOTV stamps are always the sweetest but I do especially love this release because of the different outfits they are all wearing - they are so sweet!  Here is my make using Cheerleader...

Isn't she fun?  And love her hair bouncing up like that with those cute pom poms too!  I used papers from the Candles and Cake pad and the sentiment is from the Handwritten Phrases set.  Lastly, I sprinkled some sequins (my current favourite embellishment!) around her to make it pop.

So back to the hop!  Do the usual thing and hop from post to post, leaving a comment on each along the way.  We have two full sets of these girls to win so good luck to all of you joining in!  You should have arrived here from lovely Lou and you now need to hop off to sweet Mindy.  If you need to start from the beginning, start at the Ideas to Inspire blog.

The new stamps which will be launched in our shop this Saturday at the open day and on the website next Monday.

I'll be back tomorrow with another sneak peek so see you then! 

More La-La Land Crafts cards for the new July release!

It's the last day of DT inspiration to showcase the new La-La Land Crafts July release and I've made two projects for today.  Here is my first...

This stamp is so perfect for my dad who loves to go fishing.  He is called Gone Fishing Luka and I also used the new Birds die.  The Picket Fence die is from the last release and I also used Echo Park The Great Outdoors paper and Pink Petticoat gingham paper.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, R20

Hair: Y21, Y13, Y17

Outfit: B91, B95, B97, B99, C01, C03, E33, E35, E37

Tin and worms: C01, C03, C05, G43, G36, R20, R22

Fish: Y21, YR24, YR27

And here is my second card for today...

She is such a sweetie!  And I wish I had a pair of fun wellies like that!  She is called Catching Butterflies Marci and I also used the gorgeous delicate Lattice Border die.  The papers are by Wishing Well Creations and I used Stampin' Up ribbon.

Copics used:

Skin: E000, E00, E21, R20

Hair: Y11, Y13, Y17, BG000, BG01, BG05

Outfit: R00, R02, R14, R17, Y11, Y13, Y17, BG000, BG01, BG02

Net: C01, C03, C05, BG000, BG01, BG02

Butterfly: Y11, Y13, Y17, R02, R14, R17

Check out the rest of the gorgeous DT inspiration over at the blog here and you can find all of the new goodies in the store here.

Thanks for visiting and I'll be round to *see* you later today!

Twinkle twinkle little star

It's day two of the new SugarPea Designs release and today we are showcasing this very sweet set called Twinkle Twinkle from the Sweet P collection.  Here is my DT take on it...

Isn't it just adorable?  And I love the matching sentiments and accessories that go with this set. 

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 this stamp set!

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Lisa	Anita	Jenny
Jen	Kim	Lesley
Mary	Stacey	Sarah
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I hope you enjoy the hop.  I'm off now but I'll be back later with my guest designer card for Whimsie Stamps - see you later!