Thursday, June 9, 2011

wishing you a day full of happiness

Hi Everyone!  I have really exciting news today.  I've been asked to join the Lili of the Valley Design Team!!  You know how I love their cute images and great sentiments.  I am so excited to get to work with them!



Lili of the Valley is releasing 16 new Girl images on June 14th.  The design team has been sharing sneak peeks over on the LOTV's Ideas to Inspire blog so be sure to check out the rest of the sneak peeks.  My card today features one of the new images releasing on June 14th.  This is Milly - Flower Power.

Isn't she so cute with her large flower?! I love the little frame around the image. I colored the image with copic markers on copic x-press it cardstock and used some patterned paper from Echo Park's Springtime line.  I used a sentiment from the Dreamy Days Sentiments set.  I used a 1 3/4" circle punch to cut out the sentiment and a rectangle nestability die to cut out the image.


Sorry, I didn't write down the copic marker colors for this image.  I was having a bugger of a time when I was coloring it!  When I was almost all the way done coloring the image, my colorless blender "burped" a huge blob of blending solution right in the middle of my image!  I had to spend some time fixing the image and scooped the markers up to put them away afterwards without writing the numbers down.

Anyway, I finished off my card with lots of stitching, some baker's twine, and a couple wooden buttons from Close to My Heart that are the perfect match for my kraft cardstock.  I love those wooden buttons!

Okay, I am off to work on another sneak peek card.  Have a great day!

Niki

22 comments:

Elaine Moore said...

CONGRATS Niki - I've loved all the cards you've made in the past using LOTV images - they are sooooooo stinkin cute!! Can hardly wait to see what you come up with in the future! Hugs

LaurieJ said...

Congratulations, Niki! This card and the image is so darling! Fabulous coloring job.

Betsy said...

Congrats!!!
I love this little girl ~ she's so cute with her big flower!

Samantha J said...

What a beautiful card!!! :-) So sweet :-)

Gabby said...

OMG! The image is delightful and your coloring is wonderful! The design elements down to the buttons and twine is fantastic. Darling card! :)

Deborah Frings said...

Congratulations on your new DT post! This card is just so sweet, fab colouring and full of lovely details with the stitching, buttons and twine! Lovely!

saskia said...

Gorgeous card! Your colouring is amazing!!!!
Greetings, Saskia :)

Laura said...

congrats on the new dt! love the card!

Carole said...

Hey Nikky,
What a great news.. after WMS, now LOTV, what a lucky you are.... I am a fan of LOTV too (see Claudia's bog).
Also, I really love this card, very bright and very happy !!!
Thanks for sharing

Tracey said...

That's amazing news Niki! Congratulations!!
I love this card!! Stunning!!

Michelle said...

Congrats Niki --their images are adorable & I keep meaning to buy some of their sentiments -- it's on my wish list :)

Betty said...

Niki, this is so precious and beautifully done! Congrats on the new team! Adorable card!

Carol R said...

This card is so sweet and beautiful! I just love ALL the cards you design and make. Just have not had the time to comment. Your coloring is fabulous on them all! Question: what Copic markers do you use for the flesh tones? Thanks!

Ida P. Krause said...

Congratulations on your new DT position!
Your card is so adorable and your coloring is amazing.

Cassandra said...

My goodness there is no stopping you now. Congratulations you thoroughly deserve it.

Miss Robin said...

Congratulations! I love Lili's stamps also. Look forward to seeing your creations.

Christiana said...

Oh my gosh, congratulations on getting a DT spot with Lili of the Valley! I LOVE their stamps. I mean love, love, love! In fact, that's how I came across your blog in the first place a year or so ago. I was searching for blogs of crafters using Lili of the Valley images.
I'm so excited you'll be a part of their team now because I know I'm going to see all sorts of fabulousness coming out from here!
Love this card so much! Would have never known you had to fix it!

Sue Kment said...

Congratulations! Such wonderful colors on this fun creation! Looking forward to lots of great LOTV's.

Pops x said...

Hi sweetie, first off WELCOME I ma so glad you are a part of this, this is just gorgeous, i love the cute image, fab papers and colours too hugs pops x

Ruth S said...

Great news on your DT pick!! LOTV are so lovely ;)
Your card is super cute - you would never guess there was a 'burping' incident here. It's adorable, and I love the double colour of twine. Rx

Crissy Armstrong said...

All I can say is, WOW!!!!! Impact here!!!!!

Alice W. said...

congratulations, Niki!! so happy for you! LOVE this sweet and delightful card, too! fabulous coloring and design as always!