Card-In-A-Box ~ Baby Boy

Hi Crafters, we've had such a lovely sunny day here, albeit a little chilly, I hope you've had the same.
I have seen so many Box Cards on the internet lately that I just had to give it a try so here is my  Baby Boy card in a box.

I used the lovely stamp and die sets from Clearly Besotted Stamps for the train and the baby items. The paper was from a magazine freebie and the heart shaped button and twine from my stash.
Here's a closer shot...

 

...a top view...

 

 

 

...and a side view...

 

 

The back has a blank panel to write your message and I stamped 'Bundle of Joy' on it but unfortunately I couldn't get a picture of that, my camera decided that there wasn't enough light at that point even though I hadn't changed anything from taking all the other photo's and it wouldn't focus properly, so I admitted defeat and called it a day. This card will fit inside a C5 envelope when folded flat so it's perfect for sending and surprisingly isn't that bulky.

Challenges I'd like to enter are:

Addicted To Stamps - Fancy Folds

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

Crafty Little Fairies - Button Up

Country View Challenges - New Beginnings

 

Thanks for stopping by,

 

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

 





 

 

Die-cut Decoupage

Hi Crafters,
Hope you are enjoying your weekend, the weather has been very dull and dreary here today but I've been in my craft room with my head down, busy creating so I haven't been too bothered with the weather.
I decided to use a die-cut decoupage sheet that I've had in my stash for a while as the recipient for this commissioned card, (Sheila) loves her garden and the wildlife within it.
So this one seemed appropriate.

 

I used some papers from the 'First Edition' paper pad 'Bird Song' they are very pretty and complemented the colours in the decoupage. I also edged the layers with some pink 'Art Glitter. The words and letters of her name were cut out using dies that I bought on my recent trip to the NEC. Shhh don't tell hubby but I haven't found room to put away all the lovely things I got yet, they're still in the carrier bags, lol. I got rather carried away by all the lovely stalls, and armed with my birthday money I went from stall to wonderful stall collecting all the things I needed and, I'm afraid, more besides.

Here's a close up view of those lovely birds,

 

 

 Mmmm, albeit a tad blurred, blast that camera :(

 

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

 

Country View Challenges - Letters

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

 

Thanks for stopping by,

Lorraine

You're Cute !

A sweet little card today with oodles of cuteness.

 

I thought that I would give my Promarkers an outing today, I haven't played with them for a long time. I've been watching some tutorials on You Tube and picked up a few tips, so this is how it turned out.

The cute kitten is a Lili of the Valley pre-stamped image that was part of a collection free on a magazine quite a while ago and this is the first one that I've coloured.

The papers are scraps that I had left over from other projects and are of various origin. I used my Spellbinders scalloped oval die, some seam binding, a beautiful cabochon I acquired from Ebay and some self-adhesive pearls.
I'd like to enter this card in to the following challenges:

Crafty Little Fairies - Cute 'n' Cuddly Critters

Country View Crafts - Layers

Bearly-Mine Challenges - Anything Goes

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything goes

 

Thanks for stopping by,

See you soon,

 

Lorraine 

Craft Challenge!

What a beautiful, bright, sunny and warm Monday morning we have here in Norwich - hope you are all getting the same.
Today I would like to share with you a Door Hanger that I altered for a challenge over on Country View Crafts . This month the subject is 'Quotations & Sayings' hopefully I have complied to the rules.
Here goes:

 



It started off as a plain chipboard tag that I painted with brown acrylic paint, then added crackle paint in Antique Linen before spraying it with Cosmic Shimmer Mist in Rich Gold. Then came the fun part - the embellishing. Small ribbon pieces from my stash, key and lock are a Sizzix Alterations die - 'Hardware Findings' cut from Tim Holtz grunge board painted and shimmered in the same way as the tag itself. The larger flowers and leaves are from Prima, I believe, the small ones are Wild Orchid Craft flowers. A small length of trim in a bronze colour, again from my stash and two glass dewdrops in red. The 'DREAM' ticket is from a strip of Adage tickets from Tim Holtz Idea-ology range which I am trying to using sparingly because I love them too much. Finally, the sentiment is from a stamp set from Stampers Anonymous 'Stuff To Say' inked on to cream cardstock and heat embossed with red embossing powder.

I really enjoyed the process of making this tag and it's the first time I have made anything like this. It was a little out of my comfort zone to create grungy and tattered, I usually stick to cute or classic styles. But I think it turned out ok.
Would love to hear your comments on it.

Well, bye for now

Lorraine