New Home

Hi Crafters,

Pinch, Punch, First of the month!

Wow, 1st of June already, how did we get here?

I'd like to share a New Home card that I created using an image from a Lili of the Valley Art Pad.

Recipe
Image from Lili of the Valley Art Pad (discontinued)
Papers - Studio Light, Celebrate Spring Paper Pad
Spellbinders Floral Oval & Labels Fifty One Dies
Cut n Make Sentiment Die from The Range

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Krafty Chicks Challenge - #509 All Occasions
Crafty Catz - #508 ATG/ At least two layers

Bye for now

Lorraine
xXx

Passion For Promarker Challenge #457 - Glitter / Sparkle

Hi Crafters,

It's Tuesday and time to share my DT make for the current challenge at Passion For Promarkers.

Our theme this week is Glitter / Sparkle and so I thought this was a great opportunity to make another Christmas card. I coloured this cute image from Lili of the Valley called 'A snowy Hug' and used some fabulous foiled kraft papers that I had in my stash.

GLITTER / SPARKLE

Recipe

Image - LOTV - A Snowy Hug

Coloured with Promarkers

Paper - Craft Sensations Kraft Pad

Marianne Designs LR0283 Tree Line Border Die

Tonic Studio Sentiment Die

Joy Crafts and Xcut Snowflake Dies

Glamour Dust Glitter

Challenges I'd like to enter:

CHNC Every Saturday - #398 ATG Christmas

Not Just Cards - #58 ATG

Creative Inspirations - August Challenge - Holidays

Sweet Stampin' Christmas - August Challenge - Christmas

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #87 ATG

I Love Promarkers - #365 ATG

Back To Basics and Beyond - #9 Use a Digital Stamp

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #479 Christmas

Crafty Friends - #90 ATG

Our sponsor this week is ...

Crafty Sentments

...they are offering 3 digital images to the lucky winner.

So to be in with a chance of this prize you must follow the few simple rules for the challenge - Use your Winsor Newton (formerly Letraset) markers, tell us where you have used them on your project, follow the theme and have fun!

Take a peek at the other wonderful makes that our design team have created here on the challenge blog.

Thank you for visiting.

Lorraine

xXx

Ooops ... One Week Late...

Hi Crafters,

This is my card for the Christmas Card Club Challenge that was set last week. 

A little late but here now none-the-less and I'm sure the other ladies will forgive me. 

I wanted to keep up with the regular Christmas card making each fortnight, so here is my card using '2 or more Patterned Papers'

I'm using another one of these fabulous toppers from Lili of the Valley, lots of gold mirri card and some papers from the Papermania Christmas Time Pad.

Britannia Word Dies

Lea'bilities Holly Leaves 

Gems

Ribbon

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Sweet Stampin' Christmas - Cute Christmas

The 12 MoC Link Up - #15 ATG/Holiday Decoration

Rudolph Day Challenge - March ATG Christmas

CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge - March

Winter Wonderland - For A Child

Wasn't yesterday a beautiful day! Just gorgeous, the sunshine was very much appreciated and a promise that Spring has arrived. It's a shame that the rest of the Easter weekend isn't going to follow suit, never mind.

Well enjoy your day!

Lorraine 

xXx

Art Pad Calendars

Hi Crafters,

As it's already three weeks in to January I thought it was time I shared  the calendars that I made at the end of last year!

I would have shown them before but with all the issues I've had of late with my old computer crashing and then this new one I thought the photo's were gone....

...but good news, most of my files were recovered. I lost a few things but not nearly as much as I'd first thought and these photo's were among them.

Both were made with LOTV Art Pad images and some pretty die cuts and papers.

I had one calendar booklet left and so decided to make an MDF hanging one.

This has the dinky measurement of 12cm x 9cm and looks really cute hanging from a magnet on my fridge door.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Crafty Girlz - #11 ATG 

Creative Inspirations - #343 ATG

It's started off the day very frosty and cold but bright and dry, just how I like it - so chores done, I'm off to play in my craft room.

Lorraine

xXx

LOTV Summer Special Challenge

Hi Crafters,

This is my entry for the Summer Special Challenge At Lili of the Valley.

 

Recipe

Image - Goalie Saves - LOTV Stamps

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Kraft card

Papers - LOTV Heartfelt - Up, Up & Away - 'Twas The Night 8 x 8 Paper Pads

Sentiment - LOTV Stamps

MFT Stitched Vertical Strips & Blueprint 14 Dies

Memory Box - Grand Happy Birthday Die (negative)

Football  and Button Brad

Bakers Twine

Metal Charm

 

I love this action figure stamp, just in mid save. This card is going to be for my Great Nephew who will be seven soon and plays for his local under 9's football team.

I made a sort of polaroid aperture with my MFT dies and put the image behind it, I thought it looked like a snap shot from a match, what d'ya think?

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Summer Challenge on Facebook - #1 Summer

Fussy & Fancy - #140 Fun in the Sun

One Crazy Stamper - ATG

Penny Black & More - Dies and Punches

Bunny Zoe's Challenge - Buttons & Bows

Little Claire's Designs - #57 Outdoors

Crafty Cardmakers & More - #140 Stitching, faux or real

Papertake Weekly - ATG

Deep Ocean Challenge - #105 Add A Charm

 

Well it's been a lovely day here today, the sun has shone non-stop and all my washing is dry so I'm a happy bunny. Hope it's shining where you are too.

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine



Megan is 3 !

Hi Crafters,

 

Thank you for visiting today - it's lovely to see you here.

Cute little Maisie from Lili of the Valley is the focal piece on my card for today but I think she is now discontinued as I can't find her in the shop :(

She was the perfect image needed for this commissioned card order and the colours requested were purple and lime green so the LOTV Bonnets and Bowties paper pad were perfect too.

 

Recipe

Image - Maisie Two Balloons

Coloured with Pro/flexmarkers

LOTV Bonnets and Bowties Paper Pad

Die-Versions Mermaid Font Die

La La Land Corner Die

Adhesive Gems

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

One Crazy Stamper - May - ATG

The Cutie Pie Challenge - #87 Layer It Up

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - #9 ATG

Crafting From The Heart - #59 ATG

TTCRD - ATG

 

I will pop along and visit you later today but for now I must get a few more commissions finished and decide what we are having for dinner tonight - coming up with different and tasty meals every day is a real headache - any suggestions folks?!

See you later

 

Lorraine

 

 



James Bear 2015 Calendar

Hi Crafters,
I do love James from Lili of the Valley and I've used one of the art pad images to make my easel card calendar.

 Recipe

Kraft card and envelope

Anita's Calendar pack

Dovecraft Krafty Christmas Paper Pad

Lili of the Valley Art Pad

Spellbinders Floral Ovals Die

Ribbon and bling

 

As you can see from the watermark this photo was taken at the end of 2014 and I still have a few that I haven't blogged yet. :/

I love this paper pad and when I went back to The Range for another they had sold out :( It is a really lovely colour palette on the Kraft background.

Challenges:

Crafty Catz - #260 ATG

Brown Sugar - #127 Bears

CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge - January ATG

That Craft Place - ATG

 

Thank you for all the New Years wishes that everyone has sent me, I hope I have been round to you all and reciprocated but if I haven't I would just like to wish all of you THE most wonderful year ahead.

 



Bye for now,

 

Lorraine

LOTV Art Pads

Hi Crafters
Just popping in to share a couple of quick cards that I have been making for my stall. I have two Craft Fairs coming up and I haven't seen daylight trying to make enough stock. Still it hasn't really been daylight these past few days, it's so dismal here at the moment. These cards should cheer you up though -

The idea for these came from Mrs B's Blog where I saw some gorgeous Thank You cards that Lorraine had made using the LOTV Art Pads, you can find her post HERE.
I added a little bit of glitter here and there, some Britannia die-cut words, ribbon and bling.

I'd like to enter in to these challenges:

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Brown Sugar - #122 Anything Goes

Sister Act - #85 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - #58 Anything Goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #57 ATG / Keep It Simple

Sketch Saturday - #338 Using Sketch #278

A Little Bit Crafty - Anything Goes but NOT Christmas

CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge - December Challenge

 

Thank you for visiting me today, I really appreciate the time taken to visit and comment here by so many of you. I try and visit each in return but please be assured that although I don't always have time to comment I do look at your lovely work.

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

 

Practising Colouring Balloons

Hi Everyone,
I've had this gorgeous little Lili of the Valley stamp in my stash for ages and haven't used it before - shame on me -  so I thought I had better ink it up and colour it today. The balloons were a challenge to colour because I wanted to be able to see through the front one and make it translucent. So I have been practising and made two cards to show today and another that I will share tomorrow.

This is 'Maisie Two Balloons' and isn't she a sweetie !
I coloured her and the balloons with my Promarkers but paper pieced the dress using a design paper from 'The Shabby Shack' paper pad, also from Lili of the Valley.
Both papers on this card were from the same pad. I embossed the green one with a Stampin'Up embossing folder.
The little banners are MFT dies and that's an LOTV sentiment stamp too.
Then I glittered around the image with glamour dust, something I picked up from Dawny P.

Challenges,

Sketch Saturday - #332

Come And Get It - Childs Card

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Sister Act - #79 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - #53 Anything Goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #51 ATG + twist Add Pink

LOTV Ideas To Inspire - Anything Goes

Crafty Calendar Challenge - Bingo

(embossing, sentiment, sparkle)

 

 

My second card is along the same theme but with an orange and yellow colour scheme.

 

 

So this card is similar but uses My Minds Eye papers - 'The Sweetest Thing - Tangerine' and some cut apart banners from the pad with a few MME enamel dots thrown in for good measure.

 

Challenges

Sketch Saturday - #332

Come And Get It - Childs Card

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Sister Act - #79 Anything Goes

LOTV Ideas To Inspire - Anything Goes

CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge - October challenge

 

So glad you could visit me this evening, please join me again tomorrow for another 'Maisie' card.

 

Bye for now,

 

Lorraine







Land Ahoy ! ..... and some FABULOUS News !!!!!!

Hi Crafters,

This card was made for my great Nephew who was the grand age of SIX yesterday and I do hope that he had a fabulous time.

This Lili of the Valley image, 'Land Ahoy !' was so much fun to colour with my Promarkers and to keep with the nautical theme I thought I'd make a porthole using silver eyelets to surround the image. The background papers are both  freebie digi's that I have had for a long time, the wave die is from La La Land Crafts and I have glittered the top edges. A couple of Doohickey Swirl dies to frame the focal image and some banners cut with a Verve banner die to display his age. I did emboss this with clear embossing powder to make it glossy but it's not showing here. To finish it off I stamped and embossed an LOTV circle sentiment and added large, red brads.
As there are two LOTV products used I would like to enter my card in to their challenge this month.

LOTV Ideas To Inspire - Take Two

Sister Act - #67 Anything Goes

Penny Black and More - July challenge - Dies and Punches

Scribble & Scrap - #23 Anything Goes

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge - #82 Lot of Layers

 



 

Now for the fabulous news !

I had a lovely email a couple of days ago from Kathi who is the co-owner of 613 Avenue Create Weekly Challenge blog asking if I would like to join their Design Team !

Well as you can imagine after I came back down from the ceiling I emailed her straight back and was delighted to accept the post. I have been blogging for nearly a year now and this will be my first DT post and I am so very excited if a little nervous but thrilled to be chosen, thanks Kathi. I will be starting next month so wish me luck !

 

See you all soon,

 

Lorraine

 

Christmas Card Challenge #7 - Cute Christmas

Hi Crafters,
Today we have our challenge at the CCC and it is Cute Christmas. I decided to ink up a neglected stamp from Lili of the Valley - 'Christmas Star', I had forgotten I had this one. Some might say it's because I have too many stamps (mentioning no names - Hubby, lol) but I say it's because it was hidden behind another larger stamp, and I'm sticking to that.
Well here she is.....

6x6 card blank

Christmas Star Stamp - Lili of the Valley

Promarkers

Digi Papers - Just So Scrappy Too

Kraft Card embossed with snowflakes

Cheery Lynn snowflake die

Glamour dust

Sentiment - Papermania Urban Stamps 'Home For Christmas'

 

Challenges:

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes #15

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Passion For Promarkers - Embossing

Winter Wonderland - Get Krafty

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes

Completely Christmas - Anything Goes #5

CHNCC - Anything Goes

Sketch Saturday - Sketch #216     

Although yet again this was a last minute make, I seem to be on catch-up with everything at the moment, I really enjoyed colouring this little image and the layout is a sketch I followed so that took some of the thinking out of it, lol.

I'm entering this in to some challenges which I will edit later as it's Mother's Day and we have some family plans and time has run out on me again. I really needed an extra hour this weekend, not lose one, nevermind. Hope you all enjoy your M' Day.

I will be round for a catch up with your blogs later,

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine



LOTV - Getting Ready

Hi Crafters,
I've seen a few people using the 'no line' stamping technique and thought I would like to try it. Well I'm not doing it again though....first I chose a light ink and stamped my image - Getting Ready - by LOTV....then I began colouring with my Promarkers....but, and I know this was the whole point, but I couldn't see the lines and was having a real problem knowing where one section started and another finished. So in the end I had to use my Copic Multi-liner pen and draw the outline of the stamped image over the top, hence the rather wobbly impression of what should be a lovely clean stamp. Never mind, nothing ventured, nothing gained at least I've learnt that technique is not for me, lol.
I thought I would share it with you anyway...

I'm entering in to these challenges:

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps - Pink and White

 

Thanks for popping in.

 

Lorraine

2014 Christmas card - Yay I've started early

Hi,
I promised myself that I would make one Christmas card each week of the year to help me get ahead for Christmas 2014, so here it is....


I took inspiration for this card from Nicole's Stamp Addiction .

Papers - From my stash ( sorry can't remember the make )

Stamp - Lili of the Valley - Present Trio

Edge Punch - Martha Stewart

Promarkers

 

I'm entering this in to the challenge at :

 

Winter Wonderland - Teddy Bears

Scribble And Scrap - Challenge#9 Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

 

Hope you enjoy the rest of your Sunday

 

Bye for now

 

Lorraine