FLOWERS AT ALLSORTS

Good Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge over at Allsorts and Lynn has chosen the theme of  Flowers as well as Anything Goes.  

I have used an Altenew layering stamp set call Antique Roses using Golden Sunset and Green Fields ink cube sets, cut them out with the co-ordinating dies and arranged them onto my card.  The green striped paper is a snippet of some old Stampin Up paper and gold washi tape, also from Altenew, divides the top from the bottom.  The sentiment is from a Penny Black set.  I've heat embossed it in gold which was a bit risky as most of the card was already made up, but luckily with PB sets being quality, it turned out well.  I've added a few gold enamel dots to finish it off.

I must say this set is one of the easier ones for layering.  I have a couple of others but always seem to struggle getting them in the right place.  

There are 3 prizes on offer:

                               

I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

We Love Stamping - Anything Goes

Colorful Options - Orange and Green used

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Have a good weekend all.

Lynne x

NON CARD PROJECTS AT AYLI

Morning Everyone,

A mew challenge starts today at As You Like It and the theme is  to share your favourite "Non Card Projects".

The only thing I am making at the moment that's not a card are these knitted poppies.  Our village church has put a request in the local magazine for them as they want to make a cascade from the top of the church tower to the ground for Remembrance Day in November.  I thought that gives me plenty of time to make a few so found two different patterns on the internet and these are the first four I've made.

I've actually run out of wool now as I didn't have a full ball so am awaiting a delivery of more tomorrow.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

Have a good day and I will be back soon.

Lynne x

FOR A CHILD

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at Allsorts and the theme is "For a Child" and there is always Anything Goes as well.

I made this card for my 5 year old niece and used an All Dressed Up image coloured with copics.  The papers and sentiment are from LOTV and I have cut an MFT daisy die for added embellishment along with the ribbon and bow.  I wanted to put a number 5 somewhere but couldn't find a suitable spot for it.

There are two prizes of offer and these are the stamps:

      

                                                    

                                            

I would like to enter:

All Dressed up Challenge - Anything Goes

Crafty Catz #697 - Anything Goes

Love Those Pretty Papers Challenge - Birthday

I look forward to seeing your lovely entries. Have a good weekend.

Lynne x

  

FAVOURITE 2 COLOUR COMBO

 Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we would like you to share a project featuring your favourite 2 colour combo.

I have chosen yellow and green as I think it's so clean and fresh looking.  I have used another Altenew layering stamp set called Wildly Loved with various shades of yellow and cut everything out with their respective dies.   The sentiment is from Crafter's Companion, which I've cut in a gold cardstock and a few gold sparkly enamel dots were added to finish it off.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I hope you can join us and I look forward to seeing which is the most popular combination.

I'm up early today as I have a hair appointment at 8.30 and then playing tennis later today. Hope it's not going to be too warm.  See you soon,

Lynne x

SEASIDE AT ALLSORTS

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts today at Allsorts and the theme is the Seaside as well as Anything Goes.

For my card I have used a digi stamp from Etsy called Morning Swim. I thought it would be an ideal card for my brother who lives in Cornwall.  I have coloured with copics, used an MFT cloud stencil for the sky and added glitter to the waves.  I fussy cut the oval out and added it to some wood effect paper from my stash. The sentiment is from MFT and heat embossed onto a snippet of brown cardstock.

There are two prizes each of two Sentimentally Yours stamps from Grafton Crafts

                                                 

I would like to enter:

Papercraft Challenge - Summer vibes

Classic Design - Vacation/holiday

Double D - Lets go to the beach

Thank you for your visit and have a good weekend.

Lynne x

MORNING FLOWERS

 Morning Everyone,

I have bought a few Altenew products from a lady on Facebook and this is my first attempt at these flowers called Morning Flowers.  

This is a layering stamp set which takes quite a bit of getting used to so there were a few attempts in the bin before I was finally happy.  The dies also come with the set which I have used to cut them out.  The oranges and green are from Altenew mini ink cubes.  They are very useful for this type of stamping with them being in varying shades of the colours you need.  I have used an Altenew watercolour stripe die for the background and extended it sideways for a square card as it wasn't big enough for my normal 5"x7".  The sentiment has been heat embossed in gold and is from a Yvonne Pascal set which I think came free with a magazine years ago.

I would like to enter:

Altenew June Inspiration challenge 

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything floral goes

Simon Says Stamp - Flowers

Crafty Catz - Hot Colours

Thank you for your visit and have a good day.

Lynne x

SENTIMENT OR NOT AT AYLI

Good Morning Everyone,

I hope everyone is well. We have a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we are asking whether you prefer to have a sentiment on your cards or not (and don't forget to say why please). 

I always put a sentiment on my cards.  I think it finishes them off and it's also the first thing the recipient reads.

I have used these cute dies from Honey Bee stamps again called Bundle of Joy, but this time for a boy. I've just had a look at my last one and can't believe it's 2 years since I made it! Where does the time go to.  I've used the same layout as before, but with snippets of more boyish papers.  The Congrats die is from Creative Expressions and the strip underneath made on the pc.

                                                          The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Crafty Calendar - Add a Sentiment

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Snippets Playground - Baby clothes and hangers are snippets, but no photo, sorry

Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes

I look forward to seeing your entries, have a good day.  I am cat sitting this week while the daughter is away and go twice a day to feed him so that's what I will be doing next.

See you soon,

Lynne x

WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts today at Allsorts and the theme is "What Makes You Happy?" and there's always "Anything Goes" as well.

There are a lot of things that make me happy but I have gone for colouring, flowers and die cutting.  Colouring can make me happy when it turns out right, but it can also be quite frustrating when it doesn't and I do love to see all the lovely flowers at this time of year.

For my card I have used two Penny Black products.  The stamp is an old wooden one, but you can buy a more modern clear version now from Buddly Crafts. I have coloured with copics and cut them out with a double stitched square and cut the top off with a Penny Black happy edger die and coloured that with various shades of pink.  The floral DP is from a BoBunny pad.

There are two prizes this week from Buddly Crafts, a Penny Black stamp and a die set:

                                                   

I would like to enter:

PIP Challenge 2522 - Anything Goes

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Our Furry Friends

We Love Stamping - Nature

Paper Funday Challenge - Anything Goes

Penny Black Saturday - AG/Stitching

Thank you for yur visit and I will be back soon.

Lynne x

EMBOSSING AT AYLI

 Morning Everyone,

Today is te start of a new challenge over at As You Like It and we are asking for a project showing your favourite way to emboss (wet/dry).

I use heat embossing more, especially for sentiments, as I think it makes them look a bit more special.  For this card I have heat embossed the sentiment, which is from Simon Says Stamp, in silver, used a Stampin Up Blooming Heart die and a double stitched square die to cut it all out. Pearls and clear gems, which look like little black dots in the photo, have finished it off.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

You can pop over here to see the inspiration from the rest of the team. Thank you for your visit and I will be back soon.

Lynne x

FLOWERS IN BLOOM

 Morning Everyone,

I hope you are having a good Bank Holiday (here in UK).  We're going to a wedding on Wednesday and also have the son and his girlfriend moving in very soon while they wait for their new build to be finished so I've been quite busy getting rooms ready etc., but this is a card I managed to make over the weekend.

The stamp is from MFT called Flowers in Bloom and I stamped in black and heat embossed in clear embossing powder.  I have coloured with my zig watercolour markers and added the embossed sentiment, also from MFT, in white.  The papers are oddments from my paper mountain.

I would like to enter:

Passion for Markers - Anything Goes

Simon Says Weds - Bright & Cheerful

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

Colorful Options May - Orange and yellow used

On with the preparations and also have a couple of plants to put in the garden too.

See you soon,

Lynne x

16TH BIRTHDAY AT ALLSORTS

Morning Everyone,

Today is the start of a special 16th Birthday challenge at Allsorts where the theme is Anything Goes.  This is my card to help celebrate.

Although I've had these for a while, it is the first outing for my pinwheels which is a stencil set from The Greetery.  They were really easy to colour with the help of the stencils and various shades of ink.  I don't have the die set so I cut them out with circle dies and then fussy cut round the little pointy bits.  They were then placed on a double stitched rectangle.  Enamel dots were added to the centres and I made more little dots in the same colours and added glossy accents.  The sentiment is also from The Greetery. 

Because it's a special challenge there are many prizes to be won:

Four prizes of products from AALL and Create

                                               

and Three prizes just for our US based entrants:

A $25 store voucher from Lawn Fawn

Three stamps from Colorado Craft Company

A $25 store voucher from Gina K Designs (Worldwide)

I would like to enter:

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Colourful Options - Green, Orange and Yellow used from the colour palette

Simon Says Weds - Bright and Cheerful

Creative Knockouts - Real or Faux stitching

Crazy is our fame - Stencils are our game - Pinwheel stencils used

I look forward to seeing all your lovely entries. Have a good weekend.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE SKETCH?

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts today over at As You Like It and we are asking for your favourite sketch.

When the image allows I do like this sketch.  I think it's simple and effective, but it doesn't suit all images.

For my bright card I have used a Penny Black stamp, Golden Dance, coloured with copics and cut out with a Sizzix oval die.  I've added 3 strips of dotty paper from a Doodlebug pad, pearls and a LOTV sentiment.

I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

Colorful Options - Using Orange and Green from the mood board

Penny Black Saturday - Anything Goes

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

The Crafting Challenge - Flowers

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Thank you for taking the time to visit and I will see you soon.

Lynne x

ROSE GARDEN

Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a good weekend.  I've been potting up plants in the greenhouse but when it got too warm for me I had a play in the craft room and this is the card I came up with.

It is a stamp from MFT call Rose Garden which I have coloured with copics. I've added a sentiment from a Simon Says Stamp set and the butterfly is from Hero Arts.  A fairly quick (apart from the colouring) and straight forward card. I'm not sure about the blue on the butterfly, but I have coloured blue around the image so it ties in with that.

I would like to enter:

Passion for Markers - Make It Bloom

Simon Says Weds - Beautiful Blooms

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

PIP Challenge 2519 - Anything Goes

Thank you for your visit and I will be back later in the week.

Lynne x

PAPER PIECING

Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts at Allsorts today and as well as Anything Goes the optional theme, which I have chosen, is paper piecing.

I have used my Woodware sneakers stamp for this and paper pieced the sneakers with the spotty paper from a Maja Design pad called Denim & Friends.  

The other two papers used are from the same pad and I've backed them with kraft cardstock and inked gently around the edges of the stitched square.  The sneakers have been shaded lightly with copics and the sentiments are from LOTV,

Our prize this fortnight is a £25 store voucher from Personal Impressions (inc pps, winner meets costs of any additional spend).  PI are proud to represent over 70 brands from global, recognisable brands to small, niche and new.

Also just to give you some advance notice it is the 16th birthday of Allsorts coming up and there will be a special birthday challenge on 24th May.

Thank you for taking the time to visit and I will be back later in the week.

Lynne x

SOFT OR BOLD COLOURS?

Morning Everyone,

I hope you are enjoying the lovely sunny weather we are having here in the UK at the moment.  I think today is going to be the hottest day of the week.

A new challenge starts today over at As You Like It and we are asking whether you prefer to use soft or bold colours on your projects. 

I do like using both but when it comes to making children's cards I prefer to use bolder colours. I think they stand out and grab their attention more than soft colours.

For my card I have used a cute monkey image from Last Minute Manda and coloured him with copics.  I have used a MFT cloud stencil for the background and the green starry paper is from a LOTV pad. The sentiment is from Lawn Fawn.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

with a voucher for the lucky winner

I would like to enter:

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

Passion for Markers - Birthdays

Critter Crazy - AG featuring a critter

Thank you for visiting and I look forward to seeing your entries.

Lynne x

JAPANESE ANEMONE

Hello Everyone,

I hope you are well and have had a good weekend.  I have a card to share which has been in the making for at least a week.  This is mainly due to lack of mojo and being busy elsewhere, but I did want to get it finished for a few challenges I've seen.

I've used a set from Altenew called Japanese Anemone Layering Die and inked them up with a few different pinks.  I say a few I mean three as the first two were a bit too pale.  The stems and leaves were die cut in green and then shaded with a green copic.  I arranged them onto a Spellbinders arch die and heat embossed the sentiment, also from an Altenew set, in white.  The backing paper is a random sheet I found in my drawer.

I would like to enter:

Altenew April Inspiration Challenge

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

Die Cut Divas - Flowers

I will probably go out and do a bit more gardening now.  I did some this morning until it got too warm for me.  I can't work in the heat.  Thank you for visiting and I will be back later in the week.

Lynne x

INSPIRED BY A SONG

Morning Everyone,

It's the start of a new challenge over at Allsorts where the theme, as chosen by Sarah, is 'Inspired by a Song' and there's always 'Anything Goes' too.

My song is Flowers by Miley Cyrus.  I'm not a fan of hers but I do like the song and I have plenty of flower images to chose from.  I decided to use my Concord & 9th set again called Hello Lovely.  I've coloured with copics and used a MFT scalloped border and a snippet of lilac paper from a LOTV paper pad.  The sentiment which has been heat embossed in white is also from MFT.

There are three prizes of die sets from In2Craft

I would like to enter:

Digi Choosday - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

Crafty Catz - Feminine Birthday

Simon Says Weds - Make It Girly

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

I hope you can join us, two weeks to enter, and have a lovely weekend.

Lynne x

CLEAN OR FUSSY?

 Mornng Everyone,

A new challenge starts over at As You Like It this morning and we are asking whether you prefer your projects to be clearn or fussy.

Most of my cards nowadays are on the clean side, mainly due to postage, but when I get the chance to make a special card I do love a bit of fussiness.  

This card was for an aunt who loves to receive my cards so I went all out with the flowers etc.  The papers are from Pion Design and the numbers are from a Stampin Up set with the sentiment from LOTV.  I've had the flowers for a very long time and they are from Wild Orchid Crafts.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

with a voucher for the lucky winner

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

Lynne x

STENCILS AND/OR MASKS

Morning Everyone,

I hope everyone is well.  I've been poorly all week with a chest infection and haven't had the enrgy or felt well enough to do anything.  Such a shame as it was such beautiful weather too.  

We have a new challenge starting over at Allsorts where, as well as Anything Goes, we have the option of Stencils/masks as chosen by Val.

For my card I have used a Waffle Flower Butterfly which has it's own co-ordinating stencil and I've used this with Altenew inks.  I die cut a second layer of the butterfly in green glitter card, but you can't see it in the pitcture.  The background stencil is from a company called CrafTreat.   The stencil was cut out with a double stitched square and layered onto green card.  The sentiment has been heat embossed in gold and is from an old Penny Black set.

Ther are two prizes, the first from Lisa Horton Crafts, Pansy Corner layering stencils with coordinating die and embossing folder. 

and an extra prize of 2 stencils

I hope you will be able to join us and look forward to seeing your entries in the next two weeks.

Lynne x