SOFT OR BOLD COLOURS?

Morning Everyone,

I hope you are enjoying the lovely sunny weather we are having here in the UK at the moment.  I think today is going to be the hottest day of the week.

A new challenge starts today over at As You Like It and we are asking whether you prefer to use soft or bold colours on your projects. 

I do like using both but when it comes to making children's cards I prefer to use bolder colours. I think they stand out and grab their attention more than soft colours.

For my card I have used a cute monkey image from Last Minute Manda and coloured him with copics.  I have used a MFT cloud stencil for the background and the green starry paper is from a LOTV pad. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

with a voucher for the lucky winner

I would like to enter:

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

Passion for Markers - Birthdays

Critter Crazy - AG featuring a critter

Thank you for visiting and I look forward to seeing your entries.

Lynne x

JAPANESE ANEMONE

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are well and have had a good weekend.  I have a card to share which has been in the making for at least a week.  This is mainly due to lack of mojo and being busy elsewhere, but I did want to get it finished for a few challenges I've seen.

I've used a set from Altenew called Japanese Anemone Layering Die and inked them up with a few different pinks.  I say a few I mean three as the first two were a bit too pale.  The stems and leaves were die cut in green and then shaded with a green copic.  I arranged them onto a Spellbinders arch die and heat embossed the sentiment, also from an Altenew set, in white.  The backing paper is a random sheet I found in my drawer.

I would like to enter:

Altenew April Inspiration Challenge

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

Die Cut Divas - Flowers

I will probably go out and do a bit more gardening now.  I did some this morning until it got too warm for me.  I can't work in the heat.  Thank you for visiting and I will be back later in the week.

Lynne x

INSPIRED BY A SONG

Morning Everyone,

It's the start of a new challenge over at Allsorts where the theme, as chosen by Sarah, is 'Inspired by a Song' and there's always 'Anything Goes' too.

My song is Flowers by Miley Cyrus.  I'm not a fan of hers but I do like the song and I have plenty of flower images to chose from.  I decided to use my Concord & 9th set again called Hello Lovely.  I've coloured with copics and used a MFT scalloped border and a snippet of lilac paper from a LOTV paper pad.  The sentiment which has been heat embossed in white is also from MFT.

There are three prizes of die sets from In2Craft

I would like to enter:

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

Crafty Catz - Feminine Birthday

Simon Says Weds - Make It Girly

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

I hope you can join us, two weeks to enter, and have a lovely weekend.

Lynne x

CLEAN OR FUSSY?

 Mornng Everyone,

A new challenge starts over at As You Like It this morning and we are asking whether you prefer your projects to be clearn or fussy.

Most of my cards nowadays are on the clean side, mainly due to postage, but when I get the chance to make a special card I do love a bit of fussiness.  

This card was for an aunt who loves to receive my cards so I went all out with the flowers etc.  The papers are from Pion Design and the numbers are from a Stampin Up set with the sentiment from LOTV.  I've had the flowers for a very long time and they are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

with a voucher for the lucky winner

Have a lovely day.  It looks as though it's going to be a sunny one here. 

Lynne x

STENCILS AND/OR MASKS

Morning Everyone,

I hope everyone is well.  I've been poorly all week with a chest infection and haven't had the enrgy or felt well enough to do anything.  Such a shame as it was such beautiful weather too.  

We have a new challenge starting over at Allsorts where, as well as Anything Goes, we have the option of Stencils/masks as chosen by Val.

For my card I have used a Waffle Flower Butterfly which has it's own co-ordinating stencil and I've used this with Altenew inks.  I die cut a second layer of the butterfly in green glitter card, but you can't see it in the pitcture.  The background stencil is from a company called CrafTreat.   The stencil was cut out with a double stitched square and layered onto green card.  The sentiment has been heat embossed in gold and is from an old Penny Black set.

Ther are two prizes, the first from Lisa Horton Crafts, Pansy Corner layering stencils with coordinating die and embossing folder. 

and an extra prize of 2 stencils

I hope you will be able to join us and look forward to seeing your entries in the next two weeks.

Lynne x

PINK CHRISTMAS

Hello All,

I decided to have a play with my Simply Wonderful die and stamp set from The Greetery that I've had for ages and never used.   

I heat embossed all sentiments in silver and cut the 'wonderful' with the co-ordinating die.  I then cut flowers and foliage from Spellbinders Christmas blooms set, flowers in pink and foliage in silver cardstock.  It took me ages, on and off, to decide on the layout but got there in the end and added bling to the centres of the flowers and attached it all to more silver sheen card.

I would like to enter:

ABC Christmas - E for embossing and F for focal sentiment

Christmas Kickstart - Positively Poinsettias

Creative knockouts - Embossing Delight

NBUS  - never before used stuff

Word Power April challenge  - Sentiment as focus

Have a good weekend and lets hope the weather stays as nice as it has been today here in the UK.

Lynne x

FLORAL OR CUTE?

 Morning Everyone,

There's a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we're asking whether you prefer to make Floral or Cute projects and don't forget to say why please.

I make a lot more floral than cute cards so for me it must be floral, although it does depend on who the card is for.  For this card I have used a Taylored Expresssions stamp heat embossed in gold onto watercolour paper and coloured with Zig clean colour brush markers.  The Hello is an old Spellbinders one cut in mirri card.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Gem of a Craft - Anything Goes

Passion for Markers - Anything but Birthday

Thank you for your visit and I look forward to seeing your makes.

Lynne x

STITCHED BLOOMS

Afternoon Enveryone,

 I hope you've had a good weekend.  It has been a gorgeous day here for Mothering Sunday.  I would normally like to get out and do some tidying in the garden, but haven't had time today with visits from the family.

My card made over the weekend in between everything else has been made to join in with the Seven Hills Crafts challenge where the theme is to use a stencil, die and sentiment, but not from the same sets.

I haven't used my Stitched Blooms dies from MFT for ages so decided to use them, together with a Punched Pattern stencil from MFT and sentiment from The Greetery.

I inked up the stencil first in Distress Oxides, tattered rose and shaded lilac and Sunray from Altenew then die cut the flowers in papers as near as I could get to the colours.  The sentiment was stamped and die cut with the matching die from the Birthday Blooms set and a few sparkly enamel dots added to finish.

I would like to enter:

Seven Hills Crafts - Use a stencil, die and sentiment.

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and have a good week.

Lynne x

SPRING FLOWERS

Morning Everyone,

It's the start of a new challenge today over at Allsorts  where Ellie has chosen the theme of "Spring Flowers" alongside the "Anything Goes" that you can also use.

For my card I have used a Power Poppy image Tulips in Pitcher and coloured it with copics.  I have cut it out with a Spellbinders die and after a rummage through my pile of papers have chosen colours to match the flowers from an old LOTV pad.  The sentiment is from a Honey Bee stamps set.

There is a randam selection of stamps and stencils from AALL and Create for the winners

I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything floral

Last Minute Manda challenge - Anything Goes coloured

Disdigidesign - 2 or more Patterned Papers

Creative Knockouts - Spring is in the air

We Love Stamping - Hello Spring

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

I look forward to seeing your lovely creations. Have a good weekend.

Lynne x

FUN FOLDS AT AYLI

 Morning Everyone,

There is a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we would like you to share your favourite fun fold.

I don't make many fun folds so when I do it is usually an easier one like this z-fold. I don't think I'd have the patience for more complicated ones.

For my card I have used an image from an old art pad from LOTV and stamped with a sentiment from a Penny Black set.  I have then cut it out with a Spellbinders arch die and layered up with beige coloured card.  The flowered paper is also from an old LOTV paper pad.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

with a voucher for the lucky winner

I would like to enter:

PIP Challenge 2511 - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms Anything Floral Goes

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

DigiChoosday - Anything Goes

We look forward to seeing your fun folds. Have a good day.

Lynne x

FEMININE AT ALLSORTS

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts at Allsorts this morning and the optional theme is "Feminine", alongside "Anything Goes".

This card was for my sister-in-law's birthday and I've used a 12" sheet of paper from a pad from the Works and Spellbinders dies for the edgers and fancy floral.  I have an abundance of paper flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts so dug some out to match the peachy tones of the paper and arranged them around the oval.

The 70 has been cut from gold mirri card and the sentiment, which is from an old Dreamees set,  heat embossed in gold.  A few pearls here and there finish it off.

There are two prizes on offer from Stamp Addicts, stamps and stencils

I would like to enter:

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Simon Says Weds - A Bit o' Green

Creative Moments - For a Special Lady

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

I hope you can join us and I look forward to seeing your entries.

Have a good weekend.

Lynne x

MONOCHROME OR COLOUR?

Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts over at As You Like It this morning and we are asking whether you prefer to make monochrome or colour projects and don't forget to say why please.

I seem to have a mental blockage with monochrome and much prefer colour on my cards, especially when they are for children.  I bought this Avery Elle stamp set and dies in a Flashback Friday sale at Seven Hills Crafts.  They don't have them every week but everything is really reasonable and I paid £5 for the stamp set and dies together.  I thought they would be good for the childrens cards I make for charity.

I coloured three of the monsters with copics and cut them out. I used a scalloped die for the three circles and added the monsters behind different coloured backgrounds.  It looked a bit plain so I added a thin circle of colour around each one by die cutting two circles together, then added their feet.  

The sponsor for the challenge is:

with a voucher for the winner

Have a good day and I look forward to seeing your entries.

Lynne x

MAKE IT CAS AT ALLSORTS

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts today at Allsorts and Helen has chosen the theme 'CAS' and there is always Anything Goes too.

 I am often stumped with CAS cards, especially birthdays, so I opted for a Christmas card.  I have used a cute digi stamp from Gerda Steiner and coloured him with copics.  The sentiment is from a Woodware stamp set and I have just cut him out with a stiched rectangle and glued him to the front of a red card.  This is a small card, A6 I think.

There are three prizes from Oakwood Direct, A5 stamp set, coordinating stamp and die and stencils

I would like to enter:

ABC Christmas -  C is for cute

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes

CRAFT - Christmas

Gem of a Craft - Anything Goes

I look forward to seeing your entries, thank you for visiting and have a good weekend.

Lynne x

FEMININE or MASCULINE?

Morning Everyone,

It's the start of a new challenge at As You Like It and we are asking whether you prefer to make feminine or masculine projects and don't forget to say why please.

For me it's definitely feminine. I'm fine with cards for young boys but when it comes to adult I always struggle for inspiration and, if I do make a male card, I'm normally not very happy with it.  Also, I have so many flower dies/stamps and embellishments to use.

For my card  I have used a Stampin Up woodgrain embossing folder for the background, a Craft Consortium circle die, an Altenew die cut sentiment and Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms for the flowers, which were cut from snippets.  A proper variety of brands for this one!

Some of the snippets used:

The sponsor for the challenge is:

with a voucher for the lucky winner

I would like to enter:

PIP Challenge #2507  - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Snippets Playground - Celebration using snippets (all flowers)

I look forward to see your entries and thank you for your visit.

Lynne x

SHADES OF BLUE

 Morning Everyone,

Today is the start of a new challenge at Allsorts where the optional theme, as chosen by Liz, is 'Shades of Blue' and there is always 'Anything Goes'.

For my card I have used a Spellbinders dancing dragon die in turquoise and blue.  I've used snippets of various shades of blue, but have forgotten to take a photo of them. The background paper is from a pad from the Works and I have used a sentiment from a MFT stamp set.

There are two prizes of Lavinia Stamps and stencil for the lucky winners.

You probably know this is a fortnightly challenge now so plenty of time to join in.

I would like to enter:

PIP challenge 2506 - Anything Goes

A Place to Start - Things in the Sky

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes/Use a die

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Snippets Playground - Dragon cut from snippets, but no photo, sorry.

Have a good weekend although it looks as though it's going to be a wet one here.

Lynne x

STAMPED OR DIGI?

Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge over at As You Like It where we are asking whether you prefer to use stamped or digi images.

I do use both, but when I'm making a larger card like this one which is 7" square I love the fact that you can re-size digis.   Sometimes stamps can look a little lost on a larger card.

This card is for my niece and I have used Milkshake Rebel from Polkadoodles and coloured her with copics, although her milkshake looks more like a Slush Puppy, but never mind. The sentiments, which are from MFT,  are straight although they don't look it in the photo!  The papers are from a LOTV pad and I've finished it off with little pearl hearts, a button flower and the age in white glitter.

The prize for the lucky winner is a voucher from:

I would like to enter:

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Woke up today and I think it's probably one of the hardest frosts we've had so far this year.  Not going out till lunchtime though so hopefully be gone by then.  Have a good one whatever you may be doing.

Lynne x

ROMANCE/MUSIC

Morning Everyone, 

A new challenge starts today over at Allsorts where the theme, as chosen by Gail, is Romance with the option of Musical notes/instruments and there is of course always the Anything Goes route too. 

I have just gone with the Romance theme and used a LOTV digi for an Annniversary card.  I have coloured with copics and cut it out with my arched die, which seems to be a favourite at the moment.  The papers are from an old LOTV pad and I have heat embossed the sentiment, which is from Kaisercraft, in gold.  Little pearl hearts finish it off.

There are prizes on offer from AALL and Create

                                   

    

I would like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp Weds  - Anything Goes                                                                                                            

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

I hope you can join us this fortnight and I look forward to seeing your entries.    Have a good weekend.

Lynne x  

BIRTHDAY BOUQUET

 Morning Everyone,

I have been having a play with die cut flowers again.  These are from three different Hero Arts

sets, Envelope and Bouquet Accessories and Bees and Flowers fancy dies.  I have cut some with coloured papers and some with white card and coloured with copics.  I have coloured with colours for the colour challenge at Seven Hill Crafts and these include red, orange, purple, green and some browns.

The embossing folder is from Spellbinders and the sentiment is from an MFT set and has been heat embossed in white.

I would like to enter this into:

SevenHillCrafts colour challenge

Beautiful Blossoms  - Anything Floral

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Thank you for your visit and have a good week.

Lynne x

PEARLS OR GEMS?

 Morning Everyone,

Today is the start of a new challenge at As You Like It and we are asking whether you prefer pearls or gems on your projects.

I do like both, but tend to use pearls a lot more.  They are elegant and always seem to suit my cards more than gems.  For my DT card I have used dies from Honey Bee stamps call Sweetheart Roses.  They were one of my impulse buys a while ago from Dies to Die For and I've had them made up but not put them on a card until now.  I am a terrible impulse buyer and am going to try and stop this year and use a few of the items in my NBUS basket.

I've coloured the roses with various shades of yellow/orange from Altenew's mini ink cubes.  The instructions on the leaflet only shows four roses, but I thought it looked a bit bare so I've added two more.

The sentiment is from a Penny Black set.  It is quite dark, but I tried it in white it didn't show up very well with it being on the patterned paper, which is from Anna Marie Designs. I've stitched round the edges and finished off with a few pearls and a little pearlised dragonfly.

The roses were made from white snippets and other snippets were the green foliage and the planter.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything floral

Crafter's Cafe - Birthdays

Creative Knockouts - Something to say

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes

Snippets Playground - Use snippets (roses, planter and foliage)

I hope you can join us for the challenge, thank you for reading this and I will see you again soon.

Lynne x

CLOSE TO NATURE

Morning Everyone,

It's the start of a new challenge over at Allsorts this morning with a theme of "Back to Nature", which involves so much such as trees, flowers, animals, birds and scenery to name but a few.  There is also the Anything Goes option.  

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For my card I have finished something that has been on my desk for a while.  It is an embossing folder from the Altenew Craft Your Life Fragrant Florals set.  A stencil comes with the set which I have used for the colouring together with a variety of Altenew inks.  I have also used a LOTV sentiment, heat embossed in gold, and gold mirri and green card for the layers.

There are three prizes of A5 stamp sets from AALL and Create 

                              

I would like to enter:

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Something to Say

Crazy is our fame, stencils are our game - Use a stencil.

There are two weeks to enter so I hope you will be able to join us.

Have a good weekend.

Lynne x