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 Retirement

Hi, hope you're seeing the sun today. It's very sunny here albeit a little chilly, but it certainly makes me feel happier.
On to my card for today though, I have been asked to make a retirement card for someone who will be spending their extra time doing up their house. I thought I would use the tools die that I incorporated in my card for yesterday, here's how it turned out.

Card Recipe

Embossing folder - Cuttlebug weave

Woodgrain  paper - MME Howdy Doody 6 x 6 pad

Pegboard - Image from the internet

Tools - Rob Addams Tools Die

Letters - Papermania Urban Stamps Madame Payraud's  'Typewriter'

 

Challenges:

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

The Ribbon Girl - Anything Goes

 

See you all later for a spot of commenting,

 

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

Christmas Card 2014 #2

Hi Crafters,
True to my word I'm sticking to my resolution of making a Christmas card each week (so far) and here it is...

Card Recipe

Card - Craft UK scalloped square

Papers - Kaisercraft 'Be Merry Collection'

Stamps - Magnolia 'Winter Forest'

- Snowman from Ebay (sorry no name)

Sentiment - Dreamees stamp set

Large Snowflake - Memory box 'Bianca Snowflake'

Small snowflakes - Cheery Lynn

Brad and ribbon from stash

Promarkers

 

I'm entering this in to the challenges at:

ABC Christmas Challenge - 'A' is for Anything Christmas

Through the Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

 

It's very dull and drizzly outside the window today so I'm not going to look out anymore, just keep my head down and get on with an increasing list of commissions that, although I'm grateful for them, I just don't seem to be making headway with, lol.

 

Catch up with your blogs later,

 

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

My Minds Eye - Howdy Doody

Hi Crafters,
My creative juices are flowing at the moment so I've taken advantage of it and made another card. These beautiful My Minds Eye papers arrived today and aren't they just gorgeous and colourful?

 

Papers - My Minds Eye - Howdy Doody

Kraft Cardstock

Flowers - Recollections

Candy Dots - My Minds Eye

Sentiment Stamp - Inkylicious

Various Dies

 

I'd like to enter in to these challenges:

 

One Crazy Stamper - Anything Goes

Addicted To Stamps - Challenge #72 Lovely Wishes

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

 

Sleep well and see you all tomorrow.

 

Lorraine

Five Jolly Snowmen

Evening all,
Just thought I would pop in and share the last five cards that I have made, and I am so chuffed coz' that's me all finished on the Christmas card front for this year, phew. It was a mad rush at the end and so my New Years resolution is definitely going to be that I must make a Christmas card every week next year so that I have a stash of them by the time it comes round again.
I used a gorgeous Penny Black stamp called 'Warm and Cold Snowman', my Promarkers, lots of different embossing folders (although you are hard pressed to see the embossing in the photo I'm afraid) a Tim Holtz edge die and some gingham ribbon.

He's such a cute little fellow don't you think?
I'm entering in to the following challenges:

Papertake Weekly - Last Christmas... Card of the Year

Crafty Little Fairies - Let It Snow

Bearly-Mine Challenge - Anything Goes

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Winter Wonderland - Ribbon and Pearls
Penny Black and More Challenge - Traditional Christmas Colours

 

That's it from me this evening, I'm off to finish wrapping the last few presents and watch a bit of TV.

 

Lorraine



Christmas Wishes

Hi all,
Just a quick post to share 3 commissioned cards that I finished recently.

I'm entering this card into a challenge at  Papertake Weekly -Christmas Creatures

 

I'm entering this card in to a challenge at Crafty Little Fairies - Let It Snow

 

I'm entering this card in to a challenge at Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

 

Hope you are all organised for the 25th ! I'm almost there now thank goodness.

Catch you all later,

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

 





 

 

Happy Birthday To A Dear Friend

Second post today, get me :)
A dear friends birthday is coming up soon and I thought I'd try a different style of card to what I am used to, I like to have a go at other styles and designs now and again, mainly because I don't think I have a definite style of my own - I think I'm still trying to find mine lol.
I really like kraft and duck-egg blue together so this is my card.

The papers are from a digital set I have that I inked with DI Brushed Corduroy and the flowers are WOC. The lovely banner die is from Joanna Sheen's Signature Die range - a purchase from the NEC recently - the sentiment is from a Verve stamp set, 'Great Friend' and I won this in a giveaway, it stamps beautifully. Oh, can you see my doily? I've had some of these for absolutely ages and finally got to use one. The little tag pulls out and reveals another sentiment, here's a pic.

Front...

 ...and back

 

I really enjoyed making this style of card albeit a little tricky, adding the layers without making it too cluttered, I hope it worked.

I don't know if this will pass as vintage but I am going to try entering it in to the challenge at:

A Creative Romance - Vintage Style

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

 

Enjoy the rest of your day,

See you all 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

Birthday Wish

Hello again, what a change it is to wake up to sunshine.
Today I'm going to share with you a Birthday card that I have made for my Hubby's birthday which is in a couple of weeks time. (It's ok, he doesn't read my blog). He rather likes steam engines whether large or small as in this great Mo Manning image The Engineer. I had seen this image a long time ago and purchased it with the idea of this card. A bit of dry embossing, inking, some promarkers and embellishments and here it is......

 

 

I hope he likes it, in fact apart from the moustache this could be him, lol, don't tell him I said so :)

 

I'm entering in to the following challenges:

Scribble & Scrap - Anything Goes

A Creative Romance - Add Metal

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

Crafty Little Fairies - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Sketchie Free For All #55 (flipped)

 

Have a great day crafty pals,

See you soon

 

Lorraine

Birdhouse Birthday

Hi,
This little card is a commissioned one for a bird lover who has lots of nesting boxes in their garden and enjoys watching the birds from their window. It makes me think of spring and warmer days (will have to wait a while for that, lol) The weather here today is quite sunny but chilly but I am thankful that we escaped the awful winds yesterday, some weren't so lucky.
Here's my card...

 

 



I'd like to enter this in to the challenge at -

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes.

Thanks for visiting today, see you soon,

Lorraine

Vellum Flowers

Hi Crafters,

A quick share with you today of my card using the gorgeous Heartfelt Creations Sun Kissed Fleur stamp set. I have stamped and embossed the flowers and leaves with white embossing powder on vellum and coloured the back of the vellum to give subtle tones of yellow and green.

 

 

I'd like to enter this in to these challenges:

 

Through The Craftroom Door - Anything Goes

 

Saturday Sketch  - Sketch #282 - (Flipped)

 

Thanks for visiting today.

I do love reading your comments so it would be great if you commented today and became a follower.

 

Until next time....

 

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

World Card Making Day

Hi Crafters !

As it is World Card Making Day I had better show you all a card, hadn't I. Although I haven't been posting on my blog this week, I haven't been idle either. I have now caught up with all the blogs that I follow and seen some beautiful creations from you all, left a few comments and made a few cards of my own. I have had a lot of commissioned cards to catch up with and here's a peek at some of them now...

 .... I'd like to enter this card in to the Through The Craftroom Door Challenge - Anything Goes.

and Papertake Weekly Challenge - Anything Goes.

The young lad who asked for this card was very specific about what he wanted on it, these were all the things his mummy loved so I was pleased he liked it.

 

 

And finally I would like to enter this creation into the Challenge over on In the Pink - their challenge theme this time is Luscious Lace.

Hope you've had a great day,

See you soon,

Lorraine

M.I.A.

Phew where has this week gone?...
Sorry I've been missing in action this week, it's been very hectic in our household. I've also been beavering away in my craftroom trying to make lots of things for a stall at a Macmillan Coffee Morning that I have been kindly asked to attend. The only thing was that it was very short notice and I did not have many items to sell. So many hours later, I now have Christmas tags, packs of cards, a few items of handmade jewellery, notebooks etc to take next week. I will show a picture soon of my table set out.
For now though, I would like to enter this card in two challenges:

Through The Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly Challenge - Make It Sparkle

 

 

 

 



Firstly, I die-cut the reindeer and tree line and then heat embossed them with black and white embossing powder. the starry night background was inked using Distress Inks -Stormy Sky and Chipped Sapphire. I had already dry embossed the cardstock with a snowfall embossing folder so I then high-lighted each 'bump' with stickles. the moon was punched out of pearlescent card and two snowflakes added to the corner.

Hope you like.

 

See you soon

Lorraine