Little Ivy

Hi Everyone

If you are reading this my scheduled post will have worked so here's hoping.  I will try in between my crafty classes tomorrow to try and publish it to the face book groups.
This next Christmas card is using Little ivy again from LOTV and this is becoming a favorite. I've chosen red and white and also used my square cheery lynn die i bought from gateshead last month.  Its fab.

Simple card and Audrey loved this one.  Coloured using speccies and a sentiment stamp from LOTV.

Well i should be enjoying myself, crafting away and maybe i'll be able to post my crafty makes from the fab classes with Sara, Leann, Sheena, Claire, Sarah and Louisa.  Should be good.

Hope you like it.

Louise

Carol Singing - Tea light card

Hi Everyone

Are you ready for some carol singing yet?  'Deck the Halls with boughs of holly, fah la la la la la la la la!!!!!!!!!'

Well that's enough from me as anyone who knows me will know i cannot hold a tune to save my life.  How many sleeps til Christmas, someone keeps telling me at work and today i was told twice.  Once person said 33 sleeps and the other said 32??? I don't know which is correct and it'll be here soon either way so I'm not bothered.

Today i have another tea light card decorated in red and white.  The image is another LOTV, first time stamped and coloured.

Coloured with Spectrum Noir pens from Crafters Companion and using nitwit papers.

Ok i can count how many more sleeps to the next important event.  ITS ONLY 1 MORE SLEEP TO CRAFTAGANZA.   Cant' wait.

Hope you like the card i only have 3 more to make now.

Louise xx

Twinkling Star

Hi Everyone

Another quick post from me tonight as i am busy with some more christmas cards and tea light cards.  i think later what i will do is schedule some more posts for the days i am at craftaganza, if i get time that is.

This image is from LOTV again, the sentiment is too as well as the tag stamp.  So easy to make your own.

I've used my blue speccies and not much else really.  Apart from the addtion of my fave die cut the snowflake border.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Little Ivy -Tea Light Card

Hi Everyone

If you having been following my posts you will know i still have a number of tealight cards to make and i don't think i will ever get bored of these, which is a good job really.  Here's another one with a Christmas theme for a work colleague.

Ok need to get on with some more tonight.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Three Little Angels

Hi Everyone

Just a quick update on last night, had a good chatty night with Leann.  Chinese meal was great, plenty of Wodka but we never really got to see much of the X factor and strictly as we were chatting too much.  The only person we both stopped to listen to was Amelia, she was amazing and hope she gets to the final.  What an achievement that would be especially as she was out in the first show.  And no hangover this morning whcih is a bonus but i do have half of Leanns lovely lemon cheesecake to eat (well not all by myself i will share it).  Thanks very much Leann for a fab night in.  Of course we talked a little about the upcoming craftaganza  and i am so looking forward to this as i have never been before.

Todays card is another LOTV image that i bought in harrogate in september i think it was.  I love this image and Jaqui showed us at the Lili of the valley colouring class how to get this effect of mainly white in the image with a hint of colour.  Although my hint of pink is quite a big hint.  Need to become a bit more light handed i think.  Although i still love it.

Hope you like it.

Louise xx

Christmas Card - Milly Winter Window

Hi Everyone

Another Christmas card from me today and I'm on a roll.  Although during the week I only get 1 or 2 done in an evening after work.   Today has been housework and washing etc and then off to Leann's for strictly, x factor, Chinese and wodkas as she puts it.   Its another Lili of the Valley image, Milly Winter Window and i loved colouring her in.  I've used my specturm noirs and pencils again and this time its an unusual colour combo for a Christmas card but i like it.

I've used nit wit papers and my ribbon stamp from LOTV with some wow embossing powders.  Again quite simple, i don't know what it is but i cannot add loads of embellishments to my cards.  I try but i take them off in the end.  Maybe I'll be happy with one soon as i love all the others i see.

 

 Hope you like it, Louise xx

Swalk Winter Cheer Christmas Cards

Hi Everyone

These two images i coloured in last week and i have eventually made them into cards.  Again two of my order so not many more to do now.  As ever coloured with speccies and polychromo pencils.

I've used background papers from Dainty Toys, Washington where i did my last demo as of course i have to buy something everywhere i go, just in case you know.  I've also used my ribbon stamps from LOTV and embossed with WOW powders i bought at the NEC.  Love them and i got a pack of 12.

The next one is the penguin winter SWALK cheer stamp and I've coloured her in blue.  The background paper is from the SWALK CD rom and then i found some embossed star paper in my stash.

Once again i have used my new favourite die that i bought from the NEC, its a memory box snowflake border. The tag and Merry Christmas stamp are from LOTV.  So quite a lot of mixing and matching tonight.

Hope you like them

Louise xx

Christmas Cards - 2 more done

Hi Everyone

First of all i would like to say a big thanks for the lovely comments on yesterdays tea light card.  you are all really kind.

Today i have two more Christmas cards made for the same lady i mentioned yesterday so that's 4 done i think and 6 left to do.
I've used my spectrum noir pens to colour and polychromo pencils to finish off. 

I've used a mixture of nit wits papers (the green) and the red paper is from a free 6" pad on the front of one of the many magazines i buy.  Of course LOTV image and I've used the script from the papermania urban stamp set i got at the NEC.

And then finsihed off with decoration on the inside.

I love the die used on this card, its a cheery Lynn design i bought at the Gateshead show just recently and i am still having problems getting it to cut in the middle of the rectangle.  However as its covered by the topper no one would ever know.

Hope you like them.

Louise xx

Swalk Tea Light Card- Another one done

Hi Everyone

well I've managed to finish another tea light card and this is for a birthday at the end of November for a fantastic friend of mine who's husband is really ill currently with cancer of the spine.  She has always supported me though thick and thin and i couldn't wish for a better friend (apart from Leann Chivers that is).  They are both such lovely people and never moan about anything and he has had chemo for over 7 years now and i don't think there is much left for the drs to try. Its a real shame as i love the pair of them.

Anyway my friend has always bought my cards and cakes and just loved the first tea light box i made so wanted a special one for her friend who she said loves bright colours.  So here it is.

  Do you think its bright enough?.  i was a bit dubious about my paper choice at first but now its finished i really do like it.  She also loved the little swalk image so asked me to keep it the same. 

Hope you like it too.


Louise xx

Humphrey Decoupage

Hi Everyone
Some of my makes from yesterday at my Crafters Companion Dainty Toys Demo.  I had another lovely day and met more crafters who had lots of questions that i could help them with.  As i was demoing the ultimate pro and boards for card blanks i made up some cards using the Humphrey Christmas and Everyday decoupage.  I think everyone likes to see a finished product so they can get lots of ideas for doing their own.
I did leave some of the more fancy shape cards behind but these some of what i did.  The first 3 are taken from inspiration from the crafters Companion card gallery so you will see something similar there.  Not sure who made them so apologies as i cannot credit you individually with names but thanks as i thought they were lovely so made them up in my demos.

Just some quick and simple cards with not very much decoration to show everyone its quite easy to achieve lovely cards without spending a lot of money.
Hope you like them.

Louise xx