For Brooklynn

Stamps: Lizzie Anne High Hellos

Cardstock: Bazzill Bling & SU Eggplant Envy (I think!)

Ink: SU Eggplant Envy & Basic Black. SU Markers - Yoyo Yellow & Only Orange

Tools & Embellishments: Scalloped corner adorner, deckled scissors & corner flower punch. For the sparkles I used a quickie glue pen & SU Dazzling diamonds (these are still my favourite sparkles!

This card was made for Brooklynn, she's 8 - well she's really 2 as she was born on Feb 29th! She was Baptised yesterday and we were honored to be invited to share in her special day, she LOVES yellow so it HAD to have yellow!

Well we had 4 inches of snow last night!!! My poor daffodils are buried :( My girls have been having a lot of fun with the snow - VERY exciting! They made a Kitty, a Dog, a Rabbit, a person and a bird! All out of snow - how very clever! We took a photo but you can't really make them out which is a shame because they worked so hard on them :)

In the Treetop

Stamps: Lizzie Anne Designs In the Treetop

Cardstock: Bazzill Bling & SU Whisper White

Ink: SU So Saffron & Always Artichoke

Tools & Embellishments: Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl, Marvy Giga Scallop Rectangle & Adornit Swirly Ribbon

I had a lot of fun making this card. I decided I would dust off my cuttlebug and actually use it hahaha! I have only 2 emboss folders, this swirly one and then a snowflake one! I really must invest in a few more ;) The Ribbon takes center stage here, I absolutely LOVE this ribbon, Creative Impressions have a few different colours too. I'm off to get my taxes sent off (finally!) it's at times like this that I wish we lived in England and to top that it's SNOWING!! Quite heavily too!

Spellbinders Nestabilities!!!

I am SOOOOOO excited, a bunch of my Nestabilities came so they are now in my store :) This picture shows what the dies can do - as well as die cutting you can emboss with them and stencil with them too!!! I still have a few of them on back order - all the new long rectangles and the new tags but I do have some of the classics! Now I need to figure out how to use them with my cuttlebug - hmmm, this is going to be fun! I will post another card later today...I have to do a few household chores first and then my mind will be free to be creative. Right now all I can think about is all the ironing I have to do!!!

Fairy Wishes

Stamps: Lizzie Anne High Hellos & Fairy

Cardstock: (Scraps)

Ribbon: Adorn it

Tools & Embellishments: Me & My Big Ideas self Adhesive Rhinestones, Icicle Stickles, Fiskars hand held flower punch & Flowers are from the Noteworthy Embellishment jar

I love love love these self adhesive Rhinestones! I can't seem to make a card these days without them! I have had another busy busy day! I need a vacation to look forward to! My Mum gets here on the 14th April so we are all counting down to that :) My little girls are excited to see their Nanna.

I GOT AN AWARD!!!!!

It's my very first one and it was given by the FABULOUS Dawn at Buggin' around she so nice and her creations are gorgeous!
It's the Arte Y Pico award! I am completely thrilled! Apparently the "Arte Y Pico" (Art & More) is given to bloggers who share their art and creativity making their contribution to the blogger world. My turn to pass it on :) I choose Carol at Crazy for Crafting and I have just realized it's her Birthday today so Happy Birthday to you :D, I also pick Dawny P at Pink Piggy , Dawn at All Pink Girl , I would also like to give it to Tricia at Letters from Lizzie (she is a very busy lady) at lastly I would like to send it back to Dawn at Buggin' around (linky above)...she inspires me too :D (It didn't say I couldn't do that in the rules ;) ) I've just realized how many Dawn's inspire me!!!
Here are the rules:

1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also contributes to the blogging community, no matter what language.

2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.

3) Each award winner has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog that has given her or him the award itself.

4) Award-winner and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y Pico" blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.

5) To show these rules.

Updated Kitchen! (Phase one)

We have been SO busy this weekend. We had new Quartz countertops fitted on Friday (Yay no more grubby tile grout to scrub with a toothbrush!) and so Saturday I spent 12+ hours painting the kitchen, hallway and nook. 12 hours!!! There was a LOT of edging! John (my clever husband) was the Gas Man...a plumber...and a tiler!!! among other professions! A very productive day. The next step will be refacing the cabinets. We found a fabulous direct buy website which only costs a fraction of the price that you would buy it from Lowes or Home depot for the exact same product :D Now I have chairs to fit together...I promise I will make a card today and post it by this evening. Right now I need to help at my daughters school...if I don't mark the Math homework then nobody will!!!! Hahahaha!

Sharing the Lizzie Love! 20% off entire line!!!

This card has been made using Lizzie Anne's High Hellos set. The Rhinestones are Me & My Big Ideas. Unfortunately I can't remember where I got the patterned paper! I have decided to have a bit of a Spring Fling and those who love Lizzie Anne stamps are going to benefit from it - yes I have ALL my Lizzie Anne stamps on sale for the very first time for (drum role please) a massive 20% off!!! This is only for a limited time so make the most of it ladies :) I don't plan on having them on sale again until maybe next year. HAPPY SHOPPING!

(((SCREAM)))

It arrived!!! It finally arrived!!! My Cosmo Cricket order from CHA! Ooooooohh it's all just so lovely and scrumptious! I've made sure that my prices are very competitive so check out what I have in stock. Here's a sneak peak at a little bit of what I have...

The COGSMO collection is SO CUTE! The Paper Crafting Kits are BRILLIANT! Can you tell how excited I am - I'm about to burst!!!

A very happy Wednesday to everyone :D

Lizzie Anne Design Challenge

You can find the Lizzie Anne Design Challenger here. The challenge was to keep it green in honour of St. Patrick's Day :) The BEST thing about this card...I used all scraps! What a good girl I am :) HAPPY St. PATRICK'S DAY TO EVERYONE!!!

Busy SHOPPING!

Stamps: Lizzie Anne Designs High Hellos

Cardstock: SU Eggplant Envy (yes it's the old stuff!), Bazzill Bling & Gypsy by Basic Grey

Ink/Markers: SU Markers & Brilliance Graphite Black ink

Embellishments: Diamond Stickles & butterfly punch

So I actually made this card on Monday but for the rest of Monday I Spring Cleaned the downstairs of my house - SO - to congratulate myself I have been shopping since :) Tuesday I bought myself a beautiful springy dress (Spring WILL arrive soon!) and also found the PERFECT pair of capris, it's so hard to find the perfect pair...now I wish I had bought two!!! Anyway today my very good friend (she's like a sister to me) Tanya invited me to go to Costco with her. So 2 days of shopping! My kind of life! I still have SUCH a big to-do list, it's so long it's off putting! I'm taking babysteps...it's the one great thing I learned from FLYlady. Oh and the 10 minute dash is a LIFESAVER! My kids love it when I set the timer and tell them we only have 10 minutes to tidy their playroon and bedroon AND it actually works and instead of them dawdling it motivates them to speed up. More time for playing :D It's a WIN WIN.

Lizzie Anne Design Challenge

Stamps: Lizzie Anne Design's Once Upon a Time and Dreaming of Dots

Cardstock: All SU Blues

Inks: SU Blues

Embellishments: Creative Impressions Ribbon, Waterfall Stickles & Making Memories Embellishment Jar Button

Tools: Super Jumbo Circle Punch & Mega Scallop Circle Punch

I AM LOVING THIS RIBBON! Okay calm down and breathe...1...2...3...I'm okay now! This is for the Lizzie Anne Design challenge this week. The fabulous Joslyn gave us the layout and the twist was that you had to stick with the same colour family - harder than I thought it would be! Haha! I decided to make another dragon card (my second) as my daughter Lynzee is MAD about them and it was about time I made her another one for her shrine!

Adornit Ribbons! YUMMY!

Ta daa! This is my GORGEOUS Adornit Ribbons! I can't wait to use some of it! This is a little more pricey than my other ribbons - almost double the price but I still wanted to keep the price down so they are on sale for $4.99 for 4 Yards! BARGAIN! You can find them here. I think I will work on the Lizzie Anne Design Challenge tomorrow morning, I'm a little tired right now - could do with an early night!

Thanks for stopping by :D

High Hellos

Stamps: Lizzie Anne Design's High Hellos

Cardstock: Red with Pink envelope set, Orange from 6x6 Basic Grey Gypsy paper pack, SU whisper white and Basic Black

Inks: Brilliance Graphite Black & SU Watercolor Pencils

Ribbon: Creative Impressions red with white dots and edge.

Punches: Uchida Extra Jumbo Scallop Oval & SU Rectangle hand held punch

Embellishments: Me & My Big Ideas Rhinestones red, pink & orange

I am like a child is a sweet shop! I am surrounded by SO much beautiful ribbon! I just HAD to start using some. I love this red with white dots, so eye-popping! I had a lot of fun yesterday putting together ribbon collections you MUST check them out. I also have some Adorn it ribbon that I am hoping to get in my store later today! This ribbon is SO gorgeous! I just ran out of the Cropper Hopper Ribbon Cards to store them on so I need to pop out and buy a few more :)

Ribbon heaven!

I am on cloud 9 right now...I am drowning in BEAUTIFUL ribbons! I bought far too many from CHA (I just couldn't stop myself!) and now I am creating samplers to sell in my eBay store :) This is the first one that I have put together. It is ribbon by Alexx Kesh & Co. Daisy ribbon, Herringbone ribbon and poco-dot Satin ribbon stored on a hangable ribbon card. All are SO beautiful!!! I will be adding a ribbon section to my store so you can easily find all these luscious goodies.

For my Beautiful niece Emma...

I wanted to create something really special for my lovely Niece Emma. I am a terrible Aunty and forgot her Birthday! I love how this card turned out. All these buttons are from the Making Memories Noteworthy jar and then I also used a swirl from Lizzie Anne's So Swirly set. I'm feeling much better today - still got a bit of a thick head and a delicate stomach but I did manage to get some housework done which must mean I am feeling better. Chloe is also doing great. She went back to school today - boy I wish I could bounce back as fast as she did! Thank you everyone for your kind wishes :)

For my Princess

Stamps: Lizzie Anne Once Upon a Time, So Swirly & Simply Sentiments sets

Cardstock: SU Pixie Pink, Green Galore & Whisper White

Ink: SU Black & Real Red, Pixie Pink Markers & Versamark

Embellishments: Pearl Emboss powder, Doodlebug Paper Ribbon & M&MBI Icons (gems)

Well I prayed that it wouldn't happen but alas it did, my little Princess caught my Flu! We get VERY worried when she gets even a cold because she has had febrile seizures a LOT. She had a temp of 104 this morning and no seizure YAY! My little Princess is becoming very strong. I'm so proud of her. She loved having ice cream for breakfast :D. Anyway this card was made for her with her 2 favourite colours - bright pink and bright green. GET WELL SOON CHLOE!

A bit under the weather!

Stamps: Lizzie Anne Design's Gettin' Hitched & Just Words

Ink: SU Markers & Basic Black

Cardstock: Bazzill Bling scraps! (aren't I a good girl!) the white is SU Whisper White

Tools: Marvy Mega Scallop Oval Punch & Cuttlebug D'Vine Swirl

Embellishments: Buttons from Making Memories Embellishment Jar

I made this card a few days ago when I was feeling happy and well. Since Thursday afternoon I have been getting poorlier and poorlier :( I ended up with the flu! Which I don't think I have ever had before - well lets just say I have never in my life (apart from when I had sunstroke maybe) felt this ill before . I had a fever of over 104 and back pain like I was in labor!!!! Anyway I feel a bit better now but I am trying to rest. Of course this is the weekend that my husband decides he wants to paint all the cabinets in the kitchen! Hahaha!

Swirly Friends!

Stamps: Lizzie Anne Design's So Swirly & Simply Sentiments

Cardstock: Red with pink envelopes

Ink: Brilliance Graphite Black & Moonlight White

Embellishments: Making Memories Embellishment jar, Doodlebug paper ribbon, Stampendous geo shapes, Satin Pearl emboss powder & Etched Elegance Pewter by Imaginisce oh and also Pebbles Shimmer Chalks

How can such a simple card contain so many parts??? I started to list what I had used and am shocked at how many items were actually used!!! I thought I would try embossing straight onto the pewter and I quite like how it turned out :) I lightened up the swirls with white chalk. I am off to take my girls to the park, it's a lovely springy day and I can no longer stare at in from inside! I'm sending good sunny vibes your way so that you may receive a little sunshine too :D

Lizzie Anne Design Challenge

Stamps: Lizzie Anne Sketched Sentiments and Floral Frenzy

Cardstock: Pink with red envelopes & Basic Grey Gypsy

Ink: Brilliance Pearlescent Crimson (YUM!)

Embellishments: SU Ribbon & M&MBI Icons (bling)

I wanted my ribbon to punch and knock you over...I think I acheived this!! Hahaha! This was made for the Lizzie Anne Design challenge this week. Meridith (Anne) had a FAB idea of stamping extra lovelyness onto the patterened paper so I gave it a go and my oh my it's nerve-racking! Especially because this was my only piece of this gorgeous cardstock! I have been wanting to use my 'YOU ROCK" stamp for a while so I am VERY happy that I have finally used it :) I hope the sun is shining wherever you are, it is a little chilly here but the sun makes ALL the difference!

NEW PRODUCTS COMING SOON!

I LOVE SHOPPING!!!!! I had SO much fun shopping at CHA. I had an idea of what I would like to find before I went which helped a little but it was hard not to get TOO overly excited! I started with Paper. I knew I needed something that could be used in making cards. Of course I headed straight to Basic Grey and was handed a colour coded wrist band with a number on it too which they told me would be the order in which the orders would be shipped which told me that they were planning on have a LOT of orders and sure thing they were busy non-stop. I remembered Meridith (Anne of Lizzie Anne) mentioning how much she LOVED Cosmo Cricket so I took a look and completely fell in love! Their Cogsmo paper alone got me hooked! My new friend Joslyn took a photo of me making my very first purchase. I can't wait for it all to arrive :D I also wanted to stock some nice markers and whenever you ask "wow what beautiful colouring in, what did they use?" the reply would come back "Copics" so I ventured over to see them and who should we bump into but Debbie Olson of Thinking Inking. She is SO nice and took the time to show me the benifits of the markers and how to use them. HOOKED! I also bought from Spellbinder - their new Nestability tags and rectangles along with a few of their other items. But my biggest purchase HAD to be RIBBON! I just couldn't stop myself. I actually took Joslyn, Meridith and Tricia to see which ones they liked best (as we all have different tastes) and after making purchases at 3 places I had to tell myself NO MORE! I'm excited to start selling it though, it means I get to play with it too ;) The one other place I ordered from was all about the glitter, Glitter spray and also a fantastic glue pad by Palette - I was sceptical about this at first but after seeing the demo I was convinced that this is what I needed. NEEDED. I'm still in a bit of a trance from lack of sleep!

I'M HOME!

I'm exhausted!!! Not only did we work VERY hard we played extremely hard too :D Here we are on our first day. This is after practically 2 crazy days at Disney!!! So before the day even started our feet were crying!!! The booth turned out beautifully. We gave out a LOT of Catalogues too. VERY exciting! Joslyn and I walked around the show floor to see what was new and a 'MUST' have. CHA is HUGE! Very easy to get lost. I made some purchases for my store which I am excited to tell you about later (SOON!).

Erm...Soarin 7 times in a row baby!!!! Yes you read it right. We went to a CHA dinner dance at California Adventure Tuesday night and we got to ride Soarin exclusively for 2 whole hours, I dare say we made the most of it! 3 times in a row we were able to stay on - IN THE FROM ROW! I love Disney! We really needed it too, we needed to de-stress and this was PERFECT!

I think we were all in agreement that Space mountain was one of our favourites. We waited about 30 mins, what a fantastic ride. When the ride had finished I said "AGAIN AGAIN" and guess what...they got a bit muddled and ended up sending us again! Hows about that for positive thinking!!! We were SO happy we were cheering SO loud! When the ride finished again I thought I would try my luck again but alas it only works one time! But then later that day (at least I think it was the same day) we got in the loooong line to ride Splash Mountain and got chatting to one of the cast members and he gave us a group fast pass!!! How fabulous is that!!! What great luck we were having! We had a LOT LOT LOT of fun. Disney at night is beautiful.

I have some fabulous items that I had purchased before I went to CHA which I will get in my store some time today. Yes I caved and now sell the Crop-a-dile and also some of the Making Memories tools, the new set ;) I will tell you soon about my new purchases too...SO exciting. But first I think I need to have a cup of tea and maybe take a little nap. We haven't stopped for 7 days!!!

Fun to be Floral!

Stamps: LAD Fun to be Floral

Cardstock: Bazzill Bling & SU

Ink: SU Choc Chip

Embellishments: Button from MM Embellishment Jar (from Tricia's jar actually ;))

So I have been trying to make a few masculine cards lately and it's HARD!!! Even this one still has PINK on it hahaha! Well I fly to California with Tricia (Lizzie) today and I am SO excited :D

This is the longest time I have ever been away from my girls! I know they will have fun with their Daddy though and I will be kept very busy either working hard at CHA or playing hard at Disney ;) I am hoping that I come back with some new fabulous goodies for my store! I will share my findings when I get back. My Husband will be controlling my business for this week so wish him luck! He's already such a busy man I hope he manages to juggle it all! I'll be back Valentine's Day :D

Swirl Swirl Swirl

Stamps: LAD So Swirly & Simply Sentiments

Cardstock: Red cards & Envelopes set & Basic Grey 6x6 Gypsy pad

Ink: SU Basic Black

Embellishments: Making Memories Love Story Ribbon & flower from Embellishment jar. Fancy Pants Pin and the blue flowers I have had for a while and cannot remember where from!

A very basic card for me! I'm still wondering if it needed a little more to it. Hmmm, I'll have to think about that one! Hope you are all having a nice Tuesday. Todays my day to help out at my daughters' schools. I bet I have a mountain of Math to mark!!!

So very Swirly!

Stamps: LAD So Swirly & L'Amour

Cardstock: Deep red card & Envelope set, Bazzill Bling Black tie

Ink: SU Basic Black & Brilliance Starlite Silver

Embellishments: Doodlebug Paper ribbons, Making Memories Flowers from Ava Embellishment Jar. Heidi Swapp Bling

So so VERY Swirly! I wanted this background stamp set to take center stage and I think I managed it :) Whilst I was making this card my daughters (now 6 & 8 years old) wanted to play outside with their friend. Hmmm, they wanted to play on the bridge at the bottom of our road. I said yes (reluctantly) because I know I need to let them explore and be kids but it's hard to let go when you hear so many horrible stories on the news! My heart was in my throat until they came safely home - PHEW! Silly me!

Lizzie Anne Design Challenge

Stamps: LAD In the Treetop & Celebrations Sayings

Cardstock: Red/Pink card & envelope set, Bazzill Bling Black Tie, SU Whisper White & Bordering Blue (I think!)

Ink: SU Basic Black

Embellishments: Making Memories Love Story Ribbon, Sweets

& Mini Brad Value Pack

Lizzie Anne Design Challenge for this week is this layout but you had to make it a masculine Valentine card...I don't do masculine normally so this really WAS a challenge for me! I like how it turned out though :) I love love LOVE that ribbon! Not sure if it's really masculine though! But I tried!

Punch Storage Solution

FINALLY! I have my punches off of my desk! I Googled 'Craft Punch Storage' and came across the idea of using towel rails!! BRILLIANT! Only one problem, I only had about 16" to play with and most are 21"w or bigger. Anyway I found some smaller ones at Ikea (link to product) and guess what! They were only $4.99 AND they came with a shelf and some extra bits too - a cool idea AND a bargain, I was in heaven! So as you can see I have my punches on the towel rails and of course I made sure I had room for more ;) The Shelves are on the right near the window and are doing a fabulous job of holding all my everyday goodies. This all started because I wanted to get at my Cricut and it was always buried under stuff but now it has pride of place but is not in the way because it is sat on top of a shelf which is normally used at the back of your kitchen sink! Genius! Anyway, just thought I would share.

Happy Birthday Princess!

Stamps: LAD Once Upon a Time & So Swirly

Cardstock: Bazzill Smoothies

Ink: SU Forest Foliage & Basic Black

Embellishments: Ribbon - May Arts & Heidi Swap Bling

Oh here she is again! I Love this Princess. The bling is just the right amount of sparkle she deserved :) I've been having a good sort out of my crafting area (again!) and found some really neat shelves in Ikea (available online too) that I was able to store my punches on and it also came with shelves too...SO reasonable priced - I love a bargain! I will put a photo of it all tomorrow, I have a few bit to finish off. Hope you had a lovely weekend :)

NEW LIGHT BOX!

Stamps: LAD Fun to be Floral & In the Background

Cardstock: SU, Ink: SU

Ribbon: May Arts

Tools used: SU Oval Punch

Embellishments: Making Memories small circle clips

I got my new light box today! I am SO thrilled! I have been playing with it a bit, still need to figure out which buttons on my camera will help out the lighting, I think I have it sussed though :) Hmmm, maybe it's still a bit bright! I took the photo of this card using my light box and the fairy one below was using my flash (no light box for that one) I can tell the difference can you? I got 3 rooms in my house organized yesterday which is quite an achievement, I am hoping to get a couple more done today. Happy Thursday everyone :D

My Hearts a Flutter

Stamps: Lizzie Anne's Simply Single Fairy & L'Amour set

Cardstock: Red cards & Envelope set & Basic Grey GYPSY 6x6 Paper Pad

Ink: SU Markers & SU Basic Black & Real Red

Embellishments: Making Memories Pebble Clips & Diamond Stickles

Tools: Marvy Mega Circle punch

Ooooooh LOVE this card! It turned out so nice - even if I do say so myself ;) I am so in love with this fairy stamp! I am having one of those days when everything goes wrong, like when you crack an egg open and somehow it ends up on the floor!! (yes it actually happened!) it doesn't help that my house is in such turmoil! I have been trying to get organized which ultimately means that the house gets trashed! It's driving me nuts!
On a brighter note my lovely precious friend Bridget has been kind enough to let us have her beautiful Roland digital intelligent piano on a semi-permanent loan :) THANKS BRIDGET! You made my day...now I just have to find somewhere to put the old keyboard, my daughter had tears in her eyes when we said we might sell it - bless her. So we are going to put it away for a while. Tomorrow is a new day, lets hope I have the umph to climb out of my mess!

Wedding Wishes

Well after all that Blog Candy excitement (a great big THANK YOU to everyone who took part) I am now getting back into making cards :) This one is very simple (not like me!) but I saw this crimped technique in a magazine and just HAD to try it! My photo isn't brilliant but I am happy to announce that they should get better pretty soon, yes I caved and have bought a little portable light studio - in fact it was Lizzie (of Lizzie Anne Designs Stamps) that spurred me on, she showed me a picture of the one she had just purchased and so I drooled for a few days before I bought my own...I have ZERO will power! She's such a tease!
It's not long now until I go to CHA with Lizzie Anne Designs to help them at their booth. I am SO excited. I helped out last year when they were newbies and had a LOT of fun, I only stayed 2 nights that time though, this time I'm going for 6 nights!!! All I can say is that I am very thankful that it is SO close to Disney too...work hard and play hard...that's my plan ;)

DRUM ROLL PLEASE.........

....and the winner is.....NUMBER 23 Becky! Congratulations! My daughter had a lot of fun choosing a random number, she felt VERY important :) Becky please email me at Zee@StampnSparkle.com with your address so that I can get your fabulous Lizzie Anne set out to you ASAP! I think you chose Petite Phrases. Let me know if you have changed your mind or if you would still like the same one.
I enjoyed this SO much I will be doing another one in a couple of months with a different question so keep coming back and checking :D
Thank you to everyone who took part and gave me GOOD ideas on where to get some inspiration. It's nice to see how many people pass by my blog! 49 comments, I was AMAZED!

BLOG CANDY!

Okay so I am celebrating reaching 4,000 hits!!! WOO HOO! (it's at 3,993 as I am writing this) My blog was born September 13th and I had NO idea what I was doing. My fabulous friend Tricia (Lizzie) took the time to show me the ropes...Love ya Tricia! I have met some wonderful ladies through my blog. Marlou was my first regular visitor, thanks to everyone who visits my blog often...you will now have a chance to win some Blog Candy!
As you may notice my blog contains 98% of cards which have Lizzie Anne Designs Stamp on them - I love Lizzie Anne Designs SO much I decided to use one of their sets as my Candy. Now instead of telling you which one you will win I thought I would let YOU decide which one you would like to receive. To win the Candy all you have to do is answer this question...
Where do you get your inspiration for your cards/scrapbook pages from? I would also LOVE to know what your favourite product or embellishment is right now. Don't forget to mention which Lizzie Anne set you would like (click here to see your choices) and also number your replies. I will get my daughter to pick a number from a hat on Monday 21st Jan! GOOD LUCK!

In the Valentine's mood!

Stamps: Lizzie Anne L'amour set

Cardstock: Paper Accents Card & Envelope set

Embellishments: Making Memories Heart brads, Love Story Trim and Sweets

Tools: Scallop corner punch

We have BEAUTIFUL sunshine here today...along with some snow of course! The schools are running 2 hours late so my daughters and their friend are having fun sledding. I have been having fun playing with my new Valentine goodies from Making Memories, they outdid themselves this year I think! I'm quite impressed. So impressed I have ordered more ;)
Please feel free to share your latest and greatest embellishments/tools. I'm normally a little behind on what's hot and would love to know what you are all playing with right now :)

NEW Valentine's items

No new card to post yet today...I have been busy busy making sure I get all my new stock on my eBay site.

Check out my newly listed items! I have added a Valentine's Category to make it easier to shop :) My shipping is FAST! I go to the post offive EVERY DAY!

Dreaming of Dots

I have to give credit where credit is due, I took this idea from the Stampin Up catalogue...HOW CUTE! I used Lizzie Anne Designs Dreaming of Dots and the sentiment is from their Heart to Heart set. The background hugs and kisses are from their L'amour set. I used SU markers to colour in the flowers and the pink flower is part of the making memories Noteworthy jar...oh my goodness that jar is FULL of cuteness. Tricia brought it to our card making night last night and I was drooling all over it! I will be stocking them in my store and the best thing is they match the Noteworthy ribbons I already have there. The photo isn't very good as we have zero light today...VERY overcast and dark here!

Spot the difference!

Okay so this is what I have been doing today...Playing with my camera. A friend of mine mentioned in passing that I needed to play with the White Balance, hmmm, I had no idea what that meant but her cards look FAB (I'm talking about Lizzie of course). So I have been searching the internet trying to find tips on this very subject and found this place - Digital Photography School - I thought I would share my findings as it helped me SO much. Of course I love anything that describes things visually. So I got my manual out and found which buttons I needed to press and voila...what do you think? The one on the right is obviously the one with the White Balance adjusted. I did the manual - show the camera a white piece of paper and then take the picture. I'm quite happy with it. It's much better than the one on the left which was taken in a white washing up bowl with an Ott-lite shining at it!

Lizzie Anne Design Challenge

Here is my card based on the Lizzie Anne Design challenge this week. They gave me a great template to work with (I love being given templates!) I used Lizzie Anne Design's NEW Ballerina and Ballerina saying stamps and also the flowers from the In the Background set. I used my SU markers to colour it all in and a Giga Scalloped Circle punch although I think the Mega may have been big enough! I added Star Dust sparkles to complete her fabulousness...got to have some glitter! (Apologies on the photo, I'm still trying to figure out my new camera Nikon DX40, might have to get one of those light boxes!) ANY TIPS ARE VERY WELCOME!

Lizzie Anne Designs new set NOW IN STOCK!!

Oh my! Lizzie Anne Designs have definitely outdone themselves this time! They have released a bunch of new sets and singles and they are Out of This World!!!!!! I NEED THEM ALL!! I now have them in my eBay store. I'M SO EXCITED!!!!! I ship all around the world and if you don't see the one you want let me know...I live about half a mile away from Lizzie herself so I am able to get my orders FAST ;) (location, location, location)

I already own the Once Upon a Time set and I think my next set may be Dreaming of Dots although I really do like their new Petite phrases...SO cute! No I think In the Treetop may be my next purchase, I love the 2 step stamping! Oh it's SO hard to choose! I wish it was my birthday. Keep posted as I will be giving away my first BLOG CANDY. Details coming soon :D