FLORALS

Morning Everyone, 

This is a card I have made from snippets for the Snippets Playground.

I think dies are such a good way of using up snippets and this one is from a Spellbinders small die of the month last November, I think.  

This is a photo of the snippets used.  It's not always easy for me to take a photo as I don't often plan ahead and decide on the layout as I go along, but there are not a lot of options with this die so I decided on yellow and orange for the flowers before hand.    I cut the larger die again in a darker shade of green to add a bit of shading.

The sentiment is one of my favourite and has been heat embossed in gold.

I would like to enter:

Snippets Playground - use snippets

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - Anything Goes

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Rabisco - Anything Goes

Simon Says Weds - Fabulous Flowers

The sun is shining here today, but still very cold.  Have a good day all and thank you for taking the time to visit.

Lynne x

DELICATE FLOWERS

Morning Everyone,

It is time for a new challenge at As You Like It and we are asking you to share your favourite reason to send a card, e.g. birthdays, Christmas, friends etc.

My two favourites are Birthdays and Christmas.  With Christmas just gone and having made lots of that type I decided on a birthday card and I also need to build my stock up a bit too.

I have used my Altenew Delicate Flower Bed stamp for this one and stamped in one colour. I must admit that it didn't turn out as I had intended and I had to cut the stamping in half and used my mini scalloped borders to add a bit of a pattern and added a Gummiapan birthday die, covered in glitter, in between. I've also added a few clear gems to some of the flowers.

I would like to enter:

Classic Design - Anything Goes

PIP challenge 2301 - Anything Goes

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

I would like to thank Pam for becoming my latest follower, thank you for taking the time to visit and hope you all have a good weekend.

Lynne x

BIRTHDAY BOY

Morning Everyone,

It is the start of a new challenge over at the Cutie Pies and this month the theme is January Blues, so anything cute with the colour blue.

Luckily I had this card in my drafts so it has come in handy for my DT card.  The image is an old coloured image from LOTV and I've added a large number one and a couple of stars too.  The papers are a bit of a mixture and not sure where they are from.

The challenge will be Just for Fun from now on, but Top 3 favourites will still be chosen.

I would like to enter:

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar - Add a Sentiment

Double D - Happy Birthday

PIP Challenge 2301 - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and I hope you have a good week.

Lynne x

SNIPPETS

 Good Afternoon Everyone,

I hope you are well and back in the swing of things now we are back to normal after Christmas.

I've been looking on Youtube for ideas for using up snippets and found this video here so I decided to have a go and make this card for the Snippets Playground challenge using lots of old LOTV snippets cut into strips.  

I didn't emboss my card as in the video and used a piece of vellum with a silver heat embossed sentiment from Whimsy stamps.  I did make an error with one strip in that the roses are all in the centre,  making the strip look nearly all white, but I've added some tiny sequins in pink to add a bit of interest.   

I've distressed the edges and also hand stitched around the panel.

I would like to enter:

Snippets Playground - use snippets

I will be back on Monday with a DT card. Have a good weekend and stay safe.

Lynne x

CHRISTMAS KISSES

Hello Everyone,

Happy New Year to you!  Hubby is out at a football match this afternoon so I took the opportunity to finish this card which I started before Christmas and didn't get round to completing.  It will have to be my first one for next Christmas!

This is quite an old Stampavie stamp and I have coloured with copics to match the First Edition papers. I adhered the stitched circle onto a mini scalloped mat in kraft card.  I have two shades of kraft and decided to use the lighter one as it seemed to go better with the paper.  The edger die is from Stampin Up.

It's ages since I've made a card with added flowers, mainly because of postage costs, but this will be going to a close family member so will be hand delivered.

I would like to enter:

Classic Design - Anything Goes

Passion for Markers - Use Die Cuts

Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Papercraft Challenge - Decking the Halls

Festive Fridays - Christmas

Outlawz - Anything Goes

We took our Christmas tree and decorations down yesterday.  I must say the house looks a lot tidier when they're down.  Must go and take the dogs a little walk now.  Have a good week everyone.

Lynne x

GNOMES AT CCC

 Morning Everyone,

I hope you've had a lovely Christmas.  Ours has been very quiet. We had the family round on Christmas Eve and after that they all went their separate ways to in laws etc.

This is my reminder post for Christmas Craft Creations where the theme this month is Gnomes.

For my card I have used a cute gnome from Whimsy stamps coloured with copics.  I have used oddments of paper from an old LOTV pad and added a few tiny pearls and a glitter pen to the star.  I'm not very happy with the photo as it's making the papers look a bit wonky, but it doesn't look like that in real life.

You can pop over to the CCC blog here to see the inspiration from the rest of the team and you have until

10th January to enter.

I would like to enter:

Papercraft challenges - Decking the Halls

Festive Friday - Christmas

Outlawz Challenge - December

Have a good rest of the week.  

Lynne x

ANYTHING GOES CHRISTMAS

 Morning Everyone,

It is the start of our last challenge of the year at As You Like It and it's a nice and easy one, Anything Goes for Christmas.

For my card I have used the Snow Bird stamp from Stampendous coloured with copics and cut out with a spellbinders Hemstitch rectangle die. I have used a stencil and texture paste for the snow and also added glitter and glossy accents to the snow and berries.

The sponsor for this challenge is:

I hope you're not too busy with Christmas preparations and are able to join us. 

 I would like to enter:

Allsorts - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Christmas Kickstart - Anything Christmas

Country View challenge - Christmas

Passion for Markers - Use dies (hemstitch rectangle & stitched rectangles)

Stamping Sensations - Anything Goes/Winter Wonderland

Thank you for visiting and I will be back in a few days.

Lynne x