Lillibet and a new toy

A new toy has found the way into my office/craft room, as I just could not resist the small handheld sewing machine by Joy! Crafts. I just had to try it out today, but we are not friends just yet. It works like a stapler and dragged the cardstock into directions I did not want it to go, so a lot more practice is required.

My products of choice for the card are once again the beautiful Lillibet products by Trimcraft. I just love the wide range of gorgeous embellishments, which can be combined so nicely with other items from the collection or can be used to give other projects that perfect finish. The only other items that I added to this card are flourishes created with a Die-namics die.

A list of required products and tools as well as full step-by-step instructions can again be found in my Trimcraft gallery.

Scottish Teddies

This weekend I really wanted to have a play with my Tonic Studios delicate lattice dies. I have had them for about two weeks but not sufficient time to try them out. The large dies work well with the oval Spellbinders dies. And the space in the centre seemed to be just perfect for super cute images of Scottish teddies.

For the teddies I used the rubber stamps SC167F (Teddy) and SC4S (Westie and Teddy Set) by Crafty Stamps. I stamped the small teddy first. Then I created a mask of the small teddy from sticky notes, covered the small teddy and finally stamped the larger teddy. As colouring medium I referred back to my trusted ProMarkers, as the ultra-fine nibs are just perfect for small sections of stamped impressions. I mounted the image onto metallic DCWV cardstock from my stash and then the pearlescent delicate lattice die-cut.

For the background I decided on pearlescent Moondust cardstock in 'Crystal' from Southfield embossed with an Embossalicious folder by Crafter's Companion and mounted onto beige pearlescent cardstock. The card blank is 15cm square and linen textured from Southfield. Embellishments are paper roses from Wild Orchid Crafts and Trimcraft (I used packs from the Lillibet and Santa's Workshop collections). The small dies from the Tonic set and the metallic cardstock took care of additional accents amongst the flowers.

Scottish Wedding

This weekend has been dominated by the Edinburgh Book Festival, but I finally find the time to share a Scottish style wedding card with you that I made this week.

The image is the small Scottish wedding couple WD162M by Crafty Stamps, which I coloured in using ProMarkers, a FlexMarker in 'Soft Mauve' as well as a Sakura gelly roll pen in 'Clear Star' for some accents. For the background I used white linen textured cardstock from Southfield and the Marianne Design die set LR0242. But I decided against a completely white-on-white card and mounted the die-cuts onto lilac textured cardstock, which also frames the stamped image. I opted for a 15cm square linen textured card blank.

As embellishments I opted for white adhesive pearls, white paper roses, a decorative pin and in line with the Scottish theme also white heather and thistles.

Rubber stamps by Crafty Stamps are available from their shop Stampers Grove in Edinburgh, the Crafty Stamps and Stampers Grove websites and at the Ross Papercraft Show at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh on 5 October 2013.

Crafty Stamps' Domestic Goddess

It was really time again to pick up those wonderful Domestic Goddess stamps by Crafty Stamps. I love them so much, but have not worked with them for far too long. So many ideas, so little time ... Sometimes I really wish the day had more than 24 hours.

For the card above I used the stamp 'Groceries' (DG105M), which I coloured in using ProMarkers. Additional products used for this card are a Joy! Crafts stencil, a Darice embossing folder, paper roses and rosebuds, paper blossoms by Dovecraft as well as a Joy! Crafts die from their Vintage Flourishes range. After a very long time I actually used my lightbox for the embossing with the stencil - and it was so great to experiment and built up the embossed sections. With an embossing machine the entire shape will get replicated whereas I can choose areas and work on effects when I use a lightbox.

The second card features the stamp 'Cooking' (DG102M). After colouring in the image with ProMarkers I combined it with a coloured lace doily and paper roses from Trimcraft's Lillibet collection, twine, brown adhesive pearls and die-cuts created using memory box dies (kitchen utensils) and a Joy! Crafts die (swirl) to create the card. I also used an Embossalicious embossing folder.

More from Lillibet and her Friends

Lillibet - Country Life

What can be a nicer start into a Sunday than dedicating some time to finishing off craft projects whilst sitting at the window and watching the birds enjoying themselves in the sunshine?

Lillibet - Just For You

And as a result I can now share with two more projects created with the lovely Lillibet collection by Trimcraft. Product lists and step-by-step instructions are also available again.

Click here to see the details for 'Just For You'. The tag is created using a Die'sire tag die by Crafter's Companion. And just click here to see the instructions for 'Country Life, for which I used an Embossalicious embossing folder for Crafter's Companion. The ink pad that I used is a Tim Holtz distress ink pad in 'walnut stain'.

Have a lovely Sunday!

Lillibet - Joy

Oh what a chaotic week this has been! I am so glad that it is the weekend and that I can relax with a bit of crafting.

Let's start with another Lillibet card. This morning dark clouds were hanging in the sky and it was extremely windy, so these lovely products by Trimcraft were just right to brighten up the day. I have also prepared a product list and step-by-step instructions for those of you, who would like to re-create the card. You can view the details in my Trimcraft gallery. Please just do not give the design out as your own, do not enter it into competitions or challenges or similar.

Some might be interested what kind of die I used for the leaves. It is a corner die by Cheery Lynn. I just cut the corner into two pieces and trimmed those to the correct length.

And I need to make a confession. I am already stocking up like mad on some Lillibet embellishments. Another paper pad is probably due soon ... I just love to use the items from this collection so much. And the colours are not only great in combination with the Lillibet images, but also with so many stamps that I own.

Lillibet - All About You

I seem to be on a role this weekend. Here is already the next Lillibet project. It is just so much fun to work with these gorgeous products. And what I like especially about the Lillibet designer paper packs are the soft colours and the couple of sheets with a linen effect.

As I created this project for Trimcraft, I have also compiled a list of products used for this card (the bow die is by Die'sire/Crafter's Companion, by the way) as well as step-by-step instructions. You can again find these in my Trimcraft gallery. And if you have any questions around this project, just give me a shout by leaving a comment below.

I think now I will relax a bit in front of the TV, a the end of the weekend and the beginning of the new working week are not far away. Have a good start into the new week.