My new phone cover!

Hello all!

I got a new phone on Friday, which of course means a new phone cover! So, as I can never find one I like, I have made my own again!

I have used Gorgeous Grunge, Elements of Style and Peachy Keen to pretty up my case. The reason I chose this design is because my phone is kind of my 'lifeline'...it has all my numbers, my lists to organise myself, precious photos and it keeps me in touch with my most favourite people in the world! So, in short, life really is a matter of moments and my phone captures them all!

This is how it looks with the plastic case on it...

The colours I used are Island Indigo, Strawberry Slush and Basic Gray. I chose the colours as I totally love the combo...my favourite I think!

Stampin' Up! supplies used

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I am starting a brand new Stampers 6 club on the 30th January, details of which can be found here. If you join you will have 3 months' opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the Sale-a-Bration promotion, and with the brand new Spring/Summer catalogue released at the same time, I'm sure you will get yourself some wonderful products for free! Please contact me for more details and to join.

Thank you for having a peek today...I hope your Wednesday is a good one! 

a Vintage Freestyle Collage kind of card!

Hello!!

How are you? Are you having a good week? I've had a busy one, emptying my craftroom ready to add some new staorage and a new desk! I can't wait to see how it will look! Of course, more storage means more room for stamps lol!

Anyway, here is a card I am particularly pleased with! I tried to make it 2 nights ago, but came to a standstill with it. You see, I wanted to make a card to enter the challenge at the brand new challenge blog, The Card Concept, using this picture for inspiration...

...but every time I tried, it seemed to go wrong! I wanted soft flowers and girliness, but it didn't go that way. Anyway, enough waffle...here is my card...

I used various stamps sets here...Simply Sketched for the sentiment, Happy Day for the medallion and Elements of Style for the bird. I fussy cut them both using my super sharp paper snips...I love them so much I have 2 pairs...a ribbon pair and paper pair!

I embossed the banner and the corner of the sentiment panel with Lacy Brocade EF, and the background is using Crumb Cake DSP (ret). I finished with Linen Thread, and some Liquid Pearls (not SU)

I said before that I'm entering at Card Concept. Well I also have to state what style of card I have gone with, and for this one I'm going with Freestyle Collage. The colours inspired me to go with a kind of vintage look too. I also used the sketch at Sweet Sunday too...

Stampin' Up! supplies used

  

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I'm off to Ikea tonight to buy some Expedits and Linmon (or something like that!) to transform my craftroom into an organised workspace! I shall post the pics when I've done! :)

Have a fab day...it's Friday! 

Modern Medley notebooks

Good morning!

Did you have a good weekend? I didn't get much crafting other than some Christmas orders and convention swaps, so here are some notebooks I made last week, showcasing the stunning Modern Medley Designer Series Paper...

This is without a doubt my favourite DSP in the current catalogue, and it works beautifully on these little pads. 

Supplies

DSP - Modern Medley

Stamps - Morning Meadow, Elements of Style

Ink - Basic Black

Other - Soft Sky Seam Binding, Designer Series Buttons

If you would like to order any of the current items I have used on my projects, please do contact me, or you can shop direct from my online store by clicking the links in my sidebar.

Just a quick post from me today, hopefully I'll have something for you tomorrow!

Life is a matter of moments

Hello! Can you believe it's October already?!! It'll be Christmas soon! ;)

Anyway, I had an enjoyable couple of hours in my craft room last night after Keiran had gone to bed. Here is one of the cards I created...

I have only used one stamp set for a change! I've used Elements Of Style and I stamped it in Blushing Bride and Primrose Petals.

The sentiment is on a banner because I only went and smudged it didn't I! I finished with Blushing Bride Stitched Grosgrain and a few little pearls.

Supplies

Stamp - Elements Of Style

Ink - Blushing Bride, Primrose Petals

Ribbon - Blushing Bride Stitched Grosgrain

If you would like to purchase any of the products I have used here, please do visit my online store where you can also be entered into this month's Mystery Hostess club for your chance to win this month's hostess freebies!

Alternatively, please feel free to contact me with your order, or any queries you may have. 

Challenges

Techno Stampers - #283

Dynamic Duos - #72

Thank you for stopping by my blog today. Have a lovely Tuesday! :)

Colouring on Black

Good morning!

After showing you the effects of colouring on Crumb Cake card, I thought I would share the same effect on black! 

For this card, I stamped my image from Flowering Flourishes onto the Basic Black card using my Whisper White Craft pad. I then used my Stampin' Write markers to colour over the white ink. I think it's a lovely and striking effect! :)

Supplies

Cardstock - Basic Black

Designer Series Paper - Brights

Stamps - Flowering Flourishes, Elements of Style, Papillon Pot Pourri

Ink (markers) - Lucky Limeade, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Calypso Coral

Ink (craft pad) - Whisper White

Punch - Bitty Butterfly

If you would like to order any of these beautiful Stampin' Up! items, please do contact me. 

SPECIAL OFFER!! Order £250 of products and choose £65 worth of products FREE! Or join Stampin' Up! and choose £155 of goodies for only £99!! Contact me or see here for more details!

Challenges
CAS on Sunday -#7

Let's Craft And Create - Flowers

Thanks for saying hi today!

Less Is More - Case it!

Good morning LIMettes! I have to be quick this morning as it's Keiran's Birthday party today so lots to do!

This week at Less Is More, Chrissie and Jen are asking us to Case one of their cards!

Now, Jen's card looks like the easier option, but I thought I would have a go at Chrissie's one instead as it's a technique I've been meaning to try for a while!

Here is my card...

I have used the Elements of Style stamp set and the Alphabet Typeset Bigz Dies. 

Here is Chrissie's card that I have Cased



I'm also entering my card into the colour challenge at Create with Connie and Mary

CASology - Word
Shopping Our Stash - Text or Letters
Just Add Ink - New Technique

EDIT; The tutorial for this technique is now available here...Enjoy! :)

Life Is A Matter Of Moments

Good evening!

Oh my goodness...the weather is sooooo bad here tonight! It's a veritable hail storm, wind, thunder and lightening included!

It makes for a perfect crafting night though, so here is one of the cards I made this evening...not reflecting the weather at all!

I have used Papillon Pot Pourri and the matching Elegant Butterfly punch for this card. Are they just beautiful? They are my favourite SU! items by far! I gently furled the wings at the top for some definition and make them look like they're about to flutter off the card!

When I saw the sketch at Retro Sketches, I couldn't resist using these...they are perfect for it don't you think?

The sentiment is from the Elements Of Style stamp set...again, a gorgeous sentiment. I chose to match the word 'Life' with the green butterfly to kind of highlight that all the moments (pink butterflies) make life. 

Products used for this card

Cardstock - Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Stamps - Papillon Pot Pourri, Elements Of Style

Inks (markers) - Old Olive, Pretty In Pink, Regal Rose

Punch - Elegant Butterfly

Challenges

Retro Sketches - #49

Colour Throwdown - #227

Flutterby Wednesday - Open

Inkspirational - Anything Goes

As you may know, Stampin' Up! is in the midst of the Sale-A-Bration promotion, and right now you could get a free item each time you spend £45!! So why not treat yourself and get yourself some lovely free goodies!

Also, if you have a wishlist of around £99, why not join up as a demonstrator? Right now, during SAB, you can get £162.50 worth of products for only £99!! Yup! It's true! And there is no further commitment necessary...if you just want to be a Hobby Demonstrator, that's totally fine! 

So why not get in touch and take advantage of this fabulous deal? I would be happy to give you all the information you need, and set you in the right direction...please feel free to email me at lizyshouseofcards@mail.com or call me on 07915 698577

Right, off for a cuppa...night!

Happy 2nd Birthday Less Is More!!

Good morning LIMettes!

And Happy 2nd Birthday to Less Is More!! I can't believe it is almost 2 years since I started blogging....LIM was one of the first challenges I ever entered!

This week their challenge is

 Kraft & Kreme 

I don't think I've ever made a card in this colour combo before, but I like it!! :))

I used Crumb Cake & Very Vanilla card, Early Espresso Marker and Heart Collection Framelits for my card. Oh and some Very Vanilla Seam Binding.

The sentiment is hand written but inspired by the one from Elements of Style Stamp set. I finished with some tiny pearls from a nail art set.

I have designed my card around this week's sketch at CAS(E) This Sketch.

If you would like to order any of the items I used, and receive free Sale-A-Bration items for every £45 you spend, please do contact me on 07915 698577 or email me at lizyshouseofcards@mail.com

Also, if you would like to join my next Stampers 6 club, please get in touch...the next one will be starting in March, with still enough time to get your Sale-A-Bration items!

And if you would like to become a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, now is the perfect time to join up because during Sale-A-Bration you get to choose any products up to the value of £162.50 and still only pay £99!! That's an extra 25% of fabulous SU! goodies! I already have one lady who has taken advantage of this incredible offer and joined me as one of my tINKerbelles!

So please do get in touch...don't miss out! 

I also want to say thank you to Chrissie and Jen for ShowCASeing my card for the 'friends' challenge...it means alot! :)

Ok, off to work now! Don't celebrate too much without me LIMettes! ;)

Happy Saturday! 

A card inspired by another!

Good evening all :)

I have a card here that I've made for the Colour Q challenge. As soon as I saw this colour combo, and the stunning card made by Sylvia, it inspired me to CASe her card. 
So here is my card...

A closer view

And here is Sylvia's card...

Isn't it just stunning??

I used similar techniques to Sylvia too, including stamping and embossing my image before colouring with my Stampin' Up! markers. A little trick I discovered whilst colouring...if you don't have a watercolour blender pen, try spritzing a little water onto a tile or some acetate, and dip your coloured marker into the water before colouring. Then, as the water wears out, the colour gets deeper, so creating some shading.

Supplies used

Cardstock - Whisper White, Crumb Cake

Stamps - Elements Of Style

Markers - More Mustard, Old Olive, Riding Hood Red

Embossing Folders - Adorning Accents Folders, Perfect Polka Dots

Dies - Labels Collection Framelits, Adorning Accents Edglits

Other - Versamark Embossing Pad, Stampin' Emboss Powder; Clear

If you would like me to order any Stampin' Up! products for delivery right to your door, (and get your freebies) please don't hesitate to contact me on 07915 698577 or email me at lizyshouseofcards@mail.com

Other Challenges

2 Sisters Challenges - Anything Goes

Dream Valley - Anything Goes

Thanks for popping on by...see you soon!