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



 



Flying High

Happy Valentine's Day ! Everyone.

Hi, hope you are all feeling some luurve today xxx. I have a birthday card though to share with you that I finished a couple of days ago.

Using my graphics programme ' My Craft Studio' I put together this male birthday card. A bit of fussy cutting and layering, a sentiment stamp and an aeroplane charm later - there was my card. I had to make it a quick one because so far this month I have made 20 cards for orders and I still have another 5 to get finished by the 20th February, phew :) I really love making them but it's been pretty hectic getting them all done.

I'm entering this in to these challenges:

A Creative Romance - Let's Get Sentimental

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes



Enjoy your time with loved ones,
See you later,

Lorraine

Fishing

Hi, hope you are all keeping warm and dry today. What a mixed bag of weather, I woke up to pouring rain and now, as I'm writing this, the sun is shining brilliantly although it's quite windy.
I've been busy in my craft room but I'm afraid they are all cards that I can't share with you yet. Both my daughters' have birthdays coming up soon and I have been making cards for them from various family members and of course they look at my blog so I will show them when it is safe to :)
Here is a card I can show though....

Card Recipe:

6 x 6 textured cream card blank

Background paper - 'Go Fish Stripes-Carolyn Holt

Image - Art Impressions stamp ( pre-coloured images given to me in a swap)

Sentiment - Computer generated

Spellbinders Classic Circle Die

 

I got the idea for this card from none other than, wait for it......Pinterest. Where would we be without it? lol. The original card can be found here. Hope you like my version too.

I'm entering it in to these challenges:

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

My Mums Craft Shop - Spots &/or Stripes

 

Thanks for all the wonderful comments here recently, they are very appreciated and also a big welcome to my new followers, hope you can find some inspiration here and enjoy my ramblings.

Hope to get round some of your blogs today and leave some love.

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

Happy Birthday Son

Hi,
Thanks for popping in today... I hope you aren't too soggy... the weather is dismal outside.
I'd like to share a quick card with you all today, another male card commissioned for February.

Card recipe

Cream pearlescent card blank

Digi papers

Digi Image - Delicious Doodles Norton Motorbike

Clock brad - Bo Bunny Timepiece Brads

Enamel dots - MME Lost & Found Christmas

Twine - Tim Holtz Paper String

 

I'm entering it in to these challenges:

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

 

 

I'm off to cook the dinner now and watch The Voice later so I will be back to hop around your blogs after that.

 

Bye for now,

 

Lorraine



Just For You ~ Nephew

Hi Crafters,
A warm welcome to all my new and existing followers and a thank you for your lovely comments here on my blog.
I haven't posted for a week it seems and I just don't know where that week went, I've been in my craft room but, alas my crafty mojo has spread it's wings and flown South for the winter I think.  I have lots of cards to make and my order book is quite full but I just can't seem to get in to it right now so I rummaged through my draws and decided to take an easy option of using a decoupage kit and matching papers from Docrafts.

Card Recipe

Docrafts Wellington 6 x 6 paper pack

Docrafts Wellington Decoupage sheet

Docrafts Papermania Capsule Collection Polka Dot Mini Buttons

 

Doesn't he look so squeezy and cuddly. I like the muted tones on this card for my Nephew and I placed three Docrafts mini buttons in the corner for interest.

I have a few more male cards to make for February, I think I might use this set again, unless of course, Mr Mojo returns soon.

I'm entering this card in two challenges:

Scribble And Scrap - Anything Goes

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes





Hope you are all well, these wet dreary days can leave you feeling down, roll on Spring, PLEASE !

 

Bye for now

Lorraine

Marvelous Magnolia

Hi,
I was inspired to enter the challenge over at Marvelous Magnolia by Linda Levoir, one of the DT members. She has made a wonderful card for the challenge and you can see it on her blog Sticky with Glitter . I only have three Magnolia Tilda stamps at the moment so I chose one which looked fairly simple to colour as I intended to try something new. Instead of using my Promarkers I thought I would try water colouring with Distress Inks for a change.

Card Recipe

Cardstock - Kraft

Papers - Doodlebug Designs (spotted)

Distress Inks and waterbrush

Stickles

Flowers and lace - WOC

Corner Dies - Marianne Designs LR0280

Frame Die - Memory box Small Felicity Frame

 

As it's my first attempt at water colouring with DI's I don't think it turned out too bad. I know what to change for next time now. The challenge at Marvelous Magnolia requires lace in your project and as I've almost covered mine up here's a close up just to prove it's there, lol.

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

Marvelous Magnolia - Lovely Lace

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Crafty Little Fairies - Kraft

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Something New (Water colour technique)

 

Well that's it from me, hope you've all had a lovely day and looking forward to the weekend.

 

See you soon,

Lorraine

Floral Birthday

Hi Crafters,
Hope the weather has been better today where ever you live, and lets hope for brighter days to come.

Here is a card I was commissioned to make which has a Spring, floral feel...     although I must say that the green leaves were not that vibrant in real life, as you may have noticed Santa didn't bring me a new camera after all :(  anywho on to my card...

Card Recipe

Spellbinders - Fancy Lattice Die & Fancy Framed Tags One

Cottage Cutz Die - Bella Leafy Branch

Flowers - WOC

Ribbon and peel-offs from stash

 

I'm entering this in to the following challenges:

 

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Scribble and Scrap - Anything Goes

 

 

Thank you for visiting and for all the lovely comments left here recently, off now for a little Blog catch up.

See you soon,

 

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

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

 





 

 

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



 

 

 



 

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

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