CHRISTMAS RECIPE

Good Morning All,

July already and I forgot to say "white rabbits" this morning!

I was searching through my stash for something to use for my DT card for this month's Sparkles Christmas challenge which is a Christmas Recipe (1 image, 2 background papers and 3 pearls/gems) when I found this card partly made on a shelf.  The reason it was partly made was because I wasn't happy with it at the time, not sure whether it was the colours or what, but I decided to finish it off as it fitted the recipe perfectly.

The image is from Pink Petticoat which is now the Lovely Studio.  I have coloured with copic markers and used papers from an old LOTV pad.  The gold ribbon was salvaged from a Christmas parcel last year.

I hope you can join us with this easy theme and get your Christmas cards started.

I would like to enter:

Christmas Craft Creations - Christmas Trees

Have a good week,

Lynne x

RHINO TOWER

Good Morning Everyone,

When I saw the sketch challenge over at MFT I instantly knew what I wanted to use for it. It's funny how some sketches hit you like that and some just don't appeal at all.

I have used a set from MFT called Birth-Yay, coloured them with copics, and used three scraps of paper in colours to match the toucan.  I've also added a tiny pearl to the cherry on the cake.  A fairly simple layout, but I had to add 2 enamel dots as I don't like seeing all that white space at the top. The sentiment is from the same set and stamped in Versafine ink.

This is the sketch:

I would like to enter:

MFT sketch challenge 495

Creative Fingers 189 - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Have a good week, thank you for visiting and I will be back later in the week.

Lynne x

JUNE RUDOLPH DAYS

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you are having a good weekend. Very windy here today, but far better than the overpowering heat we had a couple of days ago.

I have upcycled another card for the June Rudolph Days challenge.

The card front was very plain so I drew around a square die and then added gold peel-off borders over the lines.   This was then stuck on to a gold mirri mat.

A quick and easy card for the Rudolph Days challenge.  I don't upcycle many cards, but there are some where I like the image and it seems a shame to waste them and I did love the colour of this one too.

So I would like to enter:

June Rudolph Days  - Anything Christmas

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

Christmas Crafts All Year Round - Upcycle

Thank you for visiting and I will be back soon.

Lynne x

2 OR MORE PATTERNED PAPERS

Good Morning Everyone,

It looks as though we are going to be having a warm week here in the UK, probably a bit too warm to be doing much, but shouldn't complain about the sunshine!

It is time for a new challenge at Christmas with the Cuties and we would like to see your cute Christmas projects using two or more patterned papers.

I found my stamped image half coloured in a drawer so decided to finish it off.  I had done a bit of masking to get the tree in the background and finished colouring it with copics.  My papers are from a Bo Bunny christmas pad and I've added a memory box star and LOTV sentiment.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I hope you can join us this time and make a start on your Christmas cards.

I would like to enter:

2 Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything with a critter
ABC Christmas challenge - M for Movies (A Christmas Carol)
Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas - Anything Christmas
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

I would like to say thank you to Rachelle for becoming my latest follower and I hope you enjoy seeing my makes.

Have a good week all.

Lynne x

DIGI OR STAMPED?

Good Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge over at As You Like It and we would like to see a project using your preference of either digi or stamped images (and don't forget to say why please).

I love both for different reasons, but for my DT card I have used a stamped image.  This was because I wanted to have another play with my Zig clean colour brush pens, which are water based, and I wanted to heat emboss the image before colouring.

I have used Simon Says Stamp Sketched Flowers which I bought for a bargain price from a lady on a Facebook group. I heat embossed in gold and then used various colours for the flowers.  I don't have a lot of the pens so my choice was a bit limited, but I am happy with the result.  I also heat embossed the sentiment which is from a magazine freebie stamp set.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I hope you will be able to join in with us on the challenge.

I would like to enter:

Stamping Sensations - Make it Colourful
Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes
Southern Girls - Anything Goes
Polkadoodles wk 24 - Anything Goes


Have a good weekend and thank you for taking the time to visit.

Lynne x

IT'S A GIRL!

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a good weekend.  The weather here has been lovely.

I made this card recently for my sister in law as they weren't letting on whether she was expecting  a boy or a girl.  I already had a little girl card in my stock box, but I needed one of each just in case.

As you can tell from the title, it was a little girl, both Mum and baby doing well.

I cut the card base out with a Dutch Doobadoo bottle shaped stencil and decorated with a cute baby image from LOTV, which I had coloured with copics.  The papers are from a Carta Bella baby pad and the little chipboard babygro is from Make It Crafty.  

Most of the papers, apart from the main bottle shape, were snippets so I will be entering this into Pixie's Snippets Playground.

I would like to enter:

Pixie's Snippets Playground #380

Scrapping4fun Challenge - Baby

Crafty Catz #510 - Anything Goes

Gem of a Challenge  wk 12 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and have a good week.

Lynne x

JUST BEE-CAUSE...

Good Morning Everyone,

I've made this card after seeing a sketch challenge over at Catch the Bug.  I've used the Cute Bugaboo Bee  01 from Bugaboo and coloured with copics.

I've used a snippet of yellow paper for the top and black card for the mats.  I've added sparkle to the wings with a sparkle pen and a stitched yellow ribbon in a double bow.  This is the sketch:

I would like to enter:

Papercraft Challenges - Spring
Catch the Bug Stella Says Sketch #811
Elliebelle's Crafty Wednesday - In the Summer Garden
Let's Craft and Create Anything Goes
Creatalicious #188 - Anything Goes

It's been a miserable day here today so I've been able to finish a couple of cards off in the craft room.  Let's hope it improves a bit for the weekend.  Thank you for taking the time to visit and your comments are much appreciated.

Lynne x