Allsorts Challenge #652 - Anything Goes with a Stamped/Digital Image

 Hi Crafters,

Another Saturday has arrived and that means a new challenge at Allsorts.

This week we'd like to see Stamped Images or Digital Images on your projects which can be for any occasion.

Recipe

Image - Woodware Stamp FRS002 Boys Toys

Heat embossed and coloured with Promarkers

Cog Embossing Folder inked with Distress Ink Vintage Photo

Xcut Sentiment Die

Challenges I'd like to enter:

to be added

We have two fabulous prizes for our lucky winners...

Bee Crafty Border Stamps

and

3 images of winners choice from...

Ruth Hamilton Designs

Come and join us for a fun challenge.

Lorraine

xXx

Passion For Promarkers Challenge #409 - Monochrome

Hi Crafters,

Come and join in the fun challenge at Passion For Promarkers this week!

We have a monochrome theme so we'd like to see your projects, coloured with your Promarkers and in a monochrome style.

Recipe

Image & Sentiment - Woodware Stamp - Knit One, Purl One

Coloured with Promarkers using Holly, Ocean Teal, Lush Green, Grass, Mint Green, Honeydew, Soft Green, Pastel Green.

Tonic Studio Scalloped Square Nesting Dies.

Embossalicious Knitting Embossing Folder

EK Success Corner Punch

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #64 ATG
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Add a Sentiment
Crafty Friends - #64 ATG
Country View Challenge - August Blues and Greens
Stamping Sensations - ATG
Sweet Stampers - #10 CAS

We have a fabulous sponsor this week

Ppinky Dolls

Who are offering 3 digi images as their prize.

Thanks for joining me today and I hope to see you again soon.

Lorraine

xXx

Let's Go Fishing!

Hi Crafters,

I think the lovely weather we've been having here in the South has turned a corner, it's not looking as good for the next few days - I will enjoy the cooler nights though.

I've been making a series of hobby themed cards for my stall covering various pastimes.

Both cards are using a Woodware Stamp called Casting The Bait and I have added the Silhouette 'FISH' cut file using the positive and negative for a different look. The first card is quite a clean and simple design for me, the second has a bit more going on with some embossing and die cut grass borders.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

The Craft Barn - What Men Like To Do on a Bank Holiday

Addicted To Stamps - #130 Not a Square

Come & Get It - #133 Black, White + One Other Colour

OSAAT - #269 ATG + For Men

Cardz 4 Guyz - #135 Something Beginning with 'F'

Aud Sentiments - #163 ATG + Sentiment

C.R.A.F.T. Challenge - #379 Embossing

Addicted To CAS - #95 Silhouette

Just Keep On Creating - September Anything Goes

Thanks for popping in today, I appreciate the time taken to read and comment here.

 I will be back tomorrow with another Christmas Card Club post - yes, that's another two weeks gone by in a flash!

Oh and by the way - not to panic you at all but it's only 113 days to the Big Day!

Lorraine

xXx

Passion For Promarkers Challenge #351 - Inspired By a Song

Hi Crafters,

Where are these weeks going?
...and what has happened to our Summer?
It has been very wet here of late and I can't wait for some sunny and warm weather to arrive.
Until that happens let's take a look at the new challenge at Passion For Promarkers.

Inspired By a Song Title (not Happy Birthday)

My song is "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" Neil Diamond & Barbara Streisand

Recipe
Stamped Image & Sentiment - Woodware Daisy Panel
Medium - Pro/flexmarkers
Martha Stewart Border Punch
Pearls

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Crafty Creations - #317 Tic, Tac, Toe
(Punches, Image, Birthday)
Creative Inspirations - #253 Spring into Summer
Crafty Friends - #34 Inspired by a Song
(You Don't Leave Me Flowers)
Allsorts - #368 How Does Your Garden Grow
One Crazy Stamper - June ATG
Penny Black & More - Flower Power
Addicted To Stamps - #129 Anything Summer
The Ribbon Girl - June Any Image Challenge
OSAAT - #264 Layer It Up


Come and join in the fun with us we'd love to see what song titles you can create a project with. Don't forget to use your Letraset - Winsor & Newton Markers on your project and tell us where you have used them for a chance to win the prize from our sponsors.
We have a set of Brushmarkers from Winsor & Newton and $21 voucher from Bugaboo Stamps.

I really appreciate you calling by today and look forward to reading your comments and visiting you later.

See you soon,

Lorraine
xXx

ABC Christmas Challenge - H is for Hat

Hi Crafters,

I'm back this week with the new challenge at ABC Christmas.

Thanks for all the get well messages after my wisdom teeth extraction last week, I'm glad that's behind me now.

So here is my card for the theme of

H is for HAT
We'd like to see your Christmas projects featuring a hat this time.

Recipe
Image - Woodware Stamp - Snow Buddies
Medium - Pro/flexmarkers
Papers - Create and Craft set
Flowersoft

Challenges I'd like to enter:
Brown Sugar - #193 ATG
Unicorn Challenge - #8 Favourite Time of the Year (Christmas)
One Crazy Stamper - April ATG
The Ribbon Girl - ATG Card Challenge
Come & Get It - #113 Bright Colours
Incy Wincy Designs - Use your favourite colouring medium - Promarkers
Crafting From The Heart - #107 ATG


Our sponsor for this challenge is DigiStamp Boutique


with a prize of a £10 Voucher for the winner.

Come and join in the fun and start creating some Christmas cards ahead of time too.

See you soon,

Lorraine
xXx

A is for Angler

Hi Crafters,

I've been getting inky over the Easter weekend and this is what I've created using my Distress Inks and a variety of stamps.

Recipe

Distress Inks for the background

Versamark Onyx Black Ink foreground Stamping

Memento Green Inks

Woodware Angler Stamp and Sentiment

Various Sheena Douglas Stamps

Lavinia Stamps

Marianne Corner Die LR0143

I created the background by tearing a piece of paper and using the jagged edge with my inks for the mountains and water. The clouds were inked using another piece of card that I had cut to shape. Then it was just a case of over stamping the foliage and Angler image. I'm quite pleased at how this turned out.

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Cardz 4 Guyz - #113 Something Beginning with 'A' (Angler)

Unicorn Challenge - #7 Clean & Simple

One Crazy Stamper - March ATG

A lovely day in Norfolk today, cool and windy but the sun is shining beautifully. It certainly makes me feel happier - plus I have managed to get three lines of washing dry and that somehow makes me even happier - sad house wife I guess :/

Hope you are having a great day too.

Lorraine 

xXx 

Sharing an 'Oldie' on Friday

Hi Crafters,

I'm here at last.... phew! it's been a busy day.

Had a great time at the Farmers Market this morning, it's good when all your hard work pays off.

So on to my 'Oldie for Friday' - a bit late in the day but here none-the-less.

This is the fun weekly post where some of us join in with Erika at Snappy Crafts and show an old, crafty project on our blogs.

This card was made a while ago using a stamp set from Habico which had different breeds of dogs and cats on it. This was created for a dog lover as you can tell.

The word stamp is from Woodware and a lovely large one it is too, I embossed this with white EP, the dogs are stamped in brown and embossed using clear EP. The brief was for it to be flat for posting so no embellishments I'm afraid.

Hope you have all had a good day too,

Take care and see you soon,

Lorraine

xXx

Sketchy!

Hi Crafters,

I love these new 'Sketchy' stamps from Woodware and there are a few in this collection. I have used 'Happy Birthday To You' and created a very blue card.

Recipe

Stamp - 'Happy Birthday To You' - Woodware Stamps

White Detail Embossing Powder - Stampendous

Papers - 'Margie' - Sassy Designs

Blue & White Vellum

Flower Stamp - 'Fresh Bloom' - Stampendous

Gemstone

I'm not usually a blue person but this was such a vibrant shade that I had to make something with these papers. Hope you like it?

Challenges I'd like to enter:

Eureka Stamps - #159 Monochrome

Crafting From The Heart - #78 ATG

Aud Sentiments - #140 ATG + Sentiment

The Ribbon Girl - Colour Challenge - BLUE

Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends - #18 ATG

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Lorraine

Passion For Promarkers Challenge #285 - Letters of the Alphabet (Anything Goes)

Hi Crafters,
Sorry I haven't been around much this week but I have been trying to limit my internet time. I have a lot of orders to get finished and find that too many unproductive hours slip by whilst sitting in front of my screen, lol. More discipline needed I think. Normal service will be resumed shortly and I will visit soon, promise.
So on to today, I am here to share with you my DT card for Passion For Promarkers and this week we are sponsored by Bugaboo Stamps who are offering a $21 voucher as their prize.
I went with 'B' is for Birthday and here is my card.

Recipe

Woodware Stamp - Huge Happy Birthday

Promarkers

Inky Doodles Stamp - Leafy Background

Stampin' Up Corner and Border Punch

Pearls

Glitter

 

I love this large Woodware stamp, it is so versatile. I stamped and embossed it to give a raised edge to the letters and then I masked off the words and stamped my background. I then coloured it with my Promarkers ( puzzlingly in real life the colours are more blended but somehow the camera has picked up the shade differences :/ ) added shading around the letters so that it gives a 3d illusion and used glitter to highlight the tops of the letters. It's also quite flat for posting too. 

 

  Challenges
Sister Act - #94 ATG
Creative Fingers - #68 ATG
Fussy and Fancy - #133 Tic Tac Toe
(Bottom row - Sentiment, Wet emboss, Sparkle)
Addicted To CAS - #57 Mask
Addicted To Stamps - #98 Embossing Dry or Heat
OSAAT - #231 ATG with Birthday's
Eureka Stamps - #129 Birthday Cards
 

 

Check out the rest of the DT's creations on the blog, they have done some fabulous work this week. Please come and join us in our challenge, remember you must use your Letraset markers to be in with a chance of winning the prize.

See you all soon,

 

Lorraine

Patchwork Boat

Hi Crafters,
Hope you are all well. I'm wishing for summer to return to us, the last few days have been like winter :(   We've had rain, high winds and it's been quite chilly.
On to my card for today though and as promised it's the second of the two cards that I made for my Great Nephew.....

One year old - where has that year gone?
For this card I paper pieced the sail boat using some of the many snippets of patterned paper from my ever-growing paper mountain, lol. The stamp is from Woodware and aptly named 'Patchwork Boat', so cute for a young baby card don't you think? I then layered the boat on to a circle and scalloped circle die cut, used some more patterned papers from The Mountain and cut a number '1' from my very useful MFT Die-namics 'By The Numbers' die, added a few pearls, ribbon and some faux stitching.

I'm entering these challenges:

Scribble & Scrap - #22 Anything Goes

TTCRD - Anything Goes

Sister Act - #65 Anything Goes

Creative Fingers - #43 Anything Goes

 

 

Tomorrow I will be here with my creation for our friendly Christmas Card Club, we make a Christmas card every fortnight to lighten the load on us in the run up to December. Hope you can join me then.

 

Bye for now,

 

Lorraine

Last Christmas Cards - I Promise

Hi Everyone,
       hope you all had a lovely festive time and are looking forward to 2014.
I'm sure that you are all Christmased out by now but I just wanted to share some last minute Christmas cards that I found the photo's of when tidying up my computer files.
These were really quick to make which was a bonus because I had quite a lot to do.

 

Good night all...

...Happy New Year !

 

Lorraine