Wednesday 27 March 2024

GUEST DESIGNER

 Hello Everyone,

My second post of the day sharing a card that I have made as Guest Designer on Penny's Paper Crafty Challenge.

I was kindly provided with an image from The Paper Shelter who is one of the two sponsors for the challenge.  I decided on a pink and silver combination for the card and coloured the image with copics. The pink ribbon is upcycled from a birthday card and the floral paper is from Wild Rose Studio.

The theme of the challenge is Anything Goes and as well as the Paper Shelter, Polkadoodles are also sponsoring for this fortnight.

I would like to enter:

Simon Says Stamp Weds - Anything Goes
Creations in Pink - A/G Mainly pink
We Love Stamping - Feminine

Thank you for your visit and have a good day, what's left of it.

Lynne x


DESIGNER PAPER

 Morning Everyone,

This is my reminder post for Christmas Craft Creations where the theme is 'Designer Paper'.




I thought this was an ideal time to use some of my Stampin Up specialty paper which is see through and the flowers have a felty feel to them.  I layered it onto some green card and then a silver mirri stitched surround.  A die cut Spellbinders poinsettia in white has been glued together and sparkle added to it by way of white glitter.  I also used silver mirri for the leaves, heat embossed a sentiment and cut that out with a stitched banner.  Silver ribbon finished it off.

There are two prizes on offer and the closing date is Tuesday, 9th April so still plenty of time to enter.

I would like to enter:

ABC Christmas - F for faux stitching
Christmas Kickstart - Get Your Grinch on (use green)
Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas
Snippets Playground - snippets used were the poinsettia, sentiment and silver leaves.

Thank you for taking the time to read and I will be back soon.

Lynne x


Thursday 21 March 2024

FAVOURITE FUN FOLD

Morning Everyone,

A new challenge starts at As You Like it this morning and we are asking to see your favourite fun folds. 




I don't make many myself, but when I do it's usually this z-fold and it's one of the easier ones to make. For my card I've used paper from an old LOTV pad and a floral image which came with a magazine a few years ago.  I have coloured with copics and cut it out with a notched corner die.  This sentiment inside is from a Penny Black set.

The sponsor for the challenge is:

I would like to enter:

Crafty Calendar - More than one fold
Creative Moments - Flora and fauna
PIP Challenge 2411 - Anything Goes
We love Stamping - Feminine

I hope you can join us and thank you for reading and joining me today.

Lynne x

Wednesday 20 March 2024

EASTER CHICKS

Hello Everyone,

It's done nothing but rain here today but I did manage to go into town this morning and finished a card off this afternoon.  I've made an Easter card with this cute image from LOTV.



 I've coloured the little cuties with copics and used papers from stash, sun, cloud  and ric rac dies to finish it off.  The sentiment is also from LOTV.

I would like to enter:

Allsorts - Feathers and/or Fur
Crafty Catz - Anything Goes
PIP challenge 2411 - Anything Goes
Rabisco - Easter

Short and sweet today, but I will be back tomorrow.

Lynne x

Thursday 7 March 2024

MONOCHROME OR COLOURFUL

Morning Everyone,

Not had a good week here. We lost one of our little dogs at the weekend and we're still getting used to him not being around.  It was all very quick with him being under the weather late Thursday night to going in his sleep on Saturday night.  The vet seemed to think it could have been sepsis. He was such a little character and we miss him dearly.

On a more happy note we have a new challenge over at As You Like It and we are asking whether you prefer to work with monochrome or colour. 



I prefer to work with colour as it's a lot more cheery but saying that doesn't mean I don't do monochrome at all because I do.  For my card I have used my MFT happy birthday block with rainbow paper, which I love, but alas I think that's my last sheet.  I've coloured and fussy cut two birthday chicks, also from MFT, and added them with three sparkly dots and a die cut balloon.

The sponsor for the challenge is:



I would like to enter:

Paper Fundays - the Dies have it
Die Cut Divas - Anything Goes
Word Power - Anything goes with words
Pennys paper Crafty #566 - Anything Goes
Simon Says Weds - Add a Sentiment

We look forward to seeing your entries.  Have a good rest of the week.

Lynne x



Wednesday 28 February 2024

EMBOSSING FOLDER/STENCIL

Morning Everyone,

This is my reminder post for Christmas Craft Creations where the theme this month is to use on your Christmas project either an embossing folder or stencil or even other.





For my card I have used a Spellbinders embossing folder called Forever Green on the bottom half of the card, although it's not very easy to see in the photo.  I have used Spellbinders dies for the floral arrangement, which were all cut from snippets, a sentiment stamped in red which I think was from a free magazine set and dotted ribbon to finish off with. 

There are two prizes on offer and the entry deadline is Tuesday, 12th March at 6pm so still plenty of time to enter.

I would like to enter:

Feb Rudolph Days - Anything Christmas
Snippets playground - Snippets used were all the floral arrangement and white layer.
Paper Funday challenge - No patterned paper
Classic Design challenge - Anything goes

Thank you for visiting and have a good day.

Lynne x




Thursday 22 February 2024

MASCULINE OR FEMININE?

 Morning Everyone,

There's a new challenge starting over at As You Like it and we are asking whether you prefer to make masculine or feminine cards.

It's definitely feminine for me. I think it's a lot easier to add embellishments such as flowers, pearls etc to female cards although saying that, I've only added a die cut flower and one sparkly gem to this one.

I have used a Stamping Bella image called Isabelle loves Ice Cream and coloured her with copics.  Papers are from an old LOTV paper pad called Romance and Roses and the ric rac die is from mft.

I would like to add this to:

PIP Challenge #2407 - Anything Goes 
Allsorts - Shades of Pink
Classic Design - Anything Goes
Passion for Markers - Dies and/or Punches
Crafts Galore - Anything Goes

Thank you for visiting and have a good week.

Lynne x