As You Like It Challenge #82 - Favourite Die & WHY

Hi Crafters,

The new challenge at As You Like It is to use your Favourite Die - please tell us WHY it's your favourite to be eligible for the prize which is a £10 Voucher for Bunny Zoe's shop.

Well this was a no-brainer for me as I've had a favourite die for some time now and it's the fabulous floral oval die from Spellbinders. I find myself using this so many times on my cards as it's just the perfect size for my coloured images and fits nicely on to a 6 x 6 card but equally doesn't get lost on a larger card either. 

I can't take credit for the whole design on this one as it was one of those days when Mr Mojo had left the building. I wanted a design that suited the age of the cards recipient and while trawling through the internet for inspiration I came across an awesome card by a bloggy friend. 

Here is LUCY'S card.

This is my version...

I  found some papers in the LOTV collection that went with the Art Pad image and added some Joy Crafts corner and accent dies to the design along with some die cut numbers too.

Recipe

Image - LOTV Art Pad

Papers - LOTV

Dies - Spellbinders Floral Oval 

Joy Crafts 6002/0135 & 6002/0148  

Marianne Designs Butterfly  

Tonic Number Dies

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Distress Ink - Antique Linen

Satin Ribbon

Pearls

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Allsorts - #367 Fancy Bows and Ribbons
Not Just Cards - #33 ATG
Crafty Girlz - #16 ATG
Craft-Dee Bowz - June Challenge ATG + Bow
The Ribbon Girl - June Card Challenge
OSAAT - #264 Layer it Up
Crafting From The Heart - #116 ATG

Thanks for visiting, please pop over to the challenge blog  HERE for more inspiration from the DT.

Lorraine

xXx

Baby Boy Box Card

Hi Crafters,

Well the weekend has arrived albeit a cold one here, I hope you are all safe and well.

Today I have a box card to share with you for a baby boy.

They're tricky things to take pictures of so I'm afraid there are quite a few to show all the angles.

Recipe

Spellbinders Scalloped Pop Up Box Die

Baby Boy Cardstock - Limetree Crafts

Marianne Designs Pram (LR0218), Train (LR0308) & Baby Shoe (LR0304) Dies

Britannia Word Dies

Sentiment Stamps - Clearly Besotted Stamps & Kaiser Craft

This was made using a new die to me that I purchased at the NEC back in November, it's the first opportunity I've had to use it. It does make life easier when you don't have to measure everything and cuts like a dream. This card fits into a 6" x 6" envelope when flattened.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

OSAAT - #253 No Square or Rectangle cards

Crafty Cardmakers - #155 NEW: Baby, Marriage, Home etc

Fab n Funky - #287 For A Child

Creative Moments - #84 New Beginnings

Thanks for visiting today and for the lovely comments you have left on my previous post too. I appreciate and read every one of them.

I hope you have a lovely weekend.

Lorraine

xXx

Retirement

Hi Crafters,

I hope you are all well. Today I have a Retirement card to share with you, it was a commissioned one and had the requirements of the house as the main image.

Recipe

Marianne Dies - House CR1217, Tree LR0203

Grass - Magnolia Grass Edger, Cheery Lynn Grass Gorder, Clearly Besotted Fresh Grass Tuft Die

Cat - Impression Obsession Die

Cloud Die - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Sentiment - LOTV

Papers - LOTV Up, Up & Away and Dovecraft Garden Party

I used lots of dies and Distress Inks with this one. Once I had cut out the house I inked through the die with Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain then added Versamark ink and clear EP over the walnut stain colour and embossed it. The tree die was cut several times, one for a shadow and two in green so I could harvest the leaves and add to the branches. The sentiment stamp was also embossed and then cut out using the cloud die.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Quirky Crafts - #18 Home Sweet Home

Cardz 4 Guyz - #87 3 of Something (3 Grass Dies)

TTCRD - ATG

Allsorts Challenge - #327 Lots of Layers

Addicted To Stamps - #108 Die Cuts (Stamped Sentiment)

This was a fun card to make, hope you liked it.

I will be back tomorrow with my DT card for the new challenge at 'As You Like It'.

Lorraine

Play time with Sue Wilson Dies

Hi Crafters,

 

Is everyone enjoying the weather, or maybe watching a bit of Wimbledon?

It's been a bit up and down here for the weather but just the right temperature for me this week at least - I found it too hot last week and didn't get as much done as I would have liked.

I have been playing with my Sue Wilson dies recently and would like to share a few cards that I have made...

 

Sue Wilson - Striplet Regal

Marianne Designs - LR0279

 

Challenge:

Papertake Weekly - ATG

 

 

Sue Wilson - Striplet Regal

MFT - Layered Label

Sue Wilson - Striplet Regal

Spellbinders - Labels 4 + Labels 28

 

Sue Wilson - Canadian Collection Background

Spellbinders - Labels 28

 

Challenge:

Crafty Time - #3 Punches and Dies

 

 

Sue Wilson - Faux Quilled Leaves

Crafters Companion - Decadence Card Front Die

 

Challenge:

Come & Get It - ATG with Flowers

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #87 ATG/Make it Floral

 

 

As you can see most of these were commissioned with names and ages needed.

 

I hope you liked my cards today, I will be back tomorrow sharing an 'oldie' project with Erika and it's not a card this time.

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine



Baby Carriage

Hi Crafters,
Here is the other baby card I promised to share with you, a day late but then what is a day amongst friends?

As you can see I used the lovely Marianne Designs Baby Carriage die and some Spellbinders circle and scalloped circle dies. The gingham ribbon and bows are from Mei Flower.

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

TTCRD - Anything Goes
Divas By Design - Anything Goes
Crafty Catz - Embossing (wet or dry)
Brown Sugar - Anything Goes #95
Sister Act - Anything Goes #58
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes #37
 

 



 Well I'd like to wish you all a dry and sunny Spring Bank Holiday week if you are in the UK but it has been torrential rain here today, I hope it hasn't settled in for the whole week.

Bye for now,

 

Lorraine

P.S. Sorry about the different coloured text in this post, I have no clue what is happening, every time I try to make it all the same colour it reverts back to this, so I've given up I'm afraid :/

Spring Flowers

Hi Crafters,
I've been trying to use some of my dies that have been neglected and I saw a card on my fellow CCC members blog Sylvie and remembered that I had that die so here is my take on Sylvie's inspirational card.

It's a Spellbinder Fleur De Lis Pendant Die.

The centre doily die is a Marianne Craftables die.

I've added clear rhinestones in the centre of each pendant die shape and on the sentiment for interest. To finish it off I added Wild Orchid Craft flowers and the leaves are a Magnolia die I believe.

 

I'm entering this in to these challenges:

A Creative Romance - Spring Flowers

Crafty Catz - Anything Goes #224

 

Well it's late and I'm off to bed so see you all again soon,

 

Lorraine

Papertake Weekly Challenge

Today I thought I would enter this pretty New Baby card in to the challenge taking place on Papertake Weekly.

 

                                                                                                                                                                          

The theme this week is 'Anything Goes'.

 

I've used a selection of different cutting dies on this card, here's a list:

• Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Twenty-Five
• Spellbinders Nestabilities Majestic Labels Twenty-Five (Love these new dies)
• Spellbinders Shapeabilities Fancy Framed Tags One
• Marianne Creatables LR0218 (Pram)

 

I embossed the yellow cardstock with my favourite embossing folder 'Tied Together' by Couture Creations and added an adhesive pearl where the pattern intersects. Finally I stamped the sentiment and added an organza bow and pale yellow cabochon.  







 Hope you like it,

Come back soon,

Lorraine

Two Cards !

...I'm on a roll here.
Hi everyone, tonight I have two cards to share with you, completely different styles.
The first one was commissioned for a 1st Anniversary so I kept it classic and mostly white with  bronze and gold touches.
The background is using one of the new 8" x 8"  Die'sire Embossalicious folders called 'Rose Garden'. I like using these larger embossing folders because I usually make A5 size cards and these larger folders mean I don't have to make a join in the pattern. I also used some of my Spellbinders' dies to make the frame and the filigree border at the bottom. The leaves and swirls were Magnolia Doohickey and Marianne Creatables dies respectively. Hope you like it?

My other card tonight is a cute card that I made for my Great-Niece, she will be 3 soon -  as you can see from the speech bubble I created on my Silhouette Cameo cutting machine. I watched a tutorial on You Tube from destamperjo , showing the process and it was quite easy.
The papers I used and the cute cat image came in a set which were free on a magazine, they are from the Wild Rose Studio - Milton & Co collection.

 

.... and finally, as you may have noticed, I've used another Flair Button from 36 Shades of Flair, I really love these embellishments, just right for this card.
Well bye for now...
..enjoy your weekend.

Lorraine