PERSIAN MOTIFS

 Good Morning Everyone,

Back again with another card.  I've decided this year to try and use some or most of my unused stuff.  I have it in a basket and it's getting a bit overloaded at the moment as I was lucky to get some Christmas crafty presents.

These stamps weren't for Christmas.  They were one of the first Altenew sets I bought quite a few years ago and hate to admit I've never used them.  I stamped the outlines of the motifs with Versamark and gold embossing powder onto Bristol Smooth paper and then coloured them with my Zig markers, just two colours Light Green and Cyclamen Pink.  The sentiment is also heat embossed in gold and from a Penny Black set called Super Day.

I've also used Stampin Up gold sparkly dots, MFT mini scalloped edger and gold and pink papers for the mats.

I would like to enter this into:

Passion for Markers Christmas Challenge - Add a Sentiment

NBUS - First outing for the Persian Motifs

Simon Says Weds - Add a Sentiment

Creative Knockouts - Celebrations

We're taking our Christmas tree etc. down today so that will be good when it's done.  Have a good one and see you soon.

Lynne x

BIG BDAY WISHES TAKE 2

Hello Everyone,

I would like to wish you a Happy New Year and thank you all for your visits and support over the past year.  Let us hope this year will be a good one for us all.

Hubby has gone to watch football today so I decided to have another play with my MFT Big Birthday die and this time used snippets in different colours for the die.  This meant cutting the whole thing out a few times, but it has left me with more letters for another card.  I stamped the little birds, cake and animals from two different MFT sets and coloured them with copics, fussy cut them out and added them to the card.  Two die cut balloons also added to finish it off.

I would like to enter this into:

Snippets Playground - Use snippets - some of the snippets used:

Colourful Options - Rainbow colours

Thank you for your visit, have a lovely peaceful day and I will be back soon.

Lynne x

 

BIG BOUQUET

 Morning Everyone,

I hope you've all had a good Christmas.  We had one hectic day with everyone for lunch and then very quiet afterwards, but I think we needed that to recover.

 It's taken me a few days to feel like going in the craft room again, but decided to finish this little lady which I started to colour before Christmas.  This is her first inking and she is Tiny Townie with a Big Bouquet from Stamping Bella.  I have coloured with copics and found some paper from a First Edition pad to match her dress and one of the flowers.  The paper does have embossed flowers on it, but it's not very clear on the photo.  I have used the Spellbinders arch to cut the image out and matted with gold mirri card.  I have also used this to cut the sentiment which is part of a prize from Simon Says Stamp.

I would like to enter:

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Passion for Markers - Add a Sentiment

Simon Says Wednesday - Add a Sentiment

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Have a good day, thank you for visiting and I will see you soon.

Lynne x

CREATE A SCENE

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge today at Allsorts where the theme, alongside Anything Goes, is Create a Scene as chosen by Lynn. 

For my card I have used a Creative Expressions die set called Christmas Village.  I die cut a circle in the middle of my stitched square and then added a piece of green snowy looking paper to the back of the circle.  I tore a piece of white card for the snow, added the sentiment which is from a Spellbinders set and arranged all the little elements to create a scene. A few little pearls were added for embellishment.

There are two prizes of Lavinia, one a collection of mini/small stamps with bottle sticker for scene making and three stamps as second prize.

I hope you can join us in the challenge.  I know it's a busy time for everyone at the moment, but the challenge closes on 31st December so there will be time after the big day to have a play.  I know I always look forward to the week after Christmas as it is relatively quiet and I can have a play in the craft room.  I I try to make my DT cards in advance and I'm so pleased I have this past week as I haven't had chance to do anything in there lately.

This will be my last post before Christmas so I would like to wish you all a Happy Christmas and thank you for visiting and all your lovely comments throughout the year.

Lynne x

MERRY CHRISTMAS STENCIL

Morning Everyone,

I hope you are keeping well. There's a lot of colds and flu about, but fingers crossed we'll escape it.   I bought this Spellbinders stencil in a sale from Oakwood Direct a while ago as I thought it would be nice and flat for posting and decided to have a play.

I used various inks of shades of green and pink, mainly copying the colours from the packet picture, as it was my first attempt, but will try and be more adventurous in future.  The sentiment comes with a die as well but I opted to stencil direct onto the card.  I've added various sparkly centres to the flowers and then matted with gold and deep pink paper.

I would like to enter this into:

Color Hues - Pink and Green

Christmas Kickstart - If It's Christmassy Link It Up

Crafty Calendar - Christmas

Crazy is our fame - Stencils are our game 

Word Power

Inkspirational Challenge - Use Stencils

Christmas present wrapping for me today.  Whatever you're doing I hope you have a good one.

Lynne x

 

CHRISTMAS

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge is starting over at As You Like It and the theme is anything Christmas.

For my DT card I have chosen to have a play with a new die from Concord & 9th called Ornament Inlay die.  I die cut it first in the off white cardstock and then, after I decided on the colours, added snippets of coloured card to the die and die cut again and again.  The only bits I haven't used snippets on are the holly and leaves as I wanted a soft green so used ink on those.  The circles in the middle are silver mirri card although they look black in the photo.

The sentiment is from a Woodware set and is heat embossed in silver.

We look forward to seeing all your Christmassy projects.  I think I'm about done with mine now.  I've been stamping the insides of my cards this week, which is my least favourite job.  I suppose I should complete the insides as I finish a card then I wouldn't have them all to do at once!

I would like to enter:

Snippets Playground - The blue, peach, corners and berries were all snippets,  although I didn't take a photo, sorry.

Christmas Kickstart - Anything Christmassy

Creative Inspirations - 'Tis the Season

Crafty Calendar - Christmas

Have a good day and thank you for visiting.

Lynne x

"NEW" AT ALLSORTS

 Morning Everyone,

We are starting with a new challenge over at Allsorts and Liz has chosen the theme of "New" such as home, baby, job etc and there's always the Anything Goes option.

My daughter asked me to make a card using the Honey Bee stamps dies "Bundle of Joy" for a friend so that is my DT card.  I have used very similar papers to a previous card, but only 3 outfits for a change.  The Congrats is a Creative Expressions die and the smaller part of the sentiment was made on the pc.  I've added hessian and little pearly hearts.

There are two prizes, A$ and A5 stamp sets from AALL and Create

I would like to enter this into the Snippets Playground as the baby clothes, rack and hangers were all snippets, but I forgot to take a photo.

I hope you can join us with your "New" events.  Have a lovely weekend.

Lynne x