LOTV Blog Hop!!!

Good morning everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Time for another Lili of the Valley design team blog hop to celebrate the launch of their 10 adorable new Baby stamps!

The 10 new babies will be available at the Christmas event in the shop on Saturday and then on the website from midday Monday 2^nd.

Just ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card, hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration for using these cute new images.

As always we have some hidden prizes along the way, we don’t know where they are so do be sure to visit and comment on every blog.  We will let you know tomorrow morning which were the ‘lucky’ blogs and the winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left on those blogs.

We have 2 full sets of the new stamps to give away, 2 lucky winners will each get all 10 new designs and there will be a 3^rd prize of a clear set of our baby companion stamps!  Wooohooo!

  

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part, and remember that you will need to visit them all and leave a comment on each one to have the best chance of winning;

  

Ideas to Inspire

Anne

Becky

Dawny

Debbie
Dena 
Elise .. you are here  :)

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kathy

Kim

Lou

Mary J

Moni

Here’s my card using this DARLING LOTV image "Pushchair" along with one of the "Boy's Shoes"  and "Set 61 - Quotables Celebrate" on the pull out tag.

I'm so sorry .. I've just realized that the shoes are not very visible as it should be!  :(  And this card is no longer with me to take another photo of it .. so please be sure to see it on LOTV's website or my other FABULOUS DT sisters blogs to catch a complete view of these ADORABLE shoes!!!  :)

Next stop is at the GORGEOUS Fleur's blog!!!  And if you get lost you can start again at the beginning and pick the links up from there. 

Finally, don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow morning when you can find out who the lucky winners were of the prizes before they go on sale.

 Enjoy the hop everyone, good luck!

Thank you so much for joining us!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Vote LOTV British Craft Awards! And a Vintage Card ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all doing very well in this season so far!

I've been busy with so many other things, and my little Bodhi is off from school for the entire week too (so it's even BUSIER).  :)  Are you ready for Thanksgiving?  We are!  We are!  Ready to get our grooves on and cook all day long .. and plump up at night!  lol!  And instead of a pumpkin pie .. we'll be doing pumpkin cheesecake!!!  mMmM!  Doesn't that sound yum?  We've never tried it, so crossing our fingers that it will be good.  ;)

So I've made a shabby Christmas card to share with you .. along with some other wonderful news!

And now on to the wonderful news!!!!  

The Lili of the Valley Ideas to Inspire blog and stamp range have both been nominated for an award!!

They have been shortlisted for the 2014 British Craft Awards and what we would love you all to do is to  visit www.britishcraftawards.com, click on the vote in craft categories and then vote for Lili of the Valley in 'Most Inspirational Craft Blog' and 'Stamp Range You Couldn't Resist'  It would be amazing if they won, especially when it’s voted for by you, the lovely customers!!!!  ;)

Here's how to vote:

Firstly you need to go to  http://www.britishcraftawards.com/ and select to vote in the craft categories

The first section is the one that seems to be confusing people as you need to select a region, this is not where you live, it is the location of the shop you are voting for. You can really choose any of them from this category but if you don’t have a preference just tick ‘other’ in any of the regions

The next question is craft retailer who went the extra mile. You can vote from the list or you might like to choose ‘other’ and write Lili of the Valley in the box

It does ask for a reason on some of these questions but if you don’t want to write anything you may just put . which will allow you to move onto the next category

Next is best online retailer, it does say UK but you must vote to move on so again it would lovely if you selected ‘other’ and wrote Lili of the Valley in the box

Next is about craft chain stores so you can vote or just opt for ‘don’t visit them’

Now it’s us, we’re nominated for the most inspirational craft blog 

Next is favourite paper craft range, again you can vote or select other and write Lili of the Valley in the box if you love our papers and art pads

Now us again, this one is stamp range you couldn’t resist

We would really be over the moon if we could win these 2 awards especially as it’s voted for by our customers

There are then a few questions about the craft products which you like to use, dies etc

Nearly there…

 favourite card designer is next and our design team member Dawny is up for this award so we’d love you to vote for her (Dawn Phillips)

The final question is about your favourite presenter or demonstrator on craft TV. If you don’t have a preference you can opt for ‘I don’t watch craft TV’ or if you enjoyed our shows and loved watching Dawny create then you can choose other and write Dawn Phillips in the box! If everyone does this we might get our lovely Dawny a couple of awards too!!

That’s it, you just need to put in your name and address (and don’t forget to check the ‘no marketing’ boxes if you prefer not to be added to their mailing lists)

Thank you SO much for visiting me .. I truly love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Reindeer Lala

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're having a beautiful week so far!

As you know, Alberto Gava started his own line of BEAUTIFUL digi's and stamps!  His first digi line is available over at Whimsy Store, and this newest release is in rubber over at CC Designs!  Sooooo ADORABLE!

Here's my card using "Reindeer Lala" from the latest release.  :)  Aren't her little antlers so cute?!  hehe!

Papers:  Lili of the Valley "Simple Joys"

Medium:  Distress Inks, Prisma Pencils

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  See you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

LOTV Sneak Peek!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all having a beautiful weekend!

I'm sure you've all heard by now ... Lili of the Valley is having yet another SWEET release!  OoOh these little darlings are just way too cute to resist!  PRE-CIOUS!!!!!!  :)

And it seems like just yesterday my little Bodhi was born .. and now .. he's a big boy with big feelings and big ideas!  hehe!  He still says the funniest things you know?  Like the other day, my hubby had to steer our dog Max's nose out of his dinner plate, and he told Max, "Go and eat YOUR food Max!"  And Bodhi told my hubby, "Hey!  Don't talk to my brother like that!  I am so NOT serious!"

My hubby and I almost had our food come out of our noses from laughing so hard!  Bodhi was like, "I'm really NOT serious!"  So I said, "Do you mean .. you're not JOKING?"  hahahaha!!!  Bodhi started giggling and says, "Yes!  I am not JOKING!"  LOL!  ;)

Well, my sneak peek for you today is called, "Bang the Drum" coloured with distress inks and I've added a sticker sentiment that I've had in my stash for years!  Doesn't it say it all?  haha .. yes .. Boys will be Boys .. that's for sure!  Always making noise, always banging things around, always running, always .. doing SOMETHING!!!!  I so looooove little boys!  :)

Please don't forget to stop by my beautiful DT Sisters blogs to see their GORGEOUS creations for you, as well as on LOTV's Inspirational Blog!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I love it when you do!  And I'll see you again with another sneak peek soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Ribbon Girls .. Add Sparkle

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all having a beautiful weekend!

It's time for another Lovely Lili Challenge over at the Ribbon Girls .. and this time it's so easy again .. "ADD SPARKLE"!!!  Easy peasy and something we all love to do!  :)

I've been so lucky to use beautiful goodies from the Ribbon Girls Store on here .. such as Emily Lace, Pearl Small Flourishes, Large Ivory Rose Buds and Stickles.

And I've used a DARLING Lili of the Valley image from last Christmas .. called "Snow Queen" with a sweet sentiment from "Set 35 Christmas Handwritten Phrases".

The little wreath up in the corner was bought from Michaels .. and I cut off the red bow to add a white one, sprinkled it up with some red/blue/gold color, and added little pearls to it.  :)

Hope you'll come and join in on the fun at the Ribbon Girls!  Please stop by and see all the GORGEOUS inspiration from the rest of the BEAUTIFUL girls!!

Thank you so much for visiting me ... I love it when you do!  I'll see you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Rockin' and a Rollin' ...

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all having a beautiful week!  :)

Have you all gotten in your orders at Lili of the Valley with the new Girls Release?  Aren't they the sweetest things?!!!  Oh my ... I love them so!

I have one last girl to show you from this recent release, and this one is called "Dancing Queen".  I love it when kids dance like no one is watching you know?  They just GO FOR IT and most of the time .. they just flat out don't care who's looking.  ;)

Example ... lol ... my little Bodhi just LOVES to shake his booty.  Side to side, fast and slow .. round and round .. every which way .. he just LOVES to shake it.  Sometimes he's embarrassed to dance around people, but other times .. he will do it all for free.  ;)  

Once when my family was here in town, my Dad took Bodhi to the grocery store and said that Bodhi was giving his booty shaking at the Deli Counter for everyone waiting in line.  Omgosh right?!  lol!  And that's exactly what my Dad said ... "Oh my God."  hahaha!

sigh .. to be young and carefree again ... ;)

So .. here's my "Dancing Queen" .. and she has not a single care in the world!  hehe!

Hope you all have been checking out my BEAUTIFUL DT sisters GORGEOUS creations on their personal blogs as well as on LOTV's Inspirational Blog!

And hope you have fun shopping at the AMAZING Lili of the Valley Store!

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I truly love it when you do!  See you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Shaky A with CC Designs Blog Hop!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you are all doing very well and enjoyed your weekend!

In celebration of Alberto joining the family of Illustrators at C.C. Designs we are having a combined Blog Hop.  

Alberto gives us 3 news images that will be available in rubber and digi. The hop starts November 4th at 9:00 a.m. est. and ends November 7th at 9:00 am est. Follow the hop and make sure to comment on each blog, 1 lucky winner will receive all 3 new images in digi. We aren’t telling were the prize is located. Have fun hopping away through the hop.

Here is our hop order if you got lost:

C.C. Designs Blog 

Alby

Eulalia 

Delphine 

Becky

Gio

Jenny Dix

Elise .. you are here

Franz

Christa 

Eva 

Nancy

Here's my card using the SWEET "Star" coloured with Distress Inks and lots of Glittered Stickles:

I wanted it to look like she's surrounded by magical stardust from her star.  Hope it worked?  :)

The papers that I've used are from the BEAUTIFUL Lili of the Valley "Simple Joys" collection!

Your next stop will be on to the AMAZING Franz!!!  :)

Thank you so much for joining us and good luck to all of you!

See you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Another Lili of the Valley Sneak Peek!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're having a beautiful weekend!

Did you have fun on the LOTV blog hop?  I hope you did!  :)

I have another sneak peek for you today!  :)  This sweet LOTV girl is called "Birthday Bonnet" .. awww .. I think this image is so darling!

I've added a little tag from LOTV's "Set 36 Christmas Icons", along with some little tags from "Set 49 Tags Le Jardin".

And that sweet little charm is "Daisy May with a Box of Apples" from the Ribbon Girl Store. 

Medium:  Distress Inks

Papers:  MME and Maja papers from a dear sweet friend (thank you so much, I love them!)

Don't forget:

Have you been seeing my BEAUTIFUL DT sisters sneak peeks for you as well?   GORGEOUS right?!  You can see their work on their personal blogs as well as on LOTV's Inspirational Blog too!  :)

Thank you so much for visiting me ... I love it when you do!  See you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise

Lili of the Valley Blog Hop!!!

Good morning everyone and thanks for stopping by!

Time for another Lili of the Valley blog hop to celebrate the launch of their 5 gorgeous new Girlie stamps!!  Wooohoooo!

 The stamps will be available to buy on the website from midday on Monday 4^th November and also at their open day in Leeds on Saturday Nov 2nd if you are able to go along.  :)

We thought we’d have a change for this hop,  you all enjoy seeing how an image can be used in different way so this time we are showing cards all made using the same stamp

We’ve chosen Getting Ready  ...and she is just adorable!

I’m sure you know what to do by now, just ‘hop’ from one blog to another following the links and leave a comment on each card, hopefully we can give you lots of ideas and inspiration.

As always we have some hidden prizes along the way, we don’t know where they are so do be sure to visit and comment on every blog!!  

We will let you know tomorrow evening which was the ‘lucky’ blogs and a winners will be drawn at random from all the comments that were left on those blogs.  We have 3 sets of the new stamps to give away, three lucky winners will each get all 5 new designs!  Wowwwww!  :)

  

Here's a list of all the blogs taking part, and remember that you will need to visit them all and leave a comment on each one to have the best chance of winning;

  

Ideas to Inspire

Anne
Dena 
Elise ... you are here  :)

Fleur

Gretha

Jen

Kim

Here’s my "Getting Ready" card for you using quite a few other LOTV yummy goodies too!  The papers on here are from the "Antebellum" stack .. gosh I love these papers!  I've also used a little grunge element on the side of the image from "Set 66 - Grunge Elements".

I've also used a pull out tag with LOTV's "Set 43 Statements Fabulous", "Set 58 Pretty Grungy - Good Times" and also from "Set 50 Tags Madame".

Don’t forget to stop by the Ideas to Inspire blog tomorrow evening when you can find out who the lucky winners were of the prizes!

  Enjoy the hop  …  and good luck!

Thank you so much for joining us and I'll see you again soon!!

Hugs,

Elise

Happy Birthday!

Hey Ya's!  Hope you're all doing very well!

It's one of Bodhi's teachers Birthday tomorrow and so we've made her a Birthday Card.  Bodhi has been enjoying his teacher this year .. and it makes me happy to know that she's taking good care of him even if my lil' boy is so "out there".  lol!  I swear, Bodhi's mind is like all over the place and sometimes I'm like, "HUH?!!!  Wait a minute wait a minute .. what are we talking about now??"  lol!  But!  He's MY very own mind wanderer boy .. and I love him like crazy!  ;)

So here's his teacher's card:

I found this image on Janet K. Designs blog.  She's got a ton of beautiful things on there!!!

Well, I'll be back again on another day with my next LOTV Sneak Peek .. don't forget that LOTV Challenge this month is "Anything Goes" so come on and join the fun!  

And then also on the second Sunday of every month, there is a new Lovely Lili's Challenge over at the Ribbon Girls Blog too!!  :)

Thank you so much for visiting me .. I truly love it when you do!  See you again soon!

Hugs,

Elise