MONOCHROMATIC

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at Allsorts where the theme to go alongside Anything Goes is 'Monochromatic'.

I have chosen to use a Stampin Up die set, Blossoms in Bloom, with the top layer cut out in white and the bottom in lilac. I have placed them onto white card and then die cut a mat with a double stitched square.

The sentiment has been heat embossed in silver and a final touch of a few sequins have been added.

There are 2 prizes, A5 stamp set and A6 stamp and stencil 

I hope you can join us and our next challenge will be a special Birthday celebration with numerous prizes on offer.

Have a lovely weekend.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE SKETCH/LAYOUT?

Morning Everyone,

Today is the start of a new challenge over at As You Like It where we are asking to see your favourite sketch or layout.

This is the layout I usually go to when I'm stuck for an idea.  I find it's well balanced and I'm always pleased with the end result.

I have used a Penny Black image called 'You're the Bestest'  coloured with copics and used kraft card for the mats and papers from a First Edition pad.

The sponsor for this challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Critter Crazy - Anything Goes with a Critter

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Passion for Markers - Furry friends/animals

Penny Black Saturday - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Cute Creatures

I look forward to seeing your creations.  Have a good day whatever you may be doing and I'll be back soon.

Lynne x

SUPER DOG!

 Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a good weekend.  I've not ot been well this last week with a chesty cough and cold, but am just about over it now thank goodness.

When I saw the challenge over at Passion for Markers it gave me a reason to get out an unused stamp set which I bought in the sale at Dies to Die For and this is what I made with it.

 It's a MFT stamp set called Superdog and I have tried to colour each one in dfferent shades of copics onto a postage stamp die from CraftAddiction UK.  They were quite fun to colour and I can see me having another play with them now they're out of my NBUS basket.  The sentiment and little words come with the set too.  It's such a shame that a company as big as MFT has gone out of business.

I would like to enter:

Passion for Markers - Heroes - super or real

Colourful Options - Rainbow colours

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Gone But Not Forgotten (MFT)

MFT sketch challenge

Have a good week and I will be back soon.

Lynne x

SHAPED CARDS AT ALLSORTS

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting at Allsorts where Christine has chosen the theme of Shaped cards (anything but square) which runs alongside Anything Goes.

I have used Spellbinders arched dies for my Christmas card.  I need to get on with a few Christmas cards as I think I only had one left from last year.  

Two pieces of the bottom layer were cut and the back one scored about three quarters of an inch from the top and they were glued together.  I have cut out snippets of glittery paper for the pine trees die which is from Memory box and the outlines from gold mirri card.  The sentiment is heat embossed in gold and is from an old LOTV set.  A mat of gold mirri card was added for the middle layer.

There are two prizes available from AALL and Create

I hope you can join us and you can see the rest of the DT inspiration here.

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

Lynne x

BRIGHT OR PASTEL COLOURS?

Morning Everyone,

Do you prefer pastel or bright colours on your projects? That is the new theme of our challenge over at As You Like It

I do like both, but for youngsters I prefer bright, especially against a white background which makes the colours stand out more.  For my card I have used an old Avery Elle birthday balloon set which I bought pre-loved.  The stars are heat embossed in gold and I've added a few enamel dots too.  

It took quite a few goes before I was happy with the stamping of the balloons so I've come to the conclusion that it would possibly be easier to stamp them on scrap pieces of white card and fussy cut, which is what I had to do with the red one.

The sponsor for this fortnight is:

I hope you can play along with your pastels or brights and you can see the rest of the DT inspiration here.

Thank you for visiting and I will see you soon,

Lynne x

IN THE GARDEN

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at Allsorts and the theme alongside Anything Goes is "In the Garden".

This gave me the chance to use two sets of unused dies,  The Greetery hollyhocks die and Honey Bee stamps wagon wheel.  I die cut the leaves and stems from white snippets and inked in green, but the flowers were all cut from snippets of coloured card and shaded in their centres.  The wagon wheel was die cut and when they were all assembled I added them to an embossed brick wall, which is a Stampin Up folder.

The sky was stencilled with Bashful Blue SU ink and a MFT stencil.

There are two prizes of Lavinia stamps:

I would like to enter:

Snippets Playground - All flowers were snippets

I might go in the garden later to do a bit of tidying.  Hubby will be at football so I will be having what we jokingly call a "luxury day".   Whatever you're doing this weekend I hope it's a good one and the weather is kind.

Lynne x

SIMPLE OR FUSSY?

 Morning Everyone,

We have the start of a new challenge today over at As You Like It where we are asking whether you prefer  your makes to be simple or fussy.

I am an in between person really, but when it comes to a "big" birthday or close female family I like to go that bit extra and make them more fussy.  This card was for my daughter and I coloured the image, which is a Stamping Bella one called Bedelia and Betsy go for a walk, with copics.  The papers are all from old LOTV paper pads and I have added flowers and leaves to go with the papers. The sentiment came with the stamp and the little tags are from Mama Elephant.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I hope you can join us and have a good day whatever you may be doing.  We're looking after the grandson today as it's Easter holidays so I'm sure we will be kept busy.

I would like to enter:

Critter Crazy - Anything with a creature

C.R.A.F.T. - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Bunnies and Blooms

See you soon,

Lynne x