Allsorts Challenge #738 - ATG/Summer Blues

 Hi Crafters,

We have a new challenge starting today at Allsorts and Mervi has chosen

SUMMER BLUES for our theme.

These papers are from an old Making Cards magazine which I have been holding on to so thought I should really use them up. The lacy border is a Joanna Sheen die and the stamped sentiment is from Stampin' Up.

We have some great prizes each week so take a look at the challenge blog for more details.

Prizes from Oakwood, Sizzix, AALL and Create and Craft Stash, please visit our Patrons page to read more about each.

I am at one of my monthly Farmers & Craft markets as you read this, so as long as everyone hasn't gone away on holiday already there should be plenty of visitors and the morning will be busy.

Have a great day!

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #680 - Any Stamped Image

 Hi Crafters,

It's a new week at Allsorts and our theme this time is

ANY STAMPED IMAGE

I've used another one of my Woodware Knitting stamps again and created this card for a knitting lover's birthday. Some Tattered Lace Frame Dies and textured cardstock to look like a knitted background and viola!

Thank you for joining me today and if you would like to enter at Allsorts we have great prizes again this week of a £15 store voucher from Stamp Addicts plus a stencil.

Take care and I'll see you soon,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #661 - ATG opt. Use a Stencil

 Hi Crafters,

These Saturday's roll around really quickly and so I'm back again to share my DT project for the new challenge at Allsorts.

Brenda is our host for this week and she has given us the choice of Anything Goes with the option to Use a Stencil.

I have plenty of stencils but I rarely use them so this was a definite challenge!

This is what I came up with, not always a card we enjoy making but a necessary one all the same.

Recipe

Distress Oxides

Tim Holtz Flourish Stencil

Inkylicious Stamp

Woodware Sentiment Stamp

We have two prizes for two lucky winners this week

An AALL and Create Stencil and a Woodware Stamp

 

Thank you for visiting and I hope to see you here again soon,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #654 Wings and / or Tails

 Hi Crafters,

Saturday has rolled around again and so it's a new challenge at Allsorts.

This week we'd like to see your makes including

WINGS AND / OR TAILS

Recipe

Image Downloads and Dies from Two Red Robins (Highlight Crafts)

Creative Expressions Sentiment Die

We have two prizes of Woodware Stamps for the two lucky winners.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Catz - #576 ATG

Creative Fingers - #221 ATG

Creative Moments - #228 ATG

CD Sunday Plus Challenge - #75 ATG

Take care,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #651 - One For The Girls

 Hi Crafters,

A new challenge has started at Allsorts today.

Head over to the blog and enter your feminine creations for the girls both young and old.

I have used an LOTV (Lili of the Valley) Pre-coloured image die cut with a scalloped frame die. The sentiment stamp is also LOTV. The papers are digital ones that I've had for so long that I'm afraid I have no record of where they came from. A sweet little gem flower added a touch of bling - all girls need a little bling! :o)

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Fab n Funky - #539 Check It Out

Aud Sentiments - #288 ATG + Sentiment

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #618 For Children

Creative Knockouts - #428 ATG

Take a peek at the inspiration on the challenge blog from my teamies HERE.

For the lucky winners we have two great prizes....

Tattered Lace Die

Woodware Stamp Set

Bye for now,

Lorraine

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Allsorts Challenge #650 - Christmas

 Hi Crafters,

Christmas is only 6 more Saturdays away!

That's a bit of a shock to the system, I knew it was getting close but counting it up on the calendar gave me a bit of a turn - I'm not ready!

I have started to buy some presents and thankfully I don't have too many to get so that can easily be achieved but although I make Christmas cards all year round I always find that I am still short of some and then there's a scrabble to get enough made to cover everyone. Perhaps I should have made a card instead of these Christmas ATC's but I wanted to enter a swap with them and these are also my design team inspiration for the new challenge at ALLSORTS this week for their Christmas theme.

I used a Tim Holtz stencil for the background and dies for the reindeer and fir tree. I heat embossed some Shabby white embossing powder on to the background to resemble snow. The sentiment has also been heat embossed in gold and the mini gold glitter pegs have been in my stash for years. I thought each reindeer deserved a jingle bell so added that with a piece of shimmery twine.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #617 Christmas

Aud Sentiments - #287 ATG Christmas + Sentiment

Crafts Galore Encore Challenge - #93 ATG

Pearly Sparkles Challenge - #68 Merry Christmas

We have two great prizes for the lucky winners this week...

Christmas Ribbons and Embellies

and

3 images of the winners choice from...

Ruth Hamilton Designs

Please take a look at the rest of the Design Team makes here for more inspiration. 

I hope to see you again soon, thank you for popping by,

Lorraine

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