Friday, 24 April 2009

truly scrumptious



2 posts in 1 day,a rarity for me lol

this one is for the truly scrumptious challenge which is a fab sketch

ive used k&co papers,gorjuss girl image coloured with distress inks flowers and leaves are from the goodies i bought at the craft fair on saturday and ribbon and sentiment are from my stash,again soz for the pic as scanner has squished my flowers lol

hope you like it as im quite pleased with my colouring on this one,im loving these distress inks

love n hugs
liza xox

sketch saturday challenge card



hi everyone heres my take on the fantastic sketch this week over on sketch saturday,have to apologise for the pic as it isnt the clearist,gonna have to photographic my cards instead of scanning them

ive used k&co papers,and the pic is sugar nellie which is coloured with distress inks and whisper pens,flowers are prima and puched flowers using the same k&co paper with and eyelet put in the centre,lace is from my stash and the green heart bead i got at the craft show on saturday along with the flower punch,sentiment stamp is from a lovely gift that erin gave me on saturday

Saturday, 18 April 2009

Just Magnolia challenge 1#


hi everyone,
heres my entry for Just Magnolia 1st challenge,it is a sketch by Donalda,and its fab,and wow wow wow what a fantastic 1st prize to kick start the new challenge blog.
There are totally fab DTs aswell

well ive used tilda image and roses images which are all from magnolia and coloured with watercolour paints,the papers i have used where given to me for my birthday by the lovely mina,everything else is from my stash,hope you like it

love n hugs liza xox

Friday, 17 April 2009

tilda birthday


hi everyone,
hope you all have a great weekend,im off tomorrow to the stitch and craft show in belfast,cant wait as also meeting up with Erin and Mina

well heres a card i made the other night,havnt been making very many cards this past week or so but hopefully that is gonna change,i decided to do a tilda card as havnt made one usintg a tilda image in ages,ive coloured the image using watercolour paints and the paper is from basic grey all the other bits n bobs are from my stash,the tilda image was sent to me by the lovely trish,hope you like it,

love n hugs
liza xox

Monday, 13 April 2009

woj challenge


this week its a sketch which is fab and i loved making this card up as ive used one of the many woj stamps that i got for my birthday,so i just had to do the woj challenge this week,hop it is in on time

ive used k&co papers flowers ribbon and rub on are from my stash and the paper rose was kindly given to me with other goodies from the wonderful mina,to get the curved edge i used cured edge sissors and then added holes with my silent setter,green carfdstock is from my stash also

hope you like it
love liza xox

papertake weekly challenge


heres my entry into papertake weekly dunno if i have it in on time or not,but,aww well

heres what i have used

woj medieval stampcoloured with watercolour paints
basic grey papers
sentiment stamp and gems are from my stash

hope you have all had a lovely easter

love n hugs
liza
xox

Monday, 6 April 2009

The Sugar Bowl


Hello Everyone,
Hope you all had a good weekend,heres my entry into the sugar bowl challenge,hope you like it,heres what ive used,

sugar nellie image coloured with watercolour paints
fall grass image coloured with watercolour paints
prima flowers
spacer sent to me by the lovely Gina
papers are basic grey
tag die cut using cuttlebug and sentiment computer generated
everything else is from my stash

love n hugs
liza xox

Saturday, 4 April 2009

papertake weekly challenge



evening all,
heres my entry into this week papertake weekly challenge

Ive used basic grey papers,gorjuss girl stamps coloured with watercolour paints,ribbons,sentiment circle,brad,and diecut flower are all from my stash

thanks for looking and please let me know youve been,hope everyone has a fab weekend

love n hugs
liza xox

Friday, 3 April 2009

truly scrumptious challenge #4


hi all,
heres my take on minas wonderful sketch for this weeks truly scrumptious challenge

heres what ive used
Gorguss stamp coloured with watercolour paints
k&co papers
papermania brads
prima flowers
ribbon,cardstock,flowerbeads from my stash
and sentiment stamp from inca stamp

hope you like it as i loved the sketch and will defo use it again

love n hugs
liza
xox

Monday, 30 March 2009

WOJ Challenge


heres my entry into the WOJ challenge,ive used 1 of the new guardian angel stamps along with the fall grass accesory stamp and coloured them with watercolours,i have used basic grey papers,cardstock,pins,beads,brad and rub-on are all from my stash.

hope you like it and please leave a comment so i know you have visited

love n hugs
liza
xox

Saturday, 28 March 2009

papertake weekly challenge


hi again 2 challenges in 1 day,how good am i!! lol Made them both last night,well this one is for papertake weekly,loved the sketch,hope you like it,heres what ive used.....

new woj gaurdian angel stamp coloured with watercolour paints and sakura gel pen used on braclet,papers a basic grey and flowers,eylets,beads,pins,ribbon and rub-on are all from my stash

love n hugs
liza xox

creative inspirations challenge #1


hi all.
i decided to try the new challenge blog creative inspirations 1st challenge,what a wonder sketch they gave us all to work with this week,so heres my take on it,hope you like it

heres what ive used

woj image from the new guardian angel designs coloured with watercolours and used sakura gel pen on wings,shoes and waistband bow.

papers are by Hot of the Press

brads gems and lace are all from my stash and the sentiment is k&co

love n hugs
liza
xox

Friday, 27 March 2009

sketch saturday


hi all heres my take on this weeks sketch saturday challenge,hope you like it,ive had a mad week as my 9mth old hasnt been well and running a temp,and scaring the life out of us,but hopefully now that he has an antibiotic he will be on the mend.

heres what i have used
tilda from the new spring stamp club( which was sent to me from the lovely trish)coloured with watercolour paints
k&co papers
nestie labels
flowers,and brads are from my stash
pins which i have added beads onto were kindly sent to me from the lovely mina

thanks for looking and please me a comment so i know youve visited

love n hugs
liza
xox

Wednesday, 18 March 2009

colour create


heres my entry for this weeks colour create challenge which is to use the colours red and green with the optional adding of somenthing with wings

heres what i have used

sarah kay image coloured with watercolours
k&co paers
laura ashley paper (striped one)
prima flowers and papermania brads
charm - crafty bits
rub-on is pebbles inc.
cardstock used for matting and layering is basic grey
lace from craft shop (forgetmenots papercrafts) in belfast
ribbon and white card stock is from my stash

thankyou for looking and please let me know that you have been

love n hugs
liza
xox

Tuesday, 17 March 2009

sketch saturday


heres my entry for this weeks sketch saturday,i had to make a card for my step-son to give to his mum for mothers day so thought i would use the sketch

heres what ive used

hanglar image coloured with watercolours
prima flowers and papermania brads
dovecraft punch
polka dot paper is a downlad which cant remember were from (soz)
patterned paper is basic grey
and cardstock from stash
sentiment is computer generated using the font - bradleys hand and cut round with my new labels 1 nestie

hope you like it

thankyou for looking and please leave a comment so i know that you have visited

love n hugs
liza
xox

hi everyone,and Happy St Patricks Day from n.Ireland





Happy St Patricks Day everyone,hope you are all having a great day,it is lovely and sunny here today hope its here to stay for a while.

Well heres a few cards that i have made over the past few nights,they are mostly mothers day,and wanted to keep them simplish as have 5 to make so still a few more to go lol

thankyou for looking and please leave a comment so i know you have visited

love n hugs
liza
xox

Tuesday, 10 March 2009

papertake weekly


ive been a busy little bee aint i lol
no posts for days and now im busy posting and making challenge cards lol

hope ypu like this one its for the papertake weekly challenge, i have rotated the sketch,hope you like it,heres what i have used

sarah kay image(again! love these they so cute and a koy to colour)
basic grey urban prairie papers
prima flowers (i think)
dovecraft border punch
sentiment is computer generated
and ribbon and buttons are from my stash

thanks for looking

love n hugs
liza xox

sketch saturday


heres my entry for sketch saturday,i really enjoyed this weeks sketch hope you like it

heres what i used

urban prairie basic geey papers
sarah kay image coloured with watercolour paints
prima flowers (i think)
brads papermania sentiment is computer generated and ribbon is from my stash

thanks for looking and please leave a comment to let me know youve been

love n hugs
liza
xox

Sunday, 8 March 2009

My entry into the Truly Scrumptious Challenge #2






Heres my entry into the Truly Scrumptious Challenge #2,this is my 1st ever entry on this new challenge blog which has some fantastic DT cards,this weeks challenge was a fab sketch and you also had to include buttons which you have to make yourself,well i had a bash at it and hopefully ive done what they were looking,im pleased with it anyway and would love to hear what you's all think of it so please a comment and let me know you have been here.

heres what i have used

stamp is Sarah Kay coloured with watercolour paints
papers basic grey -Eva
rub-on is by pebbles inc
flower are Prima
charm,rose and ribbon are from my stash

love n hugs
liza
xox

my apologises


have to give my apologises for being such a bad blogger lately,cant believe how long its been since i last posted,i HAVE been cardmaking but just havnt had the chance to put them on my blog as yet,but will do soon,and promise that i will go check out all the blogs i follow and leave comments on your cards as soon as i get a chance


i got a pic done of the kids a few weeks ago so thort i would put it up and let you see the cheeky bunch lol

love n hugs
liza
xox