As You Like It Challenge #83 Markers, Inks or Pencils and WHY

Hi Crafters,

At As You Like It  our challenge is to showcase a project using your favourite Markers, Inks or Pencils and tell us WHY.

My favourite colouring medium are Promarker pens. They are the first alcohol pens I tried when I started crafting, they just suited me and how I like to colour my images so I have kept with them. I like to try different colour combos and shading.

For my Design Team card today I am using this wonderful image Gardening Alf from DigiStamp Boutique.

Recipe

Image - Gardening Alf

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Distress inks around the edges

MFT Stitched Square Die

Spellbinders 'Happy Birthday' Phrase Die

Spellbinders Embossing Folder

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Double 'D' Challenges - One for the Boys

DigiStamp Boutique - ATG + DSB Image

Come & Get It  - #124 Paper Piercing

Crafting When We Can - #122 Any Occasion

Cardz 4 Guyz - #126 Clean & Simple

I know many of you have different colouring and inking mediums as your favourites so the DT look forward to seeing what you create.

Our sponsor for this challenge is

DigiStamp Boutique

Prize - £10 Voucher

Good luck!

&

Happy Crafting!

Lorraine

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Keepsakes and Memories

Hi Crafters,

I've been painting and decorating these lovely trinket/keepsake boxes so thought I would share them today here on my blog...

 ... and a top view to show the flowers and decorations.

Recipe

Wooden Boxes

Cosmic Shimmer Matt Chalk Paint - Anna Marie Designs

Pearl strand - Anna Marie Designs

Flowers & Lace - Wild Orchid Crafts

Wooden Ornate Frame - Things To Alter

Cameo, Trims etc From Stash

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Deep Ocean Challenge - #131 Wood or Metal

Frilly and Funky - Pastels and Pearls

Brown Sugar - #204 ATG

Fussy and Fancy - #166 Say it with Flowers

OSAAT - ATG with Flowers

Crafting From The Heart - ATG

I hope you liked my wooden boxes, I have a few more in the pipeline and will share them when I can.

Lorraine

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613 Avenue Create Challenge #182 - Anything Goes/Twist - Create your own challenge

Hi Crafters,

Another new challenge is starting at 613 Avenue Create . We are always an Anything Goes challenge but this week our twist is to create your own challenge using the inspirational grid, pop over to the blog and check it out here.

This card was so difficult to photo so I hope you get the idea, it has a fancy shaped opening front which frames the image when shut. 

Recipe

Image - Shabby Chic Birdhouse - Beccy's Place

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Aperture Die - Jus-Cutz Shapes No. 6

Leaves - Creative Expressions Die - Faux Quilled Leaves

Sentiment Die - Wplus9

Copper Embossing Enamel

Hobbycraft Flower

Tattered Lace Birds Die

Papers - Tonic Woodland Pad

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafting From The Heart - #117 ATG

Creative Moments - #96 ATG/Summer

Crafty Creations - #318 ATG

Brown Sugar - #204 ATG

Creative Fingers - #112 ATG

Fussy & Fancy - #166 Say It With Flowers

Allsorts - #367 Photo Inspiration

Bunny Zoe's - Summer

Noor Designs - #19 Here Comes Summer

Our sponsors are

Beccy's Place

Di's Digi Stamps

Well what are you waiting for?  Off to the craft room it's time to create!

Have fun!

Lorraine

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Christmas Card Club Challenge #13 - Cute

Hi Crafters,

Our challenge at the Christmas Card Club this fortnight is 

CUTE

This was the cutest image I could find...

...a Country Companions Christmas Decoupage.

It was a kit that made an easel card and I'm quite in to easel cards at the moment so here is my make.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Warm Winter Clothing

Rudolph Day Challenge - ATG Christmas

CHNC Every Saturday - #287 Use a Sentiment

A short post from me today as I have rather a full schedule but I'll be back tomorrow with my 613 Avenue Create post.

See you then,

Lorraine 

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A Cool Dude

Hi Crafters,

Raining again!

Well as it's been so wet lately I have spent most of my time crafting, see there's always a silver lining.

So I'd like to share one of the cards that I've made recently.

Recipe

Skate Boarder - Silhouette Cameo Cut File 

Papers - First Edition Up, Up & Away

Stamps - Crafters Companion Just For Men

Embossalicious Gun Metal Embossing Folder

Circle and Star Dies

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Fab 'n' Funky - #310 Boys/Men

Crafty Creations - #318 ATG

Double 'D' Challenges - One for the Boys

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Father's Day/ For a Male

OSAAT - #264 Layer It Up

Crafty Cardmakers - #166 For a Special Man

Thanks for visiting,

Lorraine

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ABC Christmas Challenge 'M' for MICE

Hi Crafters,

Well this new challenge called for some gorgeous House Mouse images to be used and I just so happened to have the wonderful Triple CD-Rom from Joanna Sheen that I haven't played with yet. There are so many cute mice to choose from to cover all occasions but this challenge is a Christmas one so what better than this ....

I went with an easel card this time and carried the colours from the papers in to my design with the sparkly pink gems in the centre of the snowflakes.

Recipe

House Mouse Triple CD Collection

Grosgrain Ribbon

Silver Metal Snowflakes

Gems

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Winter Wonderland - Add Some Sparkle

CHNC Every Saturday - #286 Cute/ ATG

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #36 ATG

House Mouse & Friends - #222 A Day Spent With Friends

Deep Ocean Challenge - #131 Metal/Wood

Our sponsor is

Lawn Fawn

who are offering a stamp set and a 6 x 6 paper pad of the winners choice.

So let's see your Christmas 'mice' cards and projects, I'm sure you all have some cuteness tucked away in your craft rooms so why not join in with us?

See you soon,

Lorraine 

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Passion For Promarkers Challenge #351 - Inspired By a Song

Hi Crafters,

Where are these weeks going?
...and what has happened to our Summer?
It has been very wet here of late and I can't wait for some sunny and warm weather to arrive.
Until that happens let's take a look at the new challenge at Passion For Promarkers.

Inspired By a Song Title (not Happy Birthday)

My song is "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Neil Diamond & Barbara Streisand

Recipe
Stamped Image & Sentiment - Woodware Daisy Panel
Medium - Pro/flexmarkers
Martha Stewart Border Punch
Pearls

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Crafty Creations - #317 Tic, Tac, Toe
(Punches, Image, Birthday)
Creative Inspirations - #253 Spring into Summer
Crafty Friends - #34 Inspired by a Song
(You Don't Leave Me Flowers)
Allsorts - #368 How Does Your Garden Grow
One Crazy Stamper - June ATG
Penny Black & More - Flower Power
Addicted To Stamps - #129 Anything Summer
The Ribbon Girl - June Any Image Challenge
OSAAT - #264 Layer It Up


Come and join in the fun with us we'd love to see what song titles you can create a project with. Don't forget to use your Letraset - Winsor & Newton Markers on your project and tell us where you have used them for a chance to win the prize from our sponsors.
We have a set of Brushmarkers from Winsor & Newton and $21 voucher from Bugaboo Stamps.

I really appreciate you calling by today and look forward to reading your comments and visiting you later.

See you soon,

Lorraine
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As You Like It Challenge #82 - Favourite Die & WHY

Hi Crafters,

The new challenge at As You Like It is to use your Favourite Die - please tell us WHY it's your favourite to be eligible for the prize which is a £10 Voucher for Bunny Zoe's shop.

Well this was a no-brainer for me as I've had a favourite die for some time now and it's the fabulous floral oval die from Spellbinders. I find myself using this so many times on my cards as it's just the perfect size for my coloured images and fits nicely on to a 6 x 6 card but equally doesn't get lost on a larger card either. 

I can't take credit for the whole design on this one as it was one of those days when Mr Mojo had left the building. I wanted a design that suited the age of the cards recipient and while trawling through the internet for inspiration I came across an awesome card by a bloggy friend. 

Here is LUCY'S card.

This is my version...

I  found some papers in the LOTV collection that went with the Art Pad image and added some Joy Crafts corner and accent dies to the design along with some die cut numbers too.

Recipe

Image - LOTV Art Pad

Papers - LOTV

Dies - Spellbinders Floral Oval 

Joy Crafts 6002/0135 & 6002/0148  

Marianne Designs Butterfly  

Tonic Number Dies

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Distress Ink - Antique Linen

Satin Ribbon

Pearls

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Allsorts - #367 Fancy Bows and Ribbons
Not Just Cards - #33 ATG
Crafty Girlz - #16 ATG
Craft-Dee Bowz - June Challenge ATG + Bow
The Ribbon Girl - June Card Challenge
OSAAT - #264 Layer it Up
Crafting From The Heart - #116 ATG

Thanks for visiting, please pop over to the challenge blog  HERE for more inspiration from the DT.

Lorraine

xXx

613 Avenue Create Challenge # 180 - Anything Goes / Create Your Own Challenge

Hi Crafters,

**If you are looking for my CCC card post then please scroll down**

We have a new challenge starting over at 613 Avenue Create. 

As always it's an Anything Goes challenge but this week the option is to create your own challenge using the options board.

Our sponsor this time is 

Kitty Bee Designs

Here is my card using three options from the board and this fun turtle image from Kitty Bee...

Square - Get Well - Wood Shapes

Recipe

Image - Kitty Bee Designs

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - snippets from stash

Dies - Marianne Designs - CR1248 & CR1250

Wooden Flowers coloured with Promarkers

Sentiment - Computer generated

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Addicted To Stamps - #128 - Flowers

Cute As A Button - #23 ATG

Please visit the challenge blog HERE for more inspiration from the talented DT ladies and full details of the challenge.

Thanks for visiting today

Lorraine 

xXx

Christmas Card Club Challenge - #12 Star of Wonder or Anything Goes

Hi Crafters,

Today is the twelfth challenge of our Christmas Card Club so each of the members should have at least twelve cards set aside for Christmas this year! A great start to alleviate the panic nearer the big day.

I have chosen to go with the Anything Goes option for today's card, thanks Zoe for a great theme this time.

Recipe

Die - Christmas Scene Mini Background  - Sue Wilson

Sentiment Die - Creative Essentials

Snowflake Embossing Folder

Pebeo Silver Gilding Wax

In real life this gilding wax has a beautiful sheen to it but alas not in my photos.

A simple card to put together once the dies have been cut but one that could easily be given a different look just by changing the colour scheme.

This die happened to fall in to my basket while 'browsing' through Ebay, ahem. I thought it would be very useful as the inner rectangle could be replaced by an image or verse and this could easily be a winter Birthday card or similar as it's only the circular centre die cut that depicts Christmas.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Sparkles Christmas Card Challenge - #65 Use Two Dies

CHNC Challenge - June Challenge
CHNC Every Saturday - #285 Silver

Crafty Cardmakers - #165 Monochrome

Thank you for visiting today, if you get a chance to visit the other ladies on the team (list in top bar of header) you will be greeted with some fabulous creations to help with your festive inspiration and ideas, however I am posting a day early so their posts will be tomorrow but well worth waiting for.

See you tomorrow,

Lorraine 

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Shaker Style

Hi Crafters,

I've been seeing lots of shaker cards in blogland recently so thought I would create one of my own.

I filled it with blue glitter and tiny stars for the night sky.

Recipe

Image and Sentiment Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Background created with Distress inks

Spellbinders Hexagon Die

Tree Die Cuts - Ebay

Wood Grain Embossing Folder

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Allsorts Challenge - #366 The Great Outdoors

Bunny Zoe's - Lovely Layers

Deep Ocean - #130 Our Furry/Feathered Friends

Crafty Creations - #317 Tic, Tac, Toe

(Punches/Dies, Image, Birthday)

Crafty Catz - #328 Animal Magic

Creative Fingers - #111 ATG

Hope you have had an enjoyable week and have a great weekend too.

Lorraine 

xXx

Blooms

Hi Crafters,

I've been playing with a selection of CD - Roms that I own recently, this card was made using one of the card companion print outs from the 'A Country Life' CD by Crafters Companion. 

Recipe

Images - A Country Life CD-Rom, Crafters Companion

Spellbinders Tag Die

Spotty Ribbon and Gems from stash

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Challenges I'd like to enter:

CD Sunday Challenge - Let's Go Lilac

Crafty Creations - #317 Tic-Tac-Toe

(Punch/Die, Image, Birthday)

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Thanks for visiting today, 

See you soon,

Lorraine 

xXx

ABC Christmas Challenge - Something Beginning with 'L'

Hi Crafters,

I'm back today with a DT card for the new challenge at ABC Christmas.

Our theme this time is

Something Beginning with 'L'

Christmas style of course

I've chosen 'Lights' but there are lots of others like...

Lantern

List

Laughter

Love

Lamp Post

Logs

etc.

Recipe

Christmas Lights - Silhouette Cameo Cut File

Sentiment Stamp - Magazine Freebie

Papers - Dovecraft, Back To Basics Christmas

Candy

Glitter

Challenges I'd like to enter:

CHNC Challenge - June Challenge

Crafting From The Heart - #115 ATG

For more inspiration click HERE to see the wonderful makes from the rest of the DT and the details of the prize from our Sponsor

Drawn with Character

We are looking forward to seeing what you create this time!

Lorraine 

xXx

Passion For Promarkers Challenge #349 Anything But Square

Hi Crafters,

I have a card to share today for the new challenge at Passion For Promarkers.
I'm using a fabulous wood mounted stamp from Penny Black called,  'Jump For Joy', coloured with my Letraset markers.
Our challenge theme is 'Anything BUT Square' 

Here's a side view showing the easel action.

Recipe

Stamped Image - Penny Black 'Jump for Joy'

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Spellbinders Hexagon Dies

Magnolia Leaf Die

Mama Elephant Banner Die

Sentiment Stamp - Personnel Impressions - Lindsay Mason

Kanban Embossed Patterned Cardstock - Periwinkle Blue

Flowers from Stash

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Creative Inspirations - #252 - ATG
Creative Fingers - #110 - ATG
One Crazy Stamper - June ATG
Penny Black & More - Flower Power
Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Birthdays
Cute as a Button - #23 ATG
Addicted To Stamps - #128 Flowers
The Ribbon Girl - June Card Challenge
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #35 ATG
Crafting From The Heart - #115 ATG

Click HERE to visit the challenge blog for some fabulous inspiration from the DT and to check out the prize of a £15 Voucher from Dies To Die For
 

Thanks for visiting today
See you soon,

Lorraine
xXx

Dad

Hi Crafters,

Happy Sunday!

I love this robot image from Tiddly Inks and I've used it here, in my very CAS design, with two other digital images from the shop.

This card could be used for either a Birthday or Father's Day.

Recipe

Digital Images - Tiddly Inks

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

JusCutz Scalloped Square Die

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Tiddly Inks - #183 Happy Birthday

I Love Promarkers - #310 Inspired by a Song or Film (Tin Man, Wizard of Oz)

Cute Card Thursday - #428 Father's Day

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Father's Day/For a Male

Hope you are enjoying your weekend.

Lorraine

xXx

A Nice Cuppa!

Hi Crafters,

The new challenge at As You Like It this week is your Favourite Food or Drink 

& WHY.

I prefer to drink tea than coffee and I love spending time chatting with friends over a nice cuppa. 

I took a leaf out of Diane's book and created these rolled roses from the scraps left over from this card. Thanks Diane this is a great idea.

Recipe

Image - DigiStamp Boutique

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - Stampin' Up & Deco Time Pad from The Range

Cheery Lynn Doily Die

Rolled Roses

Magnolia Leaf Die

Gingham Ribbon

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Aud Sentiments - #156 ATG +Sentiment
Creative Fingers - #110 ATG
Fussy & Fancy - #164 Dies and or Punches
Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Lovely Layers
Come & Get It - #1120 Use a Doily
Eureka Stamps - #195 ATG
Crafting From The Heart - #114 ATG
I Love Promarkers - #310 Inspired by a Film or Song
(A Nice Cup of Tea by A. P. Herbert
used for the tea bag commercials) 

I hope you will find time to join us and share your favourite foods and drinks with us. There is a fabulous prize for the lucky winner of a £15 voucher from our sponsor...

Dies To Die For

See you soon,

Lorraine

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