FAVOURITE EMBOSSING METHOD

Morning Everyone,

First of all I'm sorry if I haven't visited your blogs lately.  Our daughter is getting married on Saturday and things have been a bit hectic with preparations and we have visitors arriving today so lots to do.

We have a new challenge over at As You Like It and we're asking for your favourite embossing method.  Mine is definitely heat embossing, especially on Christmas cards. I love all the shine.

Not had much time for crafting but this card was in my partly made pile so I finished it off for the challenge.  I've heat embossed the background stamp from Pinkfresh Studio and coloured the berries in with copics.  I've also added glossy accents to the berries but this doesn't show in the photo.  The sentiment is an old one from Clearly Besotted, also heat embossed in gold.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

May Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and have a good weekend when it arrives.  Fingers crossed the weather stays fine for us.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE SKETCH?

 Morning Everyone,

A bit late with my post today.  I've had to do this on my laptop this morning and it always takes me longer as I'm not used to using it.

Today is the start of a new challenge over at As You Like It and we're asking for your favourite sketch.

I don't very often look at sketches but this is the layout I use when I have a bout of brain fog and stuck for an idea.  It uses up some of my patterned paper of which I have way too much!

For this card I've used a LOTV floral wreath and coloured with copics.  The sentiment comes with the image and the papers are a digi download from ages ago from Nitwit collections (I think so anyway). 

The sponsor for the challenge is:

If you pop over to the challenge you'll be able to see the inspiration from the rest of the DT.

I would like to enter:

PIP Challenge - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Anything Goes

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Passion for Markers- Let it Bloom

We Love Stamping- Anything Goes

Simon Says Weds - Use Patterned Paper

Thank you for visiting and hope to be back soon.

Lynne x

GUEST DT

Morning Everyone,

I am a Guest Designer today over at the Rabisco challenge where the theme is Anything Goes.

I have used an image kindly provided by the sponsors, StarStampz called My Sweet Sunflower.  I have coloured her with copics and used papers from stash.  The die I've cut her out with is from The Works and sentiment from LOTV.

I would like to enter:

Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

Classic Design - Anything Goes

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

Penny's Challenge #571 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and have a good weekend.

Lynne x

SOFT OR BOLD COLOURS?

 Morning Everyone,

It's time for the start of a new challenge over at As You Like It and we are asking whether you prefer soft or bold colours on your projects.

When I make floral cards I like them to be bold, especially when they're against a white background. The white enhances the colours and makes them stand out more.

I love pansies and all their different colours. I've cut my dies with white card and coloured with a mixture of Altenew inks and Distress Oxides.  The leaves were cut from green cardstock and shaded with copics.  The arch die is from Spellbinders and the sentiment is a small Creative Expressions one cut in gold mirri card.

We don't have a sponsor for this fortnight so just playing for fun.

I would like to enter:

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Add one or more flowers

Beautiful Blossoms - A/G Floral

Simon Says Weds - Feminine

Paper Fundays - Flower Shoppe

Double D - Pretty Florals for Mum

Thank you for visiting and I will be back soon.

Lynne x