Hi there Lili lovers, and welcome to another Lili's Little Fairies Challenge. Thanks so much to everyone who joined in the Seeing Double challenge last week - fantastic entries as always.

 

This week Team B is hosting the challenge, and our theme is an absolutely gorgeous inspiration picture.

 

 

Looking at that you could almost be forgiven for starting to think about spring!

 

The rest of the DT have produced some beautiful inspiration cards - here is what I did.

 

Simon Says - Anything Goes

Penny's #124 - Anything Goes

 

 

Really looking forward to seeing your creations this week.

Good morning ... just a very quick post from me as I have just realised one of the challenges that I particularly wanted to enter with this card (Cheery Lynn) closes in 2 hours ... so please excuse the terrible articially-lit picture - I'll post some decent photographs tomorrow!!

Edited: updated to add daylight pics :-)

This card is for a friend of mine who has taken volunatary redundancy from her job ... I thought the sentiment was perfect for this rather specific occasion!!  I also got lucky 'cos I was looking for some paper heather for this and for another card ... and my local craft shop Edwin Allen had a single sprig in their tray (it should have been a bunch) ... when I asked if they had any more the lady retrieved a couple more sprigs from sample cards in the shop and let me have them for free - so that's my recycled element!!

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: LotV "Promises";

Supplies: flowers mostly from Wild Orchid Crafts, except purple cherry blossom from Hobbycraft and purple heather which was a freebie from my local craft shop Edwin Allen :-); ribbon from Hobbycraft; lace from John Lewis; pearls and button from The Hobby House ; wooden butterfly from my stash;

Tools: small, large and classic scalloped circle nestabilities; Cheery Lynn "lace corner deco B" die.

Challenges:

Dream Valley #55 - Things With Wings

MAWTT - Fantasy & Fairies

Joanna Sheen - Recycle  (heather)

Crafty Boots - Recycle

Passion For Promarkers #194 - Button It Up!

Southern Girls - Button Up
ABC - L is for Lovely Lace

Cheery Lynn #76 - Pretty In Purple

Stamping Sensations (April) - Special Occasions

Corrosive #172 - Life's Special Occasions

That's all for today - thanks for visiting.
Hugs, 

Good afternoon everyone. Here's a simple card I made using a gorgeous new Memory  Box die which came into stock in my local craft shop - I just so love these dies, and I had to have it!!  This card was driven by the this week's Crafting For All Seasons challenge to make a card without using stamps - this one is made entirely with die cuts.

Good afternoon everyone - hope you're all enjoying the weekend. This is my first post for 9 days as I have been suffering from a distinct lack of mojo ... had a sore throat and raging earache this week so I've felt more like curling up in front of the TV after work rather than crafting! Anyhow I have eventually got myself slightly into gear, and here is a card.

 

 

not a great picture I'm afraid as everywhere in the house is either glaring sun (yippee!!) or in shadow ... the greens on this card are not really true but alas it's the best I can do!  I decided to have a go with this extremely pretty stamp "Annabelle's Meadow" by Wild Rose Studio, which was a freebie in this month's Quick Card Made Easy magazine.

 

 

 

Stamps: Wild Rose Studio "Annabelle's meadow" (free with issue 112 of Quick Cards Made Easy magazine); LotV "Everyday Sentiment Circles";

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers;

Papers: LotV "Perfect Pair";

Supplies: all flowers by Wild Orchid Crafts; berries by Magnolia from The Glitterpot; pearls from The Hobby House; silky crush ribbon from The Ribbon Girl; doily from my stash;

Tools: martha Stewart "monarch butterfly" punch.

 

 

Hi everyone - hope you are enjoying your week. At last!! - a bit of sun and some weak indications of springtime on its way .. yes I know it's still really cold, but hey the daffodils are finally out in the garden so hopefully warmer days will soon be here!

 

I felt enthused by the perkier weather and the prevalence of spring-themed challenges around to make a spring time card yesterday ... and I so enjoyed playing with an old Miss Anya image last week that I thought I would do another one. I don't actually own any Anya stamps but I do have a small stash of images sent to me back in the mists of time ... and I was drawn to this one of Miss Anya holding a basket of tulips - what could be more spring-like than that?? Teamed with a piece of LotV paper covered in what look like tulips to me, I was on a (spring) roll lol!

Good morning everyone and welcome to April's Penny Black Saturday Challenge. Well - what a month it's been weather wise ... snow and freezing cold - Easter been and gone and still very little sign of spring! Despite all this we had some wonderful entries into last month's Spring Into Spring challenge - don't forget to check the main challenge blog to see if you have won a prize.

 

This month we've got a real treat for you - our lovely teamie Helen has produced a sketch .. and here it is.

 

 

Pretty versatile to work with, I'm sure you'll agree ... so we're really looking forwards to all your creations. Don't forget to be eligible for any of this month's prizes you just need to use a Penny Black image, large sentiment or stickeroo as the main focus of your project.

 

This month we are sponsored by our fabulous regular sponsors

The Ribbon Girl


J&C Creations


1-2-3 Stitch


with a $20 store voucher.

 

the DT have produce a fabulous selection of samples for your inspiration - here's my interpretation of the sketch.