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

SPRING BOOTS

 Morning Everyone,

Back with my DT card for the start of a new challenge at Allsorts where the theme, alongside Anything Goes, is Springtime.

I have chosen to use an image from Dreamees which I received as a bundle for Christmas called Spring Boots.  There are different images of coloured boots to use with co-ordinating papers and this is my first card using them.   I have inked around the edge of the image with pink Distress Oxide and used white ribbon and twine.  The sentiments are from CraftAddiction UK.

There are 2 Penny Black stamps available from Buddly Crafts.

I would like to enter:

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes 

I look forward to seeing your lovely Spring cards. Thank you for your visit and see you soon.

Lynne x

 

FAVOURITE EMBELLISHMENT?

Morning Everyone,

A little late with my post today for As You Like It where the theme is "Favourite Embellishment".

If I don't do a full on fancy card my favourites are pearls or enamel dots, which ever suits the card best.  I have used pearls this time as they are more elegant looking and balance the card off as I thought the white space looked a bit too bare.  I have used my CraftAddiction slatted circle die and flowers from Spellbinders.  The birthday tags are also from CraftAddiction and the colour scheme of turquiose and gold is to enter into their Facebook page challenge.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

Creative Moments - Anything Goes

Early visit to the dentist this morning for a check up and thankfully all clear. That was one reason why I'm late with my post. I really don't like going and worry about it beforehand.  Anyway, better late than never!

See you soon and thank you for visiting.

Lynne x

THINGS WITH WINGS

Morning Everyone,

Today is the start of a new challenge over at Allsorts where I've chosen the optional theme of Things with Wings to go alongside Anything Goes.

For my card I have used the Hibiscus Garden die set from Altenew alongside Hummingbird dies from Waffle Flower.  The birds were cut in white and various inks used to make them look pretty.    The leaves were cut from some variegated green dp and the flowers cut in a peach and lemon coloured card and shaded with copics where necessary. Before adhering everything to the card I lightly inked the bottom half in green and top in a pale blue.  The sentiment is from a MFT birthday messages set.

The prize is a $30 gift card from Taylored Expressions and extra prize of an A4 stamp set.

    

                                                             

I hope you can join us and you can pop over here to see the inspiration from the rest of the DT.

Thank you for your visit and have a lovely weekend.

Lynne x

TOOLS R US

 Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we are asking "who is your favourite person to craft for?".

I love making for all family members, but I have chosen hubby this time.  He knows I don't really like/make many masculine cards so when I make the effort for him he really appreciates it.

For this card I have used tool dies from Sweet Dixie.  I have die cut them in snippets of red, grey and silver mirri card and arranged them around the die cut numbers.  The sentiments are from a Woodware stamp set also containing diy tools.  He is definitely a Mr. Fix It so I thought the words were very apt for him.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Snippets Playground - all tools and numbers are from snippets, but no photo sorry.

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

I hope you can join us.   Thank you for your visit and I will be back soon.

Lynne x