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

SPRING BUNNY

Morning Everyone,

I hope you had a good weekend.  I had a little play and this is what I came up with.

I used a LOTV digi image called Bunny Blooms and coloured him with copics.  I've added two tiny butterflies from a punch, twine and paper from stash.  The sentiment is from WPlus9 which I have layered with white and green.

I would like to enter:

Passion for Markers - Spring Flowers

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

Stamping Sensations - Spring

Classic Design - AG or Blooms/Butterflies

That's it for now, short and sweet. Have a good day and thank you for your visit.

Lynne x

ADD RIBBON OR A BOW

Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts over at Allsorts today where Sarah is the host and the theme is "Add ribbon or a bow" as well as Anything Goes.

 

For my DT card I have used a LOTV image.  My niece received her first phone for Christmas so I thought it was an apt image for her.  I have coloured with copics and inked around the edges.  All papers are from old LOTV pads and flowers and pearls have been added for decoration.  The ribbon is in the form of a bow in the flowers and also a strip across the top of the darker purple strip, although it looks like card in the photo.  The sentiments are also from LOTV.

Prize of A5 stamp set, stencil and ribbons and £10 digital download from Polkadoodles

                                                                

I would like to enter:

Simon Says Weds - Anything Goes

I hope you can join us, have a good weekend and thank you for your visit.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE COLOUR

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts today at As You Like It and we would like to see a project using your favourite colour.

Blue has always been my favourite colour.  This has graduated to purples too, but I used blue for this card mainly because I found the image partly coloured in a folder recently with a blue hydrangea.  Not sure why it was there though, but best to get it used!

The cute little kitten is from Di's Digistamps and I have coloured with copics.  The large circle die is from Spellbinders and I've used old papers from stash to complete the card.  The sentiment is from a Penny Black set and I've made the two enamel type dots by adding  glossy accents to die cut circles.

The sponsor for the prize is:

Thank you for popping by and have a good day.

Lynne x

DINO-MITE WISHES

Morning Everyone,

I hope you are keeping well.  It was really cold here yesterday so I spent the day inside.  I did try to go out and do a bit of tidying in the garden, but the wind was just too cold so I ended up making this card to enter into the Colourful Options challenge. 

It's a cute dinosaur from Spellbinders and I've cut her out with snippets and placed her on my arch die and used backing paper from LOTV.  The sending sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp and I've used the computer for the Dino-mite Wishes. This is a photo of a few of the snippets used:

I would like to enter:

Snippets Playground

Colourful Options - Pink and Purple

PIP Challenge 2607 - Anything Goes

Thank you for popping by and I will see you again soon.

Lynne x

EMBOSSING

Morning Everyone,

A new challenge is starting over at Allsorts and the theme alongside Anything Goes is "Embossing - Heat or Dry". 

I have used Gina K Ruffled Blooms for my card.   I cut them out with their die then embossed and then used the co-ordinating stencil.  I did it this way instead of just embossing onto a piece of card as I wasn't sure what I was going to do with it at first, but it is quite a large stamp so it fills most of the card anyway!  I used various shades of inks, added the die cut to a the white rectangle which had been heat embossed with the sentiment from a Penny Black set.  A lace edger from Altenew was added to the bottom.

The prize is a Lisa Horton Rambling Woodgrain Rose embossing folder and coordinating stencils.

                                               

I hope you can join us, have a good weekend.  It looks as though we're going to have a sunny but cold day here.   I'm hoping to get some crafty time in as hubby is going to watch a football match.

Lynne x

CUTE OR ELEGANT?

 Morning Everyone,

Today sees the start of a new challenge over at As You Like It where the theme is "Cute or Elegant?".

I do like to make cute cards for children, but more often than not my makes are floral.   I make quite a few for an elderly aunt to give to her friends.  For this card I have used a Stampin Up layered peony in cream and used snippets of green and brown papers for the die cuts.  The sentiment is heat embossed in gold and from MFT.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Snippets Playground - Snippets used were green leaves, square, sentiment and scalloped brown paper, but no photo sorry.

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

Have a good weekend.

Lynne x

CREATE YOUR OWN BACKGROUND

 Morning Everyone,

Time for a new challenge over at Allsorts and Donna has picked the theme "Create Your Own Background" to go alongside Anything Goes.

For my card I have used a rectangular die to make a template and coloured with Distress Oxides, Shaded Lilac, Picked Raspberry and Saltwater Taffy. I have to say that one of the edges wasn't perfect - I couldn't have held it down properly - so I had to cut the inked rectangle out to tidy it up and add it to a stitched die cut piece of white cardstock.   I then stamped Sweet Bouquet by The Ton when the inked square was in place,  matted with black and used a sentiment from LOTV.

The prize for this challenge is a set of four background stamps from AALL and Create

I hope you can join us and have a good weekend.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE DIE?

 Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we are asking you to share a project using your favourite die.

I use quite a few dies but for this challenge have chosen my Waffle Flower postage collage as a favourite.  It's very flexible and can be used as it is or cut up to create any style of card you wish.  It can also be used for any small stamps and not just the stencils that co-ordinate with the die.  

I have used the spring flowers stencil on this one, cut them out and used a butterfly die and small flowers.  The sentiment has been heat embossed in gold. The colours of the tulips and small flowers look blue in the photo, but they are purple. I used little snippets for the butterfly and flowers, but no photo, sorry.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would likje to enter:

Simon Says Weds - Anything goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Crazy is our fame - Stencils are our game - Use stencils

Snippets Playground - Snippets used for the flowers and butterfly

Thank you for your visit and I hope you have a good weekend when it gets here.  

Lynne x 

BOYS AND MEN

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at Allsorts where Ellie has chosen the theme of Boys and Men and there is always Anything Goes.

My card is made up of an image and papers from Maja Design.  I have inked and roughened the edges of the papers, fussy cut the number plates and also used a mixture of cog dies which were a purchase from Amazon. The sentiment has been stamped in a dark brown to match the rest of the card.

The prizes are two stamp sets from Sweet Poppy:

                                             

I hope you can join us and that your mojo is back now we are back to normal.  I know mine disappeared a bit over the Christmas and New Year period, but it's beginning to come back.

Lynne x

 

FAVOURITE OCCASION?

 Morning Everyone,

We're back at As You Like It after the Christmas break and asking to see your favourite type of card to make.

Mine are birthday cards. They're the ones I make the most and when they're for a family member I like to make them according to their interests when I can.

This one was for the grandson.  He's mad about Spiderman and his friends and I found this image on Etsy. I tend not to colour images for little ones as they are quicker to make and they don't know whether it's hand coloured or not.  This is a larger than normal card, A5 size, and all I had to do was print out the image and find papers to match, which are from a Doodlebug pad.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I hope you can join us for the first challenge of the year.  Thank you for visiting and have a good day.

Lynne x

WINTER ANIMALS

Morning Everyone,

A new challenge is starting over at Allsorts this morning and Helen has chosen the theme of Winter Animals to run alongside Anything Goes. 

For my card I have used my Impression Obsession reindeer family die cut in kraft yardstick.  I have cut a rectangle from a piece of white card to make a frame and then made the winter scene with a woodland die which  I think is an unbranded one from Amazon.  This was cut three times and glued together, the top layer being from grey and white paper.  I found a suitable piece of snowy   paper  in my snippets box for the background and then made the snow by tearing two lots of white card.  The sentiment is heat embossed in silver and from LOTV.

The prize is a Visible Image stamp set with it's matching dies.

I would like to enter:

Sparkles Christmas - Animal and tree

Critter Crazy - Anything goes with a featured critter

Sinon Says Stamp Weds - Add a Sentiment

Thank you for visiting and have a lovely weekend.

Lynne x

PERSIAN MOTIFS

 Good Morning Everyone,

Back again with another card.  I've decided this year to try and use some or most of my unused stuff.  I have it in a basket and it's getting a bit overloaded at the moment as I was lucky to get some Christmas crafty presents.

These stamps weren't for Christmas.  They were one of the first Altenew sets I bought quite a few years ago and hate to admit I've never used them.  I stamped the outlines of the motifs with Versamark and gold embossing powder onto Bristol Smooth paper and then coloured them with my Zig markers, just two colours Light Green and Cyclamen Pink.  The sentiment is also heat embossed in gold and from a Penny Black set called Super Day.

I've also used Stampin Up gold sparkly dots, MFT mini scalloped edger and gold and pink papers for the mats.

I would like to enter this into:

Passion for Markers Christmas Challenge - Add a Sentiment

NBUS - First outing for the Persian Motifs

Simon Says Weds - Add a Sentiment

Creative Knockouts - Celebrations

We're taking our Christmas tree etc. down today so that will be good when it's done.  Have a good one and see you soon.

Lynne x

BIG BDAY WISHES TAKE 2

Hello Everyone,

I would like to wish you a Happy New Year and thank you all for your visits and support over the past year.  Let us hope this year will be a good one for us all.

Hubby has gone to watch football today so I decided to have another play with my MFT Big Birthday die and this time used snippets in different colours for the die.  This meant cutting the whole thing out a few times, but it has left me with more letters for another card.  I stamped the little birds, cake and animals from two different MFT sets and coloured them with copics, fussy cut them out and added them to the card.  Two die cut balloons also added to finish it off.

I would like to enter this into:

Snippets Playground - Use snippets - some of the snippets used:

Colourful Options - Rainbow colours

Thank you for your visit, have a lovely peaceful day and I will be back soon.

Lynne x