Art Impressions

Hi, today I have a card to share with you using an Art Impressions stamp which I haven't used until now, it was just perfect for this card and the recipient will appreciate the humour in it. It's a long story but suffice to say this particular lady and the swimming pool have a history :)

 

I used my Promarkers again and some lovely papers from My Minds Eye Blush paper pad. The bubbles are a Memory Box die and the sentiments are created on my computer. I had some issues with the vivid pink Promarker seeping over the outline so I decided to cut the image out and glue it to the mount instead, it worked out ok I think.

I'd like to enter this in to the challenge at:

Scribble & Scrap - #6 Anything Goes

 

Well it's getting late now, hope you've all had a great day,

See you soon,

Lorraine



 

 

 



 

Vellum Flowers

Hi Crafters,

A quick share with you today of my card using the gorgeous Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur stamp set. I have stamped and embossed the flowers and leaves with white embossing powder on vellum and coloured the back of the vellum to give subtle tones of yellow and green.

 

 

I'd like to enter this in to these challenges:

 

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

 

Saturday Sketch  - Sketch #282 - (Flipped)

 

Thanks for visiting today.

I do love reading your comments so it would be great if you commented today and became a follower.

 

Until next time....

 

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

Happy Birthday to a Wonderful Friend !

I'd like to share with you a birthday card that I made for a good friend of mine. She loves her holidays and so when I saw this card on a blog the other day I just had to purchase the image from Mo's Digital Pencil and create my card. I used the original card layout for inspiration and changed a few things to make it appropriate for my friend.



The two digi's can be found here and here.
I coloured both the background and sunbather with Promarkers, cut her out and stuck her on to the background and put shading around the edge of the towel to ground the image. I used polka dot papers and buttons to carry on the theme of her bikini. In my stash I had a starfish charm and a small pair of silver coloured sunglasses which went beautifully with the beach theme also. Here is a close up of her enjoying her cocktail...

 





I'd like to enter this card in to these challenges:
Mo's Digital Pencil - 'H is for'........ Hot
Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

I love Mo's images, I have quite a few now, they are so easy to colour and uncanny in that they resemble someone you know, lol.

Thanks for joining me today,

See you all soon,

Lorraine

I'm back !

Hi Everyone, hope you are all having a crafty time. I have returned to Blogland after an industrious time creating items for my stall at a Charity Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer. It went quite well for a small event in the local Breakfast Club hall at a nearby school. We had quite a lot of visitors buying cakes and coffee and looking at the stall. I didn't get a chance to take a picture of the stall at the venue but here are a couple of pics of my practice layout on my kitchen table, lol, the night before.

Excuse the dresser and cups in the background, but I wanted to have a practice go and see what it looked like. As you can see I have been quite busy. Most of my Christmas packs of cards sold in no time and lots of the covered notepads and Post It note holders sold too. The bundles of Christmas tags were very popular, I wished that I had made more of them. Well, it all turned out ok and we raised quite a bit for the charity so I was very pleased as this was only the second time I've had a stall, I'm quite a newbie at it. Here are a few close ups of some of my items....

 

 

Some 4 x 4 cards sold in packs of 6

 

A6 cards sold in packs of 4

 

Decorated Trinket Box

 

Wall Hanging

 

Door Hanger

 

 

I really enjoyed making some different things. I usually just make cards and it was very inspiring to venture in to other areas of craft  and jewellery making for a change. Now I have quite a bit of catching up to do visiting everybody's blogs, so I will see you there.

 

Lorraine

Sweet Magnolia

Hello crafters,

Hope you enjoyed your weekend. We had a lovely day here in East Anglia, much better than predicted.
In between family and housework my craft room kept calling me and so I managed to make this sweet Magnolia card. I used my Spellbinders and Memory Box dies to make the frames and accents. I thought I would also decoupage the image too just for a change.....    and it's in blue again :/ If you remember me saying a while ago, I don't usually go for blue but here it is, maybe it's a sub conscious thing to get away from all the red and green Christmas items I have been making lately.



 

See you next time

Lorraine

Flower Power

Goodness! It's a whole week since I last blogged, where does the time go?
I've been really busy with family this week so crafting time has been limited. I have still managed to look at all your blogs though, and there have been some stunning cards from you all to inspire me, so, here's what I came up with...

I thought I would try a different shape card this time, I seem to be stuck in a rut of just grabbing an A5 card blank so it's time to change it up a bit. I looked around the internet and found this centre step card fold, so here it is....

 

 

I also gave myself a bit of a challenge to use the colour 'blue'. It's one colour I tend to avoid using, I think it turned out ok, don't you?
I stamped the image and coloured it using my Promarkers and then gave the petals a coat of Glossy Accents. The oval mats are Spellbinders  Classic Ovals and Floral Ovals Dies. The rest of the card was made up of matted layers of patterned paper from Papermania and lots of silver peel-offs. Oh, and a blue ribbon bow.

Today I would like to enter my card into the Papertake Weekly Challenge - 'Flower Power'.
Take a visit to their page and check out all the creations there and maybe join in yourself, it's great fun.

Enjoy your day,

Lorraine

21 Again !...

...I wish, lol.
My 21st Birthday has long since passed, but these two cards are going to be for my future Son-in-Law.  He's turning 21 soon and I was asked to make them by other family members, that's a total of four cards now that I have made for this birthday and I am rapidly running out of different ideas. They were both created entirely with the 'My Craft Studio' software and printed onto photo paper.

I have matted each layer on to black cardstock for definition and die cut the numbers with an MFT Die-namics die, then heated clear embossing powder to make them shine.
I hope he likes them.

Well I must go now, I have a hungry family waiting to be fed.

Happy Crafting
Lorraine

Papertake Weekly Challenge - take two

Don't you love a happy ending?
Friends of mine have finally decided to tie the knot so I have made this little 6 x 6 card for them.
I would also like to enter this in the Papertake Weekly Challenge.

The image is from Lili of the Valley and coloured with Promarkers.
Spellbinders Dies were used for the frame and banner.
Flowers were from Wild Orchid Crafts.

This is short and sweet today folks, sorry.

Happy crafting

Lorraine

In The Pink - challenge

Good morning everyone, do you feel in the pink?

Well they do at In The Pink that's where I am entering this little pink beauty today for their 1st Birthday challenge.

 



The girl is a pre-coloured Kenny K, die-cut card topper from Hobby House . These are good to use if you are not very confident colouring images yourself or if you just want to make a quick card.
The papers are from a Papermania pad and my ever faithful Spellbinders dies and a few punches to finish it off.
Well I'm off to make a start on a 21st Birthday card now - lots of relatives hitting big birthdays, lol.

See you soon

Lorraine

My First Christmas Card This Year.....

.....only 49 more to go :/
Hi everyone thanks for stopping by.
Thought I would start the new month with my first Christmas card as I have quite a few to make each year. It's quite hard though, creating Christmasy things when the sun is shining outside and it's in the very high twenties, but still it has to be done.
This little 'fella' is a Santa topper from The Range, the papers and ribbons are from my stash. I've managed to collect rather a lot of festive goodies over the years so I haven't had to buy any this time, hubbie will be pleased.

The cute little flair button in the corner is part of a set from 36 Shades of Flair . The owner, Kimberly had a giveaway on her Facebook page and I was the lucky winner! Take a look at all the other great buttons she has there and in her Etsy store, there's one for every occasion.
Well this won't do, I must get on, lots more cards to make and housework to do somewhere in between.
See you all later,

Happy Crafting

Lorraine