GOLD, SILVER OR GLITTER

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge is starting over at As You Like It and we would like to know whether you prefer gold, silver or glitter on your cards.

I do like all three, but when green and red are involved I prefer to use gold as it suits them better.  For my card I have used a wreath die from CraftAddiction and cut it out with differing shades of green designer paper.  The poinsettias are from a Spellbinders set, the bow from Alex Syberia and the sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp. I've added some gold glitter paste on some of the leaves and gold enamel dots to finish it off.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

Busy day here today, well every day seems to be busy on the run up to Christmas!  I hope you have a good one whatever you may be doing.

Lynne x

LITTLE CHICKADEE

Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had an enjoyable weekend. I have made  a  Christmas card using this Chickadee image from Power Poppy.

I have coloured the image with copics and added glitter and liquid pearls for a bit of sparkle.  He has been cut out with a Sizzix oval die, the backing paper is from an old craft magazine and the sentiment is heat embossed in silver and from LOTV.

I would like to enter:

ABC Christmas - W for wings

Passion for Markers - Christmas

We Love Stamping - Christmas

Stamping Sensations - Christmas

C.R.A.F.T.  - Christmas

Thank you for visiting and have a good day.  

Lynne x 

FOCAL SENTIMENT

Morning Everyone,

A little late with my post this morning.  Dates just seemed to have run away with me!  Anyway, it's time for a new challenge over at Allsorts and, as well as the usual Anything Goes, Helen has chosen the theme of Sentiment in Focus.

I recently bought this MFT die from Vinted so thought I would use it for the challenge.  It is quite dangerous being on Vinted because you see stamps and dies you don't necessarily need but definitely want.  I have sold quite a few things on there too so it does come in handy as it's so easy to use.

Anyway back to my card.  As you can see I have cut the words in different colours for a bright card for a child.  I have coloured two little mice, also from a MFT set, and fussy cut them and stuck them to the card.  I did stamp the one with the balloon first so I didn't have to fussy cut the string. That would have been going too far.  

Prize for the challenge is a lovely Sweep Poppy A5 stamp set and sentiment stencil plus a second 'surprise' prize.

I would like to enter:

Colourful Options - Rainbow colours

Word Power - Sentiment in focus

Classic Design - Anything Goes

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

Have a good weekend and I'll be back soon.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE EMBELLISHMENT?

Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts over at As You Like It and we would like you to share a project containing your favourite embellishment. 

Mine are definitely pearls and enamel dots.  They're not too bulky for posting and add a little bit of extra prettiness to a card.

I have used Pinkfresh Studio washi tape for this card and cut the pieces out with their respective dies.  The sentiment is from the same company and has been heat embossed in gold.  Sparkly enamel dots used this time as I didn't have the right colours in pearls.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I hope you can join us.  Thank you for visiting and have a good day.

Lynne x

CHRISTMAS AT ALLSORTS

Good Morning Everyone,

It's the start of a new challenge over at Allsorts and the alongside Anything Goes is Christmas cards. 

For my DT card I have used the lovely Vintage Reindeer from Honey Bee Stamps.  She has been shaded in place with various inks, layered up and popped onto an oval which I stamped with a Penny Black stamp called Christmas Story.  The holly and bells are included in the set and the background papers are from an old Authentique pad.  I have quite a few vintage style papers in my stash so will probably have another play with this set again soon.  I decided to emboss the sentiment in gold onto a snippet of the striped paper, which worked ok by getting it central in between the lines.

There are 2 prizes of stamps, stencils and dies:

:

I would like to enter:

C.R.A.F.T. - Christmas

Penny's Paper Crafty - Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Time to be Merry

Christmas Kickstart - Just Add Antlers

PIP Challenge - Anything Goes

Critter Crazy - AG with a feature Critter

I look forward to seeing your entries, thank you for your visit and have a good weekend.

Lynne x