Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Ribbons and Pearls

Hi Crafters,

This is a very sad post today as it's the last challenge at Top Tip Tuesday. Samantha has run the challenge for the past five years but has found it hard to devote the attention it needs of late and so made the difficult decision to close. As it's the last one though we have a fabulous array of sponsors and prizes - check out the blog for all the details.
This week we are asking you to use Ribbons and Pearls

Recipe
Faery Ink - Mama's Love Image
Medium - Pro/flexmarkers
Papers - Unknown (Ebay)
Marianne Designs Dies - CR1248, CR1250, LR0303
Velvet Ribbon
Adhesive Pearls
Bows

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Sister Act - #117 ATG
Crafty Calendar Challenge - Bingo (Pink, Pearls, Ribbon)
The Ribbon Girl - Just Add Ribbon (Velvet Ribbon)
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #15 ATG
OSAAT - #242 ATG/Children
Crafting From The Heart - #71 ATG


I would like to take this opportunity to thank Samantha for asking me to be on this awesome Design Team and getting to work with such a friendly and talented group of ladies. I have had a fabulous time and although I am sad this challenge has had to close I know that we will all see each other in Blogland frequently, some are already on my new Design Team at As You Like It .

Well that's all from me today, please go and check out all the fabulous prizes up for grabs on this last challenge and join in for one last fling at TOP TIP TUESDAY !

Lorraine
 

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge 'Pick A Line' Bingo Board

Hi Crafters,

 

Thank you for taking the time to visit me today, your continued support and encouragement means so much to me along with your comments.

 

Today marks the beginning of another challenge at Top Tip Tuesday,  we would like to see your creations using a line from the Bingo Board on the blog.

 

I've been a bit greedy and used all the lines :)

 

...and it's another easel card! I'm on a roll with these after making one last week now I can't stop :)

 

...and here's a close up of that fab image...

 

 

Recipe

Kenny K image - Texting Friends

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Stitching with Gutterman Top Stitch Thread in Red

Papers - DCWV Garden Party Stack and Chevrons from stash

SB Grand Scalloped Circle and Circle Dies

Marianne Designs Die - COL1359 Mobile phone die and sentiments

Kraft Cardstock

Ribbon and Pearls

Recollections flowers

Cosmic Shimmer Glitter Jewels

 

 

 We are sponsored by Kenny K who are giving away 3 digital images to the winner!

 

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Fab & Funky - #268 Flower Delights
Brown Sugar - #155 Girly
Art By Miran - #36 ATG
Crafty Time - #3 Punches and Dies (3rd entry)
Little Claire's Designs - #59 In Bloom
Craft-Dee-Bowz - July ATG + Bow
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #14 ATG
Crafting From The Heart - #69 ATG
Kenny K's Krafting Krew - #199 ATG (optional Christmas)
 

The rest of the DT have been busy making inspirational samples too so go and check out their fabulous makes and I will be back later to do a bit of commenting.

 

Lorraine

 



Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Summer Fun

Hi Crafters,

 

It's lovely to see some new followers here - 'Welcome, I hope you enjoy what I create and share'.

A big thank you to all my long term followers too for sticking with me thus far, I really appreciate your presence and comments.

 

Now on to the task at hand...Today is a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday and Brenda has chosen appropriately for the weather.... 'Summer Fun'.

 

Our sponsor is 2 Cute Ink and I am using Sand Castle Crab for my card.

 

Recipe

Image  - 2 Cute Ink - Sand Castle Crab

Medium - Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - Bo Bunny - Barefoot Bliss

Cloud Die - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Sentiment - Art Impressions

 

Quite a clean and simple card for me today as the papers did most of the work. I just had to use that word paper, I love it. I had great fun colouring in Mr Crab and his sandcastle with my Promarkers, he looks like he's having great fun there on the beach, don't you think?

I'm sure you can come up with some fabulous projects linked to our theme this time so we look forward to seeing your entries on the blog.

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

I Love Promarkers - #276 Summer

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #13 ATG

Crafting From The Heart - #67 ATG

 

Well that's it from me for today, see you soon,

 

Lorraine

 



Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Cut It Out

Hi Crafters,

Top Tip Tuesday challenge starts today and the theme is 'Cut It Out'.

We are sponsored by Shape EZ who are offering the lucky winner 2 Shape EZ templates as their prize.

The DT were given some templates to use and I had 'Baby Dress', here is the card that I made...

 

Recipe

Shape EZ Template - Baby Dress

Scraps of patterned paper

Magnolia Doohickey lace border die

Scalloped circle and circle punch

Velvet ribbon

Heart Brad

LOTV sentiment labels stamps

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Cute Card Thursday - #376 Summer Colours

Crafty Time - #2 Girls, Girls, Girls

 

Hope you can join in with us this week for a fun challenge.

See you soon,

 

Lorraine



Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - It's All About The Hair Colour

Hi Crafters,

 

Those of you in the UK I hope you all enjoyed your Bank Holiday Weekend, the weather was up and down a bit here but we managed to get done what we wanted to and I got a little crafting time in so all was good.

 

Today I'm here to share with you my DT inspiration for Top Tip Tuesday's latest challenge which is 'All About The Hair Colouring'.

We would like to see your best hair colouring male or female and any colour you wish!
We are also having a DT CALL so if you fancy joining a great bunch of ladies then check out the blog for details of how to enter.

 

I was going to go with pink hair on my image from The East Wind but I chickened out at the last minute, lol, but I'm sure you are braver than me, here she is....'Aurora Spring Melody'...

 

Recipe

7 x 7 Card Blank

Image - Aurora Spring Melody - The East Wind

Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - First Edition - Love Letters

Lace - The Ribbon Girl

Ribbons - From Stash

Pearl Brad - Hobby Craft

Flowers - Prima

Leaves - Sue Wilson - Quilled Leaves

Arch Die - Tonic Studios

Here's a side view showing the dimension...

 

 Challenges I'd like to enter:
Crafty Catz - #280 Kids
Brown Sugar - #147 Favourite Colour Combo - (Pink & Brown)
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #81 ATG/Make It Girlie
Art By Miran - #32 ATG
Noor Design - #6 Flowers
The Cutie Pie Challenge - #87 Layer It Up
Crafty Girlz - #2 ATG/Spring is in the Air
Scribble & Scrap - #45 ATG
Come & Get It - Tic Tac Toe
(Die Cut - Design Paper - Ribbon)

Incy Wincy Designs - Lots of Layers/No Layers

Craft-Dee BowZ - May Challenge - ATG+ Handmade Bow

 

 

We are sponsored this time by The East Wind

 

and they are offering 3 images to the winner.

 

I look forward to visiting your blogs and seeing your beautiful creations, you have two weeks to come up with your hair themed projects and if colouring hair is rather daunting for you our fabulous Deneen has included a tutorial on the blog to help you along.

 

Well that's all from me today, see you very soon,

 

Lorraine

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Animals

Hi Crafters,

 

Lovely to see you here again, welcome to all my old and new followers too.

Today is the start of another challenge at Top Tip Tuesday and this time we would like to see your 'Animal' projects. We are sponsored by Crafty Sentiments Designs who are offering 3 digital images of your choice for their prize.

 

I am using Rose with Roxy for my stepper card today

 

Image coloured with my Pro/flexmarkers

Presscut Stepper Card Die

LOTV Papers - Always and Forever

LOTV Calendar Sentiment

Buttons and Ribbon from stash

 

Here is a side view to show the folds of the stepper card.

 

 

I die-cut some white card to stamp my verse on to for the inside, it was from the Unmounted Stamp Company and here is a close up of the three layered button embellishment.

 

I managed to thread the fine organza ribbon through all the holes in each button and tied a tiny bow at the front.

Please pop over to the blog to see the lovely makes from the rest of the DT and then get out your animal stamps and join in the fun!

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

 I Love Promarkers - #268 ATG

Crafty Catz - #278 CAS

Sister Act - #105 ATG

Creative Fingers - #79 ATG

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Buttons and Bows

Scribble & Scrap - #44 ATG

The Ribbon Girl - A Shaped Card / ATG / Any Image

Crafting From The Heart - #59 ATG

 

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine



Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Duo

Hi Crafters,
Some of you may have caught a glimpse of this card I am about to share with you when I had a slight boo - boo with the schedule button the other day. I wasn't quite quick enough to stop it posting on Facebook but these things happen and so here is my card for the new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday - 'Duo'.

This is what the dictionary says about the word 'duo'

(du ou, dyu ou)

n., pl. du os.

Two persons commonly associated with each other; couple, pair of performers,

Two things ordinarily placed or found together; a pair: a duo of lovebirds
 

for this challenge however it can also be:

Black and white

Scones and Jam

Sausage and mash

Lock and Key

...that type of thing.

 

I chose to use an image from our Sponsor All Dressed Up called Love My Sister.

 

Recipe

All Dressed Up image - Love My Sister

Pro/flexmarkers

Grand Labels One for the card base and frame

First Edition Love Letters papers

Spellbinders Oval Floral Die

Memory box Shrewsbury Stem, Chandra Stem and Heart Ribbon Dies

Joycrafts Bille's Flourishes 6002/0264 Die

Hobby House Pearls

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Sentimental Sundays - #256 Colour Inspiration Board

OSAAT - #235 ATG - with Daughters/Girls

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #8 ATG

Crafting From The Heart - #57 ATG

 

 Our sponsor is offering two free digi's to the winner this week, let's see what duo's you can come up with, I look forward to checking them out.

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

 

 

 

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - 3 of Something

Hi Crafters,

Today is a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday. We would like you to use '3 of Something'. I made a set of cards using 3 butterflies on each, here are two of the cards for you to look at...

 

Recipe

Stampin' Up Label Love Stamps and Punch

Stampin' Up Mixed Melody Stamp

Stampin' Up Small Butterfly Punch

Chevron Embossing Folder

Pearls

 

Our sponsor this time is

 

and as you can see they are giving away a fab prize.

Do come and join in the fun we love to see what you create.

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Addicted To Stamps - #102 Girly but no Pink
Scribble & Scrap - #42 ATG
Crafting From The Heart - #55 ATG

The forecast for today is supposed to be beautiful sunshine so fingers crossed I hope you all get some.

 

 

Lorraine

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Mellow Yellow

Hi Crafters,
I'm here to share my DT card with you for Top Tip Tuesday.
The theme this week is 'Mellow Yellow' so we would  like to see your projects with the colour yellow in them.
There is a fabulous $12 gift voucher prize from our sponsor this time, Sami Stamps.
I decided to make a wedding card using 'Rose Bride', isn't she gorgeous?

Recipe

Rose Bride - Sami Stamps

Pro/flexmarkers

Artoc Speciality papers

Doilies

SB Gold Elements One Corner Die

Organza Ribbon

Lili of the Valley Sentiment Stamp

Pearl Brad

 

Challenges I would like to enter:

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #73 ATG - Add a Sentiment

Sister Act - #99 ATG

 

We'd love to see what you come up with for this challenge, if you need any inspiration then take a look at my teamies blogs and leave them some love while you are there too.

Thanks for visiting and a big 'hello' to my new followers, it's great to have you here and I hope you enjoy visiting again and again.

Bye for now,

 

Lorraine

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Buttons or Bows

Hi Crafters,
Another challenge has come around at Top Tip Tuesday - the weeks are whizzing by and we are already half way through March, where did it go?! The theme is 'Buttons or Bows' and we have two fabulous sponsors so that means two fabulous prizes.
I have used Umbrella Mouse by Bugaboo Stamps to make my get well card...

Recipe

Image - Umbrella Mouse - Bugaboo

Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - LOTV/Nitwit - Pastel Dreams

SB Large Circle and Scalloped Circle Dies

Magnolia Lovely Fence Die

Stampin' Up Oval and Scalloped Oval Punches

Sentiment - Hobby Craft Stamp

Organza Ribbon

 

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Sister Act - #97 ATG
Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #71 ATG + Spots /Stripes
Little Miss Muffet Challenge - #107 ATG
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #6 ATG
 

Our two sponsors are

   

  

 

Thanks for taking the time to visit my little blog today and for all your comments and encouragement.

Take care and have a lovely day,

 

Lorraine  

 

 

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Use an Action Image

Hi Crafters,
I'm here today to share my DT card for Top Tip Tuesday. Now you can interpret the theme how you wish, an 'action image' could mean an image doing an activity like skating, cycling, running or it could be as I have chosen to interpret it as an action card. Here is my Penny Slider Card using 'Bunny on a Rocket from our sponsor this time which is Zlatoena's Designs...

Recipe

Thick card base and top layer for support

Bunny on a Rocket Digital image - Zlatoena's Designs

Pro/flexmarkers

Two Pennies

Star Stamps - Lavinia Stamps

Sentiment - Clearly Besotted Stamps

Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire and Dusty Concorde

Two tone cardstock and various circle dies.

 

This was such a fun card to make and I loved colouring the little bunny image. I started by stamping random stars over the plain top card layer with clear embossing ink and heat embossed them. Than I inked the sky with Distress Inks, the embossed stars resist the ink and stay white and glossy. Then I spritzed with a water mister to create an outer space look. The planet was created using two different toned pieces of cardstock cut in to circles and using smaller circle dies I randomly cut out the craters and popped it up on foam tape. My image was coloured using my Pro/flexmarkers and attached to one penny with a foam circle. Another foam circle was sandwiched between that and the other penny making the slider mechanism. The tricky part was cutting the curved slot in the top layer of card, I made myself a template first as I didn't want to mess it up at this stage. Once the slot was made then the penny sandwich was inserted and the Rocket now slides and spins along the slot looking like Bunny is whizzing around the planet. That just left the sentiment and I had the perfect one from Clearly Besotted Stamps.

Hope you like my little Penny Slider Card, they are quite easy to make and some of the other DT members have made action cards too so please take a look and get some great ideas. You could win yourself two digital images from our sponsor this time if you are the lucky winner. I  look forward to seeing all your entries over the next two weeks.

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

I Love Promarkers - #258 Animals

Crafty Catz - #268 Use your Dies and Punches

Brown Sugar - #135 ATG

Creative Fingers - #69 ATG

Country View Crafts - March Challenge ATG

Scribble & Scrap - #39 ATG

Sentimental Sundays - #248 ATG

Come & Get It - Emboss It

 



Thank you for visiting today and your comments are always welcome. I've been steadily trying to get round all of your blogs recently whilst also trying to build up some more stock for my stall so I apologise if I haven't managed to get to you yet but I have two craft fairs coming up and a Farmers Market event soon which is taking up quite a lot of my time, oh and the family need feeding once in a while, lol. I can see all your lovely creations coming up in my feed list but I can not always comment but be sure that I am following what you are up to and when things quieten down a bit I will visit.

Hope you are managing to stay away from all the nasty bugs and I wish you a happy Spring and hopefully some warmer weather.

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine

 



Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Rubber Stamps Only

Hi Crafters,

Our theme this time at Top Tip Tuesday is to use 'Rubber Stamps Only' and we are sponsored by Bunny Zoe's Crafts who are giving away a £10 voucher for the shop as this weeks prize.
I have used a new stamp to me from Crafter's Companion called 'Love Birds' from the Moonbeam Meadow range. I also decided to use a sketch this time to create my card layout and this one comes from Mojo Monday.

Recipe

Love Birds Rubber Stamp - Crafter's Companion

Pro/flexmarkers

Papers - Authentique 6 x 6 pad - Splendid

Magnolia leaf die

SB Circle dies

MFT - Dispersed Dots Die

Sentiment comes in the stamp set

Resin Rose

 

Challenges:

Mojo Monday - Sketch #385

Sister Act - #93 ATG

Penny Black & More - Feb. ATG except a Digi

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - For The Girls

Noor Designs - #3 Spring

CHNC Patterned Paper Challenge - Feb. Challenge

Scribble & Scrap - #38 ATG

Come & Get It - Birthdays!

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #4 ATG

Eureka Stamps - #128 Birds of a Feather

 

I hope you liked my Spring themed card today, do check out my teamies blogs for their marvellous creations and then hunt down those stamps you have at the bottom of the drawer and make a card for the challenge, you could be the lucky winner of that £10 voucher for Bunny Zoe's shop.

 

See you soon,

 

Lorraine



Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Favourite Colour Combo

Hi Crafters,
The weeks are flying by and it is time for a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday. We'd like to see your favourite colour combo used in your card or project please.  I have a few favourites but I went with Pink and Brown...

Recipe

Image - Baby Aurora Angel, The East Wind

Pro/flexmarkers

Spellbinders Large Circle and Scalloped Circle Dies

LOTV Sentiment

Pleated Trim

Pearl Brads

Flower Buttons

Glamour Dust

 

This is 'Baby Aurora Angel', isn't she sooo cute!

 

 Challenges I'd like to enter:
In The Pink - Pink and Pearlie
Brown Sugar - #131 Three Different Embellishments
(Buttons, Brads and Pleated Trim)
Scribble & Scrap - #37 ATG
That Craft Place - ATG
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #3 ATG
Crafting From The Heart - #45 ATG

  

We are sponsored by

https://www.etsy.com/shop/theeastwind

and they are offering a choice of three fabulous images as the prize.

 

The DT have been busy creating some wonderful samples to spark your imagination for the challenge so check out their blogs and leave them some love while you are there too.

Hugs,

 

Lorraine

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Something New

Hi Crafters,
Thanks for joining me here today and I hope that you are well.
Today it is a new challenge at Top Tip Tuesday  - Something New. It could be a new baby card, new home, using new stash or a new technique to you, so come and join in the fun.
Here is my card using some new stash that I won from The Ribbon Girl Facebook page giveaway and a new technique (for me anyway) - hand stitched edges.

 Recipe

Image - Hannah Lynn, Rainbow Sky Mermaid

Pro/Flexmarkers

Distress inks for background - Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough & Salty Ocean

Rusty Hinge DI - Seahorse and Starfish

All edges inked with Vintage Photo

Stamp Set - Pink Paisley - Nantucket

Perfect Pearls Shimmer Spray - Turquoise

Guttermanns Top Stitch Thread - Nutmeg

Cheese cloth

Silhouette Cameo Files - Starfish, Seahorse & Under the Sea

Liquid Pearls - White Opal

 

I had great fun making the background using my distress inks. I pressed the ink pads on to my craft sheet and sprayed some water on to it until the colours merged. Then I laid my backing card on top and soaked up the ink, swirled it about a little and dried it with my heat tool. Using the stamp set I then inked a seahorse, shell, the small starfish, some text and the word Beauty with the same colours of DI and randomly stamped them all over the background. Unfortunately I then covered up the seahorse with the cut-out seahorse :/ Again I sprayed water all over the card and the images began to blur and fade. After drying this again I sprayed it with the Perfect Pearls shimmer spray. When it was dry I stitched around the edges - this is my NEW technique for the challenge and my NEW piece of stash is the cheese cloth.
A peek at the inside where you can definitely see the all of the stamping technique.

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Brown Sugar - #129 Birthday for a Girl

Sister Act - #89 ATG

Creative Fingers - #63 ATG

Country View Challenge - Use Something New To You ( Cheese cloth)

Scribble & Scrap - #36 ATG

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #2 ATG

Crafting From The Heart - #43 ATG

Crafty Cardmakers and More - #130 Something Old, Something New (Old - Distress Inks, New - Cheese cloth)

Try It On Tuesday - Add some fabric (cheese cloth)

 

 

I hope you like my little mermaid card, she was a lovely image to colour up.

Please take a look at the other DT's creations, they have produced some fabulous makes to get the ideas flowing.

We are sponsored by Hannah Lynn Art

 

..and the winner will receive a $10 voucher for the store.

Look forward to seeing what you create!

 

Lorraine

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge #27 - Keep It Simple

Hi Crafters,
Today I am here to share my DT card for Top Tip Tuesday.
The theme this time is 'Keep It Simple'.
Funnily enough I had made a New Years resolution to try my hand at making more CAS cards as I find them quite tricky and then low and behold both my Christmas Club Card and Top Tip Tuesday Design team challenges were for this theme. I went for a simple Thank You card as we have lots to make after receiving our Christmas gifts.

Recipe

A6 Card Blank

Hero Arts Dot Flower Pattern Stamp

Holographic Embossing Powder

Tim Holtz Distress Inks

(Spiced Marmalade, Mustard Seed, Festive Berries)

Justrite Banner Die

Justrite 'Timely Banners' Stamp

 

I love making backgrounds with distress inks and a resist technique and for this one I used Versamark ink and holographic embossing powder on the detailed hero Arts stamp, heat embossed it to give the white sparkly areas and then inked over it with three colours of Distress inks. Buffed off the ink from the embossing and voila - a beautiful background. Then I added the stamped and die cut Thank You banner. Very CAS I think this time.

Join in with our theme at Top Tip Tuesday and be in with a chance to win a $10 Gift Certificate for

http://shop.sweetstamps.com/

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Cute Card Thursday - #354 ATG

Crafty Catz - #260 ATG

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #1 ATG +CAS
Scribble & Scrap - #35 ATG Clean & Simple
 

 

Thanks for stopping by,

See you all soon,

 

Lorraine

Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Make Your Own

Hi Crafters,
I'm here today with my DT creation for the theme over on the Top Tip Tuesday blog using this fabulous image from Bugaboo Stamps .
I have made my own 'Secret Gift Box' using a tutorial HERE .

Here it is open...showing the three interlocking trays...

... and here it is closed.
I have 3d paper pieced the Balloon Girl image on the top after colouring her with my Promarkers.
The lovely, floral papers are from the Lili of the Valley/Nitwit Paper pad - Bonnets and Bowties.
But I couldn't leave it at that so I made a matching greetings card as well...

Recipe

Bugaboo Image - Frame It Balloon Girl

Promarkers

Embossalicious EF - Knit One Pearl One

MFT Blueprints 14 Die - Flower and button

LOTV Stamp Set - Sentiment Tags

 

 

We are sponsored this time by

 

http://www.bugaboostamps.com/

..and they are offering 7 digital images for their prize so come on, get your crafting things out and create a box, bag, ornament, mini album, crochet or knitted item or just an element on your card.  As long as you have made it yourself and explain in your post what you have made you will be in with a chance of winning this fab prize. 

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

 I Love Promarkers - #250 ATG
Little Miss Muffet - #100 ATG
Creative Fingers - #61 ATG
A Little Bit Crafty - ATG But NOT Christmas
Scribble & Scrap - #34 ATG
Not Just Cards - #9 ATG
 

Thanks for joining me today as I know how busy everyone is at this time and with tomorrow being Christmas Eve there are still a lot of things left to do, so I am grateful for your company and any comments are read and appreciated, thanks.

I will be back tomorrow for one last card share before the festivities begin, so see you then...

 

Lorraine



Top Tip Tuesday Challenge - Buttons or Bows

Hi Crafters,
This week at Top Tip Tuesday we are playing with 'Buttons and Bows' and here is a little card as inspiration for you...

Recipe

Image - Zlatoena's Designs

Promarkers

SB Labels Twenty Two Die

Paper - LOTV/Nitwit 'Twas the Night'

BoBunny Holly Corner Stamp

Buttons

Linen Thread

Ribbon

Sentiment - Computer generated

 

We have some gorgeous digital images up for grabs as our prize this week from

 

 

https://www.etsy.com/shop/Zlatoena?ref=si_shop

 

The design team have some lovely inspirational cards to get your crafty mojo flowing and we would love to see what you come up with for the theme so check out the blog and we'll see you there.

 

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Cute Card Thursday - #348 Stars

Winter Wonderland - Let's Get Sentimental

Crafty Catz - #256 Winter Theme

Brown Sugar - #121 Use 2 or More Colours

Sister Act - #84 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - #57 Anything Goes

Fussy & Fancy Friday - #127 Pairs or Two of a Kind (2 star buttons & 2 Spotty buttons)

Crafty Calendar Challenge - It's All About Christmas

Scribble & Scrap - #32 Anything Goes

 

 

Bye for now,

Lorraine

My First Design Team Post For Top Tip Tuesday

 

Hi Everyone,
I've been so excited for the past few weeks to tell you that I had been asked by Samantha and Annette to join the DT at Top Tip Tuesday but  I had to wait until today to spread the news. I was so thrilled to be asked and jumped at the opportunity to join the team.
We are sponsored this time by Stamp and Create, the theme is to use '3 papers or more' and  here is my card...

Recipe

Mr Fixit image - Mo Manning

Promarkers

My Minds Eye paper pad - Adventure

Brittania Dies - 'Happy Birthday'

MFT die - Zig-zag border

MFT die - Stitched Squares

Creative Expressions Screw head Brads

Craftime DIY Embellishments

 

This card is actually for my husbands birthday on the 13th of this month so he has been banned from looking at my blog in case he sees it too early, lol. He is my real life handy man as he has just finished fitting out my new craft room. I had a small insulated room at the rear of our garage to work in but since my eldest daughter left home recently I have moved into her old bedroom and I have so much more space now, it's heaven, I'm so lucky to be able to have a purpose made room of my own.

 

Challenges I'm entering:

Creative Moments - #55 ATG/Celebration

Cute Card Thursday - #346 Stripes

Sister Act - #82 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - #55 Anything Goes

Suzy Bee's Bloomin' Challenge - #54 ATG/Make It Male

CHNC patterned Paper Challenge - November Challenge

Scribble & Scrap - #31 Anything Goes

 

So back to the challenge.... don't forget to use 3 or more papers and that's it, easy! so come and join us you could be the lucky winner of that fab prize.





the winner will receive a $20 voucher, 

 

 

Bye for now,

 

Lorraine