Little Fishes....

It's all happening at Lili of the Valley, it's so exciting.  There is a new launch about to hit and it is just super duper cute.  If you like LOTV you are going to love these new stamps.  If you are in the UK they will be launched at the NEC in Birmingham  5th - 8th November otherwise online is scheduled for the 10th November.  I warn you start saving!!!

Here is a little sneak using "Little Fishes".  It's a shaker card using one of the sentiments that comes with the stamp in the background of the bubble.  I inked more bubbles in the background using a stencil and added some clear droplets.  Inside the shaker is a mixture of sequins some I glued to the background so they aren't all in the bottom of the shaker.   These are two of the "fishes" on the stamp which I coloured and very carefully fussy cut....a bit of a challenge but well worth the effort.  The paper in the background is from Bonnets & Bowties and Promises solids.

Mark your calendars and check out the rest of the Design Collective blogs for more sneaks.

Having a laugh!!

I had fun making this card.  It's the last Paper Smooches Sparks challenge, so I thought I'd have some fun.  I do love Chubby Chums and this is the cow in the set...he went a little crazy.  The challenge is a sketch and this was not what I was planning on doing but this is how it turned out.  I think that sentiment is perfect with all those crazy cows.

It's a shame to see the "Sparks" Challenge go, but I am looking forward to the new challenges that start on the 1st November on the Paper Smooches blog.  They are sure to be great.

www.papersmoochesstamps.com

Thanks for dropping in.

Karen xo

"Cuppa" thinking of you

I do enjoy a lovely cup of tea, generally fruit or herbal these days since I cut down my dairy intake and can't enjoy a "cuppa" without milk.  I do try once a day to have a cup of tea and do nothing else.  Its a little time to gather my thoughts in what is otherwise a busy life.

This is "Odd Dog" from Lili of the Valley.  He was part of a launch a few months back and I hadn't gotten around to colouring him.  There are 8 versions of him, all super cute.  I fussy cut him out and popped him up with foam dots, stamping the steam from his cuppa in the background.  After playing around with lots of options I ended up keeping him quite simple.

If you entered the recent Facebook challenge make sure to check out the winners list to see if you are on it as 15 lucky entrants won a stamp of their choice.

Now go and enjoy a cuppa and hope to see you again soon.

This little guy...

He's pretty cute right.  I played around stamping him on card to form my background paper.  No need to mask as I just stamped him in rows, pretty easy and pretty effective.  I then coloured an extra one up to pop on top.  It's Anything Goes at Paper Smooches this week so I'm going to pop "this little guy" into the challenge.  He's from the Chubby Chums set and the sentiment is from the uplifters set.

I also have a couple of new followers to welcome.  Thanks so much for joining me and I hope you pop in often.

www.papersmoochesstamps.com

Reindeer Trio

Recently Lili of the Valley launched 6 new sets of Christmas Trio rubber stamps.  As I was looking for a stamp to use for my October Design Collective card, being lazy and standing on tiptoes rather than taking the box down, the Reindeer set fell out so I decided to use them.  I coloured them up in non traditional Christmas colours, a combination falling rather into the Halloween category than Christmas.  Halloween doesn't really happen here but I do think the purple and orange combo is a great one.

I gathered inspiration from a few different places for this card.  Firstly from Kathy at the Daily Marker who recently coloured a background in dark colours, something I wouldn't normally do and okay I didn't go overboard but had the confidence to try something new.   Secondly the new challenge at Sparkle and Shine, which happens to be purple and orange sparkly pumpkins. Whilst I don't have a pumpkin in sight, the reindeers are round in shape, like pumpkins and I used purple and orange with gold foil and Pretty Pink Posh sequins for sparkle. Also stacked my reindeers.  Well it is interpretational....anyway you decide.

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge is also a similar palette so I am going to pop this in there too.

No Fall celebrations going on here....

Well its a little hard to celebrate fall when its spring on this side of the world.  A lot of our trees are native here and evergreen so we don't get the spectacular fall displays like you do in the Northern Hemisphere.  Don't get me wrong we do have trees that change colour and loose their leaves, but nothing like what I have seen in Canada.

Its a picture challenge at Paper Smooches this week and I always find it interesting to see how others interpret the picture compared to myself.  I used Paper Smooches feathers die in fall colours and kept my background white with a little embossed panel under the leaves (feathers).  I then added the sentiment from PS Flap Happy, which just seemed appropriate, and some Pretty Pink Posh sequins ironically called Tropical days for that finishing touch.  So here is the inspiration photo.......

.........and here is my card

www.papersmoochesstamps.com

Thanks for stopping by.

xo

Autumn Treats at Lili of the Valley

Make sure you head over to Lili of the Valley and take a look at the Autumn treats on offer until Sunday.  If you love Lili of the Valley then you are going to love the treats.  Also be sure to check out the Facebook challenge, join in under the event, Autumn Treats Challenge.

Here's a card using one of the stamps on offer "Football Bears".

Now hurry on over and check it out, ends Sunday so don't miss out.

Karen

xo