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