Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Mellow Yellow

Hi Crafters,
I'm here to share my DT card with you for Top Tip Tuesday.
The theme this week is 'Mellow Yellow' so we would  like to see your projects with the colour yellow in them.
There is a fabulous $12 gift voucher prize from our sponsor this time, Sami Stamps.
I decided to make a wedding card using 'Rose Bride', isn't she gorgeous?

Recipe

Rose Bride - Sami Stamps

Pro/flexmarkers

Artoc Speciality papers

Doilies

SB Gold Elements One Corner Die

Organza Ribbon

Lili of the Valley Sentiment Stamp

Pearl Brad

 

Challenges I would like to enter:

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #73 ATG - Add a Sentiment

Sister Act - #99 ATG

 

We'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge, if you need any inspiration then take a look at my teamies blogs and leave them some love while you are there too.

Thanks for visiting and a big 'hello' to my new followers, it's great to have you here and I hope you enjoy visiting again and again.

Bye for now,

 

Lorraine

Christmas Card Club Challenge # 7 - Feature a Critter or Critters

Hi Crafters,
Well it's nearly the end of March and it's time for another challenge from the Christmas Card Club. Maureen has given us the theme of Christmas with a Critter or Critters on our card. Here is what I have made...

Recipe

Hobby House Christmas Kit

Pre-coloured Topper
SB Scalloped Squares Die

MFT Scalloped Banner Die

Twine

Charm

Challenges I'd  like to enter:

Christmas Cards All Year Round - March Challenge - Cute Critters

CHNC Challenge Extra - March Christmas Challenge

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add Some Metal
Try it on Tuesday - Hats
ABC Christmas Challenge - F is for Frosty
CHNC Christmas Challenge - Stick it any which way you like
March Rudolph Days - Christmas

This is a great kit to use and I will be sad when I come to the end of it. I probably have enough for two more cards and that's it because they don't sell it anymore :(

Hope you are getting lots of crafting done, this will be my seventh Christmas card make for my box. I'm going to try and make more than one for each challenge to build up my stash ready for when it gets crazy on the lead up to Christmas - we'll see how that goes. Don't forget the links to the ladies blogs are in the tab at the top of this page if you want some inspiration for your Christmas makes. I will be round later for commenting, enjoy your day!

Lorraine



Sharing an Oldie on Friday

Hi Crafters,
I'm late to share my 'Oldie for Friday' today, it's been a busy one - craft fair this morning and taking my mum for an X-ray this afternoon but as Friday isn't over yet I think it still counts.
I'm joining in the fun with Erika over at Snappy Crafts so here is my oldie ...

Recipe

Silhouette Cameo Cut Files - Golf Caddy and Golf Photo Frame

 

This was an order for a.. wait for it....golf lover for Father's Day last year.

It seems so long ago now that I made this and yet it is less than a year ! I have made so many cards in the past 18 months though, I guess that's the reason. If you want to join in with us and share one of your old crafty projects then give Erika a look on her blog.

Hope you all enjoy your weekend.

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

Passion For Promarkers Challenge #289 - Chocolate

Hi Crafters,
Mmmmm....Chocolate is the theme for the challenge at Passion For Promarkers this week. We'd like you to either have an image of chocolate or use chocolate colours on your project and your Letraset markers of course.
Letraset are our sponsors this time and are giving away a 12 pen set of Manga Promarkers, Steampunk colours, so a fab prize to aim for.
I've gone with an LOTV image of a box of chocolates on my card...

...in fact I've gone completely LOTV on this card, the image is 'Chocolate Box' coloured with my Pro/flex markers, the papers are from the 8 x 8 'Heartfelt' paper pad and the sentiment comes from their Vintage Labels Set 28 - Occasions Stamp set. All edges were inked with Vintage photo and matted on to kraft card.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Mojo Monday - #390 Sketch

Crafting From The Heart - #52 ATG

I Love Promarkers - #261 Favourite Song (Sweet Like Chocolate - Shanks & Bigfoot)

In The Pink - Lots of Layers

Brown Sugar #138 ATG

Creative Fingers - #72 ATG

One Crazy Stamper - March challenge - ATG

Country View Crafts - ATG

Addicted To Stamps - #100 Celebration

 

Please take a look at the scrummilicious cards the DT ladies have created and leave them some love on their blogs.

Thanks for visiting me today and for your words of encouragement here.

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

 

Look Away Now !

Hi Crafters,

***ENABLER ALERT***

(I do not wish to be blamed for making you get more crafty stash)

 

I've had a few requests to share my crafty purchases from my bi-annual pilgrimage to the NEC last Thursday.

As I laid them out to take the picture I realised just how much I had bought but they were all things I NEEDED, you know how it is girls. I was pleasantly surprised to see the Magnolia stand there this year and just had to snap up some dies. I got some great bargains from the 'Every crafts a pound' stall and like Jacee I had to get some of the Beatrix Potter CD roms. I was also lucky enough to get the free £50 gift bag from Crafters Companion on the Pink Frog stall for being one of the first five customers although it isn't in the picture here. So all in all I was a lucky girl and had a fab time.

Any how, waffle over, this is what you have been waiting for...

 

 

I always stock up on cardstock while I am there as postage is very high on the net. I couldn't resist the Inkylicious and Lavinia stamps, I have some ideas planned for those and of course I needed more ribbons and lace.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my haul, good job it only happens twice a year though.

Happy crafting!

 

Lorraine



A Cutie from Wild Rose Studio

Hi Crafters,
I have made a card using this cute magazine freebie stamp and paper pad. It was one of the cards I made for my daughters' birthday last week for her Nanny to send to her. This image is so adorable and reminds me of my daughter when she was little.
I have coloured her with my Promarkers using the illustration on the stamp packet for inspiration and am really pleased with how she came out.

Recipe

Blackberry Lane Paper Pad - Wild Rose Studio

Magazine Freebie Stamp - Wild Rose Studio

Pro/flexmarkers

Spellbinders Lacey Circles Die

MFT Blueprint 14 Die border

Papermania 'Granddaughter' Stamp

Wide organza ribbon

Flowers - The Ribbon Girl

Pearls

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Papertake Weekly - Happy.... Anything

Fussy & Fancy - #135 Girly

One Crazy Stamper - (March) ATG

Penny Black & More - Blossoms and Bows

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Spring Colours

 

Thanks for all your lovely kind comments of late and for your encouragement too. I have been a bad blogger recently too so I shall try to remedy that over the coming week.

Bye for  now,

 

Lorraine

613 Avenue Create Challenge #116 Anything Goes/Purple Day

Hi Crafters,
Thank you so much for all the get well wishes, I really appreciated them and they cheered me up no-end.  I am feeling much better today but I must learn not to overdue things.
On to the job at hand though and it is a new challenge at 613 Avenue Create. This time we are celebrating Purple Day which is the 26th March and is Epilepsy Awareness Day. The challenge as always is Anything Goes but for the twist we would like you to use the colour purple or add purple ribbon to your project. We have three sponsors this week, links to their shops are below and here is my card using a polaroid shaker cut file from The Cutting Café.

Recipe

Polaroid Cut File - The Cutting Café'

Cottage Cutz Fancy Lace Border Die

Joanna Sheen Harriet Lace Edger Die

Marianne Designs Flourish Die -  LR0116

Background paper DCWV The Cherry Limeade Stack

Pearl and ribbon trim

'Believe' Cut file on my Cameo

Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels

Silver Micro Beads

Glitter

Gems

 

 

Challenges I'd Like to enter:

(as I'm at a craft fair today I will link up later this evening)
TTCRD - ATG
Brown Sugar - #138 ATG
Sister Act - #98
Creative Fingers - #72 ATG
Fussy & Fancy - #135 Girly
 

As I mentioned above we have three sponsors this week offering some fabulous prizes, they are...

The Cutting Cafe

Zuri Digital Stamps

Jellypark Digital Crafts

Come and join in the fun this week and check out the other DT members makes while you are there.

Have a fabulous week and see you soon,

 

Lorraine

Sharing an Oldie this Friday

Hi Crafters,
How is everyone?
Well I feel like I have been run over by a steam roller today, I had a fabulous time yesterday walking round the NEC craft show at Birmingham and buying lots of crafty stash but today I am suffering with a flair up of Fibromyalgia and I ache all over. I've tried taking my mind off it by crafting but I just don't feel up to it, so I thought I would blog instead. I have rather a lot of cards and projects that haven't seen the spotlight yet so I thought I would join in with Erika at Snappy Crafts and post an 'Oldie on Friday'...

 

I used a Marianne Designs Cupcake die and some digital papers for this one, the sentiment is a stamp but I can't remember what set it came from and I haven't got any notes on this card so without looking through all my stamps I couldn't say. The border was made with a Martha Stewart punch and some ric-rac ribbon.

I will definitely be joining in with this weekly post again, it's fun to look back at what you have made in the past and also to see how your style has changed over time too.

Enjoy your day, it's quite sunny here now after the eclipse and the overcast start to the day, hope you are getting some sun too.

 

Lorraine 

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Buttons or Bows

Hi Crafters,
Another challenge has come around at Top Tip Tuesday - the weeks are whizzing by and we are already half way through March, where did it go?! The theme is 'Buttons or Bows' and we have two fabulous sponsors so that means two fabulous prizes.
I have used Umbrella Mouse by Bugaboo Stamps to make my get well card...

Recipe

Image - Umbrella Mouse - Bugaboo

Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - LOTV/Nitwit - Pastel Dreams

SB Large Circle and Scalloped Circle Dies

Magnolia Lovely Fence Die

Stampin' Up Oval and Scalloped Oval Punches

Sentiment - Hobby Craft Stamp

Organza Ribbon

 

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Sister Act - #97 ATG
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #71 ATG + Spots /Stripes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge - #107 ATG
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #6 ATG
 

Our two sponsors are

   

  

 

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your comments and encouragement.

Take care and have a lovely day,

 

Lorraine  

 

 

Mother's Day Card

Hi Crafters'
Hope you had a lovely Mother's Day to those of you that celebrated it yesterday!
I'd like to share the card that I made for my mum.

Recipe

CraftsUprint decoupage page

Embossalicious Vintage embossing folder

Wild Orchid Crafts Lace

Organza Ribbon

Pearl Brad

 

This was quite a simple card really, it was the cutting out of the decoupage layers that took most of the time, but very effective none-the-less.

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Card Makers & More - #134 For A Special Woman

Papertake Weekly - Mum's The Word

In The Pink - For A Special Lady (please delete if this doesn't qualify)

Creative Fingers - #71 ATG

Fussy and Fancy - #134 Ribbons and Lace

Scribble & Scrap - #40 ATG

Crafting From The Heart - # 51 ATG

 

Thanks for visiting me today, I love to read all your comments and look forward to seeing you again tomorrow.

 

Lorraine

Little Miss Muffet Challenge #105 Birthday Celebrations

Hi Crafters,
I think I will just scrape in by the skin of my teeth with this entry for the challenge over on Little Miss Muffet . They are celebrating their 4th Birthday and there was a free image to colour so here is my entry..

Recipe

LMMS Image - Birthday Train

Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - LOTV Up, Up & Away

Memory Box Die - Happy Birthday

Clearly Besotted Die - Cloud

MME Enamel Dots

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

LMMS Challenge - #105 Birthday Celebrations

LMMS Challenge - #107 ATG

Cute Card Thursday - #364 Celebrate

Sister Act - #97 ATG
Addicted To Stamps - #100 Celebration

 

I hope you all had a lovely Mother's Day, I know I did - a lovely day spent with my two grownup daughters and both my mum and mother-in-law - a real family get-together, it was great.

Thanks for stopping by again today,

 

Lorraine

Christmas Card Club Challenge #6 - Anything Goes

Hi Crafters,
A nice easy challenge from Sylvie this time for our friendly CCC Challenge.
I have used my Hobby House kit again for a quick little card using the beautiful pre-coloured toppers and backing papers.

Recipe

Hobby House Christmas Kit

Papermania Ribbon

Snowflake Charm

Swirl Bling

EK Success Scalloped Border Punch

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Completely Christmas - #54 ATG twist Add A Robin

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #71 ATG twist Spots and/or Stripes

Christmas Cards All Year Round - March Challenge - Cute Critters
CHNC Challenge Extra - March Christmas Challenge
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Add Some Metal

 

You'll find a list of the other ladies blogs in the tab at the top of my blog if you'd like to look at their makes for this challenge and I will be around later to comment, so have a great day whatever you are up to and see you soon,

 

Lorraine





Cottage Cutz Cute Fox

Hi Crafters,
I bought a die recently from Cottage Cutz and couldn't wait to use it, it is so cute. I made a very simply designed card to make the die-cut the focal point. I used a digital background paper from Raspberry Road and a small sentiment stamped on to a cloud die-cut and that was it.

Here's a side view...

The die cuts out the various parts of the fox and using coloured cardstock I pieced them altogether, then I cut out a black silhouette of the whole fox and offset it behind the coloured fox for a shadow. Popped him up on foam pads, added my clouds and sentiment and there you have it, my simple CAS card.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Cute Card Thursday - #364 Celebrate

Crafting From The Heart - #50 ATG

TTCRD - ATG

 

Hope you liked my cute, little fox card, I think he's adorable and can see him popping up again soon on a another card.

Well we have brilliant sunshine here at the moment albeit rather chilly and the washing and housework will not do itself so I had better get busy.

 

See you all soon,

Lorraine

Passion For Promarkers Challenge - #287 - For A Special Lady

Hi Crafters,
With Mother's Day only a few days away our theme this week at Passion For Promarkers is 'For A Special Lady', so you can make a card for your mother, aunt, grandmother, sister, daughter etc. whoever is that special lady in your life.
I have chosen my youngest daughter, it is her 22nd birthday in a few days and so I have made this card using her favourite colours.

Recipe

Butterflies of Hope image by Hannah Lynn

Pro/flexmarkers

LOTV/ Raspberry Road Papers - Timeless Victorian

Tonic Butterfly Border Punch

Magnolia Frond Die

Joy Butterfly Border Die
Britannia 'Daughter' Die

Wild Orchid Craft Flowers

Gutterman Thread

Hobby House Bling

 

This is a first for me - distressing the edges of the design papers - I have seen so many lovely cards with this feature that I thought I would give it a try and I quite like the look I have achieved. I also hand stitched around the edge of the background layer - it took forever! this is an 8 x 8 card and seemed never-ending, but again I like the effect it gives.   

  

Challenges I'd like to enter:
I Love Promarkers - #259 Distress Those Edges
Sister Act - #96 ATG
Creative Fingers - #70 ATG
Fussy & Fancy - #134 Ribbons and Lace ( feel free to delete if this doesn't qualify)
Addicted To Stamps - #99 Use A Number
The Ribbon Girl - Birthday Theme - use any image
Come & Get It - 3-2-1- Challenge (3 embellishments, 2 design papers, 1 image)
OSAAT - #232 ATG with Women
Crafty Card Makers & More - #134 For A Special Woman
 

 

 

Back to the challenge though and our Sponsor is Polkadoodles they are offering a fab prize so pop over to the blog and enter for your chance to win.

 

 

See you soon,

Lorraine

 



613 Avenue Create Challenge # 14 - ATG/Use Aquamarine in your Project.

Hi Crafters,
As always it's an Anything Goes challenge at 613 Avenue Create. but with an optional twist. The birthstone for March is Aquamarine so we would like you to use this colour in your projects.
We have two sponsors this week, Doodle Pantry and A Day For Daisies, I have used 'Mr Right' from ADFD to make an Anniversary card...

Recipe

Image - Mr Right - A Day for Daisies

Pro/flexmarkers

Crafters Companion Ornate Lattice Die

Tattered Lace Decorative Edged Circles Die

Spellbinders Lovin' Diamond Heart Centre Die

Sentiment Waltzingmouse Stamps

Organza Ribbon and Rose Ribbon

Mirri Card

Bling Brad

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #5 ATG

Crafting From The Heart - #49 ATG

Papertake Weekly - ATG

Try It On Tuesday - Pearls for Girls

Creative Moments - #63 ATG/Spring Greens

Cute Card Thursday - #363 Die Cuts and Punches

Little Claire Designs - #54 Love

 

I hope you can join us this week for our challenge and I look forward to seeing your creations.

 

Bye for now,

 

Lorraine





Clean and Simple

Hi Crafters,
I find the clean and simple style cards very tricky to master.  My style leans towards a more fussy and embellished look but I am determined to give them a go, I just have to be more disciplined in stopping myself from adding things to the blank spaces, so here goes...
...this is as CAS as I can get it for now...

 Recipe

A6 card embossed with SB Matting Basics Rectangle Die

Memory Box Grand Madison Window Die

Memory Box Modern Landscape Border

SB D-Lites Die 'Happy Birthday'

Distress Inks for the sky

 

Challenges:

Addicted To CAS - #58 Distress (Inks)

Sister Act - #96 ATG

Sentimental Sundays - #248 ATG

Cute Card Thursday - #363 Die Cuts and Punches

 

Well this is a short and sweet post from me today, I'm still making stock for my stall, I have a fair tomorrow and one for the 22nd and then my Farmers Market stall on the 27th not to mention my order book in between that, phew. But I love making cards and projects and I get so much pleasure from it. Hope you all have a great day and that the sun is shining where you are.

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

 



Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Use an Action Image

Hi Crafters,
I'm here today to share my DT card for Top Tip Tuesday. Now you can interpret the theme how you wish, an 'action image' could mean an image doing an activity like skating, cycling, running or it could be as I have chosen to interpret it as an action card. Here is my Penny Slider Card using 'Bunny on a Rocket from our sponsor this time which is Zlatoena's Designs...

Recipe

Thick card base and top layer for support

Bunny on a Rocket Digital image - Zlatoena's Designs

Pro/flexmarkers

Two Pennies

Star Stamps - Lavinia Stamps

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire and Dusty Concorde

Two tone cardstock and various circle dies.

 

This was such a fun card to make and I loved colouring the little bunny image. I started by stamping random stars over the plain top card layer with clear embossing ink and heat embossed them. Than I inked the sky with Distress Inks, the embossed stars resist the ink and stay white and glossy. Then I spritzed with a water mister to create an outer space look. The planet was created using two different toned pieces of cardstock cut in to circles and using smaller circle dies I randomly cut out the craters and popped it up on foam tape. My image was coloured using my Pro/flexmarkers and attached to one penny with a foam circle. Another foam circle was sandwiched between that and the other penny making the slider mechanism. The tricky part was cutting the curved slot in the top layer of card, I made myself a template first as I didn't want to mess it up at this stage. Once the slot was made then the penny sandwich was inserted and the Rocket now slides and spins along the slot looking like Bunny is whizzing around the planet. That just left the sentiment and I had the perfect one from Clearly Besotted Stamps.

Hope you like my little Penny Slider Card, they are quite easy to make and some of the other DT members have made action cards too so please take a look and get some great ideas. You could win yourself two digital images from our sponsor this time if you are the lucky winner. I  look forward to seeing all your entries over the next two weeks.

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

I Love Promarkers - #258 Animals

Crafty Catz - #268 Use your Dies and Punches

Brown Sugar - #135 ATG

Creative Fingers - #69 ATG

Country View Crafts - March Challenge ATG

Scribble & Scrap - #39 ATG

Sentimental Sundays - #248 ATG

Come & Get It - Emboss It

 



Thank you for visiting today and your comments are always welcome. I've been steadily trying to get round all of your blogs recently whilst also trying to build up some more stock for my stall so I apologise if I haven't managed to get to you yet but I have two craft fairs coming up and a Farmers Market event soon which is taking up quite a lot of my time, oh and the family need feeding once in a while, lol. I can see all your lovely creations coming up in my feed list but I can not always comment but be sure that I am following what you are up to and when things quieten down a bit I will visit.

Hope you are managing to stay away from all the nasty bugs and I wish you a happy Spring and hopefully some warmer weather.

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

 



Christmas Card Club Challenge #5 Poinsettia - Any colour you like.

Hi Crafters,
Can you believe it is the 1st March already?! well it is and it's also another Christmas Challenge at the CCC. This time it was Margaret's turn to choose the theme and she has come up with a lovely challenge of 'Poinsettia' in any colour you like. I decided on cream and gold for my theme and here it is...

Recipe

Spellbinders Layered Poinsettia Die

Crafters Companion Christmas Village Die

Dew Drop Brilliance Ink - Galaxy Gold

Brittania Dies - 'Merry Christmas'

Joanna Sheen's Ivy Flourish Die

Glitter Card

Gold Mirri

Gems

 

This was a very simple card to put together, once the Christmas Village was cut, embossed and inked it was just a case of layering it on to the glitter card and mirri card. Then layering up the poinsettia in the top corner, job done! Hope you like my festive offering today? Do check out the other ladies blogs (list in tab at top of page) for their gorgeous makes too, I read somewhere the other day that it was only 42 weeks to Christmas so we had better crack on with the card making :)

 

Challenges

ABC Christmas Challenge - D is for Die-cuts

Cute Card Thursday - #362 Fancy Corners

Crafty Catz - #268 Dies and Punches

Completely Christmas - #52 ATG + Add some Texture

Brown Sugar - #135 ATG

Sister Act - #95 ATG

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #69 ATG + Embossing

CHNC Challenge Every Saturday - #218 Cut It Up

 

I hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday and wish you all well, see you soon,

 

Lorraine