DROPPING THE SHOPPING

Hi Everyone

I hope you all had a lovely weekend and did plenty of things you enjoy.  I spent quite a bit of time in the craft room yesterday and managed to finish this card.

Sorry if the picture looks a bit dark.  I had a go with our little camera to try it out.  I think it shows up the details better, but it is dark.

I coloured the LOTV image with copics, which I am enjoying a bit more now.  I suppose the more you practice the easier it gets, but at the moment I do only have a limited number of them to use. The paper is also LOTV, the poinsettia dies are Sue Wilson and the die for the leaf embellishment is Sara Davies, which I glittered along with the fur on the girl's clothing.

It's quite a simple layout, but I didn't seem to have much room for anything else!

I would like to enter the following challenges:

ABC Christmas - T for two (2 flowers, 2 dp)

Inky Chicks - Animals

The Ribbon Girl - Card

Crafty hazelnut CC Extra - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursday - Anything Goes

I am also entering the LOTV Facebook challenge.

Thank you for visiting and I love reading your comments.

Lynne x

CUTE SNOWMAN

Hi Everyone

I know I said in my last post that I might make a birthday card next, but after seeing the new release of Sylvia Zet images, I decided to make a start on family christmas cards, so I purchased this cute snowman and coloured him with copics to match the Woodland Wishes paper from LOTV. This is a 7" square card as a 6" didn't seem quite big enough.

The light was a bit bright when I took the photo so hope you can see it well enough.
I've glittered nearly everything in sight but it doesn't show very well.  The snow, the lacy edge on the bottom, the snowflake border around the top (half a memory box frostyville wreath) and a few drops of glossy accents around the image were glittered. In fact I think I might have to buy more white glitter soon the way I've been getting through it!  I also added glass glitter to the flowers. Stitched square and stitched rectangle dies were also used and there's also a sweet snowflake embellishment on the ribbon bow, but it doesn't show very well.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

The Ribbon Girl - Card
Noor Design Uk - Cas or Fussy and Fancy
Sketchy Challenges - Add some Bling
Fussy and Fancy Friday - Favourite Things (die cuts, flowers and glitter)
Crafty Ribbons -  Use ribbon or lace
SSS Weds - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and leaving your comments which I love to read.

Lynne x








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NEW BABY

Hi Everyone

Something of a change from christmas cards today.  My daughter will soon be in need of a new baby card for a friend and as they know it's a girl I thought I'd make a pretty pink one.

I've used a pre-coloured LOTV image as I bought quite a few when I started crafting and need to use some up. The lacy doily die is from Joy Crafts, the flowers from Noor Design and WOC and the sentiment tags from LOTV.

I enjoyed making this and am pleased with the way it turned out.  Maybe go onto birthday cards next as I think I've overdone it with christmas ones, we'll see.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Noor Design - Flowers and lace

In the Pink - Photo inspiration

Ribbon Girl - Any image

Fab n Funky - Ribbon/lace

Crafting from the Heart - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting.  I always love reading your encouraging comments.

Lynne x

SINGING MICE

Hi Everyone

I hope you have had a good weekend.  The weather was not so good here yesterday so I managed to finish another Christmas card, sweet little singing Penny black mice which I recently purchased on Ebay.

I've coloured them with copics and added liquid pearls and glitter.  The frame is called Frosted frame from Apple Blossom, but I can't remember the make of the snowflake die I'm afraid. Pearls and ribbon were added to finish off and also some wink of stella on the frame.  The colours haven't come out that well on the photo, but it does look a lot nicer in real life.  I haven't added a sentiment as I didn't have one that looked right wherever I placed it.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

ABC Challenge - Pearls

Winter Wonderland - Christmas dies

Crafty hazelnuts Christmas - Cute

Christmas at Sweet Stampin - Christmas die cuts

ATSM - Anything Goes

Fussy and Fancy Friday - Music

Thank you for visiting, I love reading your comments and they are much appreciated.

Lynne x 

CHARLIE

Morning Everyone

I've been messing around with this card for goodness knows how long.  Firstly, I'd put it together with the sketch that I'd chosen and didn't like it, then I thought the papers looked too dark, then I'd over inked the edges and had to cut the image down, it was never ending!

The reason I didn't throw it in the bin was because the little dog looks just one of ours, Charlie, so I wanted to finish it off.  After the addition of the striped paper and the little poinsettias I thought it looked a bit brighter so it was saved and I'm quite pleased with it now.  

The image and sentiment tags are LOTV and the poinsettia die I think is from Poppystamps.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Cute Card Thursday - Animals

Winter Wonderland - Lots of Layers

Crafty hazelnuts CC Extra - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion 329 - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Card

Thank you for visiting, I always love reading your comments and encouraging words.

Lynne x 

CUTE PENGUINS

Morning Everyone,

I thought I'd pop yet another christmas card in today.  I was inspired by the following sketch on The Sketchy Challenges blog.

It is a pre-coloured LOTV image, but I have added some glitter, liquid pearls and a little bit more colouring to the penguins' feet.

I inked round the edge of the image, but decided I didn't like it so I glittered them instead, but you can't see it very well. I distressed the edges of the papers which is LOTV,  sewed round the edge with my machine and cut 2 Memory box stars from glitter paper and also punched a couple of snowflakes, which are also glittered.

That's two cards in two days! I'll have to go and think about my next one now, perhaps it might be another christmas card, just for a change :) .

I would like to enter the following challenges:

Winter Wonderland - Cute Christmas Characters

The Sketchy Challenges - Sketch 103

Ribbon Girl - Card 

Paper Creator - Christmas

Squirrel's NSRC - Anything Goes

Cute Card Thursdays - Animals/Creatures

Thank you for visiting, I always love reading your comments.

Lynne x

CHRISTMAS TREES

Hi Everyone

Another christmas card from me.  This is another first for me, this time with the emboss resist technique.  I heat embossed a rather large christmas tree stamp from Woodware in white and then inked the paper with a mixture of greens and yellows in distress and stampin up ink.   It wasn't my first attempt at it by the way, but I was more pleased with this one so I added a few little gold stars and also the sentiment from the set was heat embossed in gold and matted it onto some matching green paper.

I would like to enter this into the following challenges:

The Paper Shelter 263 - Embossing of any kind

Paper Creator - Christmas

Craftyhazelnut CCExtra - Anything Goes

Penny Black at Allsorts - Add a Sentiment

SSS Monday Challenge - Stamp It

SSS Weds Challenge - Stamp It

Thank you for visiting, it is really appreciated and I do enjoy reading your comments.

Lynne x