Showing posts with label Lili of the Valley. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lili of the Valley. Show all posts

Sunday, 14 February 2016

Layers and more layers!!!!

Hi! I hope you are having a great weekend and a great Valentine's day!!!

I've got a new card for you today. It's a new baby card for a friend of mine who is due any time now! Actually, the baby should have been here exactly one week ago!

I decided to make the card in my "messy" style... lots of layers, distressing, heat embossing and lots of embellishments! I really had a lot of fun making it.



For this card I used a LOTV stamp, which I bought a few years ago, right before my long crafting break and I never had the chance to use. 
I decided to use Kraft and pink on my card, which together with blue and pink is one of my favourite colour combinations.



Card Recipe

 6x6 card blank
kraft card
white card stock
papers are mainly scraps from craft magazine freebies over the years
Image coloured with Promarkers and Flexmarkers
white gel pen
"Cutie" sentiment stamp is from the Paper Smooches Scripty sayings set
Postmark stamp is from The works
New baby sentiment stamp was freebie from magazine a few years ago
"Lots of love" sentiment from Forever Friends New arrival clear stamp collection
Sizzix Doily border die
Tag die cut (inside pocket) from Joy Crafts
small tag from X-cut
Martha Stewart butterfly punch
scripture stamp (used to emboss the butterflies) from Papermania Urban Stamps
baby footprint stamp from Hobbycraft -  I might add the baby's name and date of birth in here once she's born! 
papermania pink pigment ink pad
embossing powders in pink and white 
Memento tuxedo black ink
Versamark embossing ink
Distress ink pad in Antique linen
Flowers and lace from Wild orchid crafts
pink ribbon
white and pink twine
pink pearls
washi tapes 
pink gems
buttons 
a little piece of netting






 I'd like to enter this card into the following challenges:

2 creative chicks #7 - Anything goes
613 Avenue Create - Anything goes
Addicted to Stamps #120 -  Die cuts (Sizzix doily die cut, two tags die cuts)
Brown Sugar #185 - Favourite colour combo (kraft and pink)
Crafting from the heart #98 - always anything goes
Crafting with an attitude #12 - Always Anything goes
Crafts Galore Encore - use a digi or stamp
Crafty Friends #25 - Girly
Crafty Hazelnut's patterned paper challenge - February AG with patterned paper
Craft your passion #298 - always anything goes
Crafty Sentiment Designs  - Dies and/or punches
Creative Craft Cottage - Tag you are it (two tags in card)
HIMCR #238 - Super Scraps Saturday
I love Promarkers #302 - bingo (Ribbon, sentiment, flowers)
Inspiration Destination #72 - Anything goes
Just keep on creating -  February 2016 Anything goes
Lil Patch of Crafty friends #27 - Anything goes
One crazy stamper - February anything goes
Passion for Promarkers #332 - Papertastic (3 or more layers)
PDE Linky Party #110 - Anything goes
Penny's challenge #264 - Use your favourite colour or embellishment (favourite colour combo is pink/kraft; favourite embellishments are flowers and washi tape)
Simply Papercraft #23 - Anything goes
Sisters of Craft - Anything goes
Stamping Sensations - February challenge anything goes
That Craft Place 14 February challenge - anything goes
The Crafty Addicts #8 - Anything goes
The Pencil Case #13 - More than one (layer, buttons, pearls)
TTCRD  - Always anything goes



Thank you so much for stopping by!!!! 
Until next time!!!






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Sunday, 27 April 2014

Scribble and Scrap challenge #17 DT post: Always Anything goes!!!!

Morning!!! Happy Sunday!!! 

I'm here, early on a Sunday morning, because we have a new challenge over at 


As always, the challenge is Anything goes. so go over to the Scribble and Scrap challenge, take a look at the great cards my fellow DTs have made for your inspiration and join us!
There will be a Random drawn winner, who will get a £15 voucher to spend in the Scribble and Scrap shop. 
But if the Random drawn winner has used a product from www.scribbleandscrap.co.uk the prize will be a £20 voucher instead of a £15 voucher.
Also each of the Top Three will win a £5 voucher to spend at www.scribbleandscrap.co.uk! 

 and this is my DT card for the new challenge!


I decided to make a twisted easel card (is that the right name???). It's the first one I've ever made.

 The beautiful blue papers I've used are from the Moody Blues Set 1 Digital papers from the Scribble and Scrap shop.
The sentiment is also from the Scribble and Scrap shop. it's part of the Basic New Baby Sentiment Digi set.

I hand-stitched around the edges of all the layers with white thread.

 The image I've used is a new new one I got from Lili of the Valley.  I really love this little baby on top of the rocking horse. It's called "Rocking Horse".





I used my Promarkers and Flexmarkers to colour the image.

 the colours I used are:

 Flexmarkers: Celestial Blue and Cadet Blue
Promakers: Blush, Almond, Blossom, Cool Grey 1 to 5, Powder Blue, Raw Sienna, Tan







I also used:

 Heart Die cut from Sissix
Glitter Glue to give a bit of sparkle to baby clothes and hearts.
Buttons from Papermania.
"It's a Boy" Ribbon from local shop.
 Blue Lace from market stall in Manchester.
Pearl Brads from Wild Orchid Crafts.
Little Feet charm from The Ribbon Girl
Flowers from The Ribbon Girl and Wild Orchid Crafts





I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:

 Brown Sugar #81 - AG
Crafting by Designs - Use flowers 2nd entry
Crafty Hazelnut's patterned Paper challenge - AG with Patterned paper April
Crafty Sentiments - Fancy Folds
Deep Ocean challenge #76 - Stitching (true or false)
Fairies challenge #24 - Baby
Fairytale challenge #90 - Cute only
Hanna and Friends #195 - Favourite colours (one of my favourite colours are blue together with yellow)
Just Inspirational - Bingo (my line is: Lace, flowers, Buttons, Brads - diagonal-)
Loves Rubberstamps #100 - Fancy Folds
Papercrating Journey -  Make an easel card
Simply Create too  #60 - Stack'um up (use at least two layers) 2nd entry
Sparkles Monthly #55 - Favourite colour combination (one of my favourite colours are blue together with yellow)
The Crafter's Cafe #60 -  Add Glitter
Through the Craft Room door - AG
Try it on Tuesday - More than one fold
I really hope you like my card!!!

 Thank you so much for stopping by! it means the world to me!

 Until later on!





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Sunday, 13 April 2014

Scribble and Scrap challenge #16 DT post

Morning!!!
I hope you are all having a great weekend... I have family visiting, so I'm really busy at the moment and I haven't had time to craft or visit any of your blogs... hopefully I will catch up on everything over the next few days...

As every fortnight, we have a new challenge at 


As always, the challenge is Anything goes. so go over to the Scribble and Scrap challenge, take a look at the great cards my fellow DTs have made for your inspiration and join us!
There will be a Random drawn winner, who will get a £15 voucher to spend in the Scribble and Scrap shop. 
But if the Random drawn winner has used a product from www.scribbleandscrap.co.uk the prize will be a £20 voucher instead of a £15 voucher.
Also each of the Top Three will win a £5 voucher to spend at www.scribbleandscrap.co.uk! 
And this is my DT card for this challenge!



I made this card for my husband's birthday.

The papers I've used are perfect for this card. They are the "One for the Boys" digital paper set from Scribble and Scrap.
As usual, I couldn't resist a bit of distressing, so I used my Tim Holtz Distresser Tool on all the paper and card stock borders. 
I also hand-stitched them with white thread.


For this card, I used a rubber stamp by Lili of the Valley called  "Toot" Toot!". I stamped it with Memento ink in Tuxedo Black and coloured it with my Promarkers.
The Promarkers I used are:
Raw Sienna, Sandstone, Almond, Vanilla, Cocoa, Blossom, Peach, Soft Peach, Cornflower, Powder Blue, Tulip Yellow, Cool Grey 5 to 1.






I also distressed the image and the papers with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Old Paper.
The "Birthday Wishes" sentiment is from The Basic Birthday Sentiment Digi set at the Scribble and Scrap shop.
I created the other sentiment on the computer. 

I finished the card with a corner punch, a few buttons and a bit of twine. 




I would also like to enter the following challenges:

As you like it - favourite style of stitching (faux or real) and why : my favourite style of stitching is real. I hand-stitch most of my cards, I don't used a machine. I like the texture real stitching gives to the cards. It usually takes me ages but it's worth it!


Thank you so much for stopping by! Please leave a comment if you like my card and don't forget to follow me if you are not already! :)

Until next time!!!



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Tuesday, 18 March 2014

Try it on Tuesday GDT spot!!! a very musical card!

Morning!!! Happy Tuesday!

First of all, I want to welcome my new followers! thank you so much for clicking the "follow" button! it means so much to me! Hopefully I will be able to inspire you in some way or another!

Today's post is very special, because I'm the Guest Designer for Try It on Tuesday challenge this fortnight!!! I can't tell you how happy I am to have made a card as a GDT for this amazing challenge!  Thank you so much for having me!

When I was told about the theme this week, I just had to smile! It was perfect for a card I needed to make...(not telling you for who, a bit too early...!!! ). So the theme at Try it Tuesday challenge this week is.... 
MUSIC!!!
So start making your Music themed cards and join Try it on Tuesday challenge!

This is the card I made:






I used two clear stamps for this card. 
The first one is the "Grunge Music" clear stamp from Lili of the Valley, which I stamped with black ink.
The second one is a beautiful floral clear stamp with lots of roses from Fleur boutique stamp collection (it was a freebie in a magazine). I coloured the roses with my Promarkers. 








The colours I used are: lilac, lavender, blossom, pink mittens, buttercup, tulip yellow, Lime Zest, Leaf green.














And of course, I put a lot of layers! 


The papers are from: Crate Paper DIY shop paper pad (the music sheet paper in the background) and a freebie from a magazine (the cream paper).

I distressed all the edges of the papers with the Tim Holtz Distresser tool and Tim Holtz Distress Ink pad in Tea Dye and Tattered Rose. I bent the corners to give it a bit of a vintage/grunge look.

I also hand-stitched the bottom layer with white thread.

I used a pink doily and a piece of lace mesh as extra layers. 

Under the roses image I put a beautiful frame die cut from Marianne Creatables.

The butterflies are punched with the Martha Stewart punch and wet embossed using the LOTV grunge music stamp, using pink embossing powder.

I used a small musical note punch to add some pink notes on top of the music sheet.

The flowers and pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

I created the sentiment on my computer.
The ribbon attached is from local shop.




I would also like to enter this card into the following challenges:



I really hope you like my GDT card for Try it on tuesday. Don't forget to check out the challenge!

I really appreciate your comments, they make me so happy! and don't forget to follow!

Until next time!


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Sunday, 16 March 2014

Scribble and Scrap challenge #14 DT post!

Morning!!! Happy Sunday!!! I hope you are all having a great weekend! 

Busy Sunday for me! we've decided to join our city's leisure centre! woo hoo! I really need to start exercising, get some energy and get fit! They have a really affordable family rate, which includes gym, classes, pool... etc.. the lot! so we have joined!
Today we have our Gym's induction, and then we will be going to the pool, so a bit of family exercising all together! 


And as every other Sunday, this morning there is a new 


As always, the challenge is Anything goes. so go over to the Scribble and Scrap challenge, take a look at the great cards my fellow DTs have made for your inspiration and join us!
There will be a Random drawn winner, who will get a £15 voucher to spend in the Scribble and Scrap shop. 
But if the Random drawn winner has used a product from www.scribbleandscrap.co.uk the prize will be a £20 voucher instead of a £15 voucher.
Also each of the Top Three will win a £5 voucher to spend at www.scribbleandscrap.co.uk! 
This is the card I've made this fortnight!



I decided to make a card with one of my favourite colour combinations, brown and blue! So I used these beautiful papers, part of the Fabulous Florals 2 digital paper set from Scribble and Scrap and put them on top of kraft card. I used a paper crimper to create the corrugated effect on the blue paper. I love the pattern on these papers so much!!!  

This is a close up of the papers:



I hand-stitched all the paper borders with white thread, distressed then with Tim Holtz distresser tool and Tim Holtz distreess ink in Old paper.

The sentiment is also from Scribble and Scrap, it is one of many sentiments you can get with the Basic Birthday Sentiment Digi Set.



For my image, I used a rubber stamp from Lili of the Valley called Fairies - on Tip Toe.







 I coloured the image with my Promakers in just blue and brown colours,

I used:
Raw Sienna, Buttercup, Sandstone, Cornflower and Powder Blue.









I used a Doily Sizzix Die cut behind the image.

To embellish I cut some butterflies with  Martha Stewart Butterfly punch, lace, gems and charm from local shops, pearls and flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts.




I'm also entering this card into the following challenges:


As you like it - favourite colour medium and why (my favourite colour medium is Promarkers. I love how the blend, the choice of colours and precision tip!)
Aud Sentiments #102 - Anything goes 2nd entry
Papertake Weekly challenge - bingo (gems, die cugts, flowers)
Top Tip tuesday - 3, 5 or 7 of something (I put 5 paper flowers and 3 gems in fairy's hair)
Tuesday Throwdown #186 - Stitching  2nd entry
Whoopsi Daisy - Birthday challenge


I really hope you like my DT card for Scribble and Scrap this fortnight!
Please leave me some love in the comments if you do, and don't forget to follow.

Until later on!




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Tuesday, 28 January 2014

A Vintage Wedding

Hi! I'm here again!  thank you so much for stopping by! 

this is becoming so addictive! If I don't get my paper and markers fix a few times a week (ok... I have to take a few nights off!!!) I go craaazzzy!!!!! although finding the time is so difficult! and now my little darling is at home, sick with temperature and a very runny nose....  (but she's still full of energy??!??), so even harder! I just wait for her to go to bed and my crafting begins!

This time I bring you a Wedding card... I think it's the first wedding card I've put up since I started the blog! I tried AGAIN! to go for a vintage-look card....this time monochrome and in nude colours. I'm not sure if I can consider this sepia colouring? please let me know in the comments below, as I'm not sure if I've chosen the right markers for sepia colouring....  I used the one's I have, I'm slowly trying to build up my Promarker collection.



I used this stamp by Lili of the Valley called "Wedding Couple". It is one of my "abandoned" rubber stamps.... I haven't used it for so long! 

The papers I've used are non-branded. I also used my "Postcard" stamp by Papermania Urban Stamps, with brown ink.
I built up the layers over kraft card. 
I used a punched hearts border and lace across the card.


The Promarkers I used are:
Raw Sienna, Sandstone, Putty Mastic, Almond, and Blender Pen.
For the blonde hair I used: buttermilk and eggnog.



The corner stamp next to the image is from Tim Holtz Stampendous collection. 










I punched two butterflies (Martha Stewart punch) in Kraft card, and then I used the Postcard stamp with Versamark embossing ink, white embossing powder (Papermania foam white) and my heating tool to create the script embossing on the butterflies.






The Sentiment is my own, created with my laptop. I used one of my new Marianne Creatables tag dies for the label/tag shape.

All the papers, doily, image, hearts and sentiment are inked with Tim Holtz Distress ink in Tea dye and distressed with the Tim Holtz distresser tool.

The flowers, pearls and lace are from Wild Orchid Crafts.




I'm entering this card into the following challenges (in no particular order...)

Quirky Crafts #2 - 3 B's (I chose Butterflies)
Brown Sugar #78 - Embossing (butterflies are wet embossed) 2nd entry)


I really hope you have enjoyed this card! don't forget to leave me some love and follow if you haven't done already. 

Thank you so much for stopping by!!! I'm now back to give my little girl some more cuddles!
Until next time!


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Saturday, 28 December 2013

New Baby, New Beginnings....

Hi!!!! I'm back!

I've had a few days break from blogging over Christmas, although I've done a bit of crafting here and there... I have a few projects going on that I'm not able to share with you just yet...

I hope you all had a fab Christmas. In here, at the Diaz-Kaleem household we had a very happy little girl, who has become a "mummy" to her baby doll now... she got a lot more things, but the doll is her favourite! I got some great crafty things I can't wait to use now... and of course, the new CD of Olly Murs, I just love him!

 Now I'm just waiting for New Year Celebrations... bring on 2014!!!! nothing like the feeling of starting new, with the New Year resolutions and all that! I'm still working on my New Year Resolutions, and this year, I'll make all of them happen!!!! (well, I won't put too much pressure on myself... with achieving just a few I'll be happy!)

Today I got a New Baby card I was asked to make (yes, another one! and more to come soon, so many new babies!!!). I used my Lili of the Valley "Baby Blanket" rubber stamp.



The papers I've used are from First Edition Rose Garden Paper Pad.
I have hand-stitched the borders of all the papers... I should really start using my sewing machine... I bought it years ago, but never managed to do it properly!!!  for the moment, until then, I'll carry on with my hand-stitiching!









As always, I used my Promarkers to colour the baby.

For face: Vanilla, Almond, Ivory and blossom
For clothes: Pink Carnation, blossom, pink mittens and blender pen.
Floor: Lavender
I paper-pieced the blanket with a bit of scrap left from papers.








The Die cuts I've used are: Marianne Creatables corner, Joy Crafts tag and the Sizzix Scallop Circle nesting dies.

The flowers, lace and pearls are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

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I'm entering this card into the following challenges:


I hope you enjoy this card. Please let a comment below if you do! I love reading all your nice comments... and don't forget to follow me!

Thanks for taking the time to take a look at my card.
Until next time!



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Monday, 23 December 2013

Merry Christmas!!!!! plus a LOTV Birthday card...

Hi!!!!! 2 more sleeps to go!!!!!

I'm so excited, having young children makes Christmas so much special!  All the presents are wrapped and hidden, food shopping is done for Christmas Eve (I follow my Spanish tradition on this and celebrate Christmas Eve with a nice dinner and family time). On Christmas day we will open the presents (this is my UK tradition, as in Spain presents are on the 6th of January when the 3 Wise Men bring the presents instead of Santa Claus), and we will have the leftovers from the night before! Although we are spending Christmas in the UK alone, we will have Christmas Eve dinner and open the presents with my parents and grandma through Skype! We did it last year and it was great!

So, as this will be my last post before Christmas, I would like to wish you all 

A Very Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!


Today I've got a Birthday card for you.... Yeah, no more Christmas cards! yay (I love Christmas, but I struggle with making my Christmas cards so much...).

I used a lovely stamp by Lili of the Valley called Maisie Two Balloons. I've had it for about 2 years, it's great for a little girl!!!!



I really love the combination of brown and blue (one of my favourites together with brown and pink!). 
The papers I used are from: First Edition Desert Bloom paper pad and from the K&C paper pad.
The sentiment came with a pack of sentiments as a free gift with a craft magazine.



I coloured Maisie with my Promarkers in brown and blue colours.

For her hair and shoes I used Cocoa, Sandstone and Buttermilk.
For her skin: Vanilla and blossom.
For her dress, bow and balloons: Cornflower and powder blue.

I used a Nellie Snellen flourish corner die-cut as a mask and inked around it to leave that beautiful flourish shape as a blank area to contrast with the inked area.... This technique is one of my favourites, together with distressing every edge with ink and blades!!!!

I think it is a beautiful way to frame the image and cover the blank spaces.




The dies used are: Tim Holtz Alterations Elegant Flourish and Marianne Creatables leaves.

The flowers and pearl are from Wild Orchid Crafts.
The butterflies are from a local shop and  the piece of mesh under the layers was part of the flower arrangements from my cousin's wedding last year... talk about recycling!!!!!

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

All sorts challenge #238 - Brown with blue, aqua or turquoise
Penny's challenge #158 - Favourite technique or colour combination (inking with a die-cut mask)
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Birthdays (2nd entry)
Deep Ocean challenge #67 - Something old  stamp and mesh
Seize the Birthday - AG Birthday with no toppings
Crafty Little Fairies - Anything goes
Stamp n Doodle - Anything goes
Sister Act #38 - Anything goes
Polkadoodles #51 - Anything goes
Stamping for the weekend - Anything goes
Alphabet challenge - W for whatever you wish
Brown Sugar #73 - Anything goes
Inkspirational challenge #46 - Anything Inkspirational goes
613 Avenue Create #51 - Anything goes no twist
Scribble and Scrap #8 - Anything goes GDT
The Pink Elephant #231 - Anything goes
Addicted to Stamps and more #76 - Anything goes (2nd entry)
Crafty Girls #8 - Anything goes (2nd entry)
Passion for Promarkers #228 - Include a Sentiment (2nd entry)

I really hope you like this card. If you do, I would like it if you leave a comment with any feedback!
I like comments!!!!
and don't forget to click on the follow me button!

Have a lovely holiday season!
Until next time!

















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