Heat Embossing

 Hi Crafters,

I won the challenge at Christmas Craft Creations a few weeks ago and was so pleased to be asked to join them as a Guest Designer for the month of June.

Their theme this month is

HEAT EMBOSSING

I thought I would use the prize that I won on that challenge to create my card as it was a lovely set of Christmas stamps and dies.

I have tried a CAS design this time.

Here it is again but tilted towards the light to hopefully show up all of the gold heat embossed details.

Everything has been heat embossed, the lovely poinsettia outline stamp, then I stamped again and used the dies to cut out the poinsettia layers. These have been coloured using Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Little Red Wagon - #605 Make It CAS

Aud Sentiments - #276 ATG + Sentiment

Alphabet Challenge - E is for Easy, Simple Card

My Time To Craft - #458 Floral

CHNC Every Saturday - #545 ATG Christmas

Thank you for visiting, I will be sharing my second card as Guest Designer using these lovely stamps and dies in a couple of weeks time, hope to see you again.

Lorraine

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Vintage Spitfire

Hi Crafters,

Happy St. David's Day!

 I recently won the challenge at Delicious Doodles and Teri kindly asked me if I would be a guest designer this month, of course I said yes!

The theme for this month is ...

ADD SOMETHING GREEN

Recipe

Image - Vintage Spitfire - Delicious Doodles

Coloured with Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - Well Traveled - Carina Gardner

LOTV Sentiment Stamp

Twine

Card Candy

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Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Cardmakers - #183 Go Green

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #52 ATG

Come & Get It - #206 It's in the Male

Creative Moments - #112 ATG - op twist - Keep It Masculine

Moving Along with the Times - #39 For a Man

Creative Fingers - #125 ATG

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Well it is March now and time is just flying by again this year.

I can't wait for Spring to be in full flow, I'm ready for some warmer, brighter weather now.

Hope you are all well and thank you for visiting today.

Lorraine

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Ike's Art and a GDT

Hi Crafters,

Today is my second GDT post for I Love Promarkers for their new 'Anything Goes' challenge this week.

This fabulous image came from Ike's Art and is called Blue Tit Rowan which I have coloured with my Promarkers of course.

Recipe

Image Blue Tit Rowan - Ike's Art

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - Country Companions Winter Wishes

Frame Die - Tonic Studios -'Tis The Season set

Sentiment Die - Creative Die Magazine Freebie

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Catz - #324 Dies & Punches
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Things with Wings
CHNC Challenge - May Challenge

Thanks for visiting, my posts are still scheduled but normal service will resume shortly :)

Lorraine 

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Vintage Style

Hi Crafters,

Hope you are all well and thank you for visiting.

I have a special card to share today, not only was I thrilled to be asked to do a GDT spot for  Try It On Tuesday  but I finally had time to create a style of card that I have admired being made by some of the talented crafters out there.

The challenge theme was to....

Use a Vintage Photo

Recipe

Vintage Photo - Internet

Papers - Graphic 45 'A Ladies Diary'

Spellbinders Floral Oval Die

Joy Crafts Viewmaster Die 6002/0451

Joy Crafts Flourish 6002/0258

Joy Crafts Butterfly Border Die 6002/0251

Go Kreate Large Frilly Frame #10 Die

Pearl Strings

Guipure Lace

Flowers

Gathered Twigs Distress Ink

I really enjoyed myself making this card, although I broke out in a cold sweat making the decision to cut in to my G45 pad that I had been hoarding, but it really suited what I had in mind for this card so I chopped away. The layers were hand stitched and inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and I decorated the inside to match the front cutting a white oval for the message.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Catz - #321 Add Lace

Fussy & Fancy - #162 Female Birthdays

Noor Design - #17 ATG

The Ribbon Girl - April Any Image ATG

Crafty Cardmakers - #162 1 Image, 2 Papers, 3 Different Embellishments (pearls, lace, flowers)

Deep Ocean - #127 Dots &/Stripes

Crafty Creations - #313 Stitching Real/Faux

Lorraine

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Guest Designer at Sami Stamps!

Hi Crafters,

I'm so excited to be Guest Designing for Sami Stamps this week. 

I was lucky enough to win one of their challenges recently and the prize was to guest design on a future challenge so here I am.
Thank you to Sami for allowing me to play for a day with her super talented design team.

Recipe
Image - 'Rockin' My Christmas Sweater' - Sami Stamps
Medium - Pro/flexmarkers
Sentiment - 'Let it Snow' Apple Blossom Stamp Set
Grand Dots Embossalicious folder
Clear Wink of Stellar Pen (eyelids)
Glamour Dust (Snowflakes)

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Bunny Zoe's  - December -  Sparkle
Christmas Cards All Year Round - CAS
Crafty Girlz - #10 ATG
Addicted To Stamps - #115 Christmas
The Ribbon Girls - December Card Challenge
OSAAT - #252 ATG + The Colour Red
Deep Ocean Challenge - #119 ATG
Creative Inspirations - #340 Merry Christmas


As she's sporting her Christmas sweater I thought she'd like to have some shimmery eye shadow to match so I used my Wink of Stella clear pen over my marker colours. I'm amazed that I managed to capture it on the photo this time, usually it doesn't show up at all.  I also added a little glamour dust to the snowflake pattern on her sweater too.

I hope you all have a fabulous Friday, I'm off now to set up my stall at the local Farmers Market
for our last market of this year and will add my challenges on my return.

See you soon,

Lorraine
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Guest Designer at Quirky Crafts

Hi Crafters,

I was lucky enough to win a recent challenge at the Quirky Crafts challenge blog and I was asked to join in this week as Guest Designer - thank you Cazzy.

The challenge theme this fortnight is 'For The Quirky Girls' and as an added challenge you must only use two colours apart from skin and hair colour.

I hope I've met the requirements with this red and green card although I have some white in there too.

Meet 'Missy' she is a fabulous digital image from Jiggery Makery on Etsy.

She is coloured with my Letraset Pro/flexmarkers and I have added a sprinkling of glitter strands to the edges of her dress and hat.

I've used core'dinations card stock with a Sue Wilson embossing folder - Swirling Holly and a Cuttlebug folder for the dotty snow background.

My sentiments are Britannia Christmas Word Dies and Clearly Besotted 'Husband' word stamp and die from the 'My Hero' sets.

...and lastly a Tonic 'Festive Gift' die which I have backed with coloured card.

She's a bit saucy isn't she? but I love her.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Papertake Weekly - ATG

Fab & Funky - #276 Sassy Ladies

Crafty Catz - #296 Embossing

Creative Fingers - #95 ATG

Not Just Cards - #25 ATG

Country View Crafts - Add Some Texture
The Ribbon Girl - Everything Goes with an Image
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #19 ATG

Come and join in the fun with us, we'd love to see your cards featuring 'girls' this time.

There are three fabulous sponsors ...  

Digital Delights - Sweet Pea Stamps - Jiggery Makery 

...each giving away super prizes.

Bye for now

Lorraine