CUTE OR TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS?

Good Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge at As You Like It and for this one we would like you to tell us whether your prefer to make cute or traditional Christmas cards (and don't forget to say why please).

I do love making cute cards, but when I think about it, they are not that suitable for a lot of my older relatives and friends and, as I have an abundance of cute, I opted for the more traditional type this time.

I have used my Memory Box pine trees die and used snippets of glitter for the top one and green snippets from a Christmas paper pad for the bottom.  The outlines are in silver mirri and the sentiment which is from a Woodware set has been silver embossed. Clear sparkly gems were also added.  Quite fiddly to fit all the little pieces in, but I like the final effect.

We hope you will be able to join us in the Christmas challenge and look forward to seeing your makes.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Aud Sentiments - Anything Goes + a sentiment
Dream Valley - All that Glitters
CCC Digi Creations - Christmas
Ellibelle's Crafty Wednesday - Christmas/Holidays
Tuesday Throwdown - Fall/Holiday
Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

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

Lynne x

SANTA AT SPARKLES CHRISTMAS

Good Morning Everyone,

It's the start of a new month which means a new challenge over at Sparkles Christmas and this month the theme is Santa.

For my DT card I've used a Santa from the MFT set Jingle All the Way.  I've used a background stamp purchased on Facebook, which has been heat embossed with clear embossing powder and I've had a little play by colouring in some of the little objects.  This was a bit of an experiment using different types of pens to see which worked best.  I tried copics, glitter pens, coloured pencil and a metallic pen, but everything is so small it's too hard to tell the difference.

Santa was coloured with copics, fussy cut and attached to the card with added  glitter and a little pom pom on his hat. The sentiment, which comes with the set, was heat embossed in gold.

I think I will try this with white embossing next time.

If you have any Santa themed cards we would love to see them, it's certainly not long to go now before we have to start sending them out.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Fab n Funky - Christmas
Simon Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes
Colour Crazy Craft wk 43 - Anything Goes
Crafty Creations - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz Challenge - Anything Goes

A very wet day here and I think it's going to continue over the weekend, but wherever  you are, I hope you have a good one.

Lynne x

AUTUMN LEAVES

Hello All,

This is my second post today. A just for fun card with a free image from Scrapper's Delights on Facebook.

I thought it was such a lovely image and it also comes with the option of added leaves or snowflakes. I've coloured her with copics and really enjoyed using some different colours to what I normally use. The hair was a bit of a challenge for me and this was my second attempt, but I was happy with it in the end.  I've used lovely papers from an old LOTV pad, Country Lady, some paper leaves and the sentiment comes with the image.

I would like to enter these challenges:

CCC Digi Creations - Autumn
Scrapper's Delights October
Let's Craft & Create - Colours of Fall
Stamping Sensations - Trees/Leaves/Autumn
Sweet Sketch Wednesday 2
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday - Fall/Autumn Colours

Thank you for visiting and have a good week.

Lynne x

PERSONALISE IT

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a good weekend.  It's time for a new challenge over at Christmas with the Cuties and the theme is "Personalise It" and it must be a cute Christmas project.

For my card I've used a Santa from Digistamp Boutique, coloured with copics, and used paper from an old LOTV pad.  I've used two snippets for the banners and for the red mats. Glitter, has been added and I also made  a little pom pom with fun flock.  The sentiment is computer generated.

I hope you can join us and the sponsor for the challenge is:

with a voucher for the lucky winner

I would like to enter:

October Rudolph Days

Dream Valley - Add a Sentiment

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Use snippets

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and I do love to read your comments, it is much appreciated.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE PAPERS

Good Morning Everyone,

I can't believe it's two weeks since I last posted!  Time seems to be flying by too quickly.

It is time for a new challenge over at As You Like It and for this fortnight we would like to see projects using your favourite Designer papers (and don't forget to say why they are please).

I do have a few favourites, one being the old LOTV paper pads, and another being First Edition pads. I've made my DT card with the latter.  I think they are such good quality and you can mix and match many in the pad, plus they are not all double sided so you don't waste so much paper.

I've coloured my Flowery Gnome from Stamping Bella with copics.  I tried to do his beard the same as it is on the pack.  It didn't turn out as well, but not bad enough to start again! I've coloured his flowers to match the pretty papers from the Paper Flowers FE pad and cut him out with a Tattered Lace doily die.  I've distressed the edges of the papers and just added ribbon and the sentiment to finish it off as it is quite patterned already.

The sponsor for the challenge is Crafty Ribbons with a voucher for the lucky winner.

I would like to enter these challenges:

Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
Creative Moments - Anything Goes
Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday - Stamp It
Southern Girls - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting, it is much appreciated when you leave a comment.  Have a good rest of the week.

Lynne x

REAL OR FAUX STITCHING?

Good Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge at As You Like It and for this fortnight we would like you to showcase a project containing your favourite of either Real or Faux stitching.

I do love hand stitching, more on my shabby chic types of card, but my real favourite is faux stitching from dies.  I think they finish a card off wonderfully and are a quick and easy way to get the stitched look.

I have used an Inkylicious stamp on my DT card which I stamped onto the card and then again on spotty paper so I could fussy cut and paper piece the main part of the shoe.  The red part has been coloured with a copic pen.  The sentiment comes with the stamp and I used Versafine ink for this as it is quite intricate.   All the dies used have stitched edges.  This card is for a friend who nearly always wears killer heels.  I think my days of wearing heels like that are long gone!

The sponsor of the challenge is

with a gift certificate for the lucky winner

I would like to enter these challenges:

Addicted to Stamps - For a Lady/Girl

Creatalicious #172 - Anything Goes

Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday - Stamp It

World Wide Open Design Team Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and all your lovely comments from my last post, I do love to read them.

Lynne x

MAKE US LAUGH

Good Morning Everyone,

It's the start of a new month which means the start of a new challenge at Sparkles Christmas challenge.  The theme this month is "Make Us Laugh".  I must say I did ponder over this for quite a while, not sure of what to do, but eventually came up with this little doggie from Bugaboo.

I've made another small card and coloured him with copics and used a snippet of snowflake paper from my Christmas scraps box.  Gold card for the mat, die cut snowflakes, glitter on his hat, liquid pearls and gold sparklies were also added.  The sentiment comes with the image.

Not long to go now. I usually start my Christmas shopping middle to end of October as have quite a bit to do. It's not a job I enjoy really, but at least I'm not rushing it all at the end.

I hope you will be able to join in this month.  The challenge is just for fun, no sponsors.

I would like to enter:

Simons Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes
Winter Wonderland - Use your favourite embellishments (sparkly gems and glitter)
Creatalicious #172 - Anything Goes
Digi Choosday Wk 40 - Anything Goes

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

Lynne x