All Girls Are Princesses Blog Hop - 2 November

Hello and welcome to the All Girls Are Princesses Blog Hop.  This is bound to be a great hop, so please enjoy yourselves and remember to leave a comment for each of the participants.

We have two fantastic sponsors for the blog hop today, Jennifer and Chrissie.  

Jennifer has kindly provided one free digital edition of Creations By Crafty Card Gallery; a card making magazine with techniques and opportunities to learn new things in addition to card images.  

Chrissie has also kindly donated 3 digital stamp images from CDee Designs!

To be in with a chance of winning one of the prizes from our sponsors, just leave a comment on each of the blogs involved in the hop and become a follower of the blog.  At the end of the hop, 2 names will be picked at random to choose the lucky winners!

You should have arrived here from Gill's Blog.  If you haven't not to worry!  Just pop on over to Gill's Blog to start the hop from the beginning.  She is hosting this blog hop, so thank you very much Gill for all the hard work and effort you've put in for this hop.  

So, here is my creation for the All Girls Are Princesses Blog Hop.

This is a 6x6 scallop easel card.  I used the following materials to make the card:

6x6 scallop card blank

Pink card

Pink paper

Pink patterned Hunky Dory Adorable Scorable Card

Pink patterned paper

Hunky Dory Adorable Scorable die cut image and embellishments

Pink and white spotty organza ribbon

Pink adhesive gems

Aurora borealis adhesive gems

Double Sided Sticky Tape

Pinflair Glue

I hope you like what I've made.  Please leave a comment in the space provided below.

Your next stop on the blog hop is Ashley's Blog.  Go and see what wonderful creations she's made for the hop.

Thank you so much for taking part in the All Girls Are Princesses Blog Hop.

Lisa

xx

It's A Wildlife Blog Hop - 1 Sep

Hello and welcome to the "It's a Wildlife" blog hop.  I can't wait to see all the wild and wonderful crafty creations.

This hop is being hosted by the wild and wacky Gill McCall.  I wonder what wild wonders she has made for this hop!  Go over to her blog to start the hop if you haven't been there already.  You can find Gill's blog HERE.  You should have hopefully arrived here from Natalyia's Blog.  If not, hope on over to Gill's Blog and start from there. 

Now to show you my wild life themed creations:

The first card I have made was made at an Amy Shaw workshop I attended earlier this year.  To make this wildlife card, I used the following materials:

6x6 Scallop card blank

Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Forest Moss

Leaf stamp

Butterfly and script stamp

Adhesive gems

Green, Yellow and Orange water colour paints

Silver peel offs

Double Sided Sticky Tape

Pinflair Glue

This card was made for my Dad for Fathers Day this year.  He loves meercats!  Simples! 

I used the following materials for this card:

Rob Adams Meerkats and More CDROM

Brown A4 card blank

Backing papter

Pyramage Image

Gold peels offs

Border peel offs

Adhesive Gems

3D foam

Double Sided Sticky Tape

The final card I made for this blog hop was a card I was asked to make for someones 60th birthday.  

I used the following materials for this card:

8x8 Cream Card Blank

Bronze card

Kanban Always And Forever Yellow Roses Die Cut Decoupage Image

Kanban Backing Paper

Craft Concept Budding Vine Embossing Folder

Cream Card

Printed Sentiment

Adhesive Gems

Silicone Glue

I hope you like the cards I have created.  I'd love to see what you can make too.  

To carry on with the blog hop, please now go to Jearise'sBlog and follow the line up through.

Remember to leave a comment on all the entrants blogs.  We always like to hear what people think of our crafty creations!

Thank you for stopping by!

Lisa 

xx

CBGM - Colour Inspiration Challenge - 4 Aug

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

It's now time for another challenge by Creations By Gill M.   I am part of the Design Team at Creations By Gill M and as a team, we provide the inspiration for the challenges.  You can take part too and enter the challenges.  There are just 3 small things you have to do:

• Be a follower of both mine and Creations By Gill M's blog
• Mention that you are entering the challenge from Creations By Gill M within the entry
• Complete the Mr Linky details on the challenge page which, when filled in, will take people to your blog entry from the challenge

The specification of this challenge is to create a card project which follows the given colour theme.  This weeks theme is to use pink and yellow colours together:


This is the card I made for the challenge:

To make this card, I used the following materials:

6x6 Scallop Card Blank

Pink Card

Yellow Card

Flower Patterned Paper - Fizzy Moon Design Pack

Peel Off Stickers

Sentiment

White Organza Ribbon

Pink Stickles

Pink Pearl Adhesive Gems

Hot Diggety Dog Mouse Decoupage Image

Pinflair Glue

Double Sided Sticky Tape

Corner Punch

Look forward to seeing what you make.  Myself and the other Design Team members love receiving feedback about our projects and we always leave feedback for all the entrants in the challenge!  So please feel free to leave a comment and we'll be sure to leave some too!

Happy crafting!

Lisa xx

CBGM - Use Of Acetate Challenge - 7 July

Hello and welcome back to my blog!

It's time for another challenge from Gill McCall at Creations By Gill M.  I am part of the Design Team at Creations By Gill M and as a team, we provide the inspiration for the challenges.  You can take part too and enter the challenges.  The design team always come back and look at what you've made and we always leave comments about what you've made.

If you want to be in with a chance of winning a challenge, there's just 3 small things you have to do:

1)  Be a follower of Creations By Gill M's blog

2)  Mention that you are entering the challenge within your post

3)  Complete the details required so that we can view your blog and see what you've made!

This weeks challenge is to make a card using acetate.  

I've used another design set from the Hunky Dory Adorable Scoreable pack.  It's a pearl anniversary card I've made for my Mum's friend.  I scored a piece of A4 acetate to make a landscape stepper card and then used the following materials to complete the card:

Pink Ribbon - Wide and Narrow

Hi-Tac Red Double Sided Sticky Tape

3D Foam 

Pinflair Glue

Pink & White Pearl Adhesive Gems

White Pearl Card

Double Sided Sticky Tape

This is the card:

I hope you like my card, I'd love to hear what you think of it so please leave a comment for me.

Good luck!  Can't wait to see what you make!

Lisa

xx

The First Ever Crafting Cafe Blog Hop - 1 July

Hello and welcome to my blog!

It's so exciting, The First Ever Crafting Cafe Blog Hop!  I hope this is the first of many to come!  I can't wait to see what you've all made!  This hop is being hosted by Nikki Smith.  She is so talented!  I love going to her demo's when she's up in the Highlands of Scotland!

You should hopefully have arrived here from Dawn's Blog.  If not, please go to the start of the line up to Nikki's Blog and work your way through the line up.  There are many talented and creative crafters in the line up, so I know their creations are going to be fab!!


The theme of todays hop is friendship.


My project is a birthday card for a very special friend of mine.  She has been such a great influence on me and my crafting expertise/knowledge/growth.  She's very special to me too.  She's kind, funny, strong, creative, brainy, sensible, thoughtful and trustful.  I'm so glad I have her as a friend.

So here's my card.

To make this card, I used the following materials:

8x8 card blank

12x12 GCD Studios Backing Paper (Double Sided)

Pink Card

White Card

Pink Adhesive Gems

Pink Organza Ribbon

Butterfly Stencil

Pink Glitter Paste

Double Sided Sticky Tape

3D Foam

Printed Sentiment

I really hope you like it and would love to hear what you think, so please become a follower of my blog and leave a comment too.

It's now time to hop on over to Sylvia's Blog and see what they've made with a friendship theme.  Something fantastic I bet!

Thank you so much for popping over to see my creation.

Hope to see you again soon.

Lisa xx

2nd For The Love Of Pink Blog Hop - 1 July

Hello and welcome back to my blog.

It's time for the 2nd Annual For The Love of Pink Blog Hop, hosted by Gill McCall.

Anyone who knows me knows that I love pink, like Gill!  So this hop is ideal for me!

You should have arrived at my hope from Kirsty's Blog.  If not, hop over to Gill's Blog and start the line up from there.  I'm sure there's loads of amazing pink creations!  Remember to leave a comment on everyone's blogs telling us what you think of our creations.

So here are my creations and details of what I used to make them.

8x8 card blank

12x12 GCD Studios Backing Paper (Double Sided)

Pink Card

White Card

Pink Adhesive Gems

Pink Organza Ribbon

Butterfly Stencil

Pink Glitter Paste

Double Sided Sticky Tape

3D Foam

Printed Sentiment

By the way, this birthday card is for none other than the hostess of this blog hop, Gill McCall!

Happy Birthday Sweetheart!  Love ya! xx

6 x 6 Elegant Square White Card Blank

Boofle Backing Papers x 2

Pink Card

Button Ribbon

3 Papermania Buttons

Boofle Embellishments

Pink Pearl Adhesive Gems

Lilac Adhesive Gems

White Card Candy

I hope you like what I have made.  I'd love to read your comments.

It's now time to go to Lisa T's Blog, so hop on over there and see what pink pieces she's created!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lisa xx

Another Fairy Day Blog Hop - 24 June

Hello!  

Welcome to Another Fairy Day Blog Hop!

I can't believe it's been a year since the very first Fairy Day Blog Hop!

As you may have guessed by now, this blog hop has a fairy theme!  Each blogger in the line up had to make a crafty project with a fairy theme.

The hop is being hosted by the wonderful Gill McCall.  Her amazing blog is the first place to visit during this hop, so if you've just come across my blog, head on over to Gill's Blog and start the hop from the beginning.

Hopefully however, you should have arrived here from Becky's Blog.  I'm sure she had some beautiful fairy creations!  

Here is what I have made for the Another Fairy Day Blog Hop.

It's 3 A6 cards which I'm going to group together as note cards.

I used the following materials to make the notecards:

A6 card blanks x 3

Black Growgrain Ribbon

Adhesive Gems

Patterened Backing Paper

Fairy Images x 3

Black Card

Green Card

Green Shimmer Card

Butterfly Embellishment

StarDust Stickles

Green Stickles

Purple Stickles

Double Sided Sticky Tape

3D Foam

I hope you like my notecard set.  I'd love to hear what you think, so please leave me a comment.

It's now time to continue with the blog hop.  So head on over to Nancie's Blog and see what everyone else in the Another Fairy Day Blog Hop has to offer!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lisa xx