Spring Flowers

Hi Crafters,
I've been trying to use some of my dies that have been neglected and I saw a card on my fellow CCC members blog Sylvie and remembered that I had that die so here is my take on Sylvie's inspirational card.

It's a Spellbinder Fleur De Lis Pendant Die.

The centre doily die is a Marianne Craftables die.

I've added clear rhinestones in the centre of each pendant die shape and on the sentiment for interest. To finish it off I added Wild Orchid Craft flowers and the leaves are a Magnolia die I believe.

 

I'm entering this in to these challenges:

A Creative Romance - Spring Flowers

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes #224

 

Well it's late and I'm off to bed so see you all again soon,

 

Lorraine

Flying High

Happy Valentine's Day ! Everyone.

Hi, hope you are all feeling some luurve today xxx. I have a birthday card though to share with you that I finished a couple of days ago.

Using my graphics programme ' My Craft Studio' I put together this male birthday card. A bit of fussy cutting and layering, a sentiment stamp and an aeroplane charm later - there was my card. I had to make it a quick one because so far this month I have made 20 cards for orders and I still have another 5 to get finished by the 20th February, phew :) I really love making them but it's been pretty hectic getting them all done.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:

A Creative Romance - Let's Get Sentimental

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes



Enjoy your time with loved ones,
See you later,

Lorraine

Marvelous Magnolia

Hi,
I was inspired to enter the challenge over at Marvelous Magnolia by Linda Levoir, one of the DT members. She has made a wonderful card for the challenge and you can see it on her blog Sticky with Glitter . I only have three Magnolia Tilda stamps at the moment so I chose one which looked fairly simple to colour as I intended to try something new. Instead of using my Promarkers I thought I would try water colouring with Distress Inks for a change.

Card Recipe

Cardstock - Kraft

Papers - Doodlebug Designs (spotted)

Distress Inks and waterbrush

Stickles

Flowers and lace - WOC

Corner Dies - Marianne Designs LR0280

Frame Die - Memory box Small Felicity Frame

 

As it's my first attempt at water colouring with DI's I don't think it turned out too bad. I know what to change for next time now. The challenge at Marvelous Magnolia requires lace in your project and as I've almost covered mine up here's a close up just to prove it's there, lol.

I'd like to enter this in to the following challenges:

Marvelous Magnolia - Lovely Lace

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Crafty Little Fairies - Kraft

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Something New (Water colour technique)

 

Well that's it from me, hope you've all had a lovely day and looking forward to the weekend.

 

See you soon,

Lorraine

Crafters Companion - Barkley

Hi Crafters,

What happened to yesterday?
I meant to post this yesterday but the time just got away from me, so here it is - one of my latest Christmas cards.

This is Barkley and Friends, a Christmas pre-coloured digi from a decoupage sheet and a great shaped card that I purchased from the NEC recently. I tried out my new snowflake die from Joy and glittered it up with Cosmic Shimmer Aurora Crystal Sparkle embossing powder, I've used this a lot lately, I love it. The sentiment is from a Dreamees set of stamps. Sorry the lighting is rubbish.

Here is a closer view...

... you can just make out the layers of decoupage.

And a nice close up of the snowflake and embossing.

As you can see Father Christmas really needs to bring me a new camera and a light box, I've been very good, promise. We will have to see, it could just be the photographer lol.

 

I'd like to enter this in to the following challenges:

 

Papertake Weekly - Christmas Creatures

Country View Crafts - Bah-Humbug

Bearly Mine Challenge - Sketch #116

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Embossing (Dry & Heat)

A Creative Romance - Sparkle at Christmas

Scribble & Scrap - Challenge #7 Anything Goes

 

Thanks for visiting, I really appreciate your comments and try to visit all your blogs too. I always look at your work even if I don't have time to comment.

The glitter is calling, must dash,

 

Lorraine

 





 

 

Happy Birthday To A Dear Friend

Second post today, get me :)
A dear friends birthday is coming up soon and I thought I'd try a different style of card to what I am used to, I like to have a go at other styles and designs now and again, mainly because I don't think I have a definite style of my own - I think I'm still trying to find mine lol.
I really like kraft and duck-egg blue together so this is my card.

The papers are from a digital set I have that I inked with DI Brushed Corduroy and the flowers are WOC. The lovely banner die is from Joanna Sheen's Signature Die range - a purchase from the NEC recently - the sentiment is from a Verve stamp set, 'Great Friend' and I won this in a giveaway, it stamps beautifully. Oh, can you see my doily? I've had some of these for absolutely ages and finally got to use one. The little tag pulls out and reveals another sentiment, here's a pic.

Front...

 ...and back

 

I really enjoyed making this style of card albeit a little tricky, adding the layers without making it too cluttered, I hope it worked.

I don't know if this will pass as vintage but I am going to try entering it in to the challenge at:

A Creative Romance - Vintage Style

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

 

Enjoy the rest of your day,

See you all soon

Lorraine

 



 

 

 

Birthday Wish

Hello again, what a change it is to wake up to sunshine.
Today I'm going to share with you a Birthday card that I have made for my Hubby's birthday which is in a couple of weeks time. (It's ok, he doesn't read my blog). He rather likes steam engines whether large or small as in this great Mo Manning image The Engineer. I had seen this image a long time ago and purchased it with the idea of this card. A bit of dry embossing, inking, some promarkers and embellishments and here it is......

 

 

I hope he likes it, in fact apart from the moustache this could be him, lol, don't tell him I said so :)

 

I'm entering in to the following challenges:

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Add Metal

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Crafty Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Sketchie Free For All #55 (flipped)

 

Have a great day crafty pals,

See you soon

 

Lorraine

Pretty In Pink.....

.....that's the name of the challenge over on Crafty Little Fairies blog this week and I'd like to show you my card.

 



This was another commissioned card and I do love the filigree die cut shapes produced by the Spellbinders Elegant Labels 4 die that I used. The papers come from an old Papermania pad called Henbury Lane that I had in my stash. Quite a simple card with lots of layers, I think it turned out well. I would also like to enter this in the following challenges.

Bearly Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Pink

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

 

We are having such a wet week that I think winter has arrived with a vengeance here in Norfolk, I hate the rain I find it very depressing so am trying to cheer myself up by creating bright and cheerful cards. I have also had a look at quite a few of your blogs this week and there are a lot of very talented ladies out there who I admire. I have a lot of practicing to do if I am to reach their standard :D.  With that said I feel another practice session coming on, so bye for now,

Try to stay dry, lol,

 

Lorraine