Cute Creatures - Sending Paper Hugs - Peacock - Set 1 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Friday - The last day of July is here and I hope you have had a great month.

I'm off to my very relaxing yoga class this morning and then we are going to Granada for the day, shopping, eating and to watch the new Spiderman film and cool off a little LOL.

I'm back today to share another cute and fun A6 card using another of the very cute creatures from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). Both sets are available now from the Etsy shop

If you haven't had a look, it's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included. Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

Today for my fun and colourful card I have used the gorgeous little peacock from set 1.  

I resized the little peacock for a landscape A6 card printing out and colouring with my promarkers before fussy cutting out.

Next I created an embossed background panel.  Ive had the peacock feather embossing folder in my stash for many many years LOL so cut a panel of white card and then inked the raised feathers with distress oxide ink before running through my cutting machine.  I wanted to add a little more colour so added more green ink and passed the folder through the machine a second time.  Next I used a deep blue acrylic paint and my brayer to add the dark paint over the panel, carefully applying a thin layer and building up the coverage slowly so not to fill the green feathers with pain. I love the matt texture this gives to the card.

I created a split panel landscape card, cutting the front panel of the card adding the embossed panel to the top with a strip of acetate in the middle.

The sentiment sticker was added to the acetate, so it appears to flow and the coloured peacock was adhered across the two panels.

To finish off the card I have added gold confetti, white a metallic gold gel pen and clear sparkle pen.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)


Hasta luego 👋

Enjoy the rest of your day !

    

              

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp  - Cute Creatures - set 1

LHC sentiment strip

Distress Oxide -  peacock feathers

Crafters Companion embossing folder - Kimono Collection - Peacock feathers

Artis Cromatica acrylic paint - marino

Spellbinders confetti - gold

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white, gold

crafters companion sparkle pen - clear

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

Cute Creatures - Hi There - Set 1 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Friday - I hope you have had a great week....Im off to may very relaxing yoga class this morning - just what I need after a very hot week, then tonight we are going walking down on the coast with our local walking group....bound to be loads of fun and extremely noisy LOL.

I'm back today to share another cute and fun A6 card using another of the very cute creatures from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). Both sets are available now from the Etsy shop

 

If you haven't had a look, it's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included. Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

Today for my fun and colourful card I have used the very sweet little dragonfly from set 1 today.  I wanted to have a play for this card so decided to colour the little dragonfly using some fluorescent gel pens that I have had in my crafty stash for a while.  I wanted to create a fun burst of colour as I think that dragonflies are just magical and their colours are amazing. I used grey promarkers to colour his head and a silver metallic pen for the body and antennae.

We have a few different types here where we live and we often see them swooping around the pool , catching the little flying insects then dropping to the pool and skimming along the water.  I also love these little insects as I love the Spanish word for dragonfly...it's libélula and it's such a happy magical word!

To create the colourful rainbow background I have blended distress inks through a paint splatter stencil using a rainbow of colour. 

The card was finished off with white gelly pen accents, extra clear sparkle to the dragonfly wings and clear sparkly sequins around the design.

Hopefully my fun colourful card today

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)


Hasta luego 👋

Enjoy the rest of your day !

    

              

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp  - Cute Creatures - set 1

LOTV Digital sentiment

Distress Ink -  salty ocean, wilted violet, festive berries, carved pumpkin, squeezed lemonade, twisted citron

Lawn Fawn Stencil - paint splatter

Buttons Galore & More - All is Calm mix

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

LHC Coloured Gel Ink Pens

crafters companion sparkle pen - clear

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

Cute Creatures - Float through life on a wave of happiness - Set 1 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Friday - I hope you have had a great week.

The very high temperatures are sticking around here and all across Europe at the moment, ranging from 36 to 40C most days locally...manageable for a few hours in the mornings but then by lunch everything has to stop and then its all about finding something to do out of the heat.

There have been loads of wild fires around the town already and they are breaking out every day in Andalusian region - very sad and very scary !

Stay safe everyone!

I'm back today to share a cute and fun A6 underwater card using another of the little sea creatures from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). Both sets are available now from the Etsy shop, there's also currently a fabulous 50% discount with eligible orders.

 

If you haven't had a look yet it's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included.  Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

I have used to sweet looking jelly fish from set 1 today, coloured in my favourite palette after printing out onto alcohol friendly card and cutting out on my ScanNCut.

This critter is definitely a lot cuter than the Mauve Stinger that stung me last year whilst snorkelling LOL

To create the  underwater background I have blended distress inks across a panel of card before using a wave stencil to dry emboss this, blending a darker ink over the raised areas.

I adhered strips of watery looking paper at then sides of the embossed panel and then added a stamped sentiment at the bottom of the card, finishing it off with white gelly pen accents and sparkly gems.

Hopefully my fun underwater card will make you feel a little cooler today

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)


Hasta luego 👋

Enjoy the rest of your day !

    

              

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp  - Cute Creatures - set 1

Distress Ink - salvaged patina, salty ocean, chipped sapphire, wilted violet

Creative Craft products - Water stencil

Crafts Consortium papers - Vivid ink Drops

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

Pretty Pink Posh gems - Blue Lagoon

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

Cute Creatures - Make a Splash - Set 2 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Sunday - I hope you are having a lovely weekend.

Last night we went on an adventure, a night walk.... we went walking with one of the local groups to explore The Sierra de Lújar mine  which is an active underground operation located in the mountains above Órgiva. The mine, Minera de Órgiva, S.L., it is one of the few sustainable fluorite mines in Europe, extracting high-quality fluorspar and the operation is known for its environmental practices, such as recycling 90% of its water and backfilling waste into old tunnels.

The mine is located in the mountains opposite are house and we can often see dust clouds as vehicles make their slow way up and down.

My goodness it definitely was an adventure...the group met just down the road at the Camping restaurant around 7pm and we set off in a couple of mini busses and a few 4x4 vehicles too.  It took around an hour to get to the mine entrance high up in the clouds as the track was very bumpy, and dusty and out poor minibus really struggle...the driver was amazing and we only had to get out once while the engine cooled a little and he manoeuvred over a difficult stretch of track.  

The views from the top were spectacular so it was well worth me having my eyes closed most of the journey up LOL. It was a really strange experience walking in the dark with torches and quite strenuous in places but Im so glad we went, despite getting home at midnight and being shattered.....we decided to skip the food after the walk as we were so tired. There are loads of photos on my Facebook page if you are interested.

It's a lot cooler here today thankfully with temperatures due to reach 34C this afternoon but after the high heat we've had it's a welcome relief and there even a chance of light rain next week ..... yippee !

I'm back today to share a fun 5" x 7" underwater scene card using some of the little sea creatures from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). Both sets are available now from the Etsy shop with a fabulous 50% discount

 

If you haven't had a look yet it's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included.  Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

I chose a hammerhead shark, a great white and the sweet little manta ray resizing them to suite my card before printing out onto alcohol friendly card and fussy cutting out.

Next I created my underwater background, using lots of distress oxide inks, blending to create rays of light and a bank of sand at the bottom...its was loads of fun !

I used a stencil from my stash to create the coral at the bottom of the card adding little white highlights.

I added a stamped sentiment in the top corner of the panel and  finished off the card with glossy accents bubbles and clear shimmer pen on the sharks and ray.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)


Hasta luego 👋

Enjoy the rest of your day !

    

              

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp  - Cute Creatures - set 2

Distress Oxide Ink - broken china, salty ocean, chipped sapphire, blueprint, sketch, cracked pistachio, antique lined, frayed burlap, mowed lawn, twisted citron, black soot, abandoned coral, spiced marmalade

Lawn Fawn stamps - Beary Rainy Day

Woodware Craft Collection Stamps - Sea Elements

TCW Stencil - Golf coast Florida

crafters companion sparkle pen - clear

Glossy Accents

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

Cute Creatures - From All the Gang - Set 1 & set 2 with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Sunday - I hope you are having a lovely weekend.......its a scorcher here today with temperatures due to reach 40C this afternoon so my card today has definitely got those desert vibes.

I'm back today to share a fun 6" x 6" card using some of the little dinosaurs from the Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop with a fabulous 50% discount

 

If you haven't had a look yet it's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included.  Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

I chose several of the dinosaurs and resized them to suite my card before printing out onto alcohol friendly card and cutting out with my ScanNCut.

One of the Pterodactyl's was reversed and made smaller so it looks like a little one with its mum/dad

All of the little critters in the collection are so easy to colour and you can really use your imagination with them...especially with the dinosaurs, after all whose going to know if the colours aren't correct LOL

Next I created my background, using a fantastic Simon Hurley layering stencil I treated myself to and distress inks to create my desert sunset scene.

You know me with bold colours, I just can't help myself..... LOL

I added a sentiment from the collection in the top corner of the panel and little white gelly roll pen highlights to the cactus in the foreground.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)


Hasta luego 👋

Enjoy the rest of your day !

    

              

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp  - Cute Creatures - set 1 and set 2

LOTV digital sentiment - Safari set

Distress Ink - scorched timber, vintage photo, rusty hinge, fossilised amber, spiced marmalade, picked raspberry, wilted violet, chipped sapphire

Simon Hurley Layering Stencil - Sedona

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

New Release - Cute Creatures - Bundle Offer - You are my favourite person - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Friday - I hope you have all had a lovely week and have  a lovely weekend planned.  

We've had another really busy week with various appointments and keeping up with jobs around the house and garden so I'm looking forward to lunch today with fiends at our favourite restaurant nearby.

I'm back today to share a sweet little A6 card using one of the cute little critters from the brand new  Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop.

 

It's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included.  Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

My sweet card has been made using the little love bird from set 1.  I resized him and created a reversed copy as I wanted the two little birds to be facing each other.

All of these little images are so easy to colour and you can really use your imagination with them.

The two little birds were printed out onto alcohol friendly card and coloured with my promarkers before cutting out with my ScanNCut.

Next I created my background, using a cloud stencil and distress inks to create a magical sky to complete my rainbow of colours used.

I die cut a little branch and some leaves, adding distress ink to these for some shading.

The sentiment was cut out in a little cloud shape on my ScanNCut and I blended ink over this too.

Finishing touches were some little clear sparkly gems, a little clay heart and white gel pen highlights around the design.

I hope that you like my card today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)


Hasta luego 👋

Enjoy the rest of your day !

    

              

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp  - Cute Creatures - set 1

Polkadoodles digital sentiment - Wings of Love - Sentiment bundle

Distress Ink - shaded lilac, salvaged patina, kitsch flamingo, rustic wilderness, frayed burlap

Sheena Die - leaf and branch

Lawn Fawn stencil - cloudy

Buttons Galore & More gems  - All is Calm

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

clay heart

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

New Release - Cute Creatures - Bundle Offer - Batty About you - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Sunday - I hope the weekend is going ok for you.  

We were out last night at our favourite bar - normally date night is Friday but we swapped this week and it was nice for a change.

I'm in the middle of preparing for the arrival of my new computer - I'm really excited as the one I have at the moment is really struggling and on its last legs but feeling a little apprehensive too trying to get everything running on the new one. Ill keep you posted hopefully, assuming I can get onto my blog that is LOL

Today I'm sharing another a sweet little A6 card using one of the cute little critters from the brand new  Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop.

 

It's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included.  Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

My sweet little bat card has been made using set 1 resizing him and then printing onto alcohol friendly card and colouring with with my promarkers before cutting out with my ScanNCut.

Who ever said that bats are just for Halloween.

Next I created my background, I printed out a piece of paper from the Cosmic paper set and used a circular die to cut an aperture in the paper and then used a moon stencil to create the moon with distress ink.

The little branch that the bat is sat on was die cut from black card and I added a white gel pen highlight to the top of the branch.

Finishing touches were some sparkly gems and white gel pen highlights around the design.

I hope that you like my cards today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)


Hasta luego 👋

Enjoy the rest of your day !

    

              

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp  - Cute Creatures - set 1

LOTV Digital paper - Cosmic collection

Polkadoodles Digital sentiment - 

Tim Holtz Moon stencil

Distress Ink - hickory smoke

Lisa Horton Crafts die - Petite Petals

Pretty Pink Posh gems - midnight black

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x

New Release - Cute Creatures - Bundle Offer - Don't Let the little things bug you - with Lili of the Valley LOTV

Hello everyone happy Saturday - wishing you all a great weekend.  

We've had such a busy week with various appointments, trips to Granada and things to do around the house and garden so I'm feeling completely out of sink, not entirely sure what day it is really....LOL

It was so windy yesterday too, I got blown home from my yoga class and ended up with loads of dust and grit in my eyes, hoping for a less blustery day today.

I'm back today to share a sweet little A6 card using one of the cute little critters from the brand new  Cute Creatures collection by Lili of the Valley (LOTV). available now from the Etsy shop.

 

It's a fantastic collection of 2 sets of images, that you can buy separately or as a complete collection - I know which I would choose as its a fantastic price for what's included.  Each set contains 93 cute little creatures or you can get all 186 creatures.

My sweet little caterpillar card has been made using set 1 and I have to say they are so easy to colour and make really cute cards - I'm sure you'll love them and the hardest part is what to create with first.

I resized the caterpillar and then printed him out onto alcohol friendly card and colouring with with my promarkers before cutting out with my ScanNCut.

Next I created my background, I wanted the little caterpillar to be nestled in amongst the leaves but with a bite taken out so I used a stencil to create the leafy pattern and then die cut a shape out of the side of the panel.

Finishing touches were some little sparkly gems and white gel pen highlights around the design.

I hope that you like my cards today and you'll enjoy the next cards I share from Lili of the Valley (LOTV)


Hasta luego 👋

Enjoy the rest of your day !

    

              

Card recipe:

LOTV Digital stamp  - Cute Creatures - set 1

Polkadoodles Digital sentiment - Lily Bug Ladybird collection - sentiment bundle

Polkadoodles stencil - Leaf 

Distress Ink - twisted citron, rustic wilderness

floral die

buttons Galore & More gems  - Coconut Palms

Sakura Gelly Roll pen - white

 #lotv #liliofthevalley #weloveliliofthevalley #lotvdt

Thanks for stopping by and reading my blog I would love if you could leave me a comment. 

 Wendy x