FAVOURITE EMBELLISHMENT

Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge over at As You Like It and we are asking you to share a project containing your favourite embellishment.

I do love using pearls and lace, but because of the style of more modern cards, lace seems to have gone out of favour.  I do like to use it with this type of card though.  I have distressed all the edges of the Pion design paper and gone round with my sewing machine.  Lots of Wild Orchid crafts flowers,  lace and pearls used too.

The sponsor for the chalenge is:

with a prize of 3 digital stamp sets for the lucky winner

You can pop over to the challenge here where you can see the inspiration from the rest of the team.

I would like to enter:

PIP challenge 2445 - Anything Goes

See you soon.

Lynne x

GUEST DESIGNER

Morning Everyone,

I am delighted to have been asked to be a Guest Designer at We Love Stamping this month where the theme is Christmas or Anything Goes.

I decided to get this stamp out again.  It is an old wooden stamp from  Stampendous which I have coloured with copics.  It is quite a large stamp so it didn't need much else on the card.  I have used a sheet of  glittery paper from a First Edition pad, gold sheen card for the mats and gold sparkly ribbon to finish it off.  

I would like to enter this into:

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything floral

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Allsorts - Magic of the Season

Thank you for visiting and thank you to Brenda and the team at We Love Stamping for having me as a Guest DT.  See you soon,

Lynne x

FAVOURITE CRITTER?

Morning Everyone,

Today is the start of a new challenge at As You Like It and we are asking you to share a project featuring your favourite critter. 

For domestic animals it's defintely dogs, but of the wild animals I do love pandas.  They are such soft gentle giants and they always look so sad with their big black eye patches.

I have stamped two of them from a Simon Says Stamp set and coloured everything with copics. I fussy cut the balloons, present and one of the hats and added them to the card.  The streamers are from The Greetery        and the sentiment from a MFT set.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

with a voucher for the lucky winner

I would like to enter:

Allsorts - Cute/Cuddly

Passion for Markers - Birthdays

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

Crafty Gals - Anything Goes

I look forward to seeing all the critter cards in the new challenge. Thank you for your visit and Happy Halloween!

Lynne x

SANTA

Hello Everyone,

I have been making a few cards recently for a charity that sends cards to children in hospital and thought it was a good opportunity to try and use up some snippets.  This is what I have made with snippets of red and white hammered cardstock to add onto cards.

They are made from a Simon Says Stamp die bought pre-loved.  I've coloured the faces with copics and quite enjoyed putting them together whilst watching tv in the kitchen.  These are some of the cards I've made:

I've managed to use papers I wouldn't normally pick and have also used a few images from old Christmas craft magazines, which I was reluctant to throw away.  Not finished with them yet and I still have to finish the insides.

This card used a whole sheet of paper from a doodlebug pad and I'm pleased to have made use of it as I couldn't think of what I would do with it before.  

I am entering this card into:

Simon Says Weds - Christmas

Rudolph Days October - Anything Christmas

and the Santas into the Snippets Playground.

I will see you again on Thursday.

Lynne x

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge is starting over at As You Like It and we would like you to showcase a project using your favourite of either ribbon or twine.

I do use both, sometimes twine for more masculine cards, but I much prefer ribbon for the style of card I've made for this challenge.  I have used an old art pad image from LOTV and papers from Pion Design, which have been distressed and my sewing machine has come out to play again .  I must say it's a lot quicker than stitching by hand which is how I used to do it.

A short and sweet post today. You can pop over to the challenge here to see the inspiration from the DT.

I would like to enter:

Paper Funday challenge - Anything Goes

Have a good day,

Lynne x

PAINTED FLOWERS

 Morning Everyone,

This is a card with a first attempt at using Painted Flowers from Altenew.  I've had them for quite a while bought pre-loved from Ebay, but have only had a practice with them so far so thought it was about time I had a play.

I've stamped them using Altenew's mini ink cubes in shades of orange and Versafine for the black outlines.

The sentiment is from Creative Expressions and mini scalloped die from MFT.  I made a few little dots using a circle die and glossy accents as orange seems to be one of the colours I am short of in my stash!

I would like to enter:

Colourful Options - Orange

Beautiful Blossomes - Anything Floral

Creative moments - Monochrome

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes/Autumn Colours

Thank you for your visit and have a good day.

Lynne x

SQUARE OR NOT?

Good Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts today over at As You Like It and we are asking you to share a project showcasing your favourite of either square or not card base.

I do prefer square, it always seems easier for layouts and it also gives me the opportunity to use a whole 6x6 sheet without leaving any snippets.  I have way too many snippets and keep them in plastic boxes according to colour.

Today's card is a more masculine one using an image from a Hunkydory pad called Woodland Animals and all the images are useful when your're stuck for a 'man' card.  The papers are also from the pad and the sentiment is heat embossed in white onto kraft.  Twine has been added for a bit more interest as it's a very simple card with no added embellishments.

The sponsor for this challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Paper Funday challenge - Anything Goes

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Gem of a Craft - Anything Goes

Thank you for your visit and have a good day.

Lynne x