the Other Lori B

How cool is this , while browsing some  verrry cool blogs , I came aacross the truly awesomely talented

Lori Boyd  and her scrummy digi stamp range 

here at

http://loriboyd.blogspot.com/

I'm sure you'll agree they are perfect for colouring and thestunning  cards on her blog show the endless possibilities with these gorgeous designs

ooooh fab candy at the Ribbon Girl

 Still not too late to get your hands on this scrummy candy over at the Ribbon Girll

fabulous colours , great for all those summer cards now its nearly here (wishful thinking !!!)

http://ribbongirls.blogspot.com/2011/04/mothers-day-give-away.html?showComment=1302173433685#c5397306664803272670

commissioned card

Here's a  birthday card I made for friend Catherines son Jack

for his 10th birthday

he's just started guitar lessons so a rock star in the making ...

 I used a woodware teddy stamp

coloured with my Pro Markers 

and finished the guitar with Glossy accents to make it stand out a bit

papers are from my stash and used my circle nesties to cut the circles for the name

 added card candy to finish and voila !!! done

have  entered this into

CRAFT YOUR DAYS AWAY  spots and stripes challenge

fab new challenge blog and some gorgeous blog candy

Fabulous new challenge blog over at Divas by Design , are doing a bi monthly challenge , and to celebrate  have thos gorgeous blog candy uo for grabs .. link in my sidebar

Mothers day card

Heres  one of the Mothers Day cards I made using  gorgeous Lili of the Valley  stamp

I coloured with my pro markers and used Martha Stewart punch paper was 

DCWV  blossoms and blooms and some doillies bought from ebay !

flowers from my stash and some Card Candy

Believe it or not the ribbon was actually wrapped round some PRIMARK pj's !!! LOL

I NEVER  throw anything away ...

have plucked up the courage and entered this into:
 Papertake weekly  challenge
Spoon Full of Sugar challenge 146
http://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/
http://papersundaes.blogspot.com/2011/04/paper-sundaes-challenge-63-spring

EXCLUSIVE sneaky peek at the brand new Lou Lou !!! DT CALL!

Well here they are 2 of the 6  brand new designs for my new range of stamps!!!

these 2 are Lou-Lou , and initially there will be 6 designs

and   at the same time I will be launching another 6 called Tiggy .....

The images are going off to the manufacturers today to get the costings done and hopefully in a few weeks they will be here , ready to pLay with and get some samples made up .

I will be looking for some budding design team members to help turn these little divas into works of art ,

so ladies if you think you would like to be involved with this exciting new project , get in touch and let me know , would love to see them come to life .

more sneaky peeks at the rest of the range soon  hugs xxxx Lori

exciting news!!!

wow its been longer than I thought since I managed to post ,.. shame on me!!

So much has been happening so early into the year , and I'm soo excited I could just POP !!

I have  teamed up with an illustrator  who  is working on some gorgeous characters for a fabulous new stamp range .... something I have wanted to do for such a long time .

we have 4 designs done only another 8 to go !!
found a manufacturer and a company to supply the packaging, ,  so woooo hoooo here we go on what will be an exciting and hopefully successful journey , but most of all I can finally see my little creations come to life... and hopefully they will give others as much  pleasure as me ...

Hopefully all will go to plan and they will be launched later this year under Suburban Diva 
The stamps themselves are called LOU-LOU and TIGGY  dont want to give too much away so watch this space ..... more news and sneaky peeks to follow

Feelin blue milton bear

Have taken the plunge and am gonna enter my first blog challenge !!!



am not sure what all  you wonderfully talented ladies will make of my attempts but hey ho you gotta start somewhere huh?

feelin a bit blue  today , as much as I've caught up a bit with a few tasks at home

I am officially bored of being snowed in !!! this little chap is one of thewild rose milton stamps I got at the SECC in Octrober and he has been used on quite a few of  my Christmas cards ,. this time I went for an icy theme , and think it turned out quite well

I stamped  hom in Momento ink and coloured using my Promarkers and added some stickles to give him some sparkle think it definately makes the poinsietta POP

then mounted on some scalloped circles cut with my nesties

Papers are some leftover Forever Friends from last xmas and I have added a stamped sentiment using a lili of the valley sentiment stamp

 think he'll get used quite a bit as I  am a bit taken with him xxxx

have entered this card into 

http://www.craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/
 http://onestopcraftchallenge.blogspot.com/
http://stampwithsarahkay.blogspot.com







large a4 card Wild Rose Studio

Well  getting snowed in today really did work out kinda well. Not only did I do a mahhhhoooooosive

amount of cleaning but I actually managed to get some crafting done

I have a Christmas Fayre coming up at work and have been frantically trying to get enough cards ready as well as a  commissions from my work colleagues ,... so every minute I get  I'm making cards !!

here's one of the larger A4 cards I've been making

I've used a Wild Rose Studio stamp and isnt she adorable , coloured using pro markers

think the practice is paying off and my colouring is getting better but still a long way to go then finished with some of my fave stickles glitter glue

paper is from last year , think its papermania  and have added a tag

with a sentiment stamp from Lili of the Valley

snowflakes are punched from holographic card  with Martha Stewart  large snowflake punch and I've added some extra sparkle with some confetti snowflakes  red stick on gems , cos a girl can never have enough sparkle now can she

let it snow letit snow let it snow!!!

 heres what we woke to this morning after another  night of heavy snowfall !!!
couldnt get my car out the street  to get to work , and the schools are all closed . forecasts for more snow and a wind chill from siberia of -20 tonight !!!!so have stayed at home today ..... and cleaned , oh how I've cleaned !!!
was going to do it all at the weekend but now I've got most of it done I can have the weekend off , yay!!! more time to get my xmas cards finished !!!