Lili of the Valley Bunnies

Here are two cards I made using Lili of the Valley's Umbrella Bunny stamp.  It is one of my favourite LOTV stamps as it can be feminine or masculine and can be used for everything from baby cards, birthday cards to congratulations cards.  So cute.  The papers are from a Papermania paper pack.

Lili of the Valley Christmas Open Day

Yesterday I went to an all day workshop at Lili of the Valley in Leeds with my friend Kathy.  It was a fabulous day of shopping, crafting and socialising with like minded ladies.  We started the day with a little shopping, then the first class was making the Christmas window hanger then we moved onto the Christmas cracker then we stopped for lunch and some more shopping.  After lunch we made a huge 8" x 8" male themed Christmas card.  I liked the class project which included lots of pennant strips but I had a couple of their lovely Christmas paper pads from my lunchtime shopping so I wanted to use them so I did my own thing.  Then next project was a female themed Christmas card which I love and the final project of the day was a gift bag and we did this in non Christmas colours just in case anyone was getting bored with the colours, I love it but it might have been better maintaining the colour theme.  I have some bags so I might make another to match the other projects.  We layered up a flower and and added a jewel effect embellishment and there were some holly leaves so we could either make it Christmassy or leave off the holly leaves.  The day cost £40 and included drinks and biscuits at morning and afternoon breaks, all the materials and use of adhesives, tools etc.  they really couldn't do enough for you and compared to some craft days that can cost up to £100 I thought this was amazing value for money.

Old Lady Card

This is a similar card to the one in my last post, using up some old Stampin' Up! papers and using a Marianne thin metal die set that cuts the loopy circle and the flowers and leaves.  Thought about giving my mother this one for her birthday but thought she might batter me I'd I imply she is wrinkly or old!

Mum's Birthday 2013

I had a mad crafting day a few days ago and made a stack of birthday cards.  This is one I made for my Mother's birthday this coming weekend.  I used up some old Stamping Up designer papers and some matching cardstock and used my current favourite Marianne metal die set to cut the loopy circular piece and the flowers and leaves.  The die set is amazing as it is almost makes a complete card all on its own.  I love the way it perforates the flowers and leaves and around the circular piece.  The stamp, I believe, is a Lili of The Valley one and I coloured the image with pro-markers.