FAVOURITE FABRIC EMBELLISHMENT

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting today over at As You Like It  and we are asking for your favourite fabric embellishment on your projects.

Mine is ribbon. It is ideal for hiding a joining line on two patterned papers and doen't have any bulk for posting.  There's not a lot of ribbon on show on my card, but it is there.  I have used an image from an old LOTV art pad called Floral Dance and framed it with dies from Clearly Besotted.  The backing papers are from my stash and I have used a marker for the edges of the mat as I didn't have to right colour card.

I am leaving this without a sentiment as I haven't decided what it's for yet.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Simons Says Weds - Use patterned paper

I hope you can join us and thank you for your visit.

Lynne x

ANYTHING AUTUMN

 Good Morning All,

We have the start of a new challenge at Allsorts where the theme is Anything Autumn and there is also Anything Goes too.

For my DT card I have used some Autumn leaves and acorn dies from Simon Says stamp and have inked them up in various Distress Oxides and Altenew mini ink cubes.  I had a rummage and found a couple of old papers from LOTV which suited the theme and added the die cuts to an ivory square which I had lightly inked with Antique Linen distress ink.  A Stampin Up corrugated embossing folder was used for the beige panel and I die cut the sentiment, which is from Gummiapan,  from bronze pearlescent card.

There are 2 prizes of Penny Black stamps, stencil and stickers from Buddly Crafts 

        

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.

Lynne x

   

FAVOURITE SPORT/ACTIVITY

Good Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we're asking you to share projects containing your favourite sport/activity.

I have been playing tennis for over 20 years.  I play twice a week and have recently started pickleball as well.  I made this card for a tennis friend who is recovering from an operation.  As I didn't have anything connected to tennis I bought some mages from Etsy here, chose one most suited to my friend, and added a sentiment on the pc.  After a search through my snippets boxes I found two pieces that went reasonably well together and added ribbon to the joining.  Kraft card has been used for the mats and a few pearls added.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I hope you can join us.  Thank you for visiting and I will be back on Saturday.

Lynne x

SYMPATHY/THINKING OF YOU/GET WELL

Good Morning,

We have a new challenge starting over at Allsorts and the theme is Thinking of You/Sympathy/Get Well and there's always Anything Goes too.

For my DT card I have used Hero Arts Leafy Vines stamp.  I've had this for years and never used it so thought it was a good opportunity.  It was heat embossed in white onto a piece of DP although it came out a bit more creamy than white.  I've added a few pearls and the sentiment has been stamped in brow and is from a Simon Says Stamp set.  Very simple, but I didn't think it need anything else for this type of card.

Highlight Crafts three die sets plus reflections and paper are the prizes

I would like to enter:

PIP challenge2636 - Anything Goes

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

Lynne x

FAVOURITE HALLOWEEN COLOURS

 Morning Everyone,

It's the start of a new challenge over at As You Like It and we are asking to see projects containing your favourite Halloween colours.

I don't make Halloween cards, but purple is my favourite colour so I've put that alongside orange as these are two of the colours I associate with Halloween.  

I have used a stencil and die set from Pink Fresh Studio called Floral Field.  With this set you stencil first and then die cut.  When I first did it I thought the stencil wasn't right with some of the lines being a bit wonky, but when you use the die it cuts everything to how it should be.  I've not done it that way before.

I adhered the die onto a Memory Box pinpoint leafy cover plate and used a sentiment from Craftwork cards.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I hope you can join us.  I will be back on Saturday.  Have a good day.

Lynne x

WOODLAND CRITTERS

Hello Everyone,

I recently won the CAS Christmas Card challenge and Loll kindly invited me to be Guest Designer for the September challenge where the theme is Woodland Critters. 

I decided to use my Simon Says Stamp deer die and placed him in a window with a snippet of pink snowflake dsp behind.  The window die is from CraftAddiction UK.  I have coloured him with copics and used a snippet of blue for his scarf and also the sentiment which is from Spellbinders.

I would like to enter:

Christmas Kickstart - Reindeer Games

Passion for Markers - Stitching Real or Faux

Thank you for your visit and I will see you soon.

Lynne x

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

Morning Everyone,

Time for a new challenge at Allsorts and Brenda has chosen the them of All Creatures Great and Small and there is always Anything Goes as well.

I seem to have taken the theme litterally and used all sorts of creatures with my MFT stamp set called Birth-Yay, apart from the little bird which is from another MFT set.   I have coloured with copics and die cut them out and added them to a Lawn Fawn large Happy Birthday which I have cut out twice, first in a dark green and then added a lighter green just offset.

There are 2 prizes of stamps, stickers and scenescapes from Lavinia Stamps for the winners.

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

Thank you for visiting and have a good weekend.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE WILD ANIMAL?

 Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and the theme is "Your Favourite Wild Animal".

I have chosen a Giant Panda and made a bright card with this little cutie.  Pandas always look so gentle sat there eating bamboo and their fur looks so soft and cuddly.

For my card I have used an image from a Simon Says Stamp set called Celebrating You,  coloured with copics to match the colours of the strip of paper and added a die cut sentiment from MFT.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

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

I would like to enter:

Simon Says Weds  - Anything Goes

Thank you for your visit and have a good day.

Lynne x

LAYERS OF BEAUTY

 Morning Everyone,

I hope you have had a good weekend.  The weather here has been much more bearable than of late.

I have used a Stampin Up set for this card,  which consists of stamp, stencil and die, called Layers of Beauty.  

I stamped onto smooth cardstock and used my Altenew mini ink cubes through the stencil, die cut and added it to my topper which has a snippet of yellow flowered DSP to match the flowers.  The sentiment is heat embossed in gold and from a Penny Black Sprinkles and Smiles sentiment set.

I would like to enter:

Colourful Options - Option 2 yellow/green

We Love Stamping - Summer Blooms

Classic Design Challenge - Anything Goes

Thank you for your visit and I will be back on Thursday.

Lynne x

EMBOSSING

 Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts today at Allsorts and I have chosen the subject of Embossing (heat or dry) as the theme and there is always Anything Goes too.

When I was looking on Youtube a while ago a video came up about embossing on patterned paper so I thought I'd have a go.  I had a search through my papers and chose this piece.  I didn't want it too patterned as I didn't want it to overpower the embossing.  So I cut out the stitched rectangle first the then embossed it with Altenew's Decorative Florals folder.   Then I lightly inked the raised areas with Hero Arts White pigment ink.  I used a piece of the same paper for the heat embossed sentiment and added a few pearls and gems to finish it off.  

I am pleased with how it turned out especially with the white ink showing up against the darker background and will be trying more of this technique soon.

The prize for the winner is a die, embossing folder and layering stencil bundle from Lisa Horton Crafts

                                               

Have a good weekend.  I think it is going to be a bit cooler today, hopefully.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE COLOURING MEDIUM?

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and we are asking you to share projects using your favourite colouring medium and to be a prize winner you must say why it's your favourite.

Mine is copic markers.  I have used them since I started making cards am more experienced with them and I love how they blend so well.  I do have a go with Zig markers now and then, but mainly for florals.

For my card I have used the Waffle Flower postage die and added my Mama Elephant Reindeer Games stamp set.  The deer, tree and presents have been coloured with copics, die cut and added onto the little squares which I've inked with blue ink.  The sentiment is from a Hero Arts set.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

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

Thank you for taking the time to read this.  It's going to be another scorcher today here in the UK so I hope you manage to keep cool whatever you are doing.

Lynne x

TREES

Hello Everyone,

I bought this Pretty Pink Posh tree cover plate die a while ago with the aim of using up snippets of paper.

This is my first play with it and I decided to go with red snippets. After cutting the plate out in white cardstock I taped the snippets to the back of the die and cut them out and then inlaid into the spaces.  This leaves all the white cut out trees so will have to have a play with them at a later date.  I've heat embossed the sentiment onto a piece of red card and added it to the middle.

I would like to enter:

Simon Says Weds - Monochrome

Classic Design - Any Holiday

Have a good rest of the day and I will be back soon.

Lynne x

SANTA'S SLEIGH

Hello All,

I hope you are well and enjoying the warm weather. 

I've made this Christmas card with some challenges in mind.

It consists of a Spellbinders die called "Delivering Joy Sleigh" which has been cut from snippets, added onto a stitched edge square of hammered cardstock.  The sentiment, which has the letters cut out instead of being stamped, is also from Spellbinders, but not part of the sleigh set.

I would like to enter:

ABC Christmas - No stamping

CAS Christmas challenge - Santa's Sleigh

Sparkles Christmas - Clean and Simple

Classic Design - Any Holiday

Snippets Playground - Sleigh, parcels and sentiment all snippets.

That's it for now.  Whatever you are doing I hope you have a good weekend and I will see you soon.

Lynne x

COLOURS OF SUMMER

 

Morning Everyone,

Today we start a new challenge over at Allsorts and Sarah  has chosen the subject "Colours of Summer" to run alongside Anything Goes.

For my card I have used a Simon Says Stamp called So Beautiful.  I stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black and then clear heat embossed.  I have coloured everything with my Zig markers and heat embossed the sentiment, which is an old one from LOTV, in gold.

The prize for the winner is a Butterfly stamp and stencil from Visible Image

   

I would like to enter:

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and have a lovely weekend.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE SAFARI ANIMAL

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at As You Like It and the subject is "Your Favourite Safari Animal".  This is my DT card.

Have you ever had a disaster right at the end of making a card?  Well that's what happened to this one.  Somehow orange ink appeared just below a die cut sentiment and no matter how I tried to get rid, it wouldn't work so the layout has turned out completely different to what I had intended.  I had to tear the sentiment off and cut the image down, which is an old one from Wild Rose Studio, and extend it with some mini scalloped edgers.  I only had one small bit of the striped paper left and it wouldn't fit top and bottom without the edgers.  Then to top it all the sentiment, which is from LOTV, didn't stamp properly onto the image so I had to cut a small stitched rectangle and add that on top.

With that little rant over I have to say I do love Elephants as my safari choice, especially young ones.  I love seeing them run about when they are small and they look so cute.

The sponsor for this challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes

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

Lynne x

DIVINE PEONY

Morning Everyone,

I've had a play over the weekend with this Divine Peony die from Simon Says Stamp.

I cut it out with white cardstock and coloured the flower with Distress Oxides Tattered Rose, Saltwater Taffy and Worn Lipstick.  The greenery was coloured with two Altenew mini ink cubes.  I had a search through my patterned papers and found this sheet with a touch of pink at the top so went with that. The sentiment is heat embossed in gold and is from a SSS set called Celebrating You.

I would like to enter:

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral Goes

Thank you for your visit, see you soon,  and I hope you have a good week.

Lynne x

SEASIDE

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at Allsorts where the theme is "Seaside" as well as Anything Goes. 

I have used a Stampin Up set for my card called Oceanfront.  Everything is from that set except the birds which are from the SU Sail Away stamp and the sentiment which has been heat embossed in white.  Matted onto kraft card it is a fairly straightforward and will probably go to my brother who lives in Cornwall.

The prize is a collection of stamps for one winner from Stamp Addicts.

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

Thank you for your visit and have a lovely weekend.

Lynne x

FAVOURITE PET?

Morning All,

We have a new challenge today over at AYLI and we are sking you to shire a project containing your favourite pet. 

Apart from a few fish over the years dogs are the only pet I've had.  We have a little ruby Cavalier at the moment who is nearly 14 and the house would seem really empty without him.

I have made a tag for my DT project with a little pup from the MFT Happy Pawlidays stamp set.  I have coloured him with copics.  The sentiment is from the same set and the tag die, together with the topper which has been cut from a snippet of paper, is from Marianne Design.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Tag-Along - Anything Goes

PIP Challenge 2628 - Anything Goes

Classic Design - Any Holiday

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Snippets Playground - Snippets used were the white card, patterned topper and ribbon

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

Lynne x

CAS WITH DIES

 Morning All,

I hope you are managing to keep cool in the heat we are having at the moment.

I won a previous CAS on Friday challenge with my Christmas Birds card and am pleased to have been invited to be a Guest DT for their new challenge which is 'CAS with Dies'.

I don't normally make CAS type cards as I struggle a bit with all the white space.  For this one I used Cute Open Rose from Altenew in a peachy colour card and darkened them in the centre with some ink.  The leaves were cut in white cardstock and inked with two shades of green from Altenew.  A Tessatina die from Memory Box has been added to a stitched rectangle of linen card amd the two flowers added.  The sentiment is heat embossed onto gold card and is from LOTV.

I would like to enter: 

Beautiful Blossoms - Anything Floral

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and have a lovely weekend.

Lynne x

USE STENCILS

Morning Everyone,

We have a new challenge starting over at Allsorts and the optional theme to go with Anything Goes is Use Stencils.

I have used a Gina K stencil called Modern Hyrdrangeas and coloured them with Oxides, Saltwater Taffy and Worn Lipstick.  The leaves are two shades of green from Gina K mini ink cubes.  I have added a Creative Expressions sentiment in gold mirri card and a few gold and pink sequins for a bit of sparkle.

Two winners will each receive three random stencils/sets from those below.

Have a good weekend.  A quiet day for me today. I might watch a bit of tennis and then out for a Sunday lunch tomorrow.

See you soon,

Lynne x