Allsorts Challenge #791/2 - Seasons Delights

 Hi Crafters,

**This post has been scheduled as I will be taking a blog break for a while but I hope to be back here as soon as I can.**

There's a new 2 week challenge starting at Allsorts today where the theme is

SEASONS DELIGHTS

I created my card using an image from one of the Hunkydory Hobbies & Pastimes paper pad, I think this image suits the theme for this time of year when we are thinking about holidays. Background paper is from Craft Consortium and my pretty corner dies are Joy Crafts 6002-0356.

We have three dies from Tonic Studios up for grabs.

Why not take a peek at the rest of the Design Teams creations on the challenge blog here to get some ideas for your makes and then come and join in with us.

I will be taking a blog break for a little while but in the meantime I wish you all a fabulous summer, good health and happiness.

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #790 - Flowers

 Hi Crafters,

**My upcoming posts for today and next Saturday are scheduled as I will be taking a blog break for a while but I hope to be back here as soon as I can.**

There's a new challenge starting at Allsorts today where the theme is

FLOWERS

My card was created using a lovely distressed patterned paper from Anna Marie Designs along with some printed sentiment panels that came with her collection. I layered the papers with strips of cotton lace that had been in my stash for years and decorated around the sentiment panel with die cut flowers using a Heartfelt Creations Floral Die called Majestic Blooms.

Prizes this month are from Highlight Crafts,  AALL and Create and Stampendous

If you'd like to join in with us you have a week to create your entries using our theme or the Anything Goes option for a chance to enter the draw.

Have fun!

Lorraine

Allsorts Challenge #789 - Use Circles

 Hi Crafters,

I'm back again with more inspiration for another challenge at Allsorts.

I'm hosting this week and I'd like to see your creations using

CIRCLES

This is one of my favourite dies by Spellbinders called 'Intertwined Spirals'. I have used this with nesting circle dies by Crealies and a Tattered Lace Shoe die called 'Hot off the Catwalk'.

Prizes from Highlight Crafts,  AALL and Create and Stampendous

I hope you can join in with us this week for a chance to win one of these fabulous prizes.

See you there,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #788 - Romantic Occasions

 Hi Crafters,

Our theme this week at Allsorts is

ROMANTIC OCCASIONS

This could encompass Engagement, Wedding, Anniversary or Just Because I Love You cards and projects so plenty of scope plus there's always the Anything Goes option.

I have used my Carnation Crafts Collection of dies once more, this is the Daisy one called 'Sunny' in the lilac colour version. I can never remember how each company describes their matching images, some call them Vignettes, some are Reflections and then there is Charisma - suffice to say that these images match the dies exactly and produce some really lovely detailed  artwork. I have also used some musical background paper and added a Britannia Sentiment die cut and gems. The corner accents are from an EK Success punch.

Prizes from Highlight Crafts,  AALL and Create and Stampendous

We would love you to join in with us and you can see all the other creations from the design team on the challenge blog HERE to help inspire you.

Have a great Saturday!

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #787 - Way To Grow (Gardens, Plants, Children)

 Hi Crafters,

Another Saturday has rolled around so that means a new challenge at Allsorts.

We'd love to see your creations using this weeks theme but you always have the Anything Goes option too.

Here is my card using a wonderful Tattered Lace die set and Charisma called Happy Hollyhock. The stone wall background was made using a Crafters Companion Embossing folder with a little ink added for definition and the sentiment is a Paper Boutique die.

Prizes are from Highlight Crafts,  AALL and Create and Stampendous for the next few challenges.

Hop over to the challenge blog for more inspiration from the talented ladies in the Design Team and come and join in the fun, we love to see your makes.

Have a great weekend!

Lorraine

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Bees/Blooms/Butterflies at Allsorts - Challenge #786

 Hi Crafters,

How lovely it was to see the sunshine this week I hope you got some too.

Our new challenge at Allsorts is all about

BEES, BLOOMS and BUTTERFLIES

and this is my card.

I purchased a new paper pad while visiting The Range recently called "Bee Fabulous" by Art Studio and the lovely, glittered honeycomb paper and central bee paper is from this pad. The gold frame is from a set of Tattered Lace Hemstitch Square dies. My flowers are Carnation Crafts "Sunny" Collection and the wonderful bee is an Indigo Blu red rubber stamp called No. 9 Bumblebee. It is a lovely size and I have coloured it with Crafters Companion Shimmer pens although the camera isn't showing the subtle shine as usual :o/  I have finished the card off with a small talk sticker which I thought eluded to the shimmer on the bee.

Prizes from Craft Stash, Highlight Crafts and AALL and Create

We have some super prizes this week once again so check out the details on the challenge blog here and come and join in the fun!

See you again soon,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge - #785 - Masculine/Father's Day

 Hi Crafters,

Thank you for joining me today for the start of new challenge at Allsorts.

As we are heading towards Father's Day we would like to see your Masculine Creations or Father's Day cards.

I have used this intricate motorbike die cut as my focal piece, I'm not sure of the brand as it was purchased in a bundle of dies from Ebay but I have framed it using a Tattered Lace Decorative Edge die. This was embossed on the inside area with a metal plate texture embossing folder which I then inked through the die to keep the frame highlighted. The papers are from a masculine Papermania pad and I have used Spellbinders Banner dies with Britannia Sentiment dies.

Prizes from Craft Stash, Highlight Crafts and AALL and Create for these weeks

Pop over to the challenge blog here for inspiration from the Design Team, then come and join in with us, we love the see what you create. 

Have a great day!

Lorraine

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Flowers Galore at Allsorts - Challenge #784

 Hi Crafters,

We want to see all your lovely creations with as many flowers as you can this week. You can also opt for the Anything Goes theme but I'm sure you all have flowers in your stash.

I have made a circular easel card for my DT card this time. The base was created using Spellbinders Grand Stately Circle dies and the decoupage Daisy card front was from CraftsUprint. I added a little extra detail by using some Tim Holtz/Sizzix Foliage die cuts, Gems, Ribbon and Glitter.

Here's a close-up of the bottom layer and 'stopper' for the easel part. The section at the back is where the sender can write their message.

The butterflies and flower centres all have Wink of Stella shimmer pen on them but alas it does not show up in this light.

Prizes for the next few challenges are from Craft Stash, Highlight Crafts and AALL and Create

Please see the challenge blog for a full set of rules.

We hope you can join in with us this week for a chance to win one of these wonderful prizes.

Lorraine

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Lots of Layers Challenge #783 at Allsorts

 Hi Crafters,

This doesn't happen often but it's the first of two posts today!  

We would like to see your creations using 

LOTS OF LAYERS

at Allsorts this week.

Recipe

Background Paper - Digital paper with a black overlay

Floral Paper - Ditsy Florals by Papercraft House

Die-cut Decoupage Sheet

Stamped Sentiment - Unmounted Stamp Company/Circa Design

Satin Ribbon from stash

We have a Christmas Bundle for the lucky winner this week.

12x12 DP pad, stamps, ephemera, chipboard and ribbons.

Come and join in the fun HERE.

See you in about an hour for my Crafts Galore Encore DT post.

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #782 - A Blast From The Past

 Hi Crafters,

We have a new challenge theme starting today at Allsorts, come and join in with us.

Ellie had chosen the theme of...

A BLAST FROM THE PAST

or you have the Anything Goes option.

My card was created using an image from a Hunkydory Men's Sports Pad and teamed with some papers from a 12 x 12 paper pad that have been in my stash for ages. The Cogs and Gears die is from Creative Expressions and is called Industrial Chic Frame. I have cut it apart and used it on opposing corners. The sentiment die is from Paper Boutique.

Prizes from Stampendous

The Design Team have been busy creating lots of wonderful projects to inspire your entries, take a look HERE.

Have a great weekend, as you read this I will be organising and attending our local monthly Farmers & Craft Market so a busy day for me.

See you later!

Lorraine

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Allsorts 15th Birthday Challenge #781 - Anything Goes

 Hi Crafters,

A special challenge this week at Allsorts to celebrate our

15th Birthday!

My card was created using a sheet of stamps from a magazine freebie and an Apple Blossom Sentiment Stamp all in the nautical or sailing theme. I created the lighthouse background scene and then stamped and cut out the porthole and starfish to add dimension. I used Distress Inks to water-colour. 

A special Birthday deserves special prizes and we are so excited that our friends at AALL and Create really wanted to be involved and have donated a huge bundle of their products, stamps, stencils, ephemera and washi tape which will be spilt randomly between 15 very lucky winners.

This is such a great opportunity to join in our Special Birthday challenge and create some lovely projects to be in with a chance to win a share of this fabulous prize bundle.

Check out the simple rules here and then come and join in the fun!

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #780 - Spots and Stripes/ATG

 Hi Crafters,

It's my turn this week to choose the theme over on the Allsorts challenge blog.

I have gone with

SPOTS AND STRIPES

These papers were a magazine freebie a long time ago and I am determined to use lots of older stash that is taking up so much room. I have teamed them with two older stamp sets from Crafters Companion in the 'Just For Men' collection called Streetwise and Rock Star. I used my stamping platform to get a good print on the solid parts of the stamps.

Please check out the Design Team makes, there are lots of inspirational projects over on the challenge blog.

Prizes for the next few weeks are from Stampendous

Come and join in the fun with us, you have until midday Friday 17th May to enter.

Moving on to what is coming up very soon...we will be celebrating our 15th Birthday starting Saturday May 18th, you do not want to miss this special challenge. We have an enormous prize bundle from Aall & Create to share with our lucky winners.

Lots to look forward to but in the meantime, have a great week and see you again soon,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #779 - More Than One Fold

 Hi Crafters, 

Welcome to the weekend and another new challenge at Allsorts.

We are looking to see your creations with lots of FOLDS this week or you can follow the Anything Goes option if you wish.

This is the front of my Birthday card using some lovely papers by Anna Marie Designs and a Creative Expressions Die from the Indian Ocean collection called Mauritius. The filigree corner dies are from La La Land Crafts and the Fancy Lace Border die is by Cottage Cutz.

I have all my folds on the inside of this card with a die cut aperture on the centre fold. Again these are Anna Marie Designs papers and sentiment panel.

Prizes from Oakwood (2 x A5 stamp sets) and Highlight Crafts (3 x A5 stencils)

I hope you can join in with us, you have a whole week to enter up to 3 new projects, following either the theme or Anything Goes. Please remember to link back to our challenge blog on your post to be eligible for a prize. For more inspiration please take a look at the rest of the Design Teams creations here. 

Now on to what is coming up later this month...

We will be celebrating our 15th Birthday on May 18th, please help us spread the word and share the logo.

We have some truly fabulous prizes up for grabs, you will not want to miss this!

That's all from me for now, see you soon.

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #778 - Use a Stencil/ATG

 Hi Crafters,

Thank you for popping in today for the start of our new challenge at Allsorts.

This week we would like you to

USE A STENCIL

(you also have the ANYTHING GOES option of course)

I had a lot of fun creating a circular card a few weeks ago so I thought I'd do it again. I cut my base card using a set of Presscut Nesting Circle dies and added the yellow die cut layer (die from Ebay in a bundle so I have no idea of the name) then I inked the 'Heapza Hexagonz' #112 stencil from Aall & Create with Mustard Seed Distress Oxide ink, spritzed with water and 'printed' it on to a piece of white card which I then die cut with another circle die when it was dry. The Daffodils are a Two Red Robins die and vignette called 'Daffodil Dreams'. I stamped my sentiment (Hunkydory - Daffodils in the Sun stamp set) and added the enamel dots.

Prizes this week from Oakwood (2 x A5 stamp sets) and Highlight Crafts (3 x A5 stencils)

I hope you can find time to come and join in with us, I'm sure that you all have some stencils lying around that you can use. If not you could always make your own using dies and punches and just ink through them, so easy.

Please pop over to the challenge blog HERE for more inspiration from the Design Team.

Take care,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #777 - Balloons/Anything Goes

 Hi Crafters,

I hope you've had a good week. It's Saturday again and that means a new challenge starting at Allsorts.

This week we have the fabulous theme of

BALLOONS / ATG

I'm trying to use up some of my older stash - it's amazing how much I have amassed over the years. This card uses papers from a very old 'Making Cards' magazine and the sentiment stamp was also a freebie on the front I believe. I used oval nesting dies to frame the image and some bakers twine for interest.

This week prizes are from AALL and Create

 We'd love to see what you make using our theme but there is always the Anything Goes option too.

The design team have created a host of Balloon makes which you can find on the challenge blog HERE. 

Have a great weekend whatever you are up too.

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #776 - It Has To Be Spring/ATG

 Hi Crafters, 

Well the weather here in Norfolk has been a little better of late, some sunshine and a bit of warmth, just what I needed. The trees are beginning to leaf up again and we have some colour in the garden once again from the pretty Spring flowers. This brings me nicely on to the theme for this week at Allsorts...

IT HAS TO BE SPRING

Recipe

A4 Butterfly Embossing Folder

Tattered Lace Botanical Bliss Collection - Lovable Lily of the Valley Charisma and Dies which have been cut twice and layered up for dimension.

Prizes for the next two weeks are from AALL and Create

The Design Team have been hard at work creating lots of fabulous and inspiring projects for you so pop over to the challenge blog and check them out HERE - then come and join in with us this week for a chance to win one of these wonderful prizes from Aall and Create.

Have a great weekend!

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #775 - For the Love of Animals/ATG

Hi Crafters,

We hope you can join us for this challenge,  April is National Pet Month which celebrates and raises awareness of responsible pet ownership.

So for our new challenge starting today at Allsorts we would love to see your creations using the theme - 

FOR THE LOVE OF ANIMALS

...but if not then you always have the Anything Goes option.

I have used this lovely image from CraftsUprint showing two magnificent horses. I have embellished with a Tonic Scalloped Frame die and Memory Box Floral Wreath die in silver mirri card. The shadowed sentiment die is from Sentimentally Yours and I managed to find some rather large half pearls in just the right colour in my stash.

Prizes for the next few weeks are from Highlight Crafts and Stamp Addicts.

Please take a look at the challenge blog to see what the rest of the Design Team have created to inspire you and then come and join in with us for a chance at a fabulous prize.

Lorraine

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Keep It Simple at Allsorts - Challenge #773/4

 Hi Crafters,

This week at Allsorts we are

KEEPING IT SIMPLE

so we would love to see your projects with a clean and simple feel to them or you can of course go with the Anything Goes option.

I have made a Wedding card using this lovely page from a Hunkydory Book of images which I die cut using a Tattered lace Frame die.

Prizes are from Highlight Crafts and Stamp Addicts

This is a 2 week challenge this time to accommodate Easter so you have plenty of time to enter with a new project. Please remember to link your project to our challenge blog to be eligible for a chance to win a prize.

Have fun!

Lorraine

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Fur &/or Feathers at Allsorts - Challenge #772

 Hi Crafters,

We have a new challenge starting at Allsorts today and the theme is...

FUR & OR FEATHERS

I've used this cute little bunny die cut from Tattered Lace called...you'll never guess...Bunny in a Mug!

It's been in my stash a while and this is only it's second outing. I added an embossed background using a Crafters Companion EF and then a Spellbinders Label die for the sentiment.

We have prizes from Craftstash and AALL and Create

So to be in with a chance of winning one of these wonderful prizes just create a new project, link your blog post to our challenge, follow the theme or you can opt for the Anything Goes option too. Have fun and I look forward to visiting your blogs to see what you have created.

Lorraine

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Use Yellow at Allsorts - Challenge #771

 Hi Crafters,

This bright and sunny card was made for my Design Team inspiration for this weeks challenge at Allsorts. Lynn is our hostess and she would like to see your creations using YELLOW. 

These papers were a magazine freebie from a long time ago (we Crafters tend to hoard, I mean cherish ALL our papers) As you can see I did a little bit of fussy cutting around the pretty florals on the smaller patterned paper and layered my design around the sentiment.

Prizes from Craftstash and AALL and Create

If yellow is not your colour we also have the Anything Goes option so that you can still enter with a new project and please remember to link your post to our challenge blog to be eligible to win the prize.

Have fun, you have until 12pm next Friday to enter.

Lorraine

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