Winter Wonderland Challenge.

Morning, LCI are sponsoring the 

"Winter Wonderland Challenge"

 this week so some of the Ladybugs have been asked to do a guest DT spot.

The challenge theme is "Carol Singers"

Now everyone knows that Cats are excellent at a chorus and Magnum is no exception, I just wonder if Lily is singing all of the verses lol!  

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Craft 229, Christmas,

MAWTT, Christmas cuties,

ATSAM, Colouring,

SSS, Christmas,

Crafting Musketeers 6, Christmas,

DTC22, Tie it up,

MIM162, Anything goes,
Polka Doodles 42, Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Still Time To Hop Through The Ages

This is one of the New Releases from Ladybug Crafts Ink, if you fancy winning some of the new releases yourself, why not join in with the blog hop before time runs away with you!

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Speedy And Friends 150, Shaped card,

CIC70, Die cuts,

DD26, Die cuts,

4CCC132, Dies,

CUC38, Anything goes,

DDCC207, Girls.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Mid way Reminder

Just a quick post to remind you that the Ladybugs are having a blog hop and there is still time for you to join us. 

 

I'm loving the "Through The Ages Digis" 

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
Joanna Sheen, Layers,
PIO9, Happy Birthday,
MTTC211, Embossing,
MIM130, Anything goes,
C4E15, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x

Ladybugs Go Hopping Through The Ages.

Another new release from the Ladybugs today, boy Kerry is spoiling us all in 2013!

You should have made your way here from the lovely

Susan's Blog

if you haven't and you would like to join us in the hop, make your way back to the challenge bog where the hop begins and where you can find out the full details of all the amazing prizes! The theme of this fortnight's challenge is
 "Add a number"

Isn't the image just perfect and it is available to buy for only £1.75

The next stop on the hop is the 

lovely Diane

 where I'm in no doubt you will see a card that's just as gorgeous on the inside as it is on the outside!

I'm using my card for the following challenges:-

CAS on a Sunday 2, Round,

CCC30, Birthday,

DTC199, Birthday,

CYP151, Banners,

CCC231, Shaped card,

Songbird 14, Age cards,

CIP, Anything goes,

OSAAT152, Digi,

PP8, Happy Birthday,

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Still Time To Hop.

I'm a little behind with a reminder but just wanted you to know that there is just under a week left for you to join in the hop to be in with the chance of winning one or even all six of the gorgeous new Killer Heels Digi images by LCI

Just make your way to

 Ladybug Crafts Ink and start at the beginning! 

The image I have used today is

"Masquerade Killer Heels"

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Crafty Sentiments, Anything goes,

Papertake Weekly, Anything goes,

TTCRD, Anything goes,

Bunny Zoe's, Anything goes,

MIM126, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Killer Heels At 40!

When a girl turns 40, she deserves some glamour and you couldn't get any more glamorous than this stunning new digi image "Leopard" from the latest release by LCI "Killer Heels collection".

 The numbers were cut on the Cricut and the card was created using the Grand Calibur and one of my large scalloped Nestabilities.

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Fab n Funky 156, Shoes,

PPC112, One for the girls,

Anything goes 85, Monochrome,

CRC, Monochrome,

CCC28, Girly,

DCD100, Anything goes,

TTCRD, Anything goes,

DDCC, Girly,

MIM 125, Anything goes.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

Kick Off Your Shoes And Join In The Fun!

The Ladybugs are back and after our nice long break we thought we'd  kick off the the year with a

New Release Blog Hop

You should have made your way here from the lovely Former ladybug and guest designer for this hop,

Pami's Blog

where no doubt you've been treated to one of her gorgeous creations, none of the Ladybugs have seen any of the new Killer Heels other than our own and if 

 "Killer Heels Masquerade"

is anything to go by, the rest will be stunning!

The challenge theme for this fortnight is

"Girly or Female"

I went very grown up with my silver black and white card, check out the Swarovski Crystals, BLINGING! 

Ok, don't laugh, I know it's a big photo but with an image as gorgeous as this I wanted you to see every detail!

Remember, there's some great prizes on offer

1st prize is all 6 images,then 5 lucky crafters can each choose an image of their choice. So if you want to be in with a chance of winning, be sure to comment on all of the blogs and remember to look out for some letters along the way to help you work out a word at the end.

The next stop on the hop is Sue

but just before you leave, get out your pencil and paper,I have something for you, my letter is

" i"

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Crafty Boots, New,(new release digi)

MIM125, Anything goes,

OSAAT148, Use a digi,

Opus Gluei 148, Glitz and glamour,

Squirrel And Fox 36, Something new.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

p.s. these gorgeous digi images are available for only £1.75, not bad for a pair of designer shoes eh? 

Twelve Hours And Counting

Can you tell I'm excited?

Thirteen!

Getting closer!

The Countdown Is On

Less than 14 hours to go till the fun begins!

Totally Delightful

 Morning all,  just a quick post from me today to give you a little reminder that there is still one week left of the "Ladybugs Blog Hop" The hop starts Here

 

 My lovely digi image "Mr and Mrs Snowman Delight" has been paperpieced and shading added with Copics.

 

 

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Mojo Monday 259, Sketch,

Lollipop 90, At least 2 punches/dies,

Penny Black and More, Christmas,

Cupcake 178, Inspirational photo,(used colours and ribbler effect of cake cases)

MIM 107, Anyhting goes.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

 

 

Totally Time For A Bit Of Blog Hopping!

Morning all, what a day the Ladybugs have in store for you today, you can come and visit us all, stop for a coffee and a catchup and check out our latest creations, all you need to do is leave us each a comment so we know what you think and when you've finished the hop, make a decision on which of the images you like the best, simples!

The overall winner of the hop will receive all 6 images and there will be 5 winners of 1 image each. Of course there will be the usual Challenge Winner and Winner using an LCI image and Top 3.

 So it all started with Lisa setting us a photo challenge, then Kerry decided it was about time to treat us all to some new Christmas digis, There are 6 images in the set which is called Snowman Delight and they are £1.75 each. 

 

So, I'm the first stop on the hop, and the image that Kerry gave me to get crafty with is

"Mr and Mrs Delight" 

 

I'm really into paper piecing my images at the mo so had a bit of a rummage in my scrap drawer and found a piece of double sided paper, I used one side for Mr and the other side for Mrs, I even found a little patterned corner on the paper that I used for the parcels. If you don't know how to paper piece a digi, it's really easy, if enough people are interested perhaps we could sort out a tutorial, just mention it in your comment.

I fussy cut the image out, and made a centre stepped card, tearing some white card to make the snowy hills, I embossed some of the white and also added some stickles for a bit of sparkle. I couldn't decide on where to stamp my sentiment then came up with the idea of stamping Merry Christmas onto a scrap of card then roughly drew a sign post around it. I then used the same colour Copics that I used for the fence to colour it before cutting it out and placing it between the layers of torn paper snow. The snow on the top of the sign is a tiny strip of torn copier paper,simply glued to the top edge.

You can find the full details of the hop Here

 

 

 

 

 

The next stop on the hop is Kath, one of the three guest designers joining is for some blog hopping fun.

 

 

 

 

I'm using my card for the following challenges:-

 

C4E, Anything goes,

Dream Valley 40, Something old (papers), Something new(digi),

Crafty Pad 187, Scraps,

Squirrel and Fox 26, Anything goes,

Crafty Catz 149, Christmas,

Anything goes 75, Early Christmas,

GGWSCC, Pick 3,embossing,glitter,paperpiecing,

MTTC188, More than one fold,

PTT85, Multi fold,

Patties 52, Embossing.

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

 

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Always In A Hurry.

The Fun Starts

HERE

Next Tuesday!

 

 

 

 

Morning, I know I always seem to be in a hurry but I'm afraid that today is no exception. Just thought you'd like to know where to find all the fun next week and that's with the Ladybugs!

 Please grab this badge and pop it in your side bar, we want as many crafters as possible to be able to join in all the fun!

 

Here's another of the quick makes that I needed for this week though I don't know why I bothered, my daughter is still carrying it around in her school bag.

 

 

 

 

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Crafts And Me 100, add a flower,

MMCS 73, Anything goes,

Papertake Weekly, Anything goes,

Through The Craftroom Door, Anything goes,

MIM105, Anything goes,

Unstampabelles, Embossing.

 

Right I'm off to do some of the boring stuff, Housework :(

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x 

 

Midway Blog Hop Reminder at LCI.

A quick reminder for you today that there's a

New Release Blog Hop Challenge

 on at Totally Ladybug Tuesday, this is a four week challenge this time as Kerry is giving us Ladybugs a bit of a break over the summer, LOL! Summer, who are we kidding, I even found myself wearing a cardi yesterday and I don't think my Umbrella has ever been used so much as it has these last few weeks.

I was treated to a pack of  pink Spectrum Noire pens at the weekend so I used them here, have to say that at first it felt extremely strange using the firm tips to colour with instead of the brush tips of the Copics but I'm definitely going to invest in some more, the thin tips were very precise and using the Copics blender and some firm pressure on the paper with my fingertip, any mistakes were easily rectified. Wish it would have been as easy to rectify my heavy handed addition of stickle as unfortunately it caused the printer ink to bleed slightly:(

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-

Get Hippity With Ippitty, Christmas,

Hooked On Crafts 22, Christmas,

Lollipop 84, Christmas,

Love To Create 24, 3 of something,

MIM84, Anything goes,

TSG165, Christmas,

Totally Stampalicious, Christmas,

That's it from me for today except,

Don't forget to check out the Cling Stamp Sale that's on over at LCI at the moment!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x



Time For A New Release!

HAPPY BLOGHOPPING LADYBUG TUESDAY!

and there's a new Ladybug joining us for the first time today, the lovely Susan, she's a brave lady joining us mad bunch !

You should have found your way here from the lovely Pami's blog, if you haven't you need to make your way back to the "Challenge Blog" to start the hop.

On to my card using the rather gorgeous and girlie,

"Handbag Tree Delights" digi image,

don't you think it's fabulous!

I coloured the image using Copics and added a computer generated sentiment, I decided to go CAS as the image is so fabulous that a complicated layout really isn't necessary.

I just added a little glossy accents and a touch of silver gel pen to some of the clasps.

Now I'm going to let you into a secret, I am not the kind of girl that has a handbag for every outfit and the nearest I have ever got to a designer handbag is the one I was given on my birthday from Clarkes so hardly designer lol! 

 Seeing the lovely range hanging from my tree, got me googling"Designer Handbags"

Boy oh boy was I shocked at how much a designer handbag would set a fashionable girlie back, shocking, when you think that you can be the proud owner of these beauties here for only £1.75

Want to know which one's my favourite?

It just has to be this one, perfect for every Christmas party, I need one!

The next stop on the hop is Michele but before you leave to admire the gorgeousness of her creation you need to make a note of my letter!

I'm using my card for the following challenges:-

CBN1, Anything goes,

Lollipop 84, Christmas,

MIM96, Anything goes,

PanPastel 25, Use a digi,

Paper Players 102, Christmas,

The Ribbon Girl, Girlie,(you wouldn't see a boy holding these beauties)

Squirrel And Fox 21, Christmas,

Just Some Lines, CAS.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie.x

p.s. before you go, you might like to read this,

Totally Ladybug Blog Hop Tuesday!

Oh my goodness, major excitement, today's the day that the Ladybugs have been eagerly waiting for. Not only is it time for a new challenge with the theme "Spring Is In The Air" but it's also time for the New Release Blog Hop! The Ladybugs have only seen their own  digi image and as there are 9 to be seen altogether we have been eagerly waiting to see what the rest of the team have been given to work with. 

You should have made your way here from Catherine's blog

if you haven't you need to go back to the challenge blog and start at the beginning.I just love my image

"Garden Bench Delight"

so much so that I almost didn't add a sentiment and was considering hanging it in my crafty cabin. I decided to make a "Frame Card" to really show it off and printed off sections of the digi in addition which I layered up on the outside of the frame, also flipping the image vertically for some of the pots .  

The little signs were easily created to place in and around the pots. I just wrote the greeting,drew around them with a fine liner and added the stick, a few dots at the bottom to echo those in the digi and a bit of distress ink to dirty them up.

 The bunting I hand cut in spring coloured paper remnants, adding hand drawn stitches. Can't you just picture this gorgeous image with another image sat on it, I know I've got loads of stamps amongst my collection that are just crying out for a nice spot to sit. My first though, is going to be my cheeky chap Magnum! 

The next stop on the hop is the "Lovely Lisa's blog" but before you head on over, the letter that you need to help you solve the puzzle is "U"  The new Digis are available here from today at £1.75 per image or the Whole Shebang £13 saving £2.75 I'll race you there lol!

I'm using this card for the following challenges:-
Bunny Zoe's 21, Celebration,
DMC23, Cropped digi image,
Karen's Doodles 98, Celebrate,
MIM76, Anything goes,
Paper Pretties, Use flowers, 
Stampalot February, In the garden.
Thanks for stopping by on this exciting Tuesday,
Julie.x

It's Time For A Ladybug Party!

It's time to join the Ladybugs in a celebration today as we are officially One Year Old!!! Yayy!!!
Kerry also has a new Digi Release,Double Yayyyy!!!!
And Just for the fun of it,we are celebrating with a blog hop and along the way,you just might get the chance to win some candy, how many Yays are we up to ????

The name of the new digi release is called "Love and Marriage" so if you want to join us in the challenge this week, the theme for this week or Anything goes or Love and Marriage.

You should have found your way here from Kerry's Blog,if not and you want to join in with the hop and the chance of winning some prizes, you need to make you way back to the beginning where you will find all the details and rules of the hop. I was so pleased when I received my digis to play with,the first image is just perfect for me to make a special Christmas card for my lovely niece and her new husband,the added bonus is that she looks just like the beautiful image. The digi when printed has 3 little hearts just above the couple's heads,I replaced them with a die cut mistletoe and 3 flat backed self adhesive pearls. I kept my layout really simple,just embossed my background,layered up my card stock and added a little printed ribbon greeting(bought from M&S on a roll!) I forgot to mention that I used my nestie circles to do the "out of the box" cut of the image,this took a little time but it was so worth it! I Love this card!

The Image is called "The Kiss" isn't it just perfect for the Newly Wed Love Birds!

The other image I was given to play with was this gorgeous cake,or "The Cake" if you want it's official title lol!. Soooo easy to colour up,I admit the layout is simple again, but I was running short on time. This image would be just perfect for anyone making their own Wedding invitations it's a bit classy don't you think! Sorry the colours look a bit off,I edited the photo on picassa as it was a little dark,unfortunately the purple die cut now looks blue :( 

Now here's the chance of winning some candy,some of my favourite braids,buttons,bling,blooms and brads along with some hand made papers and other bits I like to use, I might add a few extras gems just for the fun of it too :)
All you need to do is leave a little comment mentioning the celebrations and check back in a weeks time to see if you've won, you don't even have to be a follower but I would love it if you were!  The next stop on the Hop is Tams! Have fun!

I'm using my cards for the following challenges:-
BBB13,CAS,
Crafty Boots,Young at heart,
DDCC,Anything goes Digi,
Heart Song 23,Anything goes,
MIM62,Anything goes,
CIPaints,Anything goes,
Dream Valley 19,Anything goes,
I Did It Creations 80,Christmas,
OSAAT87,Digi,
Sentimental Sundays,Wedding,
Little Claires 14,Christmas,
Crafty Catz 107,Anything goes.
  You can find the NEW DIGI RELEASE! Love and Marriage here...there are 6 Digi images to choose from. They'll be on sale immediately for £1.75 each or £9 for the entire set. What a bargain!!!
I Hope you join in with the fun,
Thanks for stopping by,
Julie.x