FAVOURITE WAY TO ADD TEXT

Good Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge at As You Like It and the we would like you to tell us and showcase a project using your favourite way to add text on a project.

I use all types, i.e. stamping, digital, computer generated, but often like to heat emboss, especially on Christmas cards.   I prefer my sentiments to be in rubber for that reason.

I've used an old LOTV stamp for this card coloured with copics and I've heat embossed the sentiment in silver.  The larger stamp is from a Whimsy set and the other words are from LOTV as are the papers (now retired). I've also added ribbon and a little die cut flower.

The sponsor for the challenge is

I hope you can join us and you can see the rest of the DT inspiration here.

I mentioned in my last post that we were going to a Steampunk Festival on Monday and these are a few of the amazing costumes we saw.

I only took the first 2.  They're not brilliant as we were in shade, but the other 2 were from the local paper.  The festival is on for 3 or 4 days and the really serious people have different costumes for each day.  I really don't know how they managed in the sweltering heat and the 2 in the last photo were on a tricycle and I think they were the best.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Allsorts - Feminine

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes

Papercraft Challenges - Stripes

Crafty Gals Corner - Emboss It

Tuesday Throwdown 439 - Stripes

Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a good weekend.

Lynne x

Let's Build a Snowman

Good Morning Everyone,

It's time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and this time the theme is "Let's Build a Snowman" so we would love to see your cute snowmen/women.

I have used Candy Cane Snowman kindly provided by the sponsors:

I have coloured him with copics and used LOTV kraft Christmas paper and 2 Joanna Sheen edger dies to finish it off.  Ribbon, stickles for the snow, liquid pearls and a few red and white pearls are the embellishments.

I hope you will be able to join in and hop over to the Challenge here to see the inspiration from the rest of the team.

I would like to enter:

August Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers #191 - Anything Goes
Christmas at Sweet Stampin' - Anything Goes/Snowpeople

I hope all those in the UK enjoy the rest of the Bank Holiday.  The weather is certainly glorious.  We will be going people watching at a Steampunk Festival held here every year, some of the costumes you see are amazing, and then out for lunch with friends at a tapas bar.

Lynne x

CHRISTMAS PUP

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a good week.  When I saw the theme for the present Christmas Kickstart challenge was for Dogs, I thought I'd have a little play with this stamp which I haven't used before.

It's an old LOTV stamp and I've coloured him with copics in a similar colour to one of our little dogs, Charlie.  I've used snippets of paper, both the red and the holly paper and a border die which I bought from someone on Facebook.  The sentiment, which is from a MFT set, has been heat embossed in gold.

I had a change of mind with my layout and had to cut the card down a bit so the card is a small 5" x 4.5".  After I'd stuck the top border to the white card I decided it was too deep so it had to be re-cut along the top to make it smaller, which looks a lot better I think.  I then attached it to a snippet of red card and attached it all to the cut down card blank.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Christmas Kickstart - Dachshund through the snow
Pixie's Snippets Playground #359 - Use snippets
Penny's Paper Crafty #444  - Anything Goes
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #112 - Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations - Something Seasonal (Christmas)

Thank you for visiting and I would like to thank Sally for becoming my latest follower.

Have a lovely weekend all,

Lynne x

PINK & GREEN OR BLUE & ORANGE?

Good Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge at As You Like It and this fortnight we would like you to show us a project using your favourite colour combo of either pink and green or blue and orange.

For me this was a fairly easy choice. I love pink and green together.  I like blue too, but orange is a colour I would never pick to go with it.

I have made a card for my daughter's birthday with Brittany from Stamping Bella.  I've coloured her with copics and added her to a larger card than I normally use, a C5 size.   I've cut large numbers with my Stampin' Up dies 3 times to give a bit of depth and the celebrate stamp/die is from Clearly Besotted. Some flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts and a small piece of ribbon finish it off.  I wanted to add more, but nothing seemed to look right so I had to leave it as is.

I've used snippets on this card for the layers of numbers and sentiment and also the green patterned paper which is old LOTV, so will be entering this into Pixie's Snippets Playground.

The sponsor for this challenge is:

                                                 

with a lovely prize for the lucky winner

Challenges I would like to enter:

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use snippets
Classic DT Open Challenge - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Penny's Paper Crafty 443 - Anything Goes 

Thank you for visiting and have a good weekend,

Lynne x

60th Birthday

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a lovely weekend.  Mine was pretty quiet, I managed to get some gardening done yesterday after the wind had died down from Saturday and also had a little crafting time.

I am sharing a card made for a friend for her 60th.  I've hand stitched the top layer and distressed and inked all the edges. The papers I think are Dovecraft and I've added a doily die, pretty flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts, pearls, die cut leaves and tiny dragonflies.  The sentiment is embossed in gold on vellum.  The numbers were cut with a Marianne design die set.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
Simon Says Weds - Add a Die Cut
Let's craft & Create - Anything Goes
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will be able to leave a comment.  I will be back later in the week.

Lynne  x

It's Snowtime!

Hello All,

Back again with my second post today and the new theme over at Sparkles Christmas this month is "It's Snowtime!".

For my DT card I have used a Whipper Snapper stamp, that hasn't seen ink before, of these three cute snowballs.  I've coloured them with copics and used paper from an old LOTV pad.  I've also added lots of snow by way of a stencil and paste and added glitter to the paste while still wet.  The bottom layer is silver mirri card.

I hope you will be able to join in this month.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Weds  - Anything Goes
Dream Valley - Christmas in July
Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes
Crimbo Crackers 190 - Anything goes
Penny's Paper Crafty 441 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and I hope you will be able to comment so I know you've been.

Lynne x

Favourite Flower?

Good Morning Everyone,

I have 2 posts today, that's 4 this week, must be a record for me!

It is time for a new challenge at As You Like It and for this fortnight we would like to see a project containing your favourite flowers (and don't forget to say why they are your fave please).

I have chosen pansies.  I have them in pots during the winter and summer months and I love their beautiful shades of my favourite colours, blue and purple.

I have used an image from an old LOTV art pad and die cut it with a Tattered Lace die.  I've  heat embossed the sentiment and added lace, purple ribbon, pearls and a small die cut butterfly. A quick card to make, it just took me a while to decide what type of layout to use.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

with a lovely prize for the lucky winner

I would like to enter these challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes

Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes

Creative Inspirations - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to visit, it is much appreciated and I will be back soon.

Lynne x