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Hello lovely peeps

A quick post today to show you an exam congrats card I made for one of the nurses at work who has passed her prescribing exam.

G is for Giraffe

Hello lovely peeps

For today's card I've used Giraffe from the Zoo Animals stamp set at Lili of the Valley. The animals all match the ones in the new Zoo Alphabet sets.

Rosie Posy in Pencils on Throwback Tuesday

Hello lovely peeps and welcome to my two new followers :o)

Today's card features Rosie Posy from Lili of the Valley which was first released in 2011. I've used the rubber version but although that has now been retired you can still get her as a digi here.

Oliver Texting

Hello lovely peeps

Just popping in to show you the card I made for my young cousin's birthday. I've used Oliver Texting which was released as a rubber stamp last week at Lili of the Valley (I've had the digi version of him for a while).

Bloomin Lovely

Hello lovely peeps

For today's card I've used PaperArtsy's JOFY Collection 11

Ralph in the Easter Parade

Hello lovely peeps

Just popping in with my second entry in Bloobel's Progressive Challenge.
The theme for March is 'Easter Parade' - there was a choice of 5 characters with hats which you have to decorate, I chose 'Ralph'. Isn't he fab ?!

 I coloured him with Promarkers
Cool Grey 1,3,4,5
Pastel Beige, Khaki, Umber
Cardinal Red

then added shading with Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor Pencils
Black/Dark Sepia/Van Dyck Brown

I layered him up on 'Gentlemen Folk' papers from Nitwit, then added buttons and a sentiment printed on my computer using the font Mister Sirloin BTN Rare.  His hat is decorated with a punched flower with a dab of 'Buttermilk' Nuvo Crystal Drops from Tonic in the centre.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
Bloobel Progressive Challenge - Easter Parade (decorate the hat)
Animal Friends Challenge  #48 Animal with big ears
Colour Crazy Challenge #12 AG 
Incy Wincy Designs - Happy Birthday

Thanks for stopping by,

Katrina x

Spring Seesaw for LOTV

Hello lovely peeps

It's time for a new challenge on the Lili of the Valley Facebook page and the theme this month is
Flowers

 There are fabulous prizes to be won. All you need to do is make something that fits the theme and uses a LOTV image, then post it in the event on Facebook OR email it to lucy@liliofthevalley.co.uk before the close date of 15th March (7pm GMT)

For my card I have used one of the lovely new stamps that was released yesterday.
This one is called Spring Seesaw.

I coloured the bunny and seesaw with a base of Promarkers to speed things up a bit and then coloured over the top with Lyra Rembrandt Polycolour pencils

The base of my card is covered with a Daisytrail/CraftArtist paper and I made a tag with
one of the stamps in the new Spring Sentiments set. A little bow of lemon organza finishes it off.

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-
 The Ribbon Girls February Any Image
Crafty Gals Corner #111 Add Ribbon
Squirrels Not-So-Random Challenge #4 Spring Fever
Animal Friends Challenge  #48 Animals with big ears
Kitty Bee Designs #89 Flowers 
Addicted to Stamps and More #231 Anything Goes
Creative Craft Cottage Digi Creations #68 Ribbon and/or Lace
Craft-Dee BowZ   Anything Goes with a Handmade Bow
Crafty Awesomeness Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp (Wed) Tag You're It

Thanks for stopping by, I hope to see you again tomorrow at 8pm for a new Leonie launch. 

Katrina x

Paperchains

Hello peeps, hope you've had a lovely weekend.

I've taken the plunge and got some proper pencils (hubby kindly bought them for my birthday, isn't he fab?).

After hearing Nikky Hall rave about them last month I'd already decided I was going to get the Lyra Rembrandt Polycolor pencils. They have excellent light-fastness and are ergonomically shaped, so I thought they'd be the best to go for considering the problems I have with my hands.

I had a play with them last night because I wanted to brighten up a Gorjuss image that I had previously water-coloured with Spectrum Aquas. It was looking quite flat and I was a bit nervous about going over it again with watercolours in case I bobbled the paper or something. I was pleasantly surprised at how much difference the pencils made.
 

I've used the finished image to make up my sister's birthday card.

Ingredients:

7"x7" card blank from Anna Marie Designs 

Daler Rowney watercolour card

'I found my family in a book' stamps by Gorjuss

Sentiment tag stamps from LOTV

Papers from Dovecraft 'Curiosity Corner' and 'New Leaf', 

plus LOTV 'Enchantment' pad

Page torn from a book

Hessian ribbon

Cord by Hempotique

Buttons from stash

I would like to enter this in the following challenges:-

Eureka Stamps #166 The Colors of Fall

Digi Choosday #44 Reds, Oranges and Browns
Creative Inspirations #335 - Anything Goes + Option of a Sketch!
The Ribbon Girl - November Use any Image
 That's Crafty! - Tag You're It!
Crafting With Friends #10 - Anything Goes
Polka Doodles 45 Autumn/Fall Colours
 World of lacy Sunshine Anything goes

Crafty Time Embellish It

Crafts and Me - Autumn/Fall Colours

Dragonfly Dreams Challenge -autumn/fall colours

Thanks for stopping by,

 Katrina x