Hello 2018!

Hello lovely people,

So, it's that time again...to make New Year's Resolutions, right?!

Nope, I really don't need to make resolutions that I will break or resent, so as we all embark on our journey through 2018 I am just aiming to be happy, do lots of what I love (crafting of course!) and spend time with friends and family :-)

One thing I definitely love is all the fun I get to have as part of the Design Team for Lili of the Valley and I'm happy to tell you that the first release of the year will be here soon!

There are some fab new Oliver and Jasmine images, and seeing as I often go for the girly images, I thought I'd change it up this time so here's Oliver...!

Well, I think Oliver is looking very stylish here, in fact I think this image is sooooo bang on trend and would suit many a teenage lad!

The teenage boy sentiments also from LOTV are the perfect partner for the new Oliver images.

I've added a few Nuvo drops and I think I may be starting a new love affair with them as they are so perfect for adding a little touch of detail...as long as I can decide where to put them - lol!

I'll be sharing more of the new images over the next week or so, and do check out what the rest of the DT and Collective have been making too!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

Lovely things I've used;

Oliver Cool - LOTV (coming soon!)
Teenage boy sentiments - LOTV
Beachside 6x6 paper pad - Lawn Fawn
A2 Stitched rectangles set 2 - My Favorite Things
Nuvo crystal drops in Caribbean ocean (gloss)

Copic colours;
Skin: E000, E00, E21, E11, E04
Hair: E53, E35, E59
Jeans: B93, B95, B97
Jacket: W3, W4, W5, W6
Orange details: YR14, YR16, YR07
Glasses: W5, W6, W7 & B0000, B000
Shoes: W00, W0, W1
Ground: W00, W0, W1, W2, W3

Pretty Jasmine

Hello lovely people,

Happy Monday everyone and the countdowns continue;

8 sleeps until the final exams for my prescribing course - eek!

10 sleeps until my next coffee and cake date with my lovely friends Sue and Debs

11 sleeps until beer festival

14 sleeps until holibobs

21 sleeps until my birthday

My countdown list seems to have grown a little bit and all of it apart from the first one is terribly exciting :-)
I promise I won't share that huge long list on every blog post - lol!

Back to the crafting, and today I have another of the gorgeous new Jasmine images from LOTV to share with you.

This card is to support the LOTV April card challenge which is running on facebook, where we want to see your creations using any 3 or more colours as inspired by the month of April, so that's Aqua, Pink, Red, Ivory and Lilac.

There are 5 absolutely amazing prizes on offer from LOTV plus a fabulous £10 gift voucher prize from The Ribbon Girl so plenty of incentive to join in with us!

Apart from red, these are some of my fave colours and I have gone for aqua, pink and ivory on my card.

I can't tell you how much I love this fab image and I know she's really aimed at the teenage girl market but honestly, this could just as easily be me!

I have used one of the new LOTV sentiments and popped it on a sweet little memo pin tucked in with the flowers.

Card recipe;

Image: Jasmine phone - LOTV

DP: Paris flea market and For Mother - Pion Design (available from Live and Love Crafts)

Flowers: Wild Orchid Crafts
Dies: 0357 border die - Joy!Crafts - Noor! Design
Ribbon: 7mm bridal white ivory satin ribbon - The Ribbon Girl

Sentiment: Teenage girl sentiments - LOTV
Memo pin: Mixed memo pins - The Ribbon Girl

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/35/59
Hoodie / skirt: BG10/11/72
Skirt / shoes: R81/83/85
Phone: W0/2 & W5/7
Ground: W00/0/1/2/3/4

Don't forget to come and join in our LOTV April facebook challenge and you have until 6 p.m. on Sunday 17th to enter.

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,

New LOTV - Jasmine coffee

Hello lovely people,

I don't know about you, but I always find teenage cards tricky to make.

So I was delighted to find that LOTV have come to the rescue with an amazing new range of teenage images featuring Jasmine and Oliver - hurrah!

The images are out at the end of March but you can pre-order them right now and here's a card I made using one of the Jasmine images.

Oooooh, I do love reading a book or magazine with a cup of coffee...never mind teenagers, this could definitely be me!

I have also used one of the new sentiment stamps...there are so many gorgeous sets to choose from and this one's from the Teenage Girl set, which I think co-ordinates perfectly with the image :-)

I am really excited by the new sentiment stamp sets and think they are going to be really popular.  You are certainly going to be seeing them pop up on quite a few of my cards in the near future!

Card recipe;

Image: Jasmine - coffee - LOTV
Sentiment: Teenage girl - LOTV

DP: from stash

Twine: Ivory button twine - The Ribbon Girl
White dots: Nuvo crystal drops (gloss white) - Tonic Studios

Copic colours;
Skin: E000/00/21/11/04 & R20
Hair: E53/57/59
Dress: RV11/R83/R56 & W7/9
Cup: RV11/R83
Tablecloth / magazine: W00/0/2
Chair: W6/7/9

I have had a great weekend and enjoyed all my catching up with friends.  Our walk on Saturday morning was really lovely, we watched a film in our cinema room, and I've done lots of crafting.
So pretty much a perfect weekend for me :-)

I hope you all had a fab weekend too!

Thanks for visiting and I really appreciate any comments that you leave,